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 …

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 …

Recent advancements of solid-state emissive carbon dots: a review

W Xu, F Zeng, Q Han, Z Peng - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
Solid-state emissive (SSE) carbon dots (C-dots) have attracted significant attention in last
decade due to their ability to enhance the physicochemical, photoluminescent properties …

A critical review on the environmental applications of carbon dots

A Hebbar, R Selvaraj, R Vinayagam… - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
The discovery of zero-dimensional carbonaceous nanostructures called carbon dots (CDs)
and their unique properties associated with fluorescence, quantum confinement and size …

Synthesis mechanisms, structural models, and photothermal therapy applications of top-down carbon dots from carbon powder, graphite, graphene, and carbon …

W Shi, Q Han, J Wu, C Ji, Y Zhou, S Li, L Gao… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
In this study, top-down syntheses of carbon dots (CDs) from four different carbon precursors,
namely, carbon nano powders, graphite, graphene, and carbon nanotubes, were carried …

Increase and enrichment of active electrons by carbon dots induced to improve TiO2 photocatalytic hydrogen production activity

X Huang, L Sun, X Liu, M Ge, B Zhao, Y Bai… - Applied Surface …, 2023 - Elsevier
Recombination of photogenerated carriers severely reduces the efficiency of photocatalytic
reactions. Herein, Bio-CDs/TiO 2 were produced using the hydrothermal method to tightly …

Applications of fluorescent carbon dots as photocatalysts: A Review

RMS Sendão, JCG Esteves da Silva, L Pinto da Silva - Catalysts, 2023 - mdpi.com
Carbon dots (CDs) have attracted considerable interest from the scientific community due to
their exceptional properties, such as high photoluminescence, broadband absorption, low …

Recent advances in metal-free CDs/g-C3N4 photocatalysts: Synthetic strategies, mechanism insight, and applications

X Yang, L Sheng, Y Ye, J Sun, Z Li, X Ning… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Carbon dots/graphite carbon nitride (CDs/gC 3 N 4), a novel composite photocatalyst, has
shown great potential for applications in energy regeneration and environmental …

Structure–property–activity relationships in carbon dots

Y Zhou, W Zhang, RM Leblanc - The Journal of Physical Chemistry …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Carbon dots (CDs) are one of the most versatile nanomaterials discovered in the 21st
century. They possess many properties and thus hold potentials in diverse applications …

Structure-activity relationship of carbon nitride dots in inhibiting Tau aggregation

Y Zhou, N Kandel, M Bartoli, LF Serafim, AE ElMetwally… - Carbon, 2022 - Elsevier
Due to the numerous failed clinical trials of anti-amyloid drugs, microtubule associated
protein tau (MAPT) now stands out as one of the most promising targets for AD therapy. In …