APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
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2016
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IF 3.15
Lingwei Lu,Meilin Lv,Gang Liu,Xiaoxiang Xu
Constituting solid solutions has been an appealing means to gain control over various physicochemical properties. In this work, we synthesized a series of SrTiO 3 -BiFeO 3 solid solutions and systematically explored their structural, optical and photocatalytic properties. Our results show that all solid solutions crystallize in a primitive cubic structure and their band gap values can be easily tuned by adjusting molar ratios between SrTiO 3 and BiFeO 3 . Photocatalytic hydrogen production under both full range and visible light irradiation is greatly improved after forming solid solutions. The highest hydrogen production rate obtained is ∼180 μmol/h under full range irradiation (λ ≥ 250 nm) and ∼4.2 μmol/h under visible light irradiation (λ ≥ 400 nm), corresponding to apparent quantum efficiency ∼2.28% and ∼0.10%, respectively. The activity is found to be strongly influenced by surface area and light absorption. Theoretical calculation suggests that Fe contributes to the formation of spin-polarized bands in the middle of original band gap and is responsible for the band gap reduction and visible light photocatalytic activity .
研究领域:
材料化学
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光催化
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能源材料
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无机固体化学
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半导体物理
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太阳能转化
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表面科学
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PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS
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2018
·Vol. 20
·期 27
·18455-18462
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IF 3.906
Xiangyang Duan,Chao Ma,Wentao Jin,Xiaoman Ma,Lu’an Guo,Su-Huai Wei,Jinying Yu,Yelong Wu
A simple and efficient top-down strategy, the chemical vapor etching method, is reported for synthesizing corrugated ZnO nano/micro rods (NRs). The stabilization mechanism of this unique nanostructure has been determined through a combination of aberration-corrected field emission scanning electron microscopy, high-resolution transmission electron microscopy, and first-principles calculations. The experimental data are in good agreement with the theoretical calculations, and a remarkable nonpolar-to-polar surface faceting transition is demonstrated. The corrugated-shaped structure results from the remarkable stability of the defect-induced reconstructions (O vacancy, Zn–Zn dimer), which makes the high-index polar {301} and {10} planes lower in energy compared to the nonpolar {100} plane. Based on the results of first-principles surface calculations, a general formula is established to provide an accurate description of the unusual size effect of the length of the corrugated unit vs. the NR diameter, and it also offers direct explanations for certain experimental observations. The present study deepens our atomic-level understanding of the detailed structure and stability of polar surface decorated corrugated ZnO NRs, and points to a viable path towards designing polar-stable wurtzite structures.
研究领域:
材料科学
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纳米科技
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表面科学
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凝聚态物理
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计算材料学
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JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
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2018
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IF 3.779
Pan Liu,Jiguang Liu,Jiahui Liu,Xia Dong,Rui Wang
Using nitrogen, the morphological evolution of iron oxide/alkoxide particles was investigated by altering the reaction temperature in a one-pot solvothermal synthesis , resulting in a series of particles with different shapes, such as smooth sheet-like, rough sheet-like and cubic particles. The particle shape began to transform at 180 °C due to the altered crystallization and compositions, accompanied by the evolution of the magnetic properties without post-calcination. Based on the above research, large flower-like particles could be prepared by a two-step heating process. In virtue of the structural and morphological advantages, the flower-like particles were applied in fabricating a superwetting surface.
