Phosphor, light emitting device, lighting device, image display device, and indicator lamp for vehicles
AssigneesNational Institute for Materials Science, Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
InventorsKyota Ueda, Tomoyuki Kurushima, Atsushi Ooishi, Naoto Hirosaki
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Abstract
A phosphor includes a crystal phase having a composition represented by Formula [1] MAa-x-y-zRexMYyMZzMBbMC3-wMWwDd or Formula [2] MAa-x-yRexMYyMBb+v1MC3-v2Dd (where the definition of each symbol is as described in the specification). A light-emitting device includes the phosphor. A lighting device includes the light-emitting device. An image display includes the light-emitting device. A vehicle indicator lamp includes the light-emitting device.
Claims20
A phosphor comprising a crystal phase having a composition represented by Formula [1]:
- MAa-x-y-zRexMYyMZzMBbMC3-wMWwDd [1]
- where
- MA includes one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Sr, Ca, and Ba,
- MB includes Li,
- MC includes one or more elements selected from the group consisting of B (boron), Al, Si, Ga, In, and Sc,
- D is selected from the group consisting of N (nitrogen), O (oxygen), F (fluorine), Cl, Br, and I (iodine), and includes one or more elements including N (nitrogen),
- Re includes one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Eu, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, and Yb,
- MY includes one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Y, La, and Lu,
- MZ includes one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Na, K, and Rb,
- MW includes one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Mg and Zn, and
- a, b, d, x, y, z, and w each independently satisfy the following formulas:
- 0.7≤a≤1.3,
- 0.7≤b≤1.3,
- 3.2≤d≤4.8,
- 0.0<x≤0.2,
- 0.0<y≤0.5,
- 0.0≤z≤0.5,
- 0.0<x+y+z<a, and
- 0.0≤w≤0.5.
A phosphor comprising a crystal phase having a composition represented by Formula [2]:
- MAa-x-yRexMYyMBb+v1MC3-v2Dd [2]
- where MA includes one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Sr, Ca, and Ba,
- MB includes Li,
- MC includes one or more elements selected from the group consisting of B (boron), Al, Si, Ga, In, and Sc,
- D is selected from the group consisting of N (nitrogen), O (oxygen), F (fluorine), Cl, Br, and I (iodine), and includes one or more elements including N (nitrogen),
- Re includes one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Eu, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, and Yb,
- MY includes one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Y, La, and Lu, and
- a, b, d, x, y, v1, and v2 each independently satisfy the following formulas:
- 0.7≤a≤1.3,
- 0.7≤b≤1.3,
- 3.2≤d≤4.8,
- 0.0<x≤0.2,
- 0.0<y≤0.5,
- 0.0≤v1≤y,
- 0.0≤v2≤y, and
- 0.5y≤v1+v2≤1.5y.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.