A Facile Microwave-Assisted Synthesis of Carbon Dots and Their Application as Sensitizers in Nanocrystalline TiO₂ Solar Cells

Earth abundant colloidal carbon quantum dots for luminescent solar concentrators

“…The optical properties of C-dots are highly dependent on their structure. 18, The development of simple, efficient synthetic routes for high-performance C-dots with respect to well controlled size/shape and chemical composition is crucial to exploit the relationship between their structure and optical properties. 18, In this section, we summarized various reported methods to produce colloidal C-dots.…”

“…18, The development of simple, efficient synthetic routes for high-performance C-dots with respect to well controlled size/shape and chemical composition is crucial to exploit the relationship between their structure and optical properties. 18, In this section, we summarized various reported methods to produce colloidal C-dots. We mainly focus on the production of C-dots in large quantity using low-cost, sustainable precursors and solution-based synthetic routes include hydro-/solvothermal synthesis, pyrolysis carbonization synthesis, microwave-assisted synthesis and electrochemical synthesis.…”

“…quantum dot (QD) solar cells, perovskite solar cells, and dye solar cells]. [18][19][20][21][22][23][24] However the PCE and long-term stability of excitonic solar cells still have a lot of room to improve. During the last forty years, luminescent solar concentrator (LSC) technology has attracted a lot of attention as a solar-light harvester, which can significantly reduce the cost of electricity by decreasing the active area of silicon solar cells used for generating the same amount of power, if the PCE of the LSCs is higher than 6%.…”

Metal nanoparticles/carbon dots nanocomposites for SERS devices: trends and perspectives

“…The combination of raw materials as carbon source and nitrogen-rich materials represents an alternative to this process. The use of microwave-assisted processes from the association of citric acid (carbon source) and urea (nitrogen source) results in rich N-doped carbon dots [53]. Alternatively, graphene nanoribbons are produced using multiwalled carbon nanotubes as a precursor by corresponding hydrothermal assays, in a reaction with KMnO 4 and the following removal of byproducts (MnO 2 ) [30].…”

A Review of Carbon dots (CDs) Application in Sensing and Removing Medical Waste

“…Carbon dots (C-Dots) are unique materials with low toxicity [8] and attractive optical properties. CDs have been applied to various fields, such as energy [7,8], health [9,10], and environment [11,12]. Several optical advantages possessed by CDs cause these materials to be thoroughly studied and developed [13,14].…”