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 …

Recent progress on carbon quantum dots based photocatalysis

H Jung, VS Sapner, A Adhikari, BR Sathe… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
As a novel carbon allotrope, carbon quantum dots (CQDs) have been investigated in various
fields, including photocatalysis, bioimaging, optoelectronics, energy and photovoltaic …

Synthesis and photocatalytic applications of functionalized carbon quantum dots

N Yadav, RP Gaikwad, V Mishra… - Bulletin of the …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Environmental degradation and energy shortages are becoming increasingly important as
science and technology advance. Here, we review the photocatalytic approach of …

A review on mechanism, applications and influencing factors of carbon quantum dots based photocatalysis

W Gao, S Zhang, G Wang, J Cui, Y Lu, X Rong… - Ceramics …, 2022 - Elsevier
CQDs (carbon quantum dots) have attracted a lot of attention in the field of photocatalysis
due to its absorption of visible light, up-conversion luminescence, rich free groups on the …

Efficient visible light-driven Photodegradation of malachite green dye using carbon quantum dots-MXene nanocomposite: synthesis, characterization, and …

MM Zahedi, SK Samarin, SD Abkenar… - Journal of the Taiwan …, 2025 - Elsevier
Background Removal of azo dyes is one of important issue in water treatment studies and
many of research works focused on it. Current work represents a simple and economical …

Fly ash–based nanocomposites: A potential material for effective photocatalytic degradation/elimination of emerging organic pollutants from aqueous stream

V Gadore, M Ahmaruzzaman - Environmental Science and Pollution …, 2021 - Springer
Fly ash is readily available and cheaply generated as 47a by-product of the combustion of
organic matter. A tremendous amount of fly ash is generated worldwide, and its disposal has …

Synthesis of cuttlebone/carbon quantum dots/nickel oxide nanocomposite for visible light photodegradation of malachite green used for environmental remediation

M Montazer, AB Pebdeni, MN Sheikholeslami… - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
In recent years, the development of light-driven nanophotocatalysts has focused on
efficiently eliminating organic pollutants. In this regard, the present work focuses on the …

Novel and facile synthesis of carbon quantum dots from chicken feathers and their application as a photocatalyst to degrade methylene blue dye

M Imran Din, M Ahmed, M Ahmad, S Saqib… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Methylene blue (MB) is a most commonly used synthetic dye in the textile industry. It is an
extremely carcinogenic phenothiazine derivative and therefore needs to be removed from …

Bridging between NiAl-LDH and g-C3N4 by using carbon quantum dots for highly enhanced photoreduction of CO2 into CO

W Liu, Q Wang, Z Liu, G Ding - Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2022 - Elsevier
A series of treble NiAl-LDH/gC 3 N 4/carbon quantum dots (LDH/CN/CQDs) photocatalysts
is successfully prepared for the photoreduction of CO 2 to CO via a facile hydrothermal …

Integration of orange peel derived carbon quantum dots with TiO2 for enhanced photocatalytic degradation of brilliant green dye

A Immanuvel, P Sivaranjana, S Suresh, N Ra**i… - Inorganic Chemistry …, 2024 - Elsevier
Brilliant green (BG) dye is a non-biodegradable, highly venomous and coloured pigment.
BG dye possesses remarkably high visibility even at small concentration that causes …