Influence of photon reabsorption on the optical and catalytic properties of carbon nanodots/titanium oxide composites

作者:Zhang, Jun*; Zhang, Xiao; Ren, Zhiyuan; Yang, Lun; Tang, Yalu; Ma, Yalin; Cui, Yu; Gao, Benling; Chu, P. K.*
来源:Applied Physics Letters, 2022, 120(21): 213902.
DOI:10.1063/5.0093878

摘要

To enhance the optical and catalytic properties of TiO2, carbon nanodots (CNDs) are incorporated to prepare hybrid CNDs/TiO2 materials with different precursor concentrations and the photocatalytic characteristics are evaluated systematically. When the CNDs/TiO2 materials are excited optically, some high-energy photons are reabsorbed by those in the lower energy states, indicating that photon reabsorption of CNDs plays a key role. The results enrich our understanding of the optical and catalytic mechanisms and provide insight into the design of CNDs-based composites. Published under an exclusive license by AIP Publishing.