Molecular Catalysis
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2024
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IF 3.9
Yuwei Liang,Chunling Hu,Peng Chen,Qi Li,Jianning Wu,Zhiyong Liu,Jichang Liu,Yanlong Tai
5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) can catalyte into 2,5-diformylfuran (DFF) which had received much attention as a potential biomass resource. Here, we used a simple and effective method to construct hollow CdS quantum dot (CdS QDs)/MIL-101 heterostructures with high contact area and multiple active sites. The structure of heterostructures could improve photocatalytic activity by charge transfer, photogenerated carrier separation and the multiple refractions of light supported within the hollow-structured CdS QDs. The detailed catalytic mechanism was illustrated by trap agent experiments and electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy, in which superoxide radicals (·O 2 - ) play a decisive role in the catalytic oxidation of HMF to DFF. Furthermore, the large specific surface area of MIL-101 adsorbs O 2 from the reaction system thereby accelerating the ·O 2 - formation process. Under environmental conditions, 70 % CdS QDs/MIL-101 exhibited optimal catalytic performance. Comparing with pure CdS QDs, the photocurrent enhances 1.8 times, HMF conversion is 1.5 times and DFF selectivity is 1.2 times. This work provide a useful way to improve the conversion of biomass by Z-heterostructures under ambient conditions.
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES
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2025
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IF 8.5
Wenliang Lei,Juan Liu,Wenyong Zhang,Jing Xu,Tao Bo,Zhiwen Wang,Wei Wang
H 2 S is a crucial endogenous gaseous signaling molecule involved in various metabolic pathways and is associated with the biological response to heavy metal stress. The biomineralization of CdS serves as a critical mechanism for responding to cadmium stress and removing Cd 2+ in different organisms. CdS is also a widely utilized semiconductor material for the photocatalytic degradation of dyes. In this study, we found that cysteine synthetase 1 (TtCsa1) is involved in CdS formation under cadmium stress in Tetrahymena thermophila . TtCsa1 also catalyzed CdS formation in vitro, and the synthesized CdS material exhibited controllable particle size and photoluminescence. Concurrently, cysteine and glutathione functioned as capping agents to regulate CdS particle size. The biosynthetically produced CdS degraded 90 % of methylene blue under UV light. Furthermore, CdS-ZnS nanocomposites were synthesized by adding Zn 2+ into the CdS biosynthetic system, which decreased the size of CdS particles and increased the degradation rate of methylene blue. The results indicate that the CdS biosynthesized by TtCsa1 from Tetrahymena thermophila is effective in the photocatalytic degradation of organic dyes.
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JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE-MATERIALS IN ELECTRONICS
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2020
·Vol. 31
·期 22
·19797-19808
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IF 2.22
Wang Peng,Xu Shiyu,Wang Jiayu,Liu Xuezheng
Photocatalysis technology has received much attention on the treatment of antibiotics residues. In this paper, CdS quantum dots (QDs)-decorated TiO 2 (CDS-T for short) have been prepared successfully through a photodeposition method and utilized as photocatalysts for degradation of metronidazole (MTZ). Under visible light irradiation for 60 min, the degradation ratio of MTZ over CDS-T-3 that was prepared by 3 h of photodeposition reached up to 90.9%, which was 1.5 times than that reached over commercial CdS. The decoration of CdS QDs onto TiO 2 can enlarge light absorption range to visible region. Furthermore, greatly improved separation efficiency of photogenerated carriers is realized through forming heterojunction. Activity control experiments demonstrate that O 2 · − serve as the main active species, while ·OH and holes (h + ) play secondary roles on the MTZ degradation. Moreover, electron spin resonance (ESR) technique, terephthalic acid photoluminescence (TA-PL) technique and N,N-diethyl-p-phenylenediamine (DPD) method confirm that larger amounts of active species are generated from CDS-T-3 than that from commercial CdS under visible light. This study can not only offer an easy method to prepare CdS quantum dots-decorated TiO 2 but also enlarge its application in solving the problem of metronidazole contamination.
