Recent Advancement of Carbon Quantum Dots and Polymer Composites: Emerging Applications and Future Perspectives

Abstract

This review provides a concise summary of the growing interest in carbon quantum dots (CQDs)-polymer composites, highlighting their synergistic properties and emphasising emerging applications & recent advancements. The combination of nanoscale CQDs inside the polymer matrix creates a unique array of properties, including tunable photoluminescence, biocompatibility, electrical properties, etc. Owing to tunable properties and advancements in the CQD-polymer composite field attracts the attention of many researchers and scientists to explore further. In this report, the efforts have been streamlined and directed to collate various sustainable synthesis methodologies of CQDs, and techniques to impregnate the CQDs inside a polymer matrix. Also, it has been summarised that conventional and emerging applications exploring enormous possibilities to generate applications across critical fields such as sensing, energy conversion, energy storage, biomedical field, environmental remediation and many more. The discussion also emphasises current challenges and outlines future research directions for these promising material combinations.