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Understanding Degradation of Doped Electroluminescent ZnS Phosphors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Yu Jiang
Affiliation:
jiangyup@gmail.com, University of California, Santa Cruz, Physics, 1156 High St, Santa Cruz, CA, 95064, United States, 831-459-3646, 831- 459-3043
Jacob Stanley
Affiliation:
jtstan@gmail.com, University of California, Santa Cruz, Physics, Santa Cruz, CA, 95064, United States
Laurel Ruhlen
Affiliation:
ruhlen@gmail.com, University of California, Santa Cruz, Physics, Santa Cruz, CA, 95064, United States
Chris France
Affiliation:
chris@physics.ucsc.edu, University of California, Santa Cruz, Physics, Santa Cruz, CA, 95064, United States
John Willey
Affiliation:
jwilley@ucsc.edu, University of California, Santa Cruz, Physics, Santa Cruz, CA, 95064, United States
Anna Bezryadina
Affiliation:
abezryadina@physics.ucsc.edu, University of California, Santa Cruz, Physics, Santa Cruz, CA, 95064, United States
Frank Bridges
Affiliation:
bridges@physics.ucsc.edu, University of California, Santa Cruz, Physics, Santa Cruz, CA, 95064, United States
Sue Carter
Affiliation:
sacarter@ucsc.edu, University of California, Santa Cruz, Physics, Santa Cruz, CA, 95064, United States
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Abstract

We have shown recently that the degradation of AC electroluminescence (EL) in ZnS:Cu,Cl and similar phosphors can be significantly reversed by a short anneal near 200°C. To better understand the degradation/rejuvenation processes, we investigated EL degradation and rejuvenation under different conditions. To probe for changes in the local atomic structure about the Cu sites, we collected Extended X-ray Absorption Fine Structure (EXAFS) data at the Cu K-edge EXAFS data for several as-made, thermally degraded (240°C anneal), and EL degraded powders.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2008

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