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MICROCHIMICA ACTA
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2011
·Vol. 175
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IF 2.578
Lu Wenbo,Qin Xiaoyun,Luo Yonglan,Chang Guohui,Sun Xuping
We demonstrate that CdS quantum dots (QDs) can be applied to fluorescence-enhanced detection of nucleic acids in a two-step protocol. In step one, a fluorescently labeled single-stranded DNA probe is adsorbed on the QDs to quench its luminescence. In step two, the hybridization of the probe with its target ssDNA produces a double-stranded DNA which detaches from the QD. This, in turn, leads to the recovery of the fluorescence of the label. The lower detection limit of the assay is as low as 1 nM. The scheme (that was applied to detect a target DNA related to the HIV) is simple and can differentiate between perfectly complementary targets and mismatches.
CdS quantum dots (CdSQDs) can serve as an effective sensing platform for fluorescence-enhanced DNA detection. This sensing system has a detection limit of 1 nM and is capable of differentiating between complementary and mismatched sequences.
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CRYSTAL GROWTH & DESIGN
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2024
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IF 3.2
Liguo Gao,Ke Zeng,Ye Jia,Lingxue Kong,Anmin Liu,Tingli Ma,Junjiang Bao
The epitaxial growth of heterojunctions can reduce interface defects and enhance the stability of the crystal structures. However, a higher lattice mismatch can cause local lattice distortions at the interface, resulting in relaxed strains that eventually evolve into structural defects. Herein, a nearly zero-mismatch semicoherent interface was formed with a lattice mismatch (0.3%) by epitaxial growth CsPbBr3 on CdS quantum dots (QDs), leading to a strain-free semicoherent interface. Results demonstrated that CdS/CsPbBr3 heteronanocrystals (HNCs) had excellent stability and high photocatalytic performance compared with CsPbBr3. Theoretical calculations show that the Br–Cd bond forms strong electron coupling, which not only facilitates rapid electron transfer but also provides better structural stability. Compared to the individual CsPbBr3 nanocrystals (NCs), the CdS/CsPbBr3 HNCs exhibited higher stability and 2.1 times higher photocatalytic activity. It suggests that CdS/CsPbBr3 HNCs have potential application value in energy and environmental fields.
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JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
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2021
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IF 8.128
Peng Wang,Xibin Zhou,Yu Shao,Danzhen Li,Zhongfu Zuo,Xuezheng Liu
For the first time, CdS quantum dots (QDs)-decorated InOOH (CdS-In for short) was synthesized by a facile photodeposition method. The experiment results showed that CdS-In samples exhibited excellent activity and stability towards photocatalytic reduction of nitro aromatics. The conversion ratio of 4-nitroaniline (4-NA) over CdS-In sample that was prepared with photodeposition time of 120 min (CdS-In-120) reached up to 99.4% under visible light irradiation for 40 min, which was even higher than that achieved over commercial CdS (86.2%). Besides the significant enhancement of visible light absorption, quantum sized CdS were decorated evenly on the surface of InOOH, which was very beneficial for the high activity. Furthermore, the heterogeneous junction formed at the interface of CdS QDs and InOOH can significantly increase the separation efficiency of photogenerated charge carriers. Active species control experiment and electron spin resonance (ESR) technique have proved that photogenerated electrons are the main active species towards photocatalytic reduction of nitro aromatics. It is anticipated that our study would offer meaningful insights for exploring novel InOOH-based visible light photocatalysts towards efficient reduction of nitro aromatics.
