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Article

Leftover Kiwi Fruit Peel-Derived Carbon Dots as a Highly Selective Fluorescent Sensor for Detection of Ferric Ion †

by
Raji Atchudan
1,*,
Thomas Nesakumar Jebakumar Immanuel Edison
1,
Suguna Perumal
1,
Rajangam Vinodh
2,
Ashok K. Sundramoorthy
3,
Rajendran Suresh Babu
4 and
Yong Rok Lee
1,*
1
School of Chemical Engineering, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan 38541, Korea
2
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Korea
3
Department of Chemistry, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur 603203, Tamil Nadu, India
4
Laboratory of Experimental and Applied Physics, Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica, Celso Suckow da Fonseca (CEFET/RJ), Av. Maracanã 229, Rio de Janeiro 20271-110, Brazil
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Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed.
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Electronic Supplementary Information (ESI): Materials, Instrumentation methods, quantum yield measurement, FTIR spectroscopy study, FESEM images with EDX spectra, metal ions sensing, photostability, and prolonging stability measurements of the synthesized KN-CDs.
Chemosensors 2021, 9(7), 166; https://doi.org/10.3390/chemosensors9070166
Submission received: 8 June 2021 / Revised: 28 June 2021 / Accepted: 1 July 2021 / Published: 2 July 2021
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Colorimetric and Fluorescent Sensors and Their Application in Detection)
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Abstract

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Recently, the use of natural products for the synthesis of carbon dots (CDs) has received much attention. Herein, leftover kiwi (Actinidia Deliciosa) fruit peels were successfully turned into beneficial fluorescent carbon dots (KN-CDs) via the hydrothermal-carbonization route. KN-CDs 1 and KN-CDs 2 were prepared without and with ammonium hydroxide, respectively. KN-CDs 1 and KN-CDs 2 were systematically characterized by various analytical techniques. Synthesized KN-CDs showed spherical-shaped morphology with narrow size distribution and excellent optical properties with excitation-independent behaviors. The quantum yields of KN-CDs 1 and KN-CDs 2 were calculated as 14 and 19%, respectively. Additionally, the KN-CDs possess excellent prolonging and photostability. Because of the excellent optical properties of KN-CDs, they were utilized as fluorescent sensors. The strong fluorescence of the KN-CDs was selectively quenched by Fe3+ ion, and quenching behavior showed a linear correlation with the concentrations of Fe3+ ion. KN-CDs 1 and KN-CDs 2 showed the detection of Fe3+ ions within the concentration range of 5–25 µM with the detection limit of 0.95 and 0.85 µM, respectively. Based on the turn-off sensing by the detection of Fe3+ ions, KN-CDs would be a promising candidate as a selective and sensitive fluorescent sensor.

