A facile and green method towards coal-based fluorescent carbon dots with photocatalytic activity

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 378, Issue , 2016, Pages 402-407

  Hu, Shengliang ^a   Wei, Zhijia ^a   Chang, Qing ^a   Trinchi, Adrian ^b   Yang, Jinlong ^a,c  

^a NORTH UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon dots; Coal chemistry; Luminescence; Photocatalysis

Indexed keywords

CARBON BLACK; COAL; COAL STORAGE; ENERGY CONVERSION; FLUORESCENCE; LIGHT; LUMINESCENCE; PHOTOCATALYSIS; SOLAR ENERGY;

CARBON DOTS; COAL CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTIONS; OXIDIZING ACIDS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC BEHAVIORS; POST PROCESSING; PRODUCTION SCALE;

COAL DEPOSITS;

EID: 84963829190     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2016.04.038     Document Type: Article

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