CATALYSIS TODAY
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2018
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IF 4.667
Xintong Zhou,Chang-jun Liu
Structured porous carbon materials have been extensively applied for catalyst, sensor, adsorbent, energy storage materials and many others. However, the preparation of such carbon materials in a controllable way remains a significant challenge. In this work, 3D printing has been employed to prepare porous carbon structures with tailorable pore sizes. A starch/gelatin ink has been applied as carbon source with SiO 2 monodispersed spheres as hard template. The process exhibits an excellent printing accuracy. Controllable meso and macro structures can be thereby obtained. The printed monolithic structures have been used as metal-free catalysts for the selective oxidation of benzyl alcohol, as an illustration. The monolithic and meso/macro-porous structure has a remarkable influence on the reaction rate. A high conversion with high benzaldehyde selectivity has been achieved. The 3D printing strategy provides us a simple, low cost and reliable way of fabricating carbon structures with designable meso/macro-pores, which is promising for many other applications beyond catalysis.
研究领域:
材料科学
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催化化学
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能源材料
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纳米结构材料
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功能材料
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Journal of Materials Chemistry A
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2016
·Vol. 4
·期 25
·9816-9821
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IF 8.262
Li Cheng,Qing Chang,Yu Chang,Nannan Zhang,Changyuan Tao,Zhaona Wang,Xing Fan
Hierarchical forest-like photoelectrodes were prepared by assembling nano-ZnO on an array of micro-metal dendrites, aiming to demonstrate the idea of highly efficient photon-harvesting inside a biomimetic dendrite structure. Via a facile aqueous electrochemical deposition process, the metal dendrites were deposited on both flat and wire substrates with different alignments, showing wide adaptability. A strong, broadband anti-reflection effect was observed, owing to the diffuse reflection inside the microdendrites. By increasing the dendrite height, the overall reflectivity of the metal electrode can be reduced from 75% to 45%, which could be further reduced to 12% after combining with acicular-leaf-like ZnO nanoarrays. Its applications in light-driven water splitting were successfully demonstrated. Taking advantage of the forest-like photoelectrode, we have artificially constructed an efficient photo-electrochemical system similar to plants in a forest, with photons harvested by the crown-like photoanodes in the sunshine, and synthetic reactions driven by the root-like electrode in the shadow.
研究领域:
材料科学
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纳米科技
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光电化学
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可再生能源
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仿生学
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APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
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2017
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IF 3.387
Jiajie Yu,Muzhong Shen,Siyu Liu,Feng Li,Dongping Sun,Tianhe Wang
In this paper, we describe a simple technique for direct growth of gold nanoparticles (GNPs) into a nanostructured porous alumina layer on conductive glass slide (PAOCG). PAOCG was attached firmly with a small piece of steel and was then immersed in a HAuCl 4 solution. Electro-induced electrons from steel were employed to reduce AuCl 4 − on PAOCG. The galvanic replacement reaction (GRR) was adopted as the fundamental mechanism for reducing metal precursors. This mechanism was further studied by open circuit potential-time (OCP-t) experiment and the result demonstrated that steel induced the continuous proceeding of this reaction. This strategy presents a simple and general protocol for preparation of metal nanoparticles (MNPs) on conductive glass substrates. The SERS properties of Au/PAOCG were investigated using aqueous crystal violet (CV) and 4-mercaptopyridine (4-Mpy) as probe molecules. Au/PAOCG allowed as low as 10 −9 M CV and 10 −8 M 4-Mpy to be detected. The reusability of this substrate was achieved by measuring the SERS spectrum of the probe molecules followed with a 400 °C heat treatment for 10 min to remove the residuals. This substrate could be reused for at least ten cycles without any significantly reduced SERS performance. Therefore, this surface can serve as a portable, durable and reusable SERS substrate and has a potential for commercial applications.
