Abstract: A light emitting module 1 includes a substrate 2 having a metal pattern 4 and a plurality of white light emitting devices 3 linearly arranged on the substrate 2. The metal pattern 4 is formed on a portion of 60% or more of an area of the substrate 2. The white light emitting device 3 includes a light emitting diode as a semiconductor light emitting element 5. Light emitted from the semiconductor light emitting element 5 is converted into white light by a light emitting section containing phosphors, and is taken out. The light emitting module 1 emits white light.

Abstract: A white LED lamp including: a conductive portion; a light emitting diode chip mounted on the conductive portion, for emitting a primary light having a peak wavelength of 360 nm to 420 nm; a transparent resin layer including a first hardened transparent resin, for sealing the light emitting diode chip; and a phosphor layer covering the transparent resin layer, the phosphor layer being formed by dispersing a phosphor powder into a second hardened transparent resin, and the phosphor powder receiving the primary light and radiating a secondary light having a wavelength longer than that of the primary light. An energy of the primary light contained in the radiated secondary light is 0.4 mW/Im or less.

Abstract: An object is to provide a white light emitting lamp 1 comprising: a semiconductor light emitting element 2 which is placed on a board 3 and emits ultraviolet light or blue light; and a light emitting portion that is formed so as to cover a light emitting surface of the semiconductor light emitting element 2, the light emitting portion containing a blue phosphor B, a green phosphor G, a red phosphor R and a deep red phosphor DR that are excited by the light emitted from the semiconductor light emitting element 2 to respectively emit blue light, green light, red light and a deep red light, the white light emitting lamp 1 emitting white light by mixing light emission colors from the blue phosphor B, the green phosphor G, the red phosphor R and a deep red phosphor DR with one another, wherein the deep red phosphor DR has a main emission peak in a longer wavelength region than a main emission peak of the red phosphor, the red phosphor R comprises at least one component selected from: a europium-activated SiAlON ph

Abstract: A white light source includes: an insulating substrate; a light-emitting diode chip provided on the insulating substrate and that emits ultraviolet light with a wavelength of 330 nm to 410 nm; and a phosphor layer formed to cover the light-emitting diode chip, including a red emitting phosphor, a green emitting phosphor, and a blue emitting phosphor as a phosphor, and the phosphors are dispersed in a cured transparent resin, wherein when it is assumed that the shortest distance between a surface of the phosphor layer and a peripheral portion of the light-emitting diode chip is t(mm) and the mean free path defined by the following expression (1) is L(mm), the t and L satisfy 3.2?t/L. [Expression 1] L=1/(n×?)??(1) (n: number of phosphors per unit volume of the phosphor layer (pcs/mm3), and ?: average cross section area of a phosphor in the phosphor layer (mm2)).

Abstract: In one embodiment, an aqueous dispersion liquid contains at least one particles selected from tungsten oxide particles and tungsten oxide composite particles. A mean primary particle diameter (D50) of the particles is in the range of 1 nm to 400 nm. In the aqueous dispersion liquid, concentration of the particles is in the range of 0.1 mass % to 40 mass %, and pH is in the range of 1.5 to 6.5. The aqueous dispersion liquid excels in dispersibility of particles and capable of maintaining good liquidity for a long period.

Abstract: A white LED includes a light emitting element with a light emission peak wavelength equal to or longer than 380 nm and equal to or shorter than 420 nm, and a phosphor layer containing three or more types of phosphors including at least a blue phosphor, a green phosphor, and a red phosphor and disposed in a manner to cover at least part of the light emitting element. The phosphor layer has a first phosphor layer and a second phosphor layer disposed in an opposite side of a side of the light emitting element of the first phosphor layer. In the first phosphor layer, a content of the blue phosphor in an entire phosphor contained in the first phosphor layer is equal to or less than 5 mass %, or the blue phosphor is not contained. In the second phosphor layer, a content of phosphor other than the blue phosphor in an entire phosphor contained in the second phosphor layer is equal to or less than 5 mass %, or no phosphor other than the blue phosphor is contained.

