Issue 1, 2012

One-pot hydrothermal synthesis of graphenequantum dots surface-passivated by polyethylene glycol and their photoelectric conversion under near-infrared light

Abstract

A novel and simple approach for preparing graphene quantum dots surface-passivated by polyethylene glycol (GQDs-PEG) has been developed by a one-pot hydrothermal reaction, using small graphene oxide (GO) sheets and polyethylene glycol (PEG) as starting materials. The prepared GQDs-PEG show excellent luminescence properties, the PL quantum yield of the GQDs-PEG with 360 nm emission was about 28.0%, which was two times higher than the pure GQDs. Interestingly, the GQDs-PEG possess the upconversion photoluminescence (UCPL) properties. Blue PL was clearly shown both under the ultraviolet and 808 nm laser in the fluorescent microscopy images. So the GQDs-PEG may provide a new type of fluorescence and upconversion material for applications in bioscience and energy technology. Especially, the GQDs-PEG showed higher photocurrent generation capability. And their photoelectrode generated an obvious and stable photocurrent under a 808 nm near-infrared (NIR) laser. Due to the low cost and simple method, GQDs-PEG thus provide a cost-effective dopant material for solar energy conversion.

Graphical abstract: One-pot hydrothermal synthesis of graphene quantum dots surface-passivated by polyethylene glycol and their photoelectric conversion under near-infrared light

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
29 Jul 2011
Accepted
11 Oct 2011
First published
25 Oct 2011

New J. Chem., 2012,36, 97-101

One-pot hydrothermal synthesis of graphene quantum dots surface-passivated by polyethylene glycol and their photoelectric conversion under near-infrared light

J. Shen, Y. Zhu, X. Yang, J. Zong, J. Zhang and C. Li, New J. Chem., 2012, 36, 97 DOI: 10.1039/C1NJ20658C

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