研究领域:
材料科学
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分析化学
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纳米技术
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生物传感
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表面科学
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Energy Technology
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2021
·Vol. 10
·期 2
·2100350
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IF 3.631
Liyue Xiao,Shuangrui Yao,Jie Liu,Hanjun Zou,Yanqin Xu,Yuan Cao,Changguo Chen
The nickel-based metallic organic framework (Ni-MOF) [Ni 2 (OH) 2 (C 8 H 4 O 4 )] material with a hierarchical microblocks structure is efficiently synthesized in 2 h by the ultrasonic method. At the moment Ni-MOF is used as the electrode materials and the supercapacitors (SCs) perform very well with great electrochemical capacity which exhibited particular electric capacitance of 631 C g −1 at a current density of 1 A g −1 . This is one of the highest performances and the shortest synthesis time reported so far for MOFs. Besides, there is a battery – SC hybrid SC assembled by using Ni-MOF and activated carbon. On the condition of having a power density of 302.2 W kg −1 with the voltage window of 1.2 V, the SC produces an energy density of 28.5 W h kg −1 . During the same period, the SC maintains outstanding cycling stability capacitance retention of 85.5% after 3000 cycles at current density of 10 A g −1 . The great electrochemical capability is due to the distinct crystal texture and particular morphological feature. Herein, it is displayed that the ultrasonic method is a fast and effective approach for preparing Ni-MOF SC electrode materials.
研究领域:
材料科学
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电化学
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纳米材料
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能源存储
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功能材料
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SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
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2024
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IF 8.2
Zhenzhen Jia,Qiuxin Liu,Jiatang Hu,Shiyu Li,Hujunjie Chen
Water hypoxia and metal pollution are commonly co-existed in urbanized estuaries. This study focuses on the effect of an extended dissolved oxygen (DO) full-life dynamics (86 days) on metal behavior across the sediment-water interface through laboratory microcosms from two typical zones in Pearl River Estuary. Combining our time-series results of concentrations and fluxes, it showed that Co, Ni, and Zn consistently presented a release-precipitation-release trajectory with an oxic-hypoxic-anoxic-reoxic transition, characterized with highly variable behavior in the hypoxic-anoxic hotmoments. In parallel, changing DO dynamics significantly activated a repartitioning process of Co, Ni, and Zn among several species and elevated their risk in sediments, promoting the formation of more labile species in the 0–10 mm hotspots, where metals sensitively responded. Over DO transition, metal cycling was tightly co-related with Fe, Mn, and S elements. It was found that Mn was dominated in low oxygen-hypoxic period, but switched to S and Fe in anoxic stage, limiting sustained metal liberation to overlying water. Enlarging this experiment to practice, released Zn fluxes from sediments in hypoxic summer could contribute about ∼2.0% to their stocks in water column, while increase to 20% (1 m bottom water) in highly-stratified zones. This study has certain significance in understanding the long-term metal behavior and fate in estuarine regions, even lakes and reservoirs.
研究领域:
环境科学
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地球化学
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水生生态学
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污染生态学
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生物地球化学
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环境毒理学
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河口学
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Science China-Materials
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2021
·Vol. 64
·期 6
·1378-1385
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IF 8.273
Fu Yuanyuan,Ma Cheng
The interplay between solid electrolytes and electrodes is of vital importance to the performance of all-solid-state Li batteries. Recently, halide superionic conductors have emerged as a new family of high-performance solid electrolytes, but their compatibility with Li metal, i.e., the anode with the highest theoretical capacity, has not been systematically studied. Here, we investigate the interaction between Li metal and two representative halide solid electrolytes: Li 3 YCl 6 and Li 3 YBr 6 . Both materials are found to form interphases with Li, similar to most solid electrolytes. However, the interphases observed here contain electronic conducting components, which are detrimental to their compatibility with Li. By elucidating this phenomenon, the present study provides guiding principles for improving the Li compatibility of halide solid electrolytes.
