Surfaces and Interfaces
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2024
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Yuan Zhou,Zeyi Li,Xiao Cheng,Yanxiao He,Nianbing Zhong,Xuefeng He,Qiao Lan
The burgeoning interest in all-solid-state Zn-air batteries as next-generation power sources for portable electronics is conspicuous. A pivotal aspect of their advancement lies in developing cost-effective, metal-free air electrodes with high-activity bifunctional oxygen electrocatalysts. This study introduces a superhydrophilic carbon fiber modified with oxygen functional groups (CF-O), achieved through a straightforward one-step activation treatment. Comparative analyses reveal that the CF-O electrode surpasses pristine CF in oxygen reduction and evolution reaction (OER and ORR) activity due to enhanced active sites and expedited ion transport. Notably, the OER/ORR performance depends on the type and quantity of oxygen functional groups. The optimal CF-O electrode displays an OER overpotential of 365.6 mV at 10 mA cm -2 and an ORR peak potential of 0.683 V. Utilizing the CF-O sample as the air electrode in all-solid-state Zn-air batteries yields an open-circuit voltage of 1.28 V and a peak volume power density of 82.8 mW cm -3 . Furthermore, endurance testing reveals a charge/discharge voltage gap of 1.07 V at a current density of 1.0 mA cm -2 after 30 cycles. This facile and economical fabrication approach for metal-free air electrodes holds promise for advancing high-performance metal-air batteries compared to various existing techniques.
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INDUSTRIAL CROPS AND PRODUCTS
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Yao Wu,Jinxin Lan,Lvlv Xu,Jinsen Xu,Jun Wang,Xiaojuan Ma,Shilin Cao
Cotton textiles (CTs) with antibacterial and antiviral activity are of great concern due to the needs of the health and hygiene fields. Herein, chitosan oligosaccharide (COS) and divalent zinc ion Zn (II) were innovatively introduced onto the CTs via esterification and coordination reaction initiated by citric acid (CA) and enabled the CTs with prominent antibacterial and antiviral activity ( Escherichia coli : 100 %, Staphylococcus aureus: 100 % , MS2: 99.9 %). The individual COS and Zn (II) modified CTs showed limited antibacterial performance; only concentrated zinc chloride (at least 10 %) treatment could enable the CTs to have a comparative effect with that of the combined treatment of the COS and Zn (II) (1 %). The sequential COS modification and zinc chloride (2 %) treatment was proved to be the optimum because of the 100 % bacterial inhibition rate benefitting from the dual antibacterial and antiviral mechanism originating from COS and Zn (II). The post treatment with excessive zinc chloride could shift the antibacterial mechanism from the dual to the individual action and therefore postponed to inhibit bacterial propagation. More importantly, the post Zn (II) modification could compensate for the strength loss of cotton cloth caused by the acidic degradation of cellulose. The co-modification affects the color and hydrophobicity of the CTs significantly other than the properties of toughness, softness, slipperiness, and drapeability. This strategy has the advantages of an eco-friendly and simple process, which is a good choice for preparing safe, economical, and efficient antibacterial and antiviral CTs.
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ACS Applied Nano Materials
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2024
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Ao Ding,Yupeng He,Fei-Fei Chen,Yan Yu
Bacterial infections result in significant burdens on public health, especially with the increasing prevalence of antibiotic resistance owing to the overuse of antibiotics. The development of the next-generation nanoantibacterial materials as alternatives to antibiotics is urgently needed. Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) have been emerging as promising antibacterial materials. However, the impact of metal centers on the properties and antibacterial activity of MOFs has not been clarified to date. In this work, five M-MOF nanomaterials (M = Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn) are synthesized with 2-methylimidazole as an organic ligand. Subsequently, the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC), minimum bactericidal concentration, and time-kill curves are studied to evaluate their antibacterial activity. In addition, the destruction of the bacterial cells after treatment with M-MOFs is observed via scanning electron microscopy. The experimental results demonstrate that the Co-MOF and Zn-MOF polyhedra exhibit optimal antibacterial activity. They can effectively inhibit the growth of both Gram-negative bacteria Escherichia coli and Gram-positive bacteria Staphylococcus aureus at a low concentration. On the other hand, the Fe-MOF irregular particles show the weakest antibacterial activity among five M-MOFs and the antibacterial activity of the Ni-MOF and Cu-MOF nanosheets are comparable to each other. The huge difference in antibacterial activity of M-MOFs is attributed to the difference in the shape and size, specific surface area, surface charge, ion release, and production of reactive oxygen species. Overall, this study clarifies the relationship between metal centers in M-MOFs and their antibacterial activity.
