Nanoscale Research Letters
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2019
·Vol. 14
·期 1
·1-13
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IF 3.159
Liu Jun,Wu Zhaohui,He Quanguo,Tian Qingyong,Wu Wei,Xiao Xiangheng,Jiang Changzhong
Abstract For an economical use of solar energy, photocatalysts that are sufficiently efficient, stable, and capable of harvesting light are required. Composite heterostructures composed of noble metals and semiconductors exhibited the excellent in catalytic application. Here, 1D Ag/Au/AgCl hollow heterostructures are synthesized by galvanic replacement reaction (GRR) from Ag nanowires (NWs). The catalytic properties of these as-obtained Ag/Au/AgCl hollow heterostructures with different ratios are investigated by reducing 4-nitrophenol (Nip) into 4-aminophenol (Amp) in the presence of NaBH 4 , and the influence of AgCl semiconductor to the catalytic performances of Ag/Au bimetals is also investigated. These hollow heterostructures show the higher catalytic properties than pure Ag NWs, and the AgCl not only act as supporting materials, but the excess AgCl is also the obstacle for contact of Ag/Au bimetals with reactive species. Moreover, the photocatalytic performances of these hollow heterostructures are carried out by degradation of acid orange 7 (AO7) under UV and visible light. These Ag/Au/AgCl hollow heterostructures present the higher photocatalytic activities than pure Ag NWs and commercial TiO 2 (P25), and the Ag/Au bimetals enhance the photocatalytic activity of AgCl semiconductor via the localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) and plasmon resonance energy transfer (PRET) mechanisms. The as-synthesized 1D Ag/Au/AgCl hollow heterostructures with multifunction could apply in practical environmental remedy by catalytic manners. Graphical abstract
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ENERGY & FUELS
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2025
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Fanghui Wang,Yitong Dou,Hong Zhu
To enhance the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) performance of silver-based catalysts in anion-exchange membrane fuel cells (AEMFCs), a novel Co@Ag–AgCl core–shell-structured needle-like nanowire catalyst was synthesized via a polyol-solvothermal method using cetyltrimethylammonium chloride (CTAC) as a surfactant. The results showed that when the CTAC concentration was 5 times the critical micelle concentration, the needle-like nanowires had the best dispersibility, and the synergistic interaction between the Ag–AgCl composite shell and cobalt core significantly enhanced the catalytic performance. The Co@Ag–AgCl3/C catalyst demonstrated exceptional ORR activity with a half-wave potential of 0.753 V, a limiting current density of 4.580 mA cm–2, and an electron transfer number close to 4 (3.88). Remarkably, during 10,000 cycles of durability testing (0.3–1.0 V vs RHE), the half-wave potential of the catalyst only shifted negatively by 17 mV, demonstrating better stability than commercial Pt/C (with a negative shift of 18 mV). This work provides critical insights for developing cost-effective non-platinum catalysts in AEMFCs.
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JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
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2015
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IF 3.368
Shutao Gao,Tao Feng,Cheng Feng,Ningzhao Shang,Chun Wang
In this paper, a novel visible-light responsive photocatalyst of Ag/AgCl@MIL-101 was synthesized via vapor diffusion-photoreduction strategy. The as-prepared composite material was characterized using X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy, ultraviolet–visible diffuse reflection spectra and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Due to the synergistic effect between Ag/AgCl and MIL-101, the composite photocatalyst exhibited an enhanced and stable photoactivity for the degradation of Rhodamine B under visible light irradiation. The relationship between the photocatalytic activity and the structure of Ag/AgCl@MIL-101 hybrid material was discussed and the possible reaction mechanism was proposed.
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材料化学
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环境催化
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纳米材料
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光催化
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多孔框架材料
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Journal of Environmental Sciences
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2023
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Jiaojiao Guan,Daorong Li,Jiahui Feng,Peng Xu,Zhaonian Li,Siqi Ge,Hongxia Chen,Kunfeng Zhang
The removal of ammonia (NH 3 ) emitted from agricultural and industrial activities is of great significance to protect human health and ecological environment. Photocatalytic NH 3 oxidation to N 2 under mild conditions is a promising strategy. However, developing visible light photocatalysts for NH 3 oxidation is still in its infancy. Here, we fabricate N-TiO 2 and Ag/AgCl/N-TiO 2 photocatalysts by sol-gel and photodeposition methods, respectively. The introduction of N not only endows TiO 2 with visible light response (absorption edge at 460 nm) but also results in the formation of heterophase junction (anatase and rutile). Thus, N-TiO 2 shows 2.0 and 1.8 times higher than those over anatase TiO 2 and commercial TiO 2 for NH 3 oxidation under full spectrum irradiation. Meanwhile, surface modification of Ag can simultaneously enhance visible light absorption (generating localized surface plasmon resonance effect) and charge separation efficiency. Therefore, the photocatalytic activity of Ag/AgCl/N-TiO 2 is further improved. Furthermore, the presence of N and Ag also enhances the selectivity of N 2 product owing to the change of reaction pathway. This work simultaneously regulates photocatalytic conversion efficiency and product selectivity, providing some guidance for developing highly efficient photocatalysts for NH 3 elimination.
