Method for producing phosphor

Abstract

Provided is a method for producing a phosphor, using a nitride raw material, that gives a high-reliability (Sr,Ca)AlSiN3-based nitride phosphor at a productivity higher than before. The method comprises a mixing step of mixing raw materials and a calcining step of calcining the mixture obtained in the mixing step and, in producing the phosphor having a crystalline structure substantially identical with that of (Sr,Ca)AlSiN3 crystal as the host crystal, a strontium nitride containing SrN, Sr2N, or the mixture thereof as the main crystalline phase, as determined by crystalline phase analysis by powder X-ray diffractometry, and having a nitrogen content of 5 to 12 mass % is used as part of the raw materials.

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