CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
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2018
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IF 6.735
Youchen Gu,Chen Ye,Xuewen Yin,Jianhua Han,Yu zhou,Heping Shen,Jianbao Li,Xiaojing Hao,Hong Lin
Cadmium sulfide (CdS) is the most widely used buffer material for a variety of thin-film solar cells including Cu 2 ZnSnS 4 . However, reports have shown that CdS film obtained by chemical bath deposition (CBD) is not the ideal buffer layer for pure sulfide CZTS solar cell. Zinc doping is a viable approach to modifying the CdS buffer film, but the present methods are far from satisfactory. Here, we innovatively developed an effective way of Zinc doping using partial electrolyte (PE) treatment, resulting in state-of-the-art buffer layer for solar cells based on high-surface-waviness CZTS light absorber. Our study shows that this Zn PE-treated CdS film improved the properties including coverage, full-range light transmittance and conduction band alignment with CZTS. Ultimately, the resultant modified CdS film boosted the open-circuit voltage of our devices by more than 100 mV, yielding power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 3.30%. We note that this is the highest efficiency that has been reported for all solution-processed CZTS solar cells.
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Energy Storage Materials
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2018
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IF 0
Haomiao Li,Kangli Wang,Hao Zhou,Xiaolin Guo,Shijie Cheng,Kai Jiang
Developing high energy density batteries is of great significance for various energy storage applications . The novel liquid metal batteries (LMBs), with the merits of low-cost and long-lifespan, however deliver relatively low specific energy due to the electromotive force (EMF) limitation of bimetallic electrodes. Metalloid tellurium (Te) is a potentially high voltage electrode candidate for LMB, but challenged by its poor electronic conductivity and high solubility in molten salts. Herein, for the first time, we demonstrate a high voltage LMB with high energy density enabled by metalloid Te alloying with metallic Sn as positive electrode . This Te-Sn alloying strategy dramatically enhances the electronic conductivity of Te based electrodes, and suppresses the solubility of Te in molten salt electrolyte as well. The Li||Te-Sn cells reported herein present the highest discharge voltage of ca.1.6 V and energy density of 495 Wh kg −1 among all the reported LMBs. These preliminary results broaden the selection of positive electrode materials for LMBs and demonstrate a strategy for developing high energy density batteries for energy storage applications.
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Journal of Neuroinflammation
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2018
·Vol. 15
·期 1
·1-12
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IF 5.193
Gao Bo,Wu Yu,Yang Yuan-Jian,Li Wei-Zu,Dong Kun,Zhou Jun,Yin Yan-Yan,Huang Da-Ke,Wu Wen-Ning
Background Epilepsy is a common neurological disorder and is not well controlled by available antiepileptic drugs (AEDs). Inflammation is considered to be a critical factor in the pathophysiology of epilepsy. Sinomenine (SN), a bioactive alkaloid with anti-inflammatory effect, exerts neuroprotective activity in many nervous system diseases. However, little is known about the effect of SN on epilepsy.Methods The chronic epilepsy model was established by pentylenetetrazole (PTZ) kindling. Morris water maze (MWM) was used to test spatial learning and memory ability. H.E. staining and Hoechst 33258 staining were used to evaluate hippocampal neuronal damage. The expression of nucleotide oligomerization domain (NOD)-like receptor protein 1 (NLRP1) inflammasome complexes and the level of inflammatory cytokines were determined by western blot, quantitative real-time PCR and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) kits.Results SN (20, 40, and 80 mg/kg) dose-dependently disrupts the kindling acquisition process, which decreases the seizure scores and the incidence of fully kindling. SN also increases the latency of seizure and decreases the duration of seizure in fully kindled rats. In addition, different doses of SN block the hippocampal neuronal damage and minimize the impairment of spatial learning and memory in PTZ kindled rats. Finally, PTZ kindling increases the expression of NLRP1 inflammasome complexes and the levels of inflammatory cytokines IL-1β, IL-18, IL-6, and TNF-α, which are all attenuated by SN in a dose- dependent manner.Conclusion sSN exerts anticonvulsant and neuroprotective activity in PTZ kindling model of epilepsy. Disrupting the kindling acquisition, which inhibits NLRP1 inflammasome-mediated inflammatory process, might be involved in its effects.
