A Facile Synthesis and Photoluminescence Properties of Boron Carbon Oxynitride (BCNO) Phosphor Materials for Security Ink Application

Abstract

A facile synthesis of rare-earth free using boron carbon oxynitride (BCNO) phosphor material for security ink has been investigate. BCNO were synthesize by low temperature microwave heating methods, with H3BO3, citric acid and urea to be used as boron, carbon and nitrogen source, respectively. Then, the BCNO nanocrystals were disperse in water-polymer based solution until they became evenly spreading and turn into security ink without rare earth metals. The photoluminescence (PL) and UV-Visible spectroscopy were use to characterize the optical properties of BCNO and the security ink. The characterization results showed that BCNO and the security ink had similar PL properties (PL Peak and PL Peak Intensity). In addition, the UV-Vis spectra proved that the security ink had electronic properties such as being semiconductors based phosphor materials. The results indicate that BCNO phosphor material can be potentially be developed as rare-earth free security inks, and other applications such as optoelectronic, white LED, lighting, etc.