Luminescent material

• US 10,640,704 B2
• Filed: 05/23/2016
• Issued: 05/05/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 05/09/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Turun yliopisto
• Original Assignee: Turun yliopisto
• Inventors: Lastusaari, Mika, Norrbo, Isabella
• Primary Examiner(s): Koslow, C Melissa
• Application Number:
  US16/099,649
• Publication Number:
  US 20190153314A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,443 Days
• CPC Class Codes: C09K 11/646 Silicates
• CPC Class Codes: C09K 11/676 Aluminates; Silicates
• CPC Class Codes: C09K 11/77344 Aluminosilicates
• CPC Class Codes: C09K 9/00 Tenebrescent materials, i.e. materials for which the range of wavelengths for energy absorption is changed as a result of excitation by some form of energy
• CPC Class Codes: G01T 1/06 Glass dosimeters using colour change; including plastic dosimeters
• CPC Class Codes: G01T 1/1606 with other specified detectors not provided for in the other sub-groups of G01T1/16 see provisionally also G01T1/16
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 33/502 Wavelength conversion materials
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 20/00 Energy efficient lighting technologies, e.g. halogen lamps or gas discharge lamps

Abstract

The invention relates to a material represented by the following formula (I)
(M′)₈(M″M′″)₆O₂₄(X,X′)₂:M″″  formula (I).

Further, the invention relates to a luminescent material, to different uses, and to a device.

Claims

1. A material represented by the following formula (I)

M′

₈M″

₆M″

′

₆O₂₄(X,X′

)₂;

M″

″

 

 

formula (I)

wherein

M′

represents

a monoatomic cation of Li, or a monoatomic cation of K, or a monoatomic cation of Rb;

or

a combination of at least two monoatomic cations of different alkali metals selected from Group 1 of the IUPAC periodic table of the elements, wherein the combination comprises 0-98 mol-% of the monoatomic cation of Na;

M″

represents a trivalent monoatomic cation of an element selected from Group 13 of the IUPAC periodic table of the elements, or of a transition element selected from any of Groups 3-12 of the IUPAC periodic table of the elements, or any combination of such cations;

M″

′

represents a monoatomic cation of an element selected from Group 14 of the IUPAC periodic table of the elements, or of an element selected from any of Groups 13 and 15 of the IUPAC periodic table of the elements, or of Zn, or any combination of such cations;

X represents an anion of an element selected from Group 17 of the IUPAC periodic table of the elements, or any combination of such anions, or wherein X is absent;

X′

represents an anion of an element selected from Group 16 of the IUPAC periodic table of the elements, or any combination of such anions, or wherein X′

is absent; and

M″

″

represents a dopant cation of an element selected from transition metals of the IUPAC periodic table of the elements, or any combination of such cations;

with the proviso that at least one of X and X′

is present.

2. The material of claim 1, wherein M′

represents a combination of at least two monoatomic cations of different alkali metals selected from a group consisting of Li, Na, K, and Rb.

3. The material of claim 1, wherein M′

represents a monoatomic cation of an alkali metal selected from a group consisting of Li, K, and Rb, or any combination of such cations.

4. The material of claim 1, wherein M′

represents a combination of a monoatomic cation of Na with a monoatomic cation of Li, a monoatomic cation of K and/or a monoatomic cation of Rb.

5. The material of claim 1, wherein M″

represents a trivalent monoatomic cation of a metal selected from a group consisting of Al and Ga, or a combination of such cations.

6. The material of claim 1, wherein M″

represents a trivalent monoatomic cation of B.

7. The material of claim 1, wherein M′

″

represents a monoatomic cation of an element selected from a group consisting of Si and Ge, or a combination of such cations.

8. The material of claim 1, wherein M′

″

represents a monoatomic cation of an element selected from a group consisting of Al, Ga, N, P, and As, or any combination of such cations.

9. The material of claim 1, wherein X represents an anion of an element selected from a group consisting of F, Cl, Br, and I, or any combination of such anions.

10. The material of claim 1, wherein X′

represents an anion of an element selected from a group consisting of O, S, Se, and Te, or any combination of such anions.

11. The material of claim 1, wherein M″

″

represents a cation of an element selected from a group consisting of Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, and Zn, or any combination of such cations.

12. The material of claim 1, wherein the material is selected from a group consisting of (Li,Na)₈Al₆Si₆O₂₄(Cl,S)₂:

Ti, (Na,K)₈Al₆Si₆O₂₄(Cl,S)₂;

Ti, and (Na,Rb)₈Al₆Si₆O₂₄(Cl,S)₂;

Ti.

13. The material of claim 1, wherein the material is luminescent.

14. The luminescent material of claim 13, wherein the luminescent material is a white light-emitting material.

15. The luminescent material of claim 13, wherein the luminesce persists for a period of at least 50 hours.

16. A device, characterized in that the device comprises a material as defined in claim 1.

17. The device of claim 16, wherein the device is a lighting arrangement.

18. The device of claim 16, wherein the device is a light emitting device, a display element, or a fluorescent tube.