JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
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2023
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IF 9.9
Lang Pei,Zhenggang Luo,Xusheng Wang,Zhanfeng Ma,Yuhang Nie,Jiasong Zhong,Ding Yang,Sateesh Bandaru,Bao-Lian Su
The conversion of CO 2 into syngas , a mixture of CO and H 2 , via photocatalytic reduction , is a promising approach towards achieving a sustainable carbon economy. However, the evolution of highly adjustable syngas, particularly without the use of sacrifice reagents or additional cocatalysts, remains a significant challenge. In this study, a step-scheme (S-scheme) 0D ZnGa 2 O 4 nanodots (∼7 nm) rooted g-C 3 N 4 nanosheets (denoted as ZnGa 2 O 4 /C 3 N 4 ) heterojunction photocatalyst was synthesized vis a facial in-situ growth strategy for efficient CO 2 -to-syngas conversion. Both experimental and theoretical studies have demonstrated that the polymeric nature of g-C 3 N 4 and highly distributed ZnGa 2 O 4 nanodots synergistically contribute to a strong interaction between metal oxide and C 3 N 4 support. Furthermore, the desirable S-scheme heterojunction in ZnGa 2 O 4 /C 3 N 4 efficiently promotes charge separation, enabling strong photoredox ability. As a result, the S-scheme ZnGa 2 O 4 /C 3 N 4 exhibited remarkable activity and selectivity in photochemical conversion of CO 2 into syngas, with a syngas production rate of up to 103.3 μ mol g −1 h −1 , even in the absence of sacrificial agents and cocatalyst. Impressively, the CO/H 2 ratio of syngas can be tunable within a wide range from 1:4 to 2:1. This work exemplifies the effectiveness of a meticulously designed S-scheme heterojunction photocatalyst for CO 2 -to-syngas conversion with adjustable composition , thus paving the way for new possibilities in sustainable energy conversion and utilization.
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SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGY
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2023
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Caiyu Luo,Yan Lin,Yupei Zhang,Shuai Zhang,Shehua Tong,Shaohua Wu,Chunping Yang
Antibiotics in swine wastewater could lead to risks to the environment and human health, and it is a competitive alternative to degrade antibiotics via photocatalysis which is green and eco-friendly. However, charge separation efficiency and light absorption capacity have been key factors limiting the technology. In this work, we synthesized the novel photocatalysts of MOF-545/Ag 3 PO 4 via solvothermal methods, and examine the performance and mechanism for the degradation of oxytetracycline (OTC) in swine wastewater. The results showed that compared with Ag 3 PO 4 , the composite catalysts have stronger photoresponse and charge separation ability. MOF-545/Ag 3 PO 4 could completely degrade OTC within 3.0 min with a rate constant of 3.97 min −1 which is 12.9 times that of Ag 3 PO 4 . OTC removal was still 100% within 3.0 min after 5 cycles, which confirmed that the composite catalyst was stable. Data from free radical capture tests showed that photogenerated holes (h + ) and superoxide radicals (•O 2 – ) played a dominant role in OTC degradation. In-situ X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) spectra and electron spin resonance (ESR) spectra proved the formation of an S-scheme heterojunction in MOF-545/Ag 3 PO 4 , which greatly improves the carrier separation efficiency of catalysts. This study provides a novel MOF-based catalyst for improving photocatalytic performance.
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CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING MATERIALS
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2017
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Jinfeng Sun,Hu Shi,Binbin Qian,Zhiqiang Xu,Weifeng Li,Xiaodong Shen
This work investigates the influence of synthetic C-S-H/polycarboxylate(PCE) nanocomposites (CPNs) on the hydration and properties of hydrated cement pastes. HPEG-PCE copolymers exhibiting side chain length of 45 ethylene oxide (EO) units was utilized to synthesize CPNs by precipitating C-S-H from Na 2 SiO 3 and Ca(NO 3 ) 2 in the PCE solution. A Box-Behnken Design (BBD) for the Response Surface Methodology (RSM) was employed to statistically optimize the sizes of the resultant. The prepared CPNs were characterized by particle size distribution (PSD), X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared spectra (FT-IR) and thermo gravimetric/derivative thermo gravimetric (TG/DTG) analyses. The influence of CPNs on the hydration properties of cement were assessed and discussed in terms of hydration kinetics, mechanical properties, phase composition and pore structure analysis. The experimental results showed that the optimum synthetic parameters, an experimental temperature of 30.1 °C, reactant flow velocity of 0.63 ml/min and initial volume of PCE solution of 28.5 ml, produced CPNs with a minimum size of 329.12 nm. It was demonstrated that PCE polymers were either grafted on the surface or partially intercalated in the interlayer regions of C-S-H, and their introduction also increased the distance between C-S-H interlayers. Cement hydration was significantly promoted as a result of an increased heat release, even at low CPNs content. The early compressive strength of the mortar significantly improved with increasing CPNs content due to the accelerated cement hydration of the CPNs: the 0.6 wt.% CPNs content improved the compressive strength by 18.97%. Moreover, the inclusion of CPNs is advantageous for pore modification: the total porosity decreased by 25.77% after 3 days. Finally, phase composition analysis confirmed that no new crystalline phase was produced upon CPNs addition.
