Materials
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2022
·Vol. 15
·期 10
·3731
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IF 3.748
Dan Yuan,Shungang Wan,Rurong Liu,Mengmeng Wang,Lei Sun
A novel material of self-shaped ZnO-embedded biomass carbon foam pellets (ZnO@BCFPs) was successfully synthesized and used as fluidized particle electrodes in three-dimensional (3D) electro-peroxone systems for metronidazole degradation. Compared with 3D and 2D + O3systems, the energy consumption was greatly reduced and the removal efficiencies of metronidazole were improved in the 3D + O3system. The degradation rate constants increased from 0.0369 min−1and 0.0337 min−1to 0.0553 min−1, respectively. The removal efficiencies of metronidazole and total organic carbon reached 100% and 50.5% within 60 min under optimal conditions. It indicated that adding ZnO@BCFPs particle electrodes was beneficial to simultaneous adsorption and degradation of metronidazole due to improving mass transfer of metronidazole and forming numerous tiny electrolytic cells. In addition, the process of metronidazole degradation in 3D electro-peroxone systems involved hydroxyethyl cleavage, hydroxylation, nitro-reduction, N-denitrification and ring-opening. The active species of ·OH and ·O2−played an important role. Furthermore, the acute toxicity LD50and the bioconcentration factor of intermediate products decreased with the increasing reaction time.Keywords:electro-peroxone process;particle electrode;metronidazole;degradation mechanism;detoxification
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ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
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2022
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Peng Zhu,Weizi Zhang,Qinfang Li,Haian Xia
Photocatalytic oxidation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) to 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA) is an environmental friendly way to convert platform molecules into high-value chemicals. Here, Au/ZnO catalysts with different oxygen vacancies were fabricated by the deposition precipitation method and were used for the photocatalytic oxidation of HMF to FDCA under visible light irradiation. All of the Au/ZnO catalysts showed excellent photocatalytic oxidation selectivity to FDCA greater than 90% under mild conditions. The Au/ZnODP-H catalyst treated by H2 afforded the highest HMF conversion and the selectivities of FDCA up to 96.9%. The localized surface plasmon resonance effect of Au nanoparticles, oxygen vacancy, and the existence of the Schottky barrier enhance the separation and transfer efficiency of photogenerated electron–hole pairs of the catalyst, so as to enhance its photocatalytic activity. The active species trapping experiment and electron spin resonance analysis showed that •O2– and h+ were the active species responsible for the oxidation reaction. The recycle experiment also proved that the catalyst has good stability. This work provides a new strategy for the design of photocatalysts for converting biomass into high-value chemicals.
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES
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2022
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Jian Chen,Lichun Luo,Congnan Cen,Yanan Liu,Huan Li,Yanbo Wang
The carboxymethyl chitosan (CMCS)/fish skin gelatin (Gel) based novel nanocomposite film was developed with nano ZnO for potential food packaging applications. The SEM and FT-IR results indicated that the nano ZnO was success composited with CMCS/Gel film. The X-ray diffraction result revealed that the total crystallinity of the CMCS/Gel/nano ZnO achieved 94.92 %, improving the crystallinity of the original substrate. Compared with CMCS/nano ZnO and Gel/nano ZnO, the water solubility of CMCS/Gel/nano ZnO decreased to 23 %. Moreover, its contact angle reached 91°, representing that the composite film showed better solvent resistance and can be widely used in food packaging, especially in foods with high water content. After nano-ZnO was compounded with CMCS/Gel film, the physical properties were further improved. Furthermore, CMCS/Gel/nano ZnO has higher elasticity and ductility than CMCS/nano ZnO and Gel/nano ZnO. For food packages, CMCS/Gel films incorporated with nano ZnO depicted strong against Escherichia coli (99.20 %) and Staphylococcus aureus (84.70 %) for food packages. The CMCS/Gel film with the addition of ZnO was optimal for producing nanocomposite films with higher water-insolubility, elasticity and ductility, and higher antibacterial properties .
