Chemical Science
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2022
·Vol. 13
·期 16
·4616-4622
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IF 9.969
Jianxin Zhai,Baowen Zhou,Haihong Wu,Shuaiqiang Jia,Mengen Chu,Shitao Han,Wei Xia,Mingyuan He,Buxing Han
Design of active catalysts for chemical utilization of methane under mild conditions is of great importance, but remains a challenging task. Here, we prepared a Ag/AgCl with SiO2 coating (Ag/AgCl@SiO2) photocatalyst for methane oxidation to carbon monoxide. High carbon monoxide production (2.3 μmol h−1) and high selectivity (73%) were achieved. SiO2 plays a key role in the superior performance by increasing the lifetime of the photogenerated charge carriers. Based on a set of semi in situ infrared spectroscopy, electron paramagnetic resonance, and electronic property characterization studies, it is revealed that CH4 is effectively and selectively oxidized to CO by the in situ formation of singlet 1O2via the key intermediate of COOH*. Further study showed that the Ag/AgCl@SiO2 catalyst could also drive valuable conversion using real sunlight under ambient conditions. As far we know, this is the first work on the application of SiO2 modified Ag/AgCl in the methane oxidation reaction.
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JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY A-CHEMISTRY
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2018
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IF 2.891
Zhongyi Jiao,Junlei Zhang,Zhendong Liu,Zhen Ma
Ag 2 MoO 4 shows low photocatalytic activity under visible light. It would be interesting to develop Ag 2 MoO 4 -based composite/heterojunction photocatalysts working efficiently under visible light. Herein, novel Ag/AgCl/Ag 2 MoO 4 composites were obtained via photoreduction of AgCl/Ag 2 MoO 4 composites prepared by sequential precipitation. The composition, morphologies, and optical properties of the samples were studied via various characterization techniques. Photocatalytic degradation of rhodamine B (RhB), methylene blue (MB), methyl orange (MO), norfloxacin (NOF), and tetracycline hydrochloride (TC) solutions was conducted under visible-light irradiation. An optimal Ag/AgCl/Ag 2 MoO 4 catalyst showed much higher photocatalytic activity than Ag 2 MoO 4 , and it also showed reasonably fine recyclability. Through radical-capturing experiments, photogenerated holes (h + ) were determined to be the main active species whereas hydroxyl radicals ( OH) were found to play a secondary role in photocatalysis. Possible photocatalytic mechanisms were proposed.
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SEPARATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
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2023
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XueFeng Sun,Yueqin Song,Xiaolong Zhou
With the massive requisition of light olefins in dedicated areas of petrochemical industry, adsorption separation approaches are developed to meet the requirements. The literature studying long-chain olefins/alkanes is scarce, and the actual adsorption capacity of liquid-phase is rarely studied. In this paper, the adsorption process of Ag-10× zeolite for long-chain alkanes/olefins was systematically studied, the preparation conditions and operating conditions of the zeolite were investigated. The samples were characterized by XRD, BET and XPS. The results show that silver ions were uniformly dispersed on the surface of the zeolite. The actual adsorption capacity of the modified zeolite was determined in intermittent experiments by liquid phase concentration difference and pore volume correction. The experimental data were fitted and the results showed that the Langmuir isotherm equation was more appropriate for adsorption, indicating that the adsorbent surface was homogeneous. The quasi-secondary kinetic chemical equation was consistent with the adsorption of olefins by the modified 10× zeolite, indicating that the process was a chemisorption process. Experimental results shows that Ag-10× zeolite is an excellent adsorbent for separating long-chain olefins/alkanes mixed systems.