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JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
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2011
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IF 3.068
Zibao Gan,Aiwu Zhao,Maofeng Zhang,Dapeng Wang,Wenyu Tao,Hongyan Guo,Da Li,Ming Li,Qian Gao
A facile strategy has been reported to obtain on-line fresh Ag as surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) active substrates by making AgCl nanoparticles exposed to the laser beam of Raman spectrometer. The composition and morphology of AgCl nanoparticles were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), UV–visible (UV–vis) spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The laser-driven evolvement and possible formation mechanism of cubic AgCl nanoparticles to Ag/AgCl composites were also investigated by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM). Raman measurements demonstrate that the fresh Ag nanoparticles with a few defects have a prominent SERS sensitivity to probe molecules, such as the 4-mercaptopyridine (4-Mpy) and 4-aminothiophenol (PATP) molecules. The SERS intensity of 4-Mpy and PATP increases up to the maximum when the laser irradiation time is prolonged to 50 s, which corresponds to the defect extent and the proportion of fresh Ag in the Ag/AgCl composites. This work provides a simple, efficient and feasible approach for obtaining on-line fresh Ag as SERS substrates.
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APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
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2013
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IF 2.112
Weibing Li,Fangxia Hua,Jiguang Yue,Jiwei Li
Metal-semiconductor compounds, such as Ag@AgX (X = Cl, Br, I), enable visible light absorption and separation of photogenerated electron–hole through surface plasmon resonance (SPR) effect. However, the electron–hole generated and separated by light are vulnerable in Ag@AgX phase because of the occurrence of secondary recombined. In order to more effectively utilize the SPR photocatalytic effect, a heterojunction interface electric field was implemented effectively by introducing some cost-effective semiconductor materials with wide band gap to Ag@AgX compound, thereby preventing photogenerated electrons from secondarily compounding with the holes. In this article, by mixing 500 nm diameter ZnO and Ag@AgX compounds with mole ratio 1:1, studies show that 15 min illumination under visible light can complete degradation of rhodamine B (RhB), and indicate a high stability of photocatalytic degradation. Through Mott–Schottky plots and photoinduced I – t curve, the results show that through the ZnO/Ag@AgCl composition, heterojunction interface electric field can be formed effectively, thus increasing the separation efficiency and transfer speed of photogenerated electrons and holes, and improving the photocatalytic performance. Meanwhile, Ag@AgCl can implement the photosensitization of ZnO with high efficiency through SPR effect, which will enlarge the response range of photocatalyst to the visible area.
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等离激元学
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环境化学
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Catalysis Science & Technology
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2020
·Vol. 10
·期 24
·8230-8239
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IF 5.721
Haiqin Lv,Yanyan Duan,Xin Zhou,Guimei Liu,Xin Wang,Yuanhao Wang,Mingzhe Yuan,Qingguo Meng,Chuanyi Wang
The abuse of tetracycline antibiotics (TCs) has created great threats to both human health and the ecosystem. Therefore, developing efficient technologies to remediate these contaminants is of significant and practical interest. In this work, a ternary plasmonic Ag/AgCl@In2O3 nanocomposite was synthesized by growing AgCl on the surface of one-dimensional In2O3 nanorods, followed by the in situ photoreduction of Ag from AgCl on AgCl@In2O3. The as-synthesized Ag/AgCl@In2O3 nanocomposite exhibits excellent performance for the photocatalytic degradation of tetracycline (TTC) with a degradation rate constant of 0.166 min−1, which is much better than that of pristine In2O3, Ag@In2O3, AgCl@In2O3, Ag/AgCl, and In2O3 + Ag/AgCl (the mechanical mixture of In2O3 and Ag/AgCl) samples. Five photocatalytic cycling tests demonstrate that Ag/AgCl@In2O3 possesses outstanding stability. In addition, Ag/AgCl@In2O3 also exhibits excellent photo-activity for the degradation of other types of tetracycline antibiotics, e.g. chlortetracycline (CTC) and oxytetracycline (OTC). Further trapping experiments prove that h+ and ˙O2− are responsible for the photocatalytic reactions. The enhancement in the photoactivity of the Ag/AgCl@In2O3 system is largely due to the surface plasmon resonance effect (SPR) provided by the Ag nanoparticles, which inject electrons into AgCl and/or In2O3, and the efficient separation of photoinduced carriers is possible by transferring electrons to the conduction band of In2O3. This work provides a new type of photocatalyst towards the effective treatment of tetracycline antibiotics in aqueous systems.
