“…Doping an appropriate amount of Ce 3+ can improve the luminescence intensity of Tb 3+ , which can be explained by the fact that in the Y 2 O 3 matrix, Ce 3+ can transfer part of the absorbed energy to the higher-level transition of Tb 3+ ( 5 D 3 ), a conclusion previously reported by Loitongbam RS et al 35 Therefore, like most substrates, Ce 3+ can effectively transfer energy to Tb 3+ . 36,37 Fig. 7b shows the emission spectra of Y 1.9−z O 3 :Eu 3+ 0.1 ,Ce 3+ z (z = 0, 0.001, 0.002, 0.003, 0.004) at an excitation wavelength of 254 nm, and the intensity of the emission peak (Eu 3+ , 612 nm) keeps decreasing unlike Y 2 O 3 :Tb 3+ ,Ce 3+ .…”