IP Library Granted Patent US 12,557,447
Granted Patent B2
US 12,557,447 · App. 18/060,395 · Granted Feb 17, 2026

Oxide fluorescent material and light emitting device

Inventor: Yoshinori Murazaki (Komatsushima, JP)
Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
H10H20/8512C09K11/68C09K11/681
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Patent No.
US 12,557,447
App. No.
18/060,395
Granted
Feb 17, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

To provide an oxide fluorescent material that has a light emission peak wavelength in a wavelength range of from red light to near infrared light. The oxide fluorescent material has a composition encompassed in a compositional formula represented by the following formula (1): (Li 1-t M 1 t ) u (Ga 1-v M 2 v ) 5 O w :Cr x ,Ni y ,M 3 z ,  (1) wherein in the formula (1), M 1 represents at least one kind of an element selected from the group consisting of Na, K, Rb, and Cs; M 2 represents at least one kind of an element selected from the group consisting of B, Al, Sc, In, and a rare earth element; M 3 represents at least one kind of an element selected from the group consisting of Si, Ge, Sn, Ti, Zr, Hf, Bi, V, Nb, and Ta; and t, u, v, w, x, y, and z each satisfy 0≤t≤1.0, 0.7≤u≤1.6, 0≤v<1.0, 7.85≤w≤11.5, 0.05≤x≤1.2, 0≤y≤0.5, 0.25<x+y≤1.2, y<x, and 0≤z≤0.5.

Claims (10)

1 . An oxide fluorescent material having a composition encompassed in a compositional formula represented by the following formula (1):

(Li 1-t M 1 t ) u (Ga 1-v M 2 v ) 5 O w :Cr x ,Ni y ,M 3 z   (1)

wherein in the formula (1), M 1 represents at least one kind of an element selected from the group consisting of Na, K, Rb, and Cs; M 2 represents at least one kind of an element selected from the group consisting of B, Al, Sc, In, and a rare earth element; M 3 represents at least one kind of an element selected from the group consisting of Si, Ge, Sn, Ti, Zr, Hf, Bi, V, Nb, and Ta; and t, u, v, w, x, y, and z each satisfy 0≤t≤1.0, 0.7≤u≤1.6, 0≤v≤1.0, 7.85≤w≤11.5, 0.05≤x≤1.2, 0≤y≤0.5, 0.25<x+y≤1.2, y<x, and 0≤z≤0.5.

2 . The oxide fluorescent material according to claim 1 , wherein in the formula (1), x and y satisfy 0<y≤0.5 and 1.5≤x/y≤50.

3 . The oxide fluorescent material according to claim 1 , wherein in the formula (1), x and y satisfy 0.08≤x≤0.8 and 0.001≤y≤0.3.

4 . The oxide fluorescent material according to claim 1 , wherein in the formula (1), x and y satisfy 0.1≤x≤0.5 and 0.005≤y≤0.2.

5 . The oxide fluorescent material according to claim 1 , wherein the oxide fluorescent material has a full width at half maximum of a light emission spectrum having a light emission peak wavelength of 150 nm or more.

6 . The oxide fluorescent material according to claim 1 , wherein the oxide fluorescent material has a light emission peak wavelength in a range of 1,150 nm or more and 1,300 nm or less.

7 . The oxide fluorescent material according to claim 1 , wherein the oxide fluorescent material has a light emission peak wavelength in a range of 700 nm or more and 900 nm or less.

8 . A light emitting device comprising the oxide fluorescent material according to claim 1 and a light emitting element that has a light emission peak wavelength in a range of 365 nm or more and 500 nm or less and irradiates the oxide fluorescent material.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 30, 2022
From: MURAZAKI, YOSHINORI
To: NICHIA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 061928/0320 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-193707 · Nov 30, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230167358A1 · Jun 1, 2023
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