Electroluminescent Oxide Phosphor Thin Films Prepared by a Sol-gel Process

Abstract

ABSTRACTGa2O3:Mn and (Ga2O3-SnO2):Eu thin films have been prepared by a sol-gel process. High luminance emissions were obtained in TFEL devices: green using a Ga2O3:Mn and red using a Ga2O3:Eu or a SnO2:Eu thin-film emitting layer. These sol-gel prepared devices were produced without using any vacuum processes and always exhibited higher luminances than equivalent devices prepared by r.f. magnetron sputtering: 40, 309 and above 1000 cd/m2 using SnO2:Eu, Ga2O3:Eu and Ga2O3:Mn phosphor thin films, respectively, in TFEL devices prepared by the sol-gel process and driven at 1kHz.