JOURNAL OF MATERIALS RESEARCH
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2017
·Vol. 32
·期 18
·3605-3615
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IF 1.673
Yongkun Liu,Qin Huang,Guohua Jiang,Depeng Liu,Weijiang Yu
In this work, the hybrid carbon nanofibers (Cu2O/CNFs) containing cuprous oxide (Cu2O) nanoparticles were prepared by a convenient electrospinning method and following a carbonization treatment. The morphology, composition, and microstructure of the Cu2O/CNFs were characterized by scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and X-ray diffractometer. The as-prepared Cu2O/CNFs exhibited a stronger absorption in the range of 250–700 nm. The band gap energy of the Cu2O/CNFs was estimated to be 2.0 eV. Due to the synergistic effect between photocatalytic activity of Cu2O and excellent adsorption capacity of CNFs, the obtained Cu2O/CNFs exhibited excellent photocatalytic activity for degradation of rhodamine B (RhB) and phenol. The possible mechanism for degradation of RhB and phenol degradation were also discussed. The resultant hybrid carbon composites offer the significant advantages, such as low dosage, high catalytic activity, easy recycling, and excellent stability. We hope that the resultant hybrid composite Cu2O/CNFs could be applied as catalytic materials for further application in the future.
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SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGY
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2024
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IF 8.1
Xiao Liu,Yanjun Zhang,Wuxia Zhang,Gang Cheng,Fan Tian,Wei Li,Jinyan Xiong
Solar-driven photocatalytic hydrogen production from water splitting holds significant potential in addressing the energy crisis and environmental pollution. However, rapid recombination of photogenerated carriers and insufficient surface catalytic reaction kinetics hinder the photocatalytic process. Constructing the catalytic systems with multi-channel charge-separation can effectively alleviate those issues. In this work, ternary PdO@TiO 2 -Cu 2 O composites have been synthesized through precursor calcination and low-temperature reduction, where PdO and Cu 2 O nanoparticles couple with the TiO 2 nanorods. Comparing to single TiO 2 , binary PdO@TiO 2 and TiO 2 -Cu 2 O, the PdO@TiO 2 -Cu 2 O hybrid exhibits enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen production performance (5831μmol g -1 h −1 ), with a hydrogen production rate more than three times that of single TiO 2 . Based on the band structures of TiO 2 and Cu 2 O, along with the photochemical/electrochemical, in-situ EPR, Photoluminescence (PL) tests, and work function calculations, the formation of an S-scheme heterojunction at the TiO 2 -Cu 2 O interface under light illumination facilitates the recombination of electrons in the conduction band (CB) of TiO 2 with holes in the valence band (VB) of Cu 2 O. In this regard, the established built-in electric field significantly accelerates the transfer of photogenerated charges while preserving their respective strong oxidation and reduction capabilities. Meanwhile, the introduction of PdO enriches the holes and further enhances the rate of charge separation. This S-scheme heterojunction with directional charge transfer and oxidation cocatalyst collectively form multi-channels of charge separation, optimizing charge migration and enabling efficient hydrogen production, thus improving the photocatalytic capability of pristine TiO 2 . This study provides a rational approach to construct efficient S-scheme heterojunction/oxidation cocatalyst multi-component catalytic systems for water splitting into hydrogen.
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材料科学
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能源科学
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COLLOIDS AND SURFACES A-PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING ASPECTS
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2020
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IF 3.99
Han Jiao,Yaru Li,Kaihua Gao,Jingyu Zhao,Chun Wang,Mingcheng Li,Ping Na
Electrochemical promotion technology, an environmentally friendly and facile strategy, is becoming increasingly attractive to researchers. In this work, a novel Cu@Cu 2 O foam block composite material was constructed through a one-step hydrothermal method. The product was then employed as the anode and electrified to catalyse removal of radioactive iodide ions (I − ) in the liquid phase. The removal rate of I − sharply increased to 96.65 % under electrification, which is a 4.5-fold increase over that without electrification. The current strength had an impact on this result, and the removal was still relatively high in a wide range of pH values. The composite material had good reusability and could maintain good performance after simple separation. Therefore, based on X-ray diffraction and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analysis, we proposed a mechanism of electrochemical oxidation and adsorption coupling for the iodine removal. As Cu@Cu 2 O adsorbed I − to form CuI, the current flow oxidised I − to I 2 , which finally was adsorbed by the formed CuI. Therefore, the current provides services of accelerating I − movement and oxidation. This coupling model of electrocatalytic oxidation and adsorption provides us with a new research method to remove iodide from water.
