Mechanism of Photoluminescence from Chemically Derived Graphene Oxide: Role of Chemical Reduction

Abstract

A comprehensive picture of the photoluminescence mechanism of various chemically derived graphene oxides is given. In particular, the strong blue emission at about 430 nm is correlated with carbon defect states formed during the reduction of graphene oxide and the enhanced long-wavelength tuning photoluminescence from functionalized reduced graphene oxide with the enhanced sp2 cluster size effect via resonant energy transfer. As a service to our authors and readers, this journal provides supporting information supplied by the authors. Such materials are peer reviewed and may be re-organized for online delivery, but are not copy-edited or typeset. Technical support issues arising from supporting information (other than missing files) should be addressed to the authors. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.