Issue 6, 2019

Carbon dots derived from algae as H2O2 sensors: the importance of nutrients in biomass

Abstract

Carbon dots produced hydrothermally from algae were used directly for H2O2 sensing. The mineral nutrients in biomass were found be important for the composition, crystallinity, dispersion and photoluminescence (PL) quenching of the carbon dots under reactive oxygen species, which catalysed the oxidation of passivating ligands.

Graphical abstract: Carbon dots derived from algae as H2O2 sensors: the importance of nutrients in biomass

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
26 Jan 2019
Accepted
08 Apr 2019
First published
09 Apr 2019
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Nanoscale Adv., 2019,1, 2151-2156

Carbon dots derived from algae as H2O2 sensors: the importance of nutrients in biomass

J. Zhang, X. Liu, J. Zhou, X. Huang, D. Xie, J. Ni and C. Ni, Nanoscale Adv., 2019, 1, 2151 DOI: 10.1039/C9NA00049F

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