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Molecular Catalysis
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2025
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Jiaxin Song,Cheng Rao,Zeshu Zhang,Xiangguang Yang,Yibo Zhang
Photocatalytic reforming of plastics, involving converting plastics into valuable chemicals while producing hydrogen from water, is a promising green technology with sustainability potential. However, designing catalysts with optimized structures to further enhance efficiency remained a major challenge. In this study, a series of CdS Quantum dots (QDs) with different sulfur defect concentrations were synthesized by a one-step solvothermal method by adjusting the type of sulfur precursors. In the absence of co-catalysts, the optimal CdS-NS photocatalyst achieved reforming of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) into formate with 870 μmol g −1 h −1 and acetate esters with 90 μmol g −1 h −1 , while the hydrogen production rate reached 1771 μmol g −1 h −1 . EPR spectra and other analyses confirmed the presence of abundant sulfur defects in the prepared CdS QDs and further demonstrated that the concentration of sulfur defects was closely related to photocatalytic performance. Suitable sulfur defects effectively modulated the electronic and band structure of CdS QDs, enhanced the oxidation capacity of photogenerated holes, reduced the recombination rate of charge carriers, and ultimately improved photocatalytic activity. This work provided an effective approach for designing efficient photocatalysts for the high-value recycling of plastic waste to achieve carbon neutrality.
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DALTON TRANSACTIONS
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2024
·Vol. 53
·期 18
·8011-8019
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IF 3.5
Kai Liu,Mao-Jin Ran,Zhi-Rong Li,Yi-Fu Huang,Ze-Yu Jiang,Wan-Ying Li,Shokir Khojiev,Zhi-Yi Hu,Li-Hua Chen,Jing Liu,Yu Li,Bao-Lian Su
Designing efficient, inexpensive, and stable photocatalysts to degrade organic pollutants and antibiotics has become an effective way for environmental remediation. In this work, we successfully performed in situ growth of CdS QDs on the surface of elliptical BiVO4 to try to show the advantage of the binary heterojuncted photocatalyst (BVO@CdS) for the photocatalytic degradation of tetracycline (TC). The In situ growth of CdS QDs can provide a large number of reactive sites and also generate a larger contact area with BiVO4. In addition, compared with mechanical composite materials, in situ growth can significantly reduce the energy barrier at the interface between BiVO4 and CdS, providing more channels for the separation and migration of photogenerated charge carriers, and further improving reaction activity. As a result, BVO@CdS-0.05 shows the best degradation efficiency, with a degradation rate of 88% after 30 min under visible light. The TC photodegradation follows a pseudo-second-order reaction with a dynamic constant of 0.472 min−1, which is 6.47 times that of pure BiVO4, 7.24 times that of pure CdS QDs and 2 times that of the mechanical composite. The degradation rate of BVO@CdS-0.05 decreases to 77.8% with a retention rate of 88.5% after four cycles, demonstrating excellent stability. Through liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) analysis, two possible pathways for TC degradation are proposed. Through free radical capture experiments, electron spin resonance measurements, and photoelectrochemical comprehensive analysis, it is confirmed that BVO@CdS composites have constructed an efficient Z-scheme heterojunction via in situ growth, thereby highly enhancing the separation and transport efficiency of charge carriers.
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ANALYTICA CHIMICA ACTA
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2015
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IF 4.513
Yuhan Zhu,Kai Yan,Yong Liu,Jingdong Zhang
A photoelectroactive film composed of CdS quantum dots and graphene sheets (GS) was coated on F-doped SnO 2 (FTO) conducting glass for studying the electrochemical response of p -phenylenediamine (PPD) under photoirradiation. The result indicated that the cyclic voltammogram of PPD on CdS–GS hybrid film became sigmoidal in shape after exposed under visible light, due to the photoelectrocatalytic reaction. Such a photovoltammetric response was used to rapidly optimize the photoelectrocatalytic activity of hybrid films composed of different ratios of CdS to GS toward PPD. The influences of scan rate and pH on the photovoltammetric behavior of PPD on CdS–GS film revealed that although the controlled step for electrochemical process was not changed under photoirradiation, more electrons than protons might participate the photoelectrocatalytic process. Furthermore, the photoelectroactive CdS–GS hybrid film was explored for PPD determination based on the photocurrent response of film toward PPD. Under optimal conditions, the photocurrent signal on CdS–GS film was linearly proportional to the concentration of PPD ranging from 1.0 × 10 −7 to 3.0 × 10 −6 mol L −1 , with a detection limit (3S/N) of 4.3 × 10 −8 mol L −1 . Our work based on CdS–GS hybrid film not only demonstrated a new facile photovoltammetric way to study the photoinduced electron transfer process of PPD, but also developed a sensitive photoelectrochemical strategy for PPD determination.