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NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY
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2019
·Vol. 43
·期 16
·6234-6241
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IF 3.069
Xinfu Zhao,Wei Ju,Jian Zhang,Benxue Liu,Jing Zhang,Xibin Yi
TiO2/SiO2-Based nanocomposites with highly porous structures have received increasing attention due to their excellent photocatalytic activity. In this work, a TiO2/SiO2/Ag ternary composite aerogel with enhanced visible-light photocatalytic activity has been successfully synthesized through a facile sol–gel method combined with a supercritical drying technique. The specific surface area and pore structure of TiO2/SiO2/Ag aerogel could be controlled by adjusting the Si content. The TiO2/SiO2/Ag aerogel with pore size of 9.2 nm achieved the maximum adsorption capacity of oxytetracycline. The presence of SiO2 in TiO2/SiO2/Ag improved the compression strength of the aerogel and thus achieved long-term stability in photocatalysis. Furthermore, the addition of Ag particles in TiO2/SiO2/Ag effectively decreased the recombination of photo-electrons and holes. The photocatalytic degradation rates of oxytetracycline over the TiO2/SiO2/Ag aerogel with a mole ratio of Ag : Si : Ti = 0.1 : 10 : 4 were 3.1 and 2.3 times those over P25 and a TiO2/SiO2 aerogel. The enhanced photocatalytic performance of the TiO2/SiO2/Ag aerogel is attributed to the large specific surface area, 3-D porous structure, high electrical conductivity and compression strength of this novel composite aerogel.
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ANALYTICAL AND BIOANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
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2019
·Vol. 412
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·881-894
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IF 3.286
Xiao Li,Sun Qi,Zhao Qiang,Cheng Xinjian
The detection of heavy metals such as Hg 2+ and Ag + is important and urgent. In this work, – NO 2 /– NH 2 /C=S boron dipyrromethene small molecular derivatives were synthesized at first. Then they were incorporated into polymer chains. The macromolecular fluorescent probes were obtained via Sonogashira reaction using the small molecular probes as building blocks. The as-prepared small-molecule fluorescent probe BO3 exhibits high sensing performance for Hg 2+ . By introducing it into macromolecules, the sensing ability still remains, and even more, the recognition performance is improved. The macromolecular fluorescent probes P1 , P2 , and P3 also have high recognition ability for Ag + with a binding ratio of 2:1 (metal ion to probe ratio). Through the study of the sensing mechanism and the recycling experiments, it is found that the probes responded by the photo-induced electron transfer mechanism and can be recycled and reused. At the same time, BO3 , P2 , and P3 show excellent recognition performance for Hg 2+ in living cells and zebrafish. Living cell imaging experiments indicated that these fluorescent probes had good cell membrane permeability and low cytotoxicity, and could realize bioimaging of Hg 2+ . Therefore, the application value of these fluorescent probes could be enlarged.
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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
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2024
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IF 13.3
Yidan Zhang,Zhiguang Guo
Multifunctional wearable textiles can simulate human perception and convert it into visual data, which has advanced application prospects. As an important branch, thermal management wearable textiles have been widely concerned in the aspects of thermal insulation, flame retardant, photothermal anti-icing, electrothermal deicing and even water evaporation. Here, inspired by the bearing structure, we simply soaked the PET textile in Ag@MXene hybrid solution several times to form a Ag@MXene conductive network with Ag NPs as the connection point on the textile fiber, and finally carry out hydrophobic modification. Based on plasma effect, the synergistic action of Ag NPs and MXene enhances the photothermal response of the material. In addition, the addition of Ag NPs effectively reduces the stacking between MXene layers and forms a Ag@MXene conductive network with Ag NPs as the connection point on the textile fibers. The stable temperature range of PDMS/Ag@MXene PET textile is 70–80 °C under one solar illumination intensity, and the stable temperature of PDMS/Ag@MXene PET textile can reach 117 °C at a constant voltage of 3 V. Based on the excellent thermal effect, this textile achieves photothermal anti-icing, electric thermal de-icing, keeping warm and removing sweat. The textile has a water evaporation efficiency of about 0.58 g h −1 , which can achieve excellent anti-sweat function. Finally, the textile also achieved rapid flame retardant within 7 s. PDMS/Ag@MXene PET textile processes excellent photothermal and electrothermal conversion ability, acid/water stability and flame retardant ability, and has promising application prospects in thermal management textiles such as deicing and anti-icing, fire prevention, warmth and water evaporation.
