ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA
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2023
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IF 6.6
Liang Tan,Yijin Wu,Deliang Cheng,Renzong Hu
High-capacity storage in Li-ion batteries with graphite anodes remains a challenge at low temperature. By contrast, metal-based composite anode materials, including Sn metal, have shown good lithium storage capabilities at low temperature. However, the suitable low temperature electrolyte is still infancy to achieve high efficiency capacity of Sn-based anode in ultra-low temperature. Herein, a 2-methytetrahydrofuran (2Me-THF)-based low temperature electrolyte is proven to support the excellent lithium capability of Sn-based anode at ultra-low temperatures. The formulated 2Me-THF electrolyte exhibited small changes in viscosity and ionic conductivity with decreasing temperature. A SnO 2 -LiF-G (graphite) electrode with 1 M lithium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide-(2Me-THF) electrolyte maintained 80% of the room temperature reversible capacity at -30°C and delivered a reversible capacity of 650 mAh g −1 , even at -50°C, under a current density of 100 mA g −1 . Furthermore, a detailed characterization based on Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy, X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy and Time-of-flight Secondary ion Mass Spectrometry confirmed that the formed inorganic-rich solid electrolyte interphase on the electrode surface effectively maintained the solid-liquid interfacial stability at low temperature. This work provided design concepts for ultralow temperature electrolytes for metal-based anodes, which were especially helpful for further promoting batteries for low temperature applications.
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材料科学
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电化学
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Green Energy & Environment
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2022
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IF 12.781
Guoshen Yang,Gangrui Qu,Chi Fang,Jie Deng,Xianqi Xu,Yinghao Xie,Tian Sun,Yachao Zhu,Jiaxin Zheng,Hang Zhou
The recent advances in aqueous magnesium-ion hybrid supercapacitor (MHSC) have attracted great attention as it brings together the benefits of high energy density, high power density, and synchronously addresses cost and safety issues. However, the freeze of aqueous electrolytes discourages aqueous MHSC from operating at low-temperature conditions. Here, a low-concentration aqueous solution of 4 mol L −1 Mg(ClO 4 ) 2 is devised for its low freezing point (−67 °C) and ultra-high ionic conductivity (3.37 mS cm −1 at −50 °C). Both physical characterizations and computational simulations revealed that the Mg(ClO 4 ) 2 can effectively disrupt the original hydrogen bond network among water molecules via transmuting the electrolyte structure, thus yielding a low freezing point. Thus, the Mg(ClO 4 ) 2 electrolytes endue aqueous MHSC with a wider temperature operation range (−50 °C–25 °C) and a higher energy density of 103.9 Wh kg −1 at 3.68 kW kg −1 over commonly used magnesium salts (i.e., MgSO 4 and Mg(NO 3 ) 2 ) electrolytes. Furthermore, a quasi-solid-state MHSC based on polyacrylamide-based hydrogel electrolyte holds superior low-temperature performance, excellent flexibility, and high safety. This work pioneers a convenient, cheap, and eco-friendly tactic to procure low-temperature aqueous magnesium-ion energy storage device.
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电化学
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能源存储
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材料科学
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超级电容器
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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
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2022
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IF 16.744
Guoshen Yang,Xianqi Xu,Gangrui Qu,Jie Deng,Yachao Zhu,Chi Fang,Olivier Fontaine,Pritesh Hiralal,Jiaxin Zheng,Hang Zhou
The earth-abundant magnesium resource and aqueous electrolyte make aqueous magnesium-ion batteries (AMIBs) a promising post-lithium-ion battery technology to synchronously address cost and safety concerns. Nonetheless, the freeze issue of aqueous electrolytes is curbing the development of AMIBs working at low-temperature conditions. Here, we report an MgCl 2 solution having a great low-temperature property via anion and concentration adjustment, which roots in the variation of the pristine hydrogen bond reticulation. Consequently, a 4 M MgCl 2 aqueous electrolyte endows a low freezing point (−62 °C) as well as ultra-high ionic conductivity (2.77 mS/cm at −50 °C). By using 4 M MgCl 2 as an electrolyte, the MnO 2 //VO 2 battery is capable of working in a wide temperature range from +25 to −50 °C, achieving a high discharge capacity of 97.9 mAh/g (0.1 A/g) and a high cycling capability of 1000 cycles (∼90 % capacity retention at −20 °C). Furthermore, MgCl 2 can be well compatible with polyacrylamide into an outstanding hydrogel electrolyte (in terms of mechanical property, anti-freeze performance, and high ionic conductivity) for a flexible quasi-solid-state MIBs application. The assembled flexible device attains appealing electrochemical properties across a broad temperature region, while the constructed pouch cell demonstrates superior flexibility and reliable safety. Our current exploration depicts an expeditious but productive paradigm for devising the high-performing AMIBs for low-temperature energy storage sectors.
