Novel color converter
AssigneeBASF SE
InventorsMartin Koenemann, Gerhard Wagenblast, Robert Send, Sorin Ivanovici, Gerardus De Keyzer
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Abstract
Color converter comprising at least one polymer and at least one organic fluorescent dye comprising at least one structural unit of the formula (I) where the structural unit may be mono- or polysubstituted by identical or different substituents and where one or more CH groups of the six-membered ring of the benzimidazole structure shown may be replaced by nitrogen.
Claims26
Color converter comprising at least one polymer and at least one organic fluorescent dye comprising at least one structural unit of the formula (I)
- where the structural unit may be mono- or polysubstituted by identical or different substituents and where one or more CH groups of the six-membered ring of the benzimidazole structure shown may be replaced by nitrogen.
Color converter according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the at least one organic fluorescent dye has a structure as shown in formula (XV):
- A-Fm (XV)
- where m is a number with a value of at least 2,
- F represents identical or different structural units (I) to (X) or (XX) to (XXVI) according to any of the preceding claims,
- and A is any organic radical to which F is chemically bonded.
Color converter according to any one of preceding claims 1 to 15, wherein the organic fluorescent dye, is selected from 3,10,12-triphenylbenzo[de]benzo[4,5]imidazo[2,1-a]isoquinolin-7-one and
Color converter according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the at least one polymer consists essentially of polystyrene, polycarbonate, polymethyl methacrylate, polyvinylpyrrolidone, polymethacrylate, polyvinyl acetate, polyvinyl chloride, polybutene, polyethylene glycol, silicone, polyacrylate, epoxy resin, polyvinyl alcohol, polyacrylonitrile, polvinylidene chloride (PVDC), polystyrene-acrylonitrile (SAN), polybutylene terephthalate (PBT), polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polyvinyl butyrate (PVB), polyvinyl chloride (PVC), polyamides, polyoxymethylenes, polyimides, polyether imide or mixtures thereof.
Color converter according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the polymer consists essentially of polystyrene, polycarbonate, polymethyl methacrylate.
Color converter according to at least one of the preceding claims, wherein the colour converter additionally comprises at least one inorganic white pigment as a scattering body.
Color converter according to any of the preceding claims in the form of plaques, sheets, films, in drop form, as a casting.
Color converter according to any of the preceding claims, comprising at least one further organic fluorescent dye selected from N,N′-bis(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)-1,6,7,12-tetraphenoxyperylene-3,4;9,10-tetracarboximide, N,N′-bis(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)-1,7-di(2,6-diisopropylphenoxy)perylene-3,4;9,10-tetracarboximide, N,N′-bis(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)-1,6-di(2,6-diisopropylphenoxy)perylene-3,4;9,10-tetracarboximide or mixtures thereof, preferably N,N′-bis(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)-1,7-di(2,6-diisopropylphenoxy)perylene-3,4;9,10-tetracarboximide, N,N′-bis(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)-1,6-di(2,6-diisopropylphenoxy)perylene-3,4;9,10-tetracarboximide or mixtures thereof.
Process for producing color converters according to at least one of the preceding claims, comprising the dissolution of the at least one polymer and of the at least one organic fluorescent dye in a solvent and then removing the solvent.
Process for producing color converters according to at least one of the preceding claims, comprising the extrusion of the at least one organic fluorescent dye with the at least one polymer.
Color converter according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the colour converter has, on at least one side, a barrier layer with a low oxygen permeability.
Use of color converters according to at least one of the preceding claims for conversion of light produced by LEDs.
Illumination device comprising at least one LED and at least one color converter according to at least one of the preceding claims.
Illumination device comprising at least one LED and at least one color converter according to at least one of the preceding claims, wherein LED and colour converter are present in a remote phosphor arrangement.
Polymer mixture comprising at least one polymer and at least one organic fluorescent dye, comprising at least one structural unit of the formula (II)
- where one or more CH groups of the six-membered ring of the benzimidazole structure shown may be replaced by nitrogen and where the symbols are each defined as follows:
- n is a number from 0 to (10-p) for each structural unit of the formula (II);
- where p is the number of CH units which have been replaced by nitrogen in the six-membered ring of the benzimidazole structure shown,
- (X—R) is phenyl, tolyl, ethylphenyl, ortho/meta/para xylyl, mesityl, naphthyl, anthranyl, phenanthrenyl, pyrenyl, benzopyrenyl, fluorenyl, indanyl, indenyl, tetralinyl, phenoxy, thiophenoxy, 4-ethoxyphenyl,
- each of which may be mono- or polysubstituted by identical or different radicals (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) and/or (v):
- (i) C1-C30-alkyl whose carbon chain may comprise one or more —O—, —S—, —NR1—, —C≡C—, —CR1═CR1— and/or —CO— moieties and which may be mono- or polysubstituted by:
- C1-C12-alkoxy, hydroxyl, halogen, cyano and/or aryl which may be mono- or polysubstituted by C1-C18-alkyl and/or C1-C6-alkoxy;
- (ii) C3-C8-cycloalkyl whose carbon skeleton may comprise one or more —O—, —S—, —NR1—, —CR1═CR1— and/or —CO— moieties and which may be mono- or polysubstituted by C1-C18-alkyl, C1-C12-alkoxy and/or C1-C6-alkylthio;
- (iii) aryl or hetaryl, to each of which may be fused further 5- to 7-membered saturated or unsaturated rings whose carbon skeleton may comprise one or more —O—, —S—, —NR1—, —N═CR1—, —CR1═CR1—, —CO—, —SO— and/or —SO2— moieties, where the overall ring system may be mono- or polysubstituted by:
- C1-C18-alkyl, C1-C12-alkoxy, —C═CR1—, —CR1═CR1—, hydroxyl, halogen, cyano, —NR2R3, —NR2COR3, —CONR2R3, —SO2NR2R3, —COOR2 and/or —SO3R2;
- (iv) a —U-aryl radical which may be mono- or polysubstituted by the above radicals mentioned as substituents for the aryl radicals (iii), where U is a —O—, —S—, —NR1—, —CO—, —SO— or —SO2— moiety;
- (v) C1-C12-alkoxy, C1-C6-alkylthio, —C≡CR1, —CR1═CR12, hydroxyl, mercapto, halogen, cyano, nitro, —NR2R3, —NR2COR3, —CONR2R3, —SO2NR2R3, —COOR2 or —SO3R2;
- where
- R1, R2, R3 are each independently hydrogen;
- C1-C18-alkyl whose carbon chain may comprise one or more —O—, —S—, —CO—, —SO— and/or —SO2— moieties and which may be mono- or polysubstituted by C1-C12-alkoxy, C1-C6-alkylthio, hydroxyl, mercapto, halogen, cyano, nitro and/or —COOR1;
- aryl or hetaryl, to each of which may be fused further saturated or unsaturated 5- to 7-membered rings whose carbon skeleton may comprise one or more —O—, —S—, —CO— and/or —SO2— moieties, where the overall ring system may be mono- or polysubstituted by C1-C12-alkyl and/or the above radicals mentioned as substituents for alkyl.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.