Issue 41, 2015

Light emitting diodes based on carbon dots derived from food, beverage, and combustion wastes

Abstract

One important resource for material synthesis is waste. Utilization of waste as a resource for material synthesis is an environmentally responsible approach that reduces the need for virgin resources and subsequent processing. In this report a method to produce multicolored, luminescent carbon dots (CDs) and subsequent fabrication of light emitting diodes from food, beverage, and combustion wastes, is discussed. Apart from food and beverages, combustion exhaust was also utilized for CDs production. Optical characterization results suggest that CDs from waste food and beverages are more luminescent than those produced from combustion waste.

Graphical abstract: Light emitting diodes based on carbon dots derived from food, beverage, and combustion wastes

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
11 Aug 2015
Accepted
21 Sep 2015
First published
01 Oct 2015

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2015,17, 27642-27652

Light emitting diodes based on carbon dots derived from food, beverage, and combustion wastes

P. K. Sarswat and M. L. Free, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2015, 17, 27642 DOI: 10.1039/C5CP04782J

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