Citation: Rui Cheng, Xin Huang, Tingting Zhang, Jiazhuang Guo, Jian Yu, Su Chen. Solid superacid catalysts promote high-performance carbon dots with narrow-band fluorescence emission for luminescence solar concentrators[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2024, 35(8): 109278. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2023.109278 shu

Solid superacid catalysts promote high-performance carbon dots with narrow-band fluorescence emission for luminescence solar concentrators

Rui Cheng ^a ,
Xin Huang ^a ,
Tingting Zhang ^a ,
Jiazhuang Guo ^a ,
Jian Yu ^{a, *,} ,
Su Chen ^{a, b, *,}

a.
State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 210009, China
b.
Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals and Functional Polymer Materials, Nanjing 210009, China

Yuj@njtech.edu.cn

chensu@njtech.edu.cn

Received Date: 17 September 2023
Revised Date: 1 November 2023
Accepted Date: 2 November 2023
Available Online: 4 November 2023

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Facile and efficient method for constructing carbon dots (CDs) with narrow full width at half maximum (FWHM) is a major challenge in the field, and researches on regulating the FWHM of CDs are also rare and scarce. In this work, we delved into the synthesis of CDs with narrow fluorescence emission FWHM (NFEF-CDs) in the m-phenylenediamine (m-PD)/ethanol system, utilizing solid superacid resin as catalyst with solvothermal method. The resulting NFEF-CDs exhibit a photoluminescent (PL) emission peak at 521 nm with a narrow FWHM of 41 nm, an absolute PL quantum yield (QY) of 80%, and display excitation-independent PL behavior. Through comprehensive characterization, we identified the protonation of edge amino on NFEF-CDs as the key factor in achieving the narrow FWHM. Subsequently, we validated the broad applicability of solid superacid resins as catalysts for synthesizing CDs with narrow FWHM in the m-PD/ethanol system. Finally, we utilized a self-leveling method to prepare NFEF-CDs film on the surface of poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) substrate and investigated the solid-state fluorescence properties of NFEF-CDs as well as their performance as luminescence solar concentrator (LSC) for photovoltaic conversion. The results revealed that the as-prepared LSC exhibit an internal quantum efficiency (η_int) of 42.39% and an optical efficiency (η_opt) of 0.68%. These findings demonstrate the promising prospects of NFEF-CDs in the field of LSCs and provide a theoretical basis for their application in photovoltaic conversion.
- Carbon dots,
- Narrow full width at half maximum,
- Solid-state fluorescence,
- Luminescence solar concentrators,
- Photovoltaic conversion
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