Journal of Environmental Sciences
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2024
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IF 5.9
Jiahui Liu,Fangyuan Dong,Yaqi Huang,Yanghe Fu,Xinqing Lu,Rui Ma,Fumin Zhang,Shuhua Wang,Weidong Zhu
Reducing the cost of RuO 2 /TiO 2 catalysts is still one of the urgent challenges in catalytic HCl oxidation. In the present work, a Ce-doped TiO 2 supported RuO 2 catalyst with a low Ru loading was developed, showing a high activity in the catalytic oxidation of HCl to Cl 2 . The results on some extensive characterizations of both Ce-doped TiO 2 carriers and their supported RuO 2 catalysts show that the doping of Ce into TiO 2 can effectively change the lattice parameters of TiO 2 to improve the dispersion of the active RuO 2 species on the carrier, which facilitates the production of surface Ru species to expose more active sites for boosting the catalytic performance even under some harsh reaction conditions. This work provides some scientific basis and technical support for chlorine recycling.
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催化科学
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SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA PART A-MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY
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2022
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IF 4.831
Jia Li,Huizhu Zhang,Dongxue Yu,Weie Wang,Wei Song,Libin Yang,Xin Jiang,Bing Zhao
Considering the variable valence characteristics of rare earth elements, they can be in a variety of valence forms coexistence. Doping of rare earth element with different valence states may produce different energy levels to tune the semiconductor energy band structure. We utilize rare earth element Ce doping TiO 2 for the development of high-performance semiconductor surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) substrates based on an energy-level tuning strategy. Ce doping not only forms multiple energy levels including Ce 3+ and Ce 4+ metal doping energy levels in the bandgap of TiO 2 , but also enriches the surface state level of TiO 2 itself, which together promote the separation of photogenerated carriers and improve charge transfer efficiency between substrates and absorbed molecules. This endows TiO 2 semiconductor substrate with a higher SERS enhancement factor, which can reach 2.2 × 10 6 . The detectable concentration of methylene blue can be as low as 10 −10 mol/L. Moreover, the semiconductor substrate exhibits excellent uniformity and stability. This study not only provides a new strategy to develop excellent semiconductor SERS substrate with multiple energy levels, but also lays the foundation for promising practical application of semiconductor substrate.
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CATALYSIS LETTERS
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2020
·Vol. 150
·期 7
·2045-2055
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IF 2.482
Li Chaoqun,Yang Yang,Ren Wei,Wang Jian,Zhu Tingyu,Xu Wenqing
Abstract CO is toxic and detrimental to human beings and the atmosphere. The presence of CO has become one of the important indicators for evaluating ambient air quality. Iron and steel sintering generate large amounts of flue gas emissions containing approximately 1% CO, which has become an important factor restricting the improvement of air quality in steel cities. The catalytic oxidation method is the simplest and most effective method for CO emission control. In this work, a series of Cu x Ce y /TiO 2 catalysts with different Ce doping levels were prepared by a one-step impregnation method and subsequently tested for catalytic CO oxidation. The Cu 0.5 Ce 0.5 /TiO 2 sample has the best catalytic activity under the conditions of 1% CO and 10% H 2 O. The catalysts were next characterized by XRD, BET, TEM, H 2 -TPR, XPS and in-situ DRIFTS methods. The characterization results show that Ce doping promotes the dispersion of copper species on the catalyst surface and improve the redox performance of the catalyst. The results of in-situ experiments showed that both Cu/TiO 2 and Cu 0.5 Ce 0.5 /TiO 2 catalysts followed Mars and van Krevelen mechanism, and Ce doping enhanced the adsorption and activation of oxygen, thus improving the low-temperature reaction activity of the catalysts. Graphic Abstract
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JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
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2017
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IF 3.133
Jingjing Jiang,Kai Zhang,Xiaodong Chen,Fei Zhao,Tengfeng Xie,Dejun Wang,Yanhong Lin
In this study, Ce-doped ZnO photocatalysts are successfully prepared by using a simple and facile one-pot water bath method. The as-prepared samples are characterized by means of X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), ultraviolet–visible (UV–Vis) diffuse spectroscopy and Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) surface area analysis. It is found that the as-synthesized Ce-doped ZnO possessed hollow porous structure, high surface areas and large pore volumes . The photocatalytic degradation efficiency (99%) of methyl orange (MO) with an optimal molar ratio of 0.3% Ce-doped ZnO is realized. The separation behavior of photogenerated electrons-holes pairs was investigated by surface photovoltage (SPV) and transient photovoltage (TPV) technique. The results illuminate that Ce element in Ce-doped ZnO tremendously promotes the separation of charges and inhibits the recombination of photogenerated charge carriers, corresponding to the excellent photocatalytic performance.
