Efficient room-temperature phosphorescence from nitrogen-doped carbon dots in composite matrices

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 28, Issue 22, 2016, Pages 8221-8227

  Li, Qijun ^a   Zhou, Ming ^a,b   Yang, Qingfeng ^a   Wu, Qian ^a   Shi, Jing ^a   Gong, Aihua ^c   Yang, Mingyang ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SCHOOL OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING   (United States)

^c JIANGSU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); HYDROGEN BONDS; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; MELTING; METABOLISM; RECRYSTALLIZATION (METALLURGY); UREA;

COMPOSITE MATRICES; HEATING TREATMENTS; NITROGEN-DOPED CARBONS; PHENOMENON AND MECHANISMS; PHOSPHORESCENT MATERIAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE PHOSPHORESCENCE; SINGLE COMPONENTS; WHITE LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

PHOSPHORESCENCE;

EID: 84997703640     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: 15205002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.6b03049     Document Type: Article

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