“…Cellulose and its derivatives have numerous applications in the paper, textile, biomaterial, and pharmaceutical industries. , They are presently at the stage of exploration as a low-cost available renewable carbonaceous material to synthesize carbon-based nanomaterials, especially carbon dots (CD) . CD possess an advantage concerning their ease of surface functionalization, water solubility, biocompatibility, etc. − The applications of CD are flourishing in numerous fields, such as bio-imaging, antifouling membranes, photodegradation, photoreduction, energy conversion, sensing, etc.…”