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Materials Horizons
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2022
·Vol. 10
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·454-465
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IF 15.717
Jianbo Li,Yanxia Wang,Xue Jiang,Zhen Tian,Huijun Kang,Zongning Chen,Enyu Guo,Zhiqiang Cao,Tongmin Wang
The thermal conductivity of superlattices is strongly reduced as compared to that of the parent materials due to phonon-scattering and thermal boundary resistances at the superlattice period interfaces. Herein, homogenous superlattices consisting of homogenous structural CeδCa1−δTiO3 and CaTi1−δCeδO3 alternate layers were obtained through a variable-valence Ce doping, providing multi-quantum well interfaces between the alternate layers due to Ce-substitution at Ca and Ti sites, respectively. This material comprising these homogenous superlattices displayed a significantly reduced lattice thermal conductivity of 1.82 W m−1 K−1 and a record high zT value of 0.405 at 1031 K in CaTiO3-based thermoelectric materials. This strategy of synthesizing homogeneous superlattices provides a cost advantage over heterogeneous superlattices prepared by the molecular beam epitaxy method and paves a route for preparing bulk superlattices with unique thermoelectric properties rooting in the quantum domain limiting effect.
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CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL
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2024
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IF 5.1
Qin Yao,Jian Zou,Jun Yang
The high solar reflectance and good colour performance are requisite for the practical application of the colour-cool pigment. In this work, Ce-doped Yb 3 Al 5 O 12 and (Y, Yb) 3 Al 5 O 12 ceramic pigments were prepared by the sol-gel method. Both Ce 3+ and Ce 4+ ions coexist in the doped pigments. Due to the 4f→5d electron transition of Ce 3+ , the Ce-doped pigments have a selective absorption at around 400–520 nm, which is responsible for the yellow hue. The content of the Ce 3+ ion determines the colour performance of the pigment. The size effect from the smaller Yb 3+ ion results in an increased content of Ce 3+ in the Ce-doped pigments, leading to an improved colour performance. The incorporation of Y 3+ ion can effectively decrease the absorption at 975 nm, thereby enhancing the solar reflectance to 80.6 %, while maintaining good colour performance (Yb 0.7 Y 2.1 Ce 0.2 Al 5 O 12 , L* = 91.40, a* = -4.89, b* = 45.33). In a simulation experiment, the ceramic glaze coating based on the prepared pigment showed a temperature reduction of 5.2 °C compared to the commercial yellow pigment ceramic coating .
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CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL
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2024
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Xiaoshun Wei,Xuechun Yang,Yun Guo,Guohao Li,Yinzhong Liu,Lingli Cheng,Zheng Jiao
Being one of toxic and flammable volatile organic compounds (VOC), n-butanol has brought about many potential health risks, there is an urgent demand for highly sensitive detection techniques to monitor its concentration in occupational environments and the air. In this paper, Ce-doped MOF:ZnO sensors under UV activation for room-temperature detection of n-butanol were synthesized by the co-precipitation method and systemically characterized by XRD, SEM, HRTEM, and XPS. The sensitive performances were evaluated by the use of a WS-30A gas sensor measurement system. The results showed that Ce doping has significantly enhanced the sensitivity of the MOF:ZnO sensors, and the response value of the 0.08 % Ce-doped ZnO sensor has achieved to 397.30, which was 9.32 times higher than that of the pristine MOF:ZnO. And the response and recovery times were 17 and 117 s respectively, demonstrating a speedy detection capability. In addition, the sensor gained excellent stability and reproducibility with special selectivity for n-butanol. The comprehensive achievements of this research would be promising to promote the development of volatile organic compound detection technology and beneficial to the well application in the fields of environmental monitoring, industrial safety, and public health.
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APPLIED CATALYSIS A-GENERAL
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2024
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Yating Xie,Nicui Yuan,Hongyang Liu,Lukai Luo,Jun Gong,Xiping Yin,Tengfei Li,Yonghua Zhou
Defect engineering by creating oxygen vacancies (OVs) and heterogeneous frustrated Lewis acid-base pairs (FLPs) emerged as an efficient strategy to enhance the selective conversion CO 2 to CH 4 . Considering the intrinsic FLPs contained in UiO-66-NH 2 (UNH for abbreviation), in this paper, the OVs was introduced therein by fabricating the Ce-doped UNH (denoted as UNH(Ce/Zr)) via one-step solvothermal route. The as-prepared UNH(Ce/Zr) catalyst exhibited the CH 4 yield of 31.02 μmol·g −1 ·h −1 accompanied with the CH 4 selectivity of 93 % and satisfying recycling stability. The XRD, SEM, FT-IR, XPS, TG, TPD and NH 3 in situ DRIFTS and in situ FT-IR characterization results justified that the UNH(Ce/Zr) possess the obviously increased OVs sites and enhanced Lewis acidic and basic properties. Additionally, the photoelectrochemical characterization results showed that UNH(Ce/Zr)−0.014 efficiently improved photogenerated electron-hole separation efficiency and charge transfer rate. It could be concluded that it was the cooperative action of OVs and FLPs that led to the high CH 4 selectivity and CH 4 yield.
