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precursors. Chen’s team still used HNO3as the oxidant while synthesizing PDs which have 55.7% PLQY using o-phenylenediamine (o-PD) as the source of carbon [48]. Yu’s team [43] was able to overcome this weakness. Low-temperature method using one pot to create red-emissive PDs by oxidative polymerizing p-phenylenediamine (p-PD) at 80 °C using FeCl boundaries, huge uniform dots, and monodispersed dots were all involved in the creation of CDs. In addition to avoiding the need of strong acid, this innovation made it simple to make long-wavelength-emissive CDs. One of the first methods for the synthesis of CDs, the chemical oxidation approach, allows for the quick and efficient creation of multi-colour-emitting CDs from soot, coal, GO, CFs, and so on. Centrifugation, neutralization, and dialysis are some of the time-consuming steps and difficult post-treatments that are often required by the proce­dure. Moreover, to get CDs with high PLQYs, passivation of the surface is a crucial phase. Furthermore, using acid oxidizing agents causes more environmental problems and falls short of the desire for green preparation. Even while the use of simple nonacid oxidizing agent and small precursor’s molecule can reduce environmental risks and produce CDs good PLQY, it remains difficult to produce CDs with particular groups and intended emissions. As a result, chemical oxidation cannot be broadly applied.
as the mild oxidant [49] and p-PD oligomer clusters, tiny dots with distinct
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3.2.2 Laser-abscission method
The typical laser-abscission method uses a laser beam of high energy to attack a target of carbon, which results in the exfoliation of nanoparticles of carbon that are then func­tionalized to create CDs. It is important to note that the laser-abscission method can di­rectly create CDs without further passivation by carefully choosing the suitable carbon target or its medium. Sun’s group [48] was the first to describe using a wavelength of 1,064 nm, Nd:YAG laser with a combination of cement and graphite powder as the car­bon target to make CDs with 10% PLQY of in 2006 that emits various colours providing a novel technique for making CDs and demonstrating the viability of CDs for bioimag­ing, but with evident flaws such preparation at high temperatures and low pressures (900 °C and 75 kPa) and the requirement for organic species to passivate the CDs. Du’s [51] team created single-step laser-abscission preparation of CDs by improving experi­mental settings, considerably streamlining the operations in order to skip the challeng­ing preparation phases. In a nutshell, graphite powders dispersed in PEG200N were exposed to a Nd:YAG laser for 2 h while being helped by ultrasound. This resulted in combined preparation and passivation of CDs of 3.2 nm sizes and PLQY 5%. The pulsed laser’s creation of a high-pressure, high-temperature in PEG200N solvent, which caused graphite particles to heat up to plasma state, may be the cause of CD generation under laser irradiation; pure CDs were created by the subsequent condensation of carbon plasma; their surfaces were immediately oxidized by O atoms that had been broken down; and subsequent reactions with PEG200N or its fragment molecules produced by
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the plasma ultimately led to the creation of CDs with carboxylate groups [49]. These discoveries clarified the intricate phases of the laser ablation method, but the issues of poor yields, low PLQYs, and non-tuneable morphology and PL of CDs persisted. Yang’s [41] team created luminous CDs by laser-irradiating graphite flakes dispersed in PEG1500N solution. They then adjusted the laser pulse width to affect nucleation and growth,successfullycreatingCDswithaveragediametersof3,8,and13nm.Thiswork was inspired by the findings shown earlier [50]. Similar to this, Li and colleagues [41, 42] confirmed that the input of laser fluence could readily adjust the sizes and PL emissions of CDs using a long-pulse-width laser conducive to research the link between optical per­formance and sizes of CDs. Instead of using bulk carbon materials, they used toluene as a precursor for the carbon, eliminating the need for passivators like PEG. By using a real-time detection system to track the PL changes of the solution, the formation process of CDs was revealed, showing that, first, large pieces of graphene were formed as an intermediate. As the irradiation continued, the graphene increased and superimposed to form large multi-layer grapheme. Finally, the huge multi-layer graphene was laser ab­lated to produce CDs [51]. Kang’s group [52] also claimed that GQDs’ surface flaws were more likely to become functionalized with shorter laser wavelengths, and that multiple GQD surface states could be created by adjusting the laser’s wavelength. The discovery of the link between the laser’s wavelength and the functionalization of CDs gave rise to a fresh idea for modifying their shape and PL [52].
