Water activation in solar‐powered vapor generation

D Wei, C Wang, J Zhang, H Zhao, Y Asakura… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Solar‐powered vapor evaporation (SVG), based on the liquid‐gas phase conversion
concept using solar energy, has been given close attention as a promising technology to …

Synthesis, applications, and prospects of graphene quantum dots: a comprehensive review

A Ghaffarkhah, E Hosseini, M Kamkar, AA Sehat… - Small, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Graphene quantum dot (GQD) is one of the youngest superstars of the carbon family. Since
its emergence in 2008, GQD has attracted a great deal of attention due to its unique …

Lasing of carbon dots: Chemical design, mechanisms, and bright future

Y Zhang, S Lu - Chem, 2024 - cell.com
Carbon dots (CDs) are a new solution-processable laser material. They offer advantages of
non-toxicity, low cost, and high stability, making them attractive for the sustainable …

Photoluminescence mechanisms of red-emissive carbon dots derived from non-conjugated molecules

X Yang, L Ai, J Yu, GIN Waterhouse, L Sui, J Ding… - Science Bulletin, 2022 - Elsevier
Red-emissive carbon dots (R-CDs) have been widely studied because of their potential
application in tissue imaging and optoelectronic devices. At present, most R-CDs are …

Advances and perspectives in carbon dot-based fluorescent probes: Mechanism, and application

X Li, S Zhao, B Li, K Yang, M Lan, L Zeng - Coordination Chemistry …, 2021 - Elsevier
Due to the advantages of in situ, real-time, and non-destructive detection of target
molecules, fluorescent probes have become an indispensable tool in the fields of disease …

Carbon dots: synthesis, formation mechanism, fluorescence origin and sensing applications

ML Liu, BB Chen, CM Li, CZ Huang - Green chemistry, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Carbon dots (CDs) have received an increasing amount of attention because of their
significant advantages in terms of low toxicity, chemical inertness, tunable fluorescence …

Recent advances of carbon dots with afterglow emission

H Shi, Y Wu, J Xu, H Shi, Z An - Small, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Carbon dots (CDs) have gradually become a new generation of nano‐luminescent
materials, which have received extensive attention due to excellent optical properties, wide …

The formation process and mechanism of carbon dots prepared from aromatic compounds as precursors: a review

S Xue, P Li, L Sun, L An, D Qu, X Wang, Z Sun - Small, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Fluorescent carbon dots are a novel type of nanomaterial. Due to their excellent optical
properties, they have extensive application prospects in many fields. Studying the formation …

Hydrophobic carbon dots with blue dispersed emission and red aggregation-induced emission

H Yang, Y Liu, Z Guo, B Lei, J Zhuang, X Zhang… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Carbon dots (CDs) have been studied for years as one of the most promising fluorescent
nanomaterials. However, CDs with red or solid-state fluorescence are rarely reported …

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 …