The invention relates to ball-shaped red-enhanced
phosphor used in
white light LEDs, and a preparation method thereof. The
structural formula of the
phosphor is: YxREyMzCemAl5-nAnO12, wherein RE is at least one among Tb, Gd, Sm, Yb, La, and Lu; M is at least one among Mg, Ba, Ca, and Sr; A is at least one among Ga, Cu, Zn, Ni, Ge, and Si; 1.8<x<3; 0<=y<=0.8; 0<=z<=0.2; 0<m<=0.2; 2.9<x+y+z+m<3.1; 0<=n<=0.5; and 0<y+z+n<1. The preparation method is that: proper amounts of Y salt, RE salt, M salt, Ce salt, Al salt and A salt are weighed according to the stoichiometric ratio of the elements in the
structural formula; the salts are well-mixed with a proper amount of surfactant; a precursor is then prepared with a mechanical
solid-
phase reaction method or a
coprecipitation method; the mixture is processd through vacuum-filtrating and washing; a certain amount of volatile acid is added to the mixture, such that a suspension liquid is prepared; the suspension liquid is then produced into ball-shaped precursor power through
spray drying; the ball-shaped precursor power is processed through pre-
sintering, and then calcined under a reductive
atmosphere, such that target
phosphor is obtained. The phosphor provided by the present invention is ball-shaped. Red shifts occur in the emitted
wavelength of the phosphor. The phosphor has good color rendering property, and can be effectively excited by blue-light chips.