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纳米技术
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ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
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2024
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Yangkai Xiong,Zhiqiang Fang,Jipeng Li,Zheng Li,Guoqing Wang
Biological fouling seriously jeopardizes the development of the marine industry. Although hydrogels, as a kind of state-of-the-art antifouling material, have received wide attention, their mechanical strength is still relatively weak, and the synergistic antifouling method is comparatively single, thus limiting the performance of hydrogels. Here, a zwitterionic sulfobetaine methacrylate (SBMA)-acrylamide (AM)/sodium alginate (SA) double-network (DN) antifouling hydrogel with superb antifouling ability and outstanding mechanical properties was prepared by grafting MXene/Ag (M/Ag) and the powerful biocide polyhexamethylene biguanide (PHMB). The prepared M/Ag has a great bactericidal effect (99.9%), and the DN-M/Ag-PHMB hydrogel demonstrates high tensile strength (5.8 MPa), remarkable antiprotein adhesion, bactericidal, and antialgal adhesion. This work proves that the DN-M/Ag-PHMB hydrogel has an exceptional antifouling ability in all three stages of biofouling formation and has a promising future as a new type of green marine antifouling material.
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AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY
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2018
·Vol. 72
·期 3
·200-205
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IF 1.059
Jianhua Ge,Yuchong Chen,Jing Xu,Yujie Liu,Long Zhang,Fugeng Zha
The plasmonic photocatalyst Ag@AgCl was successfully prepared through a facile solvothermal method via a deep eutectic solvent (DES), which is composed of choline chloride and urea. X-Ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray, element-mapping, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, N2 absorption–desorption, and UV-vis diffuse reflectance techniques were adopted to analyse the performance of the plasmonic photocatalyst. Characterisation results indicated that the DES not only served as a solvent and Cl source, but also as a reductant. Meanwhile, the probable mechanism for the formation of Ag@AgCl is discussed, which revealed a visible light enhanced photocatalytic property for the degradation of benzidine. Furthermore, the photocatalyst showed no decrease in its catalytic activity even after five cycles of operation. Finally, a possible photocatalytic oxidation mechanism of Ag@AgCl is proposed.
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RSC Advances
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2015
·Vol. 5
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·61239-61248
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IF 3.84
Jun Liu,Wei Wu,Qingyong Tian,Shuanglei Yang,Lingling Sun,Xiangheng Xiao,Feng Ren,Changzhong Jiang,Vellaisamy A. L. Roy
Plasmonic photocatalysts coupled with semiconductors are one of the most popular combinations in environmental remediation applications. In this regard, a novel tube-like α-Fe2O3@Ag/AgCl hybrid structure is fabricated by anchoring Ag/AgCl hybrid nanoparticles on the surface of α-Fe2O3 short nanotubes (SNTs) by a step-by-step strategy. Firstly, the monodispersed α-Fe2O3 SNTs have been synthesized via an anion-assisted hydrothermal process followed by the loading of Ag nanoparticles on the surface of α-Fe2O3 SNTs through the classic silver mirror reaction mechanism. From in situ oxidation of Ag nanoparticles, the final product α-Fe2O3@Ag/AgCl heterostructures has been obtained. We study the morphology, composition, and photocatalytic properties of the as obtained tube-like α-Fe2O3@Ag/AgCl nano-heterostructures. The photocatalytic activities of as obtained photocatalysts have been tested by the degradation of organic dye Rhodamine B (RhB) under simulated sunlight (UV + visible light), visible light and UV light irradiation. The main reason for the enhanced photocatalytic performance is attributed to the broad spectral response from the combination of narrow/wide bandgap semiconductors with metallic Ag nanoparticles and efficient charge transfer from plasmon-excited Ag nanoparticles to α-Fe2O3 and AgCl. Finally, this hybrid structure provides a roadmap for the controlled synthesis of plasmonic photocatalysts with excellent properties, and can be used for practical application in environmental issues.
