Photocatalytic Conversion of CO2 into Renewable Hydrocarbon Fuels: State‐of‐the‐Art Accomplishment, Challenges, and Prospects

W Tu, Y Zhou, Z Zou - Advanced Materials, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Photocatalytic reduction of CO2 into hydrocarbon fuels, an artificial photosynthesis, is based
on the simulation of natural photosynthesis in green plants, whereby O2 and carbohydrates …

Functional surface engineering of C-dots for fluorescent biosensing and in vivo bioimaging

C Ding, A Zhu, Y Tian - Accounts of chemical research, 2014 - ACS Publications
Nanoparticles are promising scaffolds for applications such as imaging, chemical sensors
and biosensors, diagnostics, drug delivery, catalysis, energy, photonics, medicine, and …

[HTML][HTML] Formation mechanism and optimization of highly luminescent N-doped graphene quantum dots

D Qu, M Zheng, L Zhang, H Zhao, Z Xie, X Jing… - Scientific reports, 2014 - nature.com
Photoluminescent graphene quantum dots (GQDs) have received enormous attention
because of their unique chemical, electronic and optical properties. Here a series of GQDs …

Carbon dots with continuously tunable full-color emission and their application in ratiometric pH sensing

H Nie, M Li, Q Li, S Liang, Y Tan, L Sheng… - Chemistry of …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Two types of carbon dots (C dots) exhibiting respective excitation-independent blue
emission and excitation-dependent full-color emissions have been synthesized via a mild …

Novel and green synthesis of high-fluorescent carbon dots originated from honey for sensing and imaging

X Yang, Y Zhuo, S Zhu, Y Luo, Y Feng, Y Dou - Biosensors and …, 2014 - Elsevier
An innovative and green strategy to synthesize carbon dots (CDs) with a quantum yield (QY)
of nearly 19.8% has been successfully established for the first time. Subsequently, the …

Waste frying oil as a precursor for one-step synthesis of sulfur-doped carbon dots with pH-sensitive photoluminescence

Y Hu, J Yang, J Tian, L Jia, JS Yu - Carbon, 2014 - Elsevier
Proper disposal of waste frying oil (WFO) is an important waste-management concern. In this
paper, we develop a facile method to reuse WFO for one-step synthesis of sulfur-doped …

A green heterogeneous synthesis of N-doped carbon dots and their photoluminescence applications in solid and aqueous states

M Xu, G He, Z Li, F He, F Gao, Y Su, L Zhang, Z Yang… - Nanoscale, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Compared with traditional semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) and organic dyes,
photoluminescent carbon dots (CDs) are superior because of their high aqueous solubility …

Carbon-based quantum dots for fluorescence imaging of cells and tissues

PG Luo, F Yang, ST Yang, SK Sonkar, L Yang… - Rsc Advances, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Carbon dots (or carbon quantum dots in some literature reports), generally small carbon
nanoparticles with various surface passivation effects, have attracted widespread attention …

Thermodynamic and kinetic analysis of heterogeneous photocatalysis for semiconductor systems

B Liu, X Zhao, C Terashima, A Fujishima… - Physical Chemistry …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Since the report of the Honda–Fujishima effect, heterogeneous photocatalysis has attracted
much attention around the world because of its potential energy and environmental …

Highly photoluminescent carbon dots-based fluorescent chemosensors for sensitive and selective detection of mercury ions and application of imaging in living cells

F Yan, Y Zou, M Wang, X Mu, N Yang… - Sensors and Actuators B …, 2014 - Elsevier
Based on two kinds of hetero atom doping carbon dots (CD-1, CD-2) with brilliant
fluorescent quantum yield and other fluorescence properties, two new sensors were …