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ZEITSCHRIFT FUR ANORGANISCHE UND ALLGEMEINE CHEMIE
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2015
·Vol. 641
·期 11
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Yunsheng Liu,Dajiang Mei,Jingli Xu,Yuandong Wu
Sodium magnesium selenite NaMg 2 (OH)(SeO 3 ) 2 and rubidium zinc selenite RbZn 2 (OH)(SeO 3 ) 2 were prepared by hydrothermal reactions. The crystal structures of the title compounds were determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. NaMg 2 (OH)(SeO 3 ) 2 crystallizes in the orthorhombic space group Pnma (no. 62) with lattice parameters a = 13.1919(10), b = 6.0415(4), c = 8.2182(6) Å, and Z = 4 and RbZn 2 (OH)(SeO 3 ) 2 crystallizes in the triclinic space group P (no. 2) with lattice parameters a = 4.8698(5), b = 7.3446(8), c = 11.7796(12) Å, α = 82.554(3), β = 78.456(2), γ = 71.603(3)°,and Z = 2. The structure of NaMg 2 (OH)(SeO 3 ) 2 is a three-dimensional framework consisting of edge-sharing MgO 6 octahedra and trigonal pyramidal SeO 3 2– groups, whereas the structure of RbZn 2 (OH)(SeO 3 ) 2 is a two-dimensional layers structure consisting of corner-sharing [Zn 2 O 7 ] dimers linked by trigonal pyramidal SeO 3 2– groups. The compounds were characterized by the solid state UV/Vis/NIR diffuse reflectance, and FT-IR spectroscopy.
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Nanoscale
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2016
·Vol. 8
·期 41
·17919-17927
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Quan Xu,Yao Liu,Rigu Su,Lulu Cai,Bofan Li,Yingyuan Zhang,Linzhou Zhang,Yajun Wang,Yan Wang,Neng Li,Xiao Gong,Zhipeng Gu,Yusheng Chen,Yanglan Tan,Chenbo Dong,Theruvakkattil Sreenivasan Sreeprasad
Heteroatom doped carbon dots (CDs), with high photoluminescence quantum yield (PLQY), are of keen interest in various applications such as chemical sensors, bio-imaging, electronics, and photovoltaics. Zinc, an important element assisting the electron-transfer process and an essential trace element for cells, is a promising metal dopant for CDs, which could potentially lead to multifunctional CDs. In this contribution, we report a single-step, high efficiency, hydrothermal method to synthesize Zn-doped carbon dots (Zn-CDs) with a superior PLQY. The PLQY and luminescence characteristic of Zn-CDs can be tuned by controlling the precursor ratio, and the surface oxidation in the CDs. Though a few studies have reported metal doped CDs with good PLQY, the as prepared Zn-Cds in the present method exhibited a PLQY up to 32.3%. To the best of our knowledge, there is no report regarding the facile preparation of single metal-doped CDs with a QY more than 30%. Another unique attribute of the Zn-CDs is the high monodispersity and the resultant highly robust excitation-independent luminescence that is stable over a broad range of pH values. Spectroscopic investigations indicated that the superior PLQY and luminescence of Zn-CDs are due to the heteroatom directed, oxidized carbon-based surface passivation. Furthermore, we developed a novel and sensitive biosensor for the detection of hydrogen peroxide and glucose leveraging the robust fluorescence properties of Zn-CDs. Under optimal conditions, Zn-CDs demonstrated high sensitivity and response to hydrogen peroxide and glucose over a wide range of concentrations, with a linear range of 10–80 μM and 5–100 μM, respectively, indicating their great potential as a fluorescent probe for chemical sensing.
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Materials Science & Engineering C-Materials for Biological Applications
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2016
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Tianrong Zhan,Yang Song,Xianjun Li,Wanguo Hou
The plate-like Zn-Al layered double hydroxide modified with 1-aminopropyl-3-methylimidzaolium tetrafluoroborate (named as ILs-LDH) was synthesized by coprecipitation method. Several techniques confirmed the layered structure of ILs-LDH with a disk-like morphology. A novel electrochemical sensor based on ILs-LDH modified glass carbon electrode (GCE) was developed for bisphenol A (BPA) determination. Experimental factors including modified content, pH, scan rate, accumulation time and potential had been carefully optimized. ILs-LDH/GCE performed the excellent electro-oxidation ability toward BPA with the more negative oxidation overpotential and larger peak current than bare GCE or LDH/GCE. Differential pulse voltammetry determination of BPA afforded a wider linear range from 0.02 to 3 μM with the detection limit of 4.6 nM (S/N = 3). The fabricated sensor demonstrated an acceptable reproducibility, good stability and high sensitivity. The proposed method was successfully used to detect BPA in real water samples with satisfactory recovery ranging from 94.9% to 102.0%.
