The study on tuning photoluminescence of colloidal graphene quantum dots synthesized through laser ablation

We report photoluminescence study of Colloidal Graphene Quantum Dots (GQDs) that synthesized from ablation of rGO solution. The rGO solution was ablated using 800 nm Ti-Sapphire femtosecond laser by varying the synthesize parameters such as laser power and ablation time. We observed that changing laser power 1 Watt to become 1.7 Watt and time ablation 20 minutes to become 60 minutes will alterate the Photoluminescence (PL) curve peak of GQDs. In case of ablation power variation, PL data shows that the PL curve peak excited by 280 nm laser changed from 369.09 nm to 371.02 nm, and when it excited by 290 nm the PL curve peak slightly changed from 388.17 nm to 393.8 nm. The alteration of Photoluminescence peak is also observed in the variation of time ablation experiment, The PL curve peaks from GQDs time ablation variation samples excited by 280 nm were slightly changed from 376.81 nm to 373.59 nm, and when it excited by 290 nm laser, the PL curve peak is 391.55 nm then changed to 392.11. The change of PL peak on laser power or time ablation variation shows that both parameters will alter either the size, shape, or the edge-type of GQDs. © 2019 Trans Tech Publications Ltd, Switzerland.