Yellow-visual fluorescent carbon quantum dots from petroleum coke for the efficient detection of Cu2+ ions

  • Yue Wang
  • , Wen Ting Wu
  • , Ming Bo Wu
  • , Hong Di Sun
  • , Hui Xie
  • , Chao Hu
  • , Xue Yan Wu
  • , Jie Shan Qiu

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Abstract

Yellow-visual fluorescent carbon quantum dots (CQDs) were prepared from petroleum coke by ultrasonic-assisted chemical oxidation andwere used as label-free probes for Cu2+ detection in water. The detection of Cu2+ by CQD probesis related to a quenching of fluorescence by a photo induced electron transfer mechanism. The quenched fluorescence of the CQDs by Cu2+ can be recovered by adding ethylene diaminetetraacetic acid. The yellow-visual fluorescent CQD probes have a linear detection range from 0.25 to 10 μM, a detection limit of 0.029 5 μM, a response time of 3 s, and a superior sensitivity and selectivity for Cu2+ detection compared to other fluorescent probes. The CQDs are easy to prepare, economical, reusable, fast to respond and can be used inon-line detection.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)550-559
Number of pages10
JournalXinxing Tan Cailiao/New Carbon Materials
Volume30
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Dec 2015
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Carbon quantum dots
  • Cu detection
  • Fast response
  • Petroleum coke
  • Yellow-visual

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