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Title: Alkaline and alkaline earth metal phosphate halides and phosphors

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1080425

Compounds, phosphor materials and apparatus related to nacaphite family of materials are presented. Potassium and rubidium based nacaphite family compounds and phosphors designed by doping divalent rare earth elements in the sites of alkaline earth metals in the nacaphite material families are descried. An apparatus comprising the phosphors based on the nacaphite family materials are presented herein. The compounds presented is of formula A.sub.2B.sub.1-yR.sub.yPO.sub.4X where the elements A, B, R, X and suffix y are defined such that A is potassium, rubidium, or a combination of potassium and rubidium and B is calcium, strontium, barium, or a combination of any of calcium, strontium and barium. X is fluorine, chlorine, or a combination of fluorine and chlorine, R is europium, samarium, ytterbium, or a combination of any of europium, samarium, and ytterbium, and y ranges from 0 to about 0.1.

Research Organization:
National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA, Morgantown, WV (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
FC26-06NT42934
Assignee:
General Electric Company (Niskayuna, NY)
Patent Number(s):
8,308,982
Application Number:
12/873,090
OSTI ID:
1080425
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (1)

Combustion synthesis of Na 2 Sr(PO 4 )F:Dy 3+ white light emitting phosphor journal January 2009