A novel strategy for boosting the photoluminescence quantum efficiency of CdSe nanocrystals at room temperature

Highly luminescent colloidal nanocrystals have wide applications in bioimaging and various optoelectronic devices. Herein we report a facile and mild procedure by combining S^2- treatment and binary ligand passivation, which can efficiently enhance the luminescent property of CdSe nanocrystals at room temperature. The photoluminescence quantum yield of as-treated CdSe nanocrystals exhibits drastic enhancement (e.g., 188 times for CdSe nanorods) after this dual-passivation treatment. The methodology proposed here can be applied to various CdSe nanocrystals, regardless of their sizes, shapes, and crystal structures.