# US 5,352,951 A · Electroluminescent device

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- Number: US 5,352,951 A
- Document ID: US5352951A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 07/709,350
- Filed: 1991-06-03
- Granted: 1994-10-04
- Earliest claimed: 1991-06-03
- Assignees: BKL, Inc.
- Inventors: Donald R. Kardon; Charles H. Moore; Douglas S. Bush
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5352951A

## CPC

- C09K 11/025: {non-luminescent particle coatings or suspension media}
- C09K 11/02: Use of particular materials as binders, particle coatings or suspension media therefor
- H05B 33/14: characterised by the chemical or physical composition or the arrangement of the electroluminescent material {, or by the simultaneous addition of the electroluminescent material in or onto the light source}
- H05B 33/20: characterised by the chemical or physical composition or the arrangement of the material in which the electroluminescent material is embedded
- H05B 33/22: characterised by the chemical or physical composition or the arrangement of auxiliary dielectric or reflective layers
- C09K: MATERIALS FOR MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS, NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE
- H05B: ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL

## Abstract

An electroluminescent device in which water is an essential component. Water is incorporated into the encapsulated phosphor-binder and the dielectric binder to provide a device in which brightness and longevity are enhanced.

## Claims

### Claim 1

In an electroluminescent device comprising a phosphor/binder layer a barium titanate/binder layer, both said layers disposed between two electrodes electrically joined to a power source, the improvement which comprises employing as the said phosphor/binder layer a composition comprised of alumina encapsulated phosphor particles in which the binder in said phosphor/binder layer contains from about 500 to about 20,000 parts per million of water and the binder in said barium titanate/binder layer contains from about 500 to 20,000 parts per million of water and wherein the binder in each of said layers are the same or different compounds selected from among,
a.) a cyanoalkylated pullulan of the formula: ##STR3## wherein X is a hydrogen or cyanoloweralkyl and n is an integer having a value of from about 20-4000;
b.) a cyanoalkylated epoxy resin of the formula: ##STR4## wherein R and R' are the same or different members selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, lower alkyl and mononuclear aryl; R" is hydrogen or cyanoloweralkyl; X and X' are the same or different members selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, lower alkyl and halogen; and m is an integer greater than 1;
c.) a mixture of cyanoalkylated polymers of the group consisting of cyanoalkylcellulose, cyanoalkylpolyvinyl alcohol, cyanoalkylsucrose, cyanoalkylhydroxycellulose and cyanoalkylated epoxy resin;
d.) a mixture of said cyanoalkylated pullulan with said cyanoalkylated epoxy resin; or
e.) a mixture of said cyanoalkylated pullulan with a cyanoalkylated polymer of the group consisting of cyanoalkylcellulose, cyanoalkylpolyvinyl alcohol, cyanoalkylsucrose, and cyanoalkylhydroxycellulose.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The device according to claim 1 wherein said phosphor is zinc sulfide activated with copper.

### Claim 3

A composition useful as a phosphor/binder layer in an electroluminescent device comprising alumina encapsulated phosphor particles and a binder containing from about 500 to about 20,000 parts per million of water wherein said binder is selected from among,
a.) a cyanoalkylated pullulan of the formula: ##STR5## wherein X is hydrogen or cyanoloweralkyl and n is an integer having a value of from about 20-4000,
b.) a cyanoalkylated epoxy resin of the formula: ##STR6## wherein R and R' are the same or different members selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, lower alkyl and mononuclear aryl; R" is hydrogen or cyanoloweralkyl; X and X' are the same of different members selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, lower alkyl and halogen; and m is an integer greater than 1,
c.) a mixture of cyanoalkylated polymers of the group consisting of cyanoalkylcellulose, cyanoalkylpolyvinyl alcohol, cyanoalkylsucrose, cyanoalkylhydroxycellulose and cyanoalkylated epoxy resin;
d.) said cyanoalkylated pullulan admixed with said cyanoalkylated epoxy resin; and
e.) said cyanoalkylated pullulan admixed with a cyanoalkylated polymer of the group consisting of cyanoalkylcellulose, cyanoalkylpolyvinyl alcohol, cyanoalkylsucrose, and cyanoalkylhydroxycellulose.