Abstract: A phosphor can be excited by UV, purple or blue light LED, its production and the light emitting devices. The general formula of the phosphor is LnaMb(O,F)12:(R3+,M?2+)x, wherein, Ln is at least one metal element selected from a group consisting of Sc, Y, La, Pr, Nd, Gd, Ho, Yb and Sm, 2.6?a?3.4; M is at least one element selected from a group consisting of B, Al and Ga, 4.5?b?5.5; R is at least one metal element selected from a group consisting of Ce and Tb; M? is at least one metal element selected from a group consisting of Ca, Sr, Ba, Mn and Zn, 0.001?x?0.4. The phosphor possesses broad emitting range, high efficiency, better uniformity and stability. A light emitting device can be obtained by incorporating this phosphor into a UV, purple or blue light emitting device.

Abstract: A method of producing a UV-emitting magnesium pentaborate phosphor is described. The method comprises combining a hydrated magnesium hexaborate with oxides of Y, Gd, Ce and Pr to form a mixture and firing the mixture in a slightly reducing atmosphere to form the phosphor. The hydrated magnesium hexaborate, which is preferably prepared as a precipitate, preferably has a formula MgB6O10.XH2O where X is from 4 to 6.

Abstract: There is described a method for the preparation of a green-emitting terbium and cerium co-activated gadolinium magnesium pentaborate phosphor that utilizes a hydrated magnesium hexaborate as a boron source. The hydrated magnesium hexaborate preferably may be represented by the formula MgB6O10.XH2O where X is from 4 to 6, preferably 4.8 to 5.5, and more preferably about 5. The hydrated magnesium hexaborate is combined with oxides of Gd, Ce, and Tb, and at least one magnesium compound selected from MgCl2, MgF2, and MgO, and then fired in a slightly reducing atmosphere to form the phosphor. The method results in a greater homogeneity of the fired cake and subsequently a higher brightness. In addition, the method preferably requires only one firing step and provides very little or no sticking of the fired cake to the firing boats.

Abstract: An oxynitride phosphor consisting of a crystal containing at least one or more of Group II elements selected from the group consisting of Be, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba and Zn, at least one or more of Group IV elements selected from the group consisting of C, Si, Ge, Sn, Ti, Zr and Hf, and a rare earth element being an activator R, thereby providing a phosphor which is excited by an excitation light source at an ultraviolet to visible light region and which has a blue green to yellow luminescence color that is wavelength converted.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a process for preparing photoluminescent samarium-doped titanium dioxide, typically in the rutile phase, comprising: precipitating, preferably at a pH of about 2 to about 3, a mixture comprising hydrated titanium oxide, a source of samarium, and a separable filtering agent to form a precipitated mixture comprising precipitated samarium-doped hydrated titanium oxide and the separable filtering agent; filtering the precipitated mixture to form a filter cake comprising the precipitated samarium-doped hydrated titanium oxide and the separable filtering agent; calcining the precipitated samarium-doped hydrated titanium oxide and separable filtering agent at a temperature of greater than about 300° C. to form a mixture comprising samarium-doped titanium dioxide and the separable filtering agent; and removing the separable filtering agent to recover samarium-doped titanium dioxide particles.

Abstract: A white light emitting device capable of expanding the wavelength range of a blue LED used for realizing white light. The white light emitting device according to the present invention includes a blue LED and a mixture of orange phosphor and green phosphor disposed above the blue LED.

Abstract: A phosphor is formed with a glass coating layer on a surface of a phosphor grain to have improved moisture and/or thermal stability. A method for manufacturing the phosphor comprises preparing phosphor grains excitable by light, and forming a glass coating layer on a surface of each phosphor grain. The glass coating layer may be formed by mixing the phosphor grains with a glass composition; heat-treating a mixture of the phosphor grains and the glass composition to make the glass composition melt and surround the phosphor grains; and cooling and breaking the heat-treated mixture to provide phosphors, each comprising the phosphor grain having the glass coating layer formed on a surface of the phosphor grain.

Abstract: A red phosphor material and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The red phosphor material is represented by formula A4(D1-xEux)B3O10, wherein, 0<x?0.6, A is selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba and Zn, and D is selected from the group consisting of rare-earth metals other than Eu.

