Mechanistic investigations into synergistically enhanced radiative-charge-transfer in Au-Ag bimetallic nanoclusters

Abstract
Synergetic effects in Au-Ag bimetallic nanoclusters (BNCs) more favorably enhanced electrochemical redox induced electrochemiluminescence (ECL) over photoexcitation induced photoluminescence (PL); this not only led to Au-Ag BNCs with enhanced bandgap-engineered ECL compared to Au NCs, but it also generated surface-defect related ECL to enhance the total ECL intensity.
Funding Information
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 21427808)
  • Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province (ZR2018MB040)
  • Shandong University (2018JC017)