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环境科学
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APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
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2020
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IF 6.182
Yi Zhang,Qi Wang,Dongming Liu,Qian Wang,Tong Li,Zhou Wang
A novel isotype (p-p) heterojunction, on the basis of Cu 2 O coupled with BiOI, has been designed and synthesized via a facile two-step electro-deposition approach at room temperature. The morphology, phase compositions and chemical bonding state were verified by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray diffraction measurements (XRD) and X-ray photoelectron spectra (XPS). The optimized Cu 2 O/BiOI hybrid electrode exhibited boosted photoelectrochemical (PEC) H 2 O 2 non-enzymatic sensing performance under visible light illumination, with a phenomenally broad linear range (1.99 µM ~ 17.54 mM), a high sensitivity of 213.87 µA mM −1 cm −2 , as well as a low detection limit of 0.44 µM (S/N = 3). Additionally, the sensor presented satisfying selectivity, repeatability, stability and its feasibility in real samples was corroborated. The photoelectrochemical sensing mechanism was clarified in the view of band structure and p-p heterojunction. Our work would enlighten the perspective research on the application of isotype heterojunction in PEC bio-sensing and provide a promising non-enzymatic biosensor platform for effective detection of H 2 O 2 in food, biomedical and environment analysis.
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生物医学工程
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JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
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2022
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IF 9.965
Pei Qiu,Jinyan Xiong,Mengjie Lu,Lijun Liu,Wei Li,Zhipan Wen,Weijie Li,Rong Chen,Gang Cheng
Solar-driven photocatalytic H 2 evolution could tackle the issue of fossil fuels-triggered greenhouse gas emission with sustainable clean energy. However, splitting water into hydrogen with high performance by a single semiconductor is challenging because of the poor charge separation efficiency. Herein, a novel ternary Cu@TiO 2 -Cu 2 O hybrid photocatalyst with multiple charge transfer channels has been designed for efficient solar-to-hydrogen evolution. Indeed, the ternary Cu@TiO 2 -Cu 2 O hybrid by coupling Cu@TiO 2 with Cu 2 O nanoparticles shows highly-efficient photocatalytic hydrogen generation with rate of 12000.6 μmol·g −1 ·h −1 , which is 4.4, 2.1, and 1.9 times higher than the pure TiO 2 (2728.8 μmol·g −1 ·h −1 ), binary Cu@TiO 2 (5595.5 μmol·g −1 ·h −1 ), and TiO 2 -Cu 2 O (6076.8 μmol·g −1 ·h −1 ) composite, respectively. In such a Cu@TiO 2 -Cu 2 O hybrid, the formed internal electric field in the TiO 2 -Cu 2 O p-n junction allows the electrons in Cu 2 O to migrate to TiO 2 , while the electrons in the CB of TiO 2 could flow into Cu via the Schottky junction at the Cu@TiO 2 interface. In this regard, a multiple charge transfer is achieved between the Cu@TiO 2 and Cu 2 O, which facilitates promoted charge separation and results in the construction of electron-accumulated center (Cu) and hole-enriched surface (Cu 2 O). This p-n/Schottky junctions with steered charge transfer assists the hydrogen production upon the Cu@TiO 2 -Cu 2 O ternary photocatalyst.
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能源科学
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环境科学
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
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2025
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IF 8.3
Haiping Zhu,Yuxin Ge,Pengcheng Zhao,Zihan Sun,Zhuoyu Zheng,Fan Yang,Lin Chen,Yongqi Mao,Xueer Huang,Jiajin Li,Minglei Lu,Tiejun Wang
Aqueous phase reforming of methanol (APRM) is a promising technology for efficiently producing hydrogen (H 2 ) in a sustainable approach, enabling convenient and safe H 2 storage and transportation. Herein, we develop a Ni/Cu/Cu 2 O@CA catalyst with excellent performance by integrating density functional theory (DFT) calculation and experimental investigations. DFT results show that Ni doping greatly reduced the activation energy (E a ) of CH 3 OH dehydrogenation and H 2 O dissociation, especially the E a of the rate-limiting step of CH 3 O∗ → CH 2 O∗ + H∗ from 1.71 eV to 1.28 eV. Additionally, the Cu/Cu 2 O(111) surface is found to promote the CO conversion. To verify the synergistic effect between Ni and Cu/Cu 2 O(111), a 3D spherical porous Ni/Cu/Cu 2 O@CA catalyst is synthesized for APRM experiments, achieving a peak H 2 production rate of 135.93 μmolH 2 /g cat /s at 240 °C, which is 2.0 times higher than that of the Cu/Cu 2 O@CA catalyst. Overall, this work presents an implementable strategy for developing non-noble metal catalysts for sustainable H 2 production.