Abstract: A Pr-doped inorganic compound contains a solid solution having been formed by substitution of at least a part of at least one kind of substitutable ions, which are contained at a substitutable ion site in a matrix oxide, by Pr. The Pr-doped inorganic compound satisfies the condition represented by the formula: 0.91r2?r1?1.05r2 wherein r1 represents the mean ionic radius of ionic radiuses of all of elements, including Pr, which elements constitute the substitutable ion site having been doped with Pr, and r2 represents the ionic radius of Pr.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of increasing the luminescence efficiency of a translucent phosphor ceramic. Other embodiments are methods of manufacturing a phosphor translucent ceramic having increased luminescence. Another embodiment is a light emitting device comprising a phosphor translucent ceramic made by one of these methods.

Abstract: The transparent polycrystalline optoceramic has single grains with a symmetric cubic crystal structure and at least one optically active center. The optoceramic has the following formula: A2+xByDzE7, wherein ?1.15?x?0, 0?y?3, 0?z?1.6, and 3x+4y+5z=8, and wherein A is at least one trivalent rare earth cation, B is at least one tetravalent cation, D is at least one pentavalent cation, and E is at least one divalent anion. The method of making the optoceramic includes preparing a powder mixture from starting materials, pre-sintering, sintering and then compressing to form the optoceramic. Scintillator media made from the optoceramic are also described.

Abstract: The transparent polycrystalline optoceramic has single grains with a symmetric cubic crystal structure and at least one optically active center. The optoceramic has the following formula: A2+xByDzE7, wherein 0?x?1.1, 0?y?3, 0?z?1.6, and 3x+4y+5z=8, and wherein A is at least one trivalent rare earth cation, B is at least one tetravalent cation, D is at least one pentavalent cation, and E is at least one divalent anion. The method of making the optoceramic includes preparing a powder mixture from starting materials, pre-sintering, sintering and then compressing to form the optoceramic. Scintillator media made from the optoceramic are also described.

Abstract: Methods for preparing nc-Ge/GeO2 composites by under reductive thermal processing conditions are described. Also described are methods of preparing freestanding nc-Ge via release from the nc-Ge/GeO2 composites.

Abstract: Disclosed is a thulium-containing fluorescent substance for a white light emitting diode represented by a following chemical formula 1, (Chemical Formula 1) (M1-X-J7EuxTnIy)2SiO4 where M is a divalent cation metal including Sr or Ba, with 0.005<x<0.05 and 0.005<y<0.05. The silicate-based yellow fluorescent substance according to the present invention is sufficiently excited by a blue light source generated by a blue LED to exhibit a yellow emission, with superior luminous intensity, due to the addition of europium oxide (Eu2O3) and thulium oxide (Tm2O3) as an activator, thereby being suitable for a white LED.

Abstract: A semiconductor nanoparticle phosphor includes a nanoparticle core composed of a group-XIII and -XV semiconductor, a first shell for coating the nanoparticle core, and a second shell for coating the first shell, a difference in a lattice constant between the nanoparticle core and the second shell being smaller than a difference in the lattice constant between the nanoparticle core and the first shell, or the first shell being smaller in the lattice constant than the nanoparticle core and the second shell being greater in the lattice constant than the nanoparticle core, or the first shell being greater in the lattice constant than the nanoparticle core and the second shell being smaller in the lattice constant than the nanoparticle core.

Abstract: A light-emitting apparatus composed of a light source that emits primary light and a phosphor that absorbs the primary light and emits secondary light offers high brightness, low power consumption, and a long lifetime while minimizing adverse effects on the environment. The phosphor is formed of a III-V group semiconductor in the form of fine-particle crystals each having a volume of 2 800 nm3 or less. The light emitted from the fine-particle crystals depends on their volume, and therefore giving the fine-particle crystals a predetermined volume distribution makes it possible to adjust the wavelength range of the secondary light.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are phosphor compositions comprising a BAM phosphor BaMgAl10O17:Eu2+ and at least one other hexaaluminate that may also be europium activated. The BAM may be mixed with any number of different kinds of heaxaaluminates having a similar crystal structure. The aluminum ratio may also be adjusted to alter the defect structure or to produce a second phase. Addition of another hexaaluminate to BAM enhances emission intensity and resistance to degradation, which is beneficial to applications such as plasma display panels.

