Recent Progress on Carbon Quantum Dots Based Photocatalysis

Hwapyung Jung; Vijay S. Sapner; Arindam Adhikari; Bhaskar R. Sathe; Rajkumar Patel

doi:10.3389/fchem.2022.881495

Frontiers in Chemistry (Apr 2022)

Recent Progress on Carbon Quantum Dots Based Photocatalysis

Hwapyung Jung,
Vijay S. Sapner,
Arindam Adhikari,
Bhaskar R. Sathe,
Rajkumar Patel

Affiliations

Hwapyung Jung: Nano Science and Engineering, Integrated Science and Engineering Division (ISED), Underwood International College, Yonsei University, Incheon, South Korea
Vijay S. Sapner: Department of Chemistry, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University Aurangabad, Seoul, South Korea
Arindam Adhikari: Aadarsh Innovations, Pune, India
Bhaskar R. Sathe: Department of Chemistry, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University Aurangabad, Seoul, South Korea
Rajkumar Patel: Energy and Environmental Science and Engineering (EESE), Integrated Science and Engineering Division (ISED), Underwood International College, Yonsei University, Incheon, South Korea

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fchem.2022.881495
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10

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As a novel carbon allotrope, carbon quantum dots (CQDs) have been investigated in various fields, including photocatalysis, bioimaging, optoelectronics, energy and photovoltaic devices, biosensing, and drug delivery owing to their unique optical and electronic properties. In particular, CQDs’ excellent sunlight harvesting ability, tunable photoluminescence (PL), up-conversion photoluminescence (UCPL), and efficient photo-excited electron transfer have enabled their applications in photocatalysis. This work focuses on the recent progress on CQDs-related materials’ synthesis, properties, and applications in photocatalysis.

Published in Frontiers in Chemistry

ISSN: 2296-2646 (Online)
Publisher: Frontiers Media S.A.
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Science: Chemistry
Website: http://journal.frontiersin.org/journal/chemistry

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