The invention relates to co-activated magnesium alumosilicate based phosphors, to a process of its preparation, the use of these phosphors in electronic and electro optical devices, such as light emitting diodes (LEDs) and solar cells and especially to illumination units comprising said magnesium alumosilicate-based phosphors.

Provided are a method of producing a thiogallate-based fluorescent material, a method of producing a light-emitting device, a thiogallate-based fluorescent material, and a light-emitting device. The method of producing a thiogallate-based fluorescent material includes preparing a first solution containing at least one M1 ion selected from the group consisting of Sr, Be, Mg, Ca, Ba and Zn, and at least one M2 ion selected from the group consisting of Eu and Ce, and a second solution containing a sulfite ion, simultaneously supplying the first solution and the second solution to a reactor to obtain a powder containing a sulfite that contains an element M1 and an element M2, mixing a raw material that contains the powder containing the sulfite that contains the element M1 and the element M2 and a powder containing a gallium compound, with lithium chloride to obtain a mixture, and heat-treating the mixture to obtain a thiogallate-based fluorescent material.

Provided are a method of producing a thiogallate-based fluorescent material, a method of producing a light-emitting device, a thiogallate-based fluorescent material, and a light-emitting device. The method of producing a thiogallate-based fluorescent material includes preparing a first solution containing at least one M1 ion selected from the group consisting of Sr, Be, Mg, Ca, Ba and Zn, and at least one M2 ion selected from the group consisting of Eu and Ce, and a second solution containing a sulfite ion, simultaneously supplying the first solution and the second solution to a reactor to obtain a powder containing a sulfite that contains an element M1 and an element M2, mixing a raw material that contains the powder containing the sulfite that contains the element M1 and the element M2 and a powder containing a gallium compound, with lithium chloride to obtain a mixture, and heat-treating the mixture to obtain a thiogallate-based fluorescent material.

Phosphate particulates of at least one rare-earth metal (Ln), with Ln being at least one rare-earth metal selected from among cerium and terbium and optionally lanthanum are in the form of a suspension in a liquid phase of primary isotropic monocrystalline monazite particles having an average size of at least 25 nm and agglomerated into secondary particles having an average size of at most 400 nm; useful luminophores are produced from such phosphate particulates.

Phosphate particulates of at least one rare-earth metal (Ln), with Ln being at least one rare-earth metal selected from among cerium and terbium and optionally lanthanum are in the form of a suspension in a liquid phase of primary isotropic monocrystalline monazite particles having an average size of at least 25 nm and agglomerated into secondary particles having an average size of at most 400 nm; useful luminophores are produced from such phosphate particulates.

Provided are a phosphor-containing capable of suppressing deterioration of phosphors and can be manufactured with high efficiency and a backlight unit. Specifically, provided is a phosphor-containing film 1, including a first substrate film 10; and a phosphor-containing layer 30 at which a plurality of regions 35 containing phosphors 31, which, if exposed to oxygen, deteriorate by reacting with the oxygen, are discretely disposed on the first substrate film 10, and at which a resin layer 38 having an impermeability to oxygen is disposed between the discretely disposed regions 35 containing phosphors 31, in which a width S of the resin layer 38 between the regions 35 containing phosphors 31 is 0.01S<0.5 mm, and wherein a ratio of a volume Vp of the regions containing phosphors, to a sum of the volume Vp and a volume Vb of the resin layer in the phosphor-containing layer, is 0.1Vp/(Vp+Vb)<0.9.

Provided are a phosphor-containing capable of suppressing deterioration of phosphors and can be manufactured with high efficiency and a backlight unit. Specifically, provided is a phosphor-containing film 1, including a first substrate film 10; and a phosphor-containing layer 30 at which a plurality of regions 35 containing phosphors 31, which, if exposed to oxygen, deteriorate by reacting with the oxygen, are discretely disposed on the first substrate film 10, and at which a resin layer 38 having an impermeability to oxygen is disposed between the discretely disposed regions 35 containing phosphors 31, in which a width S of the resin layer 38 between the regions 35 containing phosphors 31 is 0.01S<0.5 mm, and wherein a ratio of a volume Vp of the regions containing phosphors, to a sum of the volume Vp and a volume Vb of the resin layer in the phosphor-containing layer, is 0.1Vp/(Vp+Vb)<0.9.

The present invention relates to alkaline earth aluminate phosphors, to a process for the preparation thereof and to the use thereof as conversion phosphors. The present invention also relates to an emission-converting material comprising at least the conversion phosphor according to the invention, and to the use thereof in light sources, in particular pc-LEDs (phosphor converted light emitting devices). The present invention furthermore relates to light sources, in particular pc-LEDs, and to lighting units which comprise a primary light source and the emission-converting material according to the invention.

The present invention relates to alkaline earth aluminate phosphors, to a process for the preparation thereof and to the use thereof as conversion phosphors. The present invention also relates to an emission-converting material comprising at least the conversion phosphor according to the invention, and to the use thereof in light sources, in particular pc-LEDs (phosphor converted light emitting devices). The present invention furthermore relates to light sources, in particular pc-LEDs, and to lighting units which comprise a primary light source and the emission-converting material according to the invention.

Provided is an aluminate fluorescent material having a composition represented by the formula X1.sub.aMg.sub.bMn.sub.cAl.sub.dO.sub.a+b+c+1.5d, in which X1 is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ba, Sr; and Ca, a, b, c, and d satisfy 0.5a1.0, 0.0b<0.4, 0.3c0.7, 8.5d13.0, and 9.0b+c+d14.0.