1. Introduction

Carbon dots (CDs), defined as carbon-based nanomaterials with a size of <10 nm, have attracted great attention since their first discovery in 2004. CDs are reported as a potential candidate in sensors [1], fluorescent inks [2], catalysts [3], drug carriers [4], and light-emitting diodes [5]. CDs are widely used because of their astonishing structural and optical properties. Compared to conventional semiconductor quantum dots [6], CD properties have advantages such as a tunable wavelength [7], small size, eco-friendly applications, high biocompatibility [8], high solubility [9], photostability [10], and good selectivity and sensitivity [11,12]. Many methods exist to prepare CDs such as the bottom-up method, which includes microwave [13], thermal decomposition [14], hydrothermal treatment [12,15], template route [16], and plasma treatment [17]. The top-down method includes arc-discharge [18,19], laser ablation [20], electrochemical oxidation [21], chemical oxidation [22], and ultrasonic treatment [23]. Among these methods, hydrothermal treatment has been widely used to prepare CDs because of their simplicity of reaction, low consumption of energy, and eco-friendly applications [24,25].
The heteroatoms in CDs improve the optical properties; thus, the use of natural products is attractive in the synthesis of CDs by the hydrothermal method [26,27,28]. The properties of CDs mainly depend on their precursors. Naturally, plant sources are composed of many functional groups; thus, by the use of plant parts as a carbon source, it is expected that the prepared CDs will be enriched with heteroatoms. This is believed due to the excellent properties, and further surface passivation is not required [11,29,30]. In addition, by the use of plant parts, the usage of toxic or harsh chemicals can be eliminated. Many reports are available regarding the synthesis of CDs by hydrothermal treatment using plant parts such as flowers, leaves, roots, stems, and seeds [27,31,32]. Therefore, the natural carbon source is still explored for the synthesis of CDs, and CDs with appreciable properties are highly desirable.
Detection of ferric (Fe3+) ions is among the important issues because Fe3+ ions are essential for human health and the environment; however, excess or dearth of Fe3+ ions will create serious health and environmental problems [29,31]. Currently, there are various detection methods available for the detection of Fe3+ ions, such as electrochemistry protocols, as well as various spectrophotometric assays, including inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry and atomic absorption spectrophotometry. However, these detection methods require sophisticated instrumentation, complicated sample preparation, expensive reagents, and are time consuming. Hence, fluorescence-based sensing methods are preferable because they possess several advantages such as high signal output, easy monitoring, simplicity, rapid response, and cost-effectiveness [29,31]. Thus, developing a simple, reliable fluorescence sensor for the detection of Fe3+ ions is highly essential.
Here, leftover kiwi fruit peel was used to prepare KN-CDs by the hydrothermal-assisted carbonization route. To increase the nitrogen content in KN-CDs, ammonium hydroxide (NH4OH) was used. KN-CDs 1 and KN-CDs 2 were synthesized without and with NH4OH, respectively. The obtained KN-CDs were thoroughly characterized through various analytical techniques to know their surface morphologies, size, and optical properties. Further, KN-CDs were utilized as metal sensors. To sense the excess metal ions in the human body or to detect the heavy metal ions in the environment, CDs are used [33,34,35]. In general, excess or deficiency of metal ions in an aqueous medium has a potential impact on the environment and human health. Hence, a sensing metal ion in aqueous media is crucial and necessary. In this regard, the prepared KN-CDs were used as potential fluorescent probes for the detection of Fe3+ ions.

2. Experimental Section

Synthesis of KN-CDs

The KN-CDs were synthesized using the hydrothermal-assisted carbonization route. In detail, leftover kiwi fruit peel was crushed well with deionized water using a commercial mixer grinder. The obtained mucilage (approximately 70 mL) was collected in a 100 mL capacity Teflon-lined stainless-steel autoclave and then heated for 24 h at 200 °C. Successively, the autoclave was cooled to room temperature. The hydrothermally carbonized suspension of kiwi fruit peel was filtered using a cellulose membrane with a pore size of 0.22 μm to remove the larger-sized carbon particles. The resultant brownish-yellow supernatant (KN-CDs 1) was transferred to a glass vial and stored in a refrigerator at 5 °C for further characterization. On the other hand, KN-CDs 2 was prepared by adopting the same procedure as that of KN-CDs 1 with the inclusion of NH4OH. Approximately 1.0 mL of NH4OH was added to the suspension, and the pH was adjusted to around 8. Scheme 1 shows an illustration of the procedure of KN-CDs synthesis from the leftover kiwi fruit peel.

