RSC Advances
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2014
·Vol. 4
·期 59
·31393-31399
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IF 3.708
Jingyi Liu,Haiping Li,Na Du,Shue Song,Wanguo Hou
BiOI hierarchical flower-like microspheres were hydrothermally prepared, using tetrabutylammonium iodide as an iodine source and template. Many BiOI hierarchical structures have been synthesized using KI, NaI, HI or ionic liquids as the iodine source, but the use of alkyl ammonium iodide as the iodine source was not reported in the literature. The so-obtained BiOI samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, nitrogen sorption measurements, and ultraviolet-visible diffuse reflectance spectroscopy. The effects of hydrothermal temperature and time on the BiOI crystal structure and morphology were investigated. The BiOI microspheres were composed of BiOI nanosheets. The photocatalytic performance of the BiOI samples was determined from the degradation of Rhodamine B, under visible light irradiation. BiOI microspheres prepared at 160 °C over 30 h exhibited excellent photodegradation efficiency, which was more than five and seven times higher than those of BiOI nanoplates and N-doped TiO2, respectively. The high photocatalytic performance was attributed to the high specific surface area and low nanosheet thickness. A morphologic factor was proposed to represent the ratio of specific surface area to nanosheet thickness, and correlated to the photodegradation efficiency of the BiOI samples. The photocatalytic efficiency increased with increasing morphologic factor. The BiOI photocatalyst exhibited excellent stability and reusability, and has potential in environment remediation.
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JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
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2017
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IF 3.133
Changchang Ma,Dan Wu,Xin Yao,Xinlin Liu,Maobin Wei,Yang Liu,Zhongfei Ma,Pengwei Huo,Yongsheng Yan
Heterojunction with nano-level interfacial contact has an advantage in improving the transfer capacity of photongenerated carriers. In consequence, a heterojunction composite with nano-level interfacial contact was developed by establishing CdSe/Al 2 TiO 5 heterojunction composites. The heterojunction composite was established by combining Al 2 TiO 5 and CdSe nanocrystals . They provided superior nano-level interfacial contact. The photocatalytic activity of heterojunction composites were illustrated to be significantly improved compared to that of pure Al 2 TiO 5 and CdSe nanocrystals. Moreover, the photocurrent intensity of heterojunction composites displays a several times enhancement, implying the promotion of photocatalytic activity was owned to the nano-level interfacial contact with ideal photogenerated electron-hole pairs transfer behavior.
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ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
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2017
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Zhao Zheng,Jingjing Hu,Hui Wang,Junlin Huang,Yihua Yu,Qiang Zhang,Yiyun Cheng
The development of light-responsive hydrogels that exhibit switchable size and mechanical properties with temporal and spatial resolution is of great importance in many fields. However, it remains challenging to prepare smart hydrogels that dramatically change their properties in response to both ultraviolet (UV) and near-infrared (NIR) lights. Here, we designed a dual-light responsive supramolecular gel by integrating UV light-switchable host–guest recognition, temperature responsiveness, and NIR photothermal ability in the gel. The gel could rapidly self-heal and is capable of both softening and stiffening controlled by UV and NIR lights, respectively. Besides stiffness modulation, the bending direction of the gel can be controlled by UV or NIR light irradiation. The smart gel makes it possible to generate dynamic materials that respond to both UV and NIR lights and represents a useful tool that might be used to modulate cellular microenvironments with spatiotemporal resolution.
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NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY
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2016
·Vol. 40
·期 6
·5604-5610
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IF 3.277
Qizhao Wang,Qiong Ma,Juhong Lian,Junbo Zhong,Fangping Wang,Jianzhang Li,Yufeng He,Rongmin Wang
Bovine serum albumin (BSA), a non-toxic natural polymer material, is used as a template agent to modify the as-prepared photocatalyst ZnO, changing the ZnO nanorod into a nanosheet. The synthesized samples were characterized by scanning microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), UV-vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS), Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy, photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy and the Brunauer–Emmett–Teller method (BET). The photocatalytic performance of the samples was evaluated via the photocatalytic degradation process of methylene blue (MB) and phenol under UV-light irradiation. Compared to pure ZnO, the ZnO/BSA composites exhibited superior photocatalytic activity, which could be attributed to the distensible surface area and the effective separation of photoinduced electron–hole pairs. Besides, the BSA used as a template could promote the photocatalysts to absorb more dye particles on its surface and improve degradation performance, which could be applied in a similar fashion between the protein and MB.
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RSC Advances
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2017
·Vol. 7
·期 80
·50546-50554
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IF 3.108
Rong Li,Chencen Sun,Jia Liu,Qiang Zhen
Magnetically recoverable sulfur-doped CoFe2O4 nanopowders were used as photocatalyst for degradation of oxytetracycline (OTC) under visible light in aqueous solution. S doped CoFe2O4 nanopowders synthesized by a simple calcining process were characterized by XRD, TEM, VSM, FT-IR, UV-vis DRS and XPS. The results showed that introducing of S element in CoFe2O4 crystal structure narrowed its band gap and increased visible light absorption. 0.3 S-CoFe2O4 exhibited the highest magnetic property and photocatalytic activity. The maximum photocatalytic conversion ratio of OTC reached 90.4% at pH = 8.5 after 5 h irradiation. During photocatalytic process, seven intermediate products were detected, and based on that a detailed degradation path way of OTC was proposed.
