Electroluminescent Devices with (Y2O2S:Tb/ZnS)n Multilayered Phosphor Thin Films Prepared by Multisource Deposition

Abstract
An (Y2O2S:Tb/ZnS) n multilayered thin-film electroluminescence (TFEL) device has been fabricated by the multisource deposition method. The multilayered TFEL device has shown a maximum luminance of 124 cd/m2 at 5 kHz. It is also seen that the EL characteristics strongly depend on the structure of phosphor layers, and the TFEL device with the Y2O2S:Tb single layer showed nominal EL emission. The excitation mechanism of the (Y2O2S:Tb/ZnS) n multilayered TFEL devices is discussed.