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AC Powder Electroluminescence (ACPEL) and Devices

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Inorganic phosphor powder electroluminescence is divided into AC powder EL (ACPEL ) and DC powder EL (DCPEL) in terms of the form of the driving electric field. Since DCPEL is not an active field today, and no commercial devices are manufactured, only ACPEL is discussed in this chapter.

This chapter is a condensed version of Chen F, Xiang Y (2008) AC powder electroluminescence. In: Kitai A (ed) Luminescent materials and applications. Wiley, Chichester, UK.

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Abbreviations

ACPEL:

AC powder electroluminescence

ACTFEL:

AC thin-film electroluminescence

CVD:

Chemical vapor deposition

DCPEL:

DC powder electroluminescence

EXAFS:

Extended x-ray absorption fine structure

TFT:

Thin-film transistor

XANES:

X-ray absorption near-edge spectroscopy

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  1. University of Waterloo, N2L 3G1, Waterloo, ON, Canada

    Feng Chen

  2. McMaster University, L8S 4L7, Hamilton, ON, Canada

    Adrian H. Kitai

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  2. Nottingham Trent University School of Computing & Informatics, Nottingham, United Kingdom

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Chen, F., Kitai, A.H. (2015). AC Powder Electroluminescence (ACPEL) and Devices. In: Chen, J., Cranton, W., Fihn, M. (eds) Handbook of Visual Display Technology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35947-7_78-2

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