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Journal of Physical Chemistry C
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2022
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Yufei Huang,Yalan Xie,Jia Zhao,Xuan Yin,Chunpeng Chai
Microwave-absorbing materials that are used for stealth weapons and equipment should have excellent characteristics of strong absorption, a wide absorption bandwidth, low thickness, and light weight. Ti3C2Tx, as a two-dimensional (2D) MXene material, shows great potential in the field of microwave absorption. However, MXene has problems of impedance mismatch, a narrow absorption bandwidth, and poor absorption performances. In this study, we designed a series of ZIF-8/MXene-based microwave-absorbing materials known as porous ZnO/MXene nanocomposites, which were synthesized by an in situ composite method before being annealed under vacuum. Then, the structure and performances of porous ZnO/MXene were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and using a vector network analyzer (VNA). We investigated the influences of the mass ratio, microstructure, morphology, and microwave absorption performances of the samples on raw materials. As a result, ZnO/MXene nanocomposites with a mass ratio of Zn2+/MXene = 2:1 showed the optimum microwave absorption performance. The minimum reflection loss was −34.31 dB at 8.8 GHz (thickness 1.0 mm), and the effective absorption bandwidth was 3.47 GHz from 13.49 to 16.96 GHz.
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Polymers
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2022
·Vol. 14
·期 18
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Juan Yi,Yiheng Song,Shixian Zhang,Zhilong Cao,Chenjian Li,Chuanxi Xiong
For digging out eco−friendly and well−performed energy harvesters, piezoelectric nanogenerators are preferred owing to their effortless assembly. Corona−poling promotes output performance of either aligned or porous PVDF electrospun films and higher piezoelectric output was achieved by corona−poled porous PVDF electrospun films due to more poled electret dipoles in pores. Increasing the duration of electrospinning rendered more electret dipoles in PVDF porous electrospun films, resulting in higher piezoelectric output. Moreover, corona−poled PVDF/Y−ZnO porous electrospun films performed better than corona−poled PVDF/ZnO porous electrospun films because of the larger polar crystal face of Y−ZnO. Flexible piezoelectric polymer PVDF and high−piezoelectric Y−ZnO complement each other in electrospun films. With 15 wt% of Y−ZnO, corona−poled PVDF/Y−ZnO porous electrospun films generated maximum power density of 3.6 μW/cm2, which is 18 times that of PVDF/BiCl3electrospun films.Keywords:poly(vinylidene fluoride);Y−ZnO;electrospining;corona poling;wearable device
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Nanomaterials
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2022
·Vol. 12
·期 15
·2680
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IF 5.719
Yinsi Xu,Jun Li,Wanggen Li
ZnO nanoparticles were successfully in situ synthesized in the form of PEO–COO−modified ZnO by a three-step method, based on which the solid polymer electrolytes (SPEs), based on polyethylene oxide (PEO) with excellent electrochemical performance, were prepared. The evolution of the electrochemical and mechanical performances of the SPEs with the ZnO content (0–5 wt.%) was investigated in detail. The mechanical property of the SPEs demonstrated a Λ-shaped change trend as increasing the ZnO content, so that the highest value was acquired at 3 wt.% ZnO. The SPE containing 3 wt.% ZnO had the most outstanding electrochemical performance, which was significantly better than that containing directly-added ZnO (2 wt.%). Compared with the latter, the ion conductivity of the former was improved by approximately 299.05% (1.255 × 10−3S·cm−1at 60 °C). The lithium-ion migration number was improved from 0.768 to 0.858. The electrochemical window was enhanced from 5.25 V to 5.50 V. When the coin cell was subject to the cycling (three cycles in turn from 0.1 C to 3 C, and subsequent fifty cycles at 1 C), the 68.73% specific capacity was retained (106.8 mAh·g−1). This investigation provides a feasible approach to prepare the SPEs with excellent service performance.Keywords:in situ synthesized ZnO;crystallinity;coin cells;ion conductivity;cycle stability
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Journal of Physical Chemistry C
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2021
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Siyuan Weng,Man Zhao,Dayong Jiang
