“…8,9 In fact, photoluminescent energy transfer between two rare earth cations is common and has been widely investigated; for example, Sr 4 Al 14 O 25 :Ce 3+ ,Tb 3+ , Sr 2 MgAl 22 O 36 :Ce 3+ , Dy 3+ , KGd 2 F 7 :Dy 3+ ,Sm 3+ , N a 2 CaSiO 4 :Dy 3+ ,Eu 3+ , YGa 1.5 Al 1.5 (BO 3 ) 4 :Tb 3+ ,Eu 3+ , and LaOCl:Tb 3+ ,Sm 3+ . [10][11][12][13][14][15] Among the rare earth activators, Tb 3+ is an efficient activator for green emission due to the 5 D 4 → 7 F 5 transition; however, there are several weak points prohibiting the practical application of Tb 3+ . For instance, the 4f to 4f transitions lie in the near-UV range, but they show line absorption and are parity-forbidden, which prohibits the high energy efficiency; the broad and parity-allowed 4f 8 to 4f 7 5d 1 absorption locates in the deep UV region (<300 nm), which does not match with that of the low-cost LED chips.…”