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ArticleNanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Biobased Carbon Dots: From Fish Scales to Photocatalysis.

Carlotta Campalani, Elti Cattaruzza, Sandro Zorzi, Alberto Vomiero, Shujie You, Lauren Matthews, Marie Capron, Claudia Mondelli, Maurizio Selva, Alvise Perosa

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Article in Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 45 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Carlotta CampalaniDepartment of Molecular Sciences and Nanosystems, Università Ca' Foscari di Venezia, Via Torino 155, 30172 Venezia Mestre, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9364-4718
Elti CattaruzzaDepartment of Molecular Sciences and Nanosystems, Università Ca' Foscari di Venezia, Via Torino 155, 30172 Venezia Mestre, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0643-0266
Sandro ZorziDepartment of Molecular Sciences and Nanosystems, Università Ca' Foscari di Venezia, Via Torino 155, 30172 Venezia Mestre, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5024-9478
Alberto VomieroDepartment of Molecular Sciences and Nanosystems, Università Ca' Foscari di Venezia, Via Torino 155, 30172 Venezia Mestre, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2935-1165
Shujie YouDivision of Material Science, Department of Engineering Sciences and Mathematichs, Luleå University of Technology, 971 87 Luleå, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0001-7475-6394
Lauren MatthewsThe European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, 38043 Grenoble CEDEX 9, France.ORCID 0000-0001-8843-5794
Marie CapronThe European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, 38043 Grenoble CEDEX 9, France.ORCID 0000-0002-3606-4888
Claudia MondelliCNR-IOM, Institut Laue Langevin, 71, Avenue des Martyrs, 38042 Grenoble CEDEX 9, France.
Maurizio SelvaDepartment of Molecular Sciences and Nanosystems, Università Ca' Foscari di Venezia, Via Torino 155, 30172 Venezia Mestre, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9986-2393
Alvise PerosaDepartment of Molecular Sciences and Nanosystems, Università Ca' Foscari di Venezia, Via Torino 155, 30172 Venezia Mestre, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4544-8709
Ca' Foscari University of Venice · ITEuropean Synchrotron Radiation Facility · FRInstitut Laue-Langevin · FRLuleå University of Technology · SE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

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.

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bio-sourced functional materialscarbon dotscircular chemistrycircular economymetal-free photoredox catalysissustainability

Identifiers

PMID33670807
PMCPMC7922425
OpenAlexW3130016151

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