3. Results and Discussion

The KN-CDs were prepared using kiwi peel by hydrothermal treatment at 200 °C for a period of 24 h. KN-CDs 1 and KN-CDs 2 were prepared by the absence and presence of NH4OH, respectively. The prepared KN-CDs 1 and KN-CDs 2 were characterized by various techniques, such as X-ray diffraction (XRD), Raman, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), field-emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM). Figure 1a shows the XRD patterns of the KN-CDs (KN-CDs 1 and KN-CDs 2). The presence of amorphous carbon reflects from the broad peaks centered at ~2θ around 22.5 and 42.5°, which corresponds to (002) and (100) planes, respectively [36,37]. The interlayer spacing of the KN-CDs was calculated as 0.39 nm using the (002) plane. Additionally, the higher interlayer spacing of the KN-CDs (0.39) compared to that of bulk graphite (0.34 nm) is accredited to the presence of abundant functional groups at the edges of the KN-CDs [38]. Figure 1b depicts the Raman spectra of the KN-CDs with two distinct peaks at ~1375 and 1580 cm–1 as the D- and G-bands, respectively [39,40,41]. The G-band (sp2-carbon) concerns the graphitization of the KN-CDs and the D-band (sp3-carbon) the defects of the KN-CDs [42]. The intensity ratio of the D- and B-bands (ID/IG) was calculated as 0.62 and 0.67 for KN-CDs 1 and KN-CDs 2, respectively. These results of Raman studies suggest the moderate graphitization of the KN-CDs.
The functional groups of the KN-CDs were characterized by FTIR spectroscopy (Figure S1). The absorption bands around 3450–3200, 2930, and 2865 cm–1 correspond to the stretching frequency of O–H/N–H and asymmetric and symmetric C–H functional groups in the KN-CDs, respectively [43,44]. The absorption bands at 1770–1700, 1580, and 1400 cm–1 could be assigned to the stretching of C=O/N–H, C=C–C, and C–N/O–H(bending), respectively [45,46]. The absorption bands around 1275 and 1050 cm–1 suggest the presence of C–OH and C–O–C groups in the KN-CDs, respectively [46,47,48]. These FTIR results confirmed the presence of acid, hydroxyl, amino, and carbonyl moieties in the KN-CDs. Further, the functional groups and elemental compositions of the KN-CDs were examined by XPS techniques. Figure 2 displays the survey spectrum of the synthesized KN-CDs and its deconvoluted XPS spectra of C 1s, N 1s, and O 1s. Figure 2a reveals the presence of elements such as carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen with atomic percentages of 78/78, 2/4, and 20/18% in the KN-CDs 1/KN-CDs 2 at 284, 400, and 532 eV, respectively. Figure 2b,c displays the deconvolution spectrum of KN-CDs 1 and KN-CDs 2, respectively, at the C 1s level, which shows five peaks at 284.7, 285.5, 286.5, 287.6, and 289.0 eV ascribed to C–C/C=C, C–OH, C–N–C/C–O–C, C=O, and O=C–OH, respectively [49,50,51,52]. Figure 2d shows the high-resolution deconvolution spectrum of KN-CDs 1 at N 1s, revealing three peaks at 398.9, 400, and 401.9 eV, which correspond to the functional groups C–N–C, C–N–H, and (C)3–N, respectively. Figure 2e shows the deconvolution spectrum of KN-CDs 2 at the N 1s level, revealing three peaks at 398.8, 400, and 401.3 eV, which are attributed to the functional groups C–N–C, C–N–H, and (C)3–N, respectively [29,52,53]. In Figure 2f, the high-resolution spectrum at the O 1s level reveals four peaks ascribed to functional groups C=O, C–OH, C–O–C, and O=C–OH at 531.5, 532.7, 533.5, and 535.0 eV, respectively, for KN-CDs 1 and at 531.2, 532.4, 533.3, and 534.4 eV, respectively, for KN-CDs 2 (Figure 2g) [54,55,56]. A slight shift in peaks of KN-CDs 2 at the N 1s and O 1s levels (Figure 2e,g) might be due to the increase in nitrogen content. From the XPS studies, the presence of hydroxyl, amine, and carboxyl functional groups in the KN-CDs can be concluded, which supports the results of the FTIR analysis.
