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Review

Application of Carbon Dots in the Petroleum Industry: A Review

by
Yingbiao Xu
1,
Yefei Wang
1,*,
Kai Jin
2,
Tingyi Wang
2,
Lingyu Zhang
2 and
Longhao Tang
2
1
School of Petroleum Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China
2
Sinopec Shengli Oilfield Technology Inspection Center, Dongying 257000, China
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Processes 2025, 13(3), 761; https://doi.org/10.3390/pr13030761
Submission received: 3 January 2025 / Revised: 8 February 2025 / Accepted: 3 March 2025 / Published: 6 March 2025
(This article belongs to the Section Materials Processes)
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Abstract

Nowadays, carbon dots (CDs) with a variety of structures and compositions are widely applied in the petroleum industry, including tracers, modification of interfacial properties and regulation of rheological properties due to their excellent modifiability, environmental compatibility, straightforward synthesis, and outstanding photoluminescent properties. In this review, we summarize the applications of CDs in the petroleum industry and elucidate the effects of CDs based on the classification of application scenarios. In addition, we briefly analyze the relationship between the structure of CDs and their performance, identify the challenges we are currently facing, and discuss the structural characteristics of high-performance CDs along with their potential future applications. The discussion presented in this article is based on research on CDs and the petroleum industry. By combining these two areas, this review is expected to provide guidance to researchers working in related areas. Meanwhile, we also hope this review can offer innovative ideas for further applications of CDs in the petroleum industry.
Keywords: carbon dots; petroleum industry; nanomaterial; application; structure–performance relationship carbon dots; petroleum industry; nanomaterial; application; structure–performance relationship

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Xu, Y.; Wang, Y.; Jin, K.; Wang, T.; Zhang, L.; Tang, L. Application of Carbon Dots in the Petroleum Industry: A Review. Processes 2025, 13, 761. https://doi.org/10.3390/pr13030761

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Xu Y, Wang Y, Jin K, Wang T, Zhang L, Tang L. Application of Carbon Dots in the Petroleum Industry: A Review. Processes. 2025; 13(3):761. https://doi.org/10.3390/pr13030761

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Xu, Yingbiao, Yefei Wang, Kai Jin, Tingyi Wang, Lingyu Zhang, and Longhao Tang. 2025. "Application of Carbon Dots in the Petroleum Industry: A Review" Processes 13, no. 3: 761. https://doi.org/10.3390/pr13030761

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Xu, Y., Wang, Y., Jin, K., Wang, T., Zhang, L., & Tang, L. (2025). Application of Carbon Dots in the Petroleum Industry: A Review. Processes, 13(3), 761. https://doi.org/10.3390/pr13030761

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