| 摘要 |
This invention provides a blue phosphor, which has higher blue brightness and larger half-value width in an emission spectrum as compared with the conventional rare earth-activated sialon phosphor and has better durability as compared with the conventional oxide phosphor. The phosphor comprises a metal element M, wherein M represents Ce, dissolved as a solid solute in a nitride or oxynitride crystal having a ²-type Si 3 N 4 crystal structure, an AlN crystal structure, or an AIN polytype structure, and emits fluorescence having a peak in a wavelength region of 450 nm to 500 nm upon exposure to light from an excitation source. |
