IP Library Granted Patent US 11,661,549
Granted Patent B1
US 11,661,549 · App. 17/931,632 · Granted May 30, 2023

Phosphor, light-emitting device, illumination device, image display device, and indicator lamp for vehicle

Inventors: Tomoyuki Kurushima (Tokyo, JP); Yuhei Inata (Tokyo, JP); Naoto Hirosaki (Ibaraki, JP)
Assignees: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation; NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE
C09K11/77346C09K11/7706C09K11/77348F21S43/16H01L33/504H01L33/58
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Patent No.
US 11,661,549
App. No.
17/931,632
Granted
May 30, 2023
Kind
B1
Abstract

A phosphor having a favorable emission peak wavelength, narrow full width at half maximum, and/or high emission intensity is provided. Additionally, a light-emitting device, an illumination device, an image display device, and/or an indicator lamp for a vehicle having favorable color rendering, color reproducibility and/or favorable conversion efficiency are provided. The present invention relates to a phosphor including a crystal phase having a composition represented by a specific formula, and when, in a powder X-ray diffraction spectrum of the phosphor, the intensity of a peak that appears in a region where 2θ=38-39° is designated as Ix and the intensity of a peak that appears in a region where 2θ=37-38° is designated as Iy, the relative intensity Ix/Iy of Ix to Iy is 0.140 or less, and a light-emitting device comprising the phosphor.

Claims (55)

1. A light-emitting device comprising a phosphor,

wherein the phosphor includes a crystal phase having a composition represented by formula [2] below, and

when the intensity of a peak that appears in a region where 2θ=38-39° in a powder X-ray diffraction spectrum of the phosphor is designated Ix and the intensity of a peak that appears in a region where 2θ=37-38° is designated Iy, the relative intensity Ix/Iy of Ix to Iy is 0.140 or less,

Re x MA a MB b (MC′ 1−y MD y ) c N d X e   [2]

wherein in formula [2] above,

MA includes one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Sr, Ca, Ba, Na, K, Y, Gd, and La,

MB includes one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Li, Mg, and Zn,

MC′ is Al,

MD includes one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Si, Ga, In, and Sc,

X includes one or more elements selected from the group consisting of F, Cl, Br, and I,

Re includes one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Eu, Ce, Pr, Tb, and Dy, and

a, b, c, d, e, x, and y satisfy the following expressions, respectively,

0.7≤a≤1.3

0.7≤b≤1.3

2.4≤c≤3.6

3.2≤d≤4.8

0.0≤e≤0.2

0.0<x≤0.2

0.0<y≤1.0.

2. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 wherein, in formula [2], 80 mol % or more of MA is one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Sr, Ca, and Ba.

3. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 wherein, in formula [2], 80 mol % or more of MB is Li.

4. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 wherein, in formula [2], 80 mol % or more of MD is Ga.

5. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 wherein a space group of the crystal phase having the composition represented by formula [2] is P−1.

6. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 wherein the phosphor has an emission peak wavelength in a range of 620 nm or more and 645 nm or less in an emission spectrum.

7. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 wherein a full width at half maximum (FWHM) in an emission spectrum of the phosphor is 70 nm or less.

8. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , further comprising a yellow phosphor and/or a green phosphor.

9. The light-emitting device according claim 8 wherein the yellow phosphor and/or green phosphor include at least one phosphor selected from the group consisting of a garnet type phosphor, a silicate type phosphor, a nitride phosphor, and an oxynitride phosphor.

10. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 comprising a first light emitter, and a second light emitter that emits visible light due to irradiation with light from the first light emitter, and the second light emitter includes the phosphor that includes the crystal phase having the composition represented by formula [2].

11. An illumination device comprising the light-emitting device according to claim 10 as a light source.

12. An image display device comprising the light-emitting device according to claim 10 as a light source.

13. An indicator lamp for a vehicle comprising the light-emitting device according to claim 10 as a light source.

14. A phosphor, comprising a crystal phase having a composition represented by formula [2] below,

wherein, when the intensity of a peak that appears in a region where 2θ=38-39° in a powder X-ray diffraction spectrum is designated Ix and the intensity of a peak that appears in a region where 2θ=37-38° is designated Iy, the relative intensity Ix/Iy of Ix to Iy is 0.140 or less,

Re x MA a MB b (MC′ 1−y MD y ) c N d X e   [2]

wherein in formula [2] above,

MA includes one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Sr, Ca, Ba, Na, K, Y, Gd, and La,

MB includes one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Li, Mg, and Zn,

MC′ is Al,

MD includes one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Si, Ga, In, and Sc,

X includes one or more elements selected from the group consisting of F, Cl, Br, and I,

Re includes one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Eu, Ce, Pr, Tb, and Dy, and

a, b, c, d, e, x, and y satisfy the following expressions, respectively,

0.7≤a≤1.3

0.7≤b≤1.3

2.4≤c≤3.6

3.2≤d≤4.8

0.0≤e≤0.2

0.0<x≤0.2

0.0<y≤1.0.

15. The phosphor according to claim 14 wherein, in formula [2], 80 mol % or more of MA is one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Sr, Ca, and Ba.

16. The phosphor according to claim 14 wherein, in formula [2], 80 mol % or more of MB is Li.

17. The phosphor according to claim 14 wherein, in formula [2], 80 mol % or more of MD is Ga.

18. The phosphor according to claim 14 wherein a space group of the crystal phase having the composition represented by formula [2] is P−1.

19. The Phosphor according to claim 14 having an emission peak wavelength in a range of 620 nm or more and 660 nm or less in an emission spectrum.

20. The phosphor according to claim 14 wherein a full width at half maximum (FWHM) in an emission spectrum is 70 nm or less.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 13, 2022
From: KURUSHIMA, TOMOYUKI; INATA, YUHEI
To: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 061075/0955 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 13, 2022
From: HIROSAKI, NAOTO
To: NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE
Reel/Frame 061076/0034 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP JP2022-007318 · Jan 20, 2022 · national
JP JP2022-007320 · Jan 20, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Continuation PCTJP2022031467 · Aug 19, 2022
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