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Recent research progress in CDs@MOFs composites: fabrication, property modulation, and application

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Carbon dots (CDs) have exhibited a promising application prospect in many fields because of their good fluorescence properties, biocompatibility, low toxicity, and easy functionalization. In order to improve their photoelectricity and stability, metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) can be used as host materials to provide ideal carriers for CDs to realize the multifunctional composites of CDs and MOFs (CDs@MOFs). At present, CDs@MOFs composites have shown tremendous application potential because they have various advantages of both CDs and MOFs. In this review, the synthesis methods of CDs@MOFs composites are firstly introduced. Then, the influence of the synergy between CDs and MOFs on the regulation of their structures and optical properties is highlighted. Furthermore, the recent application researches of CDs@MOFs composites in fluorescent probes, solid-state lighting, and photoelectrocatalysis are generalized. Finally, the critical issues, challenges, and solutions on their structure and property regulation and application are put forward, and their commercialization direction is also prospected.

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Copyright 2021 Elsevier. c Two strategies for assembling CD and MOF matrix. CMOFs and CDs@MOFs represent the products from the one-pot method and two-step method, respectively. d FTIR spectra of MOFs, CMOFs, and CDs@MOFs. Reproduced and adapted with permission from ref. [46]. Copyright 2019 Elsevier

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Copyright 2020 Elsevier. d Mechanism for ratiometric fluorescence sensing of PO43–. e Fluorescence and SOS spectra of the CDs@ZIF-90 system after adding different concentrations of PO43– (0, 1.0, 2.0, 5.0, 10.0, 15.0, 20.0, 25.0, 30.0, 40.0, and 50.0 μmol L–1). Reproduced and adapted with permission from ref. [62]. Copyright 2020 American Chemical Society

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This work was supported by the Foundational Research Project of Shanxi Province (20210302123164), the Shanxi-Zheda Institute of Advanced Materials and Chemical Engineering (2021SX-TD012, 2022SX-TD012), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51972221), and the Shanxi Scholarship Council of China (2020–051, HGKY2019027).

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Wang, Z., Jin, X., Yan, L. et al. Recent research progress in CDs@MOFs composites: fabrication, property modulation, and application. Microchim Acta 190, 28 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00604-022-05597-8

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