In this paper, YVO
4:Eu
3+/YBO
3:Eu
3+ composite was fabricated by chemical corrosion through a two-step hydrothermal process, i.e., first preparation of YBO
3:Eu
3+ nanocrystals and subsequent chemicalcorrosion by Na
3VO
4 solution. A novel energy-transfer and luminescent route via UV and VUV excitationwas identified (YBO
3 phase
YVO
4 phase
Eu
3+ ions in the YVO
4 phase), which remained in thesample annealed at high temperature. In this composite high quantum yield was maintained, andconsiderably improved color purity was induced. A corrosive interface between the YVO
4:Eu
3+ and YBO
3:Eu
3+ phases was identified by the site-selective excitation technique, where the local environmentsurrounding Eu
3+ was extremely complex. It is believed that, through further optimization, this novelcomposite can be candidate phosphors for red PDPs and Hg-free fluorescent lamp in the future.