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电化学
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材料科学
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能量存储
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Advanced Energy Materials
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2021
·Vol. 11
·期 39
·2101855
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IF 29.368
Liang Tan,Xuexia Lan,Jinwei Chen,Hanyin Zhang,Renzong Hu,Min Zhu
Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) suffer dramatic energy reduction, and are even unable to safely charge below -10 °C, due to sluggish Li + transport kinetics in the anode, electrolyte and solid electrolyte interphase (SEI), as well as large overpotential which causes Li plating on the anode surface. Herein, a SnO 2 -LiF-graphite (SLG) composite anode is developed for wide temperature application. The SLG with a propylene carbonate electrolyte delivers a stable capacity of more than 900 mA h g −1 at 60 °C with 100 mA g −1 , maintaining 823.9 mA h g −1 at -10 °C. When matched with a tetrahydrofuran-based electrolyte, the SLG delivers stable capacities of 780.4 mA h g −1 at -40 °C and 637.2 mA h g −1 at -50 °C, respectively. It is demonstrated that the LiF-induced inorganic-rich SEI maintains the nanostructure of the active Sn, and that their interfaces with the electrolyte are highly stable. Furthermore, the formation of α-Sn with higher Li + diffusion kinetics results in a very small overpotential (≈0.18 V) of lithiation for SLG from 30 °C to -50 °C. This work shows that LiF-modified SnO 2 anodes matched with suitable electrolytes can qualify the LIBs for a safe and long-life at wide temperature, which is helpful to further promote these batteries for low-temperature applications.
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材料科学
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能源技术
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Biomaterials Science
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2019
·Vol. 7
·期 4
·1437-1447
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IF 5.251
Mengxue Ma,Xiangmei Liu,Lei Tan,Zhenduo Cui,Xianjin Yang,Yanqin Liang,Zhaoyang Li,Yufeng Zheng,Kelvin Wai Kwok Yeung,Shuilin Wu
Implant materials are prone to bacterial infections and cause serious consequences, while traditional antibiotic therapy has a long treatment cycle and even causes bacterial resistance. In this work, a photothermal therapy (PTT) assisted drug release system has been developed on the implant surface for in situ rapid disinfection under 808 nm light irradiation within a short time, in which gentamicin (Gent) is loaded by polyethylene glycol (PEG) modified molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) on Ti surface, and then encapsulated with chitosan (CS) (CS/Gent/PEG/MoS2-Ti). The hyperthermia produced by the coatings irradiated by 808 nm near-infrared (NIR) light can not only accelerate the local release of Gent, but also reduce the activity of bacteria, which makes it easy for these locally released drugs to enter the interior of the bacteria to inhibit the protein synthesis and destroy the cell membrane. When maintained at 50 °C for 5 min under NIR irradiation, this system can achieve an antibacterial efficacy of 99.93% and 99.19% against Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus, respectively. By contrast, even after treatment for 120 min, only a 93.79% antibacterial ratio can be obtained for Gent alone. This is because hyperthermia produced from the coatings during irradiation can assist antibiotics in killing bacteria in a short time. Even under a low dose of 2 μg mL−1, the photothermal effect assisted gentamicin can achieve an antibacterial efficacy of 96.86% within 5 min. In vitro cell culture shows that the modified surface can facilitate cell adhesion, spreading and proliferation. The 7 day subcutaneous infection model confirms that the prepared surface system can exhibit a much faster sterilization and tissue reconstruction than the control group with light assistance. Compared with the traditional drug release system, this photothermy controlled drug-loaded implant surface system can not only provide rapid and high-efficiency in situ sterilization, but also offer long-term prevention of local bacterial infection.