FESEM images (Figure S2a,b) of the KN-CDs 1 reveal a smooth surface, which might be due to the aggregation of the smallest particle with monodispersity. The chemical compositions present in the KN-CDs 1 of C, N, and O were revealed from the EDX spectrum (Figure S2c). The elemental mapping of KN-CDs 1 shown in Figure 3 reveals the even distribution of C, N, and O. Similar to KN-CDs 1, KN-CDs 2 (Figure 4) also reveals the smooth surface and even distribution of C, N, and O (Figure S3 and Figure 4). However, the N content in KN-CDs 2 is higher than in KN-CDs 1. This is because of the use of NH4OH during the synthesis of KN-CDs 2. Figure 5 shows the TEM images of the KN-CDs. The particles are in the range of 3.0–9.0 nm. The average diameters of KN-CDs 1 and KN-CDs 2 were calculated as 5.6 and 5.1 nm based on statistical analyses of 50 carbon dots using Gaussian fitting (Figure 5a,d), respectively. The images reveal the near-spherical shape and monodispersed particles of the KN-CDs. The HRTEM images visibly display the lattice fringes, which confirms the fair graphitic nature of the KN-CDs. The d-spacing values were calculated as 0.21 nm attributed to the C(100) plane of graphitic carbon [31,57]. This acceptable graphitic nature of CDs shows consistent results with HRTEM, XRD, and Raman studies.
Figure 6a and Figure 7a show the UV–vis spectra of KN-CDs 1 and KN-CDs 2, respectively. The KN-CDs exhibit two peaks at 275 and 327 nm indicating the π–π* transition of C=C and the n–π* transition of the C=O/C–N groups, respectively [58,59]. KN-CDs 2 shows a sharp peak of π–π* transition compared to KN-CDs 1. This sharp peak might be of higher nitrogen content in KN-CDs 2. The synthesized aqueous KN-CDs 1 and KN-CDs 2 solutions showed a transparent pale-yellow dispersion under daylight and emitted a cyan-blue fluorescence under 365 nm UV light, which is revealed from the photographic images in Figure 6a and Figure 7a. The fluorescence spectra of KN-CDs 1 and KN-CDs 2 are depicted in Figure 6b and Figure 7b, respectively. Both KN-CDs 1 and KN-CDs 2 display excitation and emission spectra with an optimum excitation wavelength around 360 nm and an emission wavelength around 432 nm with good quantum yields of 14 and 19%, respectively (calculated using Equation (S1)). The fluorescence spectra of KN-CDs 1 and KN-CDs 2 at various excitation wavelengths are depicted in Figure 6c and Figure 7c, respectively. As a result, the spectra clearly show the unique excitation-dependent emission spectra. The intensity of the emission spectra increased with the excitation wavelength from 300 nm to 360 nm. Then, the emission intensity decreased gradually with excitation wavelengths of 370 nm until 450 nm. The normalized excitation-dependent emission spectra of KN-CDs 1 and KN-CDs 2 are displayed in Figure 6d and Figure 7d, respectively. Figure 6c,d, and Figure 7c,d suggest the red shift of the emission spectra with the increment of excitation wavelength. These results suggest the excitation-dependent emission spectra of the KN-CDs. This might be due to the surface state such as functional groups in KN-CDs, the quantum confinement effect, and the molecular fluorescence of the KN-CDs [58,60,61]. The above measurement result suggests the presence of high nitrogen content in KN-CDs 2, and thus, it is believed that because of high functionalities in KN-CDs 2 (Figure 7), the intensity of the emission spectra of KN-CDs 2 is higher than that of KN-CDs 1 (Figure 6) and hence showed higher quantum yield.