研究领域:
材料化学
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纳米科技
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表面科学
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功能材料
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物理化学
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DOI
高影响因子
APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL
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2019
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IF 14.229
Liyuan Zhang,Shu Yang,Yuekun Lai,Hui Liu,Yiang Fan,Cao Liu,Haiying Wang,Liyuan Chai
Gaseous Hg 0 is one of the most deadly and hard-to-dispose pollutants. The oxidation of Hg 0 is a promising route, but the rational design and synthesis of highly efficient catalysts still remain grand challenges. Herein, CuO@Cu 2 O (or Cu x O) heterostructured nanoparticles uniformly monodispersing on porous carbon monolith were designed and successfully synthesized using oligo( m -phenylenediamine)-Cu 2+ complex as raw material. The Cu x O-carbon catalyst contains ∼28 wt% of Cu. Based on density functional theory calculation, the CuO@Cu 2 O junction interfaces can accelerate the Hg 0 oxidation by significantly reducing the energy barriers of reaction. Only 1 mg of the catalyst can catalyze the oxidation of more than 90 % of Hg 0 with [HCl] = 0.5 ppm, [O 2 ] = 6 vol%, T = 150 °C. The poisoning effect of either SO 2 or H 2 O on the catalysts is weak. Moreover, a long-term test confirmed that the Hg 0 oxidation rate can maintain more than 90 % even in the co-presence of SO 2 (5000 ppm) and H 2 O (10 vol%).
研究领域:
环境催化
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材料化学
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大气污染控制
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纳米材料
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表面科学
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DOI
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JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
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2023
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IF 9.9
Jing Jiang,Wei Wei,Zhen Ren,Yang Luo,Xinzhi Wang,Ying Xu,Mingming Chang,Lunhong Ai
Developing efficient catalysts for the dehydrogenation of ammonia borane (AB) is important for the safe storage and controlled release of hydrogen, but it is a challenging task. In this study, we designed a robust Ru-Co 3 O 4 catalyst using the Mott-Schottky effect to induce favorable charge rearrangement. The self-created electron-rich Co 3 O 4 and electron-deficient Ru sites at heterointerfaces are indispensable for the activation of the B-H bond in NH 3 BH 3 and the O H bond in H 2 O, respectively. The synergistic electronic interaction between the electron-rich Co 3 O 4 and electron-deficient Ru sites at the heterointerfaces resulted in an optimal Ru-Co 3 O 4 heterostructure that exhibited outstanding catalytic activity for the hydrolysis of AB in the presence of NaOH. The heterostructure had an extremely high hydrogen generation rate (HGR) of 12238 mL min −1 g cat -1 and an expected high turnover frequency (TOF) of 755 mol H2 mol Ru -1 min −1 at 298 K. The activation energy needed for the hydrolysis was low (36.65 kJ mol −1 ). This study opens up a new avenue for the rational design of high-performance catalysts for AB dehydrogenation based on the Mott-Schottky effect.
研究领域:
催化化学
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能源材料
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纳米材料科学
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表面科学
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氢能源技术
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International Journal of Electrochemical Science
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2023
·Vol. 11
·期 12
·10135-10149
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IF 1.5
Lijuan Gong,Kangquan Qiao
The corrosion inhibition performances of Diantipyrylmethane (DAM) for mild steel in 0.5 M H 2 SO 4 were investigated using weight loss, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), potentiodynamic polarization, scanning electron microscope (SEM) and quantum chemical calculation. The obtained results reveal that DAM acts as a mixed-type inhibitor with a predominantly anodic reaction, and the inhibition efficiency increases with increasing inhibitor concentration whereas decreases with increasing temperature. The adsorption of DAM on steel surface is found to obey Langmuir isotherm, and the adsorption mechanism is mixed physical and chemical adsorption. The results of quantum chemical calculation demonstrate that pyrazolone rings within molecular structure of DAM play a dominant role in corrosion inhibition of mild steel.
