A method of manufacturing a scintillator material includes providing a substrate made of a quartz glass and having a recess formed therein; filling the recess with a raw material powder obtained by mixing an iodide raw material and SiO.sub.2 fine particles; after filling the recess, disposing a lid on the substrate to cover the recess; and after disposing the lid, heating the substrate, thereby forming a nanocomposite layer in which an iodide phosphor is introduced into a cristobalite structure.

Briefly, in one aspect, the present invention relates to processes for producing a stabilized Mn.sup.4+ doped phosphor in solid form and a composition containing such doped phosphor. Such process may include combining a) a solution comprising at least one substance selected from the group consisting of: K.sub.2HPO.sub.4, an aluminum phosphate, oxalic acid, phosphoric acid, a surfactant, a chelating agent, or a combination thereof, with b) a Mn.sup.4+ doped phosphor of formula I in solid form, where formula I may be: A.sub.x [MF.sub.y]:Mn.sup.4+. The process can further include isolating the stabilized Mn.sup.4+ doped phosphor in solid form. In formula I, A may be Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, or a combination thereof. In formula I, M may be Si, Ge, Sn, Ti, Zr, Al, Ga, In, Sc, Y, La, Nb, Ta, Bi, Gd, or a combination thereof. In formula I, x is the absolute value of the charge of the [MF.sub.y] ion and y is 5, 6 or 7.

A light-emitting diode (LED) and a backlight-type display device are provided. The light-emitting diode includes: a multi-color light emitting chip, an emission spectrum thereof including a first peak in a wavelength range of a first primary-color light and a second peak in a wavelength range of a second primary-color light, and an absolute value of a wavelength difference between the first and second peaks being greater than 50 nm; and a phosphor-containing layer, disposed over the multi-color light emitting chip and used to be excited to emit a third primary-color light. Owing to the LED adopts the multi-color light emitting chip which has the first and second peaks in different wavelength ranges and the absolute valve of the wavelength difference is greater than 50 nm, RGB three-primary-color lights can be outputted by adopting a single-color light phosphor powder with relatively high reliability. The backlight-type display device can obtain a high NTSC level.

An ink composition is provided. The composition includes a binder material and at least one narrow band emission phosphor being uniformly dispersed throughout the composition, wherein the narrow band emission phosphor has a D50 particle size from about 0.1 μm to about 15 μm and is selected from the group consisting of a green-emitting U.sup.6+-containing phosphor, a green-emitting Mn.sup.2+-containing phosphor, a red-emitting phosphor based on complex fluoride materials activated by Mn.sup.4+, and a mixture thereof. A device is also provided.

In a surface modification method for fluoride luminescent materials, an inorganic coating layer A.sub.xMF.sub.y coated substrate A.sub.xMF.sub.y:Mn.sup.4+ is mixed with an organic solution containing a metal phosphate, an alkoxysilane, an organic carboxylic acid or an organic amine. The solution is evaporated to give the organic-inorganic coating layer coated surface-modified fluoride luminescent material. The phosphor photoluminescence intensity and quantum efficiency of the modified phosphors can be maintained at 85%-95% under high temperature and high humidity conditions. After being coated with the inorganic coating layer, the surface defects of the phosphor are reduced, and the photoluminescence intensity and quantum yield of the phosphor are increased by 5%-15%. After being coated with the organic coating layer, the photoluminescence intensity of the phosphor is reduced <3%.

The present disclosure relates to a device used in conjunction with night vision equipment. The device including an LED light source optically coupled and/or radiationally connected to a phosphor material including a green-emitting phosphor and a red-emitting phosphor of formula I:

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wherein A is Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, or a combination thereof; M is Si, Ge, Sn, Ti, Zr, Al, Ga, In, Sc, Hf, Y, La, Nb, Ta, Bi, Gd, or a combination thereof; x is an absolute value of a charge of the MF.sub.y ion; and y is 5, 6 or 7. The device limits emission of wavelengths longer than 650 nm to less than 1.75% of total emission. A device including an LED light source optically coupled and/or radiationally connected to a red-emitting phosphor including Na.sub.2SiF.sub.6:Mn.sup.4+is also provided.

A lighting apparatus includes a semiconductor light source in direct contact with a polymer composite comprising a color stable Mn.sup.4+ doped phosphor, wherein the lighting apparatus has a color shift of ≤1.5 MacAdam ellipses after operating for at least 2,000 hour at a LED current density greater than 2 A/cm.sup.2, a LED wall-plug efficiency greater than 40%, and a board temperature greater than 25° C.

Light emitting devices and LED-filaments comprise an excitation source (e.g. LED) and a photoluminescence material comprising a combination of a first narrow-band red photoluminescence material which generates light with a peak emission wavelength in a range 580 nm to 628 nm and a full width at half maximum emission intensity in a range 45 nm to 60 nm and a second narrow-band red photoluminescence material generates light with a peak emission wavelength in a range 628 nm to 640 nm and a full width at half maximum emission intensity in a range 5 nm to 20 nm. At least one of the first and second narrow-band red photoluminescence materials can comprise a narrow-band red phosphor or a quantum dot (QD) material.

An ink composition is provided. The composition includes a binder material and at least one narrow band emission phosphor being uniformly dispersed throughout the composition, wherein the narrow band emission phosphor has a D50 particle size from about 0.1 μm to about 15 μm and is selected from the group consisting of a green-emitting U.sup.6+-containing phosphor, a green-emitting Mn.sup.2+-containing phosphor, a red-emitting phosphor based on complex fluoride materials activated by Mn.sup.4+, and a mixture thereof. A device is also provided.

An LED-filament comprising: a partially light transmissive substrate; a plurality of LED chips on a front face of the substrate; a photoluminescence material that is in direct contact with and covers all of the plurality of LED chips; and a light scattering layer that is in direct contact with and covers at least the photoluminescence material, wherein the light scattering layer comprises particles of light scattering material, and wherein the photoluminescence material comprises broadband green to red photoluminescence materials and narrowband red photoluminescence material.