ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
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2021
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IF 9.229
Yu Fang,Yang Cao,Bihui Tan,Qianlin Chen
Solar energy can be used as “green” energy by photocatalysis for the nitrogen fixation under the atmospheric conditions compared with the traditional energy-intensive industrial production of ammonia. However, the complex kinetics and high reaction barriers greatly hinder the development of the photocatalytic N2 reduction reaction. Herein, a BiOBr/MXene-Ti3C2 composite catalyst is prepared by the simple electrostatic adsorption and self-assembly method. The as-prepared 10 wt % BiOBr/Ti3C2 exhibits the best performance for N2 fixation to NH3 by photocatalysis. The evolution rate of NH3 is up to 234.6 μmol·g–1·h–1, which is approximately 48.8 times and 52.4 times higher than those of pure BiOBr and Ti3C2, respectively. It is found that the designed double vacancies of oxygen and titanium for BiOBr/Ti3C2 composites, with the availability of localized electrons, have the ability to adsorb and activate N2, which can be efficiently reduced to NH3 by the interfacial electrons transferred from the excited BiOBr/Ti3C2 composite. In addition, the results of in situ Fourier transform infrared show the generation of NxHy species by the continuous protonation processes. Moreover, titanium vacancy (VTi) induces a strong absorption energy for nitrogen atoms on the surface of BiOBr/Ti3C2 according to the density functional theory calculations. In particular, the P-electron feedback caused by VTi could effectively promote the weakening of the N≡N triple bond and elongate the N2 bond length by ∼31.6%. This work might provide new insights into the synergistic effect of double defects and inspiration for the rational design of catalysts by defect engineering in the field of catalytic synthesis of ammonia.
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材料科学
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催化化学
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Chemistry-An Asian Journal
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2025
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IF 3.3
Xiaoqian Zhou,Haicheng Song,Xinying Zhang,Lifei Chen,Yingying Chen,Zhenzhen Li,Lingyan Feng
MXene, a two-dimensional nanomaterial, has metal conductivity, high electronegativity, functionalized with surface groups, which make it widely applicable in catalysis and biosensing. However, studies on the principle of enhanced electrochemiluminescence (ECL) by MXene composites and the improvement of their performance in catalyzing the ECL reaction are still in their infancy. In this study, gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) are obtained by mild reductive reduction and loaded in situ on the Ti 3 C 2 T x MXene surface to form the composites (AuNPs@MXene). In oxygenated PBS test buffer, AuNPs@MXene enhance the ECL emission of silver nanoclusters (AgNCs) with aggregation-induced electrochemiluminescence (AIECL) properties as luminophore. Approximately 7.5-fold enhancement of ECL signals is obtained by using two ECL enhancement strategies: an efficient AIECL emitter and a co-reaction accelerator. The special nucleic acid structure with “Three Way Junction (TWJ)” enables an ultra-sensitive detection of microRNA, providing an efficient and ultra-sensitive method for microRNA detection. The biosensor achieves a wide detection range of microRNA-21 from 100 aM to 1 nM, with a low detection limit of 31 aM, and exhibits excellent stability, selectivity and high reproducibility in real samples.
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生物传感
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材料科学
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分析化学
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Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering
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2024
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IF 7.4
Ruijuan Wang,Cuicui Li,Wei Tian,Hao Liang,Nana Wang,Hongping Zhang,Fupeng Jin,Ruibin Guo,Zunli Mo,Nijuan Liu
In order to ensure the sustainable development of nuclear energy in the future and reduce the damage of nuclear-contaminated water to the ecological environment and organisms, it is of great significance to extract and remove uranium from the environment. In this work, phosphorylated functionalized MXene (TBP-M-OH(e)) was synthesized using a sacrificial template method. Due to the removal of the template, it exhibited a higher surface phosphoryl grafting rate, a looser structure, and a faster adsorption rate compared with TBP-M-OH. The uranium adsorption capacity measured at 298 K, pH=6, C 0 =100 mg·g −1 , m: V=0.5 g·L −1 was 885.00 mg·g −1 along with high selectivity, exceeding most of the reported adsorbents. Even after five cycles of experiments, the uranium adsorption capacity remains satisfactory. The adsorption mechanism of TBP-M-OH(e) was described by FTIR and XPS. The high adsorption performance was attributed to the strong affinity of the phosphonyl group for uranium, as well as the synergistic effect of the amine group in APTES and the functional group of MXene itself for uranium. In conclusion, TBP-M-OH(e) showed an excellent potential for the treatment of nuclear contaminated water.
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材料科学
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环境科学
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核能技术
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ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA
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2024
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IF 5.5
Lidong Jiao,Mingshu Zhao,Zhou Su,Mangmang Shi,Min Li,Feng Li
Supercapacitors have received widespread attention from scientific researchers due to the advantages of high power density, fast charging/discharging rate and long cycle life. Among them, the development of high performance and high safety electrode materials are important research topics in the field of supercapacitors. Herein, zeolitic imidazolate framework (ZIF) derivatives is a good candidate material for supercapacitors electrode because of its controllable pore rate, constant cavity and larger specific area. However, the reunion phenomenon and the damaged structure during the reaction seriously affected its electrochemical properties, especially its stability. To solve this problem, the few-layer MXene was added into ZIF-67 to inhibit the reunion of single materials and the carbonization process was operated to improve its conductivity and structure stability. In addition, the CoNi 2 S 4 /carbon/MXene (CNS/C/MXene) obtained by the solvent thermal method successfully inherited the hollow cages structure and rough surface from the precursor, expressing a better electrochemical performance. In three-electrode system, the CNS/C/MXene electrode can exhibit the specific capacitance of 1221.6 F g −1 (169.7 mAh g −1 ) at 1 A g −1 and still maintain a high capacitance of 966.4 F g −1 (134.2 mAh g −1 ) at 20 A g −1 (79.1 % of the former). After assembling it with activated carbon into asymmetric supercapacitor, the device can provide a high energy density of 19.82 Wh kg −1 at a power density of 469.31 W kg −1 and maintain about 71.17 % of the initial capacitance after 30,000 cycles under a current density of 20 A g −1 , representing excellent cycle stability and rate capability.
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材料科学
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电化学
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能源存储
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