The discovery of the connection between the laser’s wavelength and the function­alization of CDs gave rise to a fresh idea for modifying their shape and PL. One of the early approaches to creating CDs was the laser ablation process, which has the advan­tage of being easy to use.
3.2.3 Electrochemical synthesis
Good conductivity carbon materials are typically employed as working electrode and sourcesofcarboninelectrochemicalsynthesis. Oxidation reaction occurs in the anode once a certain voltage is applied, which involves the separation of CDs from carbon precursors. Additionally, the electrolyte may implement bottom-up electro­chemical synthesis of CDs by serving as a carbon source [53]. Sham and colleagues [56] used the electrochemical method for the first time in 2007 to directly make emitting blue light CDs that have 6.4% PLQY.
For the preparation of water-soluble and luminescent CDs, three electrode systems were used: MWCNTs as carbon source covered carbon paper as the working electrode and as a counter electrode Pt-wire used, as a reference electrode Ag/AgClO nitrile solution-containing tetrabutylammonium perchlorate (TBAP) as the electrolyte. According to one theory, CDs were exfoliated into the electrolyte solution when TBA cations broke their structures near the flaws during electrochemical cycling after inter­calating into the gap of MWCNTs [54]. This research introduced a novel strategy for the
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direct synthesis of water-soluble CDs, although yields, PLQYs, and fluorescence tuneabil­ity of CDs needed to be improved. After that, CDs with a diameter of 2.0 nm on an aver­age were prepared using graphite rod as the working electrode and phosphate buffer solution as the electrolyte of a three electrode system, respectively [55]. A two-electrode system using ammonia solution as the electrolyte and the prepared disc electrodes as the working electrode and counter electrode was used to fabricate CDs in another in­stance, reducing the cost of production. In this case, petroleum coke was used to create disc electrodes and this was a cost-effective solution. In addition to these, ionic liquids (ILs) were employed as the electrolyte to complete the electrochemical synthesis of CDs, and graphene sheet and screen-printed carbon electrodes were used as electrodes. The hydroxylation or oxidation of graphite and subsequent release of CDs from the anode might be the results of the production of oxygen and hydroxyl radicals by anodic oxida­tion of water [56]. Cell imaging and photovoltaics can use the produced CDs because of their high degree of crystallinity, superior water solubility, and limited size distribution. Despite the literatures mentioned above, the issues of poor yields, low PLQYs, monoto­nous CD fluorescence, and essential dialysis operation persisted. Li et al. [57] prepared the GQDs were obtained by electrochemical oxidation method with NaOH aqueous solu-
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buffer and aqueous solution of KCl as electrolyte. Alterna-
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tively, Pang and colleagues [58] showed a controlled electrochemical approach for the size-selective synthesis of monodisperse luminous CDs, although it was unable to signif­icantly alter the PL emissions of CDs.
Fortunately, Kang’s team [59] was able to adjust the alkali-assisted electrochemical system’s current intensity and produce a series of CQDs whose PL is size-dependent that changed from brown to blue as diameters declined from 3.8 to 1.2 nm. Additionally, utilizing acids as the electrolyte resulted in no CQD production, demonstrating that the alkaline environment was the key element. In another instance, this group created vari­ous PL emissions and sizes of CQDs with photo increased catalytic activity by varying the parallel spacing of graphite rods, utilizing two graphite rods as both anode and cathode and ultrapure water as electrolyte [60]. However, the two aforementioned liter­atures produced little CQDs. Liu and colleagues [41, 44, 47] originally presented a simple bottom-up production approach of CDs, finishing collection of solid-state CDs after be­coming aware of the difficulties and needs for CDs synthesis. The creation mechanism of CDs was hypothesized based on structural properties. Nitriles were polymerized and carbonized to create CDs; at the same time, functional groups with positive charge pro­duced by ILs passivated the surface of CDs. Importantly, the produced CDs with a PLQY of more than 10% and exceptional solubility in water may be used for cell imaging and ion detection. Although the PLQYs and CD yields were not much increased by this study, it did offer a fresh notion for improving the electrochemical process.
