The fluorescence mechanism of carbon dots, and methods for tuning their emission color: a review

F Yan, Z Sun, H Zhang, X Sun, Y Jiang, Z Bai - Microchimica Acta, 2019 - Springer
Carbon dots (CDs) display tunable photoluminescence and excitation-wavelength
dependent emission. The color of fluorescence is affected by electronic bandgap transitions …

Photocatalysis: from fundamental principles to materials and applications

X Yang, D Wang - ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2018 - ACS Publications
Photocatalysis represents a unique class of chemical transformations. It utilizes the energy
delivered by light and drives reactions that are difficult, sometimes even impossible, to carry …

Fabrication of ternary Ag3PO4/Co3 (PO4) 2/g-C3N4 heterostructure with following Type II and Z-Scheme dual pathways for enhanced visible-light photocatalytic …

W Shi, C Liu, M Li, X Lin, F Guo, J Shi - Journal of hazardous materials, 2020 - Elsevier
A novel ternary Ag 3 PO 4/Co 3 (PO 4) 2/gC 3 N 4 (APO/CPO/CN) heterostructure
photocatalyst was successfully synthesized via a simple precipitation method for …

[HTML][HTML] Carbon dots as potent antimicrobial agents

X Dong, W Liang, MJ Meziani, YP Sun, L Yang - Theranostics, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Carbon dots (CDots) have emerged to represent a highly promising new platform for
visible/natural light-activated microbicidal agents. In this article, the syntheses, structures …

Boosting photocatalytic activity using carbon nitride based 2D/2D van der Waals heterojunctions

P Kumar, D Laishram, RK Sharma, A Vinu… - Chemistry of …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The surging demand for energy and staggering pollutants in the environment have geared
the scientific community to explore sustainable pathways that are economically feasible and …

Carbon dots for in vivo bioimaging and theranostics

J Du, N Xu, J Fan, W Sun, X Peng - Small, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Carbon dots (CDs), a kind of carbon material discovered accidentally, exhibit unexpected
advantages in fluorescence imaging/sensing such as photostability, biocompatibility, and …

Recent progress in carbon quantum dots: synthesis, properties and applications in photocatalysis

R Wang, KQ Lu, ZR Tang, YJ Xu - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Carbon quantum dots (CQDs) as a rising star of carbon nanomaterials, by virtue of their
unique physicochemical, optical and electronic properties, have displayed tremendous …

Advances in carbon dots: from the perspective of traditional quantum dots

Y Liu, H Huang, W Cao, B Mao, Y Liu… - Materials Chemistry …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Quantum dots (QDs) have been the core concept of nanoscience and nanotechnology since
their inception, and play a dominant role in the development of the nano-field. Carbon dots …

Nitrogen-doped carbon dots: Recent developments in its fluorescent sensor applications

S Munusamy, TR Mandlimath, P Swetha… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Doped carbon dots have attracted great attention from researchers across disciplines
because of their unique characteristics, such as their low toxicity, physiochemical stability …

Photoanodes based on TiO 2 and α-Fe 2 O 3 for solar water splitting–superior role of 1D nanoarchitectures and of combined heterostructures

S Kment, F Riboni, S Pausova, L Wang… - Chemical Society …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Solar driven photoelectrochemical water splitting (PEC-WS) using semiconductor
photoelectrodes represents a promising approach for a sustainable and environmentally …