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Journal of Building Engineering
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2024
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Baomin Wang,Weigao Ding,Chengcheng Fan,Fei Liu,Wenxin Lu,Haoxiang Yang
C-S-H gel is a complex cementitious system, and the properties present significant difference with various Ca/Si ratios. The immobilization mechanism of three heavy metals in C-S-H gel at various Ca/Si ratios was investigated in this work from the prospect of the physical adsorption and chemical immobilization. Results showed that higher Ca/Si ratios can result in an increase in silicon chain polymerization, and lower BET specific area, and C-S-H gel with various Ca/Si ratios showed the excellent immobilization for heavy metals. Pb(II) and Zn(II) can form hydroxyl complex polyhedra in C-S-H under strongly alkaline environments, and increase the silicon chain polymerization degree similar to the doping of C-S-H gel by Al. However, Cd(II) was immobilized in the C-S-H gel with the formation of a solid solution under the action of ion exchange with Ca(II), rather than in the form of hydroxyl complex polyhedral and cadmium hydroxide coprecipitates. The highest adsorption capacity of Pb(II) was realized in C-S-H gel with a Ca/Si molar ratio of 0.9, reaching 95.6006 mg/g. Pb(II) was mainly immobilized in C-S-H gel via physical and chemical adsorption, and the effect of chemical adsorption tended to be significant as the Ca/Si molar ratio increased. And the formation of Pb 8 Ca(Si 2 O 7 ) 3 can be detected in C-S-H gel with a higher Ca/Si molar ratio.
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Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering
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2024
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Junchang Liu,Weijie Yuan,Minghui Zhu,Sivarasan Ganesan,Nikolai Ivanovich Vatin,Dafeng Zhang,Xue-Yang Ji,Xipeng Pu,Xinghui Liu
The widespread application of antibiotics, such as tetracycline (TC), has led to severe environmental problems. Herein, the rod-like Mn 0.3 Cd 0.7 S (MCS) coupled with flower-like FeNi 8 -LDH self-assembled from nanosheets S-scheme heterojunction is successfully constructed by a simple physical ultrasonic-assisted combined with a grinding method. The optimized MCS/30FeNi 8 -LDH heterojunction exhibits excellent photocatalytic degradation of TC under visible light with a removal rate of 72.5 % within 30 min along with excellent cycling stability, which enhanced 14.5 and 1.68 times compared to those of pristine FeNi 8 -LDH and MCS. The correlation between S-scheme heterojunction and photocatalysis performance clarify the rapidly transfer pathway of photogenerated carriers between MCS and FeNi 8 -LDH. The trapping experiment confirms •O 2 - and h + are the primary active species, with h + playing a dominant role in the degradation process. The enhanced photocatalytic degradation performance can be attributed to the formation of S-scheme heterojunction with well-matched band alignment, which remains the powerful reduction capability of generated electrons of FeNi 8 -LDH and more robust oxidation capability of photogenerated holes of MCS. This work not only provides a potential solution for photocatalysis degrading TC, but also expands the S-scheme heterojunction constructed strategy to the realm of energy storage and conversion .
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JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
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2025
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IF 8.4
Jiayi Wang,Penggang Ren,Ying Zhang,Zihang Cai,Zhengyan Chen,Yanling Jin,Zhengzheng Guo
BiOI is a promising photocatalyst due to its exceptional visible light response and high absorption coefficient; however, its performance is hindered by the rapid recombination of electron-hole (e − -h + ) pairs. Herein, a 2D/3D BiOI/g-C 3 N 4 S-scheme heterojunction catalyst was designed and constructed through the alkali etching strategy and subsequent microwave-assisted hydrothermal strategy. The abundant surface active sites and matched band gap of g-C 3 N 4 prepared through alkali etching facilitates anchoring of BiOI nanosheets, contact with contaminants and construction of heterojunctions. 2D/3D S-scheme heterojunction substantially promote electron-hole (e − -h + ) pairs separation and transfer. Profited from their synergistic effects, the 2D/3D BiOI/g-C 3 N 4 heterojunction delivers superior photocatalytic activity toward four different types of pollutants: methylene blue (91.7 %), tetracycline (91.9 %), eosin y (90.9 %) and methyl orange (97.7 %), and demonstrates excellent cyclic stability after seven methylene blue cyclic degradation experiments. Furthermore, BiOI/g-C 3 N 4 has shown satisfactory practicability in many simulation experiments, such as coexisting cations, different pH and real water. A feasible strategy to prepare a visible-light-driven multidimensional coordinated S-scheme heterojunction photocatalyst is provided in this work.
