Development of optical-thermal coupled model for phosphor-converted LEDs

Xinglu QIAN, Jun ZOU, Mingming SHI, Bobo YANG, Yang LI, Ziming WANG, Yiming LIU, Zizhuan LIU, Fei ZHENG

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Front. Optoelectron. ›› 2019, Vol. 12 ›› Issue (3) : 249-267. DOI: 10.1007/s12200-018-0857-2
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Development of optical-thermal coupled model for phosphor-converted LEDs

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In this review, first, we discussed the effect of phosphor features on optical properties by the software simulation in detail. A combination of these parameters: phosphor material, phosphor particle size and particle distribution, phosphor layer concentration, phosphor layer thickness, geometry, and location of the phosphor layer, will result in the final optical performance of the phosphor layer. Secondly, we introduced how to improve light extraction efficiency with various proposed methods. Thirdly, we summarized the thermal models to predict the phosphor temperature and the junction temperature. To stabilize the optical performance of phosphor-converted light emitting diodes (PC-LEDs), much effort has been made to reduce the junction temperature of the LED chips. The phosphor temperature, a critical reliability concern for PC-LEDs, should be attracted academic interest. Finally, we summed up optical-thermal coupled model for phosphors and summarized future optical- thermal issues exploring the light quality for LEDs. We foresee that optical-thermal coupled model for PC-LEDs should be paid more attention in the future.

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phosphor-converted light emitting diodes (PC-LEDs) / optical-thermal coupled model / software simulation

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Xinglu QIAN, Jun ZOU, Mingming SHI, Bobo YANG, Yang LI, Ziming WANG, Yiming LIU, Zizhuan LIU, Fei ZHENG. Development of optical-thermal coupled model for phosphor-converted LEDs. Front. Optoelectron., 2019, 12(3): 249‒267 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12200-018-0857-2

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the Science and Technology Planning Project of Zhejiang Province, China (No. 2018C01046), Enterprise-funded Latitudinal Research Projects (Nos. J2016-141, J2017-171, J2017-293 and J2017-243).

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