A carbon-carbon hybrid - immobilizing carbon nanodots onto carbon nanotubes

Strauß V, Margraf J, Clark T, Guldi DM (2015)


Publication Status: Published

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2015

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Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry

Book Volume: 6

Pages Range: 6878-6885

Journal Issue: 12

DOI: 10.1039/c5sc02728d

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The thrust of this work is to integrate small and uniformly sized carbon nanodots (CNDs) with single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNT) of different diameters as electron donors and electron acceptors, respectively, and to test their synergetic interactions in terms of optoelectronic devices. CNDs (denoted pCNDs, where p indicates pressure) were prepared by pressure-controlled microwave decomposition of citric acid and urea. pCNDs were immobilized on single-walled carbon nanotubes by wrapping the latter with poly(4-vinylbenzyl trimethylamine) (PVBTA), which features positively charged ammonium groups in the backbone. Negatively charged surface groups on the CNDs lead to attractive electrostatic interactions. Ground state interactions between the CNDs and SWCNTs were confirmed by a full-fledged photophysical investigation based on steady-state and time-resolved techniques. As a complement, charge injection into the SWCNTs upon photoexcitation was investigated by ultra-short time-resolved spectroscopy.

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APA:

Strauß, V., Margraf, J., Clark, T., & Guldi, D.M. (2015). A carbon-carbon hybrid - immobilizing carbon nanodots onto carbon nanotubes. Chemical Science, 6(12), 6878-6885. https://doi.org/10.1039/c5sc02728d

MLA:

Strauß, Volker, et al. "A carbon-carbon hybrid - immobilizing carbon nanodots onto carbon nanotubes." Chemical Science 6.12 (2015): 6878-6885.

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