Preparation and Application of Carbon Quantum Dots Based on Up Conversion Photoluminescence

doi:10.7517/j.issn.1674-0475.2017.05.010

Abstract

Abstract:

CQDs have the characteristics of easy preparation, low toxicity, high chemical inertia, stable fluorescence properties and so on. CQDs and other carbon nanomaterials (such as fullerene, carbon nanotubes and graphene) have attracted the attention of researchers. The synthesis, properties, modification and application of CQDs are discussed in this paper, especially on the Up Conversion Photoluminescence that long wavelength excitation can emit short wavelength. Some implications for the synthesis, modification and application of CQDs based on up conversion photoluminescence are discussed in this paper too.

Key words: up conversion luminescence, carbon quantum dots, synthesis, modification

DENG Yafeng, ZHOU Yihua, QIAN Jun, LUO Yan, WU Lihui. Preparation and Application of Carbon Quantum Dots Based on Up Conversion Photoluminescence[J]. Imaging Science and Photochemistry, 2017, 35(6): 884-893.

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