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Preparation of solvent-free starch-based carbon dots for the selective detection of Ru3+ ions
Menglin Chen1,2, Can Liu3, Jichao Zhai3
1Yunnan Key Laboratory of Wood Adhesives and Glued Products National Joint Engineering Research Center for Highly-Efficient Utilization of Forest Biomass Resources, Southwest Forestry University 300 Bailong Road Kunming 650224 Yunnan Province China linxunefu@126.com.
RSC Advances
|July 25, 2022
Abstract:
A simple, green, and solvent-free pyrolysis method for the preparation of starch-based carbon dots (CDs) was developed. The CDs prepared at 300 °C exhibited a highest quantum yield of 21.0%, which was mainly due to the high degree of graphitisation of the CDs. The CDs were selective for the detection of Ru3+ ion solutions.

