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APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
卷 378, 期 -, 页码 402-407出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2016.04.038
关键词
Carbon dots; Coal chemistry; Photocatalysis; Luminescence
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资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [U1510125, 51272301, 51172214, 51502270]
- China Postdoctoral Science Foundation funded project [2012M510788, 2013T60269]
- Shanxi Province Science Foundation for Youths [2014021008]
- 131 Talent Plan of Higher Learning Institutions of Shanxi
One of the most widely used methods for exfoliating crystalline nanocarbon is via strong oxidizing acid treatment of bulk carbon sources, such as graphite, carbon black and coal. Not only is such method dangerous and accompanied by the liberation of toxic gases, it is also plagued by issues of purity, requiring the thorough and costly removal of the excess oxidizing acids and salts formed during the process. Herein we report a facile, green and inexpensive top-down strategy towards fluorescent carbon dots (CDs) from coal without incurring the burden of tedious or inefficient post-processing steps and facing the danger of highly toxic gas liberation. The presented approach shows a high yield and great potential for carbon dot production scale-up using coal, one of our most abundant and low-cost resources. The prepared CDs demonstrate photocatalytic behavior capable of rapidly degrading organic dyes under visible light. Our findings may lead to alternative uses of coal, particularly for applications including the treatment of environmental pollution, solar energy conversion or storage, and highlight coal's applicability in areas other than energy producing via burning of this great resource. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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