Abstract
Hexagonally close-packed, two-dimensional (2D), polystyrene (PS) nanosphere photonic crystal (PC) monolayers were coated on sputtered SrGa2S4:Eu2+ films using a process involving the self-assembly of PS nanospheres and the simple transfer of the PS nanosphere monolayers to the phosphor surface. The overall aim of this study was to improve the efficiency of light extraction from the phosphor side of the SrGa2S4:Eu2+ films. The effects of using PS nanospheres of various diameters (330, 580, and 960 nm) on the extraction efficiency of the SrGa2S4:Eu2+ film phosphors were investigated. The integrated photoluminescence extraction was improved by a factor of 4.3 with respect to that of a conventional SrGa2S4:Eu2+ film phosphor through the addition of a 2D monolayer array of 580-nm PS nanospheres with highly crystalline PS monolayer domains.
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