The electrochemical method can produce CDs with water-solubility (mostly GQDs) with high crystallinity and uniform size that are suitable for catalytic applications [59, 60] and photovoltaic uses [55], and it is also environmentally benign. Importantly, by modify­ing the current density or potentials, CD diameters and PL hues may be altered. However,
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this technology has clear drawbacks, like poor PLQY, low yields, and a time-taking pro­cess, making it challenging to obtain CDs on large scale for a low cost.
3.2.4 Hydrothermal method
The main steps in the hydrothermal/solvothermal method are as follows: precursors are dissolved in water or other solvents, and then they are put in a tightly sealed con­tainer that is where they go through carbonization and polymerization or exfoliated to form CDs under relatively high pressure and temperature.
By slicing oxidized graphene sheets (GSs) into GQDs with a 5% PLQY, Wu’sgroup [61] first revealed a hydrothermal method. The elimination of bridged oxygen atoms from the epoxy lines caused by certain ultrafine GS particles that broke off during the hydrothermal process might be the genesis mechanism for GQDs [61]. These results of­fered a new, simple method for producing GQDs, although poor PLQYs, non-uniform GQD sizes, and pre-treatment of source materials needed to be addressed. Zhu et al. pre­pared amino-functionalized GQDs using ammonia solution as a solvent by the solvo­thermal method, giving GQDs, up to 29% of PLQY and a narrow size distribution. By adjusting the temperature of the reaction, PL colours of GQDs were tailored from blue to yellow, allowing GQDs to be used in multi-colour LEDs and bioimaging [62]. However, this study continued to employ expensively oxidized GSs as the carbon source. In order to get out of the situation, sustainable and replenishable leaves [22, 63] were used as carbon sources to create CDs, greatly lowering the prices. Specifically, poplar leaves were used as a carbon source to obtain CDs with a 10.64% of PLQY and a high through­put of 1.4975 kg by hydrothermal processing, providing an environmentally friendly method for mass-producing CDs at a low cost. Notably, CDs were advantageous for elec­trocatalytic water splitting, sensing, and bioimaging due to their strong photostability and minimal cytotoxicity. Additionally, taxus leaves were used to create deep red emis­sive PDs that shown significant promise in the fields of optoelectronics and biomedicine because to their deep red PL, good PLQY of 31%, and narrow full width at half maxi­mum [63]. Using a one-step solvothermal process, waste-expanded polystyrene was also transformed into high-value CDs in addition to leaves [64]. However, the difficult post­processing to eliminate unreacted by-products was essential for the top-down hydro­thermal/solvothermal approach, greatly increasing preparation time and expense. Dai’s team [19, 39, 67] created a productive hydrothermal approach to synthesis GQDs that only uses starch as a precursor in order to overcome the drawback. In a nutshell, the starch dispersed in deionized water was heated at 463 K for 2 h to obtain the products only containing GQDs, water, and carbide precipitate. After centrifugation, the purified GQDs were collected [65], discarding the time-consuming post-treatment and providing a straightforward and affordable hydrothermal method to produce CDs. Small mole­cules as precursors have been shown to be more adaptable in altering the structural and optical characteristics of CDs during hy drothermal/solvothermal processes than
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bulk materials. The tiny chemical L-ascorbic acid was initially used to create monodis­persed blue-emitting CDs with a uniform size but a low PLQY of 6.79% by heating it to 180 °C for 4 h [66]. Fortunately, it was discovered that N-doped CDs obtained from chito­san and chitin had higher PLQYs and larger sizes than N-free CDs synthesized from glu­cose under the same hydrothermal synthetic conditions, indicating that molecular precursors had a clear impact on the PLQYs and morphology of CDs. Yang’s team [67] demonstrated that designi ng CDs with the usage of heteroatoms could change their physicochemical properties very effectively and especially enhance PLQYs using citric acid and ethylenediamine (EDA) as the respective carbon and nitrogen sources. To cre­ate N-doped CDs, anilines and their derivatives were often used as nitrogen sources [28, 68–73]. Using oPD, m-phenylenediamine (mPD), and pPD, respectively, with dithio sali­cylic acid in acetic acid via solvothermal reaction, red-, green-, and blue-emissive CDs with aggregation-induced PL and an optimal PLQY of 20.77% were created. These CDs were then applied to white LEDs (WLEDs) and fingerprint detection [69]. Additionally, CDs with adjustable PL from blue to near-infrared [68, 70, 71, 73], even CDs with dual­emission [28], have been created by modifying amine species, adding amide auxiliary [68], carbon sources [28, 71, 72], additional nitrogen sources [73], or adjusting amine spe­cies. The effective synthesis of triple-emission [72] for bioimaging and WLEDs shows how widely applicable the hydrothermal method is. In addition to aniline, other nitro­gen sources used to create N-doped CDs included urea [74] and EDA [75, 76].
