Synthesis and properties of carbon quantum dots from flue ash of biomass

ZHANG Qing-hong; SUN Xiao-feng; RUAN Hong; LI Hong-guang

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ZHANG Qing-hong, SUN Xiao-feng, RUAN Hong, LI Hong-guang. Synthesis and properties of carbon quantum dots from flue ash of biomass. New Carbon Mater., 2018, 33(6): 571-577.

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ZHANG Qing-hong, SUN Xiao-feng, RUAN Hong, LI Hong-guang. Synthesis and properties of carbon quantum dots from flue ash of biomass. New Carbon Mater., 2018, 33(6): 571-577.

ZHANG Qing-hong, SUN Xiao-feng, RUAN Hong, LI Hong-guang. Synthesis and properties of carbon quantum dots from flue ash of biomass. New Carbon Mater., 2018, 33(6): 571-577.

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ZHANG Qing-hong, SUN Xiao-feng, RUAN Hong, LI Hong-guang. Synthesis and properties of carbon quantum dots from flue ash of biomass. New Carbon Mater., 2018, 33(6): 571-577.

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Synthesis and properties of carbon quantum dots from flue ash of biomass

1.
Laboratory of Clean Energy Chemistry and Materials, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China;
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China Research Institute of Daily Chemical Industry, Taiyuan 030001, China

Funds: Chinese Academy of Sciences Program Funded Project (Y20245YBR1); National Natural Science Foundation of China (21402215, 61474124).

Received Date: 2018-08-08
Accepted Date: 2018-12-27
Rev Recd Date: 2018-11-06
Publish Date: 2018-12-28

Abstract

Abstract

Carbon quantum dots (CQDs) with a good water solubility and stability were produced from cheap and easy available flue ash produced by burning straw and wood by refluxing it in an acid mixture (HNO₃:H₂SO₄=1:3 v/v). They were characterized by XRD, HRTEM, FTIR, XPS and Raman spectroscopy. Results indicate that the CQDs are spherical particles whose cores are less than 1 nm across and are poorly crystallized with a large number of defects. The CQDs emit yellow light with emission wavelengths over 500 nm and their fluorescence quantum yield is as high as 3.83%. They are of potential use in a variety of fields such as bioimaging.
- Biomass,
- Flue ash,
- Acid-refluxing,
- Carbon quantum dots,
- Bioimaging

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