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NANOMATERIALS
卷 10, 期 9, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/nano10091858
关键词
quantum dots; QDs; cadmium-free; Cd-free; InP; InPZnS; multishell; mercaptocarboxylic acids; 3-mercaptopropionic acid; 11-mercaptoundecanoic acid; phase transfer; ligand exchange; aqueous dispersion
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资金
- German Federal Ministry of Education and Research [13N13781, 13N14423]
- University of Potsdam [53170000]
Highly luminescent indium phosphide zinc sulfide (InPZnS) quantum dots (QDs), with zinc selenide/zinc sulfide (ZnSe/ZnS) shells, were synthesized. The QDs were modified via a post-synthetic ligand exchange reaction with 3-mercaptopropionic acid (MPA) and 11-mercaptoundecanoic acid (MUA) in different MPA:MUA ratios, making this study the first investigation into the effects of mixed ligand shells on InPZnS QDs. Moreover, this article also describes an optimized method for the correlation of the QD size vs. optical absorption of the QDs. Upon ligand exchange, the QDs can be dispersed in water. Longer ligands (MUA) provide more stable dispersions than short-chain ligands. Thicker ZnSe/ZnS shells provide a better photoluminescence quantum yield (PLQY) and higher emission stability upon ligand exchange. Both the ligand exchange and the optical properties are highly reproducible between different QD batches. Before dialysis, QDs with a ZnS shell thickness of similar to 4.9 monolayers (ML), stabilized with a mixed MPA:MUA (mixing ratio of 1:10), showed the highest PLQY, at similar to 45%. After dialysis, QDs with a ZnS shell thickness of similar to 4.9 ML, stabilized with a mixed MPA:MUA and a ratio of 1:10 and 1:100, showed the highest PLQYs, of similar to 41%. The dispersions were stable up to 44 days at ambient conditions and in the dark. After 44 days, QDs with a ZnS shell thickness of similar to 4.9 ML, stabilized with only MUA, showed the highest PLQY, of similar to 34%.
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