ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
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2019
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IF 8.456
Jun Wang,Yining Pan,Liangxing Jiang,Min Liu,Fangyang Liu,Ming Jia,Jie Li,Yanqing Lai
Copper ions are not only physiologically essential for life but also hazardous materials causing a series of neurodegenerative diseases. Photoelectrochemical (PEC) detection has attracted a large amount of focus as a potential strategy to develop Cu2+ ion sensors. However, relatively low photocurrent signals with poor antidisturbance ability and the limited concentration range have prevented its practical applications. Here, we designed a WO3/CdS heterojunction photoanode for the PEC determination of Cu2+ in aqueous solution through a simple two-step chemical bath deposition method. The obtained WO3/CdS photoanode had a nanoplate morphology and showed an enhanced photoresponsivity with a photocurrent density of 1.5 mA/cm2 at 1.23 V versus RHE under illumination. Naturally, it exhibited a low detection limit (0.06 μM) and wider range (0.5 μM to 1 mM) for Cu2+ PEC detection first, suggesting that the WO3/CdS heterojunction photoanode is a promising tool to monitor copper pollution in natural environments.
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环境科学
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分析化学
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材料科学
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JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
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2014
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IF 2.726
Pin Lv,Wuyou Fu,Yannan Mu,Hairui Sun,Shi Su,Yanli Chen,Huizhen Yao,Dong Ding,Tie Liu,Jun Wang,Haibin Yang
TiO 2 film materials have very wide applications in photovoltaic conversion techniques. And, TiO 2 nanotubes array film with nanowires directly formed on top (denoted as TiO 2 NTWs) was prepared by the anodization method. CdS and PbS quantum dots (QDs) were firstly cosensitized on the TiO 2 NTWs array (denoted as (CdS + PbS)/TiO 2 NTWs) by novel successive ionic layer adsorption and reaction (N-SILAR), which only needed a cation mixed solution containing Cd 2+ and Pb 2+ and an anionic solution containing S 2− . This N-SILAR method can not only effectively shorten the experimental time, simplify the experiment procedure and reduce the experiment cost, but also make the material of (CdS + PbS)/TiO 2 NTWs possess the advantages of improving electron transport and reducing chemical erosion. Moreover, the photocurrent of (CdS + PbS)/TiO 2 NTWs was 4.1 mA/cm 2 under an illumination of 100 mW/cm 2 . The most eye-popping part was that the result was 8 times higher than that of the bare TiO 2 NTWs array. The result of photoelectrochemical measurements indicated that this novel material had a potential application in photovoltaic devices.
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材料科学
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光电子学
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DALTON TRANSACTIONS
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2018
·Vol. 47
·期 36
·12671-12683
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IF 4.099
Sugang Meng,Yanjuan Cui,Hao Wang,Xiuzhen Zheng,Xianliang Fu,Shifu Chen
The development of stable noble metal-free photocatalysts with efficient separation and transportation of the photogenerated electrons–holes is of crucial importance for promoting the application of photocatalysis technology. Herein, we propose an electron transfer strategy by reasonable design and fabrication of novel 0D NiSx nanosheets as a co-catalyst on the surface of 1D CdS nanorods (CdS-NRs) to enhance photocatalytic hydrogen evaluation and contamination (Cr(VI), rhodamine B and bisphenol A) removal in water. Under visible light irradiation, the 0D–1D NiSx/CdS-NR nanocomposite with 1.5% NiSx loading gave a hydrogen evolution rate of 5.98 mmol h−1 g−1, which is about 5.3 times and 1.9 times higher than that of the native CdS-NRs and the optimal 1% Pt/CdS-NRs, respectively. Notably, good stability in the recycling test and a high apparent quantum efficiency of about 69.9% at 420 nm were also obtained. The 1.5% NiSx/CdS-NRs exhibited enhanced photocatalytic contamination degradation efficiency of about 2 times higher than pure CdS-NRs. In this hybrid photocatalyst, 0D NiSx nanosheets came into intimate interfacial contact with the surface of 1D CdS-NRs and played a similar role as noble metals, which could effectively improve the separation, transportation efficiencies and lifetime of photogenerated charge, and thus enhance the photocatalytic performance of CdS-NRs with more efficient conversion of solar energy. This work shows not only a possibility for the utilization of noble metal-free NiSx as a co-catalyst in the photocatalysis, but also provides new insight into the design and fabrication of high-performance composite photocatalysts (such as NiSx/g-C3N4 and NiSx/Zn3In2S6).