研究领域:
材料科学
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电化学
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固态离子学
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能源存储
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电池技术
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JOURNAL OF SOLID STATE CHEMISTRY
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2021
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IF 3.498
Xia Hua,Zhihong Gao,Qianqian Wang,Wenming Hao,Xiaoliang Yan,Ruifeng Li
The accumulation of heavy metal on catalysts during petrochemical process produces deactivated catalysts that cannot be directly disposed in nature, due to the high toxicity. The elimination of the detrimental effect of heavy metal ions can be achieved by immobilizing these ions in the form of spinel structure, yet this requires high-temperature calcination . Herein, Ni 2+ ions are stabilized and confined within the surface NiAl 2 O 4 on Al 2 O 3 through hydrothermal process and subsequent low-temperature thermal treatment. The formation of nickel aluminum layered double hydroxide (NiAl-LDH) as intermediate favors the generation of surface aluminate spinel at the temperature as low as 450 °C. The formation of surface spinel is beneficial to restricting the mobility of Ni 2+ ions. The growth and immobilization mechanisms of the surface spinel structure were proposed, which contributes to alternative and promising route for the low-temperature approach of the retention of the heavy metal ions mobility.
研究领域:
环境催化
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材料化学
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工业化学
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固体化学
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污染控制
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FUEL PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY
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2019
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IF 4.507
Haonan Qu,Bingyi Liu,Guohua Gao,Yiming Ma,Yanmei Zhou,Hua Zhou,Li Li,Yonghong Li,Shengjian Liu
Levulinic acid (LA) is a versatile key building block in the conversion of carbohydrates and it is an important basic chemical with various potential uses. MIL-100(Fe) loading with insoluble lysine functionalized phosphotungstic acid (Lys-PM 2 ) as heterogeneous catalysts have been synthesized for the conversion of glucose to LA in water. The optimized yield of LA is obtained by using Lys-PM 2 to catalyze glucose conversion is comparable to the majority of effective catalysts. The highest yield of LA (57.9%) is obtained at 150 °C for 9 h with 100 mg glucose and 25 mg Lys-PM 2 , since the Brønsted acidity and Lewis acidity of Lys-PM 2 . And the catalyst is able to recycle at least four times. It demonstrates the potential of Lys-PM 2 for the conversion of biomass.
研究领域:
催化化学
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绿色化学
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生物质能源
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有机转化
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材料化学
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可持续化学
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Small
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2019
·Vol. 15
·期 30
·1902280
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IF 10.856
Xijun Wei,Wanping Hu,Huarong Peng,Yuli Xiong,Peng Xiao,Yunhuai Zhang,Guozhong Cao
High energy and efficient solar charging stations using electrochemical capacitors (ECs) are a promising portable power source for the future. In this work, two kinds of metal-organic framework (MOF) derivatives, NiO/Co 3 O 4 microcubes and Fe 2 O 3 microleaves, are prepared via thermal treatment and assembled into electrochemical capacitors, which deliver a relatively high specific energy density of 46 Wh kg −1 at 690 W kg −1 . In addition, a solar-charging power system consisting of the electrochemical capacitors and monocrystalline silicon plates is fabricated and a motor fan or 25 LEDs for 5 and 30 min, respectively, is powered. This work not only adds two novel materials to the growing categories of MOF-derived advanced materials, but also successfully achieves an efficient solar-ECs system for the first time based on all MOF derivatives, which has a certain reference for developing efficient solar-charge systems.