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JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
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2018
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IF 3.779
Dongyang Wang,Xiao Zhang,Yong Yu,Lin Xie,Jinfeng Wang,Guangtao Wang,Jiaqing He,Yuling Zhou,Qiantao Pang,Jianwei Shao,Li-Dong Zhao
In this work, we report that the high performance of SnTe could be realized by enhancing electrical transport properties (power factor) and reducing thermal conductivity through stepwisely introducing elements of Sb, In and Se. We found that Sb and In co-doping can enhance Seebeck coefficients in the broad temperature range via optimizing carrier density and introducing resonant state, respectively. Moreover, nanostructures could be formed when the Sb content beyond the solubility limit in SnTe matrix, which coupled with point defects from In and Se alloying result in a very low (lattice) thermal conductivity through the enhanced phonon scattering from defects and grain boundaries. A peak ZT ∼1.0 at 923 K can be achieved with the enhanced power factor and reduced thermal conductivity. Accordingly, the average ZT value increases from ∼0.20 for undoped SnTe to ∼ 0.60 for multiple-doped SnTe (Sn 0.823 Sb 0.17 In 0.007 Te 0.98 Se 0.02 ) over 300–923 K, generating a high calculated conversion efficiency ∼ 11%. Present results indicate the high performance of SnTe can be obtained through stepwisely optimizing strategy in both electrical and thermal transport properties.
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Crystals
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2019
·Vol. 9
·期 5
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Hongdan Zhang,Ludan Zhu,Jun Cheng,Long Chen,Chuanqi Liu,Shuanglong Yuan
The Cs2SnX6perovskites have attracted much attention due to excellent optoelectronic properties and high stability. In the present work, we have focused on the morphology control and photoluminescence characteristics of the Cs2SnCl6perovskite crystals. The synthesis process of the Cs2SnCl6crystals includes two stages composed of the formation of initial crystals and the growth of Cs2SnCl6; the later originated from the oxidization of CsSnCl3. This process has been confirmed by Scanning electron microscope (SEM) and X-rays diffraction (XRD). By controlling the concentration of the initial reactants and hydrochloric acid in the solution to change the supersaturation of the solution, different crystal morphologies, such as truncated octahedron, octahedron, hexapod, quasi-sphere, have been obtained. In relatively a low supersaturation solution, the amount of growth units dominates the crystal growth process to obtain the hexapod and self-assembly crystals. In contrast, in relatively high supersaturation solution, nucleation predominates to yield small size truncated octahedrons and near-spherical Cs2SnCl6crystals. The synthesized Cs2SnCl6crystals have shown a wide emission band peaking at 450 nm with full width at half maximum (FWHM) 63 nm due to the defects introduced by Sn2+. The photoluminescence intensities of crystals synthesized at various conditions exhibited considerable difference, which was about 60 times between the highest and the lowest.Keywords:lead-free perovskite;Cs2SnCl6;crystal growth;photoluminescence
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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
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2019
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IF 8.355
Kiran Gupta,Baoling Yuan,Chen Chen,Naresh Varnakavi,Ming-Lai Fu
Novel composite of immobilized layered K 2x Mn x Sn 3−x S 6 (x = 0.5–0.95) (KMS-1) on the surface of reduced graphene oxide (r-GO), KMS-1/r-GO (KGO), has been fabricated by employing hydrothermal technique and used for the removal of radioactive Cs + and Sr 2+ ions from aqueous solutions. The KGO was characterized thoroughly with different characteristic techniques and found that the laminar KMS-1 nanoplate were immobilized on the surface of r-GO nanosheets, forming a highly porous stacked structure. Batch studies have been done for obtaining optimal experimental parameters and investigating the effect of adsorption time, initial concentration of pollutant, pH of solution, temperature, and competing anions on the removal properties. At room temperature, the maximum adsorption capacity of KGO was 338.18 mg·g −1 and 220.12 mg·g −1 for both Cs + and Sr 2+ , respectively. Langmuir isotherm and pseudo-second-order kinetic models were fitted well with experimental data of removed Cs + and Sr 2+ . Adsorption showed good selectivity of composite towards Cs + and Sr 2+ in the presence of co-existing ions (Ca 2+ and Mg 2+ ). The proposed adsorption mechanism involved ion exchange through the presence of K + ions in KMS-1 and formation of surface ionic interactions between r-GO and ions through COO X or S X (X denoted Cs + and Sr 2+ ). This study highlighted the facile applicability of novel material KGO and could be used as a new adsorbent for the removal of radioactive ions.
