Catalysts
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2022
·Vol. 12
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IF 4.501
Li Cheng,Yu-Ting Zhong,Qu-Quan Wang,Li Zhou
Herein, we report an approach to prepare Cu/Cu2−xS core/shell nanorods by in situ sulfidation of copper nanorods. Firstly, copper nanorods with tunable longitudinal surface plasmon resonances were synthesized by a seed-mediated method using Au nanoparticles as seeds. A convenient in situ sulfidation method was then applied to convert the outermost layer of Cu nanorods into Cu2−xS, to increase their stability and surface activity in photocatalytic applications. The thickness of Cu2−xS layer can be adjusted by controlling the amount of S source. The Cu/Cu2−xS core/shell nanorods exhibits two characteristic surface plasmon resonances located in visible and near-infrared regions, respectively. The photocatalytic performances of Cu nanorods and their derivatives were evaluated by measuring the degradation rate of methyl orange dyes. Compared with Cu nanorods, the Cu/Cu2−xS core/shell nanorods demonstrate more than a 13.6-fold enhancement in the degradation rate at 40 min. This work suggests a new direction for constructing derivative nanostructures of copper nanorods and exploring their applications.Keywords:Cu nanorods;sulfidation;degradation
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BIOSENSORS & BIOELECTRONICS
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2015
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IF 6.409
Jianguo Zhang,Shaozhen Wang,Ni Gao,Dexiang Feng,Lun Wang,Hongqi Chen
A new turn-on luminescence energy transfer (LET) system has been designed for the detection of prostate specific antigen (PSA, a cancer marker) that utilizes Mn 2+ -enhanced long wavelength luminescence NaYF 4 : Yb, Er upconversion nanorods as the donor and gold nanorods as the acceptor. The Mn 2+ -doped NaYF 4 :Yb,Er upconversion luminescence nanorods with an emission peak located in the red region were synthesized. The presence of Mn 2+ markedly increased the luminescence intensity over that of the NaYF 4 :Yb, Er upconversion nanomaterials (excited by a 980 nm continuous wavelength laser). The surfaces of Mn 2+ -doped NaYF 4 :Yb, Er upconversion nanorods were modified with poly(acrylic acid). Antibodies against prostate specific antigen were bound to the surface of the carboxyl-functionalized upconversion nanorods, which acted as the energy donor in this LET system. Gold nanorods with an absorption band at ~666 nm were synthesized by the seed growth method, acted as the energy acceptor. The emission band of the upconversion nanorods overlapped well with the absorption band of the gold nanorods. The luminescence was quenched because of the electrostatic interactions that shortened the distance between the donor (negatively charged) and the accepter (positively charged).When the PSA antigen was added into the system, the energy acceptor and the energy donors were separated because the binding affinity between PSA and anti-PSA was greater than the electrostatic interactions, and thereby the luminescence was recovered. The linear range of detecting PSA was from 0.1172 to 18.75 ng/mL ( R =0.995), with a limit of detection for PSA as low as 0.1129 ng/mL. The method was successfully applied to the sensing of PSA in human serum samples.
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癌症研究
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Materials Today Energy
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2020
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IF 5.604
T. Huang,X. Huang,C. Hu,J. Wang,H. Liu,Z. Ma,J. Zou,W. Ding
In this work, one-dimensional NiMoO 4 and CoMoO 4 nanorods are prepared and introduced into MgH 2 to improve its hydrogen storage properties. It is observed that the MgH 2 –NiMoO 4 system exhibits lower dehydrogenation temperature and faster kinetics than the MgH 2 –CoMoO 4 system and pure MgH 2 , indicating the superior promoting effect of NiMoO 4 over CoMoO 4 . Concretely, NiMoO 4 reacts with MgH 2 during the first dehydrogenation to in situ form Mg 2 Ni and Mo 0 , both of which are crucial factors for the following hydrogen cycling process. The ‘Mg 2 Ni/Mg 2 NiH 4 ’ mutual transformation upon hydrogen release/uptake is the well-known ‘hydrogen pump’ effect which boosts the hydrogen storage performance of MgH 2 . Moreover, theoretical calculations reveal the dual roles of Mo 0 played for the hydrogen storage in MgH 2 : i) it accelerates the hydrogen de/absorption of MgH 2 through weakening the Mg–H bonding; ii) it facilitates the mutual ‘Mg 2 Ni/Mg 2 NiH 4 ’ transformation as the formation energy of Mg 2 NiH 4 decreases under the influence of Mo 0 , which we call ‘facilitated hydrogen pump’ effect in this work. Ascribing to the collaborative action between Ni- and Mo- containing species, the hydrogen storage kinetics of MgH 2 has been accelerated.