Abstract: In one embodiment, an aqueous dispersion liquid contains at least one particles selected from tungsten oxide particles and tungsten oxide composite particles. A mean primary particle diameter (D50) of the particles is in the range of 1 nm to 400 nm. In the aqueous dispersion liquid, concentration of the particles is in the range of 0.1 mass % to 40 mass %, and pH is in the range of 1.5 to 6.5. The aqueous dispersion liquid excels in dispersibility of particles and capable of maintaining good liquidity for a long period.

Abstract: An LED light emitting device is provided that has high color rendering properties and is excellent color uniformity and, at the same time, can realize even luminescence unattainable by conventional techniques. A phosphor having a composition represented by formula: (Sr2-X-Y-Z-?BaXMgYMnZEu?)SiO4 wherein x, y, z, and u are respectively coefficients satisfying 0.1<x<1, 0<y<0.5, 0<z<0.1, y>z, and 0.01<?<0.2. is provided. The phosphor is used in combination with ultraviolet and blue light emitting diodes having a luminescence peak wavelength of 360 to 470 nm to form an LED light emitting device.

Abstract: Certain embodiments provide a white LED for a backlight of a liquid crystal display device, which comprises an ultraviolet (or violet) light emitting element and a phosphor layer that contains a green phosphor selected from trivalent cerium- and terbium-activated rare earth borate phosphors, a blue phosphor selected from divalent europium-activated halophosphate phosphors and divalent europium-activated aluminate phosphors, and a red phosphor selected from europium-activated lanthanum oxysulfide phosphors and europium-activated yttrium oxysulfide phosphors as the contained amounts of the respective phosphors relative to the total amount of the phosphors as follows: 35-50% by weight of the green phosphor content; 50-70% by weight of the blue phosphor content; and 1-10% by weight of the red phosphor content.

Abstract: An object is to provide a white light emitting lamp in which a BGR phosphor containing blue, green and red phosphor is combined with a semiconductor light emitting element such as an LED, a deep red phosphor having a main emission peak in a longer wavelength region than a main emission peak of the red phosphor is further added so as to enhance characteristics, whereby both high luminance and high color rendering properties can be obtained.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a visible light responsive photocatalyst powder has organic gas decomposition performance that responds nonlinearly to an amount of irradiated light under visible light in an illuminance range of not less than 200 lx nor more than 2500 lx. The visible light responsive photocatalyst powder has a gas decomposition rate of 20% or more, for example, when visible light having only a wavelength of not less than 380 nm and an illuminance of 2500 lx is irradiated, the gas decomposition rate (%) being set as a value calculated based on [formula: (A?B)/A×100], where A represents a gas concentration before light irradiation and B represents a gas concentration when not less than 15 minutes have elapsed from the light irradiation and, at the same time, the gas concentration is stable, the gas concentrations being measured while allowing an acetaldehyde gas having an initial concentration of 10 ppm to flow into a flow-type apparatus in which 0.2 g of a sample is placed.

Abstract: A light emitting device 1 includes a light emitting diode, a phosphor layer containing phosphors that emit a visible light by being excited by a light emitted from the light emitting diode, and a reflector disposed to surround the light emitting diode. A portion of 50% or more in an area ratio of a reflecting surface of the reflector is formed as a scattering surface with a mean square inclination (?q) (0.1 mm) in a range of not less than 0.003 nor more than 0.03.

Abstract: A light emitting device 1 has, as a light source, a light emitting semiconductor element such as a light emitting diode 2. Light radiated from the light emitting diode 2 is converted to visible light in a light emitting part 8 having a plurality of phosphors 9 different in emission color, and the visible light is emitted. In such a light emitting device 1, a maximum value (?x, ?y) of color difference (absolute value) between emission chromaticity (x, y) and emission chromaticity (x1, y1) satisfies conditions of ?x<0.05 and ?y<0.05, where (x, y) is emission chromaticity measured directly above the light source and (x1, y1) is emission chromaticity measured for each of front lights and side leakage lights in all directions from the light emitting device 1.

