A novel approach to synthesize ultrasmall Cu doped Zn-In-Se nanocrystal emitters in a colloidal system

A facile phosphine-free approach is presented to prepare Cu doped ternary Zn–In–Se nanocrystals with high performance photoluminescence. By doping during nucleation stage, Cu dopant serving as a dominative emission centre was introduced into a weak fluorescence ternary system to modify the emission...

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Main Authors: Ke, J., Li, Xin Yong, Zhao, Q., Shi, Y., Chen, G.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Royal Society of Chemistry 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/17863
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Summary:A facile phosphine-free approach is presented to prepare Cu doped ternary Zn–In–Se nanocrystals with high performance photoluminescence. By doping during nucleation stage, Cu dopant serving as a dominative emission centre was introduced into a weak fluorescence ternary system to modify the emission path. As a result of varying the ratios of zinc to indium, emission of the products is tunable ranging from 620 to 545 nm and a photoluminescence quantum yield of up to 20%. Meanwhile, a large Stokes shift of 467 meV is achieved.