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催化化学
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可再生能源
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材料科学
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Surfaces and Interfaces
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2024
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IF 5.7
Hele Hua,Nan Zhang,Zhidan Wang,Rui Li,Yunfang Wang,Jianxin Liu,Peide Han,Caimei Fan,Yawen Wang
Electrocatalytic NO 3 − reduction reaction (NO 3 RR) has attracted much attention as a promising NH 3 synthesis pathway, and Cu-based catalysts have been proven to lead to advantages in nitrate reduction . However, the active hydrogen (H*) produced by the Cu-based catalyst is insufficient to satisfy the hydrogenation process of the NO 3 RR intermediate, resulting in a large generation of NO 2 − . In this paper, the Co(OH) 2 /Cu 2 O heterojunction was constructed to improve the kinetics of H 2 O dissociation to generate H* and Co(OH) 2 /Cu 2 O (5.87 %) showed lower faradaic efficiency (FE) of NO 2 − than Cu 2 O (50.95 %). Mechanistic studies reveal that the introduction of Co(OH) 2 can help Cu 2 O lower the energy barrier of H 2 O dissociation, greatly boosting the supply of active hydrogen (H*). Not only that, but the reaction energy barriers of *NO to *NOH can be greatly reduced. The final twofold reason works together to greatly improve the efficiency of hydrogenation of NO 2 − , largely solving the problem of FE reduction due to the delayed consumption of NO 2 − , thus realizing improved performance.
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化学
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材料科学
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催化
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JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
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2025
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IF 6.3
Haoran Li,Yuekuan Sun,Ting Xian,Jinhun Bao,Wenjuan Liu,Xiaolong Lu
Three-dimensional (3D) nanostructures which have the ability to expand carrier diffusion channels and provide plenty of electrocatalytic active sites are extensively regarded as highly effective strategies for enhancing the sensing performance of electrocatalysts. Herein, a highly sensitive Cu 2 O/PANI-GO electrode was constructed simply via in-situ electrodeposition of the graphene oxide (GO) doped polyaniline PANI (PANI-GO) 3D porous network structure on a flexible stainless-steel (SS) foil substrate. Subsequently, Cu₂O nanoparticles were electrodeposited onto the unique 3D network architecture which provides abundant active sites for Cu 2 O deposition. Meanwhile, the introduction of conductive PANI and GO improves the conductivity of the sensing catalysts and enhances the electrocatalytic performance of Cu 2 O. The electrochemical behavior of glucose and ascorbic acid (AA) was investigated through cyclic voltammetry (CV). CV results have demonstrated that the formation of a 3D porous network structure provides a substantial number of electronic pathways, which facilitate direct electron transfer between biomolecules and electrocatalysts, thereby promoting the electrocatalytic oxidation of glucose and ascorbic acid (AA). According to chronoamperometry, such a 3D porous network structure electrode exhibits outstanding sensing performance for glucose and AA detection, including lower detection limit and higher sensitivity over a wide detection range compared with the reported similar Cu 2 O-based electrodes. The excellent anti-interference, stability, reproducibility, and bending stability are also obtained. Furthermore, the glucose concentration in diluted fetal bovine serum and AA concentration in diluted vitamin c beverages were quantitatively measured, and the results were satisfactory, indicating that the proposed flexible electrochemical sensing electrode provides considerable prospects for practical human health and food safety monitoring.
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生物医学工程
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INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH
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2024
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IF 3.8
Yaqun Han,Jingyuan Hu,Jie Ren,Shufen Zhang,Suli Wu
Introducing structured color-generating microstructures on leather instead of dyestuffs is expected to be an effective solution to achieve high-performance colorful leather without harmful effluent. Here, based on the disordered thin-layer Cu2O or ZnS microstructure, we obtained a series of colorful leathers with both sparkling brilliant structural colors and excellent color durability, using polyurethane and polyacrylate as linkers. The brilliant colors were generated by Mie resonance of ZnS or Cu2O nanospheres, while the polymer binders provided color stability and unique high gloss. The brilliant color has a unique sparkling effect under light, and the structural color can be adjusted by the sizes of the Cu2O or ZnS spheres. The colorful leather has superior rubbing fastness (4–5 grades) and superior light fastness (5–6 grades) to maintain color stability. Additionally, multiple color patterns and large-area colorful leather can also be produced, displaying great potential in the sustainable development of the leather industry.
