Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES
Volume 194, Issue -, Pages 254-263Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2021.11.199
Keywords
Alkali lignin; Graphene quantum dots; Fluorescence sensing
Funding
- Shaanxi Provincial Department of Sci-ence and Technology [2018ZDXM2-01, 2020QFY10-03, 2021JQ-177]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [2452017299, 2452019008]
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By using an acidolysis process followed by hydrothermal treatment, this study introduced an improved synthesis route for high-quality nitrogen-doped graphene quantum dots (GQDs) from alkali lignin. These GQDs demonstrate remarkable fluorescence stability, high quantum yield, and are utilized for sensitive and selective detection of Fe3+ and ascorbic acid.
The synthesis of lignin-based graphene quantum dots (GQDs) with excellent fluorescence stability, quantum yield, and biocompatibility for sensitive and selective detection of Fe3+ and ascorbic acid (AA) has remained a challenging endeavor. Using an acidolysis process with 17.5% nitric acid followed by hydrothermal treatment at 200 degrees C, this study provided an improved synthesis route for the production of high-quality GQDs from alkali lignin. The nitrogen-doped GQDs exhibit remarkable fluorescence stability under a wide range of pH (3-10), duration (1-12 h), and [NaCl] (0-1000 mM) conditions, and have a high quantum yield of 28%. The GQDs or GQDs/Fe3+ sensing systems ([GQDs] at 50 mg L-1 , [Fe3+] at 500 mu mol L-1 , and UV excitation at 370 nm) for fluorescence sensing of Fe3+ or AA have excellent sensitivity, selectivity, and reproducibility. For Fe3+ and AA, the limit of detection is 1.49 and 1.62 mu mol L-1 , respectively. Mechanism investigation shows that photo-luminescence quenching is caused by the formation of GQDs-Fe3+ complexes, whereas fluorescence recovery is due to Fe3+ reduction by AA.
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