Future Perspectives and Review on Organic Carbon Dots in Electronic Applications

A novel one-step and green synthesis of highly fluorescent carbon dots from saffron for cell imaging and sensing of prilocaine

Ensafi, A. A., Sefat, S. H., Kazemifard, N., Rezaei, B., & Moradi, F. (2017) · Sensors and Actuators B Chemical · doi:10.1016/j.snb.2017.06.163 · Cited by 136

Electron–hole recombination dynamics in carbon nanodots

Nguyen, V., Si, J., Yan, L., & Hou, X. (2015) · Carbon · doi:10.1016/j.carbon.2015.08.066 · Cited by 128

Highly crystalline carbon dots from fresh tomato: UV emission and quantum confinement

Liu, W., Li, C., Sun, X., Pan, W., Yu, G., & Wang, J. (2017) · Nanotechnology · doi:10.1088/1361-6528/aa900b · Cited by 128

Modification of Cellulose Nanofibrils with Luminescent Carbon Dots

Junka, K., Guo, J., Filpponen, I., Laine, J., & Rojas, O. J. (2014) · Biomacromolecules · doi:10.1021/bm4017176 · Cited by 126

Electronic and Optical Properties of Graphene Quantum Dots: The Role of Many-Body Effects

Li, Y., Shu, H., Wang, S., & Wang, J. (2015) · The Journal of Physical Chemistry C · doi:10.1021/jp506969r · Cited by 126

Facile Conversion of Toxic Cigarette Butts to N,S-Codoped Carbon Dots and Their Application in Fluorescent Film, Security Ink, Bioimaging, Sensing and Logic Gate Operation

Bandi, R., Devulapalli, N. P., Dadigala, R., Gangapuram, B. R., & Veerabhadram, G. (2018) · ACS Omega · doi:10.1021/acsomega.8b01743 · Cited by 126

Highly luminescent N-doped carbon dots from black soya beans for free radical scavenging, Fe3+ sensing and cellular imaging

Jia, J., Lin, B., Gao, Y., Jiao, Y., Li, L., Dong, C., & Shuang, S. (2018) · Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy · doi:10.1016/j.saa.2018.12.034 · Cited by 125

Enhanced Lithium Storage Performance of CuO Nanowires by Coating of Graphene Quantum Dots

Zhu, C., Chao, D., Sun, J., Bacho, I. M., Fan, Z., Ng, C. F., Xia, X., Huang, H., Zhang, H., Shen, Z., et al. (2014) · Advanced Materials Interfaces · doi:10.1002/admi.201400499 · Cited by 124

Simple one-step synthesis of water-soluble fluorescent carbon dots derived from paper ash

Wei, J., Shen, J., Zhang, X., Guo, S., Pan, J., Hou, X., Zhang, H., Wang, L., & Feng, B. (2013) · RSC Advances · doi:10.1039/c3ra41751d · Cited by 124

One-step synthesis of high quantum-yield and excitation-independent emission carbon dots for cell imaging

Zhuo, Y., Miao, H., Zhong, D., Zhu, S., & Yang, X. (2014) · Materials Letters · doi:10.1016/j.matlet.2014.10.048 · Cited by 121

Fish-scale-derived carbon dots as efficient fluorescent nanoprobes for detection of ferric ions

Zhang, Y., Gao, Z., Yang, X., Chang, J., Liu, Z., & Jiang, K. (2019) · RSC Advances · doi:10.1039/c8ra09471c · Cited by 119

Microalgae biochar-derived carbon dots and their application in heavy metal sensing in aqueous systems

Plácido, J., Bustamante-Lopez, S. C., Meissner, K. E., Kelly, D. E., & Kelly, S. L. (2018) · The Science of The Total Environment · doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.11.393 · Cited by 118

Green synthesis of fluorescent carbon dots from Borassus flabellifer flowers for label-free highly selective and sensitive detection of Fe 3+ ions

(2018) · doi:10.1039/c8nj01894d · Cited by 115

Light emitting diodes based on carbon dots derived from food, beverage, and combustion wastes

Sarswat, P. K., & Free, M. L. (2015) · Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics · doi:10.1039/c5cp04782j · Cited by 113

