Abstract
Aqueous internally doped ZnSe nanocrystals (NCs) are a recent promising Cd-free NC system. One major problem for this NC system is the intrinsic poor stability of NCs in aqueous environments due to the promoted oxidation of NC surface ligands by acceptor-type impurity. In this work, we successfully solve this problem by doping a donor-type Ag impurity instead of an acceptor-type impurity inside aqueous ZnSe NCs. Proper doping ratio and solution pH are keys for preparing high quality Ag:ZnSe NCs. Under similar synthesis conditions, as-prepared Ag:ZnSe NCs show quite different optical properties from acceptor-type impurity-doped ZnSe NCs, suggesting the donor nature of Ag impurity. In comparison to the weak stability of acceptor-type impurity-doped ZnSe NCs moreover, as-prepared Ag:ZnSe NCs show strong photochemical and luminescent stability, making this new type of NCs available for LED, optical coding, multicolor bio-imaging and so on.
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