Comparative life cycle assessment of high-yield synthesis routes for carbon dots

TL;DR: In this article , a critical review of the development of TiO2 - carbon dots nanocomposites for the photocatalytic removal of pharmaceuticals is performed, where the authors found that carbon dots can improve the efficiency of the resulting nanoparticles, mostly due to increasing the adsorption of organic pollutants and enhancing the absorption in the visible range.

TL;DR: In this article , a sustainable, high throughput approach is reported for producing uniform CDs using spent coffee grounds (SCGs) to produce coffee ground-derived carbon dots (CFCDs) via a simple wet ball-milling process.

TL;DR: In this paper , a cradle-to-gate life cycle assessment (LCA) was applied to the five synthesis routes of MIL-53(Fe) production, and an analysis of the life cycle costing (LCC) was carried out in the same program to evaluate the internal and external costs for the economic aspects.

TL;DR: A comprehensive review on the use of CDs as sole photocatalysts in the areas of hydrogen production via water splitting, photodegradation of organic pollutants and photoreduction and metal removal from wastewaters is presented in this article .

TL;DR: This Review summarize recent advances in the synthesis and characterization of C-dots and speculate on their future and discuss potential developments for their use in energy conversion/storage, bioimaging, drug delivery, sensors, diagnostics, and composites.

TL;DR: The progress in the research and development of CQDs is reviewed with an emphasis on their synthesis, functionalization and technical applications along with some discussion on challenges and perspectives in this exciting and promising field.

TL;DR: The ReCiPe2016 method as discussed by the authors provides a state-of-the-art method to convert life cycle inventories to a limited number of life cycle impact scores on midpoint and endpoint level.

TL;DR: This paper presents an overview of SA and its link to uncertainty analysis, model calibration and evaluation, robust decision-making, and provides practical guidelines by developing a workflow for the application of SA.