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材料科学
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纳米材料
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能源化学
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固态储氢
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金属氢化物
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催化材料
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理论计算
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Catalysts
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2019
·Vol. 9
·期 7
·616
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IF 3.444
Ruizhou Gan,Xiaohua Ma,Guorong Wang,Zhiliang Jin
CoSe2,as a kind of co-catalyst, would replace noble metals element to dope pure CdS. The CoSe2/CdS photocatalyst could be synthesized by simple physical mixing. With the introduction of CoSe2, especially 30% CoSe2/CdS, hydrogen production would be about 500 μmol within 5 h, five times that of pure CdS under the same conditions. The CoSe2/CdS photocatalyst could bear four cycles of hydrogen evolution and sustain the hydrogen production, with a minor decrease. In other words, the electron transition velocity would surge along with the introduction of CoSe2particles. The CoSe2could be deemed as the predator and exit of electrons to inspire the detachment of the hole-electron pairs and relieve the recombination of the hole-electron pairs.Keywords:CoSe2clusters;CdS nanorod;hydrogen evolution;photocatalysis
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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
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2021
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IF 13.273
Huijun Yu,Zongwei Tong,Baojie Zhang,Zhiwei Chen,Xiaolei Li,Dong Su,Huiming Ji
Fiber/aerogel composites attract considerable interest as thermal insulation materials due to their low thermal conductivity . However, in practice they deliver unsatisfactory performance due to their high infrared radiation transmittance and poor interfacial adhesion. Herein, we report a simple strategy for constructing vertically aligned 1D rutile TiO 2 nanorod arrays (TiO 2 -NRAs) directly on the surface of quartz fibers (QFs) by in-situ growth. A novel ‘fiber/nanorod/aerogel’ composite was synthesized by filling the pores of QF/TiO 2 -NRAs with SiO 2 -Al 2 O 3 aerogels (ASAs) through vacuum impregnation. The QF/TiO 2 -NRAs/ASA composite exhibited excellent thermal insulation (0.071 W·m −1 ·K −1 at 1100 °C), infrared radiation shielding performance (an extinction coefficient greater than 150 cm −1 and an infrared reflectivity greater than 95%), fire resistance (more than 1200 °C), and compressive strength (0.37 MPa, 10% strain). In-situ growth of TiO 2 -NRAs can reduce the gaseous thermal conductivity by increasing the interfacial adhesion force between fibers and aerogels, and reduce the radiation heat transfer by shielding infrared radiation. This strategy is applicable to multi-type fibers reinforced silica-based aerogel materials used for insulation and protection in extreme environments.
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Nanomaterials
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2020
·Vol. 10
·期 3
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IF 4.324
Teng Chen,Haitao Wang,Zhouping Wang,Mingqian Tan
As(III) is a toxic heavy metal which causes serious health problems. Therefore, the development of highly sensitive sensors for As(III) detection is of great significance. Herein, a turn-on luminescence resonance energy transfer (LRET) method based on luminous nanorods was designed for As(III) detection. Biotin-labelled As(III) aptamers were tagged to avidin functionalized luminous nanorods as energy donors, while graphene oxide (GO) acted as the energy acceptor. The adsorption of single-stranded DNA on graphene oxide resulted in the efficient quenching of the luminescence of the nanorods through the LRET process. In the presence of As(III), aptamers bonded to As(III) preferentially and resulted in the formation of aptamer-As(III) complexes. The aptamer-As(III) complexes were rubbed off from the GO surface due to their conformational change, which led to the recovery of the luminescence of the nanorods. A good linear relationship between the luminescence intensity and concentration of As(III) was obtained in the range from 1 to 50 ng·mL−1, with a detection limit of 0.5 ng·mL−1. Furthermore, the developed sensors showed good specificity towards As(III) and proved capable of detecting As(III) in the environment and food samples. The proposed time-resolved sensors provide a promising sensing strategy for the rapid and sensitive detection of As(III).Keywords:As(III);time-resolved luminescence;aptamer;nanorods
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CRYSTENGCOMM
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2019
·Vol. 22
·期 1
·68-73
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IF 3.382
Junli Wang,Fan Guan
Antimony selenide (Sb2Se3) is a low-toxic, element-abundant, narrow bandgap (Eg = ∼1.1–1.3 eV) semiconductor that shows potential for UV-Visible-Near-infrared optoelectronic applications. This paper reports the use of potassium selenocyanate (KSeCN) as a novel molecular selenium source to synthesize Sb2Se3 uniform nanorods. The resulting nanorods have been carefully characterized and are found to exhibit decent photoconductivity as well as broad-spectrum optical absorption with an Eg value of ∼1.35 eV. A molecular reaction mechanism is rationally proposed and evidenced for forming Sb2Se3, which is related to the thermal decomposition of selenocyanate (SeCN−) anions through the cleaving of Se–CN bonds to elemental Se(0), followed by its reduction to Se2− anions. Our work using KSeCN offers an alternative method for the synthesis of metal selenides with desirable nanostructures and properties.