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APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL
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2017
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Qixing Zhou,Shuanglong Ma,Sihui Zhan
Ordered mesoporous Ag/CeO 2 nanocomposites were prepared by combining nanocasting with photo-assisted reduction. The heterogeneous photoreactivity of the prepared samples was tested for inactivating Escherichia coli ( E. coli ). These mesoporous Ag/CeO 2 nanocomposites exhibited superior photocatalytic disinfection efficiency than mesoporous CeO 2 and bulk CeO 2 , respectively. Doping Ag species could extend the absorption range to visible light area and enhance the concentration of Ce 3+ ions and oxygen vacancies, which had significant influence on the surface properties of CeO 2 . Moreover, it is the first time to verify that created midgap states through doping Ag can significantly lower the threshold of incident photon energy and broaden the adsorption spectrum demonstrated by experimental studies and density functional theory (DFT) calculations. The enhanced disinfection mechanism was attributed to the fact that the novel mesoporous structure can promote the mass transfer process and the interfacial interaction between Ag species and CeO 2 and lead to reduced recombination of free charges, rapid separation and transportation of photogenerated electrons-holes. This work provides a new method to develop novel mesoporous plasmonic photocatlysts for disinfection using solar radiation.
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POLYHEDRON
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2017
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Ya-Nan Ren,Wei Xu,Lin-Xia Zhou,Yue-Qing Zheng
In this paper, two new uranyl complexes (H 2 -bpp)[(UO 2 )( p -nba) 3 ] 2 1 and (H 2 -bipy)[(UO 2 ) 4 ( μ 3 –O) 2 ( p -nba) 6 ] 2 were synthesized by hydrothermal method base on the reaction of UO 2 Ac 2 ·2H 2 O as the metal sources, p -nitrobenzoic acid (H p -nba), 4,4′-bipyridine (bipy) and 1,3-di(4-pyridyl)-propane (bpp) as the ligands in an aqueous system. Complex 1 exhibits two crystallographically unique uranyl cation of 8-fold coordinated. Complex 2 presents a μ 3 -oxido bridged tetranuclear uranyl structural unit of edge-sharing polyhedral connection mode. These complexes were characterized by elemental analyses, IR spectra, thermogravimetric analyses (TGA), UV−Vis spectra and powder X-ray diffraction (XRD) patterns. The photoluminescence properties were investigated for the two complexes. 1 and 2 exhibit good photocatalytic activities for degradation of tetracycline hydrochloride (TC) under visible light irradiation. Moreover, it is verified that the kinetics of degradation rate was well described by the pseudo-first-order kinetics.
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MATERIALS RESEARCH BULLETIN
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2016
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Honghong Liu,Hong Gong,Mingming Zou,Heng Jiang,Rasaki Sefiu Abolaji,Ayesha Khan Tareen,Branislav Viliam Hakala,Minghui Yang
Mo-N-co-doped mesoporous TiO 2 microspheres were synthesized via a solvothermal method, followed by nitriding treatment under ammonia gas flow. The efficiency of the samples was investigated by monitoring the degradation of Rhodamine-B under visible light irradiation. The experimental results revealed that Mo-N-co-doped mesoporous TiO 2 microspheres showed better performances than Mo-TiO 2 microspheres. It was observed that; 0.1% molar quantity of Mo doped on TiO 2 at 500 °C for 2 h under nitriding conditions gave highest photocatalytic activities. The nitridation under ammonia gas of Mo-TiO 2 samples created oxygen vacant sites and led to incorporation of substitutional and interstitial Nitrogen. The enhanced visible light photocatalytic activities of Mo-N-co-doped TiO 2 photocatalyst was attributed to the large surface areas, narrow band gap and intense light absorbance in visible region. This study may create a promising and eco-friendly method towards synthesis of metal and non-metals co-doped on semiconductor materials to improve their photocatalytic activities and applications.
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Journal of Materials Chemistry A
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2016
·Vol. 4
·期 10
·3907-3913
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IF 8.262
Yi Fu,Fanyu Ning,Simin Xu,Hongli An,Mingfei Shao,Min Wei
Recently, layered double hydroxides (LDHs) have emerged as highly active photocatalysts due to their unique structure, large specific surface area and semiconductor properties. However, the slow interfacial kinetics and fast charge recombination are the major obstacles which limit the performance of LDH-based photocatalysts. Here, we demonstrate the doping of rare earth ions into the host layer of LDHs to inhibit the charge recombination and increase the charge injection efficiency simultaneously. A series of terbium ion (Tb3+) doped ZnCr–LDHs (Tb-ZnCr–LDHs) have been successfully synthesized via a co-precipitation method, and their photocatalytic water splitting activities were evaluated under visible light irradiation. The sample with a Tb3+ doping content of 0.5% (molar ratio) shows optimal performance for oxygen evolution (1022 μmol h−1 g−1) among all these Tb-ZnCr–LDH materials. The photoluminescence and photoelectrochemistry measurements over the Tb-ZnCr–LDH samples prove effective separation of photo-induced charge carriers and high charge injection efficiency, compared with a pristine ZnCr–LDH. This strategy can be applied to modify other photocatalysts toward low-cost solar fuel generation systems.
