We focus on the development of new silicate phosphors for a white LED. In the europium doped silicate system, four LED phosphor candidates-- Li2SrSiO4:Eu2+, Ba9Sc2Si6O24:Eu2+ , Ca3Si2O7:Eu2+ and Ba2MgSi2O7:Eu2+ were found. Luminescent properties under near UV and visible excitation were investigated for the new Eu2+ doped LED silicate phosphors. These new phosphors have a relatively strong absorption band in a long wavelength region.

Well-crystallized Ba2SiO4:Eu2+ powders were grown on a substrate by the vapor phase reaction between a mixed powder (barium carbonate and europium oxide) and SiO gas. The vaporization of SiO occurs at 1400–1600 from the SiO2 source (or SiO powder) in a reducing atmosphere. The formed SiO gas was transported by 95 vol% Ar - 5 vol% H2 gas and reacted with the raw material powders. The emission intensity of the Ba2SiO4:Eu2 + phosphor synthesized by the new vapor phase technique is about 2.6 times higher than that of a conventional solid-state reaction sample.

New HEu$_{1-x}$Gd$_{x}$(MoO$_4$)$_2$ nanophosphors were synthesized by a simple one-step ion-exchange method. These nanophosphors have rod-like particle morphology with 0.5--15,$mu$ m in length and outer diameters in the range of 50--500,nm. By optimization of the composition, the highest emission intensity was obtained for the samples with $x = 0.50$ for both KEu$_{1-x}$Gd$_{x}$(MoO$_{4}$)$_{2}$ and HEu$_{1-x}$Gd$_{x}$(MoO$_{4}$)$_{2}$.