Further, the stability of the KN-CDs solution was studied with storage time and irradiation time (Figure 8). Figure 8a,c shows the emission spectra of the KN-CDs (KN-CDs 1 and KN-CDs 2) at different storage times. Intensities are almost the same and display insignificant changes even after 90 days. In addition, the intensities did not change even after continuous UV light irradiation for 60 min. Photobleaching nor coagulation was not observed for longer storage time and under continuous irradiation of UV light. The photobleaching stability might be due to the electrostatic repulsions between the KN-CDs in solution [29,31]. Moreover, this reveals the photostability of the KN-CDs and thus suggests the utilization of the KN-CDs as metal ion-selective probes. Due to the difference in nitrogen content in KN-CDs 2 compared to KN-CDs 1, it was expected that there would be a difference in selection towards metal ions.
The prepared KN-CDs were used as metal ion sensors, which is usually detected by the interactions between metal ions and functional groups in the KN-CDs that form the complex. The change in emission spectra of the KN-CDs 1 and KN-CDs 2 solutions with various metal ions Al3+, Ca2+, Cd2+, Co3+, Cr3+, Cu2+, Fe3+, Hg2+, Mn2+, Ni2+, Pb2+, and Zn2+ are depicted in Figure 9a and Figure 10a, respectively. The intensities of emission spectra of the KN-CDs with and without metal ions show insignificant changes, except for Fe3+ ions. The fluorescence intensities of the KN-CDs solution with Fe3+ ions are nearly zero, suggesting that the quenching could be assigned for the possible complex formation. This result indicates that the prepared KN-CDs can be employed as specific, efficient, and selective sensors towards Fe3+ ions due to the stronger affinity. Figure 9b and Figure 10b show the histogram of the changes in the fluorescence intensities (F-F0/F0) × 100 at 432 nm that occurred with various metal ions at the same concentrations (1000 μM). Aqueous KN-CDs 1/KN-CDs 2 and KN-CDs 1+Fe3+/KN-CDs 2+Fe3+ solutions are pale-yellow and yellowish-orange, respectively, under daylight. Further, they emitted cyan-blue fluorescence and turn-off fluorescence, respectively, under 365 nm UV light, as shown in the photographic images ofFigure 9b and Figure 10b. This supports the fluorescence quenching of aqueous KN-CDs 1/KN-CDs 2 solutions in the presence of Fe3+ ions. As shown in Figure 9c and Figure 10c, the emission intensities decreased with the concentration (5–25 μM) of the Fe3+ ions. Further, Figure 9d and Figure 10d reveal a good linear relationship between (F-F0)/F0 and the concentrations in the range of 5–25 μM of the Fe3+ ions with R2 of 0.998 and 0.999 using KN-CDs 1 and KN-CDs 2, respectively. The values of the limit of detection (LOD) for KN-CDs 1 and KN-CDs 2 were calculated as 0.95 and 0.85 μM, respectively, using Equation (1) [36].
L O D = 3 σ S
where σ is the standard deviation (n = 5), and S is the slope of the linear calibration plot.
KN-CDs 1 and KN-CDs 2 show similar results towards the detection of metal ions. The introduction of NH4OH resulted in a trivial increment in the fluorescence intensity of KN-CDs 2 compared to KN-CDs 1. This can be explained by considering the presence of nitrogen constituents in the carbon source itself, and thus, the addition of NH4OH does not show remarkable variation in the detection limit values. These higher intensities of KN-CDs 2 might help in bioimaging applications. A comparison table of the LOD values in the present work with previous studies is listed in Table 1 [1,21,61,62,63,64,65,66,67]. This suggests the prepared KN-CDs can be efficient candidates for the detection of Fe3+ ions than the reported ones.