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材料科学
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环境科学
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能源科学
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BIOSENSORS & BIOELECTRONICS
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2024
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IF 10.7
Chuanyu Yang,Caiyi Du,Feiyu Yuan,Peitong Yu,Boxu Wang,Changshun Su,Ruiqi Zou,Junyang Wang,Xu Yan,Chunyan Sun,Hongxia Li
Benefiting from specific target recognition and trans-cleavage capabilities, the CRISPR/Cas12a system has great application prospects in the design of highly sensitive and rapid fluorescence biosensors. The CRISPR/Cas12a-based fluorophore-quencher molecular beacons exhibit single-color emission and are easily exposed to interference from environmental factors. Herein, we design a CRISPR/Cas12a-derived ratiometric fluorescence sensor for Pb 2+ detection based on embedded carbon dots@zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 (CDs@ZIF-8) composites and DNAzyme. The functions of ZIF-8 about encapsulating red emissive CDs in the inner cavity and adsorbing DNA on the outer surface are integrated to establish dual fluorescence signals, thereby reducing the possibility of interference and improving sensing accuracy. The presence of Pb 2+ is converted into the change of activator by the GR5 DNAzyme to activate the CRISPR/Cas12a system, which provides signal amplification through multiple turnovers of side branch cutting, achieving highly sensitive detection of Pb 2+ with a low detection limit of 18 pM. This method has the advantages of simplicity, universality, and excellent quantitative ability, and has broad prospects in sensing applications.
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生物传感
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分子生物学
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环境科学
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Nanoscale
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2017
·Vol. 9
·期 22
·7666-7673
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IF 7.367
Xin Su,Xiaoqian Sun,Suli Wu,Shufen Zhang
Photonic crystals (PCs) have long been considered effective for tuning upconversion luminescence due to their photonic band gap (PBG) and the redistribution of density of optical states (DOS). Although the emission intensity can be changed obviously by the PC effect, rarely an obvious lifetime change consistent with theory is observed due to the low refractive index of PS or SiO2 spheres in the commonly used PCs. Herein, CdS/NaYF4:Yb3+,Er3+ composite PCs with a high refractive index contrast are fabricated in one step with upconversion nanoparticles filled inside CdS PCs. When the upconversion emission peak lies at the edge of the PBGs of the composite PCs, a dramatic decrease in lifetime by 28% and 41% is observed for the green and red emissions, respectively. At the same time, obvious emission intensity enhancements are also observed. In contrast, PS PCs with a low refractive index contrast show a slight effect on the lifetime of upconversion luminescence with their emission peak at the edge of the PBGs. Our results agree well with theory and prove that a sufficiently large refractive index contrast is necessary for PCs to dramatically tune the luminescence lifetime and intensity simultaneously.
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材料科学
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光学
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APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
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2018
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IF 4.439
Taiping Hu,Pengfei Li,Jinfeng Zhang,Changhao Liang,Kai Dai
Cadmium sulfide (CdS) has demonstrated great promise in artificial photocataytic hydrogen (H 2 ) production. However, the serious photocorrosion hinders its effective interaction and real-life application. In this work, a typical direct Z-scheme WO 3 /CdS-diethylenetriamine (CdS-DETA) composite has been designed via facile in-situ solvothermal method, which exhibits excellent H 2 production properties in visible light region. In this system, the inorganic–organic CdS-DETA nanobelts (NBs) possess enough active sites and large surface area for the encouraging nanojunction structure information. Furthermore, we also systematically calculated energy band structure and investigated charge transfer of the WO 3 /CdS-DETA by PL and photocurrent test, the results demonstrated that the suitable band gap matching between CdS-DETA and WO 3 and high redox potential improve the separation of photogenerated holes and electrons, restraining intrinsic photocorrosion of CdS as well as improving the photocatalytic activity. 5%WO 3 /CdS-DETA presented the most outstanding H 2 evolution rate (15522 μmol g −1 h −1 ), which is twice higher than that of pure CdS-DETA. WO 3 /CdS-DETA composites also presented high stability after three recycle H 2 production experiment. Finally, direct Z-scheme photocatalytic mechanism is calculated.
