MATERIALS CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS
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2014
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IF 2.129
Feng Xu,Shuang Guo,Yan-Ling Luo
Novel polyurethane (PU) conducting composite thin films based on tetrahydroxyl-terminated poly(butadiene- co -acrylonitrile) (THTBN) and hydroxyl-functionalized multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs-OH), were prepared via an in-situ coupling reaction route between hydroxyl groups and isocyanate groups. The chemical and crystal structures were characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectra (FTIR) and X-ray diffraction (XRD). The morphologies and the dispersion behavior of THTBN/MWNTs-OH were examined by scanning electron microscope (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and UV–Vis measurements. The influence of MWNTs-OH loading amount on conducting properties and response to some volatile organic compounds (VOCs) especially benzene and toluene was investigated. The experimental results indicated that MWNTs-OH was tightly encapsulated by PU moieties and homogeneously dispersed in the PU moieties. The as-prepared THTBN/MWNTs-OH PU conducting thin films exhibited strong and selective response to nonpolar benzene and toluene vapors, and the response depends on the loading of MWNTs-OH and VOC vapor concentrations. The improvement in dispersity and sensing properties were closely correlated with the chemical linkage of MWNTs-OH in the THTBN matrices through bridging molecules HDI. The developed PU conducting thin films had fast response and reversibility, significant reproducibility and long-term stability. Therefore, they had a possibility as a candidate of volatile organic solvent vapor sensors.
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CATALYSIS LETTERS
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2025
·Vol. 155
·期 5
·1-19
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IF 2.4
Hu Xinyin,Xiao Guoqing,Chen Chunlin,Chen Chunyan,Zeng Xiang,Li Ruili,Yang Zhengwei
Recently, several emerging pollutants have caused increasing damage to aquatic ecosystems. Reducing antibiotic concentrations in water by visible light is one of the most promising strategies for sustainable development. Here, a Bi 2 S 3 /CeO 2 /Ni(OH) 2 Z-scheme heterojunction photocatalyst was prepared by the hydrothermal method, which could effectively utilize free radicals to degrade tetracycline. Ni(OH) 2 was used for co-catalysing in photodegradation experiments to improve electron transfer and enhance photocatalytic performance. The degradation rate of the Z-scheme heterojunction photocatalyst for 20 mg/L TC was 91.35% after reacting 60 min under visible light irradiation. Besides, it also investigated such operational parameters influencing the photocatalytic reaction as catalyst dosage, initial concentration of tetracycline hydrochloride (TC), and solution pH. Studies using free radical scavenging experiments and electron spin resonance (ESR) measurements demonstrated that hydroxyl radicals (·OH) and superoxide radicals (·O 2 − ) both contributed to the photodegradation of TC. Finally, with high-performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS), potential degradation pathways of the intermediate products were logically inferred as well as the photocatalytic mechanism. The experimental results surface that the prepared Z-scheme heterojunction photocatalyst Bi 2 S 3 /CeO 2 /Ni(OH) 2 exhibits superior photocatalytic performance, offering a novel approach to addressing TC contamination in environmental settings. Graphical
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环境科学
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材料科学
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光催化技术
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SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS
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2018
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IF 5.018
Qiangqiang Xiao,Wenhui Yuan,Li Li,Tao Xu
Latent thermal energy storage using phase change material (PCM) is an effective way to store and transport energy. In this work, expanded graphite was modified using octylphenol polyoxyethylene ether to generate modified expanded graphite (MEG), and then a novel shape-stabilized Ba(OH) 2 ·8H 2 O/MEG composite PCM was synthesized by incorporating Ba(OH) 2 ·8H 2 O into MEG matrix. Mass fractions of Ba(OH) 2 ·8H 2 O in composite PCM were calculated from 74% to 93%. The effects of MEG on properties of PCM were investigated using scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, differential scanning calorimetry and thermal constant analyzer. The results indicated that MEG had the desired compatibility with Ba(OH) 2 ·8H 2 O. The phase separation of Ba(OH) 2 ·8H 2 O was effectively inhibited by the MEG matrix and the supercooling temperature decreased from 13 °C for Ba(OH) 2 ·8H 2 O to 2.4 °C for composite PCM with a MEG matrix density of 200 g/L. At the same matrix density, the thermal conductivity of composite PCM reached 3.58 W/(m K), 1.84 times higher than that of Ba(OH) 2 ·8H 2 O. The latent heat was approximately equal to the product of the latent heat of Ba(OH) 2 ·8H 2 O and its mass fraction. Moreover, the enthalpy loss of the composite PCM was negligible after 400 cycles, showing good thermal reliability.
