Coatings
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2020
·Vol. 10
·期 4
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IF 2.436
Qiannan Ye,Xu Zhang,Dong Guo,Wei Xu,Honglong Ning,Tian Qiu,Jinxiong Li,Danqing Hou,Rihui Yao,Junbiao Peng
High-quality SnO2:Si films and SnO2:10 at.% Ga films were prepared by the solution method. The roughness of films is below 1.08 nm, and possess exceptional transparency (>75%) and decent semiconductor properties. Based on this, the SnO2:Si/SnO2: Ga homojunctions with different Si doping concentrations were prepared. It is found that the conductivity of the SnO2:Si thin film gradually increases, and the rectification characteristics of the homojunction are optimized with increasing Si doping content. The SnO2:15 at.% Si/SnO2:10 at.% Ga homogeneous junction has the best performance, the turn-on voltage is as low as 5.6 V, and it also exhibits good unidirectional conductivity. The photoresponse of the SnO2:15 at.% Si/SnO2:10 at.% Ga homojunction under the lights of red, yellow, and purple was explored respectively. The result shows that the device responds strongly to purple light. Compared with the test results in the dark environment, the device current increases by two orders, which is expected to be applied in the field of near-ultraviolet detection.Keywords:solution method;SnO2;homojunction;highly transparent;photoresponse
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材料科学
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光电学
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半导体物理
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ACS Applied Electronic Materials
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2021
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IF 3.314
Zhiqiang Lai,Tao Zhao,Pengli Zhu,Dan Liu,Xianwen Liang,Rong Sun
Recently, improving the reliability of silver nanowire (AgNW) has become an interesting topic for promoting working performance and service life of portable electronic devices. In this work, flexible, transparent, and highly conductive AgNW-based films are fabricated by electroplating Cu, Co, or Ni on polyethylene terephthalate. The AgNW network deposited by metal shell (Metal@AgNW) via electroplating exhibits improved conductivity with acceptable transmittance. The Metal@AgNW effectively enhances the chemical reliability of AgNW concerning the electrochemical migration and the UV degradation of Ag, maintaining a superior mechanical property. For the sulfurizing degradation of AgNW, only Ni@AgNW holds a relatively strong resistance. In addition, a high electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding effectiveness (SE) up to 30 dB of Metal@AgNW with a good stability in the frequency range of 8.2–12.5 GHz is obtained, which is higher than that of pristine AgNW network. Theoretical calculations in combination with the corresponding experiments are employed to investigate the mechanism of electroplating Cu, Co, or Ni on AgNW. As a result, electroplated Ni on AgNW is the densest and most reliable coating in comparison to other metals due to the relatively strong interaction between electroplated Ni particles and the Ag surface. Therefore, electroplating Ni on AgNW is the preferred approach to obtain flexible, transparent, and high-conductivity films with superior reliability.
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材料科学
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电子工程
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ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
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2025
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IF 8.2
Haibin Zhao,Xuerui Zang,Yuanyuan Shen,Ming Tan,Peng Wang,Jiajia Wu
High transparency and durable antifouling surfaces are crucial for Marine applications. However, achieving a long-lasting marine coating that combines both antifouling properties and high transmittance remains a significant challenge. In this study, we present a novel high-adhesion, self-healing Slippery Liquid-Infused Porous Surface (SLIPS) antifouling coating with a unique three-arm structure, designed from a poly(dimethylsiloxane) supramolecular polymer, inspired by the design of natural spider webs. This structure leverages multistrength dynamic hydrogen bonds, including a quadruple hydrogen bond motif, the 2-ureido-4-pyrimidinone (UPy) unit. The three-arm structure enhances adhesion by providing additional binding sites, which facilitate interactions with interfacial groups through the dynamic rearrangement of UPy units. Importantly, the coating exhibits enhanced chain mobility due to the placement of UPy units on the side chains, resulting in a self-healing efficiency of 80% after 24 h in underwater environments. This performance is substantially higher than that of coatings with UPy units in the main chain, which achieve only 30% efficiency. Furthermore, the prepared coating not only exhibited improved transparency (∼93.9%) but also demonstrated flexibility, antifouling properties, and resistance to biological contamination. The design strategy presents a promising solution for manufacturing multifunctional materials with tailored features and intricate structures. These materials demonstrate strong self-cleaning and antifouling properties, suitable for use in harsh conditions, including applications like self-cleaning windows and optical sensor protection.