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材料科学
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化学工程
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环境科学
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Optical Materials Express
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2017
·Vol. 7
·期 3
·924-931
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IF 2.591
Tiejun Wang,Dameng Wang,Hua Zhang,Xuelin Wang,Ming Chen
We design a simple and versatile strategy to synthesize pure Cu2O@CuO nanoporous materials with pores the size of 4~8 nm based on the laser irradiation of CuO powders in distilled water. In the presence of 1.8 mg Cu2O@CuO nanocomposites, the adsorption of a nearly 99.69% MB solution (80 mg/L, 3 mL) can be achieved after 1 min, while 95.35% via 200 mg original CuO powders. The porous structures and the abundant hydroxyl (-OH) groups formed on the surfaces enable the Cu2O@CuO nanocomposites to have many more adsorption sites. Our results have opened up a novel green paradigm of wielding laser light as a versatile tool for sculpting porous nanocomposites without any residual reagents.
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材料科学
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环境科学
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化学工程
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APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
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2018
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IF 4.439
Qiaoyue Xi,Ge Gao,Manyu Jin,Yanqun Zhang,Hua Zhou,Cunqi Wu,Yongxia Zhao,Lidan Wang,Pengran Guo,Jingwei Xu
A novel ternary photocatalytic nanocomposite, Ag–Cu 2 O/C 3 N 4 , has been successfully synthesized via a facile two-step reduction procedure at room temperature, wherein Ag nanoparticles are directly growing on the surface of Cu 2 O supported by C 3 N 4 nanosheets. The resulting ternary Ag–Cu 2 O/C 3 N 4 photocatalyst exhibits enhanced photocatalytic activity towards methyl orange (MO) degradation compared with its counterparts (Cu 2 O, spherical Ag–Cu 2 O and Cu 2 O/C 3 N 4 ), demonstrating a removal rate of MO up to 95.7% within 30 min. The enhanced photocatalytic activity can be ascribed to the following factors: (1) the surface plasmon resonance effect of Ag nanoparticles broadening the visible light response of Cu 2 O; (2) the introduction of C 3 N 4 functioning not only as a fast electron delivery but also a fine stabilizer to prevent the Ag–Cu 2 O composite from agglomeration. Mechanism studies reveal that MO is cracked into smaller fragments and the h + is the main reactive species participating in the photocatalytic process. Moreover, the Ag–Cu 2 O/C 3 N 4 photocatalyst also shows high photodegradation ability for another two representative azo dyes, acid orange II and congo red. This study demonstrates the potential of Ag–Cu 2 O/C 3 N 4 in the degradation of azo dyes and also provides a guide to design of Cu 2 O-based ternary photocatalysts for further wastewater remediation.
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Science China-Technological Sciences
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2015
·Vol. 58
·期 5
·881-888
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IF 1.192
Yang AiLing,Li ShunPin,Wang YuJin,Wang LeLe,Bao XiChang,Yang RenQiang
Ag@Cu 2 O core-shell metal-semiconductor nanoparticles (NPs) were prepared by using solution phase strategy. It was found that Ag@Cu 2 O core-shell NPs were easily converted to Ag@Cu bimetallic core-shell NPs with the help of surfactant PVP and excessive reducer ascorbic acid in air at room temperature, which is a unique phenomenon. Varying volumes of Ag colloidal solutions were added into the reaction mixtures containing fixed initial concentrations of Cu 2+ and PVP, Ag@Cu 2 O and Ag@Cu core-shell NPs with fixed core size but varying outer shell thicknesses could be obtained. The composites, structures, morphologies and extinction properties of Ag@Cu 2 O and Ag@Cu core-shell NPs were systematically characterized by XRD, TEM and extinction spectra. Both of these NPs show wide tunable optical properties. The extinction peaks could be shifted from 421 nm to 700 nm. FTIR results reveal that Cu + ions on the surface of Cu 2 O nanocrystalline coordinate with N and O atoms in PVP and further are reduced to metallic Cu by excessive ascorbic acid and then form a nucleation site on the surface of Cu 2 O nanocrystalline. PVP binds onto a different site to proceed with the reduction until all the Cu sources in Cu 2 O NPs are completely assumed. And the shell of Cu 2 O is converted to Cu shell. The synthesis approach in this paper is simple and also a promising reference for synthesizing other core-shell NPs. Ag@Cu 2 O NPs can be easily converted to Ag@Cu NPs in air at room temperature, which is promising to be used in electronic devices.
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纳米材料化学
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无机功能材料
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胶体与界面化学
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光谱学
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半导体物理
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