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材料科学
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能源化学
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FUEL
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2022
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IF 8.035
Tingzhen Chen,Chengwu Yang,Saravanan Rajendran,Yongpeng Lei,Xinyu Zhang,Jiaqian Qin
The photocatalytic water splitting to produce hydrogen is of great significance to solve the energy crisis, so the development and research of the visible-light-driven energy conversion have the priority in the progress of photocatalytic technology. Herein, we synthesized CdS with hollow sphere (CdS-HS) structure and combined it with CoN to form CoN/CdS-HS photocatalytic system. The particular hollow sphere structure and cocatalyst CoN in the CoN/CdS-HS system increase the utilization of visible light and promote the separation and transfer of photo-generated carriers for photocatalysts, which greatly improves photocatalytic performance of materials. The time‐resolved photoluminescence spectra shows that the carrier lifetime of 15%CoN/CdS-HS is 7.52 ns, which is much larger than that of CdS (4.26 ns). In addition, the hydrogen output of the optimized 15%CoN/CdS-HS is 4.57 times superior to that of pristine CdS-HS under the same conditions. The photocatalytic hydrogen evolution rate of 15%CoN/CdS-HS reaches 58.80 mmol/g . h under visible light with an apparent quantum efficiency (AQE) of 23.53% at 405 nm monochromatic light. After 25 h of photocatalytic reaction, the 15%CoN/CdS-HS can still maintain excellent overall stability. This work provides an idea for the design and development of efficient visible-light-driven photocatalysts in the future.
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材料科学
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能源科学
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APPLIED PHYSICS A-MATERIALS SCIENCE & PROCESSING
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2015
·Vol. 120
·期 4
·1291-1297
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IF 1.704
Wang Xinyu,Ying Yulong,Hu Pan,Lei Jiahuan,Peng Xinsheng
CdS nanowires (NWs) are obtained by the sulfurization of Cd(OH) 2 nanowires at room temperature using H 2 S. The CdS NWs with diameter of 2–5 nm exhibit high photocatalytic performance due to the ultrafine size. To further improve the performance, Au nanoparticles (NPs) with different sizes, i.e., 5, 20, 40 and 100 nm, that decorated the CdS NWs are synthesized through a simple self-assembly and solid sulfuration process. The synthesized Au NPs–CdS NWs hybrids show higher photocatalytic efficiency than that of pure CdS NWs. Furthermore, 20 nm Au NPs–CdS NWs hybrids with an optimal Au loading of 3.2 wt% exhibit the highest photocatalytic efficiency. Both the enhanced separation of photoinduced hole–electron pairs and the absorption of visible light by incorporating Au NPs significantly improve the photocatalytic performance.
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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
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2013
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IF 3.473
Xinlin Liu,Yan Yan,Zulin Da,Weidong Shi,Changchang Ma,Peng Lv,Yanfeng Tang,Guanxin Yao,Yuting Wu,Pengwei Huo,Yongsheng Yan
In this report, a novel CdS–WO 3 nano-heterojunction photocatalyst was successfully synthesized by a multi-step hydrothermal method. Obtained samples exhibit enhanced photocatalytic activity compared with pure WO 3 and CdS for the degradation of Ciprofloxacin (CIP). Particularly, 30%-CdS–70%-WO 3 sample shows the highest degradation ratio (88.85%) of CIP among all samples, which is about 3 times over the pure WO 3 . This activity enhancement could be attributed to the fast migration of photo-induced charge-carriers, which can sufficiently inhibit the recombination of electron–hole pairs.
