Issue 24, 2012

Understanding the effects of the structures on the energy gaps in carbon nanoparticles from laser synthesis

Abstract

The effects of the structures on the energy gaps in luminescent carbon nanoparticles (CNPs) were investigated. On the one hand, we fabricated CNPs with the different structures and a uniform size and then analyzed their photoluminescence (PL) behaviors. On the other hand, we calculated the dependence of the structures on the energy gaps in CNPs by a simple quantitative model. Both the experimental and calculated results show that the luminescent CNPs contain a mixture of sp2 and sp3 bonding and hence their PL behaviors and energy gaps are determined by the fraction of sp2-hybridized carbon atoms.

Graphical abstract: Understanding the effects of the structures on the energy gaps in carbon nanoparticles from laser synthesis

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
31 Jan 2012
Accepted
20 Apr 2012
First published
24 Apr 2012

J. Mater. Chem., 2012,22, 12053-12057

Understanding the effects of the structures on the energy gaps in carbon nanoparticles from laser synthesis

S. Hu, Y. Guo, Y. Dong, J. Yang, J. Liu and S. Cao, J. Mater. Chem., 2012, 22, 12053 DOI: 10.1039/C2JM30584D

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