Abstract
We investigated the photoluminescence and the crystalline properties with Ga doping concentrations (0-12 mol%) in $\textrm{Zn}_{1.98}\textrm{Mn}_{0.02}\textrm{SiO}_{4}$ green phosphors prepared by the solid state reaction. The photoluminescence was improved by a doping of Ga element in $\textrm{Zn}_{1.98}\textrm{Mn}_{0.02}(\textrm{Si_{1-x}\textrm{Ga}_{x})\textrm{O}_{4}$ phosphors which showed the highest emission intensity and good color purity in the doping concentration of x=0.08. The emission intensity of $\textrm{Zn}_{1.98}\textrm{Mn}_{0.02}(\textrm{Si_{1-x}\textrm{Ga}_{x})\textrm{O}_{4}$(x= 0.08) phosphors was increased to 7 times with increasing the sintering temperatures from $1100^{\circ}C$ to $1400^{\circ}C$, showing the improved crystalline quality. The decay time was not affected by Ga doping concentrations with constant values around 24ms. It was found from SEM and PSA analyses that the phosphors were composed of a large number of small grains around 1-3$10\mu\textrm{m}$ with a small amounts of agglomerated particles above $10\mu\textrm{m}$.
고상 반응법에 의해 제조된 $\textrm{Zn}_{1.98}\textrm{Mn}_{0.02}\textrm{SiO}_{4}$ 녹색 형광체에 Ga 원소를 치환시켜 소성온도 및 Ga의 첨가량에 따른 발광특성과 결정특성을 조사하였으나, $\textrm{Zn}_{1.98}\textrm{Mn}_{0.02}(\textrm{Si_{1-x}\textrm{Ga}_{x})\textrm{O}_{4}$ 형광체에 있어서 Ga을 첨가했을 경우가 첨가하지 않은 샘플에 비해 발광특성이 개선되었으며, 8mol%(x=0.08) Ga을 첨가했을 때 발광세기와 색순도에서 가장 우수한 특성을 보였다. $\textrm{Zn}_{1.98}\textrm{Mn}_{0.02}(\textrm{Si_{1-x}\textrm{Ga}_{x})\textrm{O}_{4}$ 형광체(x=0.08)에 대해서 소성온도를 $1100^{\circ}C$에서 $1400^{\circ}C$로 증가함에 따라 결정성이 개선되었으며 발광강도 역시 약 7배 이상 크게 증가하였다. 잔광시간은 Ga 첨가량에 관계없이 약 24 ms로 거의 변화가 없었다. 입도분석 결과 1-3$\mu\textrm{m}$의 작은 입자가 주로 관찰되었으며 10$\mu\textrm{m}$이상의 큰 응집입자도 소량 존재하였다.