Abstract: Disclosed is a metal mixed oxide which enables to obtain a phosphor exhibiting higher emission luminance. Also disclosed are a phosphor containing such a metal mixed oxide, a phosphor paste and a light-emitting device. The metal mixed oxide contains the following (1), (2) and (3) as metal elements: (1) (an) alkaline earth metal element(s) selected from Ba, C and Mg; (2) aluminum (Al); and (3) at least one element (M) selected from rare earth elements and manganese. In this connection, when the molar ratio of Ba:Ca:Mg:Al:M is expressed as a:b:c:d:e, the following relations are satisfied: 0.3?a?8, 0?b<12.5, 0?c<12.5, 11?a+b+c?13, 13?d?15, 0.0001?e?1.0.

Abstract: A nanoaggregate composition and method for making nanoaggregate compositions constructed with one, two, and three nanoparticle building blocks includes coating the building blocks with a concentration of polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) molecules based on a known relationship between the concentration and an extent of aggregation of the building blocks, and producing nanoaggregates from the building blocks comprising a mixture of single-core nanoaggregates, double-core nanoaggregates, and triple-core nanoaggregates as a function of the extent of aggregation.

Abstract: The invention relates to an improved red light emitting material of the formula M1?yA1+xSi4?xN7?x?2yOx+2y: RE whereby M is selected out of the group comprising Ba, Sr, Ca, Mg or mixtures thereof, A is selected out of the group comprising Al, Ga, B or mixtures thereof, RE is selected out of the group comprising rare earth metals, Y, La, Sc or mixtures thereof and x is ?0 and ?1 and y is ?0 and ?0.2. This material is believed to crystallize in a novel structure type that comprises two individual lattice sites for rare 10 earth metal incorporation, which leads to an improved lighting behaviour.

Abstract: The present invention relates to metal silicate halide (halosilicate) phosphors, the phosphors with an oxide coating, methods of making the phosphors, and light emitting diode- (LED-) based lighting devices modified with the phosphors.

Abstract: A practical novel phosphor material composed of an ?-type silicon nitride, i.e., an ?-type silicon nitride phosphor containing a fluorescence-emittable element throughout an ?-type silicon nitride particle from the surface to the inside, is provided. Portions having a high emittable element concentration are preferably present like islands, and the fluorescence-emittable element is preferably a lanthanide metal. A powder composed of a fluorescence-emittable element is added to silicon diimide (Si(NH)2) or an amorphous silicon nitride powder obtained by thermally decomposing silicon diimide (Si(NH)2), the powders are mixed, and the mixture is fired in a non-oxidizing atmosphere, whereby the phosphor material is obtained.

Abstract: The present invention provides a light-emitting device having an excitation source which emits a light having a wavelength of from 420 to 500 nm and a phosphor in combination, and having a high luminance. A light-emitting device having a first illuminant which emits a light having a wavelength of 420 to 500 nm and a second illuminant which emits a visible light when irradiated with the light from the first illuminant, characterized in that the second illuminant contains a phosphor, and the object color of the phosphor satisfies L*?90, ?22?a*??10, and b*?55, in the L*, a*, b* color system.

Abstract: A phosphor is provided. The phosphor includes a composition represented by the formula: M1O2.aM2O.bM3X2:M4,where M1 is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Si, Ge, Ti, Zr, and Sn; M2 is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, and Zn; M3 is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, and Zn; X is at least one halogen element; M4 is at least one element essentially including Eu2+ selected from the group consisting of rare-earth elements and Mn; a is in the range of 0.1?a?1.3; and b is in the range of 0.1?b?0.25.

Abstract: The present invention provides high quality monodisperse or substantially monodisperse InAs nanocrystals in the as-prepared state. In some embodiments, the as-prepared substantially monodisperse InAs nanocrystals demonstrate a photoluminescence of between about 700 nm and 1400 nm.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide an iodide single crystal material that provides a scintillator material for the next-generation TOF-PET, and a production process for high-quality iodide single crystal materials. The iodide single crystal material of the invention having the same crystal structure as LuI3 and activated by a luminescence center RE where RE is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, and Yb is characterized in that a part or the whole of lutetium (Lu) in said iodide single crystal material is substituted by Y and/or Gd.

