Improvement of emission efficiency and color rendering of high-power LED by controlling size of phosphor particles and utilization of different phosphors

White light can be produced by a combination of red, green and blue emitting diode chips or by the combination of a single diode chip with phosphors. Presently, more single chip white light-emitting diodes (LEDs) than multi-chip one are used because of their low cost, easily controlled circuitry, ease of maintenance and favorable luminescence efficiency. Since phosphors must be used as light converting materials in a single diode chip to obtain the desired emission, this study considers the problems encountered in using phosphors in LEDs. The proper application of phosphors in the package of LED can improve its efficiency, color rendering and thermal stability of luminescence. For example, a uniform size distribution of phosphors with red, green and blue emission helps to improve luminescence efficiency by preventing cascade excitation; the change in color with temperature can be overcome by counter-balancing redshifting and blue-shifting phosphors; larger particles help to ensure the high efficiency of high-power LEDs, and costs can be reduced by using small particles size in low-power LED packaging because allows less phosphor to be used to obtain a particular efficiency. 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.