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Carbon Quantum Dots for Sustainable Energy and Optoelectronics

Presents a key overview of the latest advances in the synthesis, engineering and fabrication of carbon quantum dots for sustainable technologies

Sudip Kumar Batabyal (Edited by), Basudev Pradhan (Edited by), Kallol Mohanta (Edited by), Rama Ranjan Bhattacharjee (Edited by), Amit Banerjee (Edited by)

9780323908955, Elsevier Science

Paperback / softback, published 17 January 2023

508 pages, Approx. 160 illustrations (160 in full color)
22.9 x 15.2 x 3.2 cm, 1 kg

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.

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

Subject Areas: Applied optics [TTB], Electronics & communications engineering [TJ], Materials science [TGM]

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