A reflection on ‘Using carbon nanodots as inexpensive and environmentally friendly sensitizers in mesoscopic solar cells’

2026/01/01 by Dirk M. Guldi, Lukáš Zdražil, Alejandro Cadranel · 1 voice
Materials Science · Energy · #Carbon and Quantum Dots Applications #TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells #Graphene research and applications

paper · doi:10.1039/d5nh90077h

openalex publication_date 2026/01/01 · openalex created_date 2026/01/15 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/22

Abstract

Guldi et al. reflect on their first Nanoscale Horizons paper ( Nanoscale Horiz. , 2016, https://doi.org/10.1039/C6NH00010J) published in the journal and discuss how their work may have influenced the research field.

Citations

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• Improving Photocatalytic Hydrogen Generation via Polycitric Acid‐based Carbon Nanodots

Discussions

• Check out this Nanoscale Horizons reflection article by Dirk M. Guldi et al., an inaugural author from the journal’s launch! They reflect on their previous work and the field over the last 10 years. [bsky, 0 points, 0 comments]

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