Synthesis of fluorescent carbon dots using Daucus carota subsp. sativus roots for mitomycin drug delivery

D’souza, S. L., Chettiar, S. S., Koduru, J. R., & Kailasa, S. K. (2018) · Optik · doi:10.1016/j.ijleo.2017.12.200 · Cited by 112

Carbon quantum dots displaying dual-wavelength photoluminescence and electrochemiluminescence prepared by high-energy ball milling

Wang, L., Chen, X., Lu, Y., et al. (2015) · Carbon · doi:10.1016/j.carbon.2015.06.084 · Cited by 108

Graphene quantum dots optimization of dye-sensitized solar cells

Fang, X., Li, M., Guo, K., Li, J., Pan, M., Bai, L., Luoshan, M., & Zhao, X. (2014) · Electrochimica Acta · doi:10.1016/j.electacta.2014.06.075 · Cited by 107

Naked oats-derived dual-emission carbon nanodots for ratiometric sensing and cellular imaging

Shi, L., Li, X., Li, Y., Wen, X., Li, J., Choi, M. M. F., Dong, C., & Shuang, S. (2015) · Sensors and Actuators B Chemical · doi:10.1016/j.snb.2014.12.097 · Cited by 106

A facilely prepared polypyrrole–reduced graphene oxide composite with a crumpled surface for high performance supercapacitor electrodes

Qian, T., Yu, C., Wu, S., & Shen, J. (2013) · Journal of Materials Chemistry A · doi:10.1039/c3ta11146f · Cited by 102

Alignment of Colloidal Graphene Quantum Dots on Polar Surfaces

Hamilton, I. P., Li, B., Yan, X., & Li, L. (2011) · Nano Letters · doi:10.1021/nl200298c · Cited by 98

Conducting Carbon Dot–Polypyrrole Nanocomposite for Sensitive Detection of Picric acid

Pal, A., Sk, M. P., & Chattopadhyay, A. (2016) · ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces · doi:10.1021/acsami.5b11572 · Cited by 96

Carbon dots derived from fungus for sensing hyaluronic acid and hyaluronidase

Yang, K., Liu, M., Wang, Y., Wang, S., Miao, H., Yang, L., & Yang, X. (2017) · Sensors and Actuators B Chemical · doi:10.1016/j.snb.2017.05.086 · Cited by 92

Graphitized carbon dots emitting strong green photoluminescence

Liu, Y., Liu, C., & Zhang, Z. (2013) · Journal of Materials Chemistry C · doi:10.1039/c3tc30670d · Cited by 86

Water-soluble, lignin-derived carbon dots with high fluorescent emissions and their applications in bioimaging

Myint, A. A., Rhim, W.-K., Nam, J., Kim, J., & Lee, Y.-W. (2018) · Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry · doi:10.1016/j.jiec.2018.06.005 · Cited by 86

A facile approach for the synthesis of highly luminescent carbon dots using vitamin-based small organic molecules with benzene ring structure as precursors

Zheng, Y., Yang, D., Wu, X., Yan, H., Zhao, Y., Feng, B., Duan, K., Weng, J., & Wang, J. (2015) · RSC Advances · doi:10.1039/c5ra14720d · Cited by 84

Target delivery of β-cyclodextrin/paclitaxel complexed fluorescent carbon nanoparticles: externally NIR light and internally pH sensitive-mediated release of paclitaxel with bio-imaging

Sharker, S. M., Kim, S. M., Kim, S. H., In, I., Lee, H., & Park, S. Y. (2015) · Journal of Materials Chemistry B · doi:10.1039/c5tb00779h · Cited by 84

Facile synthesis of luminescent carbon dots from mangosteen peel by pyrolysis method

Aji, M. P., Susanto, S., Wiguna, P. A., & Sulhadi, S. (2017) · Journal of theoretical and applied physics · doi:10.1007/s40094-017-0250-3 · Cited by 84

Carbon dots with tunable emission, controllable size and their application for sensing hypochlorous acid

