Water‐Soluble Fluorescent Carbon Quantum Dots and Photocatalyst Design

Authors: Haitao Li, Xiaodie He, Zhenhui Kang, Hui Huang, Yang Liu, Jinglin Liu, Suoyuan Lian, Chi Him A. Tsang, Xiao‐Bao Yang, Shuit‐Tong Lee - Angewandte Chemie 2010 cited by 2,613

Size control: A one-step alkali metal-assisted electrochemical method for the fabrication of carbon quantum dots (CQDs) with size-dependent photoluminescence is presented (see picture). Their upconversion luminescence may provide a way for the development of novel photocatalysts.