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- Title
Preparation and Fluorescent Wavelength Control of Multi-Color Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Nano-Dots.
- Authors
Li, Wenli; Tang, Ju; Li, Yuzhao; Bai, Han; Zhang, Weizuo; Zhang, Jin; Xiao, Yiming; Xu, Wen
- Abstract
It is known that, by taking advantage of heteroatom doping, the electronic states and transition channels in carbon nano-dots (CNDs) can be effectively modulated. Thus, the photoluminescence (PL) properties of CNDs can be changed. For potential applications of CNDs as advanced materials for optoelectronic devices, it is important and significant to develop the practical techniques for doping heteroatoms into CNDs. In this work, we synthesize the multi-color fluorescent by using a fast and effective microwave method where the CNDs are nitrogen-doped. We examine the influence of different ratios of the raw materials on the structure and optical properties of N-CNDs. The results show that the prepared N-CNDs can generate blue (445 nm), green (546 nm), and orange (617 nm) fluorescence or PL with the mass ratio of the raw materials at 1:1, 1:2 and 1:3, respectively. We find that the N content in N-CNDs leads to different surface/edge states in n − π ∗ domain. Thus, the wavelength of the PL emission from N-CNDs can be tuned via controlling the N concentration doped into the CNDs. Moreover, it is shown that the intensity of the PL from N-CNDs is mainly positively related to the content of C-O groups attached on the surface/edges of the N-CNDs. This study provides an effective experimental method and technical way to improve the fluorescent emission, and to modulate the color of the PL emission from CNDs.
- Subjects
CARBON nanodots; WAVELENGTHS; OPTICAL materials; OPTICAL properties; RAW materials; OPTOELECTRONIC devices; CARBON
- Publication
Nanomaterials (2079-4991), 2021, Vol 11, Issue 12, p3190
- ISSN
2079-4991
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/nano11123190