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海洋生物学
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SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS
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2019
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IF 6.019
Shenghua Lin,Ling Ai,Jing Zhang,Tongle Bu,Hongjiang Li,Fuzhi Huang,Jun Zhang,Yuehui Lu,Weijie Song
Silver ants forage at extremely high environmental temperatures, the hairs of which play a crucial role in reducing the body temperature via enhanced optical reflection and radiative heat dissipation as a passive daytime radiative cooler. Inspired by the hierarchical feature structure of the hairs, we fabricated the flexible photonic architectures (FPA) on polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS). With some modification to the feature structure, the FPA-PDMS exhibited not only a large emittance in the mid-infrared spectral range , comparable with that of state-of-the-art thermal emitters , but also the record-high transmittance and haze in the visible and near-infrared range, which would be particularly appealing to photovoltaic devices for maximizing sunlight absorption and minimizing parasitic heat. The ease of application of the FPA-PDMS was demonstrated in both emerging perovskite and mature commercial crystalline silicon solar cells , where the FPA-PDMS was electrostatically attached to their glass superstrates or covers and the improvements in photovoltaic characteristics as a result of enhanced light harvesting were confirmed through laboratory measurements. Though the synergetic effects of the improved transparency and heat radiation brought by the FPA-PDMS need to be characterized outdoors in the future, these findings pave the way for suppressing optical and thermal losses simultaneously in opto-electric-thermal coupled devices through learning sophistically evolved photonic architectures from nature.
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材料科学
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光学工程
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能源技术
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JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN CERAMIC SOCIETY
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2021
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IF 5.302
Zuodong Liu,Yumeng Ji,Chunyan Xu,Yuqing Wang,Yang Liu,Qilong Shen,Guoqiang Yi,Yongsheng Yu,Bingchu Mei,Peng Liu,Qiangshan Jing
Raw SrF 2 powders were synthesized by the chemical precipitation method, and the mean particle size was 58.48 nm. Er:SrF 2 transparent ceramics were obtained by hot-pressed (HP) technique, and the effect of ErF 3 levels on the transparency, microstructure, luminescence spectroscopic and microhardness were studied. The ratio of emission intensities R (Red/Green) increased with the ErF 3 doping levels. The addition of ErF 3 was found effectively to reduce grain size and has a positive effect on improving the microhardness. The SrF 2 ceramic doped with 5 wt.% ErF 3 (2 mm thick) showed the best optical transparency, the transmittance at 500 nm and 1200 nm are 87.9 % and 89.5 %, respectively. The average grain size, Vickers hardness ( Hv ), and fracture toughness ( K IC ) for the SrF 2 ceramic were 21.1 ± 4.5 μm, 1.73 ± 0.04 GPa, and 0.52 ± 0.08 MPa·m 1/2 , respectively.
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光学工程
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SURFACE & COATINGS TECHNOLOGY
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2024
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IF 5.3
Bao Guo,Hongjun Kang,Xinzhi Wang,Yitong Duan,Xiaotong Li,Baiqi Gao,Zhiqiang Wang,Yang Li,Songtao Lu,Xiaohong Wu
Addressing the issue of dust deposition on photovoltaic (PV) panels is of profound scientific significance and practical value for enhancing PV power generation. Transparent superhydrophobic coating is expected to be applied in the self-cleaning of PV panels. However, developing the transparent superhydrophobic dust removal coatings remains a challenge. Herein, we developed a highly transparent F-SiO 2 coating with dual self-cleaning and dust removal functions, composed of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) and SiO 2 . The coating demonstrates a high transmittance of 97 %. After self-cleaning and dust removal tests, conversion efficiency of F-SiO 2 coated PV decreased by only 0.03 % and 0.01 %, respectively, demonstrating excellent self-cleaning and dust removal performance. Additionally, the F-SiO 2 exhibits high stability. Mechanism analysis of dust removal performance reveals that the decreased effective dielectric constant from the porous structure and the reduced actual contact area between the particles and the superhydrophobic surface, thereby effectively reduces the van der Waals force between dust and coating. This work provides a novel strategy to prepare self-cleaning and dust removal coatings on PV cover plate.
