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 …

Evolution and synthesis of carbon dots: from carbon dots to carbonized polymer dots

C ** strategies, properties and applications
S Miao, K Liang, J Zhu, B Yang, D Zhao, B Kong - Nano Today, 2020 - Elsevier
Carbon dots (CDots), an emerging class of photoluminescent materials, exhibit excellent
optical, electrical and chemical properties with many potential applications. Hetero-atom …

A deep investigation into the structure of carbon dots

KJ Mintz, M Bartoli, M Rovere, Y Zhou… - Carbon, 2021 - Elsevier
Since their discovery, carbon dots (CDs) have been a promising nanomaterial in a variety of
fields including nanomedicine. Despite their potential in this area, there are many obstacles …

Green synthesis of tunable fluorescent carbon quantum dots from lignin and their application in anti-counterfeit printing

L Zhu, D Shen, Q Wang, KH Luo - ACS applied materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Lignin converted to carbon quantum dots (CQDs) attracts tremendous attention for large-
scale production of carbon nanomaterials and value-added disposal of biomass wastes …

Conversion of carbon dots from fluorescence to ultralong room‐temperature phosphorescence by heating for security applications

K Jiang, Y Wang, C Cai, H Lin - Advanced Materials, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Stimuli‐responsive optical materials have received tremendous interest in the last several
decades due to their numerous promising applications. Here, fluorescence emissive …

Fluorescent carbon dots and their sensing applications

X Sun, Y Lei - TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 2017 - Elsevier
Fluorescent carbon dots (CDs) are a new class of carbon nanomaterials and have
demonstrated excellent optical properties, good biocompatibility, great aqueous solubility …

Novel properties and applications of carbon nanodots

L **ao, H Sun - Nanoscale Horizons, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
In the most recent decade, carbon dots have drawn intensive attention and triggered
substantial investigation. Carbon dots manifest superior merits, including excellent …

Heteroatom-doped carbon dots: synthesis, characterization, properties, photoluminescence mechanism and biological applications

Q Xu, T Kuang, Y Liu, L Cai, X Peng… - Journal of Materials …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Heteroatom-doped carbon dots (CDs), due to their excellent photoluminescence (PL)
properties, attracted widespread attention recently and demonstrated immense promise for …

Enhanced biological photosynthetic efficiency using light‐harvesting engineering with dual‐emissive carbon dots

W Li, S Wu, H Zhang, X Zhang, J Zhuang… - Advanced Functional …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Enhancing solar energy conversion is imperative and maximizing solar energy capture
remains significant. Here, nanotechnology toward engineering hybrid photosystem involving …