研究领域:
材料腐蚀与防护
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物理化学
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电化学
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表面科学
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量子化学
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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
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2017
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IF 6.216
Yan Liu,Hanpeng Gao,Shuyi Li,Zhiwu Han,Luquan Ren
Inspired by rose petals, a novel and facile method to prepare smart surface with controllable wettability for transfer and patterned storage of droplets was presented. The smart surface was obtained by alternately depositing PDDA and PSS on a copper substrate with mastoid structure prepared by laser processing. It was found that the wettability of the as-prepared copper surface can switch reversibly between superhydrophobic and superhydrophilic state. In addition, the as-prepared surface had excellent physical and chemical stability. In theory, our droplet storage platform can be processed into any size and shape to achieve different requirements for droplet storage. This study provides a simple route to fabricate bioinspired rewritable platform with reversibly switchable wettability for lossless transfer and patterned storage of droplets. It may be helpful for the development of the devices for droplet transfer and functionalized droplet storage. This method can also be applied to biodetection, microfluidic switching, and chemical microreaction.
研究领域:
表面科学
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微流控
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生物医学工程
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功能材料
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仿生学
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分析化学
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高影响因子
PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS
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2015
·Vol. 17
·期 29
·19457-19464
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IF 4.493
Ganwei Zhang,Jiwen Hu,Yuanyuan Tu,Guping He,Fei Li,Hailiang Zou,Shudong Lin,Gonghua Yang
The diblock copolymer poly[2,2,2-trifluoroethyl methacrylate-r-styrene]-block-poly[(2-cinnamoyloxyethyl methacrylate)] [P(TFEMA-r-Sty)-b-PCEMA] was synthesized via atom transfer radical polymerization. The copolymer underwent self-assembly in TFEMA/CH2Cl2 to form spherical micelles. Photo-cross-linking of the PCEMA domains of these micelles yielded cross-linked nanoparticles. The cross-linked nanoparticles were subsequently cast from CH2Cl2/methanol solvent mixtures at methanol volume fractions of more than 30% to yield rough surfaces bearing small nanobumps on micron-sized aggregations that were connected together to form cross-linked nanoparticles. These surfaces were superhydrophobic with a water contact angle of 161 ± 1° and a sliding angle of 6 ± 1°. Spraying these nanoparticles onto substrates exhibiting microscale roughness, such as filter paper, by a traditional coating technique also created superhydrophobic surfaces. A thin layer of nanoscale spherical protrusions was observed on the microscale fibers of filter paper by scanning electron microscopy. The coated filter paper samples exhibited a water contact angle and a sliding angle of 153 ± 1° and 9 ± 1°, respectively.
研究领域:
高分子化学
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材料科学
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表面科学
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纳米技术
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功能材料
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DOI
高影响因子
Plasmonics
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2015
·Vol. 11
·期 3
·909-915
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IF 2.238
Wang Shuxia,Wang Hui,Liu Ting,Huang Yingzhou,Chen Guo,Wei Hua,Su Xun,Zeng Xiping,Xia Zengzilu,Wen Weijia,Sun Mengtao
In the propagating process along metal surface, surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) mainly decay into thermal loss or release into photons, while a part of them were converted into electrons with high energy termed as hot electrons, which have great significance in photonics and electronics. In this work, the generation of plasmonic hot electrons was ascertained in the nanoparticle-film system through plasmon-driven surface catalysis (PDSC) reactions. The surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) spectra of p,p'-dimercaptoazobenzene (DMAB) catalyzed by 4-nitrobenzenethiol (4NBT) experimentally demonstrated the essential catalysis electrons were generated in this hybrid plasmon mode. The results pointed out the priority of plasmonic hot electron generation in the dimer-film gap compared to the monomer-film gap which was analyzed by the surface electric and charge distribution. Furthermore, the SERS spectra of 4NBT in the metal nanoparticle-dielectric film system confirmed the necessity of hybrid plasmon mode in the generation of plasmonic hot electrons in the nanoparticle-film system. Because of the simple configuration and convenient fabrication of nanoparticle-film system, the work on this hybrid plasmon mode has a significant role in promoting the application of plasmonic hot electrons.
