scholarly journals Integrated Cascade Biorefinery Processes to Transform Woody Biomass Into Phenolic Monomers and Carbon Quantum Dots

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xue Chen ◽  
Jiubin Zhu ◽  
Wenlu Song ◽  
Ling-Ping Xiao
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Dots ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Fluorescent Sensor ◽  
Hydrothermal Process ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Carbon Quantum Dots ◽  
High Yield ◽  
Heavy Metal Cations ◽  
Catalytic Hydrogenolysis ◽  
Cost Efficient

A novel cascade biorefinery strategy toward phenolic monomers and carbon quantum dots (CQDs) is proposed here via coupling catalytic hydrogenolysis and hydrothermal treatment. Birch wood was first treated with catalytic hydrogenolysis to afford a high yield of monomeric phenols (44.6 wt%), in which 4-propanol guaiacol (10.2 wt%) and 4-propanol syringol (29.7 wt%) were identified as the two major phenolic products with 89% selectivity. An available carbohydrate pulp retaining 82.4% cellulose and 71.6% hemicellulose was also obtained simultaneously, which was further used for the synthesis of CQDs by a one-step hydrothermal process. The as-prepared CQDs exhibited excellent selectivity and detection limits for several heavy metal cations, especially for Fe3+ ions in an aqueous solution. Those cost-efficient CQDs showed great potential in fluorescent sensor in situ environmental analyses. These findings provide a promising path toward developing high-performance sensors on environmental monitoring and a new route for the high value-added utilization of lignocellulosic biomass.

scholarly journals Ion-Imprinted Polymer Modified with Carbon Quantum Dots as a Highly Sensitive Copper(II) Ion Probe

Polymers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 1376
Author(s):  
Zhiming Wang ◽  
Cuo Zhou ◽  
Shunwei Wu ◽  
Chunyan Sun
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Dots ◽  
Copper Ions ◽  
Fluorescent Sensor ◽  
Hydrothermal Process ◽  
Copper Ion ◽  
Fluorescence Analysis ◽  
Carbon Quantum Dots ◽  
General Strategy ◽  
Surface Imprinting Technique ◽  
Ion Imprinted

Fluorescence analysis technology and ion imprinting technology are combined to prepare a copper ion fluorescence sensor. Carbon quantum dots (CQDs), with a quantum yield of 79%, were synthesized by a hydrothermal process using citric acid as the carbon source. The prepared CQDs, acting as the fluorophore, were grafted onto the surface of an SBA-15 mesoporous molecular sieve by an amidation reaction. Then, the fluorescent sensor CQDs@Cu-IIP was prepared using a surface imprinting technique with the modified SBA-15 as the substrate, copper ions as a template, tetraethoxysilane as the crosslinker, and 3-aminopropyl-3-ethoxysilane as the functional monomers. The sensor showed strong fluorescence from CQDs and high selectivity due to the presence of Cu(II)-IIP. After the detection conditions were optimized, the fluorescence intensity of the sensor had good linearity with Cu(II) concentration in a linear range of 0.25–2 mg/L and 3–10 mg/L. This CQDs@Cu-IIP was applied to the determination of traces Cu(II) in real water samples and good recoveries of 99.29–105.42% were obtained. The present study provides a general strategy for fabricating materials based on CQDs for selective fluorescence detection of heavy metals.

A simple one-step hydrothermal route towards water solubilization of carbon quantum dots from soya-nuggets for imaging applications

RSC Advances ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (106) ◽  
pp. 87528-87534 ◽  
Author(s):  
Prashant Dubey ◽  
Kumud Malika Tripathi ◽  
Ragini Mishra ◽  
Anshu Bhati ◽  
Anupriya Singh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Dots ◽  
Hydrothermal Process ◽  
Carbon Quantum Dots ◽  
Single Step ◽  
Water Soluble ◽  
High Yield ◽  
Synthetic Approach ◽  
Hydrothermal Route ◽  
E Coli ◽  
One Step

A high yield simple synthetic approach for water soluble photoluminescent carbon quantum dots via a single step, hydrothermal process, was described. Photoluminescent multi-colored emissions were used to label E. coli cells.

3D hierarchical porous N-doped carbon quantum dots/vanadium nitride hybrid microflowers as a superior electrode material toward high-performance asymmetric capacitive deionization

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jingxuan Zhao ◽  
Zhibo Zhao ◽  
Yang Sun ◽  
Xiangdong Ma ◽  
Meidan Ye ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Dots ◽  
Electrode Material ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Carbon Nanomaterials ◽  
Electrode Materials ◽  
Carbon Quantum Dots ◽  
Vanadium Nitride ◽  
Capacitive Deionization ◽  
Hierarchical Porous

Taking into account of time-confusing preparation processing and unsatisfied desalination capacity of carbon nanomaterials, exploring efficient electrode materials remains a great challenge for practical capacitive deionization (CDI) application. In this...

Carbon quantum dot-sensitized hollow TiO2 spheres for high-performance visible light photocatalysis

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xianfeng Zhang ◽  
Zongqun Li ◽  
Shaowen Xu ◽  
Yaowen Ruan
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Dots ◽  
Quantum Dot ◽  
Visible Light ◽  
Photocatalytic Degradation ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Carbon Quantum Dots ◽  
Visible Light Photocatalysis ◽  
Carbon Quantum Dot ◽  
Visible Light Photocatalytic

TiO2/CQD composites were synthesized through carbon quantum dots covalently attached to the surface of hollow TiO2 spheres for visible light photocatalytic degradation of organics.

A green synthetic route for the surface-passivation of carbon dots as an effective multifunctional fluorescent sensor for the recognition and detection of toxic metal ions from aqueous solution

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 490-506 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Radhakrishnan ◽  
P. Panneerselvam ◽  
M. Marieeswaran
Keyword(s):  
Aqueous Solution ◽  
Quantum Dots ◽  
Carbon Dots ◽  
Surface Passivation ◽  
Fluorescent Sensor ◽  
Toxic Metal ◽  
Carbon Quantum Dots ◽  
Synthetic Route ◽  
One Pot ◽  
Hydrothermal Methods

In this work, a green synthetic route was used to create a number of surface passivated fluorescent carbon quantum dots, which are explored as promising sensing probes, via facile one-pot hydrothermal methods.

Systematic Toxicity Evaluations of High-Performance Carbon “Quantum” Dots

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 2130-2137 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jia-Hui Liu ◽  
Yanli Wang ◽  
Gui-Hua Yan ◽  
Fan Yang ◽  
Haidi Gao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Dots ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Carbon Quantum Dots
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