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材料科学
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能源技术
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JOURNAL OF APPLIED POLYMER SCIENCE
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2024
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IF 2.7
Shi Chengyu,Li Nan,Yuan Qisong,Liu Tao,Cao Qingyuan,Qian Hanqi,Jiang Bo,Wang Jiazhi,Yu Xiangtao
Developing epoxy structural adhesives with excellent high-temperature adhesion remains a great challenge. The incorporation of fillers can enhance the performance of epoxy adhesives, albeit at the expense of reduced high-temperature adhesion properties. Polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes (POSS) is considered a promising filler for enhancing high-temperature adhesion properties due to its excellent compatibility and nano cage-structured. Herein, the rigid cage-structured was covalently introduced epoxy adhesives to improve the high-temperature adhesion properties. The introduction of 1 wt% POSS significantly increased the high-temperature (120°C) adhesion strength by 197% and toughness by 283%. The POSS-reinforced adhesive also featured excellent wide temperature adaptability, indicating that it maintained high adhesion strength at various temperatures. Furthermore, POSS drastically enhanced the transparency of epoxy adhesive by three times. It is highly anticipated that this work will open a new avenue of designing epoxy adhesives with the excellent high-temperature adhesion properties and transparency.
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材料科学
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化学工程
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胶粘技术
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CRYSTAL GROWTH & DESIGN
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2022
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IF 4.01
Qiaoxin Zhang,Qian Wu,Jingfang Zhou,Chuan Tang,Mingjun Xia
A noncentrosymmetric nonlinear optical (NLO) crystal Cd3Te2WO10 with a large band gap has been synthesized and grown using the high-temperature solution method with TeO2 as a flux. Cd3Te2WO10, crystallized in P21, contains two classes of d0 W6+ and lone-pair Te4+ cations holding asymmetric coordination environments which are associated with the second-order Jahn–Teller effect. Importantly, it has a large band gap of 4.28 eV, which is profitable for high-power application, and wide transparency region of 0.29–5.63 μm, especially in 1–5 μm possessing tremendous transmittance that exceeded 80% and fully covering the 3–5 μm range, which is one of the vital atmospheric windows, and a good Raman performance that arises from the WO4 polyhedra. In addition, Cd3Te2WO10 features phase-matching behavior owing to large birefringence and considerable second-harmonic generation response equivalent to 1.1 times that of KH2PO4, which is further elucidated by the theoretical calculation. Therefore, our experimental results demonstrate that Cd3Te2WO10 could be used as a promising functional NLO crystal.
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光学
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Journal of Materials Chemistry A
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2024
·Vol. 13
·期 1
·427-440
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IF 10.7
Dongdong Lu,Zilong Zhu,Mingning Zhu,Peng Zhang,Xiaodong Xiang
Polyelectrolyte hydrogels, combining the conductivity of polyelectrolytes with the flexibility of hydrogels, have become a popular candidate for flexible sensors, soft robotics, and electronic skins due to their remarkable stability in electrical conductivity. However, their mechanical properties and adhesive strength are limited because of their single-type bonding interaction. This work introduces a double-networked (DN) polyelectrolyte hydrogel formed through polymer chain entanglements, chemical crosslinking, and the incorporation of multiple strong and/or weak bonding interactions. The first network is a chemically crosslinked polyacrylamide (PAAm). The second network consists of polyelectrolytes (poly(diallyldimethylammonium chloride) (PDDA) and poly(methacrylic acid sodium salt) (PMAANa)), which form numerous weak and/or strong ionic bonds. Weak and/or strong hydrogen bonds are present within and between two networks. The mechanical properties and adhesive strength of the polyelectrolyte DN hydrogel can be tailored through modulating the content of PAAm, polyelectrolytes, and co-solvents. The optimal compositions have a tensile modulus of 10.8 kPa, tensile fracture strain of 1000%, and adhesive strength of 37.8 kPa. The hydrogel sensors are successfully applied to flexible electrodes for various devices for detecting human motion, handwriting recognition, and continuous monitoring of electrophysiological signals. The distinctive solvent-adjustable transparency of the gel also allows for its utilization in information encryption and decryption.
