Preface . . xi

1. Phosphors and Luminescence . . 1
1.1 Luminescence Classification . . 1
1.2 Luminescence Terminology . . 5
1.3 Luminescent Materials . . 11
1.4 Rare Earth Activation . . 15

2. Synthesis of Phoshors . . 25
2.1 General Requirements of Phosphors . . 25
2.2 Solid State Methods . . 27
2.3 Wet-Chemical Methods . . 35

3. Phoshor Characterization . . 55
3.1 Morphology Analysis with Scanning Electron Microscopy . . 55
3.2 Cathodoluminescence Characterization . . 60
3.3 Microanalysis . . 66
3.4 Particle Size Analysis . . 72
3.5 X-Ray Diffraction Measurements . . 76
3.6 Spectroscopic Methods in Structural, Morphology and Luminescence Characterization . . 81
3.7 Computational Materials Science . . 104

4. Phosphors for Different Applications . . 115
4.1 Europium and Terbium Activated CaW04 . . 115
4.2 RE3+ Activated Y(Ta,Nb)04-Based Phosphors . . 143
4.3 Phosphors Based on Europium Doped Oxides and Oxysulfides . . 270
4.4 Yttrium and Terbium Aluminate Phosphors Co-activated by Eu3+ . . 294
4.5 Thiogallate Luminescent Materials . . 315
4.6 Multiexcited Phosphors for LED Application . . 361
4.7 Other Luminescent Materials . . 386

References . . 407
Appendix I: The Luminescence Literature . . 437
Appendix II: List of Main Abbreviations . . 441
Index . . 443