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ArticleFrontiers in chemistry2020

Efficient White Electrochemiluminescent Emission From Carbon Quantum Dot Films.

Jonathan Ralph Adsetts, Ruizhong Zhang, Liuqing Yang, Kenneth Chu, Jonathan Michael Wong, David A Love, Zhifeng Ding

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Article in Frontiers in chemistry, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 46 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Jonathan Ralph AdsettsDepartment of Chemistry, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada.
Ruizhong ZhangDepartment of Chemistry, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada.
Liuqing YangDepartment of Chemistry, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada.
Kenneth ChuDepartment of Chemistry, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada.
Jonathan Michael WongDepartment of Chemistry, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada.
David A LoveRosstech Signal Inc., Orillia, ON, Canada.
Zhifeng DingDepartment of Chemistry, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada.
Western University · CARosstech Signals (Canada) · CATianjin University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Carbon quantum dots (CQDs) were manufactured from citric acid and urea in a gram-scale synthesis with a controlled size range between 1. 5 and 23.8 nm. The size control was realized by varying volume of the precursor solution in a hydrothermal synthesis method. The prepared CQDs were investigated using electrochemiluminescence (ECL) spectroscopy at interfaces of their electrode films and electrolyte solution containing coreactants rather than conventional optoelectronic tests, providing an in-depth analysis of light-emission mechanisms of the so-called half-cells. ECL from the CQD films with TPrA and K

Indexed as

carbon quantum dotselectrochemiluminescence (ECL)half cellslight emitting electrochemical cell (LEC or LEEC)lighting

Identifiers

PMID33134278
PMCPMC7552666
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