The origins of the broadband photoluminescence from carbon nitrides and applications to white light emitting

Nano Research

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1801-1812

  Gan, Zhixing ^a,b   Shan, Yun ^b,c   Chen, Jiarui ^b   Gui, Qingfeng ^b   Zhang, Qizhen ^b   Nie, Shouping ^a   Wu, Xinglong ^b  

^a NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NANJING XIAOZHUANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

carbon nitrides; photoluminescence; thermal polycondensation; white light emission

Indexed keywords

CARBON FILMS; COMPOSITE FILMS; NITRIDES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; POLYCONDENSATION; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES; POLYOLS;

BAND-TO-BAND TRANSITION; BROAD-BAND PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; LUMINESCENT MATERIAL; REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT; THERMAL POLYCONDENSATION; WHITE LIGHT EMISSION; WHITE LIGHT-EMITTING;

CARBON NITRIDE;

EID: 84964317372     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-016-1073-2     Document Type: Article

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