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PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS
Volume 17, Issue 38, Pages 24566-24569Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c5cp03306c
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- IUSSTF joint center on 3D engineered electrodes for electrochemical energy storage [22-2012/2013-14]
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We report on the photo-conductivity studies of chemically synthesized graphene quantum dots (GQDs) of average size 12 nm obtained by the oxidative acid treatment of MWCNTs. The dependence of photocurrent I-ph (I-ph = I-ill - I-dark) on the laser intensity P under a wide range of laser intensities (5 mW <= P <= 60 mW) shows a fractional power dependence of I-ph on light intensity. The temperature dependence (300 K < T < 50 K) of I-ph observed in thin films of these GQDs indicates that in the higher temperature region (T > similar to 100 K), as the temperature increases, the number of thermally generated carriers increase resulting in increased I-ph. At sufficiently low temperatures (T <= 100 K), a constant I-ph is observed, indicating a constant photocarrier density. Such a behavior is typically observed in many photoactive disordered semiconductors, which are often used in a variety of applications. We believe that the investigations presented here will enhance our understanding of the photocurrent generation phenomenon in chemically obtained GQDs.
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