One of the most interesting structures of organic photodetectors (OPDs) is the bulk heterojunction (BHJ), which can be achieved by mixing electron donors and electron acceptors in a suitable solvent and then spin-coating. BHJs have proven to be a very useful method to overcome the short diffusion length of organic semiconductor excitons. However, this structure enhances disorder and hinders the collection of photogenerated carriers. Therefore, it is very important to prepare OPDs with this structure. In this paper, we show how to use conjugate polymer donor poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) and fullerene derivative acceptor 6,6-phenyl C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PC61BM) to form a binary BHJ active layer by spin-coating to improve the performance and detector wavelength of a ZnO ultraviolet (UV) photodetector (PD). Compared with the ZnO UV PD, the responsivity of the OPD can reach 0.58 A W–1, which is increased by about 7.14 times. Furthermore, the OPD shows improved absorption, high photocurrent to dark current ratio (1.63 × 104), and excellent detection capability (3.67 × 1012 Jones). The preparation of a new OPD by this work shows strong performance and provides a new idea for the research of OPD. Therefore, it is very important to design and manufacture ZnO UV PD to form a BHJ OPD with organic polymers P3HT:PC61BM.
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MACROMOLECULAR MATERIALS AND ENGINEERING
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2021
·Vol. 306
·期 12
·2100587
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IF 4.367
Yang Wang,Maoli Ying,Meng Zhang,Xuehong Ren,Ick Soo Kim
Wound dressings are usually employed to maintain suitable conditions around the injured skin to accelerate wound healing. This paper aims to report functional composite dressings combined with polycaprolactone (PCL) nanofibers, self-assembly zein coating and modified ZnO nanoparticles (ZnO NPs) for wound management. The synthetic compounds and prepared composite dressings are characterized by Fourier infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy. Meanwhile, the water vapor transmission rate, hemostatic performance, antibacterial activity, and cytocompatibility of the composite dressings are systematically tested to evaluate their applicability in wound treatment. The results show that the multilayer dressings can retain moisture and prevent excessive dehydration of wound. In vitro hemostatic test is conducted, and the enhanced blood clotting capacity and the activation of platelets indicate that the desired dressings are able to control hemorrhaging from wound. Meanwhile, the composite dressings with excellent biocidal efficacy against Gram-positive Staphylococcus aureus (6.01 Log within 30 min) and Gram-negative Escherichia coli O157:H7 (6.04 Log within 30 min) can effectively prevent wound infection. Furthermore, the dressings show no toxicity which are evidenced in hemolysis and cytocompatibility evaluation, and have potential application for wound healing.
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Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials
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2021
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Ting Wu,Xinyue Zhang,Kai Chen,Qin Chen,Zhenyang Yu,Cunao Feng,Jianwei Qi,Dekun Zhang
Although the polyether ether ketone (PEEK) has excellent comprehensive properties, its non-antibacterial and low wear-resistant limit the wide application in the field of artificial joint materials. In this paper, Nano-ZnO was generated in situ on the surface of PEEK powder by one-step hydrothermal method , which improved the binding force of Nano-ZnO and PEEK matrix. Then the PEEK-based nanocomposites were prepared by melt blending with the synthesized Nano-ZnO-PEEK powders and PEEK powders. The microstructure, mechanical, biological and tribological properties of PEEK-based nanocomposites were studied. The results showed that the compressive strength of PEEK-based nanocomposites can reach up to 319.2 ± 2.4 MPa. Both PEEK and PEEK-based nanocomposites were non-toxic to cells. Meanwhile, PEEK-based nanocomposites showed good antibacterial activity against E.coli and Staphylococcus aureus , and the antibacterial activity was better with the increase of Nano-ZnO content. In addition, when the Nano-ZnO content was 5%, the wear rate of PEEK-based nanocomposites was about 68% lower than that of pure PEEK materials. Thus, PEEK-based nanocomposites has a dual function of good antibacterial property and excellent wear resistance.
