Bandgap engineering of nanosized carbon dots through electron-accepting functionalization

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We report tuning of energy bandgap of nanosized carbon dots by chemical modification with electron-accepting moieties. The carbon dot derivatives were synthesized by oxidation and hydrothermal reaction, followed by addition/substitution reactions, resulting in uniform-sized carbon dots. Structural characterization and photophysical investigation were performed by applying various microscopic and spectroscopic techniques. The bandgap of the carbon dots was controlled by chemical functionalization with nitro and nitrile groups, as evidenced by the red-shift in the absorption and photoluminescence emission spectra. Calculations based on density functional theory were employed to support the observed bandgap tuning via functionalization of the carbon dots. (C) 2018 The Korean Society of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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