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Powder electroluminescence

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This chapter will survey the phenomenon of electroluminescence (EL) in powder phosphors. Electroluminescence is luminescence produced by the application of an electric field to a dielectric phosphor; it is also termed electrofluorescence. Reviews of the AC powder electroluminescence (ACPEL) phenomenon as discovered by Destriau [1] in 1936 and of the DC powder electroluminescence (DCPEL) as promoted by Vecht [2] will be presented. As far as ACPEL is concerned, the period of 1936–1963 was reviewed by Ivey [3] and Henisch [4]. Therefore, in this chapter, apart from historical references and comparisons with the DCPEL devices, the review of the ACPEL cells will be limited to any progress since 1963 noting major investigations such as Fischer’s [5] and a few others.

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