The emerging roles of carbon dots in solar photovoltaics: a critical review

JB Essner, GA Baker - Environmental Science: Nano, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Since their discovery over a decade ago, fluorescent carbon nanodots, or C-dots, have seen
a drastic rise in various synthetic approaches as well as widespread applicability across …

Carbon quantum dots (CQDs) modified polymers: a mini review of non-optical applications

Z Latif, K Shahid, H Anwer, R Shahid, M Ali, KH Lee… - Nanoscale, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Carbon quantum dots (CQDs) are a promising candidate to replace metal-based additives
for polymer reinforcement and functionalization. Specifically, vast interest in CQDs for …

Design and preparation of a ternary composite of graphene oxide/carbon dots/polypyrrole for supercapacitor application: Importance and unique role of carbon dots

X Zhang, J Wang, J Liu, J Wu, H Chen, H Bi - Carbon, 2017 - Elsevier
A ternary composite of graphene oxide/carbon dots/polypyrrole (GO/CDs/PPy) used as
electrode active material for supercapacitor has been synthesized via in situ polymerization …

A graphene quantum dot decorated SrRuO 3 mesoporous film as an efficient counter electrode for high-performance dye-sensitized solar cells

T Liu, K Yu, L Gao, H Chen, N Wang, L Hao… - Journal of Materials …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Hydrothermally synthesized electrically conductive perovskite strontium ruthenate (SrRuO3)
nanoparticles were added into a binder solution and then cast onto fluorine doped tin oxide …

Starfish-like C/CoNiO2 heterostructure derived from ZIF-67 with tunable microwave absorption properties

S ur Rehman, J Wang, Q Luo, M Sun, L Jiang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2019 - Elsevier
Heterostructured starfish-like C/CoNiO 2 has been prepared by a solvothermal synthesis
and was further thermally etched. Owing to the localized electron polarization and significant …

Facile preparation of pH-sensitive chitosan microspheres for delivery of curcumin; characterization, drug release kinetics and evaluation of anticancer activity

M Pooresmaeil, H Namazi - International journal of biological …, 2020 - Elsevier
Curcumin (CUR) is a lowly water-soluble natural polyphenol with chemopreventive and
chemotherapeutic activities. Hence, to achieve the system with good CUR loading ability …

Synthesis of photoluminescent glycodendrimer with terminal β-cyclodextrin molecules as a biocompatible pH-sensitive carrier for doxorubicin delivery

M Pooresmaeil, H Namazi, R Salehi - Carbohydrate polymers, 2020 - Elsevier
In the present research, we prepared new glycodendrimer containing β-cyclodextrin (β-CD)
in three steps. At first, graphene quantum dots (GQDs) synthesized through pyrolysis of the …

Quantum material-based self-propelled microrobots for the optical “on-the-fly” monitoring of DNA

Jyoti, J Muñoz, M Pumera - ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2023 - ACS Publications
Quantum dot-based materials have been found to be excellent platforms for biosensing and
bioimaging applications. Herein, self-propelled microrobots made of graphene quantum …

Nitrogen-doped graphene quantum dots for remarkable solar hydrogen production

KA Tsai, PY Hsieh, TH Lai, CW Tsao… - ACS Applied Energy …, 2020 - ACS Publications
We synthesized nitrogen (N)-doped graphene quantum dots (N-GQDs) using a top-down
hydrothermal cutting approach. The concentration of N dopants was readily controlled by …

Dye-sensitized solar cells based on nanocomposite of polyaniline/graphene quantum dots

M Dinari, MM Momeni, M Goudarzirad - Journal of materials science, 2016 - Springer
In this study, we demonstrate a new kind of Pt-free counter electrode for dye-sensitized solar
cells (DSSCs). Polyaniline–graphene quantum dots (PANI–GQDs) nanocomposite, with the …