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US 12,735,639 · App. 18/276,738 · Granted Sep 15, 2026

Phosphor powder, wavelength conversion body, and light emitting device

Inventors: Hiroki Banno (Tokyo, JP); Hiroaki Toyoshima (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: DENKA COMPANY LIMITED
C09K11/77928C09K11/77927H10H20/8512
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Patent No.
US 12,735,639
App. No.
18/276,738
Granted
Sep 15, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A phosphor powder containing a phosphor represented by General Formula (I) below. In General Formula (I), M1 includes at least La and optionally further includes one or more elements selected from the group made of lanthanoid elements other than Y and La, M2 includes at least Ba and optionally further includes one or more elements selected from the group made of Mg, Ca, and Sr, x is equal to or more than 0.005 and equal to or less than 0.2, y is equal to or more than 0 and equal to or less than 0.1, and z is more than 0.44 and equal to or less than 0.99: (Eu (1-x)(1-z) M1 x M2 (1-x)z ) 2 (Si 1-y Al y ) 5 N 8 . . . (I).

Claims (30)

1 . A phosphor powder comprising:

a phosphor represented by General Formula (I) below,

(Eu (1-x)(1-z) M1 x M2 (1-x)z ) 2 (Si 1-y Al y ) 5 N 8   (I)

in General Formula (I),

M1 includes at least La and optionally further includes one or more elements selected from the group consisting of lanthanoid elements other than Y and La,

M2 includes at least Ba and optionally further includes one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ca, and Sr,

x is equal to or more than 0.005 and equal to or less than 0.2,

y is equal to or more than 0 and equal to or less than 0.1, and

z is more than 0.44 and equal to or less than 0.99,

wherein, in a crystal structure of the phosphor, a unit lattice volume is equal to or more than 0.368 nm 3 and less than 0.378 nm 3 .

2 . The phosphor powder according to claim 1 ,

wherein, in General Formula (I), y is more than 0 and equal to or less than 0.1.

3 . The phosphor powder according to claim 1 ,

wherein, when a peak intensity of an emission spectrum when the phosphor powder is irradiated with laser light having a wavelength of 452 nm at room temperature is represented by I i , and

a peak intensity of an emission spectrum when the phosphor powder that has been heated at 200° C. for 1 hour and then cooled to room temperature is irradiated with laser light having a wavelength of 452 nm is represented by I f ,

a value of I f /I i is equal to or more than 0.4.

4 . A wavelength conversion body comprising:

the phosphor powder according to claim 1 .

5 . A light emitting device comprising:

the wavelength conversion body according to claim 4 .

6 . A phosphor powder comprising:

a phosphor represented by General Formula (I) below,

(Eu (1-x)(1-z) M1 x M2 (1-x)z ) 2 (Si 1-y Al y ) 5 N 8   (I)

in General Formula (I),

M1 includes at least La and optionally further includes one or more elements selected from the group consisting of lanthanoid elements other than Y and La,

M2 includes at least Ba and optionally further includes one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ca, and Sr,

x is equal to or more than 0.005 and equal to or less than 0.2,

y is equal to or more than 0 and equal to or less than 0.1, and

z is more than 0.44 and equal to or less than 0.99,

wherein a peak wavelength of an emission spectrum when the phosphor powder is irradiated with light having a wavelength of 450 nm is equal to or more than 800 nm.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 10, 2023
From: BANNO, HIROKI; TOYOSHIMA, HIROAKI
To: DENKA COMPANY LIMITED
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-032318 · Mar 2, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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