IP Library Granted Patent US 12686817
Granted Patent B2
US 12686817 · App. 17/852,694 · Granted Jul 21, 2026

Methods for synthesizing fluorescent CQDs and nitrogen-phosphorus co-doped fluorescent CQDs and application thereof

Inventors: Chuanyi Wang (Xi'an City, CN); Haitao Ren (Xi'an City, CN)
Assignee: Shaanxi University of Science & Technology
C09K11/65C01B32/15G01N21/6428C01P2004/64C01P2006/60G01N2021/6439
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Patent No.
US 12686817
App. No.
17/852,694
Granted
Jul 21, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for synthesizing fluorescent carbon quantum dots (CQDs) and nitrogen-phosphorus co-doped fluorescent CQDs and applications are provided. Firstly, a mixture of leaf powder and deionized water is subjected to hydrothermal reaction at 200-240° C. to obtain a product A, followed by removing by-products in it and drying to obtain fluorescent CQDs; nitrogen-phosphorus co-doped fluorescent CQDs are obtained by replacing the product A with a product B and treating the product B in a same way as the product A, where product B is obtained as follows: a mixed system of leaf powder, urea phosphate and deionized water is subjected to hydrothermal reaction at 200-240° C. with a mass ratio of urea phosphate to leaf powder as less than or equal to 0.2 to obtain the product B.

Claims (6)

1 . A method for synthesizing fluorescent carbon quantum dots (CQDs), comprising:

S1, performing hydrothermal reaction on a mixture containing leaf powder, urea phosphate and deionized water at a temperature in a range of 200-240 degrees Celsius (° C.) to obtain a product, wherein a mass ratio of the urea phosphate to the leaf powder of less than or equal to 0.2; and

S2, removing by-products in the product by filtering the product with an organic filter membrane and an aqueous filter membrane for several times, followed by collecting filtered filtrate, and freeze-drying the filtrate to obtain the fluorescent CQDs,

wherein the fluorescent CQDs are nitrogen-phosphorus co-doped.

2 . The method for synthesizing fluorescent CQDs according to claim 1 , wherein in S1, the mixture is heated from room temperature to the temperature in the range of 200-240° C. at a heating rate in a range of 5-10° C. per minute (° C./min).

3 . The method for synthesizing fluorescent CQDs according to claim 1 , wherein in S1, the mixture is subjected to the hydrothermal reaction at the temperature in the range of 200-240° C. for a duration in a range of 5-6 hours (h) to obtain the product.