Green synthesis of carbon quantum dots and their environmental applications

V Manikandan, NY Lee - Environmental Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Green synthesis of scalable, high-quality, fluorescent carbon quantum dots (CQDs) from
natural biomass remains attractive due to their outstanding environmental application. CQDs …

A review of carbon quantum dots and their applications in wastewater treatment

U Abd Rani, LY Ng, CY Ng, E Mahmoudi - Advances in colloid and interface …, 2020 - Elsevier
Carbon quantum dots (CQDs) are a fascinating class of carbon nanoparticles with sizes
around 10 nm. The unique properties of CQDs are low toxicity, chemical inertness, excellent …

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 …

A review of one-dimensional TiO 2 nanostructured materials for environmental and energy applications

M Ge, C Cao, J Huang, S Li, Z Chen… - Journal of Materials …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
One-dimensional TiO2 (1D TiO2) nanomaterials with unique structural and functional
properties have been extensively used in various fields including photocatalytic degradation …

The optical properties and solar energy conversion applications of carbon quantum dots: A review

MJ Molaei - Solar Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Carbon quantum dots (CQDs) are emerging nanostructures which consist of carbon atoms
and are typically below 10 nm in size. The CQDs are almost surface passivated or are …

Enhanced photocatalytic and antibacterial activities of Ag-doped TiO2 nanoparticles under visible light

T Ali, A Ahmed, U Alam, I Uddin, P Tripathi… - Materials Chemistry and …, 2018 - Elsevier
In this paper, we report the photocatalytic and antibacterial activities of nanosized Ti 1-x Ag x
O 2 (0.00< x< 0.08) photocatalyst synthesized by sol-gel method. The X-ray diffraction (XRD) …

The recent development of carbon dots as powerful green corrosion inhibitors: A prospective review

E Berdimurodov, DK Verma, A Kholikov… - Journal of Molecular …, 2022 - Elsevier
The corrosion of metallic materials in aggressively acidic, saline, CO 2-saturated saline and
microbiological solutions is a continuous problem in the oil and gas industry. Using carbon …

Photocatalytic performance of Fe-doped TiO2 nanoparticles under visible-light irradiation

T Ali, P Tripathi, A Azam, W Raza… - Materials Research …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
The present work focuses on the synthesis, characterization and photocatalytic activity of a
nanosized Fe-doped TiO 2 photocatalyst. The samples were synthesized by the sol–gel …

Antibacterial properties of a bacterial cellulose CQD-TiO2 nanocomposite

S Malmir, A Karbalaei, M Pourmadadi, J Hamedi… - Carbohydrate …, 2020 - Elsevier
Antibacterial dressing can prevent the occurrence of many infections of wounds. Bacterial
cellulose (BC) has the ability to carry and transfer the medicine to achieve a wound healing …

Visible–ultraviolet upconversion carbon quantum dots for enhancement of the photocatalytic activity of titanium dioxide

Y Deng, M Chen, G Chen, W Zou, Y Zhao, H Zhang… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Visible–ultraviolet upconversion carbon quantum dots (CQDs) are synthesized with a
hydrothermal method using l-glutamic acid (l-Glu) and m-phenylenediamine (MPD) and then …