劳森
材料科学
量子点
光化学
聚合物
聚合
纳米技术
化学工程
化学
有机化学
工程类
复合材料
作者
Jesus Hernandez,Alex J. Robb,Savannah Servera,Nanor Bedrosian,O Tendero Gomez,Z. A. Duca,Michael B. Thomas,Daniel Tamae,Paula L. Fischhaber,Simon J. Garrett,Patrick A. Ward,Joseph A. Teprovich
出处
期刊:ACS applied nano materials
[American Chemical Society]
日期:2023-11-06
卷期号:6 (22): 20639-20651
标识
DOI:10.1021/acsanm.3c03229
摘要
In this work, a two-step hydrothermal/solvothermal process was developed to generate highly fluorescent lawsone polymer dots (LPDs) utilizing an inexpensive and abundant starting material, 2-hydroxy-1,4-napththoquinone (lawsone). This hydrothermal/solvothermal process produces LPDs that have excitation independent emission with well-defined electronic transitions. This two-step protocol provides a straightforward approach to remove unwanted small molecular fluorescence, which has plagued carbon dot systems, without the need for advanced chromatographic purification methods or steps. A series of spectroscopic, electrochemical, and theoretical experiments suggest that this process proceeds via a sequential dehydration and dehydrogenation pathway to cross-link the lawsone into a carbon dot structure. This polymerization process helps to stabilize and favor certain electronic transitions inherently present in the lawsone monomer. The generation of the LPDs results in a 2 order of magnitude increase in the emission intensity and a quantum yield of 37%. This behavior is likely the result of the cross-linked structure shielding these electronic states from deactivation caused by nonradiative processes such as vibrational coupling and excited state quenching from thermal deactivation and solvent collisions. This finding is consistent with a cross-linked enhanced emission (CEE) mechanism, as previously observed for other similar systems. The LPDs were then incorporated into a TiO2 photoanode and utilized as a photosensitizer in a dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) which showed an enhancement in photocurrent density over pure TiO2. We also prepared a derivative of the LPDs utilizing a diethylene triamine additive (nitrogen-doped lawsone polymer dots (N-LPDs)) using the same two-step protocol and demonstrated its potential as a fluorescence microscopy dye for imaging MDA-MB-231 cancer cells.
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