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Multifunctional N,S co-doped carbon dots for sensitive probing of temperature, ferric ion, and methotrexate
摘要: In this paper, we have presented a facile method to fabricate nitrogen and sulfur co-doped carbon dots (N,S-CDs) for blood methotrexate (MTX) sensing applications. The N,S-CDs with quantum yield up to 75% were obtained by one-step hydrothermal carbonization, using reduced glutathione and citric acid as the precursors. With this approach, the formation and the surface passivation of N,S-CDs were carried out simultaneously, resulting in intrinsic fluorescence emission. Owing to their pronounced temperature dependence of the fluorescence emission spectra, resultant N,S-CDs can work as versatile nanothermometry devices by taking advantage of the temperature sensitivity of their emission intensity. In addition, the obtained N,S-CDs facilitated high selectivity detection of Fe3+ ions with a detection limit as low as 0.31 μM and a wide linear range from 3.33 to 99.90 μM. More importantly, the added MTX selectively led to the fluorescence quenching of the N,S-CDs. Such fluorescence responses were used for well quantifying MTX in the range of 2.93 to 117.40 μM, and the detection limit was down to 0.95 μM. Due to Binert^ surface, the N,S-CDs well resisted the interferences from various biomolecules and exhibited excellent selectivity. The proposed sensing system was successfully used for the assay of MTX in human plasma. Due to simplicity, sensitivity, selectivity, and low cost, it exhibits great promise as a practical platform for MTX sensing in biological samples.
关键词: Hydrothermal carbonization,Doped carbon dots,Excitation-independent emission,Multifunctional probe,Methotrexate,Surface passivation
更新于2025-11-19 16:46:39
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Glucose-derived porous carbon as a highly efficient and low-cost counter electrode for quantum dot-sensitized solar cells
摘要: Biomass-derived porous carbon is widely used in supercapacitors, carbon dioxide capture and lithium–sulfur batteries owing to its advantages such as wide sources, low cost and good stability. However, it is rarely used in quantum dot-sensitized solar cells (QDSCs). Here, glucose-derived porous carbon was obtained by hydrothermal carbonization followed with high-temperature KOH activation, and employed as an efficient counter electrode (CE) for QDSCs. The CV, EIS and Tafel-polarization analysis showed that porous carbon exhibits excellent catalytic activity for reduction of Sn2?. The CE based on porous carbon activated at 900 °C (C900) presents best performance with interface charge transfer resistance (Rct) of 2.4 Ω cm2 due to the synergy between high graphitization degree and large specific surface area. The power conversion efficiency (PCE) of the QDSCs assembled with a CdS/CdSe sensitized TiO2 photoanode and the C900 CE is up to 5.61% under one sun illumination. The excellent catalytic activity of C900 is attributed to its large specific surface area and porous structure and high degree graphitization. This suggests that glucose-derived porous carbon can become a potential low-cost and efficient CE material for QDSCs.
关键词: biomass-derived porous carbon,KOH activation,quantum dot-sensitized solar cells,hydrothermal carbonization,counter electrode,glucose
更新于2025-09-19 17:13:59