Micromachines (Oct 2019)

Green Phosphors Based on 9,10-bis((4-((3,7-dimethyloctyl)oxy) phenyl) ethynyl) Anthracene for LED

  • Xuefeng Ren,
  • Hai Song,
  • Jing Xiao,
  • Hui-Juan Yu,
  • Chi-Fang Peng,
  • Guang Shao

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/mi10100703
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 10
p. 703

Abstract

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An anthracene aromatic unit was introduced into the phenylethynyl structure by a rigid acetylene linkage at the C-9 and C-10 positions via Sonogashira coupling reactions, resulting in a planar and straight-backbone molecule (9,10-bis((4-((3,7-dimethyloctyl)oxy) phenyl) ethynyl) anthracene) (BPEA). Thermogravimetric analysis demonstrated the good thermal stability of the BPEA. Photoluminescence analysis showed that a suitable expanded π-conjugation in the BPEA made its excitation band extend into the visible region, and an intense green emission was observed under blue-light excitation. A bright green light-emitting diode with an efficiency of 18.22 lm/w was fabricated by coating the organic phosphor onto a 460 nm-emitting InGaN chip. All the results indicate that BPEA is a useful green-emitting material which is efficiently excited by blue light, and therefore, that it could be applied in many fields without UV radiation.

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