Stability improvement of moisture sensitive CaS:Eu2+ micro-particles by coating with sol–gel alumina
✍ Scribed by Nursen Avci; Iolanda Cimieri; Philippe F. Smet; Dirk Poelman
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 366 KB
- Volume
- 33
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0925-3467
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✦ Synopsis
Here we report on the usage of alumina coating for the protection of moisture sensitive CaS:Eu 2+ microparticles. Alumina sol was prepared using a water-free sol-gel technique and single crystal CaS:Eu 2+ luminescent micro-particles were synthesized via solvothermal way. After deposition of the particles on a substrate, they were coated with an alumina layer and heat treated at 500 °C for 30 min. In addition to in situ measurements of accelerated ageing of the luminescent particles, photoluminescence (PL) spectra of coated and uncoated particles were compared. Coated particles showed a broad band PL emission with a maximum at 650 nm identical to that of uncoated particles. Coating with an alumina layer drastically increased the resistivity of the luminescent material against moisture.