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SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL
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2017
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Yao Yao,Mingli Yin,Junqing Yan,Dong Yang,Shengzhong (Frank) Liu
Ag-WO 3 core-shell nanospheres (CSNSs) are fabricated for gas sensor applications. It is found that the sensor based on Ag-WO 3 CSNSs dramatically improve the sensor performance towards alcohol vapor, with significantly lower optimum working temperature (260 °C) and superior detection limit (0.20 ppm) comparing to pure WO 3 hollow nanospheres (HNSs). The Ag-WO 3 sensor displays an ultrahigh sensitivity under visible light illumination. When illuminated under a 150 W xenon arc light source, the response is increased from 62 to 160, the optimum working temperature is reduced from 260 to 190 °C, and the detection limit is improved from 0.20 to 0.032 ppm. This work may offer an attractive strategy to improve sensitivity of light-enhanced plasmonic metal-oxide based gas sensors.
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APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
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2016
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Yaocheng Deng,Lin Tang,Guangming Zeng,Haoran Dong,Ming Yan,Jingjing Wang,Wei Hu,Jiajia Wang,Yaoyu Zhou,Jing Tang
Polyaniline (PANI) modified mesoporous single crystal TiO 2 microsphere (PANI/MS-TiO 2 ) with excellent photocatalytic activity was successfully prepared by a simple method of solution evaporation and chemisorption. The X-ray diffraction characterization demonstrated that the whole MS-TiO 2 kept the crystal type of anatase. The nitrogen adsorption-desorption characterization coupled with scanning electron microscopy indicated that the MS-TiO 2 possessed a unique mesoporous structure with high specific surface area, which resulted in the increased load of PANI on the surface of MS-TiO 2 and multiple light reflection in the photocatalyst. The UV–vis diffuse reflectance spectra confirmed that PANI/MS-TiO 2 presented more absorption ability in the visible light range than that of the pristine MS-TiO 2 . The transient photocurrent responses and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) indicated the high photo responses and fast photogenerated charge separation efficiency of PANI/MS-TiO 2 . The photocatalytic activity of the PANI/MS-TiO 2 was evaluated by the photodegradation of RhB and MB under visible light irradiation. MS-TiO 2 photocatalyst with different molar ration of PANI had been prepared, and the results showed that the optimal photocatalyst (PANI/MS-TiO 2 (1:40)) exhibited the highest photocatalytic efficiency which is nearly three times as great as that of pristine MS-TiO 2 for the degradation of the RhB and MB under visible light irradiation. The remarkable performance of the PANI/MS-TiO 2 under visible light was attributed to its mesoporous single crystal structure with large surface, conductivity, as well as the synergistic effect between PANI and MS-TiO 2 .
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APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
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2017
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IF 3.387
Yunfang Huang,Yuelin Wei,Jing Wang,Dan Luo,Leqing Fan,Jihuai Wu
Three-dimensional Bi 2 O 3 /TiO 2 hierarchical composites have been successfully prepared by a two-step hydrothermal method and subsequent calcination. The samples were characterized using XRD, SEM, TEM, EDS, BET and DRS. The measurement results signified that heterojunctions of various morphologies β -Bi 2 O 3 growing on the three-dimensional hierarchical anatase TiO 2 nanorods arrays on FTO glass were apparently formed. The morphology of Bi 2 O 3 changed from three-dimension flower-like microstructures to the sphere-like nanoparticles as the Li(OH) dosage increased. The photocatalytic results showed that all samples exhibited much higher photocatalytic activities than that of pure Bi 2 O 3 and TiO 2 (P25) in photocatalytic degradation of methyl blue (MB) under visible-light irradiation. Whereas BTL4 sample exhibited the highest photoactivity with increasing the dosage of Li(OH) to 2 mmol. Furthermore, the absorption edge of the Bi 2 O 3 /TiO 2 series composites displayed a broad-spectrum photoabsorption from UV to visible-light compared with the individual component. The as-synthesized Bi 2 O 3 /TiO 2 composites possessed excellent photocatalytic activity and outstanding recyclability. The enhanced photocatalytic efficiency was mainly attributed to the Bi 2 O 3 /TiO 2 p - n heterojunctions and hierarchical nanostructure. The recombination of photogenerated electron–hole pairs was efficiently suppressed by the Bi 2 O 3 /TiO 2 p - n heterojunctions.
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