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High-yield synthesis of graphene quantum dots with strong green photoluminescence

  • J. Gu
  • , M. J. Hu
  • , Q. Q. Guo
  • , Z. F. Ding
  • , X. L. Sun
  • , J. Yang*
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Western University
  • Hubei Institute of Aerospace Chemotechnology

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Abstract

A facile and high-yielding hydrothermal method for synthesizing graphene quantum dots (GQDs) from glucose is presented. The GQDs, with fluorescence quantum yield (FL QY) of 44.3%, demonstrate strong green photoluminescence (PL) and excitation-independent PL emission characteristics.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)50141-50144
Number of pages4
JournalRSC Advances
Volume4
Issue number91
DOIs
StatePublished - 2014
Externally publishedYes

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