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生物材料
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生物医学工程
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药学
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微生物学
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EcoMat
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2022
·Vol. 4
·期 2
·e12165
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IF 12.213
Guoshen Yang,Jialei Huang,Xuhao Wan,Binbin Liu,Yachao Zhu,Jiawei Wang,Olivier Fontaine,Shiqiang Luo,Pritesh Hiralal,Yuzheng Guo,Hang Zhou
Rechargeable aqueous zinc-ion batteries (ZIBs) have been considered as a promising candidate for the large-scale energy storage device owing to their low cost and high safety. However, the practical application of aqueous ZIBs at low temperature environment is hindered by the freezing aqueous electrolytes, which leads to a sharp drop in ionic conductivity, and thereby a rapid deterioration of battery performance. Herein, a chaotropic salt electrolyte based on low concentration aqueous Zn(ClO 4 ) 2 with superior ionic conductivity under low temperature (4.23 mS/cm at −50°C) is reported. The anti-freezing methodology introduced here is completely different from conventional freeze-resistant design of using “water-in-salt” electrolyte, cosolvents, or anti-freezing agent additives strategy. Experimental analysis and molecular dynamics simulations reveal that the as-prepared Zn(ClO 4 ) 2 electrolyte possesses faster ionic migration compared with other commonly used Zn-based salts (i.e., Zn(CF 3 SO 3 ) 2 and ZnSO 4 ) electrolyte. It is found that Zn(ClO 4 ) 2 electrolyte can suppress the ice crystal construction by forming more hydrogen bonds between solute ClO 4 − and solvent H 2 O molecules, thus leading to a superior anti-freezing property. The fabricated ZIBs using this aqueous electrolyte exhibits a dramatically enhanced specific capacity, remarkable rate capability, and great cycling stability over a wide temperature range, from −50 to 25°C. The aqueous ZIBs also exhibit an outstanding energy density of 238.4 Wh/kg without compromising the power density (7.9 kW/kg) under −20°C. Moreover, the assembled aqueous ZIBs can also cycle stably over 1000 cycles at an ultra-low −50°C. The high-safety and cost-effective chaotropic salt electrolyte presented here is a promising strategy for low temperature energy storage application.
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电化学
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能量存储
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材料科学
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电池技术
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ACS Applied Energy Materials
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2021
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IF 6.024
Caihong Xue,Dandan Jin,Hui Nan,Haomin Wei,Huiyuan Chen,Chao Zhang,Shiai Xu
Poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) gel polymer electrolytes (GPEs) show great potential for application in lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) due to their outstanding characteristics. However, the inferior thermal stability and low ionic conductivity limit their practical application. Herein, γ-LiAlO2 was synthesized and applied in a polyvinylidene fluoride-hexafluoropropylene (PVDF-HFP)-polybenzimidazole containing an ether bond (OPBI)-polyoxyethylene (PEO) (PHOP-LAO) GPE for improving its thermal stability and ionic conductivity properties. The ionic conductivity of PHOP-LAO is 4.83 mS cm–1, which increased by 210% compared with that of the PHOP sample. It is worth noting that the thermal shrinkage of the PHOP-LAO membrane is greatly reduced (less than 1% at 230 °C for 1 h). PHOP-LAO shows outstanding thermal stability, which is beneficial for the safety of LIBs. When the PHOP-LAO GPE was applied to LIBs with Li1.04Ni1/3Co1/3Mn1/3O2 as a cathode, the LIBs exhibit remarkable and stable cycling performance with a discharge capacity retention rate of 85% after 500 cycles at a 2 C rate and maintain a power capability retention rate of up to 77% of the initial capability at the high rate of 10 C (50 °C). PHOP-LAO thus shows great potential for achieving ultra-stable and safe LIBs in the future.