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Advanced Optical Materials
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2021
·Vol. 9
·期 20
·2101142
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IF 9.926
Junjie Hao,Fenghuan Zhao,Qiushi Wang,Jiaying Lin,Peixian Chen,Junzi Li,Dongxiang Zhang,Meijuan Chen,Peizhao Liu,Marie-Helene Delville,Tingchao He,Jiaji Cheng,Yiwen Li
Ligand-induced chirality in colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals attracts attention because of their tunable chiroptical properties. Here, the induced chirality and circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) are investigated as a function of the CdS shell growth in a range of 2D CdSe/CdS nanoplatelets (NPLs) capped with chiral ligands. Five samples of CdSe/CdS NPLs are synthesized by a one-pot approach to vary the island-like shell on a four-monolayer (4 ML) CdSe NPLs core, which effectively reduces the interfacial strain energy. The successful preparation of L-/D-Cysteine-capped CdSe/CdS NPLs with both tunable circular dichroism (CD) and CPL behaviors and a maximum anisotropic luminance factor ( g lum ) of 5.29 × 10 −4 is described. The induced chiroptical response shows a direct relationship with the formation of island-like shell in the first and second stages and shows a clear signal evolution. In the third stage with a full coating shell, the CD and CPL signals are inversely proportional to the CdS shell thickness. The island-like shell gives birth to the CPL signal, while the formation of full coating shell decreases the induced chirality. Such chiral and emissive NPLs provide an ideal platform for the rational design of semiconductor nanocrystals with chiroptical properties in areas of biomedicine, polarizers, and new generation of display devices.
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材料科学
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光学
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纳米技术
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NANO
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2023
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IF 1.2
Chao Xu,Zhicheng Zhang,Xudong Xiong,Zhao Fan,Yongqian Wang
The advancement of technology has resulted in severe issues in the natural environment, notably organic water contamination that poses a significant threat to living organisms. To mitigate such problems, various technological solutions have been developed to treat water pollution. The emergence of photocatalytic semiconductor technology has enabled the utilization of numerous novel semiconductor composites for pollution control due to their high efficacy and eco-friendliness. In this paper, TpTt/CdS composites were produced via a simple two-step process, and the resulting samples were characterized using X-ray diffraction, field emission scanning electron microscopy, Fourier transform infrared, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, ultraviolet (UV)–visible and photodegradation experiments using methylene blue to simulate organic pollutants. The experimental findings reveal that the composite structure system enhances the radiation absorption capacity of CdS in the UV range, as well as the adsorption capability of organic pollutants. This introduces a fresh concept for modifying semiconductor composite structures and highlights the considerable potential of CdS in degrading organic contaminants.
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环境科学
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纳米技术
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材料科学
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化学工程
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Frontiers in Energy
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2021
·Vol. 15
·期 3
·678-686
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IF 2.709
Xu Zehong,Zhu Qiaohong,Xi Xinguo,Xing Mingyang,Zhang Jinlong
Photocatalytic water splitting for hydrogen (H 2 ) generation is a potential strategy to solve the problem of energy crisis and environmental deterioration. However, powder-like photocatalysts are difficult to recycle, and the agglomeration of particles would affect the photocatalytic activity. Herein, a direct Z-scheme CdS/WO 3 composite photocatalyst was fabricated based on carbon cloth through a two-step process. With the support of carbon cloth, photocatalysts tend to grow uniformly for further applications. The experimental results showed that the H 2 yield of adding one piece of CdS/WO 3 composite material was 17.28 μmol/h, which was 5.5 times as compared to that of pure CdS-loaded carbon cloth material. A cycle experiment was conducted to verify the stability of the as-prepared material and the result demonstrated that the H 2 generation performance of CdS/WO 3 decreased slightly after 3 cycles. This work provides new ideas for the development of recyclable photocatalysts and has a positive significance for practical applications.
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材料科学
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环境科学
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