Large scale electrochemical synthesis of high quality carbon nanodots and their photocatalytic property

High quality carbon nanodots (C-dots) with high purity were synthesized through a mild, one-step electrochemical approach, without the assistance of any chemicals but only pure water. This high productivity method makes the synthetic process of C-dots synthesis both economical as well as environment...

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Published in:Dalton transactions : an international journal of inorganic chemistry 2012-08, Vol.41 (31), p.9526-9531
Main Authors: Ming, Hai, Ma, Zheng, Liu, Yang, Pan, Keming, Yu, Hang, Wang, Fang, Kang, Zhenhui
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Carbon
Graphene
Nanomaterials
Nanostructure
Photocatalysis
Synthesis
Titanium dioxide
Wavelengths
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Summary:High quality carbon nanodots (C-dots) with high purity were synthesized through a mild, one-step electrochemical approach, without the assistance of any chemicals but only pure water. This high productivity method makes the synthetic process of C-dots synthesis both economical as well as environment-friendly. The as prepared C-dots are predominantly multi-layer graphene oxide, with luminescence and high up-conversion photoluminescence (emission of light at shorter wavelengths than the excitation wavelength). Meanwhile, C-dots showed peroxidise mimetic function and visible-light-sensitive photocatalytic activity for methyl orange degradation. In addition, a novel photocatalyst (TiO 2 /C-dots) was obtained by combining C-dots with TiO 2 through an easy hydrothermal method. Remarkably, TiO 2 /C-dots exhibited an excellent visible-light photocatalytic activity. Carbon nanodots with high purity were synthesized through a one-step electrochemical approach with pure water used as the electrolyte.
ISSN:1477-9226
1477-9234
DOI:10.1039/c2dt30985h