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材料科学
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Advanced Science
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2022
·Vol. 9
·期 27
·2201679
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IF 17.521
Weigang Sun,Zhen Xu,Congde Qiao,Bingxi Lv,Ligang Gai,Xingxiang Ji,Haihui Jiang,Libin Liu
Hydrogel electrolyte is widely used in solid energy storage devices because of its high ionic conductivity, environmental friendliness, and non-leakage property. However, hydrogel electrolyte is not resistant to freezing. Here, a high proton conductive zwitterionic hydrogel electrolyte with super conductivity of 1.51 mS cm –1 at −50 °C is fabricated by random copolymerization of acrylamide and zwitterionic monomer in the presence of 1 m H 2 SO 4 and ethylene glycol (EG). The antifreezing performance and low temperature conductivity are ascribed to hydrogen bonds and ionic bonds between the components and water molecules in the system and can be tuned by changing the monomer ratio and EG contents. The proton hopping migration on the ionic group of the polymer chains and Grotthuss proton transport mechanism are responsible for the high proton conductivity while Grotthuss transport is dominated at the glassy state of the polymer chains. The electrolyte-assembled supercapacitor (SC) offers high specific capacitance of 93.5 F g –1 at 25 °C and 62.0 F g –1 at −50 °C with a capacitance retention of 91.1% and 81.5% after 10 000 cycles, respectively. The SC can even work at −70 °C. The electrolyte outperforms most reported antifreezing hydrogel electrolytes and has high potential in low-temperature devices.
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材料科学
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电化学
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能量存储
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聚合物化学
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Energies
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2021
·Vol. 14
·期 15
·4520
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IF 3.004
Xiaokang Yang,Jiaqi Sun,Guang Jiang,Shucheng Sun,Zhigang Shao,Hongmei Yu,Fangwei Duan,Yingxuan Yang
Membrane water content is of vital importance to the freezing durability of proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs). Excessive water freezing could cause irreversible degradation to the cell components and deteriorate the cell performance and lifetime. However, there are few studies on the critical membrane water content, a threshold beyond which freezing damage occurs, for cold storage of PEMFCs. In this work, we first proposed a method for measuring membrane water content using membrane resistance extracted from measured high frequency resistance (HFR) based on the finding that the non-membrane resistance part of the measured HFR is constant within the range of membrane water content of 2.98 to 14.0. Then, freeze/thaw cycles were performed from −50 °C to 30 °C with well controlled membrane water content. After 30 cycles, cells with a membrane water content of 8.2 and 7.7 exhibited no performance degradation, while those higher than 8.2 showed significant performance decay. Electrochemical tests revealed that electrochemical surface area (ECSA) reduction and charge transfer resistance increase are the main reasons for the degradation. These results indicate that the critical membrane water content for successful cold storage at −50 °C is 8.2.Keywords:freezing durability;cold start;membrane water content;performance degradation;proton exchange membrane fuel cell
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能源科学
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材料科学
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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
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2023
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IF 11.4
Xiang Wan,Kai Shi,Huan Li,Fangxie Shen,Shan Gao,Xiangmei Duan,Shen Zhang,Chunning Zhao,Meng Yu,Ruiting Hao,Weifang Li,Gen Wang,Maria Peressi,Yinchang Feng,Weichao Wang
Catalytic decomposition of aromatic polluters at room temperature represents a green route for air purification but is currently challenged by the difficulty of generating reactive oxygen species (ROS) on catalysts. Herein, we develop a mullite catalyst YMn2O5 (YMO) with dual active sites of Mn3+ and Mn4+ and use ozone to produce a highly reactive O* upon YMO. Such a strong oxidant species on YMO shows complete removal of benzene from −20 to >50 °C with a high COx selectivity (>90%) through the generated reactive species O* on the catalyst surface (60 000 mL g–1 h–1). Although the accumulation of water and intermediates gradually lowers the reaction rate after 8 h at 25 °C, a simple treatment by ozone purging or drying in the ambient environment regenerates the catalyst. Importantly, when the temperature increases to 50 °C, the catalytic performance remains 100% conversion without any degradation for 30 h. Experiments and theoretical calculations show that such a superior performance stems from the unique coordination environment, which ensures high generation of ROS and adsorption of aromatics. Mullite’s catalytic ozonation degradation of total volatile organic compounds (TVOC) is applied in a home-developed air cleaner, resulting in high efficiency of benzene removal. This work provides insights into the design of catalysts to decompose highly stable organic polluters.