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材料科学
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生物医学工程
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柔性电子
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MACROMOLECULAR RESEARCH
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2023
·Vol. 31
·期 6
·603-613
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IF 2.4
Gu Jianbo,Wang Xiang,Xu Chengze,Feng Xiangyang,Zhang Siyuan
In recent years, high refractive index polythiourethane materials have attracted increasing attention. In this study, the soft segment part of conventional polyurethane was replaced by ethylenedithiol, and a series of nanocomposite films containing Mercaptoethanol (ME) capped ZnS NPs were prepared by UV curing after the synthesis of the bifunctional linear prepolymer with hydroxyethyl acrylate as capping agent and trifunctional prepolymer with trimethylolpropane triacrylate as sulfhydrylate capping. ZnS NPs were well dispersed in the resin system, and the transmittance of the film decreased with the increase of ZnS content, but it did not float much and still has 80% transmittance at 40%. The addition of ZnS had a significant improvement on the refractive index. The RI of the system without the addition of particles was less than 1.5, the system with 40% was greater than 1.6. It was worth noting that the Abbe number was almost greater than 30, which was in the category of low dispersion.
Graphical abstract
Preparation of highly refractive polythiourethane-ZnS composite film by “click” chemical reaction
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化学工程
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CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL
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2023
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IF 5.2
Baolu Shi,Zhiliang Zhou,Yu Chen,Xinqiao Wang,Baosheng Xu
SiO 2 aerogels have an inherent optical transparency, but there is a hydrophilic defect and high transparency and hydrophobicity seem impossible to achieve at the same time. In order to realize the practical application value of highly transparent aerogel, our study used hexamethyldisilazane (HMDS) as the hydrophobic agent to improve the hydrophobicity of the prepared highly transparent SiO 2 aerogels. We investigated the effects of HMDS concentration and modification duration on SiO 2 aerogels through the chemical liquid method. Results showed that the concentration and modification time of HMDS have no significant effect on the microstructure and properties of highly transparent SiO 2 aerogels, which maintained uniform microstructure, low thermal conductivity , good thermal stability and contact angles were all above 136°. Hydrophobic and highly transparent SiO 2 aerogels hold great potential for use as observation windows in the aerospace applications, building thermal management, and transparent coating.
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化学工程
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INDUSTRIAL CROPS AND PRODUCTS
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2024
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IF 5.6
Jiawei Li,Hao Zhang,Chengyu Hong,Mengsong Liu,Yongquan Wang,Ye Han,Yutong Song,Chao Zhou
The utilization of green and sustainable bio-based resources gets more important owing to the increasing shortage of petrochemical resources. Arbutin (AT) was considered to belong to a class of renewable polyhydroxy compounds due to its unique molecular structure. Hence, a molecular structure design strategy was employed to incorporate AT and castor oil into the backbone of anionic waterborne polyurethan (WPU). The effect of the AT content on the characteristics of WPU dispersion and casting film was thoroughly investigated. The result showed that the WPU films had excellent transparency, mechanical (the tensile strength was 28.4 MPa, the toughness was 34.3 MJ/m 3 ), and thermodynamic properties, surpassing most current vegetable oil-based WPU systems. Notably, the WPU-AT20 film could pull target 18722 times its own weight, which could be ascribed to the cooperative effects of abundant rigid rings, H-bonds, and a higher physical crosslink density in systems. The T g values of the WPU films were adjusted to range from 13.47 °C to 63.40 °C. The maximum value of T g was, in particular, outstanding at present reported systems. Intriguingly, the WPU films still exhibited prominent anti-corrosion performance towards Q235# iron after severe weather conditions of outdoor storage for 4 months. The objective of this research was to offer simple and feasible strategies for preparing eco-friendly WPU coatings with excellent anti-corrosion performance.
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绿色化学
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