Conversion of palm oil empty fruit bunches to highly stable and fluorescent graphene oxide quantum dots: an eco-friendly approach

• Main Authors: Chiang, Amelia Kar Mun, Ng, Law Yong, Ng, Ching Yin, Lim, Ying Pei, Mahmoudi, Ebrahim, Tan, Lian See, Mah, Shee Keat
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier B.V. 2023
• Subjects: Q Science (General); TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/105548/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.matchemphys.2023.128433

Empty fruit bunches, a byproduct of palm oil mills, are currently underutilized despite their potential as a valuable source of biomass for material development. A novel and sustainable method is proposed in this work to produce graphene oxide quantum dots (GOQDs) using empty fruit bunches (EFB) as...