Junrui Wu , Le Ma , Lan Jiang , Xin Li , Shaoqian Wang , Mengyao Tian , Sumei Wang , Pei Zuo
{"title":"Controllable photoexfoliation of monolayer graphene quantum dots using temporally and spatially shaped femtosecond laser","authors":"Junrui Wu , Le Ma , Lan Jiang , Xin Li , Shaoqian Wang , Mengyao Tian , Sumei Wang , Pei Zuo","doi":"10.1016/j.carbon.2024.119667","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Graphene quantum dots (GQDs) have displayed significant momentum in numerous fields due to their unique electronic properties. However, how to obtain uniformly monolayer quantum dots and explain the synthesis mechanism are still a key technical problem. Here, a rapid and controllable photoexfoliation rate of monolayer graphene quantum dots of up to 80 % was achieved by using temporally and spatially shaped femtosecond laser to ablate bulk highly oriented pyrolytic graphite targets in liquid. Theoretical calculations suggested that the temporally shaped laser can minimize the spatial range of electron excitation, maximize the Coulomb repulsion between the outer layers and Coulomb explosion within the topmost layer through multi-level electron excitation. The above multilevel photoexfoliations lead to the formation of monolayer GQDs. These findings demonstrate a perfect theoretical explanation of controllable and rapid preparation of monolayer quantum dots, accelerating its industrialization in energy storage devices.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":262,"journal":{"name":"Carbon","volume":"230 ","pages":"Article 119667"},"PeriodicalIF":10.5000,"publicationDate":"2024-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Carbon","FirstCategoryId":"88","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0008622324008868","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 0
Abstract
Graphene quantum dots (GQDs) have displayed significant momentum in numerous fields due to their unique electronic properties. However, how to obtain uniformly monolayer quantum dots and explain the synthesis mechanism are still a key technical problem. Here, a rapid and controllable photoexfoliation rate of monolayer graphene quantum dots of up to 80 % was achieved by using temporally and spatially shaped femtosecond laser to ablate bulk highly oriented pyrolytic graphite targets in liquid. Theoretical calculations suggested that the temporally shaped laser can minimize the spatial range of electron excitation, maximize the Coulomb repulsion between the outer layers and Coulomb explosion within the topmost layer through multi-level electron excitation. The above multilevel photoexfoliations lead to the formation of monolayer GQDs. These findings demonstrate a perfect theoretical explanation of controllable and rapid preparation of monolayer quantum dots, accelerating its industrialization in energy storage devices.
期刊介绍:
The journal Carbon is an international multidisciplinary forum for communicating scientific advances in the field of carbon materials. It reports new findings related to the formation, structure, properties, behaviors, and technological applications of carbons. Carbons are a broad class of ordered or disordered solid phases composed primarily of elemental carbon, including but not limited to carbon black, carbon fibers and filaments, carbon nanotubes, diamond and diamond-like carbon, fullerenes, glassy carbon, graphite, graphene, graphene-oxide, porous carbons, pyrolytic carbon, and other sp2 and non-sp2 hybridized carbon systems. Carbon is the companion title to the open access journal Carbon Trends. Relevant application areas for carbon materials include biology and medicine, catalysis, electronic, optoelectronic, spintronic, high-frequency, and photonic devices, energy storage and conversion systems, environmental applications and water treatment, smart materials and systems, and structural and thermal applications.