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JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
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2016
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Yaqin Chen,Jiafeng Wu,Weisen Yang,Yuanyuan Fu,Rihui Zhou,Shouhui Chen,Lixue Zhang,Yonghai Song,Li Wang
Transition metal oxides@carbon(C) nanocomposites with hierarchical three-dimensional (3D) core-shell nanoarchitectures, large surface area and high electrical conductivity as anode materials for lithium ion batteries (LIBs) are very desirable. Herein, we developed a simple and feasible route to fabricate novel hierarchical 3D ball-in-ball ZnO/ZnFe 2 O 4 @C nanospheres with well-defined hollow microstructures via one-step carbonization of Zn/Fe-metal organic frameworks for the first time. The as-prepared hierarchical 3D ball-in-ball ZnO/ZnFe 2 O 4 @C nanospheres were carefully characterized by scanning electron microscopy, energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, X-ray powder diffraction, thermogravimetric analysis , N 2 adsorption/desorption isotherm, transmission electron microscopy and electrochemical techniques . The results showed ultrafine ZnO and ZnFe 2 O 4 nanocrystals were uniformly encapsulated by few carbon layers which was derived from in-situ carbonization of the organic ligands. Benefiting from their special hollow nanoarchitectures, ultrafine ZnO and ZnFe 2 O 4 nanocrystals encapsulated by a few carbon layers, large specific surface area and high electrical conductivity, the hierarchical 3D ball-in-ball ZnO/ZnFe 2 O 4 @C nanospheres presented high reversible capacities of 1283 and 1100 mA h g −1 after first 100 cycles and the following 100 cycles at current density of 100 and 200 mA g −1 , respectively. A high specific capacity of 155 mA h g −1 was obtained at relatively large current rates of 20 A g −1 .
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AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY
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2016
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IF 3.557
Cai Zhang,Jiangtao Wang,Liju Tan,Xiaohua Chen
To explore toxic mechanisms of nano-ZnO on marine microalgae, algal growth inhibition test was carried out, and total Zn in the cell and total dissolved Zn in f/2 medium were determined. It was found that nano-ZnO was more toxic than bulk-ZnO on marine microalgae Skeletonema costatum . No matter under nano-ZnO or bulk-ZnO treatment, accumulation of intracellular Zn had a good linear correlation with growth inhibition ratio (IR). The total Zn content in the cell of microalgae was the dominant toxic mechanism of ZnO. Intracellular total Zn could be an indispensable parameter to indicate the toxic effects of nano-ZnO. Higher intracellular total Zn under nano-ZnO treatment than bulk-ZnO resulted in more toxicity of nano-ZnO on microalgae. Compared with Zn 2+ released by nano-ZnO into medium, lipid peroxidation (MDA level) injury, aggregation of nano-ZnO and transmembrane process of nano-ZnO also contributed to toxicity of nano-ZnO on Skeletonema costatum . The accumulation of intracellular Zn provides a new insight into toxic mechanisms of nano-ZnO.
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Scientific Reports
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2016
·Vol. 6
·期 1
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Xie Yinghao,Wu Fangfang,Sun Xiaoqin,Chen Hongmei,Lv Meilin,Ni Shuang,Liu Gang,Xu Xiaoxiang
Wurtzite solid solutions between GaN and ZnO highlight an intriguing paradigm for water splitting into hydrogen and oxygen using solar energy. However, large composition discrepancy often occurs inside the compound owing to the volatile nature of Zn, thereby prescribing rigorous terms on synthetic conditions. Here we demonstrate the merits of constituting quinary Zn-Ga-Ge-N-O solid solutions by introducing Ge into the wurtzite framework. The presence of Ge not only mitigates the vaporization of Zn but also strongly promotes particle crystallization. Synthetic details for these quinary compounds were systematically explored and their photocatalytic properties were thoroughly investigated. Proper starting molar ratios of Zn/Ga/Ge are of primary importance for single phase formation, high particle crystallinity and good photocatalytic performance. Efficient photocatalytic hydrogen and oxygen production from water were achieved for these quinary solid solutions which is strongly correlated with Ge content in the structure. Apparent quantum efficiency for optimized sample approaches 1.01% for hydrogen production and 1.14% for oxygen production. Theoretical calculation reveals the critical role of Zn for the band gap reduction in these solid solutions and their superior photocatalytic acitivity can be understood by the preservation of Zn in the structure as well as a good crystallinity after introducing Ge.
