Method of preparing fluorescent body precursor
View Patent ↗To produce fluorescent bodies providing high brightness and high energy efficiency, a method of preparing a fluorescent body precursor is provided to enable an activator having a large ionic radius to be doped arbitrarily. The problems described above are solved by a method of preparing a fluorescent body precursor, which method is characterized by comprising applying a shock pressure of 0.1 GPa or higher to a mixture consisting essentially of a fluorescent body base, an activator and a co-activating particle-growth promoter to dope the activator into the fluorescent body base in the presence of the co-activating particle-growth promoter.
1. A method of preparing a fluorescent body precursor, comprising applying a shock pressure of 0.1 GPa or higher to a mixture consisting essentially of a fluorescent body base, an activator, and a co-activating particle-growth promoter to dope the activator into the fluorescent body base in the presence of the co-activating particle-growth promoter, wherein said shock pressure is applied to said mixture by a shock wave that is generated by a shock wave generator.
2. The method of preparing a fluorescent body precursor according to claim 1 , wherein the fluorescent body base is a II-VI compound semiconductor constituted of a compound of Group II and Group VI elements.
3. The method of preparing a fluorescent body precursor according to claim 2 , wherein the II-VI compound semiconductor is zinc sulfide.
4. The method of preparing a fluorescent body precursor according to claim 1 , wherein the activator is an ion of copper, manganese, iridium, or a rare earth element.
5. The method of preparing a fluorescent body precursor according to claim 4 , wherein the activator is a rare earth element and the rare earth element is praseodymium.
6. The method of preparing a fluorescent body precursor according to claim 1 , wherein the activator is ions of two or more kinds of metallic elements.
7. The method of preparing a fluorescent body precursor according to claim 1 , wherein 0.001 to 5 parts by weight of the activator is used with respect to 100 parts by weight of the fluorescent body base.
8. The method of preparing a fluorescent body precursor according to claim 1 , wherein the co-activating particle-growth promoter is selected from the group consisting of sodium chloride, potassium chloride, calcium chloride, barium chloride, magnesium chloride, lithium bromide, sodium bromide, potassium bromide, rubidium bromide, cesium bromide, francium bromide, lithium iodide, sodium iodide, potassium iodide, rubidium iodide, cesium iodide, francium iodide, beryllium bromide, magnesium bromide, calcium bromide, strontium bromide, barium bromide, radium bromide, beryllium iodide, magnesium iodide, calcium iodide, strontium iodide, barium iodide, radium iodide, zinc oxide and cadmium oxide.
9. The method of preparing a fluorescent body precursor according to claim 1 , wherein 0.1 to 20 parts by weight of the co-activating particle-growth promoter is used with respect to 100 parts by weight of the base.
10. The method of preparing a fluorescent body precursor according to claim 1 , wherein an ionic radius of each of the metallic elements of the doped activator is larger than an ionic radius of a metallic element of the fluorescent body base.
11. The method of preparing a fluorescent body precursor according to claim 1 , wherein the shock wave is generated by a powder gun or a light gas gun.
12. The method of preparing a fluorescent body precursor according to claim 2 , wherein the activator is ions of two or more kinds of metallic elements.
13. The method of preparing a fluorescent body precursor according to claim 2 , wherein 0.001 to 5 parts by weight of the activator is used with respect to 100 parts by weight of the fluorescent body base.
14. The method of preparing a fluorescent body precursor according to claim 2 , wherein the co-activating particle-growth promoter is selected from the group consisting of sodium chloride, potassium chloride, calcium chloride, barium chloride, magnesium chloride, lithium bromide, sodium bromide, potassium bromide, rubidium bromide, cesium bromide, francium bromide, lithium iodide, sodium iodide, potassium iodide, rubidium iodide, cesium iodide, francium iodide, beryllium bromide, magnesium bromide, calcium bromide, strontium bromide, barium bromide, radium bromide, beryllium iodide, magnesium iodide, calcium iodide, strontium iodide, barium iodide, radium iodide, zinc oxide and cadmium oxide.
15. The method of preparing a fluorescent body precursor according to claim 2 , wherein 0.1 to 20 parts by weight of the co-activating particle-growth promoter is used with respect to 100 parts by weight of the base.
16. The method of preparing a fluorescent body precursor according to claim 2 , wherein an ionic radius of each of the metallic elements of the doped activator is larger than an ionic radius of a metallic element of the fluorescent body base.
17. The method of preparing a fluorescent body precursor according to claim 2 , wherein the activator is an ion of copper, manganese, iridium, or a rare earth element.
18. The method of preparing a fluorescent body precursor according to claim 3 , wherein the activator is an ion of copper, manganese, iridium, or a rare earth element.
19. The method of preparing a fluorescent body precursor according to claim 1 , wherein the shock wave is generated by an electromagnetic induction-type shock wave generator or a high-voltage discharge-type shock wave generator.