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Realization of the Photostable Intrinsic Core Emission from Carbon Dots through Surface Deoxidation by Ultraviolet Irradiation

  • Minghong Sun
    Minghong Sun
    State Key Laboratory of Luminescence and Applications, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130033, China
    University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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  • Chao Liang
    Chao Liang
    Joint Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education, Institute of Applied Physics and Materials Engineering, University of Macau, Taipa, Macau, China
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  • Zhen Tian
    Zhen Tian
    State Key Laboratory of Luminescence and Applications, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130033, China
    University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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  • Elena V. Ushakova
    Elena V. Ushakova
    Center of Information Optical Technologies, ITMO University, Saint Petersburg 197101, Russia
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    Orcidhttp://orcid.org/0000-0001-6841-6975
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  • Di Li
    Di Li
    State Key Laboratory of Luminescence and Applications, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130033, China
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  • Guichuan Xing
    Guichuan Xing
    Joint Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education, Institute of Applied Physics and Materials Engineering, University of Macau, Taipa, Macau, China
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  • Songnan Qu*
    Songnan Qu
    Joint Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education, Institute of Applied Physics and Materials Engineering, University of Macau, Taipa, Macau, China
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  • Andrey L. Rogach
    Andrey L. Rogach
    Center of Information Optical Technologies, ITMO University, Saint Petersburg 197101, Russia
    Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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    Orcidhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-8263-8141
Cite this: J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2019, 10, 11, 3094–3100
Publication Date (Web):May 22, 2019
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    It is of a primary importance to realize the intrinsic emission from the inner carbogenic cores of carbon dots (CDs). In this work, CDs with three emission centers were synthesized by a microwave-assisted method using phloroglucinol as a precursor. The emission of these three centers has been identified as originating from molecular fluorophores, surface states of CDs, and the intrinsic CD core state. The emission from molecular fluorophores and from the surface state of CDs exhibited a weak photostability and could be photobleached as a result of UV laser irradiation. The emission from the intrinsic state of the inner carbogenic core has been found to be stable against photobleaching. On the basis of this difference in photostability, we demonstrate how the surface of CDs can be deoxidized under prolonged UV irradiation, resulting in a narrow intrinsic emission with a photoluminescence quantum yield of 17%.

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