A multifunctional chemical toolbox to engineer carbon dots for biomedical and energy applications

L Ðorđević, F Arcudi, M Cacioppo, M Prato - Nature Nanotechnology, 2022 - nature.com
Photoluminescent carbon nanoparticles, or carbon dots, are an emerging class of materials
that has recently attracted considerable attention for biomedical and energy applications …

The light of carbon dots: From mechanism to applications

B Wang, S Lu - Matter, 2022 - cell.com
Photoluminescence (PL) nanomaterials are widely used by scientists because of their
important applications in optoelectronic devices and biomedicine, such as use in organic …

Carbon dots: a new type of carbon-based nanomaterial with wide applications

J Liu, R Li, B Yang - ACS Central Science, 2020 - ACS Publications
Carbon dots (CDs), as a new type of carbon-based nanomaterial, have attracted broad
research interest for years, because of their diverse physicochemical properties and …

Recent advances on electrocatalytic CO2 reduction to resources: Target products, reaction pathways and typical catalysts

Y Lei, Z Wang, A Bao, X Tang, X Huang, H Yi… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
With the rapid development of the global economy and excessive consumption of fossil
fuels, the energy crisis and global warming are becoming increasingly serious. Achieving …

Carbon dots as new building blocks for electrochemical energy storage and electrocatalysis

Y Zhai, B Zhang, R Shi, S Zhang, Y Liu… - Advanced Energy …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In recent years, research into the synthesis and applications of 0D carbon dots (CDs) has
blossomed into a vibrant and exciting new research field. CDs possess diverse and …

A Mn-N3 single-atom catalyst embedded in graphitic carbon nitride for efficient CO2 electroreduction

J Feng, H Gao, L Zheng, Z Chen, S Zeng… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Developing effective catalysts based on earth abundant elements is critical for CO2
electroreduction. However, simultaneously achieving a high Faradaic efficiency (FE) and …

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 …

Tunable CO/H2 ratios of electrochemical reduction of CO2 through the Zn-Ln dual atomic catalysts

Z Liang, L Song, M Sun, B Huang, Y Du - Science advances, 2021 - science.org
Electrochemical reduction of CO2 (CO2RR) to value-added liquid fuels is a highly appealing
solution for carbon-neutral recycling, especially to syngas (CO/H2). Current strategies suffer …

Efficient electron transmission in covalent organic framework nanosheets for highly active electrocatalytic carbon dioxide reduction

HJ Zhu, M Lu, YR Wang, SJ Yao, M Zhang… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Efficient conversion of carbon dioxide (CO2) into value-added products is essential for clean
energy research. Design of stable, selective, and powerful electrocatalysts for CO2 reduction …

Carbon dots: advances in nanocarbon applications

Z Kang, ST Lee - Nanoscale, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Carbon dots (C-Dots), defined by characteristic sizes of< 10 nm, have become a rising star
in carbon nanomaterials. C-Dots possess many unique physiochemical and photochemical …