“…As far, RE ion activated luminescent materials have been used in various fields, including luminescent thermometers, solid-state lighting (SSL), latent fingerprint detection, field emission display, anti-counterfeiting marking, solar cells, drug delivery, and so on. − Europium(III) (Eu 3+ ), as one of the most important members of the RE family, has attracted much interest from worldwide scholars, because the Eu 3+ -activated luminescent materials would exhibit excellent properties of good quantum yield (QY), color purity, thermal stability, strong emission, etc. as high-efficiency red-emitting phosphors due to the electric dipole of the 5 D 0 → 7 F 2 position for various optical applications, such as Ba 2 Y 5 B 5 O 17 :Bi 3+ /Eu 3+ , CaCO 3 :Eu 3+ , AlPO 4 :Eu 3+ , Ca 5 (PO 4 ) 2 SiO 4 :Eu 3+ , and Sr 3 ZnTa 2 O 9 :Eu 3+ . − Particularly, Eu 3+ -activated luminescent materials have been promising for white-light-emitting diodes (WLEDs) as a red-emitting phosphor based on red–green–blue (RGB) theory, which could achieve high color rendering index (CRI > 80) and low correlated color temperature (CCT < 7000 K). It not only overcomes the shortcomings of the conventional method of a yellow-emitting phosphor (Y 3 Al 5 O 12 :Ce 3+ ) covered on a blue chip but also maintains the superior performances of long service time, energy-saving, high luminous efficiency, good color purity, and so on. − Briefly, there is still a certain value in investigating Eu 3+ -activated luminescent materials and their potential applications in the future.…”