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Excellent photothermal conversion of core/shell CdSe/Bi2Se3 quantum dots

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Water-dispersed CdSe/Bi2Se3 core/shell QDs with a photothermal conversion coefficient of 27.09% have been synthesized by a cation exchange reaction. The microstructure and crystal structure of the QDs, which were confirmed by TEM and XRD, showed that partial cation exchange occurred inside the CdSe QDs. Two main mechanisms are responsible for the excellent photothermal conversion: inhibition of radiative recombination of carriers due to the formation of type-II semiconductor heterostructures, and the large surface-to-volume ratio of the QDs. Photothermal conversion experiments indicated that the CdSe/Bi2Se3 QDs showed high photothermal conversion efficiency and excellent NIR photostability.

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    Guo Zhi Jia, Wen Kai Lou & Kai Chang

  2. Tianjin Chengjian University, Tianjin, 300384, China

    Guo Zhi Jia

  3. Department of Physics and Electronic Science, Changsha University of Science and Technology, Changsha, 410004, China

    Fang Cheng

  4. Key Laboratory of Weak-Light Nonlinear Photonics, Ministry of Education, School of Physics and TEDA Applied Physics School, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300457, China

    Xiong Long Wang & Jiang Hong Yao

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Jia, G.Z., Lou, W.K., Cheng, F. et al. Excellent photothermal conversion of core/shell CdSe/Bi2Se3 quantum dots. Nano Res. 8, 1443–1453 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-014-0629-2

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Keywords

  • cation exchange
  • quantum dots
  • photothermal
  • type-II heterostructure
  • CdSe/Bi2Se3