Abstract: In a embodiment, a white LED for a backlight of a liquid crystal display device conforming to the EBU standard includes an ultraviolet (purple) light-emitting element, and a phosphor layer which contains 1 to 10 wt % of a green phosphor including a divalent europium-activated silicate phosphor, 40 to 80 wt % of a blue phosphor including at least one selected from a divalent europium-activated halo-phosphate phosphor and a divalent europium-activated aluminate phosphor, and 10 to 50 wt % of a red phosphor including at least one selected from a europium-activated lanthanum oxysulfide phosphor and a europium-activated yttrium oxysulfide phosphor.

Abstract: The solid scintillator according to the present invention is expressed by the following formula (1): [Formula 1] (M1-x-yGdxCey)3J5O12??(1) (wherein M is at least one element of La and Tb; J is at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Al, Ga, and In; and x and y are such that 0.5?x?1 and 0.000001?y?0.2). The transmittance of light having a wavelength of 550 nm measured at a thickness of 2 mm is equal to or greater than 40%. The solid scintillator according to the present invention can be manufactured at low cost, has a high light emitting power, and does not release Cd because Cd is not contained.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a hydrophilic member includes a substrate having a surface and particles existing at least on the surface of the substrate. The particles are constituted of at least one selected from tungsten oxide particles and tungsten oxide composite particles. The substrate surface on which the particles exist has an arithmetic mean roughness Ra in the range of 1 nm to 1000 nm with a reference length of 100 ?m, and exhibits hydrophilicity independently of light.

Abstract: In one embodiment, an aqueous dispersion liquid contains at least one particles selected from tungsten oxide particles and tungsten oxide composite particles. A mean primary particle diameter (D50) of the particles is in the range of 1 nm to 400 nm. In the aqueous dispersion liquid, concentration of the particles is in the range of 0.1 mass % to 40 mass %, and pH is in the range of 1.5 to 6.5. The aqueous dispersion liquid excels in dispersibility of particles and capable of maintaining good liquidity for a long period.

Abstract: A method for producing a tungsten trioxide powder for a photocatalyst according to the present invention is characterized by comprising a sublimation step for obtaining a tungsten trioxide powder by subliming a tungsten metal powder or a tungsten compound powder by using inductively coupled plasma process in an oxygen atmosphere, and a heat treatment step for heat-treating the tungsten trioxide powder obtained in the sublimation step at 300° C. to 1000° C. for 10 minutes to 2 hours in an oxidizing atmosphere. A tungsten trioxide powder which is obtained by the method for producing a tungsten trioxide powder for a photocatalyst according to the present invention has excellent photocatalytic performance under visible light.

Abstract: A white light-emitting lamp (1) includes a light-emitting portion (9) which is excited by light emitted from a semiconductor light-emitting element (2) to emit white light. The light-emitting portion (9) contains a blue phosphor, a yellow phosphor and a red phosphor. The yellow phosphor is composed of a europium and manganese-activated alkaline earth silicate phosphor having a composition expressed by (Sr1-x-y-z-u, Bax, Mgy, Euz, Mnu)2SiO4 (0.1?x?0.35, 0.025?y?0.105, 0.025?z?0.25, 0.0005?u?0.02).

Abstract: A white LED includes a light emitting element with a light emission peak wavelength equal to or longer than 380 nm and equal to or shorter than 420 nm, and a phosphor layer containing three or more types of phosphors including at least a blue phosphor, a green phosphor, and a red phosphor and disposed in a manner to cover at least part of the light emitting element. The phosphor layer has a first phosphor layer and a second phosphor layer disposed in an opposite side of a side of the light emitting element of the first phosphor layer. In the first phosphor layer, a content of the blue phosphor in an entire phosphor contained in the first phosphor layer is equal to or less than 5 mass %, or the blue phosphor is not contained. In the second phosphor layer, a content of phosphor other than the blue phosphor in an entire phosphor contained in the second phosphor layer is equal to or less than 5 mass %, or no phosphor other than the blue phosphor is contained.