Issue 91, 2014
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RSC Advances

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

J. Gu,ab   M. J. Hu,a   Q. Q. Guo,a   Z. F. Ding,c   X. L. Suna  and  J. Yang*a  

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a Department of Mechanical & Materials Engineering, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
E-mail: jyang@eng.uwo.ca
Fax: +1-519-661-3020
Tel: +1-519-661-2111 ext. 80158

b Hubei Institute of Aerospace Chemotechnology, Xiangyang, P. R. China

c Department of Chemistry, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada

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.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C4RA10011E
Article type
Communication
Submitted
08 Sep 2014
Accepted
01 Oct 2014
First published
01 Oct 2014

RSC Adv., 2014,4, 50141-50144

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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 and J. Yang, RSC Adv., 2014, 4, 50141 DOI: 10.1039/C4RA10011E

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