Fabricated Flexible Composite for a UV-LED Color Filter and Anti-Counterfeiting Application of Calcium Molybdate Phosphor Synthesized at Room Temperature

Abstract

Crystalline CaMoO4 and rare-earth-doped CaMoO4:RE3+ (RE = Tb, Eu) phosphors were synthesized at room temperature using a co-precipitation method. The crystal structure of the synthesized powder was a tetragonal structure with a main diffraction peak (112) phase. When CaMoO4 was excited at 295 nm, it showed a central peak of 498 nm and light emission in a wide range of 420 to 700 nm. Rare-earth-ion-doped CaMoO4:Tb3+ was excited at 288 nm and a green light emission was observed at 544 nm, and CaMoO4:Eu3+ was excited at 292 nm and a red light emission was observed at 613 nm. To take advantage of the light-emitting characteristics, a flexible composite was manufactured and a color filter that could be used for UV-LEDs was manufactured. In addition, it was suggested that an ink that could be checked only by UV light could be produced and applied to banknotes so as to prevent counterfeiting.