Abstract: A coated phosphor, formed by a powder of individual grains of a phosphor as base material, the grains being coated with a coating material. The layer comprises a plurality of individual layers and is particulate in form, the individual primary particles of the layer being at least 5 nm in size. The mean layer thickness is at least 20 nm.

Abstract: The present invention provides a light-emitting body in which fine phosphor particles are dispersed in an oxide matrix, with the fine phosphor particles containing at least one selected from oxides and oxysulfides as a parent material. When this light-emitting body is dispersed in a resin, a resin composition having excellent transparency can be obtained. This light-emitting body can be produced by: preparing a gel through a sol-gel process in which a raw material solution containing a compound that supplies metal atoms composing the fine phosphor particles is used; and heating the gel at 400° C. or higher, for example. Preferably, the light-emitting body has a shape of a flake or fiber.

Abstract: The present invention provides electroluminescent materials that emit very bright light with little energy consumption, little loss of energy converted into heat, etc., and suffers from little deterioration due to long-term use, in particular, inorganic electroluminescent materials that emit blue to green light having a wavelength shorter than yellow.

Abstract: A novel type of green luminophore containing mixed rare-earth phosphates is produced from precursor particles having a mean diameter ranging from 1.5 to 15 microns; such particles have an inorganic core and a shell of a mixed lanthanum and/or cerium phosphate, optionally doped with terbium, evenly covering the inorganic core with a thickness greater than or equal to 300 nm.

Abstract: A blue phosphor, a display device including the same, and associated methods, the blue phosphor including BaMgAl10O17:Eu (BAM) phosphor particles having a surface component and an internal component, wherein an aluminum/barium (Al/Ba) molar ratio of the surface component of the phosphor particles is 1.1 to about 1.4 times the Al/Ba molar ratio of the internal component of the phosphor particles, and the Al/Ba molar ratios are continuously variable between the internal component and the surface component.

Abstract: There are provided a long persistent phosphor capable of keeping high persistent intensity and white persistence of especially satisfactory color purity after the phosphor is excited by ultraviolet irradiation and then the excited light is cut off, and a fluorescent lamp, a display item of long persistence and a formed product of long persistence in which the phosphor is used. A long phosphorescence persistent phosphor which comprises a mixture or mutual deposit of the first phosphor emitting long persistence in the first wave range by ultraviolet absorption, which is one or more than two of the following phosphors (i) and (ii), and a second phosphor which is excited by at least a part of emission of the first phosphor. Magnesium-strontium silicate phosphor (i) prepared by co-activating a complex-oxide containing Sr, Mg and Si as a matrix metal component with Eu and Dy.

Abstract: A fluorescent material includes first and second phosphors. The first phosphor is a light-storing phosphor, which is represented by the general formula (M1-a-bEuaQb)Al2O4, wherein M is one type selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ca, Ba, Sr and Zn; Q is one type selected from the group consisting of Pr, Nd, Dy, Er and Ho; a is a number that satisfies 0.0001?a?0.5; and b is a number that satisfies 0.010?b?0.5. When the fluorescent material is excited for about 15 minutes by ultraviolet irradiation having about 365.0 nm wavelength with an intensity of 0.5 mW/cm2, and the color of the afterglow of the fluorescent material is measured 1 minute and 10 minutes after excitation is terminated, an amount of change between chromaticity measured 1 minute after excitation and that measured 10 minutes is in the range of ?0.001?x?0.009 and ?0.009?y?0.006.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing nanosize to microsize particles of compounds of the rare earth metals and other transition metals and also for producing colloid-chemically stable sols of these particles.

Abstract: A method for preparing a metal oxide phosphor contemplates preparing a solution including a metal precursor compound and an ionic material and heating the solution under pressure using microwaves.