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FUEL PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY
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2016
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IF 3.847
Wei Li,Rui-tang Guo,Shu-xian Wang,Wei-guo Pan,Qi-lin Chen,Ming-yuan Li,Peng Sun,Shu-ming Liu
Heavy metals (such as Zn and Pb) have a deactivation effect on the catalyst for selective catalytic reduction of NO with NH 3 . In this study, it was found that the modification of Mn/TiO 2 catalyst by Nb could greatly enhance its Zn resistance. From the characterization results of BET, XRD, H 2 -TPR, NH 3 -TPD, it may be concluded that the introduction of Nb into Mn/TiO 2 catalyst would lead to its lower crystallinity , more acid sites and higher concentrations of Mn 4 + and surface chemisorbed oxygen. The results of in situ DRIFT study reveal that the NH 3 -SCR reactions over Mn/TiO 2 and Mn-Nb/TiO 2 all obey both the Langmuir-Hinshelwood mechanism and the Eley–Rideal mechanism, and the doping of Nb on Mn/TiO 2 catalyst could promote the adsorption of NH 3 and NOx species on it. All these features make a contribution to the high SCR activity and good Zn resistance of Mn-Nb/TiO 2 catalyst.
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ELECTROPHORESIS
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2013
·Vol. 34
·期 6
·846-853
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Haizhi Zhang,Li Qi,Ying Shen,Juan Qiao,Lanqun Mao
Amino acid ionic liquids (AAILs) with l -lysine ( l -Lys) as anion were synthesized and applied as new chiral ligands in Zn(II) complexes for chiral ligand-exchange CE. After effective optimization, baseline enantioseparation of seven pairs of dansylated amino acids was achieved with a buffer of 100.0 mM boric acid, 5.0 mM ammonium acetate, 3.0 mM ZnSO 4 , and 6.0 mM [C 6 mim][ l -Lys] at pH 8.2. To validate the unique behavior of AAILs, a comparative study between the performance of Zn(II)- l -Lys and Zn(II)-[C 6 mim][ l -Lys] systems was conducted. In Zn(II)-[C 6 mim][ l -Lys] system, it has been found that the improved chiral resolution could be obtained and the migration times of the three test samples were markedly prolonged. Then the separation mechanism was further discussed. The role of [C 6 mim][ l -Lys] indicated clearly that the synthesized AAILs could be used as chiral ligands and would have potential utilization in separation science in future.
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Catalysis Science & Technology
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2014
·Vol. 4
·期 4
·1028-1037
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Haiping Li,Quanhua Deng,Jingyi Liu,Wanguo Hou,Na Du,Renjie Zhang,Xutang Tao
Bi2MoO6/Zn–Al layered double hydroxide (LDH) hierarchical heterostructures assembled from Bi2MoO6 hierarchical hollow spheres and Zn–Al LDH nanosheets were synthesized by a low-temperature hydrothermal method. X-ray diffraction, Fourier transform-infrared spectroscopy, thermogravimetric analysis and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) confirmed the formation of the Bi2MoO6/Zn–Al LDH composites. Morphologies were characterized by scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). XPS and high resolution TEM indicated the formation of a Bi2MoO6/Zn–Al LDH heterojunction. Increasing the LDH content from 0 to 27.0 wt.% caused the Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET) specific surface area of the composites to gradually increase. The photocatalytic degradation activity for Rhodamine B (RhB) under visible light irradiation exhibited a large enhancement, followed by a decrease, with increasing LDH content. The Bi2MoO6/Zn–Al LDH heterostructure composite with LDH content of 5.5 wt.% showed the highest photocatalytic activity and degraded 99% of RhB in 80 min, while Bi2MoO6 degraded less than 50%. The average photocatalytic efficiency is enhanced by more than 100%. The enhanced photocatalytic activity of the Bi2MoO6/Zn–Al LDH heterostructure photocatalyst was mainly attributed to the efficient separation of photoinduced electrons and holes. Superoxide radicals and holes were the major active species. The Bi2MoO6/Zn–Al LDH heterostructure photocatalyst exhibited excellent stability and reusability. A detailed mechanism for its enhanced photocatalytic activity was discussed in this study. This work provides an effective way to fabricate a series of Bi-based and LDH-containing heterostructure photocatalysts.
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