Synthesis of Sulfur-Doped Carbon Dots by Simple Heating Method

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Carbon Dots (C-Dots) was successfully prepared by simple heating method. The effect of additional elemental sulfur on the luminiscent performance of C-Dots was investigated. The preparation, chemical composition and optical properties such as absorbance and band gap energy are studied. The C-Dots were prepared with various mass sulfur 0.5-3.0 g and citric acid-urea was constant, i.e. 1.0 g and 4.0 g, respectively. This study used sulfur from natural deposit in Indonesia. The raw materials were prepared by mixing in pure water. The homogeneous solutions were heated at 225°C for 15 minutes under atmospheric pressure. The color emission of C-Dots is found in the visible light spectrum. The addition of sulfur in C-Dots phosphor caused the shifting of absorbance wavelength, i.e. 350-429 nm. By increasing mass of sulfur, the band gap energy of C-Dots decreased from 2.4 eV to 1.8 eV.

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