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Biobased Carbon Dots: From Fish Scales to Photocatalysis.

ABSTRACT: The synthesis, characterization and photoreduction ability of a new class of carbon dots made from fish scales is here described. Fish scales are a waste material that contains mainly chitin, one of the most abundant natural biopolymers, and collagen. These components make the scales rich, not only in carbon, hydrogen and oxygen, but also in nitrogen. These self-nitrogen-doped carbonaceous nanostructured photocatalyst were synthesized from fish scales by a hydrothermal method in the absence of any other reagents. The morphology, structure and optical properties of these materials were investigated. Their photocatalytic activity was compared with the one of conventional nitrogen-doped carbon dots made from citric acid and diethylenetriamine in the photoreduction reaction of methyl viologen.

SUBMITTER: Campalani C

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7922425 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Biobased Carbon Dots: From Fish Scales to Photocatalysis.

Campalani Carlotta C Cattaruzza Elti E Zorzi Sandro S Vomiero Alberto A You Shujie S Matthews Lauren L Capron Marie M Mondelli Claudia C Selva Maurizio M Perosa Alvise A

Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) 20210218 2

The synthesis, characterization and photoreduction ability of a new class of carbon dots made from fish scales is here described. Fish scales are a waste material that contains mainly chitin, one of the most abundant natural biopolymers, and collagen. These components make the scales rich, not only in carbon, hydrogen and oxygen, but also in nitrogen. These self-nitrogen-doped carbonaceous nanostructured photocatalyst were synthesized from fish scales by a hydrothermal method in the absence of a ...[more]

PMID: 33670807

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