Yulong Zhu , Chao Li , Jinhao Zang , Guangsong Zheng , Yang Nan , Xiaofan Xia , Zhichao Zhu , Guoqin Cao , Junhua Hu , Jinyang Zhu
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Enhanced afterglow performance of carbon dots via surface modification engineering
Carbon dots (CDs) exhibit certain limitations in terms of afterglow emission intensity and water stability. Here, we present a strategy to enhance and stabilize the afterglow emission of CDs by sequentially modifying seed CDs with urea and 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane. Compared to urea-modified CDs, the afterglow intensity of uCDs@SiO2 was significantly enhanced by 25-fold, with the afterglow brightness increasing from 5.51 to 50.93 cd/m2 under 5-W illumination. More importantly, after calcination at 200 °C, uCDs@SiO2 retain approximately 76 % of their initial afterglow emission intensity in water solution over an 8-h period. This retention is attributed to a dense SiO2 matrix that mitigates oxygen-related surface defects and restricts non-radiative decay pathways. Finally, leveraging this robust afterglow, we demonstrate time-delay light-emitting diodes that continue to glow after power-off, as well as an information-encryption method based on selective quenching.
期刊介绍:
The purpose of the Journal of Luminescence is to provide a means of communication between scientists in different disciplines who share a common interest in the electronic excited states of molecular, ionic and covalent systems, whether crystalline, amorphous, or liquid.
We invite original papers and reviews on such subjects as: exciton and polariton dynamics, dynamics of localized excited states, energy and charge transport in ordered and disordered systems, radiative and non-radiative recombination, relaxation processes, vibronic interactions in electronic excited states, photochemistry in condensed systems, excited state resonance, double resonance, spin dynamics, selective excitation spectroscopy, hole burning, coherent processes in excited states, (e.g. coherent optical transients, photon echoes, transient gratings), multiphoton processes, optical bistability, photochromism, and new techniques for the study of excited states. This list is not intended to be exhaustive. Papers in the traditional areas of optical spectroscopy (absorption, MCD, luminescence, Raman scattering) are welcome. Papers on applications (phosphors, scintillators, electro- and cathodo-luminescence, radiography, bioimaging, solar energy, energy conversion, etc.) are also welcome if they present results of scientific, rather than only technological interest. However, papers containing purely theoretical results, not related to phenomena in the excited states, as well as papers using luminescence spectroscopy to perform routine analytical chemistry or biochemistry procedures, are outside the scope of the journal. Some exceptions will be possible at the discretion of the editors.