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纳米技术
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半导体物理
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Journal of Energy Chemistry
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2016
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IF 2.322
Xin Liu,Junzhe Jiang,Yushuai Jia,Ailing Jin,Xiangshu Chen,Fei Zhang,Hongxian Han
Pure phase, regular shape and well crystallized nanorods of p-type semiconductor CaFe 2 O 4 have been fabricated for the first time by a facile molten salt assisted method, as confirmed by XRD , TEM, SEM and HRTEM. UV−vis diffuse reflectance spectra and Mott–Schottky plots show that the band structure of the CaFe 2 O 4 nanorods is narrower than that of the CaFe 2 O 4 nanoparticles synthesized by conventional method. The enhancement of the visible-light absorption is due to narrowness of the band gap in CaFe 2 O 4 nanorods. The appropriate ratio between the molten salt and the CaFe 2 O 4 precursors plays an important role in inhibiting the growth of the crystals along the (201) plane to give the desired nanorod morphology. This work not only demonstrates that highly pure p-type CaFe 2 O 4 semiconductor with tunable band structure and morphology could be obtained using the molten salt strategy, but also affirms that the bandgap of a semiconductor may be tunable by monitoring the growth of a particular crystal plane. Furthermore, the facile eutectic molten salt method developed in this work may be further extended to fabricate some other semiconductor nanomaterials with a diversity of morphologies.
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APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL
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2018
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IF 11.698
Hongwen Zhang,Lei Ma,Jintao Ming,Bingqian Liu,Yibo Zhao,Yidong Hou,Zhengxin Ding,Chao Xu,Zizhong Zhang,Jinlin Long
This work demonstrated the 12 fold-enhanced solar water splitting over the type-II core-shell nanostructured TiO 2 rutile photoanodes by orienting the charge flow and accelerating the hole transport to water-oxidation sites. Such nanoheterostructured photoanodes were designed rationally and prepared by a facile strategy to enwrapping an amorphous Ta 2 O x N y layer on surface of TiO 2 nanorods grown on the FTO glass substrates, consequently the incident photon-to-current conversion efficiency was increased from 2.2% to 22.6% in a two-electrode system under 390 nm light irradiation. The activity results showed that under AM 1.5 G illumination, the photocurrent output of TiO 2 @Ta 2 O x N y photoanodes reached a stable density of 1.32 mA cm −2 at 1.23 V vs RHE, and which is 12 times and ca. 4.3 times than that of the pristine TiO 2 and TiO 2 @Ta 2 O 5 counterparts, respectively. Correspondingly, the oxygen evolution rate was improved from 20.3 to 112.7 mmol m −2 h −1 . A solar-to-chemical energy conversion efficiency of ca. 1.49% was achieved at 1.23 V vs RHE.