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JOURNAL OF SOLID STATE CHEMISTRY
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2023
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Ji Xiang,Chuancui Yang,Ke Yang,Jin Qian,Yanzhen Lu,Qihua Zhou,Fangkuo Wang
As catalysts, metal nanoclusters (NCs) have become the focus of research due to their precise structure and excellent catalytic activity. In general, it can greatly improve the catalytic activity of NCs by thermal treatment. In this work, the ZnO supported 2,4-dimethylbenzenethiol-protected-[Ag 25 (C 8 H 9 S) 18 ] - NCs (Ag 25 @ZnO) nanocatalysts were subjected to activation temperatures of 100 °C, 200 °C and 300 °C to remove the surface ligands of Ag 25 NCs and regulate the surface composition of Ag 25 @ZnO nanocatalysts. The structure of Ag 25 @ZnO nanocatalysts were characterized by XRD , SEM, TEM, EDS and XPS. In particular, the XPS results obviously confirmed that the concentration of Ag + on the catalyst surface was positively correlated with the activation temperature. Finally, the effect of the Ag + content on the catalytic activity of the Ag 25 @ZnO nanocatalysts was also explored. Because the content of Ag + in Ag 25 @ZnO-300 nanocatalysts is the highest, the 4-nitrophenol reduction reaction showed the best catalytic performance.
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RSC Advances
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2014
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·17387-17392
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IF 3.708
Wengfeng Zhu,Jian Zhang,Zhenchao Jiang,Weiwei Wang,Xiaoheng Liu
In this paper, bright and high-quality carbon dots (CDs) were prepared by refluxing a membranous carbonized β-cyclodextrin in nitric acid. The structure and optical properties of the CDs were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), fluorescence spectrophotometry (FL), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Raman spectroscopy. The mechanism for the formation of the CDs is also discussed. As-prepared CDs could be used as peroxidase mimics for the detection of H2O2. The results indicate that the CDs are capable of rapid and sensitive detection of H2O2 in the linear range from 2 × 10−6 to 5 × 10−4 mol L−1 and the limit of detection of H2O2 is as low as 1 × 10−6 mol L−1. More importantly, the peroxidase-like activity of the CDs is expanded to the detection of some oxidative ions (such as Fe3+ and Ag+). The linear ranges for Fe3+ and Ag+ were 8 × 10−6 to 1 × 10−4 mol L−1 and 5 × 10−6 to 1 × 10−4 mol L−1 respectively, with corresponding detection limits of 8 × 10−7 mol L−1 and 5 × 10−7 mol L−1 respectively.
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Nanomaterials
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2019
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Rui Geng,Juanjuan Yin,Jingxin Zhou,Tifeng Jiao,Yao Feng,Lexin Zhang,Yan Chen,Zhenhua Bai,Qiuming Peng
The construction of heterojunctions provides a promising strategy to improve photocatalytic hydrogen evolution. However, how to fabricate a nanoscale TiO2/g-C3N4heterostructure and hinder the aggregation of bulk g-C3N4using simple methods remains a challenge. In this work, we use a simple in situ construction method to design a heterojunction model based on molecular self-assembly, which uses a small molecule matrix for self-integration, including coordination donors (AgNO3), inorganic titanium source (Ti(SO4)2) and g-C3N4precursor (melamine). The self-assembled porous g-C3N4nanotube can hamper carrier aggregation and it provides numerous catalytic active sites, mainly via the coordination of Ag+ions. Meanwhile, the TiO2NPs are easily mineralized on the nanotube template in dispersive distribution to form a heterostructure via an N–Ti bond of protonation, which contributes to shortening the interfacial carrier transport, resulting in enhanced electron-hole pairs separation. Originating from all of the above synergistic effects, the obtained Ag/TiO2/g-C3N4heterogenous photocatalysts exhibit an enhanced H2evolution rate with excellent sustainability 20.6-fold-over pure g-C3N4. Our report provides a feasible and simple strategy to fabricate a nanoscale heterojunction incorporating g-C3N4, and has great potential in environmental protection and water splitting.Keywords:heterojunction;Ag/TiO2/g-C3N4;Co-assembly;hydrogen evolution
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