Insights into photoluminescence mechanisms of carbon dots: advances and perspectives

• 作者: Lin Ai Yisen Yang Boyang Wang Junbiao Chang Zhiyong Tang Bai Yang Siyu Lu
• 来源期刊: 科学通报（英文版）
• 年，卷（期）: 2021,（8）
• 所属期刊栏目: REVIEWS
• 页码范围: 839-856
• 页数: 18页
• 语种: 英文

摘要

Carbon dots (CDs) are potentially useful in many areas such as bioimaging,light-emitting diodes,and sensing because of their excellent optical properties,high biocompatibility,and low toxicity.Knowledge of their photoluminescence (PL) mechanisms,which have been widely studied,is of significance in guiding the synthesis and promoting applications of CDs with tunable PL emissions.However,the intrinsic mechanism of PL emission remains unclear,and a unified mechanism has not been found because of differences in particle structures.This review generalizes the categories of CDs,noting their structural diversity.Three types of PL mechanism pertaining to structural differences are outlined: internal factors dominated emission (including the conjugation effect,the surface state,and the synergistic effect),external factors dominated emission (including the molecular state and the environment effect),and crosslink-enhanced emission.Optical applications of CDs are also briefly mentioned.Finally,the prospects for research into PL mechanisms are discussed,noting the remaining challenges and directions for future work.