LONG PERSISTENT PHOSPHORS AND PERSISTENT ENERGY TRANSFER TECHNIQUES

摘要

The disclosure provides long-persistent phosphors, methods for their manufacture and phosphorescent articles. The disclosure also provides a method for generating a longpersistent phosphorescence at a selected color. The phosphors of the disclosure may be alkaline earth aluminates, alkaline earth silicates, and alkaline earth aluminosilicates. The phosphors include those activated by cerium. The phosphors also include those in which persistent energy transfer occurs from a donor ion to an acceptor ion, producing persistent emission largely characteristic of the acceptor ion.