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Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers
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2017
·Vol. 5
·期 2
·403-412
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IF 4.036
Jian-Rong Li,Lei Xu,Ming-Lai Fu,Yun-Xia Wang,Hang Xiao
A facile strategy was designed to prepare magnetically layered chalcogenide Fe3O4/KMS-1 (FK) composite adsorbents combining the advantages of rapid magnetic separation and satisfactory adsorption performance under vigorous stirring in ethanol solution at room temperature. The dispersion degree of Fe3O4 in ethanol was superior to that in water, which gave a better result with the preparation in ethanol. Characterization by SEM-EDS, XRD, magnetic test, N2 physical-adsorption and TG-DTG demonstrated formation of FK and its adsorption performance. The results showed that the Fe3O4 microspheres could be well distributed over the surface of KMS-1 by electrostatic attraction in ethanol and the obtained FK could be easily separated from water after adsorption using a magnet. The pH slightly affected the adsorption capacity in the range of 3 to 6. Both KMS-1 and Fe3O4 retained their own original adsorption capacity in FK and FK0.3 was the best composite adsorbent when the mass ratio of Fe3O4 and KMS-1 was 0.3. As the amount of loaded Fe3O4 was decreased, the adsorption capacity of the composite adsorbents increased. The kinetic data of FK0.3 fit well with pseudo-second-order models. The co-existing ions had a slight effect on the removal of Zn(II) by FK0.3. The interlayer spacing of KMS-1 in FK increased from 0.851 nm to 1.123 nm after adsorption. The FK composite adsorbents can be considered as an excellent recoverable adsorbent in the treatment of wastewater.
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JOURNAL OF ELECTRONIC MATERIALS
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2017
·Vol. 47
·期 6
·3248-3253
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IF 1.579
Chen Jun-Liang,Liu Chengyan,Miao Lei,Gao Jie,Zheng Yan-yan,Wang Xiaoyang,Lu Jiacai,Shu Mingzheng
With excellent high-temperature stability (up to 1000 K) and favorable electrical properties for thermoelectric application, TiNiSn-based half-Heusler (HH) alloys are expected to be promising thermoelectric materials for the recovery of waste heat in the temperature ranging from 700 K to 900 K. However, their thermal conductivity is always relatively high (5–10 W/mK), making it difficult to further enhance their thermoelectric figure-of-merit ( ZT ). In the past decade, introducing nano-scale secondary phases into the HH alloy matrix has been proven to be feasible for optimizing the thermoelectric performance of TiNiSn. In this study, a series of TiNiSn-based alloys have been successfully synthesized by a simple solid-state reaction. The content and composition of the heterogeneous phase (TiNi 2 Sn and Sn) is accurately regulated and, as a result, the thermal conductivity successfully reduced from 4.9 W m −1 K −1 to 3.0 Wm −1 K −1 (750 K) due to multi-scale phonon scattering. Consequently, a ZT value of 0.49 is achieved at 750 K in our TiNiSn-based thermoelectric materials. Furthermore, the thermal stability of TiNiSn alloys is enhanced through reducing the Sn substance phase.
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COLLOIDS AND SURFACES A-PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING ASPECTS
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2017
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IF 2.714
Jian-Rong Li,Lei Xu,Ming-Lai Fu,Huachun Lan
The layered chalcogenide has been shown to efficiently absorb organic pollutant, as well as heavy metals and radioactive ions. Previous studied showed that the regeneration of spent layered chalcogenide was impossible because of the strong affinity between soft metal ions and sulfur ions. While can adsorbent of layered chalcogenide be regenerated for adsorption of organic pollutant? In this study a case study of norfloxacin (NOR) adsorbed by layered chalcogenide in water is illustrated. The typical layered chalcogenide, K 1.9 Mn 0.95 Sn 2.05 S 6 (KMS-1) was hydrothermally synthesized and then used to remove NOR in aqueous solution. The adsorption process was found strongly pH-dependent. The maximum adsorption capacities were obtained at pH of 4 at different temperatures. The shift of Bragg peaks indicated from XRD patterns at different pH accompanying SEM images and adsorption amount showed that cation exchange played an essential role to remove NOR. The intercalation of cationic NOR took titled orientations of di-molecular NOR in KMS-1 with the interlayer space of 1.38 nm and 0.97 nm, respectively. The KMS-1 intercalated with NOR can be successfully regenerated by cation exchange using high concentration (1.0 M) KCl solution, in which the decrease in adsorption capacity was found <10% after three adsorption – desorption cycles. The obtained results suggested layered chalcogenide could be a promising regenerated adsorbent to remove organic pollutant with potential application in the environmental remediation.