Huang, Z., Lin, F., Hu, M. Z., Li, C., Xu, T. H., Chen, C., & Guo, X.-Q. (2014) · Journal of Luminescence · doi:10.1016/j.jlumin.2014.02.013 · Cited by 83

Exploring the electronic structure of graphene quantum dots

Mandal, B., Sarkar, S., & Sarkar, P. (2012) · Journal of Nanoparticle Research · doi:10.1007/s11051-012-1317-3 · Cited by 82

Three-dimensional multichannel aerogel of carbon quantum dots for high-performance supercapacitors

Lv, L., Fan, Y., Chen, Q., Zhao, Y., Hu, Y., Zhang, Z., Chen, N., & Qu, L. (2014) · Nanotechnology · doi:10.1088/0957-4484/25/23/235401 · Cited by 82

An eco-friendly, simple, and sensitive fluorescence biosensor for the detection of choline and acetylcholine based on C-dots and the Fenton reaction

Wei, J., Ren, J., Liu, J., Meng, X., Ren, X., Chen, Z., & Tang, F. (2013) · Biosensors and Bioelectronics · doi:10.1016/j.bios.2013.09.006 · Cited by 82

Microwave-assisted polyol synthesis of carbon nitride dots from folic acid for cell imaging

Xue, M., Guan, W., Gu, W., Guo, C., Su, S., Xu, P., & Ye, L. (2014) · International Journal of Nanomedicine · doi:10.2147/ijn.s68575 · Cited by 78

In-situ synthesis of carbon nanotube/graphene composite sponge and its application as compressible supercapacitor electrode

Zhang, Y., Zhen, Z., Zhang, Z., Lao, J., Wei, J., Wang, K., Kang, F., & Zhu, H. (2015) · Electrochimica Acta · doi:10.1016/j.electacta.2015.01.084 · Cited by 75

One-step hydrothermal synthesis of nitrogen- and sulfur-co-doped carbon dots from ginkgo leaves and application in biology

Li, L., Wang, X., Fu, Z. S., & Cui, F. (2017) · Materials Letters · doi:10.1016/j.matlet.2017.03.112 · Cited by 73

Gram-Scale Synthesis and Kinetic Study of Bright Carbon Dots from Citric Acid and Citrus japonica via a Microwave-Assisted Method

So, R. C., Sanggo, J. E., Jin, L., Diaz, J. M. A., Guerrero, R. A., & He, J. (2017) · ACS Omega · doi:10.1021/acsomega.7b00551 · Cited by 72

Egg-shell derived carbon dots for base pair selective DNA binding and recognition

Pramanik, S., Chatterjee, S., Kumar, G. S., & Devi, P. S. (2018) · Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics · doi:10.1039/c8cp02872a · Cited by 71

A facile, green synthesis of highly fluorescent carbon nanoparticles from oatmeal for cell imaging

Yu, C., Xuan, T., Chen, Y., Zhao, Z., Sun, Z., & Li, H. (2015) · Journal of Materials Chemistry C · doi:10.1039/c5tc02057c · Cited by 70

Preparation of scale-like nickel cobaltite nanosheets assembled on nitrogen-doped reduced graphene oxide for high-performance supercapacitors

Dong, B., Zhang, X., Xu, X., Gao, G., Ding, S., Li, J., & Li, B. (2014) · Carbon · doi:10.1016/j.carbon.2014.08.060 · Cited by 70

Peanut-Shell-like Porous Carbon from Nitrogen-Containing Poly-N-phenylethanolamine for High-Performance Supercapacitor

Wei, X., Wan, S., Jiang, X., Wang, Z., & Gao, S. (2015) · ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces · doi:10.1021/acsami.5b05022 · Cited by 70

Saccharomyces-derived carbon dots for biosensing pH and vitamin B 12

Yu, Y., Li, C. G., Chen, C., Huang, H., Chen, L., Lou, Y., Chen, X., Shi, Z., & Feng, S. (2018) · Talanta · doi:10.1016/j.talanta.2018.11.010 · Cited by 69

FRET based ammonia sensor using carbon dots

Ganiga, M., & Cyriac, J. (2015) · Sensors and Actuators B Chemical · doi:10.1016/j.snb.2015.11.074 · Cited by 67