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ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
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2017
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IF 7.504
Wei Guo,Zhenyu Qiu,Chongshen Guo,Dandan Ding,Tianchan Li,Fei Wang,Jianzhe Sun,Nannan Zheng,Shaoqin Liu
Image-guided phototherapy is considered to be a prospective technique for cancer treatment because it can provide both oncotherapy and bioimaging, thus achieving an optimized therapeutic efficacy and higher treatment accuracy. Compared to complicated systems with multiple components, using a single material for this multifunctional purpose is preferable. In this work, we strategically fabricated poly(acrylic acid)- (PAA-) coated Cu2(OH)PO4 quantum dots [denoted as Cu2(OH)PO4@PAA QDs], which exhibit a strong near-infrared photoabsorption ability. As a result, an excellent photothermal conversion ability and the photoactivated formation of reactive oxygen species could be realized upon NIR irradiation, concurrently meeting the basic requirements for photothermal and photodynamic therapies. Moreover, phototherapeutic investigations on both cervical cancer cells in vitro and solid tumors of an in vivo mice model illustrated the effective antitumor effects of Cu2(OH)PO4@PAA upon 1064-nm laser irradiation, with no detectable lesions in major organs during treatment. Meanwhile, Cu2(OH)PO4@PAA is also an exogenous contrast for photoacoustic tomography (PAT) imaging to depict tumors under NIR irradiation. In brief, the Cu2(OH)PO4@PAA QDs prepared in this work are expected to serve as a multifunctional theranostic platform.
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生物医学工程
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纳米医学
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肿瘤学
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SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
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2022
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IF 10.753
Yingdong Chen,Rongze Sun,Wentao Yan,Mengyao Wu,Yong Zhou,CongJie Gao
In many important industries, such as the textile printing industry, a large amount of dye/salt wastewater is often discharged, which can destroy the ecological environment of the water body. Membrane technology has a great potential in the treatment of environmental problems caused by dye/salt wastewater. Polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) nanofiltration (NF) membrane has a bright future in dye/salt wastewater treatment , however, works on this are rare. Herein, antibacterial PVA NF membrane incorporated with Cu(OH) 2 nanowires for the dye/salt wastewater treatment is reported. The membrane was prepared via coating the solutions containing PVA, glutaraldehyde and Cu(OH) 2 nanowires on the polyethersulfone ultrafiltration membrane. Cu(OH) 2 nanowires has a diameter of 60 nm and was successfully introduced into the membrane. The introduction of nanowires improved the membrane hydrophilicity and roughness, which is conducive to the improvement of membrane flux. Membrane separation performance for one component solution and dye/salt solution were investigated. The introduction of Cu(OH) 2 increases the flux of the membrane obviously (the highest increase is 178.78% (from 21.49 to 38.42 L·m −2 ·h −1 ·bar −1 , for NaCl solution as the feed). Besides, the membrane doped with nanowires also possessed a high dye/salt selectivity . For one component solution, the dye removal rate was over 97.00% while the salt rejection was low (the lowest was 13.18% (NaCl)). For the dye/salt solution, the dye (Congo Red) rejection kept at a high level (98.91%) and the salt (NaCl) rejection was still low (13.71%), while the flux was also high (37.56 L·m −2 ·h −1 ·bar −1 ). The performance is superior to that of many membranes reported in previous works. Moreover, the Cu(OH) 2 nanowires endowed the membrane with an improved and high antibacterial property. The sterilization rate of Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus reached more than 99.99%.
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Nanoscale
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2014
·Vol. 6
·期 13
·7424-7429
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IF 6.739
Beibei Zhan,Changbing Liu,Huaping Chen,Huaxia Shi,Lianhui Wang,Peng Chen,Wei Huang,Xiaochen Dong
Three-dimensional graphene foam (3DGF) is a superior sensing material because of its high conductivity, large specific surface area and wide electrochemical potential windows. In this work, hexagonal Ni(OH)2 nanosheets are deposited on the surface of chemical vapor deposition-grown 3DGF through a facial hydrothermal process without any auxiliary reagents. The morphology and structure of the composite are characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscope (TEM), Raman spectroscopy, and X-ray diffraction (XRD). Based on the Ni(OH)2/3DGF composite, a free-standing electrochemical electrode is fabricated. Being employed as a nonenzymatic glucose detection electrochemical electrode, it exhibits a high sensitivity (∼2.65 mA mM−1 cm−2), low detection limit (0.34 μM) and excellent selectivity with a linear response from 1 μM to 1.17 mM. The excellent sensing properties of the Ni(OH)2/3DGF electrode may be attributed to the synergistic effect of the high electrocatalytic activity of Ni(OH)2 nanosheets and the high conductivity and large surface area of 3DGF.
