“…This covers several important issues: (i) materials discovery, to search for emerging luminescent materials with new crystal structures and promising luminescent properties by applying developed methodologies; ,,− (ii) synthetic strategies, to develop appropriate synthetic routes to luminescent materials with controlled particle size, morphology, and crystallinity, enhanced luminescence or low cost; ,,,− (iii) structural analysis, to clarify the overall crystal structure, local coordination environment, covalence state of activators, structure distortion, structure ordering, and disordering; − (iv) materials computation, to understand the electronic/band structure, Debye temperature, and dielectric constants of luminescent materials and link them to luminescent properties, thermal stability, and structural rigidity of luminescent materials by using the first-principle calculation, density function theory, molecular dynamics, etc. ; − (v) luminescent property tailoring, to enhance and tune the luminescent properties by controlling the local structure/coordination environment via substitutions and to improve the reliability of luminescent materials via surface engineering; ,,,− (vi) applications, to testify the suitability of luminescent materials in SSL, and apply them in white LEDs/LDs for use in general lighting, backlighting, vehicle headlighting, projectors, and even agricultural lighting. ,,,− In this paper, we will focus on most of these issues and carry out a comprehensive review of luminescent nitride materials.…”