4. Conclusions

In this work, a cheap, simple, and green method for the synthesis of KN-CDs (KN-CDs 1 and KN-CDs 2) using leftover kiwi fruit peel by the hydrothermal-carbonization method is reported. The existence of heteroatoms as chemical compositions in the KN-CDs was confirmed from FTIR, XPS, and EDX mapping studies. KN-CDs 1 and KN-CDs 2 exhibit a moderate degree of graphitization and narrow size distribution with average grain sizes of ca. 5.1 and 5.6 nm, respectively. Further, as-synthesized KN-CDs 1 and KN-CDs 2 emitted strong blue fluorescence under a UV light with quantum yields of 14 and 19%, respectively. Additionally, a redshift in emission with the excitation wavelength was observed. The fluorescence of the KN-CDs was prominently quenched with Fe3+ ions and showed good linearity between concentrations of Fe3+ in the range of 5–25 μM and (F0/F)/F0. The detection limits of Fe3+ ions by KN-CDs 1 and KN-CDs 2 were obtained as 0.95 and 0.85 μM, respectively. Therefore, as-synthesized KN-CDs can be used as effective fluorescence probes for the detection of Fe3+ ions with high sensitivity and selectivity in an aqueous medium without any further surface passivation. Thus, the unique KN-CDs from the natural waste material will motivate researchers towards the use of the KN-CDs for human safety and environmental pollution.

Supplementary Materials

The following are available online at https://www.mdpi.com/article/10.3390/chemosensors9070166/s1, Figure S1: ATR-FTIR spectra of KN-CDs 1 and KN-CDs 2, Figure S2: (a,b) FESEM images with different magnifications and (c) EDX spectrum of KN-CDs 1, Figure S3: (a-d) FESEM images of KN-CDs 2 with different magnifications and (e) the corresponding EDX spectrum.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization, data curation, investigation and writing-original draft, R.A.; Methodology and Resources, T.N.J.I.E.; Visualization and writing-review & editing, S.P.; Formal analysis, R.V.; Investigation and visualization, A.K.S.; Validation and visualization, R.S.B.; Project administration and supervision, Y.R.L. All authors equally contributed to this work. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

Funding

This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korean government MSIT (2021R1A2B5B02002436).

Institutional Review Board Statement

Not applicable.

Informed Consent Statement

Not applicable.

Data Availability Statement

No data availability.

Acknowledgments

Authors thanks the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) for providing the financial support.

