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Green synthesis of carbon quantum dots from lemon peel waste: applications in sensing and photocatalysis

Ankit Tyagi, Kumud Malika Tripathi, Narendra Singh, Shashank Choudhary, Raju Kumar Gupta

RSC Advances · 2016 · 540 citations · 61 references

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Water soluble carbon quantum dots were synthesized from lemon peel waste and were used for Cr<sup>6+</sup> detection and photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue dye.

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