Europium and yttrium can be recovered from red
lamp phosphor, a powder that is used in fluorescent lamps such as neon tubes.
Their method recycles the red
lamp phosphor as a whole to reuse the powder in lamps.
Not exact matches
The
lamps are similar to fluorescent bulbs, but without the
phosphor coating designed to protect people from prolonged exposure to UV rays.
«To efficiently separate and recycle all components of a LED
lamp, an entirely different approach is necessary — one that produces large quantities of semiconductor and
phosphor materials,» says Zimmermann.
In AIP Publishing's journal APL - Materials, the Japanese team describes how this solid - state
phosphor promises to make future, low - power vacuum UV
lamps that will be more flexible in design as well as being smaller, longer lasting and relatively heat - free — all traits that are typical advantages of solid state lighting in general.