Modulating Photothermal Properties of Carbon Dots through Nitrogen Incorporation Enables Efficient Solar Water Evaporation

• Published in: ACS applied nano materials Vol. 6; no. 4; pp. 2517 - 2526
• Main Authors: Rahmawati, Ita, Indriyati, Permatasari, Fitri A., Irham, Muhammad A., Nugraha, Mohamad I., Anthopoulos, Thomas D., Iskandar, Ferry
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: American Chemical Society 24.02.2023
• Subjects: nitrogen-doped carbon dots; photothermal conversion; solar water evaporation; microwave; solar steam generation

As a new family in carbon nanomaterials, carbon dots (CDs) are potential candidates for solar water evaporator, owing to their cost-effectiveness, non-toxicity, high solubility, and tunable optical properties. Despite such potentials, however, CDs mainly absorb solar spectrum in the ultraviolet regi...