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Progress in Chemistry 2015, Vol. 27 Issue (11): 1604-1614 DOI: 10.7536/PC150403 Previous Articles   Next Articles

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Synthesis and Applications of Carbon Dots

Huang Qitong1,2*, Lin Xiaofeng1*, Li Feiming1,3, Weng Wen1, Lin Liping1,3, Hu Shirong1*   

  1. 1. College of Chemistry and Environmental, Minnan Normal University, Zhangzhou 363000, China;
    2. Department of Food and Biological Engineering, Zhangzhou Institute of Technology, Zhangzhou 363000, China;
    3. College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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    The work was supported by the Science and Technology Foundation of the National General Administration of Quality Supervision in China(No.2012QK053),the Science and Technology Foundation of Fujian Province Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision(No.3002A91429),the Key Project of Industry University Research of Science and Technology Department of Fujian Province(No.2012H6026), the Fujian Province Natural Science Foundation(No.2012D136), and the Education Bureau of Fujian Province of China(No.JB14180).
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In recent years, nanomaterials have made an important impact on diverse science, engineering, and commercial sectors due to their high catalysis, low cost, and good stability. Acting as a class of 'zero-dimensional' carbon nanomaterials, carbon dots(CDs) possess unique optical properties of high photostability against photobleaching, tunable excitation and emission wavelength, as well as low cytotoxicity and good biocompatibility. Therefore, CDs have become a hot subject of carbon nanomaterial in the past decade, not only for its unique properties but also for its applications in various fields such as bioimaging, biolabeling, sensors, photocatalysis, solar cells, light-emitting element and so on. This article reviews the different synthetic methodologies(including two classes: top-down and bottom-up) to achieve good performance of CDs. At the same time, the applications of CDs are also reviewed in the article.

Contents
1 Introduction
2 Synthesis methods of carbon dots
2.1 Top-down methods
2.2 Bottom-up methods
3 Applications of carbon dots
3.1 Bioimaging and Biolabeling
3.2 Sensors
3.3 Photocatalysis
3.4 Solar cells
3.5 Light-emitting diodes
4 Conclusion

Key words: carbon dots, synthesis methods, applications

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