Carbon dots based photocatalysis for environmental applications

Y Yao, H Zhang, K Hu, G Nie, Y Yang, Y Wang… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Carbon quantum dots (CQDs) have attracted intensive interest in the scientific community
attributed to their quantum effect, non-toxicity, fluorescence, photoluminescence, and up …

Carbon dots as photosensitisers for solar-driven catalysis

GAM Hutton, BCM Martindale, E Reisner - Chemical Society Reviews, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Artificial photosynthesis is the mimicry of the natural process of solar energy conversion into
chemical energy carriers. Photocatalytic systems that combine light-harvesting materials and …

A minireview on doped carbon dots for photocatalytic and electrocatalytic applications

Z Zhang, G Yi, P Li, X Zhang, H Fan, Y Zhang, X Wang… - Nanoscale, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
To date, carbon dots (CDs) or carbon quantum dots (CQDs), considered as alternatives to
conventional fluorescent materials such as organic dyes and semiconductor quantum dots …

Near-infrared emissive carbon dots with 33.96% emission in aqueous solution for cellular sensing and light-emitting diodes

B Wang, J Li, Z Tang, B Yang, S Lu - Science Bulletin, 2019 - Elsevier
Near-infrared emissive carbon dots (CDs) were synthesized by hydrothermal method. The
as-prepared CDs exhibited a relatively high quantum yield (QY) of 33.96% in an aqueous …

Smart utilization of carbon dots in semiconductor photocatalysis

H Yu, R Shi, Y Zhao, GIN Waterhouse… - Advanced …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Efficient capture of solar energy will be critical to meeting the energy needs of the future.
Semiconductor photocatalysis is expected to make an important contribution in this regard …

Antibacterial efficiency of carbon dots against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria: A review

M Varghese, M Balachandran - Journal of Environmental Chemical …, 2021 - Elsevier
The nontoxic characteristics and inherent antibacterial potency of Carbon dots (CDs) have
earned immense attention in the last few years. As the increasing antibiotic resistance of …

Shining carbon dots: Synthesis and biomedical and optoelectronic applications

F Yuan, S Li, Z Fan, X Meng, L Fan, S Yang - Nano Today, 2016 - Elsevier
In recent years, the emerging fluorescent carbon dots have shown enormous potentials for
biomedical and optoelectronic applications owing to their outstanding characteristics such …

Recent advances in synthesis, optical properties, and biomedical applications of carbon dots

S Anwar, H Ding, M Xu, X Hu, Z Li, J Wang… - ACS Applied Bio …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Carbon dots (CDs) are relatively new and one of the most propitious nanomaterials ever
known to humanity, primarily consisting of a carbonized carbon core with heteroatoms in …

Visible‐to‐NIR photon harvesting: progressive engineering of catalysts for solar‐powered environmental purification and fuel production

MQ Yang, M Gao, M Hong, GW Ho - Advanced Materials, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Utilization of diffusive solar energy through photocatalytic processes for environmental
purification and fuel production has long been pursued. However, efficient capture of visible …

Biomass-derived carbon quantum dots for visible-light-induced photocatalysis and label-free detection of Fe (III) and ascorbic acid

GS Das, JP Shim, A Bhatnagar, KM Tripathi, TY Kim - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Visible-light-driven photocatalysts prepared using renewable resources are crucial but
challenging to develop for the efficient degradation of organic pollutants, which is required to …