Excitation dependence and independence of photoluminescence in carbon dots and graphene quantum dots: insights into the mechanism of emission
131 Citations•2021•
Abu Bakar Siddique, Syed Minhaz Hossain, Ashit Kumar Pramanick
This work investigates the structure, composition, steady-state emission-excitation and photoluminescence decay dynamics of three distinctly different variants of 0D carbon - amorphous carbon dots, graphene quantum dots and nitrogen-doped GQDs.
Abstract
<jats:p>A pattern in excitation dependent and independent emission characteristics provides important insight into the emission mechanism from 0D carbon nanostructures. </jats:p>