Activating efficient room temperature phosphorescence of carbon dots by synergism of orderly non-noble metals and dual structural confinements

• Published in: Nanoscale Vol. 9; no. 20; pp. 6658 - 6664
• Main Authors: Bai, Li Qian, Xue, Ning, Wang, Xin Rui, Shi, Wen Ying, Lu, Chao
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 2017
• Subjects: Carbon; Confinement; Excitons; Hydroxides; Nanoparticles; Nanostructure; Phosphorescence; Spin-orbit interactions

Obtaining high efficiency room temperature phosphorescence (RTP) by employing non-noble metals poses two challenges: (1) strengthening spin-orbit coupling of excitons to improve the rate of intersystem crossing (ISC) by using non-noble metals with small-atomic-number; (2) employing structural confin...