Abstract: Novel green phosphors are disclosed having the comprise silicate-based compounds having the formula (Sr,A1)x(Si,A2)(O,A3)2+x:Eu2+, where A1 is at least one divalent cation (a 2+ ion) including Mg, Ca, Ba, or Zn, or a combination of 1+ and 3+cations; A2 is a 3+, 4+, or 5+cation, including at least one of B, Al, Ga, C, Ge, N, and P; A3 is a 1-, 2-, or 3-anion, including F, Cl, Br, and S; and x is any value between 1.5 and 2.5, both inclusive. The formula is written to indicate that the A1 cation replaces Sr; the A2 cation replaces Si, and the A3 anion replaces O. These green phosphors are configured to emit visible light having a peak emission wavelength greater than about 480 nm. They have applications in green illumination systems, red-green-blue backlighting systems, white LEDs, and plasma display panels (PDPs).

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an infra-red light emitting phosphor having an excellent chemical stability and desirable light emitting properties. The infra-red light emitting phosphor is represented by a chemical formula: (A1-x-yNdxYby)VO4, wherein A represents at least one element selected from yttrium (Y), gadolinium (Gd), lutetium (Lu) and lanthanum (La); x and y respectively satisfy the requirements: 0.01?x?0.3 and 0.01?y?0.4, provided that (x+y)?0.5 and 0.2?(y/x)?6. This vanadate phosphor having the constitution described above can act as an infra-red light emitting phosphor having an excellent chemical stability and desirable light emitting properties.

Abstract: Colloidal dispersions of rare-earth borates include a liquid phase and borate colloids dispersed therein, these colloids having a mean hydrodynamic diameter of at most 200 nm and consisting essentially of elementary particles having a mean size of less than 100 nm; such dispersions are prepared by: (a) reacting a rare-earth oxide with a controlled amount of a water-soluble monovalent acid, having a pKa of from 2.5 to 5.0; (b) heating the medium thus obtained; (c) adding boric acid to the medium obtained and heating the resulting mixture; and (d) separating the solid product from the liquid medium thus obtained, and redispersing same in a liquid phase (the subject borates are useful luminophores, especially for the manufacture of luminescent transparent materials).

Abstract: A light-emitting device is produced using a phosphor composition containing a phosphor host having as a main component a composition represented by a composition formula: aM3N2.bAlN.cSi3N4, where “M” is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, and Zn, and “a”, “b”, and “c” are numerical values satisfying 0.2?a/(a+b)?0.95, 0.05?b/(b+c)?0.8, and 0.4?c/(c+a)?0.95. This enables a light-emitting device emitting white light and satisfying both a high color rendering property and a high luminous flux to be provided.

Abstract: In a method of preparing a phosphor or scintillator layer to become deposited on a support, a vapor depositing step is applied from a crucible unit by heating as phosphor precursor raw materials present in said crucible, a Cs(X,X?) matrix compound and an activator or dopant precursor compound, wherein said crucible unit comprises at least a bottom and surrounding side walls as a container for phosphor precursor raw materials present in said crucible in liquefied form after heating said crucible, and wherein said Cs(X,X?) matrix compound has a higher vapor pressure than said activator or dopant precursor compound, said method comprising a step of providing said activator or dopant compound in form of a precursor raw material represented by the formula CsxEuyX?(x+?y), wherein x, y and ? are integers, wherein x/y is more than 0.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a phosphor having excellent emission brightness by inclusion of Si or Fe in the phosphor having a TbAG:Ce composition, and a white LED. The white photoluminescent device in accordance with the present invention comprises at least one light-emitting diode emitting light with a wavelength of 430 to 470 nm and a phosphor having a composition of TbAG:Ce, wherein the phosphor having a composition of TbAG:Ce is composed of a compositional formula of (Tb1-xCex)3(Al1-yMy)5O12, wherein x is between 0.01 and 0.4, y is between 0.0 and 0.1, and M is selected from the group consisting of Si and Fe.

Abstract: Lasing systems utilizing YAG and methods for producing a YAG suitable for lasing are provided. The lasing system comprises a laser activator and a laser host material is provided. The laser host material comprises a transparent polycrystalline yttrium aluminum garnet material defined by a low porosity of less than about 3 ppm.

Abstract: A method for producing a fluorescent material involving firing a mixture of a stock material and a flux. The method may involve a first firing process involving firing the mixture of the stock material and the flux in a weakly reducing atmosphere, followed by firing the resulting material in a second reducing atmosphere that is more reducing than the first weakly reducing atmosphere. The flux may include a liquid.

