Hydrothermal synthesis of water-soluble Mn- and Cu-doped CdSe quantum dots with multi-shell structures and their photoluminescence properties.

ABSTRACT: Optical properties of semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) can be tuned by doping with transition metal ions. In this study, water-soluble CdSe/ZnS:Mn/ZnS QDs with the core/shell/shell structure were synthesized through a hydrothermal method, in which the surface of the CdSe core was coated with a ZnS:Mn shell and ZnS capping shell. Herein, the CdSe core QDs were prepared first and then doped with Mn²⁺; therefore, the QD size and doping level could be controlled independently and interference from the self-purifying effect could be avoided. When CdSe cores with diameters less than 1.9 nm were used, Mn-related photoluminescence (PL) was observed as the main PL band, whereas the band-edge PL was mainly observed when larger CdSe cores were used. Furthermore, using ZnS:Cu as the doping

SUBMITTER: Nishimura H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8982036 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature