Advances in Integrating Carbon Dots With Membranes and Their Applications. Issue 29 (11th August 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Yan, Fanyong; Xu, Ming; Xu, Jinxia; Zang, Yueyan; Sun, Jingru; Yi, Chunhui; Wang, Yao
• Is Part Of: ChemistrySelect. Volume 6:Issue 29(2021)
• Page Start: 7443
• Page End: 7462
• Publication Date: 2021-08-11
• Subjects: application -- carbon dots -- films -- functionalization -- membranes; Chemistry -- Periodicals; 540.5
• DOI: 10.1002/slct.202101957
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2365-6549

Abstract

Abstract: Carbon dots (CDs) attract interests from researchers in the field of membranes owing to their ultra‐small size, non‐toxic, highly hydrophilic, abundant surface functional groups, stable photoluminescence, fast proton conductivity and excellent light capture capability. The integration of membranes with CDs (CDs@membranes) can enhance the overall performance of membranes significantly and CDs@membranes relies on three approaches: doping, grafting and layer‐by‐layer (LbL) self‐assembly. This paper reviews the research progress of CDs@membranes in the past five years, introduces the mechanism of CDs to improve membrane performance and the methods for preparing CDs@membranes, categorizes them into water treatment, sensing, electrochemistry, light processing and other fields for review, and finally discusses the current challenges and outlook the future direction. Abstract : Great idea! The integration of membranes with carbon dots enhances the overall performance of the membranes due to the excellent properties of carbon dots, this review explains in detail the mechanism of carbon dots to enhance membrane performance, summarizes the method of integrating membranes with carbon dots, and discusses the application of membrane integration with carbon dots in a detailed classification.