Abstract: A blue-green-red three-band phosphor for multilayer agricultural plastic film for converting near ultraviolet light in photosynthetic active radiation is disclosed. The substrate of the phosphor is prepared from the group IIA element SiO44?, having a total stoichiometric equation (?Me+2O)2?(SiO2)?, in which ?=1, 2, 3, ?Me+2=Ba+2 and/or Sr+2 and/or Ca+2 and/or Mg+2, having an orthorhombic crystal architecture, and generating a three-band spectrum when activated by d-f element selected from the group of Eu+2, Mn+2 and Sm+2. The maximum wavelength of the three-band spectrum is ?1=440˜460 nm, ?2=515˜535 nm and ?3=626˜640 nm. The maximum value and halfwave width of every spectrum are determined subject to the concentration of the activator and the phosphor synthesis technology. The three-band phosphor is prepared through a solid synthesis method in the form of high dispersed ultrafine powder having the average grain size of d?0.8 ?m.

Abstract: A high-brightness yellow-orange yellow phosphor for use in warm white LED (light emitting diode), the high-brightness yellow-orange yellow phosphor comprises a substrate based on a rare-earth garnet and cerium for activating said substrate. The high-brightness yellow-orange yellow phosphor has the substances of Li+1, Mg+2 and N?3 contained therein so that the overall stoichiometric equation of the substrate is: ?(Ln)3Al5?xLi(x+y)Mg(x+y)O12?3yN3y and, the high-brightness yellow-orange yellow phosphor radiates in a visible orange yellow band at ?=538˜569 nm when activated by a shortwave light from an InGaN semiconductor heterostructure.

Abstract: A phosphor can be excited by light emitting diode (LED) to emit a red light. The phosphor has high emission efficiency. Owing to a sensitizer is used in the phosphor, the phosphor can be excited at the wavelength of 380˜400 nm. Moreover, the excitation efficiency of the wavelength shorter than 370 nm can be increased. The phosphor has a chemical formula of A1-x-y-zBixByCzMoO4.

Abstract: Provided is a red phosphor which is excellent in emission efficiency by a long wavelength UV excitation source and has a fine and uniform particle size. The red phosphor includes a compound represented by (Li.sub.(2?z)?xM.sub.x)(AO.sub.4).sub.y:Eu.sub.z,Sm.sub.q and a flux wherein M is K, Mg, Na, Ca, Sr, or Ba, A is Mo or W, 0.ltoreq.x.ltoreq.2, 0.5.ltoreq.y.ltoreq.5, 0.01.ltoreq.z.ltoreq.1.5, and 0.001.ltoreq.q.ltoreq.1.0. Provided is also a method of preparing the red phosphor.

Abstract: A green phosphor that exhibits a green luminance higher than those of conventional rare-earth-activated sialon phosphors, having durability higher than those of conventional oxide phosphors, and that emits light by ultraviolet or visible light. There is provide a phosphor comprising a crystal of oxynitride or nitride with ?-type Si3N4 crystal structure and, solid dissolved therein, Eu, which phosphor emits a fluorescence having a peak at a wavelength falling within the wavelength region of 500 to 600 nm upon excitation source irradiation. The luminous intensity within the wavelength region of 500 to 600 nm is high, so that the phosphor is excellent as a green phosphor.

Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention is to provide a stress-stimulated luminescent material which has a unique crystal structure and which emits conventionally unachievable intense light. The stress-stimulated luminescent material of one embodiment of the present invention includes a basic structure in which a plurality of tetrahedral molecules each having an AlO4-like tetrahedral structure or an SiO4-like tetrahedral structure share atoms of apexes of the tetrahedral structures so as to be coupled to one another so that a basic material structure is formed and at least either alkali metal ions or alkali earth metal ions are inserted into the void are partially substituted by at least either rare earth metal ions or transition metal ions.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a metal hydroxy carbonate nanoparticle-coated phosphor and a preparation method thereof. The phosphor coated with metal hydroxy carbonate nanoparticles exhibit improved thermal stability and an increased luminance lifespan, when applied to display devices, e.g., PDPs and lamps.