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From waste to energy: luminescent solar concentrators based on carbon dots derived from surgical facemasks
Materials Advances
2023
10 citations
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Score: 40
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Antonino Arrigo,
Ambra M. Cancelliere,
Maurilio Galletta,
Maurilio Galletta,
Antonio Burtone,
Antonio Burtone,
Giovanni Lanteri
Giovanni Lanteri
Giovanni Lanteri
Francesco Nastasi,
Fausto Puntoriero,
Giovanni Lanteri
Giovanni Lanteri
Giovanni Lanteri
Summary
Researchers converted discarded surgical face masks into carbon dots and used them to fabricate luminescent solar concentrators, achieving a solar-to-energy conversion efficiency of 6.1% while diverting pandemic-era plastic waste from landfills.
Facemask-derived C-dots were used to prepare luminescent solar concentrators exhibiting a remarkable solar-to-energy conversion of 6.1%.
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