Cocatalysts for Selective Photoreduction of CO2 into Solar Fuels

X Li, J Yu, M Jaroniec, X Chen - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
Photoreduction of CO2 into sustainable and green solar fuels is generally believed to be an
appealing solution to simultaneously overcome both environmental problems and energy …

Electro-and solar-driven fuel synthesis with first row transition metal complexes

KE Dalle, J Warnan, JJ Leung, B Reuillard… - Chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
The synthesis of renewable fuels from abundant water or the greenhouse gas CO2 is a
major step toward creating sustainable and scalable energy storage technologies. In the last …

Small molecules derived carbon dots: synthesis and applications in sensing, catalysis, imaging, and biomedicine

A Sharma, J Das - Journal of nanobiotechnology, 2019 - Springer
Carbon dots (CDs) are the new fellow of carbon family having a size less than 10 nm and
attracted much attention of researchers since the last decade because of their unique …

Design and fabrication of carbon dots for energy conversion and storage

C Hu, M Li, J Qiu, YP Sun - Chemical Society Reviews, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
The emergence of carbon dots (CDs) has opened up an exciting new field in the science
and technology of carbon nanomaterials and has attracted increasing interest in recent …

A critical review on energy conversion and environmental remediation of photocatalysts with remodeling crystal lattice, surface, and interface

J Luo, S Zhang, M Sun, L Yang, S Luo, JC Crittenden - ACS nano, 2019 - ACS Publications
Solar energy is a renewable resource that can supply our energy needs in the long term. A
semiconductor photocatalysis that is capable of utilizing solar energy has appealed to …

Critical Aspects and Recent Advances in Structural Engineering of Photocatalysts for Sunlight‐Driven Photocatalytic Reduction of CO2 into Fuels

NN Vu, S Kaliaguine, TO Do - Advanced Functional Materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The catalytic conversion of CO2 into valuable fuels is a compelling solution for tackling the
global warming and fuel crisis. Light absorption and charge separation, as well as …

Design, synthesis, and functionalization strategies of tailored carbon nanodots

F Arcudi, L Đorđević, M Prato - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2019 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Over the past decades, considerable efforts have been devoted to synthesizing
nanostructured materials with specific properties that ultimately shape their function. In the …

Size-dependent photocatalytic activity of carbon dots with surface-state determined photoluminescence

Y Zhou, EM Zahran, BA Quiroga, J Perez… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2019 - Elsevier
Carbon dots (CDs) were synthesized by a microwave-mediated method and separated by
size exclusion chromatography into three different size fractions. There was no correlation of …

Carbon dots, unconventional preparation strategies, and applications beyond photoluminescence

XT Tian, XB Yin - Small, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Carbon dots (C‐dots) are generally separated into graphene quantum dots (GQDs) and
carbon nanodots (CNDs) based on their respective top‐down and bottom‐up preparation …

Function-driven engineering of 1D carbon nanotubes and 0D carbon dots: mechanism, properties and applications

Q Xu, W Li, L Ding, W Yang, H Xiao, WJ Ong - Nanoscale, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Metal-free carbonaceous nanomaterials have witnessed a renaissance of interest due to the
surge in the realm of nanotechnology. Among myriads of carbon-based nanostructures with …