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The present review aims to provide detailed information about the recent developments in this emerging field and to provide a timely overview of potential applications of the star composite GQDs/TiO 2.

Since 2013, the investigations regarding the photodriven applications of the versatile GQDs/TiO 2 heterojunction has been harvesting the emergent research interests considering the significantly enhanced performance in a range of environment-, energy-, and bio-related areas. Despite the well-developed history of research on typical TiO 2 semiconductors, the modification of their photon-to-electron catalytic performance by incorporating graphene quantum dots (GQDs) which possesses extraordinary properties such as tuned band gap, high mobility and excellent separation of charges, great absorption capacity in the visible light region, and high surface area is still in the primary stage.
