Fig. 1

(a) Representative TEM image of the CQDs. (b) Size histogram of the CQDs with curve fitted to the data using a Gaussian model. (c) FT-IR spectra of carbonized orange peel and respective CQDs.

(a) Representative TEM image of the CQDs. (b) Size histogram of the CQDs with curve fitted to the data using a Gaussian model. (c) FT-IR spectra of carbonized orange peel and respective CQDs.