3.2.5 Pyrolysis route
The steps that make up the common pyrolysis method include carbonizing carbon sources at high temperatures. CDs are gathered following purification and after treat­ment process such chromatographic separation, dialysis, centrifugation, and filtra­tion. However, the separating process can be stopped by encapsulating CDs with a suitable template to restrain their devel opment and shape during pyrolysis [77]. In general, it is separated into liquid-phase and solid-phase pyrolysis depending on the variousstatesofcarbonsources.Liu’s group [105, 110] developed a pyrolysis tech- nique to create CDs which is soluble in oil using anhydro us citr ic acid and surface functionalization agent 1-hexadecylamine and octadecane as solvent 300, inspired by the synthesis of semi-conducto r and magnetic nanocrystals. The resultant CDs had various optical and structural features depending on the duration of reaction or cap­ping agent used to control the depolymerization, breakdown, and pyrolysis process [78]. This study demonstrated that the optical characteristics of CDs may be changed by only altering the pyrolysis parameters such as solvents, agents, or duration of py­rolysis. It also provided an easy approach to synthesize CDs having good PLQY. The development of very blue luminous CDs with a PLQY of 31.6–40.6% was later accom­plished by Wu’s group [79] using a one-step pyrolysis in solid phase. In this procedure, the disodium salt of EDTA was just igniting at 400 °C for 2 h without the use of any
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solvent or agent [79] facilitating the pyrolysis route. Similar to this, GQDs could also be made by citric acid through pyrolysis, and after increasing the period of pyrolysis, the result was GO because of a greater extent of carbonization [80].
The CDs produced by pyrolysis had simple manipulation and desirable PLQYs, but their application potential in catalysis was limited by their non-uniform size and pro­pensity to aggregate [81]. Although it was time-consuming and expensive, separation by chromatographic could be employed to produce CDs with uniform size. Zaitsev [79] et al. coupled the pyrolysis process and templating method. To be more precise, CDs made by pyrolyzing citric acid were created using silica gel-containing immobilized aminopropyl groups as a template to control their form. The sizes and shapes of CDs produced by pyrolysis were also controlled using metal-organic framework materials as templates [81– 83]. However, collecting CDs from templates required alkaline solu­tion etching of the support, which was bad for the environment. Some publications have created N-CDs having excellent PLQYs by sensibly choosing surface passivation agents or precursors in order to enhance the structural and PL characteristics of CDs produced by pyrolysis [84–87]. For instance, GQDs with N-doping with 59.2% PLQY were prepared by one-pot pyrolysis using tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane as a dop­ing material and surface functionalizing agent and for carbon source citric acid was utilized [88]. These GQDs also showed a strong detectability of 2,4,6-trinitrophenol.
Additionally, citric acid and EDA were pyrolyzed to enhance the N-CDs with PLQY of 80% [86], preparation of CDs desirable for biological imaging process. In a different instance, N-CDs were produced by pyrolyzing ammonium citrate and showed strong corrosion inhibitive properties [85]. A high PLQY CD can be made by pyrolysis, which has numerous advantages including easy operation, inexpensive sources of carbon, and preparation on large scale. Additionally, the hydrophobic/hydrophilic character­istics and doping of atom, kinds of CDs can be altered employing various surface func­tionalizing agents or suitable starting materials. Although the approach is labour­intensive, consumes a lot of energy, and is unable to avoid the tiresome purification and after-treatment it is required to produce high quality CDs of a consistent size. The preparation of long-wavelength CDs by pyrolysis is particularly challenging, severely restricting the use of CDs in biomedicine and optoelectronics.
