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: mysterious past, vibrant present, and expansive future

B Wang, GIN Waterhouse, S Lu - Trends in Chemistry, 2023 - cell.com
Carbon dots (CDs) are a vibrant subset of luminescent nanomaterials exhibiting structural
and physicochemical properties that make them an ideal platform for the development of …

N B OH Site‐Activated Graphene Quantum Dots for Boosting Electrochemical Hydrogen Peroxide Production

M Fan, Z Wang, K Sun, A Wang, Y Zhao… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Carbon materials are considered promising 2/4 e− oxygen reduction reaction (ORR)
electrocatalysts for synthesizing H2O2/H2O via regulating heteroatom dopants and …

Photoluminescence mechanism of carbon dots: triggering high-color-purity red fluorescence emission through edge amino protonation

Q Zhang, R Wang, B Feng, X Zhong… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Due to complex structure and surface functionalities, photoluminescence mechanisms of
Carbon Dots are unknown, and it is challenging to synthesize Carbon Dots to achieve the …

Solid‐state Fluorescence from Carbon Dots Widely Tunable from Blue to Deep Red through Surface Ligand Modulation

L Ai, Z Song, M Nie, J Yu, F Liu, H Song… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Carbon dots (CDs) find widespread attention due to their remarkable fluorescent and
electronic properties. However, aggregation‐caused quenching currently limits the …

Electron–phonon coupling-assisted universal red luminescence of o-phenylenediamine-based carbon dots

B Wang, Z Wei, L Sui, J Yu, B Zhang, X Wang… - Light: Science & …, 2022 - nature.com
Due to the complex core–shell structure and variety of surface functional groups, the
photoluminescence (PL) mechanism of carbon dots (CDs) remain unclear. o …

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 …

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 …

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 …