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分析化学
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Environmental Science-Nano
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2018
·Vol. 5
·期 11
·2570-2578
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IF 6.087
Xinwen Ou,Xueming Liu,Weizhen Liu,Wencong Rong,Jingyuan Li,Zhang Lin
The surface defects of adsorbents are generally considered to be the active sites for adsorbates, and the adsorption behaviors of a variety of pollutants in wastewater are strongly influenced by the surface defects of the adsorbents. With simple chemical and structural properties, nano-Mg(OH)2 exhibits a high adsorption affinity and selectivity to heavy metals from wastewater. The insight into the surface complex structures of heavy metals on the Mg(OH)2 surface is fundamental for both the mechanism and application of defective adsorbents in wastewater treatment. In this study, the impact of surface defects of Mg(OH)2 nanoplates on the structure, energy, and adsorption amounts of toxic heavy metal oxyanions (HAsO42− and CrO42−) was investigated by combining the first-principles calculations and batch experiments. The first-principles calculations illustrated that the heavy metal oxyanions can be steadily incorporated into the surface defects to form inner-sphere complexes. The incorporated heavy metal oxyanions have strong charge–charge and chemical bonding interactions with the surface defect sites, which are much stronger than the hydrogen bonding interactions with the surface OH sites. Moreover, the adsorption affinity of surface defects towards heavy metal oxyanions is stronger than that towards other oxyanions (e.g. SO42− and NO3−), indicating the high adsorption selectivity of heavy metal oxyanions over other oxyanions. Batch adsorption experiments verified that the adsorption of defect-rich Mg(OH)2 adsorbents towards heavy metal ions, e.g., As(V) and Cr(VI), was favorable even under the condition of low concentration (mg L−1 level). These findings reveal the significance of surface defects of Mg(OH)2 for extracting As(V) and Cr(VI) from low-concentration solutions. The proposed strategy of surface defect-fabrication should provide a useful insight into designing effective adsorbents for the selective extraction of heavy metal oxyanions at low concentration.
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Advanced Optical Materials
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2024
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Zhen-Dong Lian,Bo Wang,Zhi-Sheng Wu,Hao Lin,Ting Ding,Jin-Xiao Wang,Liang-Xing Zhang,Jin-Cheng Xu,Peng Xiao,Hua Xu,Shuang-Peng Wang,Kar Wei Ng
CsPbBr 3 nanoplates (NPs) have shown great potential in diverse optoelectronic applications. Despite the wonderful luminescence properties, the inherent instability of these NPs hinders their use in practical situations. Herein, a facile water-assisted strategy is reported to synthesize highly stable blue emission CsPbBr 3 NPs encapsulated in PbBr(OH). The introduction of water directly into the reaction mixture is pivotal, as it triggers the transformation of bulk CsPbBr 3 nanocubes into 2-D CsPbBr 3 NPs within the PbBr(OH) matrix, resulting in the formation of CsPbBr 3 @PbBr(OH) microbricks. Remarkably, the water content in the reaction mixture allows the control of the number of perovskite layers in the NPs, thus enabling the emission color to be tuned from deep blue to green. The unconventional approach presented herein not only offers a cost-effective pathway to synthesize blue-emitting perovskites which are highly stable in a wide variety of polar and non-polar solvents, but also holds immense potential for propelling the advancement of high-performance LEDs and other optoelectronic devices. The findings underscore the significance of water in dictating the growth dynamics and emission characteristics of perovskite NPs, paving the way for their practical application.
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纳米技术
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光电子学
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JOURNAL OF RARE EARTHS
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2017
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IF 2.429
Song LI,Song YE,Xiao CHEN,Tianhua LIU,Zhuang GUO,Deping WANG
Yb 3+ and Er 3+ ions co-doped NaYF 4 nanocrystals were synthesized with different amounts of NaOH via oleic acid (OA)-assisted hydrothermal process. X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), and photoluminescence spectra were used to characterize the products. The result indicated that the introduction of NaOH into the initial reaction solution effectively promoted the cubic (α-) to hexagonal (β-) phase transition of NaYF 4 :Yb 3+ ,Er 3+ nanocrystals, while excessive amount of NaOH favored the formation of α-NaYF 4 :Yb 3+ ,Er 3+ nanocrystals. Besides, with the increase of NaOH amount, the morphologies of β-NaYF 4 :Yb 3+ ,Er 3+ nanocrystals varied from irregular nanobranch to uniform nanorod. Further investigation revealed that the addition of NaOH could facilitate the deprotonation of OA, leading to the formation of oleate (OA − ), and meanwhile increased the concentration of OH − ions, inducing consequently the phase transition and morphology evolution of NaYF 4 :Yb 3+ ,Er 3+ nanocrystals. Moreover, the upconversion luminescence properties of NaYF 4 :Yb 3+ ,Er 3+ nanocrystals were systematically investigated. It was found that the upconversion emissions not only depended on the phase and morphology but also were influenced by the surface groups.
