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Luminescent carbon dots (CDs) are of significant practical application interest such as in optoelectronic devices and sensitive probing in the life science and environment fields. In this study, N doped CDs-CdTe quantum dots (QDs) nanohybrids (CdTe/N-CDs) were synthesized by a plasma heating process using silk fibroin and CdTe QDs as precursors. The synthesis, doping, hybridizing and passivation of the CdTe/N-CDs were carried out in a single-step process. The as-synthesized CdTe/N-CDs dispersed in ethanol exhibited blue-violet photoluminescence with excitation-independent emission characteristics (strong emissions at 405 nm and 429 nm, and a weak emission at 456 nm). Additionally, the optimal excitation wavelength for the CdTe/N-CDs was found at 360-380 nm, which very closely matches the intrinsic wavelength of GaN-based LEDs. Furthermore, the obtained CdTe/N-CDs exhibited a very high quantum yield of ∼84%, showing great potential in developing chip-based high performance optoelectronics devices. The emission mechanism and emission enhancement by related factors including N-bonded configurations in the carbon base and the transfer of photo-excited electrons from the CdTe QDs to the N doped CDs were studied, as well.

Ultra-highly fluorescent N doped carbon dots-CdTe QDs nanohybrids with excitation-independent emission in the blue-violet region