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Environmental Technology & Innovation
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2022
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IF 7.758
Zhen Jiao,Zhijia Miao,Heluan An,Qing Li,Xiangyuan Meng
Water eutrophication caused by phosphate emissions has become a serious environmental issue. In this study, we used the solvothermal method to prepare a novel Ce-doped MIL-100(Fe). Scanning electron microscope observations suggest that Ce-doped MIL-100(Fe) consisted of irregular polyhedrons in the size range of tens of micrometers. Spectroscopy results show that cerium atoms (Ce) were successfully doped into the MIL-100(Fe) frameworks. The specific surface area and pore size of the Ce-doped MIL-100(Fe) were 2.6 m 2 /g and 3.4 nm, respectively. Adsorptive kinetics indicated that the pseudo-second-order model with a high correlation coefficient of ( R 2 : 0.9950) fitted better than the pseudo first-order model with R 2 of 0.9436. The adsorptive isotherms showed that for these adsorption reactions, the Langmuir model matched much better than the Freundlich model for this adsorption. These facts suggest that adsorption is chemical sorption, which occurred on a homogeneous surface. The adsorption capacity of the Ce-doped MIL-100(Fe) was as high as 12.03 mg/g. The adsorption capacity of the Ce-doped MIL-100(Fe) depended strongly on the solution pH, ionic strength, and the coexisted ions. The study also found that the precipitation reaction and complexation interaction might be dominated in the adsorption. This study may contribute to the design of bimetal organic frameworks, and might add new insights into the removal of phosphate.
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International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology
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2018
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·783-791
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IF 1.165
Yi Ding,Xinggui Long,Shuming Peng,Zhaoyi Tan,Dong Zhang,Xirui Lu
Ce-doped zirconia ceramics with general stoichiometry of Zr 1- x Ce x O 2 (0 ≤ x ≤ 1) have been obtained by substitution of Ce 4+ for Zr 4+ in ZrO 2 . The phase and microstructure evolutions of the ceramics were investigated, and the effects of composition, temperature, and pH value on the chemical durability of the ceramics were also studied. The results show that the phase transformation from monoclinic to tetragonal takes place at about x = 0.2, and from tetragonal to cubic at about x = 0.6. It is found that the increase in Ce content and/or sinter temperature promote the phase transformation. The leaching studies show that the normalized leaching rates of Ce (LR Ce ) increase with increasing Ce content. Moreover, LR Ce in acid solution are higher than those in neutral and alkaline solution. After 42 days, LR Ce is 10 −5 ~ 10 −7 g m −2 d −1 under all different leaching conditions, exhibiting their excellent chemical durability.
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CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL
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2024
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Junhui Tan,Rongxia Huang,Hua-Tay Lin,Kai Liu,Tianbao Xie,Yejing Dai
CaBi 2 Nb 2 O 9 (CBN) with the Aurivillius phase has a high Curie temperature ( T C ) and remarkable fatigue resistance , which has great potential for application as high-temperature sensors. However, due to its low piezoelectric properties , its practical application remains a great challenge. In this paper, Ca 1- x Ce x Bi 2 Nb 2 O 9 ceramics were prepared by the direct reaction sintering (DRS) and conventional preparation (CP) methods, respectively. The experimental results indicate that Ce doping can increase the piezoelectric coefficient d 33 of CBN ceramics by about two times. Among them, the grain size of the samples prepared by the DRS method is finer and more uniform, and the d 33 value of DRS samples is about 3.6–9.4 % higher than that of CP samples. The DRS sample Ca 0·97 Ce 0·03 Bi 2 Nb 2 O 9 has a d 33 value of 18.9 pC/N, a T C of 948 °C, and a resistivity of 1.1 × 10 5 Ω cm at 600 °C. This study shows that DRS method is an effective densification method, which can prepare CBN-based ceramics with excellent comprehensive properties, and provides an innovative preparation route to explore CBN-based ceramics with excellent piezoelectric properties.
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JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
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2024
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Ao Zhou,Wenwen Cai,Weijian Guo,Jizhen Ma,Yueqing Wang,Jintao Zhang
Designing highly effective, low-cost bifunctional electrocatalysts without noble metals for overall water splitting remains a significant challenge. In this work, interfacial coupling of Ce-doped CoSe 2 nanoneedle arrays with MXene (Ce-CoSe 2 /MXene) is developed via the facile hydrothermal and selenization methods. The extensive specific surface area and favorable hydrophilicity of Ti 3 AlC 2 , combined with the optimized electronic structure and abundant active sites from Ce-doping and selenization, contribute to the exceptional bifunctional electrocatalytic performance of the Ce-CoSe 2 /MXene electrode. Specifically, this heterostructure achieves a low hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) overpotential of 34 mV at 10 mA cm −2 , an oxygen evolution reaction (OER) overpotential of 279 mV at 100 mA cm −2 , and an overall water splitting (OWS) potential as low as 1.45 V at 10 mA cm −2 . In-situ Raman spectroscopy reveals that surface reconstruction would improve catalytic activity and stability. Theoretical calculations indicate that the Ce-CoSe 2 /MXene can improve the adsorption of intermediates and facilitate HER/OER process by lowering the kinetic barrier, thereby enhancing electrocatalytic activity. This research marks a substantial advancement in the development of low-cost, efficient electrocatalysts for overall water splitting.
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