Temperature stability of elastomeric colloidal quantum dot colour converter

Bruce, Natalie and Farrell, Francesca and Laurand, Nicolas; (2020) Temperature stability of elastomeric colloidal quantum dot colour converter. In: 2019 IEEE 2nd British and Irish Conference on Optics and Photonics, BICOP 2019. IEEE, GBR. ISBN 9781728149486 (https://doi.org/10.1109/BICOP48819.2019.9059578)

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Abstract

The effect of temperature on the photoluminescent properties of an elastomeric colloidal quantum dot composite is presented. Results demonstrate that embedding colloidal quantum dots in a composite increases their thermal stability and that thermal degradation is an issue above 100°C independently of other photo-induced or oxygen-related phenomena.