Egg yolk-derived carbon: Achieving excellent fluorescent carbon dots and high performance lithium-ion batteries

Wang, S., Wang, H., Zhang, R., Zhao, L., Wu, X., Xie, H., Zhang, J., & Sun, H. (2018) · Journal of Alloys and Compounds · doi:10.1016/j.jallcom.2018.02.293 · Cited by 64

Highly biocompatible yogurt-derived carbon dots as multipurpose sensors for detection of formic acid vapor and metal ions

Moonrinta, S., Kwon, B., In, I., Kladsomboon, S., Sajomsang, W., & Paoprasert, P. (2018) · Optical Materials · doi:10.1016/j.optmat.2018.05.021 · Cited by 64

Bio-inspired high performance electrochemical supercapacitors based on conducting polymer modified coral-like monolithic carbon

Wang, Y., Tao, S., An, Y., Wu, S., & Meng, C. (2013) · Journal of Materials Chemistry A · doi:10.1039/c3ta11348e · Cited by 62

Blue photoluminescent carbon nanodots from limeade

Suvarnaphaet, P., Tiwary, C. S., Wetcharungsri, J., Porntheeraphat, S., Hoonsawat, R., Ajayan, P. M., Tang, I., & Asanithi, P. (2016) · Materials Science and Engineering C · doi:10.1016/j.msec.2016.07.075 · Cited by 62

Photophysics and luminescence quenching of carbon dots derived from lemon juice and glycerol

Gharat, P. M., Pal, H., & Choudhury, S. D. (2018) · Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy · doi:10.1016/j.saa.2018.10.029 · Cited by 62

Preparation of Carbon Dots and Their Application in Food Analysis as Signal Probe

Ye, S.-L., Huang, J., Luo, L. G., Fu, H.-J., Sun, Y., Shen, Y., Lei, H., & Xu, Z. (2017) · Chinese Journal of Analytical Chemistry · doi:10.1016/s1872-2040(17)61045-4 · Cited by 60

Facile Fabrication of Reduced Graphene Oxide/Polypyrrole Composite Hydrogels with Excellent Electrochemical Performance and Compression Capacity

Ni, T., Xu, L., Sun, Y., Yao, W., Dai, T., & Lu, Y. (2015) · ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering · doi:10.1021/sc500828t · Cited by 58

Reduced graphene oxide grafted by the polymer of polybromopyrroles for nanocomposites with superior performance for supercapacitors

Wang, S., Gai, L., Jiang, H., Guo, Z., Bai, N., & Zhou, J. (2015) · Journal of Materials Chemistry A · doi:10.1039/c5ta06751k · Cited by 57

Green synthesis of nitrogen-doped carbon dots from ginkgo fruits and the application in cell imaging

Li, L., Li, L., Chen, C.-P., & Cui, F. (2017) · Inorganic Chemistry Communications · doi:10.1016/j.inoche.2017.10.006 · Cited by 56

A novel Ni(OH)2/graphene nanosheets electrode with high capacitance and excellent cycling stability for pseudocapacitors

Wang, K., Zhang, X., Zhang, X., Chen, D., & Lin, Q. (2016) · Journal of Power Sources · doi:10.1016/j.jpowsour.2016.09.153 · Cited by 55

Carbon dot-doped sodium borosilicate gel glasses with emission tunability and their application in white light emitting diodes

Ma, L., Xiang, W., Gao, H., Pei, L., Ma, X., Huang, Y., & Liang, X. (2015) · Journal of Materials Chemistry C · doi:10.1039/c5tc00918a · Cited by 53

Citrus limetta Organic Waste Recycled Carbon Nanolights: Photoelectro Catalytic, Sensing, and Biomedical Applications

Thakur, A., Devi, P., Saini, S., Jain, R., Sinha, R. K., & Kumar, P. (2018) · ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering · doi:10.1021/acssuschemeng.8b04025 · Cited by 51

Simultaneously obtaining fluorescent carbon dots and porous active carbon for supercapacitors from biomass

Xu, M., Huang, Q., Sun, R., & Wang, X. (2016) · RSC Advances · doi:10.1039/c6ra18725k · Cited by 50

