Structural materials with afterglow room temperature phosphorescence activated by lignin oxidation

Keliang Wan; Bing Tian; Yingxiang Zhai; Yuxuan Liu; He Wang; Shouxin Liu; Shujun Li; Wenpeng Ye; Zhongfu An; Changzhi Li; Jian Li; Tony D. James; Zhijun Chen

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-33273-1

Nature Communications (Sep 2022)

Structural materials with afterglow room temperature phosphorescence activated by lignin oxidation

Keliang Wan,
Bing Tian,
Yingxiang Zhai,
Yuxuan Liu,
He Wang,
Shouxin Liu,
Shujun Li,
Wenpeng Ye,
Zhongfu An,
Changzhi Li,
Jian Li,
Tony D. James,
Zhijun Chen

Affiliations

Keliang Wan: Engineering Research Center of Advanced Wooden Materials and Key Laboratory of Bio-based Material Science & Technology, Northeast Forestry University, Ministry of Education
Bing Tian: Engineering Research Center of Advanced Wooden Materials and Key Laboratory of Bio-based Material Science & Technology, Northeast Forestry University, Ministry of Education
Yingxiang Zhai: Engineering Research Center of Advanced Wooden Materials and Key Laboratory of Bio-based Material Science & Technology, Northeast Forestry University, Ministry of Education
Yuxuan Liu: CAS Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Applied Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
He Wang: Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics & Institute of Advanced Materials, Nanjing Tech University
Shouxin Liu: Engineering Research Center of Advanced Wooden Materials and Key Laboratory of Bio-based Material Science & Technology, Northeast Forestry University, Ministry of Education
Shujun Li: Engineering Research Center of Advanced Wooden Materials and Key Laboratory of Bio-based Material Science & Technology, Northeast Forestry University, Ministry of Education
Wenpeng Ye: Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics & Institute of Advanced Materials, Nanjing Tech University
Zhongfu An: Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics & Institute of Advanced Materials, Nanjing Tech University
Changzhi Li: CAS Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Applied Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jian Li: Engineering Research Center of Advanced Wooden Materials and Key Laboratory of Bio-based Material Science & Technology, Northeast Forestry University, Ministry of Education
Tony D. James: Department of Chemistry, University of Bath
Zhijun Chen: Engineering Research Center of Advanced Wooden Materials and Key Laboratory of Bio-based Material Science & Technology, Northeast Forestry University, Ministry of Education

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33273-1
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Sustainable afterglow room temperature phosphorescence (RTP) Structural materials are difficult to achieve. Here, the authors demonstrate a wood based RTP material by oxidation of lignin to realize an afterglow RTP material with a lifetime of ~ 408 ms.

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ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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