Bright future of deep-ultraviolet photonics: Emerging UVC chip-scale light-source technology platforms, benchmarking, challenges, and outlook for UV disinfection

VK Sharma, HV Demir - Acs Photonics, 2022 - ACS Publications
The COVID-19 pandemic has generated great interest in ultraviolet (UV) disinfection,
particularly for air disinfection. Although UV disinfection was discovered close to 90 years …

Multi-responsive deep-ultraviolet emission in praseodymium-doped phosphors for microbial sterilization

X Zhou, J Qiao, Y Zhao, K Han… - Science China Materials, 2021 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Perusing multimode luminescent materials capable of being activated by diverse excitation
sources and realizing multi-responsive emission in a single system remains a challenge …

A considerable improvement of long-persistent luminescence in LiLuSiO 4: Pr 3+ phosphors by Sm 3+ co-do** for optical tagging applications

S Yan, Y Liang, Y Zhang, B Lou, J Liu… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Solar-blind ultraviolet-C (UVC; 200–280 nm) luminescent materials have exhibited great
potential for wide applications in photomedicine and photochemistry due to the unique …

AlGaN/AlN Stranski–Krastanov Quantum Dots for Highly Efficient Electron Beam-Pumped Emitters: The Role of Miniaturization and Composition to Attain Far UV-C …

J Cañas, A Harikumar, ST Purcell, N Rochat… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Conventional ultraviolet lamps for disinfection emit radiation in the 255–270 nm range,
which poses a high risk of causing cancer and cataracts. To address these concerns, solid …

Double Gain of Efficient UV‐C Phosphor and Fast Scintillator Based on Pr3+‐doped KY3F10 Nano‐Glass Composites

S Wang, C Hua, L Wang, C Wang, L Liu… - Advanced Optical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Glassy phosphors offer a promising opportunity to overcome the limits of polycrystalline
counterparts, thanks to their merits including excellent optical transparency, abandonment of …

Enhancing Ultraviolet Upconversion in SrYbF5 Nanoparticles through a Spatial-Confinement Strategy toward Information Encryption and Anticounterfeiting

Z An, H Huang, H Wei, Y Zhao, L Tao… - ACS Applied Nano …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Ultraviolet (UV) upconversion has attracted much attention in recent years due to its
applications in biomedicine, nanophotonics, and other fields. However, it remains a …

Van der Waals Epitaxy of c-Oriented Wurtzite AlGaN on Polycrystalline Mo Substrates for Enhanced Heat Dissipation

Y Chen, H Zang, S Zhang, Z Shi, J Ben… - … Applied Materials & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The epitaxy of III-nitrides on metallic substrates is competitive due to the advantages of
vertical carrier injection, enhanced heat dissipation, and flexible application in various III …

UV-C Emitting Phosphor of Pr3+-Doped Fluoroborate Nano-Glass Composites for Disinfection and Fast Scintillator

S Wang, Z Wu, L Sun, J Ren, X Zheng… - Journal of Materials …, 2025 - pubs.rsc.org
To overcome the challenges associated with conventional ultraviolet-C (UV-C) light-emitting
devices—such as toxic mercury, aging of organic adhesives, and various stability concerns …

Study on the performance of high-voltage deep ultraviolet light-emitting diodes

YH Hsu, KW Peng, YH Lin, MC Tseng, SH Lin… - Optics …, 2022 - opg.optica.org
This study fabricated high-voltage, low-current DUV-LEDs by connecting two devices. Due
to better current spreading and the enhanced reflective mirror effect, high-voltage devices …

Highly Collimated Light Emission of Deep‐Ultraviolet Light‐Emitting Diodes Using Fresnel Zone Plate Nanodiffraction Patterns

L Wei, S Inoue - physica status solidi (a), 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Fresnel zone plates (FZPs) are diffractive optical structures composed of many symmetrical
concentric rings and are widely used in nanofocusing and beam collimation. In this article …