“…In recent years, numerous methods have been employed to prepare phosphors, including sol-gel process [17][18][19], chemical precipitation method [20,21], combustion synthesis [22,23], combustion-assisted synthesis method [24,25], sol-gel-combustion process [16], microwave-assistedsol-gel route [26], reverse microemulsion method [27,28], hydrothermal method [29,30], spray pyrolysis method [31,32], template assisted co-deposition method [33], etc. Among them, sol-gel process is an efficient technique for the preparation of phosphors; it has some advantages, such as good mixing of starting materials, relatively low reaction temperature and more homogeneous products [34,35].…”