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Small
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2023
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Zi-Yuan Wang,Jun Guo,Yu Wang,Yi-Xing Zhang,Jing Feng,Zhen-Hua Ge
Bismuth sulfide is a promising thermoelectric material because of its low cost and toxicity; however, its low electrical conductivity limits its thermoelectric properties. In this study, Bi 2 S 3 + x wt% HfCl 4 ( x = 0, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, and 1.0) bulk samples are fabricated using a combination of melting and spark plasma sintering. The microstructures, electronic structures, and thermoelectric properties of the composites are characterized. The results of electronic structure calculations show that doping with HfCl 4 produces an impurity energy level that narrows the bandgap and allows the Fermi energy level to enter the conduction band, leading to a favorable increase in carrier concentration. By regulating the HfCl 4 doping concentration, the electrical conductivity of the 0.75 wt% doped sample reaches 253 Scm −1 at 423 K and its maximum ZT value is 0.47 at 673 K. Moreover, the sample is compounded with Bi 2 S 3 nanorods prepared by the hydrothermal method, reducing thermal conductivity by 30% due to the introduction of additional interfaces and pores. This resulted in a final ZT value of 0.61 at 673 K, which is approximately eight times higher than that of pure Bi 2 S 3 . This step-by-step optimization approach provides a valuable methodology for enhancing the performance of other thermoelectric material systems.
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物理学
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Analytical Methods
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2024
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Kang Shen,Caili Bi,Haifan Yang,Miaowen Xu,Lili Huang,Youwei Wang
Based on the coordination principle of Lewis acid, the 4-mercaptophenylboronic acid (4-MPBA)-modified novel dumbbell-shaped Au-Ag nanorods (4-MPBA@DS Au-AgNRs) substrate has been developed, which could be combined with the surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) technique to detect SO42- with high sensitivity and specificity. DS Au-AgNRs synthesized in this paper with dumbbell particular structure have been verified by finite-difference time domain (FDTD) simulation to be capable of stimulating strong localized electromagnetic enhancement (EM) at nano-edge, gap, generating a large number of “hot spots” exhibiting excellent SERS performance. The 4-MPBA modified on its surface could specifically recognize SO42-, producing a change in the spectral peak at 1382 cm-1, thus realizing highly sensitive and specific sensing of SO42-. Under optimized conditions, this SERS sensor responded rapidly to SO42- within 2 minutes and demonstrated uncommon immunity. Ratio calculation by the ratio of the characteristic peaks at 1382 and 1070 cm-1 (I1382/I1070) enabled quantitative detection of SO42- in the range of 1 × 10-8-1 × 10-3 M, and the detection threshold was as low as 1 nM, which was superior to that of similar detection methods. Importantly, the utility and reliability of this SERS substrate for the determination of SO42- in actual samples were evaluated using ion chromatography as the gold standard, and there was no significant difference between the two protocols (P > 0.05), and the RSD was less than 6% with a satisfactory recovery rate (97.6-102.3%). Therefore, the present protocol has the advantages of simplicity and rapidity, high sensitivity, specificity, stability, and practicability in the determination of SO42- in aqueous solution, providing a reliable solution for tracing SO42- in the field of food safety and environmental testing.
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分析化学
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食品安全
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MICROCHIMICA ACTA
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2020
·Vol. 187
·期 7
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IF 6.232
Zhang Xue,Shen Yan-Feng,Li Xin-Xin,Yang Jin-Rong,Liu Zhao-Sheng,Huang Yan-Ping
An organic-inorganic hybrid monolithic column doped with gold nanorods (AuNRs) was prepared and evaluated for solid phase extraction (SPE) of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). Excellent dispersibility of AuNRs in binary green porogen system consisting of 1-hexyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate and deep eutectic solvents (DESs) was confirmed by energy dispersive spectrometry (EDS). The particle size of the resulting AuNRs (70–90 nm) was thoroughly examined by a transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The redox system including ammonium persulfate (APS) and tetramethylethylenediamine (TEMED) was used to initiate in situ polymerization at 4 °C to prepare the hybrid monolith. The mesoporous structure of the AuNR hybrid monoliths was confirmed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and nitrogen adsorption. With enrichment factors (EFs) of 150- to 292-fold, the developed method was successfully applied to the determination of 10 PAHs in wastewater samples. The recoveries at a spiked level were in the range 84.9 to 99.5% with limit of detections (LODs) and relative standard deviations (RSDs) ranging from 0.02 to 0.10 μg L −1 and 1.5 to 4.2%, respectively. The correlation coefficients ( R 2 ) for the calibration function obtained were better 0.9991 for the target compounds. Compared to the AuNR-free monolith, the extraction efficiency of the AuNR-incorporated monolith is more than two times higher. The results indicated that the doping of AuNRs is an effective approach to obtain the hybrid monolithic column with good separation ability for PAHs.
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