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 emerging development of multicolor carbon dots

J Li, X Gong - Small, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
As a relatively new type of fluorescent carbon‐based nanomaterials, multicolor carbon dots
(MCDs) have attracted much attention because of their excellent biocompatibility, tunable …

The synthetic strategies, photoluminescence mechanisms and promising applications of carbon dots: Current state and future perspective

C He, P Xu, X Zhang, W Long - Carbon, 2022 - Elsevier
Carbon dots (CDs), a rising star in carbon nanomaterials, have attracted enormous attention
since their discovery in 2004. Up to now, a large number of approaches have been …

Carbon Dots for Electroluminescent Light‐Emitting Diodes: Recent Progress and Future Prospects

Y Shi, W Su, F Yuan, T Yuan, X Song, Y Han… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Carbon dots (CDs), as emerging carbon nanomaterials, have been regarded as promising
alternatives for electroluminescent light‐emitting diodes (LEDs) owing to their distinct …

Yellow‐emissive carbon dots with high solid‐state photoluminescence

J Guo, Y Lu, AQ Xie, G Li, ZB Liang… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Carbon dots (CDs) present an enticing prospect for a variety of optical applications relying
on their high photoluminescence (PL) quantum yield (QY). Herein, the synthesis, optical …

Light of carbon: Recent advancements of carbon dots for LEDs

C Ji, W Xu, Q Han, T Zhao, J Deng, Z Peng - Nano Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
LEDs have become the solid-state lighting devices of the century and played significant
roles in relieving energy crisis. Thanks to their superior properties such as excellent …

[HTML][HTML] Carbon Dots: Classification, properties, synthesis, characterization, and applications in health care—An updated review (2018–2021)

BD Mansuriya, Z Altintas - Nanomaterials, 2021 - mdpi.com
Carbon dots (CDs) are usually smaller than 10 nm in size, and are meticulously formulated
and recently introduced nanomaterials, among the other types of carbon-based …

Rational synthesis of silane-functionalized carbon dots with high-efficiency full-color solid-state fluorescence for light emitting diodes

G Hu, Y Wang, S Zhang, H Ding, Z Zhou, J Wei, X Li… - Carbon, 2023 - Elsevier
Highly efficient full-color solid-state fluorescent carbon dots (CDs) are very critical for the
construction of light-emitting diodes (LEDs), especially white light-emitting diodes (WLEDs) …

Theoretical understanding of structure–property relationships in luminescence of carbon dots

J Yu, X Yong, Z Tang, B Yang, S Lu - The Journal of Physical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Carbon dots (CDs) have excellent luminescence characteristics, such as good light stability,
high quantum yield (QY), long phosphorescence lifetime, and a wide emission wavelength …

Boosting efficiency of luminescent solar concentrators using ultra-bright carbon dots with large Stokes shift

J Li, H Zhao, X Zhao, X Gong - Nanoscale Horizons, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs) are able to collect sunlight from a large-area to
generate electric power with a low cost, showing great potential in building-integrated …