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Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering
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2017
·Vol. 13
·期 1
·e2153
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IF 0.836
Zhuqian Xiao,Yidan Xu,Yu Fan,Qiang Zhang,Jianwei Mao,Jianbing Ji
Here, we developed a new strategy for preparation of series of in-situ reduction bimetallic catalysts Ni-W/SiO 2 by introducing of reducing agent in the preparation process. And these catalysts were applied into the catalytic hydrogenolysis of microcrystalline cellulose and pretreated lignocellulose. The results show that the in situ reduction 15%Ni–20%W/SiO 2 shows the prominent activity for microcrystalline cellulose conversion into ethylene glycol (EG), 1,2-propylene glycol, and glycerol with the highest yield of EG at 61.30% under the experimental condition. And the relative high of EG yield (30.23%) was obtained when a combinative pretreatment technology of steam explosion (0.45 MPa) coupled with hot alkali (70 °C) was introduced to enhance the hydrogenolysis of plant lignocellulose-based feedstocks over the in situ reduction catalyst 15%Ni–20%W/SiO 2 . The SEM and thermogravimetry analysis revealed that segmental lignin and hemicellulose were removed partly by hot alkali pretreatment. Meanwhile, the existence of Ni–W alloys and metal Ni particles were evidenced by X-ray diffraction spectra. In addition, by the detailed analysis via transmission electron microscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, the catalytic particle size was distributed in the range of 9.3 ± 1.3 nm.
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COLLOIDS AND SURFACES A-PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING ASPECTS
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2017
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IF 2.714
Yun-Xia Wang,Kiran Gupta,Jian-Rong Li,Baoling Yuan,Jia-Cheng E. Yang,Ming-Lai Fu
A novel easily separated magnetic chalcogenide composite, KMS-1/L-Cystein/Fe 3 O 4 (KCF), was successfully synthesized using bifunctional linker (L-Cystein) to connect KMS-1 and Fe 3 O 4 nanoparticles, and was examined to remove ciprofloxacin (CIP) from aqueous solution. The composite was thoroughly characterized by XRD, SEM, EDX, FTIR and magnetization measurements techniques. The adsorption experiments were carried out and investigated under different conditions, such as contact time and pH of solution. The CIP removal reaction was found to better follow a pseudo-second-order kinetic model than the pseudo-first-order. The Langmuir adsorption isotherm was employed to understand the removal process. The pH of solution is critical for the adsorption of CIP on KCF, and the maximum adsorption (181.32 mg/g) of CIP could be reached under pH 6. In addition, the KCF adsorbent showed magnetization and operational stability, and it could be readily separated from solution by applying an external magnetic field. The high stability, performance, inexpensive, and easily recyclable KCF composite may serve as a promising adsorbent for water treatment.
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EUROPEAN POLYMER JOURNAL
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2024
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Sihao Yin,Yirou Du,Wuhua Lv,Yang Jiang,Dong Feng,Yuhui Xie,Delong Xie,Yi Mei
Black phosphorus nanosheets (BPns) have gained widespread attention in the field of flame retardancy due to their highly efficient flame-retardant properties achieved with a low addition rate (e.g., 0.4%). However, the pyrolysis pathways of BP in polymers have not yet been elucidated. This work systematically studies the flame retardancy and pyrolysis behavior of BP in oxygen-containing (polyurethane, PU) and oxygen-free (polypropylene, PP) polymers, distinguishing between the gas-phase and the condensed-phase flame retardant effect of BP. Through slow heating and staged heating methods, the condensed phase and gas phase pyrolysis products of BP in PU and PP at different temperatures are compared in detail. The distinct flame retardant pathways of BP in PU and PP are revealed. The results indicate that the oxidation of BP commences with its reaction with atmospheric oxygen, implying that the condensed-phase flame-retardant effect of BP primarily occurs at the polymer surface. In PP, BP mainly functions as a gas-phase flame retardant. In the condensed phase, BP generates phosphate derivatives that cover the substrate surface, providing solely a physical barrier effect. In PU, while BP demonstrates an outstanding gas-phase flame-retardant effect, it also accelerates the early dehydration carbonization of alcohols within the substrate, resulting in the formation of phosphate ester compounds (P–O–C structure) to bolster the thermal stability of residual carbon. Additionally, the side reactions of BP during catalytic carbonization will decrease the thermal stability of ester bonds in PU. This work lays a theoretical foundation for the development and application of BP-based flame retardant systems.
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