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光学
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ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
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2024
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Yongfang Jia,Juan Gao,Feng Yang,Yangmin Diao,Qijun Liu,Yong Zhang,Hongliang Sun,Min Pan,Mei Huang,Min Xu,Xuru Duan,Yong Zhao
Despite the excellent performance of Nb3O7(OH) in dye-sensitized solar cells and catalysis, its charge separation, transport, and structural properties remain poorly understood. Herein, the Nb3O7(OH) nanorods were prepared, and their structural characteristics, optoelectronic properties, and carrier mobility were also analyzed and investigated through a series of complex characterizations. Theoretical prediction suggested that the exciton binding energy of Nb3O7(OH) could be as high as 100.49 meV. The temperature-dependent photoluminescence (PL) of Nb3O7(OH) nanorods revealed two activation energies, and a higher proportion of long-lived components observed in the photoluminescence decay indicated effective electron trapping. That is, two energy states were present, hindering photogenerated charge recombination and promoting photocatalytic action. Current–voltage characteristics of the Nb3O7(OH) nanorod film were analyzed, revealing an ultrahigh carrier mobility of ∼310 cm2/V·s, ensuring fast and efficient electron transfer. Furthermore, Nb3O7(OH) nanorods were employed to reduce CO2, resulting in the effective production of CO and CH4. Overall, considering the presence of hydroxyl pairs on the surface of Nb3O7(OH), which facilitate the formation of the frustrated Lewis acid–base pairs and the activation of CO2, together with its effective electron trapping and charge transport, give Nb3O7(OH) nanorods a promising potential for CO2 reduction.
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催化化学
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JOURNAL OF NANOPARTICLE RESEARCH
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2014
·Vol. 16
·期 9
·1-9
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IF 2.278
Cui Hongtao,Xue Junying,Ren Wanzhong,Wang Minmin
In this work, β-Ni(OH) 2 monolayer nanosheets were prepared in benzyl alcohol by a facile exfoliation-free sol–gel route. The hydrolysis reaction of metal ions was started with the ring-opening reaction of epoxide. The in situ modification of benzyl alcohol molecules on the surface of secondary growth unit of hydroxide allowed the formation of β-Ni(OH) 2 monolayer nanosheets and 100 % monolayer state of β-Ni(OH) 2 in the resultant suspension. As proven in the electrochemical measurement, the maximum specific capacitance of 1735 F g −1 was obtained at scan rate of 5 mV s −1 within potential window of 0.6 V in 6 mol l −1 KOH aqueous solution, which is equal to the theoretical value of β-Ni(OH) 2 . This high electrochemical performance is attributed to the complete exposure of every structure unit of β-Ni(OH) 2 to electrolyte. This work demonstrates that monolayer nanosheets can generate from the brucite-type nickel hydroxide through this bottom-up strategy although it had been theoretically considered to be impossible.
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电化学
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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
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2018
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IF 6.735
Bin He,Huanhuan Liu,Zheng Lin,Lei Yan,Jiqiang Ning,Yijun Zhong,Changcheng Zheng,Ziyang Zhang,Yong Hu
The practical application of photocatalytic water splitting is essentially limited by the slow kinetic nature of the water oxidation process. Therefore, it is highly desirable but challenging to explore a low-cost and high-efficiency water oxidation catalyst for the aim of commercialization and industrialization. We herein report the first-time synthesis of a novel and high-efficiency visible-light-driven photocatalyst composed of flower-like Co(CO 3 ) 0.5 (OH)·0.11H 2 O (CCO) nanowires and Bi 2 WO 6 (BWO) nanosheets, i.e. CCO/BWO nanocomposite, via a facile hydrothermal method. Without utilizing any additional cocatalyst, the composite of CCO/BWO in 30% weight ratio exhibits extraordinarily high photoactivity and photostability towards O 2 evolution, achieving an average O 2 generation rate of 953 µmol h −1 g −1 under visible-light irradiation (λ > 420 nm).
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