“…Therefore, most rare‐earth elements are generally preferred for phosphor and laser materials production as dopants. Potential application fields of rare earth‐doped phosphor materials include solar panels, field‐emission displays (FEDs), scintillation, cathode‐ray tubes (CRTs), vacuum fluorescent displays (VFDs) and white light‐emitting diodes (W‐LEDs) . White LEDs are generally considered to be the new generation light sources, which are able to replace the fluorescent lamps, because of their excellent features in terms of low energy consumption, fast response, mercury free, high efficiency, low voltage adjustability, environmental‐friendly and energy‐saving devices.…”