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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
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2018
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IF 6.735
Yanping Zhu,Runliang Zhu,Yunfei Xi,Tianyuan Xu,Lixia Yan,Jianxi Zhu,Gangqiang Zhu,Hongping He
The conventional heterogeneous Fenton reaction is often confined by the lower regeneration of Fe 2+ , which then inhibits the decomposition of H 2 O 2 and the generation of OH. Here we propose a novel idea to significantly accelerate the redox cycling of Fe 2+ /Fe 3+ in heterogeneous Fenton reaction by introducing photo-generated electrons from plasmonic particles. Towards this aim, novel plasmonic Ag/AgCl nanoparticles coated ferrihydrite (Ag/AgCl/Fh) have been synthesized. Compared with pure Fh, a remarkable enhancement in the photo-Fenton degradation towards bisphenol (BPA) can be observed for all Ag/AgCl/Fh samples under visible light. Noticeably, the rate constant of 6%Ag/AgCl/Fh is 0.0506 min −1 , which is about 5.1 times as high as that of pure Fh (0.0099 min −1 ). Moreover, the catalytic activity of 6%Ag/AgCl/Fh on the degradation of BPA remains quite efficient with a low Fe leaching after 4 recycles. The results of the effect of initial pH indicates that Ag/AgCl/Fh samples exhibit relatively high photo-Fenton catalytic activity even at pH 6. The electron spin resonance (ESR) analysis reveals that OH plays a significant role in the photo-Fenton reaction. The concentration of OH can even reach 267.6 μmol/L after 60 min, which is much higher than that of pure Fh (69.2 μmol/L). The measurement of Fe 2+ concentration and the XPS Fe2p spectra of Ag/AgCl/Fh before and after the degradation of BPA indicate the loading of Ag/AgCl can accelerate the conversion of Fe 3+ /Fe 2+ by the photo generated electrons from Ag nanoparticles due to the surface plasmon resonance (SPR) effect under the visible light irradiation.
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APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
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2016
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Yan Zhang,Wenqi Zhang,Lin Wang,Feng Wang,Haifeng Yang
We reported a simple and fast method to prepare a composite material of polydopamine (PDA) adlayer covered cubic AgCl core, which was inlaid with Ag nanoparticles (NPs), shortly named as AgCl/PDA/AgNPs. The resultant AgCl/PDA/AgNPs could be employed as surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) substrate for in-situ detection and the SERS activity could be further greatly improved due to the production of more AgNPs upon laser irradiation. With 4-mercaptopyridine (4-Mpy) as the probe molecule, the enhancement factor could reach 10 7 . Additionally, such SERS substrate shows good reproducibility with relative standard deviation of 7.32% and long term stability (after storage for 100 days under ambient condition, SERS intensity decay is less than 25%). In-situ elevating SERS activity of AgCl/PDA/AgNPs induced by laser may be beneficial to sensitive analysis in practical fields.
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ACS Applied Energy Materials
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2019
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IF 0
Shaohai Wu,Hengquan Yang,Zhengsen Wu,Chengyan Liu,Lei Miao,Jie Gao,Xiaoyang Wang,Xiuxia Wang,Chengjin Shen,Jacques G. Noudem,Jun Wang
Eco-friendly and low-cost layered SnSe2-based materials have been attracting great attention in the thermoelectric field for their intrinsically low thermal conductivity. In this work, we applied AgCl as Cl-dopant and formed Ag-rich precipitates in SnSe2 polycrystals, and their thermoelectric properties were investigated. The results demonstrate that Cl was artificially incorporated into SnSe2 by the substitution of Se atoms, playing as donor centers and thus increasing the carrier concentration by 2 orders of magnitude, leading to a tremendous improvement of the electrical conductivity and power factor. However, Ag atoms hardly enter into the Sn lattice sites and brought about the generation of Ag-rich precipitates. The complicated microstructures with multiple types of defects, such as point defects, boundaries, dislocations, and so on, result in a relatively low lattice thermal conductivity in the AgCl-introduced SnSe2 samples. Additionally, the anisotropic electrical and thermal transport properties were investigated, and the results show that higher ZT values were obtained along the pressing direction in these textured samples because of the significantly suppressed lattice thermal conductivity caused by the enhanced phonon scattering via the interior van der Waals layers. Ultimately, a maximum ZT value of 0.35 was realized at 400 °C in the polycrystalline SnSe2 with introduction of 11 mol % AgCl, which is nearly 3 times higher than that value of the pristine counterpart. It demonstrates that the combined effects of Cl-doping, Ag-rich precipitates, and texturing could effectively enhance the ZT value for polycrystalline SnSe2.
