Carbon dots (CDs) phosphors in white laser diodes (WLD) have the advantages of sufficient surface functionalization sites and low cost. Specially, their color rendering index (CRI) in WLD is unsatisfactory due to the uncontrollable synthesis process and low thermal stability. Herein, surface nitrogenâcontaining groups of CDs are synthesized from phenylenediamine isomers and trimeric acid, and the optical and thermal properties of CDs are modulated by introducing amide bonds (âCONH). By varying the phenylenediamine isomers, CDs synthesized from oâphenylenediamine, mâphenylenediamine, and pâphenylenediamine emit different fluorescence peaks at 534, 498, and 434Â nm, respectively. Further investigation shows that the increase of âCONH and adjacent âNH2 favors the reduction of bandgap, which in turn induces redshifted emission. The greenâemitting CDs are also found to be thermally stable at high âCONH contents up to 10.35%. Finally, by assembling the fluorescent film with 450Â nm laser diode, WLD with color coordinates of (0.3767, 0.3540), correlated color temperature of 3924 K, and CRI of 87 is realized, and its CRI reaches the advancing value for single phosphorsâbased WLD devices. This work will lay the theoretical and experimental foundation for the realization of the lowâcost, high photothermal stability, highâcolorârenderingâindex CDsâbased laser lighting devices.