3.2.6 Microwave treatment
The quick production of CDs is made possible by microwave treatment. It just takes a few minutes. Reactants with polar molecules have a tendency to absorb microwave en­ergy during the therapy and then transform it internally. The internal energy provided by the microwave approach, in contrast to the solvothermal/hydrothermal method. In the year 2009, Yang’s group [21, 31] developed using PEG200N and glucose by microwave treatment. CDs with high PLQYs and multi-colour emission were not formed. Doping with nitrogen was thought to significantly raise PLQYs and alter PL hues. As a result, N-CDs
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with emission of red colour and have 15% PLQY were created by microwave irradiating inexpensive urea and citric acid as the nitrogen and carbon, respectively. The PLQY of N-doped CDs could be increased to 40.2% when EDA was used in place of urea as the nitrogen source [89]. In order to create red-emitting N-CDs with a 15% PLQY, Wang et al. [34, 39] microwave-treated pPD in a solution of ethanol and water. Because of the red-colour PL and excellent PLQY, N-CDs can now be used as nanothermometers in liv­ing cells [90]. Magnetic-fluoroscent N-CDs, doped with Fe, were also prepared using cit­ric acid and EDA with FeCl
. These CDs, due to their superparamagnetic and fluorescent
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behaviours, showed promise in multi-modal cellular imaging [91]. The application of the aforementioned literatures in optoelectronics was, however, constrained by their inability to prepare multi-colour PL CDs. Liu et al. [41] created CDs using microwave irradiation and poly(ethylenimine) solution with glutaraldehyde (GA) added to it to pro­vide an answer. They were able to create multi-colour luminous CDs with an adjustable wavelength ranging from 464 to 556 nm [92] by altering the GA and PEI ratio. CDs were prepared by the microwave methods, as a result, the multi-colour CDs were prepared. Additionally, it was demonstrated that the microwave approach contributed to prevent direct pep contacts or transfer of excessive resonance energy in order to produce resis­tant to self-quenching CDs in solid-state PL in a matter of minutes [89, 93–95]. Numerous studies have revealed that large-size d raw materials can also be used to create CDs using the microwave method in addition to small molecules. For instance, the cleaving generation mechanism of GQDs [61] has provided insight. GO as the source of carbon to create greenish-yellow luminous GQDs having 11.7% PLQY, using the microwave tech­nique in an acid environment [96], but this study needed a 3-h reaction time and em­ployed strong acids as the solvent, restricting its widespread use. In order to address these drawbacks, Wang’s group [97] used microwave technology to manufacture B­GQDs having 21.1% PLQY, while avoiding the need of strong acids and cutting the 30 min of reaction time. However, it was still necessary to investigate low-cost sources of carbon. Based on this, Wang’s team [98] developed a one-pot microwave process to make N-doped CDs with a high PLQY of 46% utilizing silkworm chrysalis as the natural carbon source, thus lowering the cost of sources of carbon. More recently, Zhang’steam [26] produced narrow-dispersed CDs on a kilogramme scale at low cost without the need of time-consuming fractionalization techniques and just utilizing cheap industrial surfactants as carbon sources. The reaction media can be quickly and uniformly heated using a microwave approach, which drastically reduces the reaction time and increases product yields. The microwave way is more practical, cost-effective, and time-saving than previous approaches, showing great promise for widespread industrialization.
Furthermore, it has been demonstrated that a vast array of carbon-containing materials are readily available for use as carbo n sources in microwave synthesized CDs. As a result, microwave processing enables the fabrication o f multi-colour and high-PLQY CDs by choosing particular precursors. As a result, this method is fre­quently used to create CDs. microwave-derived CDs, in contrast to hydrothermal/
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solvothermal CDs, have wilder size distributions and lower PLQYs, which causes them to perform badly in fields like optoelectronics and biomedicine.