研究领域:
纳米光子学
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等离激元学
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表面科学
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催化化学
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分子光学
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材料物理
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半导体器件
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JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR LIQUIDS
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2019
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IF 4.561
Pan Zhang,Lemeng Wang,Chunjie Lu,Mengying Li,Shujun Yu,Dong Fu
The surface tensions of 2‑diethylaminoethanol (DEAE)‑ N ‑(2‑aminoethyl)ethanolamine (AEEA), DEAE‑ N ‑methyl‑1,3‑propane‑diamine (MAPA) and DEAE‑1,4‑butanediamine (BDA) aqueous solutions have been measured by using the BZY-1 surface tension meter. The mass fractions of DEAE and AEEA/MAPA/BDA respectively ranged from 0.300 to 0.500 and 0.050 to 0.150. The temperature ranged from 303.2 K to 323.2 K. A thermodynamic equation was proposed to model the surface tension and the calculated results agreed well with the experiments. The effects of temperature and mass fraction of amines on the surface tension were demonstrated on the basis of experiments and calculations. The surface thermodynamics including surface enthalpy and surface entropy of blended amine aqueous solutions were also determined, and their temperature and mass fraction dependences were analyzed.
研究领域:
物理化学
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溶液化学
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热力学
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表面科学
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化工材料
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DOI
高影响因子
JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS
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2018
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IF 6.759
Xiaolong Liu,Qingzhen Han,Wenbo Shi,Cheng Zhang,Erwei Li,Tingyu Zhu
In this work, ruthenium-based bimetallic catalysts of 1Ru-5 M/TiO 2 (M = Co, Ce, Fe, Mn, Cu, Ni) were prepared and evaluated in ethyl acetate oxidation. It was found that 1Ru-5Cu/TiO 2 gave the highest catalytic activity. The influence of CuO content and the preparation method on the catalytic activity was also studied. 1Ru-5Cu/TiO 2 showed great catalytic stability in the on-stream reaction test. The influence of H 2 O on the catalytic activity is presented. The bimetallic catalyst 1Ru-5Cu/TiO 2 showed better catalytic performance than the monometallic catalysts 1Ru/TiO 2 and 5Cu/TiO 2 . XRD, TEM, HAADF-STEM, H 2 -TPR, and XPS characterizations were conducted, and the synergistic effect between Ru and Cu was well presented. In situ FTIR studies were also conducted, and the reaction intermediates were revealed on the catalyst surface. The theoretical calculations suggested that ethyl acetate is more easily adsorbed on the CuO surface, while it reacts more easily on the RuO 2 surface . Accordingly, a reaction mechanism for the catalytic oxidation of ethyl acetate over a Ru-Cu bimetallic catalyst is proposed.
研究领域:
催化化学
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环境化学
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表面科学
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材料化学
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物理化学
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DOI
高影响因子
CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS
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2015
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IF 4.074
Hui Li,Lincai Peng
To confer cellulose fibers antimicrobial and antioxidant activities, chitosan (CS)/lignosulfonates (LS) multilayers were constructed on fibers surfaces through layer-by-layer deposition technique. The formation of CS/LS multilayers on cellulose fibers surfaces was verified by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and zeta potential measurement. The surface morphologies of CS/LS multilayers on fibers surfaces were observed by atomic force microscopy (AFM). The results showed that characteristic element (i.e. N and S element) content increased with increasing bilayers number, the surface LS content increased linearly as a function of bilayers. Zeta potential of modified fibers was inversed after deposition of each layer. AFM phase images indicated that the cellulose microfibrils on fibers surfaces were gradually covered by granular LS aggregate. The antimicrobial testing results demonstrated that CS/LS multilayers modified fibers with CS in the outermost layer exhibited higher antimicrobial activity against Escherichia coli . The antioxidant testing results showed that antioxidant activity of CS/LS multilayers modified fibers was better than that of original fibers under the same oxidation conditions.
研究领域:
高分子材料
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表面科学
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生物医学工程
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功能材料
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纳米技术
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DOI
高影响因子
危险品化学品经营许可证（带存储）