研究领域:
材料科学
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电化学
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能源存储
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纳米材料
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可再生能源
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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
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2021
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IF 13.273
Yu Liu,Meng Huang,Fangyu Xiong,Jiexin Zhu,Qinyou An
Zinc-ion batteries (ZIBs) using zinc metal as anode materials suffer from Zn dendrite formation and hydrogen evolution during the stripping/plating process, which will lead to performance degradation and hinder practical application. Herein, the 1,4,5,8-naphthalene diimide (NI) is proposed as a promising dendrite-free organic anode material for ZIBs . Moreover, the effect of different binders on electrochemical performance of NI electrode is investigated. Compared NI electrode with polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) binder, the NI electrode with the polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) binder shows highly enhanced rate capability (122.2 mA h g – 1 at 5 A g – 1 ) and cycling performance (123.3 mA h g – 1 at 3 A g – 1 after 2200 cycles). The improvement cycling stability of NI is attributed to PTFE binder, which effectively maintains electrode structure and inhibits dissolution of organic molecules during the cycling process. In addition, the ion kinetics analyses reveal that the superior rate capability is provided by the capacitive charge storage. And the carbonyl group of NI is active center of electrochemistry, which is revealed by in-situ attenuated total reflection–Fourier transform infrared (ATR-FTIR) and ex-situ Raman. Besides, the aqueous Zn-ion full cell based on metal-free NI anode and Prussian blue analogues (PBAs) cathode exhibits excellent rate capability (113.9 mA h g – 1 at 10.0 A g – 1 ), high operation voltage of ~ 1.2 V (at 1.0 A g – 1 ) and energy density of 50.2 Wh kg total – 1 . This work may provide a new design inspiration to develop organic dendrite-free zinc anodes for high-performance aqueous ZIBs batteries.
研究领域:
电化学
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能源材料
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电池技术
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功能材料
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应用化学
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PHYSICA B-CONDENSED MATTER
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2022
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IF 2.988
Wei Zhang,Zhiwei Gu,Bingbing Zong,Yueju Fu,Kai Zhang,Yubao Li
Defects is of special importance in tuning the structure and physical properties of layered materials. Here the influence of transition metal Co vacancies on the structure and magnetism in collapsed tetragonal CaCo 2- x As 2 (0 ≤ x ≤ 0.3) solid solutions are systematically investigated. The electrical properties show metallicity in all compounds. The crystal structure refinement exhibits that the lattice constant of the c axis and c / a ratio decreases as Co vacancies increase, revealing the formation of a more collapsed tetragonal structure in CaCo 2- x As 2 . Moreover, these introduced Co vacancies suppress the antiferromagnetic Néel temperature from 80 K down to 18 K until it disappears above 10 K in CaCo 1 · 7 As 2 . X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy reveals increased Co 3+ /Co 2+ value in CaCo 2- x As 2 with higher Co vacancies, which may result in the charge balance and the gradually suppressed T N . This study offers insights into tuning and understanding the magneto-structural characteristics in ThCr 2 Si 2 -type layered materials through transition metal vacancies.
研究领域:
凝聚态物理
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材料科学
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固体化学
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磁学
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晶体工程
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缺陷工程
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Analytical Methods
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2016
·Vol. 8
·期 24
·4926-4933
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IF 1.915
Dejiang Rao,Qinglin Sheng,Jianbin Zheng
Herein, we report a simple and attractive self-assembly strategy for preparing graphene oxide–multiwalled carbon nanotube–(1-pyrenemethylamine)–gold (GO–MWCNT–PMA–Au) nanocomposites using 1-pyrenemethylamine (PMA) as a coupling agent. The morphology and composition of the nanocomposites were characterized by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray powder diffraction (XRD) and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS). Further, a non-enzymatic nitrite sensor was fabricated by immobilizing GO–MWCNT–PMA–Au nanocomposites on a glassy carbon electrode (GCE). To obtain the optimal electrochemical experimental conditions, the effects of pH value and the volume of the as-prepared Au nanoparticle suspension were carefully investigated. Its electrochemical sensing properties were studied by cyclic voltammetry and differential pulse voltammetry. The electrochemical investigation showed that the GO–MWCNT–PMA–Au nanocomposites exhibited good catalytic performance for the oxidation of nitrite. The nitrite electrochemical sensor presented a wide linear range from 2.0 × 10−6 to 1.0 × 10−2 mol L−1, a high sensitivity of 483.51 μA mM−1 cm−2 and a low detection limit of 0.67 μmol L−1 at a signal-to-noise ratio of 3 (S/N = 3). It also exhibited good anti-interference capability and stability. This paper provides a self-assembly strategy for preparing nanocomposites which are used to construct improved electrochemical sensors.
研究领域:
分析化学
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纳米生物技术
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电化学传感
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环境监测
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食品安全
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