Luminescence principle and utilization value of phosphor

What is phosphor? 

We can think it's glow in dark.

Phosphors, commonly known as luminous powder, are usually divided into two categories: photoinduced energy storage luminous powder and radioactive luminous powder. Among them, radioactive phosphor can not be used in daily products. Photoenergy storage luminous powder is a kind of phosphor that stores light energy after being exposed to natural light, sunlight light, ultraviolet light, etc., and then slowly releases it in the form of fluorescence after stopping the light irradiation. Therefore, it can still see the luminescence at night or in the dark place, lasting for several hours to more than ten hours. It is physically luminescent, safe and reliable, and gmtlight uses this material in some luminescent products.

What is the luminescence principle of phosphor?

Compared with thermal radiation, fluorescence is a process that produces light with little heat. A suitable material absorbs high-energy radiation and then emits light, glow in dark then. The energy of the photons emitted is lower than that of the excited radiation. When the luminescent material is a solid, it is usually called phosphor. The high-energy radiation of phosphors can be electrons or ions with high velocity, or photons from gamma ray to visible light. (provided by gmtlight laboratory)

What are the applications of phosphors?

1. Phosphor can be made into weak light source

In real life, people make use of the characteristics of luminous powder for a long time to make weak light source, which has special use in military departments. This material can be applied to aviation instruments, clocks, windows, machines, various switch signs, door handles, etc., and can also be pressed into various symbols, components and articles (such as power switch, socket, fishing hook, etc.) with various transparent plastic materials. After being illuminated by light, these light-emitting parts still emit light continuously at night or after accidental power failure or lightning, so that people can distinguish the direction around them and bring convenience to work and life. Adding the luminous material superfine particles into the textile can make the color more bright. Children can wear the fabric with luminous light to reduce traffic accidents.

2. Phosphor can be used to make all kinds of luminous materials

The luminous materials at home and abroad are mainly made of ZnS (zinc sulfide), SRS (strontium sulfide) and CAS (calcium sulfide), which emit green and yellow light. However, SRS and CAS materials are easy to deliquescence, which makes it difficult to be widely used. Therefore, the market is mainly based on ZnS luminous materials. However, its afterglow time is only 1-3 hours, and it is easy to deteriorate and blacken in strong light (such as sunlight), ultraviolet light and humid air, so its application in many fields is limited. The ZnS luminous powder co activated by cobalt and copper has a long afterglow time, but it has the phenomenon of infrared quenching. Under the illumination of electric light (including more red light), the afterglow is quickly extinguished.

Gmtlight reasonably and skillfully displays the function of phosphor in the products, which produces a series of fluorescent products that users like.