“…Aromatic N-donors ligands such as 1,10-phenanthroline (hereafter symbolized as phen) are known for being efficient sensitizers of lanthanides ions because they absorb and A c c e p t e d m a n u s c r i p t efficiently transfer energy to the Ln 3+ excited states. [22] A number of [Ln(phen)2(NO3) 3] complexes have been reported to date with Ln = Y, [23] La, [24][25] Ce, [26] Pr, [27] Nd, [27] Sm, [27] Eu, [27][28][29][30][31][32] Gd, [28] Tb, [30,33] Dy, [22,27,34] Ho, [35] Er, [36] Yb, [25,37] and Lu [38] but their luminescent properties have not been studied in details except for the dysprosium-based complex. [22] Hereafter, we report the synthesis, crystal structure and luminescence study of a series of homo-lanthanide complexes with general chemical formula [Ln(phen)…”