Abstract: Provided is a phosphor including: a host material expressed by a general formula (Ca1-xMex)a(Ce1-y-zLayPrz)bSicXd (0.5?b/a?7, 1.5?c/(a+b)?3.5, 4?d/(a+b)?6, 0?x?0.5, 0?y<1, 0?z?0.5, and 0?y+z<1, where X is at least one element selected from N, O, F, and Cl); and at least one activator that is selected from Mn, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Dy, Tb, Ho, Er, Tm, and is solid-solutioned in the host material, wherein Me is at least one element selected from Ba, Mg, Sr, Mn, and Zn, and the host material includes, as a main phase, a phase that exhibits a diffraction peak having a relative intensity of 5% or more in ranges of Bragg's angles (2?) of 10.68-11.41°, 18.52-19.46°, 31.21-31.58°, 31.61-32.20°, and 36.81-37.49° of an X-ray diffraction pattern when a relative intensity of a diffraction peak having the strongest intensity is set to 100% in the X-ray powder diffraction pattern.

Abstract: Provided is a phosphor including: a host material expressed by a general formula (Ca1-xMex)a(Ce1-y-zLayPrz)bSicXd (0.5?b/a?7, 1.5?c/(a+b)?3.5, 4?d/(a+b?6, 0?x?0.5, 0?y<1, 0?z?0.5, and 0?y+z<1, where X is at least one element selected from N, O, F, and Cl); and at least one activator that is selected from Mn, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Dy, Tb, Ho, Er, Tm, and is solid-solutioned in the host material, wherein Me is at least one element selected from Ba, Mg, Sr, Mn, and Zn, and the host material includes, as a main phase, a phase that exhibits a diffraction peak having a relative intensity of 5% or more in ranges of Bragg's angles (2?) of 10.68-11.41°, 18.52-19.46°, 31.21-31.58°, 31.61-32.20°, and 36.81-37.49° of an X-ray diffraction pattern when a relative intensity of a diffraction peak having the strongest intensity is set to 100% in the X-ray powder diffraction pattern.

Abstract: Disclosure relates to a phosphor formed by using oxynitride having a good durability and possibly emits diverse color of light from green to yellow when using a blue emitting diode or a ultraviolet emitting diode as an excitation source. The phosphor includes a host material represented by the general formula of (Ca1-xM1x)a(La1-yM2y)bSicNdOe (in which 0.5?b/a?7, 1.5?c/(a+b)?3.5, 1?d/c?1.8, 0.6?e/(a+b)?2, 0?x?0.5, and 0?y?0.5) and having a monoclinic crystalline structure, and at least one dissolved activator selected from the group consisting of Mn, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Dy, Tb, Ho, Er, Tm and Yb. M1 is at least one element selected from Ba, Mg, Sr, Mn and Zn, and M2 being at least one element selected from Y, Lu, Sc, Gd, Tb, Ce, Nd, Sm, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Al, Ga, Ge, Sn and In.

Abstract: There are provided an oxynitride-based phosphor and a light emitting device including the same. The oxynitride-based phosphor has a rare-earth element dissolved in a host material represented by a general formula: Ca15Si20O10N30. The rare-earth element is at least one selected from a group consisting of manganese (Mn), cerium (Ce), praseodymium (Pr), neodymium (Nd), samarium (Sm), europium (Eu), gadolinium (Gd), dysprosium (Dy), terbium (Tb), holmium (Ho), erbium (Er), thulium (Tm) and ytterbium (Yb). The host material has a crystal lattice according to a peak of an X-ray powder diffraction pattern, and the crystal lattice has a cubic crystal structure.

Abstract: Disclosure relates to a phosphor formed by using oxynitride having a good durability and possibly emits diverse color of light from green to yellow when using a blue emitting diode or a ultraviolet emitting diode as an excitation source. The phosphor includes a host material represented by the general formula of (Ca1-xM1x)a(La1-yM2y)bSicNdOe (in which 0.5?b/a?7, 1.5?c/(a+b)?3.5, 1?d/c?1.8, 0.6?e/(a+b)?2, 0?x?0.5, and 0?y?0.5) and having a monoclinic crystalline structure, and at least one dissolved activator selected from the group consisting of Mn, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Dy, Tb, Ho, Er, Tm and Yb. M1 is at least one element selected from Ba, Mg, Sr, Mn and Zn, and M2 being at least one element selected from Y, Lu, Sc, Gd, Tb, Ce, Nd, Sm, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Al, Ga, Ge, Sn and In.