3.2.7 Other chemical methods
In addition to the methods mentioned earlier, extensive research has been conducted to examine additional chemical techniques for the quick and effective manufacture of CDs. By employing inexpensive, natural eggs of chicken as the starting material and a quick one-step plasma-induced technique, Chen’s group [99] was able to significantly reduce the reaction time. Yan et al. [100] converted benzoic acid in GQDs with blue­emitting light. The two aforementioned literatures introduced novel techniques for quickly synthesizing CDs, but they had one thing in common: they called for expen­sive specialized equipment. The ultrasonic method is unique in that it benefits from low-tech requirements, cheap equipment, and easy manipulation. A simple ultrasonic approach to create CDs was given by Lee and colleagues [101], Meral and colleagues [102], Liu and colleagues [103], Yan and colleagues [104], Leblanc and colleagues [7, 105]. They used a variety of carbon sources including food waste, graphene, blueberries, cit­ric acid, application of the generated CDs to ion lubrication, detection, and bioimaging, and additive ma nufacturing. Orange-emission N-doped CDs, for instance, were pre­pared by ultrasonication technique [105] employing solvent-deionized water, oPD, and citric acid as nitrogen and carbon and sources, and acting as the fluorescent ink for 3D printing by embedding in so dium polyacrylate. More significantly, waste food was transformed into CDs with blue emission having uniform size and great photo stability on a large scale utilizing ultrasound irradiation [101]. However, the long wave length emission or adjustable PL of CDs could not be produced using the ultrasonic technique. There have also been other straightforward met hods for making CDs. For instance, Zhang and colleagues [106] and Nandi and colleagues [107] employed the photo-fenton reaction and the sono-fenton reaction, respectively, to massively produce GQDs utilizing GO as a carbon source. These methods were proven to be simple, but they did not suc­cessfully address flaws like a lack of available raw materials. This is due to the fact that external irradiations like sonication and ultraviolet light enhanced the Fenton reaction. On the other hand, Liu’s team [108] showed how to produce graphite-based GQDs with a size of 8 nm using a magnetron sputtering technique.
Additionally, a number of environmentally friendly and sustainable synthesis methods, such as the Schiff-base reaction [21, 109–111], self-exothermic synthesis [20, 24], co-polymerization reaction base catalysis, and reduction methods [16], have attracted a lot of interest due to their advantages, including energy conservation, ease of use, and lack of specialized equipment. For instance, Huang’s group [20] report a large-scale one­pot synthesis of highly PL CDs utilizing Schiff-base condensation by only storing a combi­nation of triethylenetetramine and p-benzoquinone at ambient temperature for 20 h. This group developed a method to prepare CDs in bulk scale by mixing hydroquinone
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with H2O2and further adding EDA at room temperature [20]. This method was based onthefactthataself-exothermicreaction made the organic precursors (hydroqui­none and EDA) carbonized to form the carbon c ores of CDs. However, the sustainable synthesis technique is still in its infancy and requires further work to improve its effec­tiveness and decrease the use of hazardous materials in the production of CDs on a wide scale. Recently, Chen’s group [23] introduced a new rapid magnetic hyperthermia strat- egy to produce multi-fluorescence CDs using carbamide and citrate with three different cations as precursors in order to achieve green, quick, and large-scale CD production. This method, which preliminarily possessed the capacity for industrial production [23], fully exploited the magnetocaloric effect to quickly and easily synthesize CDs with a
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yield of 60% and a production rate up to 85 g h
. However, there was still room for further cost reduction and productivity enhancement. In conclusion, a lot of work has been put into thoroughly researching the creation of CDs, and a lot of progress has been accomplished. Numerous methods, including chemical oxidation, laser ablation, electrochemistry, hydrothermal/solvothermal synthesis, pyrolysis reaction, and micro­wave treatment, have been used to create CDs. Regardless of the technique used, the ability to alter the PL hues, PLQYs, sizes, hydrophilicity/hydrophobicity, and surface groups of CDs makes them extremely promising in a number of fields, including bio­medicine, sensing, and optoelectronics. The hydrothermal/solvothermal approach is re­garded as the best preparation technique for efficiently fabricating CDs.
More significantly, it can easily prepare specifically made CDs with a high PLQY, multi-colour emissions, and a consistent size, making it widely used. Other chemical tech­niques, such as gaseous detonation [100], magnetic hyperthermia [23], self-exothermic re­action [24], and the aldol condensation method [27], have also been developed and paved the way for industrial preparation in order to achieve green, quick, one-pot, simple, and large-scale production of CDs. The vast majority of carbon-containing substances, such as glucose, citric acid, GO, CNTs, gr aphite, coal, leaves, grass, durian, hair, and even household garbage, have manifested as precursors [5, 6, 9–18], laying the groundwork for inexpensive CD preparation. However, there are still unavoidable drawbacks including ill-defined o ptical qualities and CD sizes, undesirable purity, and intermittent manufacture that must be overcome, substantially limiting the ap­plication potential of CDs. Therefore, it is imperative to improve the current processes and continue to research new avenues for the quick, effective, environmentally friendly, scaled-up, and manageable production of CDs. It is common knowledge that improved knowledge of the PL genesis of CDs is anticipated to fundamentally direct and improve their synthesis methods.
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