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环境科学
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催化化学
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材料科学
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Energy Storage Materials
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2023
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IF 20.4
Yunjing Cao,Nan Li,Kai Yuan,Na Li,Wujiu Zhang,Shiyu Liang,Zhidong Hou,Da Lei,Ting Jin,Jian-Gan Wang,Keyu Xie,Chao Shen
Ni-rich (Ni≥0.8) LiNi x Co y Mn 1− x −y O 2 (NCM) cathode materials have attracted great interest for high-energy-density lithium ion batteries (LIBs). However, layered oxides of Ni-rich CAMs are suffering from the notorious structural and interfacial degradation in the liquid electrolyte , especially at high state-of-charge (voltage) and temperature, which leads to electrochemical performance deterioration and thermal runaway of the cell. This work systematically and comprehensively reveals the underlying mechanism of the electrolyte additive phenyl trifluoromethyl sulfide (PTS) to enhance the electrochemical property of Ni-rich layered oxides at high voltage (∼4.6 V) and high-temperature (∼50 °C). Specifically, PTS observably encourages the electrode stability via cathode-electrolyte interface strengthening and reactive oxygen species deactivating mechanism, which facilitates the NCM811 cathode to adapt to the deep charging state as well as the highly oxidized environment. The binding energy calculation results reveal that the superoxide radical could steadily adsorb on the S radical or Li + sites by interacting with Li + , thus making the superoxide radical deactivated. With the interface strengthening of PTS, the Ah-level NCM811||Gr pouch cell exhibits excellent cycling stability. This work affords a guide to designing electrolytes for Ni-rich LIBs towards high-voltage and high-temperature.
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电化学
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材料科学
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能源存储
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锂离子电池
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界面化学
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Frontiers in Chemistry
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2020
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IF 3.693
Wang Yang,Ravikumar Yuvaraj,Zhang Guoyan,Yun Junhua,Zhang Yufei,Parvez Amreesh,Qi Xianghui,Sun Wenjing
D-allulose, which is one of the important rare sugars, has gained significant attention in the food and pharmaceutical industries as a potential alternative to sucrose and fructose. Enzymes belonging to the D-tagatose 3-epimerase (DTEase) family can reversibly catalyze the epimerization of D-fructose at the C3 position and convert it into D-allulose by a good number of naturally occurring microorganisms. However, microbial synthesis of D-allulose is still at its immature stage in the industrial arena, mostly due to the preference of slightly acidic conditions for Izumoring reactions. Discovery of novel DTEase that works at acidic conditions is highly preferred for industrial applications. In this study, a novel DTEase, DTE-CM, capable of catalyzing D-fructose into D-allulose was applications. In this study, a novel DTEase, DTE-CM, capable of catalyzing D-fructose into D-allulose was DTE-CM on D-fructose was found to be remarkably influenced and modulated by the type of metal ions (co-factors). The DTE-CM on D-fructose was found to be remarkably influenced and modulated by the type of metal ions (co-factors). The 50°C from 0.5 to 3.5 h at a concentration of 0.1 mM. The enzyme exhibited its maximum catalytic activity on D-fructose at pH 6.0 and 50°C from 0.5 to 3.5 h at a concentration of 0.1 mM. The enzyme exhibited its maximum catalytic activity on -fructose at pH 6.0 and 50°C with a Kcat/Km value of 45 mM−1min−1. The 500 g/L D-fructose, which corresponded to 30% conversion rate. With these interesting catalytic properties, this enzyme could be a promising candidate for industrial biocatalytic applications.
研究领域:
食品科学
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生物化学
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酶学
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微生物学
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