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COLLOIDS AND SURFACES A-PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING ASPECTS
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2014
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IF 2.354
Yan Liang,Kui Yu,Jiexin Wang,Jianfeng Chen,Baochang Sun,Lei Shao
The effect of erythorbic acid (EA) on the aqueous formation of CdS quantum dots (QDs) at room temperature was explored in this work. Without N 2 protection, CdS QDs were synthesized in water by a one-pot non-hot-injection approach at room temperature. The Cd and S sources were CdCl 2 and Na 2 S, respectively, together with 3-mercapto-propionic acid (MPA) as the passivating ligand. The experimental results indicate that the use of the oxygen scavenger, i.e., EA, was critical for the formation of the CdS QDs with reasonably good optical properties, and it is also important to tune experimental parameters such as MPA-to-Cd molar ratios, pH, and reactant concentrations. The mechanism about the EA promoted formation of CdS QDs was discussed in terms of NMR, IR, in situ absorption, and photoemission studies. The very reason for the EA promoted formation of CdS QDs is due to its reducibility and passivation on the QD surface (particularly in alkaline environment). The present study suggests that the use of EA could be a practical means to enable the room-temperature formation of QDs in water.
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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
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2012
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Xiao-Liang Mao,Dong-Xing Xu,Ming-Lai Fu,Baoling Yuan,Jian-Wen Shi,Hao-Jie Cui
Zn 2 GeO 4 nanobelts modified by CdS quantum dots (Zn 2 GeO 4 /CdS) were prepared successfully by chemical bath deposition. The novel photocatalyst was characterized by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and UV–Vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy. It was found that Zn 2 GeO 4 /CdS consisted of uniform rhombohedral phase Zn 2 GeO 4 nanobelts with highly dispersed cubic phase CdS quantum dots, and the Zn 2 GeO 4 /CdS exhibited strong visible light absorption at about 510 nm. The photocatalytic activities of the catalysts were evaluated by the discoloration of Rhodamine B under visible light illumination and were compared with that of pure Zn 2 GeO 4 nanobelts. The results suggested that the composite photocatalyst had much higher photocatalytic activities than pure Zn 2 GeO 4 nanobelts under irradiation of visible light. Meanwhile, no obvious deactivation of Zn 2 GeO 4 /CdS was observed after the three recycles experiments in photodegradation of RhB. The possible mechanism of visible light photocatalytic degradation is also proposed.
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Nanomaterials
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2018
·Vol. 9
·期 1
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IF 3.504
Zhezhe Wang,Xuechun Xiao,Tong Zou,Yue Yang,Xinxin Xing,Rongjun Zhao,Zidong Wang,Yude Wang
Citric acid capped CdS quantum dots (CA-CdS QDs), a new assembled fluorescent probe for copper ions (Cu2+), was synthesized successfully by a simple hydrothermal method. In this work, the fluorescence sensor for the detection of heavy and transition metal (HTM) ions has been extensively studied in aqueous solution. The results of the present study indicate that the obtained CA-CdS QDs could detect Cu2+with high sensitivity and selectivity. It found that the existence of Cu2+has a significant fluorescence quenching with a large red shifted (from greenish-yellow to yellowish-orange), but not in the presence of 17 other HTM ions. As a result, Cu2S, the energy level below the CdS conduction band, could be formed at the surface of the CA-CdS QDs and leads to the quenching of fluorescence of CA-CdS QDs. Under optimal conditions, the copper ions detection range using the synthesized fluorescence sensor was 1.0 × 10‒8M to 5.0 × 10‒5M and the limit of detection (LOD) is 9.2 × 10‒9M. Besides, the as-synthesized CA-CdS QDs sensor exhibited good selectivity toward Cu2+relative to other common metal ions. Thus, the CA-CdS QDs has potential applications for detecting Cu2+in real water samples.Keywords:fluorescence sensor;citric acid;CdS quantum dots;copper ions;high selectivity
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