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Review | Open Access

Review of Carbon Dots from Lignin: Preparing, Tuning, and Applying

Tao Zhang1, Haiming Li1, Jingpeng Zhou2, Xing Wang1, Lingping Xiao1, Fengshan Zhang2, Yanzhu Guo1,2,3( )
Liaoning Key Lab of Lignocellulose Chemistry and BioMaterials, Liaoning Collaborative Innovation Center for Lignocellulosic Biorefinery, College of Light Industry and Chemical Engineering, Dalian Polytechnic University, Dalian, Liaoning Province, 116034, China
Huatai Group Corp. Ltd., Dongying, Shandong Province, 257335, China
Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper Science & Technology of Ministry of Education, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Ji'nan, Shandong Province, 250353, China
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Abstract

Carbon dots(CDs), emerging carbon materials with unique physical and chemical properties, have drawn extensive attention from researchers. In recent years, many carbon sources have been used as precursors for preparing CDs. In contrast to other types of precursors, lignin, as a renewable and available source of natural aromatic biopolymers, is believed to be a low-cost precursor for the large-scale preparation of CDs.However, the preparation of CDs with excellent optical properties from lignin has some drawbacks because of the complex structure of lignin. Hence, the methods for preparing the CDs from lignin are summarized in this paper, and the mechanism and physical and chemical properties of lignin-based CDs are discussed. Moreover, some approaches to tuning the optical properties of lignin-based CDs have been proposed. Additionally, the use of lignin-based CDs in the fields of sensing, supercapacitor, bioimaging, anti-counterfeiting, and information encryption is reviewed.

Keywords

sensingsupercapacitorbioimagingcarbon dotsfluorescence tuninglignin

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Paper and Biomaterials
Volume 7 Issue 3,
July 2022
Pages 51-62
DOI: 10.1213/j.issn.2096-2355.2022.03.006
Cite this article:
Zhang T, Li H, Zhou J, et al. Review of Carbon Dots from Lignin: Preparing, Tuning, and Applying. Paper and Biomaterials, 2022, 7(3): 51-62. https://doi.org/10.1213/j.issn.2096-2355.2022.03.006

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Received: 12 May 2022
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Published: 25 July 2022
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