Eco-friendly synthesis of shrimp egg-derived carbon dots for fluorescent bioimaging

Lin, P., Hsieh, C., Kung, M., Chu, L., Huang, H.-J., Chen, H.-T., Wu, D., Kuo, C., Hsieh, S., & Hsieh, S. (2014) · Journal of Biotechnology · doi:10.1016/j.jbiotec.2014.08.043 · Cited by 47

One-pot synthesis of photoluminescent carbon nanodots by carbonization of cyclodextrin and their application in Ag + detection

Meng, H., Yang, Y. L., Gu, X., Hu, Y., Huang, J., & Wang, C. (2014) · RSC Advances · doi:10.1039/c4ra11491d · Cited by 44

Fluorescent nanoparticles from mature vinegar: their properties and interaction with dopamine

Cao, L., Song, X., Song, Y., Bi, J., Cong, S., Yu, C., & Tan, M. (2017) · Food & Function · doi:10.1039/c7fo01475a · Cited by 42

Graphene quantum dots in perpendicular magnetic fields

Güttinger, J., Stampfer, C., Frey, T., Ihn, T., & Ensslin, K. (2009) · physica status solidi (b) · doi:10.1002/pssb.200982312 · Cited by 35

An easily prepared carbon quantum dots and employment for inverted organic photovoltaic devices

Zhang, X., Liu, C., Li, Z., Guo, J., Shen, L., Guo, W., Zhang, L., Ruan, S., & Long, Y. (2017) · Chemical Engineering Journal · doi:10.1016/j.cej.2017.01.067 · Cited by 35

Synthesis of biocarbon coated Li 3 V 2 (PO 4 ) 3 /C cathode material for lithium ion batteries using recycled tea

Wei, C., He, W., Zhang, X., Liu, S., Jin, C., Liu, S., & Huang, Z. (2015) · RSC Advances · doi:10.1039/c4ra15592k · Cited by 33

Graphene oxide/carbon dot composite: a new photoelectrode material for photocurrent response enhancement

Yang, Z., Xiao, J., Wan, J., Liu, Z., Cao, T., Zhang, W., & Wang, H. (2015) · Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics · doi:10.1039/c5cp05616k · Cited by 23

Synthesis of water-soluble fluorescent carbon dots from Setcreasea purpurea boom and its application for Br 2 detection

Zhai, H., Zheng, B., Yang, F., Wang, M., & Xiao, D. (2017) · Analytical Methods · doi:10.1039/c7ay02631e · Cited by 21

Green synthesis of fluorescent carbon nanoparticles from lychee (Litchi chinensis) plant

Chaudhary, V., & Bhowmick, A. K. (2015) · Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering · doi:10.1007/s11814-014-0381-z · Cited by 19

Layered hybrid phase Li 2 NaV 2 (PO 4 ) 3 /carbon dot nanocomposite cathodes for Li + /Na + mixed-ion batteries

Wang, J., zhang, X., He, W., Yue, Y., Wang, Y., & Zhang, C. (2017) · RSC Advances · doi:10.1039/c6ra25808e · Cited by 12

Properties, synthesis, and applications of carbon dots: A review

Ozyurt, D., Kobaisi, M. A., Hocking, R. K., & Fox, B. (2023) · Carbon Trends · doi:10.1016/j.cartre.2023.100276 · Cited by 640

Photonic Carbon Dots as an Emerging Nanoagent for Biomedical and Healthcare Applications

Chung, Y. J., Kim, J., & Park, C. B. (2020) · ACS Nano · doi:10.1021/acsnano.0c02114 · Cited by 299

Carbon Quantum Dots: Synthesis, Structure, Properties, and Catalytic Applications for Organic Synthesis

Yadav, P. K., Chandra, S., Kumar, V., Kumar, D., & Hasan, S. H. (2023) · Catalysts · doi:10.3390/catal13020422 · Cited by 294

Integrated transition metal and compounds with carbon nanomaterials for electrochemical water splitting

Li, W., Wang, C., & Lu, X. (2021) · Journal of Materials Chemistry A · doi:10.1039/d0ta09495a · Cited by 258