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Title: | Development of Highly Luminescent Water-Insoluble Carbon Dots by Using Calix[4]pyrrole as the Carbon Precursor and Their Potential Application in Organic Solar Cells | Authors: | Coşkun, Yağız Ünlü, Fatma Yelda Yılmaz, Tuğbahan Türker, Yurdanur Aydoğan, Abdullah Kuş, Mahmut Ünlü, Caner |
Keywords: | Quantum Dots Graphene State Performance Composites Strategies Dependence Solvents Nanodots |
Issue Date: | 2022 | Publisher: | Amer Chemical Soc | Abstract: | Carbon dots (CDs) are carbon-based fluorescent nanomaterials that are of interest in different research areas due to their low cost production and low toxicity. Considering their unique photophysical properties, hydrophobic/amphiphilic CDs are powerful alternatives to metal-based quantum dots in LED and photovoltaic cell designs. On the other hand, CDs possess a considerably high amount of surface defects that give rise to two significant drawbacks: (1) causing decrease in quantum yield (QY), a crucial drawback that limits their utilization in LEDs, and (2) affecting the efficiency of charge transfer, a significant factor that limits the use of CDs in photovoltaic cells. In this study, we synthesized highly luminescent, water-insoluble, slightly amphiphilic CDs by using a macrocyclic compound, calix[4]pyrrole, for the first time in the literature. Calix[4]pyrrole-derived CDs (CP-DOTs) were highly luminescent with a QY of over 60% and size of around 4-10 nm with graphitic structure. The high quantum yield of CP-DOTs indicated that they had less amount of surface defects. Furthermore, CP-DOTs were used as an additive in the active layer of organic solar cells (OSC). The photovoltaic parameters of OSCs improved upon addition of CDs. Our results indicated that calix[4]pyrrole is an excellent carbon precursor to synthesize highly luminescent and water-insoluble carbon dots, and CDs derived from calix[4]pyrrole are excellent candidates to improve optoelectronic devices. | URI: | https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.2c01795 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13091/2899 |
ISSN: | 2470-1343 |
Appears in Collections: | Mühendislik ve Doğa Bilimleri Fakültesi Koleksiyonu PubMed İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu / PubMed Indexed Publications Collections Scopus İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu / Scopus Indexed Publications Collections Teknik Bilimler Meslek Yüksekokulu Koleskiyonu WoS İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu / WoS Indexed Publications Collections |
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