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Scheme 1. Schematic illustration of the fluorescent KN-CDs formation from leftover kiwi fruit peel.
Scheme 1. Schematic illustration of the fluorescent KN-CDs formation from leftover kiwi fruit peel.
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Figure 1. (a) XRD patterns and (b) Raman spectra of the KN-CDs.
Figure 1. (a) XRD patterns and (b) Raman spectra of the KN-CDs.
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Figure 2. (a) XPS survey spectra of the KN-CDs. (b) C 1s, (d) N 1s, and (f) O 1s levels of high-resolution XPS of KN-CDs 1. (c) C 1s, (e) N 1s, and (g) O 1s levels of high-resolution XPS of KN-CDs 2.
Figure 2. (a) XPS survey spectra of the KN-CDs. (b) C 1s, (d) N 1s, and (f) O 1s levels of high-resolution XPS of KN-CDs 1. (c) C 1s, (e) N 1s, and (g) O 1s levels of high-resolution XPS of KN-CDs 2.
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Figure 3. (a) FESEM image of KN-CDs 1 and the corresponding elemental mapping of (b) carbon, (c) oxygen, and (d) nitrogen, and (e) overlapping of elemental mapping.
Figure 3. (a) FESEM image of KN-CDs 1 and the corresponding elemental mapping of (b) carbon, (c) oxygen, and (d) nitrogen, and (e) overlapping of elemental mapping.
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Figure 4. (a) FESEM image of KN-CDs 2 and the corresponding elemental mapping of (b) carbon, (c) oxygen, (d) nitrogen, and (e) overlapping of elemental mapping.
Figure 4. (a) FESEM image of KN-CDs 2 and the corresponding elemental mapping of (b) carbon, (c) oxygen, (d) nitrogen, and (e) overlapping of elemental mapping.
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Figure 5. (a,b) TEM and (c) HRTEM image of KN-CDs 1. (a) Particle size distribution graph of KN-CD 1). (d,e) TEM and (f) HRTEM image of KN-CDs 2. (d) Particle size distribution graph of KN-CD 2.
Figure 5. (a,b) TEM and (c) HRTEM image of KN-CDs 1. (a) Particle size distribution graph of KN-CD 1). (d,e) TEM and (f) HRTEM image of KN-CDs 2. (d) Particle size distribution graph of KN-CD 2.
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Figure 6. (a) UV–vis spectrum; (b) excitation and emission spectra; (c) excitation-dependent emission spectra; (d) excitation-dependent emission normalized spectra of KN-CDs 1.
Figure 6. (a) UV–vis spectrum; (b) excitation and emission spectra; (c) excitation-dependent emission spectra; (d) excitation-dependent emission normalized spectra of KN-CDs 1.
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Figure 7. (a) UV–vis spectrum; (b) excitation and emission spectra; (c) excitation-dependent emission spectra; (d) excitation-dependent emission-normalized spectra of KN-CDs 2.
Figure 7. (a) UV–vis spectrum; (b) excitation and emission spectra; (c) excitation-dependent emission spectra; (d) excitation-dependent emission-normalized spectra of KN-CDs 2.
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Figure 8. Fluorescence emission spectra of KN-CDs 1 at (a) different storage times at room temperature and (b) different irradiation times under a UV lamp. Fluorescence emission spectra of KN-CDs 2 at (c) different storage times at room temperature and (d) different irradiation times under UV light.
Figure 8. Fluorescence emission spectra of KN-CDs 1 at (a) different storage times at room temperature and (b) different irradiation times under a UV lamp. Fluorescence emission spectra of KN-CDs 2 at (c) different storage times at room temperature and (d) different irradiation times under UV light.
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Figure 9. (a) Changes in the emission spectra of KN-CDs 1 by the addition of different metal ions (1000 μM) and (b) the corresponding metal ion affinity (%). (c) Fluorescence spectra of KN-CDs 1 in the presence of different amounts of Fe3+ ions (5–25 μM), and (d) the linear calibration graph for (F0/F)/F0 with different concentrations of Fe3+ ion.
Figure 9. (a) Changes in the emission spectra of KN-CDs 1 by the addition of different metal ions (1000 μM) and (b) the corresponding metal ion affinity (%). (c) Fluorescence spectra of KN-CDs 1 in the presence of different amounts of Fe3+ ions (5–25 μM), and (d) the linear calibration graph for (F0/F)/F0 with different concentrations of Fe3+ ion.
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Figure 10. (a) Changes in the emission spectra of KN-CDs 2 by the addition of different metal ions (1000 μM) and (b) the corresponding metal ion affinity (%). (c) Fluorescence spectra of KN-CDs 2 in the presence of different amounts of Fe3+ ions (5–25 μM), and (d) the linear calibration graph for (F0/F)/F0 with different concentrations of Fe3+ ion.
Figure 10. (a) Changes in the emission spectra of KN-CDs 2 by the addition of different metal ions (1000 μM) and (b) the corresponding metal ion affinity (%). (c) Fluorescence spectra of KN-CDs 2 in the presence of different amounts of Fe3+ ions (5–25 μM), and (d) the linear calibration graph for (F0/F)/F0 with different concentrations of Fe3+ ion.
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Table 1. Comparison of different CDs with various carbon precursors for the sensing of Fe3+ ions.
Table 1. Comparison of different CDs with various carbon precursors for the sensing of Fe3+ ions.
No.Carbon PrecursorExcitation (nm)Linear Range (μM)LOD (μM)Reference
1L-glutamic acid3608–803.8[1]
2Graphite36510–2001.8[21]
3Crop wastes3500–5005.23[62]
4Hydrogenated rosin3100–606.16[63]
5Tartaric acid3500–700.5[64]
6P. avium3100–1000.96[61]
7Cellulose3201–1001.14[65]
8Lignin3200–3505.34[66]
9Citric Acid3600–1503.4[67]
10Kiwi fruit peel3605–250.85This Work
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