Structure-controllable growth of nitrogenated graphene quantum dots via solvent catalysis for selective C-N bond activation

Byung Joon Moon; Sang Jin Kim; Aram Lee; Yelin Oh; Seoung-Ki Lee; Sang Hyun Lee; Tae-Wook Kim; Byung Hee Hong; Sukang Bae

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-26122-0

Nature Communications (Oct 2021)

Structure-controllable growth of nitrogenated graphene quantum dots via solvent catalysis for selective C-N bond activation

Byung Joon Moon,
Sang Jin Kim,
Aram Lee,
Yelin Oh,
Seoung-Ki Lee,
Sang Hyun Lee,
Tae-Wook Kim,
Byung Hee Hong,
Sukang Bae

Affiliations

Byung Joon Moon: Functional Composite Materials Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology
Sang Jin Kim: Functional Composite Materials Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology
Aram Lee: Functional Composite Materials Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology
Yelin Oh: Functional Composite Materials Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology
Seoung-Ki Lee: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Pusan National University
Sang Hyun Lee: The School of Chemical Engineering, Chonnam National University
Tae-Wook Kim: Department of Flexible and Printable Electronics, Jeonbuk National University
Byung Hee Hong: Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University
Sukang Bae: Functional Composite Materials Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26122-0
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Photophysical and photochemical features of graphene quantum dots (GQDs) strongly depend on their chemical nature that remains challenging to be controlled in a systematic and uniform manner. Here the authors report an efficient solvent-catalyst-aided growth of chemically tailored N-doped GQDs.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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