The SrLa 1Àx AlO 4 :xEu 3+ phosphors were obtained using one calcination of a precursor synthesized using a sol-gel method. When excited at 396 nm, this phosphor emits a red light mixed with several strong peaks centred at 596 nm, 616 nm and 625 nm, attributed to 5 D 0 ! 7 F 1, 2 transitions of Eu 3+ ions, respectively. The concentration quenching occurs at x = 1.5 mol% mol of SrLa 1Àx Eu x AlO 4 and the critical energy transfer distance is calculated to be 13.13 Å, the dipole-dipole interaction was found to play a role. In addition, the colour purity could be up to 97.5%. Simultaneously, the thermal stability of SrLaAlO 4 :Eu 3+ was measured and the thermal quenching was found at c. 275 C (T 0.5 ), the excitation energy was 0.19 eV. Current results demonstrate that SrLaAlO 4 :Eu 3+ could be a red component candidate for white light LEDs pumped by near-UV chips.