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 …

A comparative study on recent progress in efficient ZnO based nanocomposite and heterojunction photocatalysts: A review

S Goktas, A Goktas - Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2021 - Elsevier
ZnO based binary and multiple heterojunction/nanocomposite photocatalysts get profound
attentions due to its solving the world crises of energy supply and utilizing sun power …

A review of material aspects in developing direct Z-scheme photocatalysts

X Li, C Garlisi, Q Guan, S Anwer, K Al-Ali, G Palmisano… - Materials Today, 2021 - Elsevier
Photocatalysis utilizes solar energy to produce clean fuels such as hydrogen or generate
highly reactive species to subsequently break the organic pollutants into clean end products …

Recent advances on graphene quantum dots: from chemistry and physics to applications

Y Yan, J Gong, J Chen, Z Zeng, W Huang… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Graphene quantum dots (GQDs) that are flat 0D nanomaterials have attracted increasing
interest because of their exceptional chemicophysical properties and novel applications in …

Carbon-based sustainable nanomaterials for water treatment: state-of-art and future perspectives

M Nasrollahzadeh, M Sajjadi, S Iravani, RS Varma - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
The supply of safe drinking and clean water is becoming increasingly challenging
proposition throughout the world. The deployment of environmentally sustainable …

[HTML][HTML] Graphene quantum dots from chemistry to applications

P Tian, L Tang, KS Teng, SP Lau - Materials today chemistry, 2018 - Elsevier
Graphene quantum dots (GQDs) have been widely studied in recent years due to its unique
structure-related properties, such as optical, electrical and optoelectrical properties. GQDs …

Advances in preparation, mechanism and applications of graphene quantum dots/semiconductor composite photocatalysts: A review

C Cheng, Q Liang, M Yan, Z Liu, Q He, T Wu… - Journal of hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
Due to the low efficiency of single-component nano materials, there are more and more
studies on high-efficiency composites. As zero dimensional (0D) non-metallic semiconductor …

Band gap tuning and surface modification of carbon dots for sustainable environmental remediation and photocatalytic hydrogen production–A review

A Mehta, A Mishra, S Basu, NP Shetti, KR Reddy… - Journal of environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
Energy and water are the two major issues facing the modern mankind. Providing freshwater
requires energy and producing energy uses water. In the present-day scenario, both these …

Graphitic carbon nitride (gC 3 N 4)-based photocatalysts for solar hydrogen generation: recent advances and future development directions

A Naseri, M Samadi, A Pourjavadi… - Journal of Materials …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) is a metal-free conjugated polymer constructed from two-
dimensional sheets with a bandgap energy of 2.7 eV, which makes it an applicable and …

In-situ growth of few-layer graphene on ZnO with intimate interfacial contact for enhanced photocatalytic CO2 reduction activity

L Wang, H Tan, L Zhang, B Cheng, J Yu - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2021 - Elsevier
Intimate interfacial contact between semiconductor photocatalysts and cocatalysts is
important for the transfer and separation of photogenerated charge carriers. Herein, few …