The invention belongs to the technical field of preparation of carbon nanometer materials and new marine materials, and relates to a method for preparing
carbon quantum dots by using Enteromorpha in sea, and applications of the prepared
carbon quantum dots in
metal ion detection,
biological imaging and other fields. The method comprises: rinsing enteromorpha by using deionized water, placing into a 150 ml
polytetrafluoroethylene reaction kettle, adding a
borate buffer solution with the pH value of 10.0, placing the reaction kettle into a vacuum oven, carrying out a reaction for 6 h at a temperature of 180 DEG C, taking out the reaction kettle, cooling to a
room temperature to obtain a carbon
quantum dot solution, carrying out
centrifugation on the obtained carbon
quantum dot solution for 20 min through a
centrifuge under a condition of 11900 rpm, removing
solid impurities and precipitate, and taking the supernatant so as to obtain the
carbon quantum dots. According to the present invention, the method has characteristics of simple preparation process, convenient operation, easily available raw materials and low preparation cost, and the prepared carbon
quantum dots have advantages of no
toxicity, uniform particle size, excellent
fluorescence property, and good stability.