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热电学
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固体物理学
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INDUSTRIAL CROPS AND PRODUCTS
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2022
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IF 6.449
Ming Zhang,Lei Shi,Xiling Du,Zhongrui Li,Yanhua Shi,Congcong An,Jian Li,Chengyu Wang,Junyou Shi
Directional transport of liquid is crucial for many applications including seawater desalination, oil/water separation, fog collection, membrane distillation and so forth. Particularly, Janus wood membranes, with asymmetric special wetting property on two sides, and mechanically robust bio-based substrate with ample pores and open nano-/micro-channels, present enticing opportunities to address this challenge. In this study, we report a Janus mesoporous wood-based membrane demonstrating the capabilities for simultaneous oil/water separation, aromatic dyes removal, and seawater desalination. Thanks to the inner driving force arising from the asymmetric special wettability, unique wood microchannels for the transpiration of trees, and the synergistic effect of PPy and Ag/AgCl NPs anchored to wood matrix, Janus mesoporous wood-based membrane would promote the desired transport without any external energy input for high-efficiency seawater desalination and switchable oil/water separation. Meanwhile, the aromatic dyes and other organic compounds in industrial wastewater or polluted seawater would get more opportunities to contact with the anchored Ag/AgCl NPs during flowing through the wood microchannels. Above advantages endow the Janus mesoporous wood-based membrane with excellent pollutant degradation efficiency (MB: 86.4 %, RhB : 91.9 %), high solar conversion efficiency (95.33 %), outstanding separation efficiency towards oil-in-water emulsion (∼99.51 %), remarkable oil adsorption capacity (∼8 times of its own weight), and great antibacterial efficiencies (E. coli: 99.87 %, S. aureus : 99.78 %, B. subtilis: 99.96 %). Results also show that this Janus mesoporous wood-based membrane has the satisfactory resistance to acid and base, robust mechanical structure, good recycling stability, high salinity tolerance and remarkable self-desalting capability. This study represents a new avenue for fabrication and design of Janus wood-based photothermal materials, and certainly will contribute to alleviating the global water and energy shortage issue.
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MICROCHIMICA ACTA
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2025
·Vol. 192
·期 11
·1-10
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IF 5.3
Li Ming-Yan,Yu Yaqi,Zhang Rui-Qiao,Qiu Zhiwei,Li Xiang,Wang Ying-Hui,Qi JiaYi,Zeng Jingbin,Wen Cong-Ying
A label-free colorimetric biosensor based on Au@Ag@AgCl core-shell nanomaterials has been developed. The biosensor operated through a unique mechanism where Au@Ag@AgCl nanoparticles were progressively etched by ammonia produced during urease-catalyzed urea decomposition. This etching process induced a distinct color transition of the colloidal solution from orange to pink and ultimately to red, enabling quantitative determination of urease concentration. The multi-core-shell design of Au@Ag@AgCl provided highly enriched color gradients and significantly enhanced visual resolution, achieving a detection limit of 0.147 U/mL, which was 85 times lower than that of the commercial urease test strips. Notably, the assay required no complex surface modifications or separation procedures, offering high operational simplicity which could be accomplished within 15 min. All these advantages greatly facilitated in-situ and in-time detection of urease. Finally, this assay was applied to the detection of simulated saliva samples with recoveries ranging from 104.4% to 123.0%, thereby validating its robust anti-interference capability and potential application in practice. Thus, the proposed Au@Ag@AgCl core-shell nanostructure-based label-free biosensor might provide a rapid, quantitative, and user-friendly alternative approach for monitoring Heliobacter pylori infection. Graphical
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生物传感器
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分析化学
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医学诊断
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即时检测
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