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Vol. 26 No. 24 (2014)

Copyright (c) 2014 Liang Guo1, Yong Zhang1, Ruo-Xi Zhang2

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A Simple and Practical Synthetic Method of Carbon Quantum Dots

https://doi.org/10.14233/ajchem.2014.18254
Liang Guo1
1College of Materials and Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu 610059, P.R. China 2College of Earth Science, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu 610059, P.R. China *Corresponding author: Tel: +86 13350869109; E-mail: yongzh@cdut.edu.cn
Yong Zhang1
1College of Materials and Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu 610059, P.R. China 2College of Earth Science, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu 610059, P.R. China *Corresponding author: Tel: +86 13350869109; E-mail: yongzh@cdut.edu.cn
Ruo-Xi Zhang2
1College of Materials and Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu 610059, P.R. China 2College of Earth Science, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu 610059, P.R. China *Corresponding author: Tel: +86 13350869109; E-mail: yongzh@cdut.edu.cn

Corresponding Author(s) : Liang Guo1

Asian Journal of Chemistry, Vol. 26 No. 24 (2014)

Abstract

Compared with the traditional quantum dots, carbon quantum dots have excellent optical properties, low cell toxicity, good biocompatibility, easy functionalization and low cost, etc. Recently the synthesis of water-soluble carbon quantum dots have attracted more and more attention of researchers. This experiment used nitric acid and hydrogen peroxide as mixed oxidants to activate commercial carbon to synthesize water-soluble fluorescent carbon dots. We investigated the effect of different factors on the fluorescence intensity of carbon dots. Under the optimal conditions, the particle size of carbon dots is about 5 nm, the fluorescence intensity is high and soluble in water, the fluorescence of carbon dots of surface modification is stronger and more stable. We also found that hydrogen peroxide contributed the synthesis of carbon dots. The synthesis method is very simple, low cost, without expensive and large equipment and owns high practicability.

Keywords

Carbon quantum dots Hydrothermal method Mixed oxidants Charcoal activated.
Guo1, L., Zhang1, Y., & Zhang2, R.-X. (2014). A Simple and Practical Synthetic Method of Carbon Quantum Dots. Asian Journal of Chemistry, 26(24), 8529–8532. https://doi.org/10.14233/ajchem.2014.18254
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