Carbon Quantum Dots for Sustainable Energy and Optoelectronics
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Carbon Quantum Dots for Sustainable Energy and Optoelectronics
About This Book
Carbon Quantum Dots for Sustainable Energy and Optoelectronics reviews the synthesis, properties, and applications of carbon nanodots. This book provides readers with an overview of the key advances in the development of carbon quantum dots including synthesis and surface engineering strategies such as pyrolysis-based synthesis, biomass-based synthesis, functionalization, and other methods toward large-scale development of these carbon nanomaterials. The emerging applications of carbon quantum dots in different fields, such as energy harvesting, energy storage, and biomedical applications, are thoroughly reviewed, emphasizing the impact of enhanced properties of carbon quantum dots for these applications.
Carbon Quantum Dots for Sustainable Energy and Optoelectronics is suitable for graduate students, materials scientists, and engineers working in academia and industry. This book is also beneficial for the interdisciplinary community of researchers and practitioners working in the field of nanotechnology.
- Introduces recent advances in the understanding of carbon quantum dots, including relevant synthesis and surface engineering strategies for their large-scale development
- Provides an overview of the most relevant applications of carbon quantum dots for the development of sustainable technologies in optoelectronics and energy storage and production
- Discusses future research directions and remaining challenges towards the commercial translation of carbon quantum dots
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Table of contents
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- List of contributors
- Preface
- 1. Photophysical properties of carbon quantum dots
- 2. The physical and chemical properties of carbon dots via computational modeling
- 3. Synthesis of carbon quantum dots
- 4. Characterization and physical properties of carbon quantum dots
- 5. Surface engineering of carbon quantum dots
- 6. Photodetector applications of carbon and graphene quantum dots
- 7. Photovoltaic application of carbon quantum dots
- 8. Light-emitting diode application of carbon quantum dots
- 9. Nanoelectronic applications of carbon quantum dots
- 10. Carbon quantum dot-based nanosensors
- 11. Carbon dots: biomedical applications
- 12. Bioimaging applications of carbon quantum dots
- 13. Photocatalytic applications of carbon quantum dots for wastewater treatment
- 14. Current prospects of carbon-based nanodots in photocatalytic CO2 conversion
- 15. Carbon quantum dots and its composites for electrochemical energy storage applications
- 16. Magnetic and nanophotonics applications of carbon quantum dots
- 17. Carbon quantum dots: An overview and potential applications in terahertz domain
- 18. Nanocarbon-based single-electron transistors as electrometer
- 19. Nanodiamonds for advanced photonic and biomedical applications
- 20. Future perspectives of carbon quantum dots
- Index