Recent Advances in Graphene Quantum Dots: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications

Authors

Md Enamul Haque, University of Wollongong, University of Sydney, Deakin UniversityFollow
Jeonghun Kim, University of QueenslandFollow
Victor Malgras, National Institute for Materials ScienceFollow
Kakarla Raghava Reddy, University of Sydney
Alister C. Ward, Deakin University
Jungmok You, Kyung Hee University
Yoshio Bando, University of Wollongong, National Institute for Materials ScienceFollow
Md. Shahriar Al Hossain, University of WollongongFollow
Yusuke Yamauchi, University of Queensland, Kyung Hee UniversityFollow

RIS ID

135979

Publication Details

Haque, E., Kim, J., Malgras, V., Reddy, K., Ward, A. C., You, J., Bando, Y., Hossain, M. A. & Yamauchi, Y. (2018). Recent Advances in Graphene Quantum Dots: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications. Small Methods, 2 (10), 1800050-1-1800050-14.

Abstract

Here, an interesting, new 0D material is presented: graphene quantum dots. The new properties arising from quantum confinement and edge effects after converting 2D graphene into graphene quantum dots have attracted great interest in various disciplines, such as physics, biology, materials, and chemistry. Here, the recent technological advances in the field of graphene quantum dots reported in the literature on both a theoretical and an experimental basis are highlighted. Various synthesis methodologies and physical properties are discussed, along with their implementation in energy (supercapacitors, fuel cells, photovoltaic devices, light‐emitting diodes), biomedical (biosensors, drug delivery, bioimaging), and environmental applications.