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Nature Communications
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2021
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Sayed Mahmoud,Xu Feiyan,Kuang Panyong,Low Jingxiang,Wang Shengyao,Zhang Liuyang,Yu Jiaguo
Solar conversion of CO 2 into energy-rich products is one of the sustainable solutions to lessen the global energy shortage and environmental crisis. Pitifully, it is still challenging to attain reliable and affordable CO 2 conversion. Herein, we demonstrate a facile one-pot approach to design core-triple shell Mn, C-codoped ZnO hollow spheres as efficient photocatalysts for CO 2 reduction. The Mn ions, with switchable valence states, function as “ionized cocatalyst” to promote the CO 2 adsorption and light harvesting of the system. Besides, they can capture photogenerated electrons from the conduction band of ZnO and provide the electrons for CO 2 reduction. This process is continuous due to the switchable valence states of Mn ions. Benefiting from such unique features, the prepared photocatalysts demonstrated fairly good CO 2 conversion performance. This work is endeavoured to shed light on the role of ionized cocatalyst towards sustainable energy production.
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JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE
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2021
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Ning Li,Wenyi Wang,Chao Ma,Liuyong Zhu,Xingyu Chen,Bingjie Zhang,Chongli Zhong
Ultrafiltration membranes have shown remarkable potential in the purification of textile printing and dyeing wastewater. However, ultrafiltration membranes have some disadvantages in wastewater treatment , such as membrane fouling and trade-off effect. Hence, a novel polysulfone (PSF)-reduced graphene oxide (rGO)-zinc oxide (ZnO) composite conductive ultrafiltration membrane was prepared via the simple and green method. The combination of conductive ultrafiltration membrane and external electric field could treat dye wastewater. The conductive rGO/ZnO/PSF membranes have high water flux (296 L m −2 h −1 Bar −1 ) and favorable removal rates (>90%) for Congo Red (CR), Methyl Orange (MO), and Methylene Blue (MB). Besides, rGO/ZnO/PSF membrane also showed excellent antifouling ability, which had a flux recovery rate of 93% after filtration of bovine serum albumin (BSA) under applied electric field. Due to the electrocatalytic cleaning, rGO/ZnO/PSF membrane exhibited a 90% flux recovery after filtering the dye. The rGO/ZnO/PSF membrane has good separation efficiency, electrocatalytic stability, and fouling resistance, and can effectively solve the purification of textile printing and dyeing.
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Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers
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2021
·Vol. 9
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·259-266
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Xiao Liang,Jing Zhang,Kewei Zhang,Xiaodong Yang,Mingzhe Zhang
Surface modification is a simple and efficient method to enhance the gas sensing properties of semiconductor materials. In this paper, Fe2O3 nanoparticle-decorated ZnO nanorods are successfully fabricated by a facile two-step synthesis method. The SEM, TEM and XPS results indicate that the Fe2O3 nanoparticles grow directly on the surface of ZnO nanorods. The gas sensing properties of pure ZnO and Fe2O3/ZnO nanocomposites have been systematically analyzed. The gas response value of a 1 wt% Fe2O3/ZnO sample is 14.5 to 100 ppm triethylamine (TEA) at the optimal operating temperature of 260 °C, which is about 3 times that of pure ZnO (5.0). In addition, the 1 wt% Fe2O3/ZnO sensor reflects a rapid response/recovery time (1 s/14 s). The density functional theory (DFT) simulation results confirm that after the Fe2O3 cluster modifies the surface of ZnO, the atomic position at the interface changes significantly and the structure of Fe2O3/ZnO has the lowest adsorption energy for TEA molecules; these are the key factors for improving the gas sensitivity of the composite sample.
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