Abstract

ABSTRACTA thermally cured epoxy‐siloxane hybrid material that is curable at low temperature (L‐expoxy hybrimer) was investigated for use as an LED encapsulant. This new hybrimer was fabricated using thermally initiated, cationic polymerization of cycloaliphatic epoxy oligosiloxane (CAEO) resin, derived from non‐hydrolytic sol–gel, mixed with oxetane hardener in the presence of a hexafluoroantimonate‐type thermo‐cationic initiator. The L‐epoxy hybrimer was cured at a lower temperature (below 120°C) than previously reported for an epoxy hybrimer with anhydride hardener (above 180°C). The L‐epoxy hybrimer showed high thermal resistance to yellowing under long‐term high temperature condition, and maintained good optical transmittance. Also, it had a high refractive index (up to 1.57), as well as the hardness (Shore D 80), and low water‐vapor permeability, when the new hybrimer was used to encapsulate an LED, it showed good adhesion without cracks or delamination and maintained their initial performance after the long‐term aging tests (120 and 85°C at 85% humidity). © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci., 2014, 131, 39968.

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