Utilization of diffusive solar energy through photocatalytic processes for environmental
purification and fuel production has long been pursued. However, efficient capture of visible …

Fluorescent carbon dots (C-dots) are new class of nanomaterials with widespread
applications in optoelectronics, bio-imaging, catalysis, and sensing. The origin of …

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 …

A facile method to convert biomolecule‐based carbon nanodots (CNDs) into high‐surface‐
area 3D‐graphene networks with excellent electrochemical properties is presented. Initially …

Nature provides an almost limitless supply of sources that inspire scientists to develop new
materials with novel applications and less of an environmental impact. Recently, much …

Renewable, cheap and green biomass resources could meet the urgent need for producing
graphene quantum dots (GQDs) on a large scale if high quality can be obtained. Here we …

Carbon dots (CDs)–small crystalline or amorphous carbon-based nanoparticles–have
attracted much attention as promising fluorescent materials for a wide range of applications …

The overwhelming challenge of depleting fossil fuels and anthropogenic carbon emissions
has driven research into alternative clean sources of energy. To achieve the goal of a …

Carbon dots (CDs) rank among the most promising luminescent nanomaterials for anti-
counterfeiting application owing to their high fluorescence quantum yield and nontoxicity …

ABSTRACT Carbon Quantum Dots (CQD) are small carbon nanoparticles having size less
than 10nm comprising distinctive properties and have become an obligatory tool for …