“…In this review, we highlight several parameters for further analysis in terms of pNC size and Yb content, as well as their PL QY, both in NIR and visible (Vis) spectral regions: amount and type of ligands, temperature of the reaction, and Yb-precursor type and its amount in the synthesis. All the dependencies revealed in the discussion later are based on the published data from the papers [ 13 , 15 , 17 , 23 , 26 , 31 , 43 , 44 , 46 , 55 , 56 , 57 , 58 , 59 , 60 ] and provided in Table 1 .…”