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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
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2025
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IF 11.3
Wenmiao He,Xiu Chen,Shijie Zhou,Zuqiang Fu,Jin Xu,Qian Liu,Francisco Javier Cubero,Zhong Li,Yong Zhou,Dayong Wang,Guibin Jiang,Aihua Gu
Despite the widespread prevalence of BPS in human populations, its potential impacts on offspring and the underlying mechanisms remain poorly understood. In this study, we found that parental exposure to BPS at environmental doses induced lipid accumulation in Caenorhabditis elegans from one-generational parent (P0) to two-generational offspring (F2), even in the absence of BPS exposure in offspring. Mechanistically, BPS-induced transgenerational lipid accumulation was due to the activation of lipogenic genes (fat-5 and fat-7, encoding delta-9 desaturases) and the associated transcriptional regulators (sbp-1 and mdt-15). Knockdown of methyltransferase wdr-5.1 reversed BPS-induced transgenerational inheritance via inhibiting histone H3K4 trimethylation (H3K4me3). Interestingly, germline-specific wdr-5.1/H3K4me3, rather than intestinal, was identified as being responsible for transgenerational inheritance. Our study provides the first evidence elucidating the mechanisms through which environmentally relevant BPS exposure induces lipid accumulation and transmits this effect across generations.
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SURFACE & COATINGS TECHNOLOGY
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2025
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Zhipeng Xie,Lu Wang,Yuhui Cheng,Qian Guo,Haibo Zhou,Congshu Huang,Jingjing Wang,Weifeng Bu
Improving the performance of antifouling coating under illumination-involved harsh environments is of prime scientific and engineering importance. However, it still remains a big challenge due to the strong photo-corrosion character of cuprous oxide (Cu 2 O) that works as the most widely-used primary antifoulant. To address this issue, a novel heterojunction of Cu 2 O@TiO 2 was constructed by in situ adsorption-hydrolysis approach. The as-designed heterojunction structure endows superior photo-stability with Cu 2 O@TiO 2 , which has been proven to proceed via S-scheme mechanism by a set of complementary characterizations including in situ XPS and EPR. As anticipated, the resulted Cu 2 O@TiO 2 coating manifests excellent stability and antifouling performance under illumination-involved mimetic service conditions such as dry-dock and waterline environments, as substantiated by the bioassays and marine field trials. A dual-target photo-synergized enhancing mechanism for the S-scheme Cu 2 O@TiO 2 could be deduced as to: (i) inhibit the accumulation of holes on Cu 2 O to exert a stabilization effect; (ii) boost the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS, including HO /O 2 − ) to enhance the antifouling property. The methodology provides a proof-of-concept design to fabricate high photo-stable Cu 2 O-based antifoulant materials, with the gain in understanding the intrinsic failure principle of coatings and the biocidal mechanism of cuprous oxide toward marine application.
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海洋生物学
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RARE METALS
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2024
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Li Jiang,Fang Yu-Chen,Wang Xiao,Ding Ling-Tong,Wang Zhi-Jun,Yang Xin-Yao,Lancok Jan,Li Wei-Min,Zhong Gao-Kuo,Wang Xin,Xing Zheng,Zhao Shen,Liu Shu-De,Long Xia,Ma Ming
Typical p-n junctions have emerged as a promising strategy for contending with charge carrier recombination in solar conversion. However, the photo-corrosion and unsuitable energy band positions still hinder their practical application for hydrogen production from water in photoelectrochemical systems. Here, an in-situ photo-oxidation method is proposed for achieving self-adapting activation of BiVO 4 -based photoanodes with surface-encapsulated CuGaS 2 particles by the ZnO layer. The self-adapting activation demotes the energy band positions of CuGaS 2 , establishing an S-scheme structure with BiVO 4 , resulting in an efficient p-n junction photoanode. The optimal sample exhibits enhanced photocurrent and an onset potential cathodically shifted by ~ 300 mV compared with BiVO 4 , which is attributed to significantly enhanced charge transport and transfer efficiencies. As expected, it attains the highest photocurrent value of 5.87 mA·cm −2 , aided by a hole scavenger at 1.23 V versus a reversible hydrogen electrode, which significantly surpasses that of BiVO 4 (4.32 mA·cm −2 ).
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JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE
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2022
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IF 4.682
Hu Wenna,Wu Fan,Liu Wei
The objective of this study was to construct the S-scheme Bi 2 WO 6 / α- Bi 2 O 3 heterojunctions with high enhanced visible-light photocatalytic performance. The composites loaded various Bi 2 WO 6 mass ratios were prepared by a ball grinding method. The characterization and reaction mechanism of photocatalysts were explored in detail. Remarkably, the results demonstrated that the Bi 2 WO 6 / α- Bi 2 O 3 presented an outstandingly superior performance for photodegradation of nitrobenzene. Among them, the 10%Bi 2 WO 6 / α- Bi 2 O 3 possessed the best photocatalytic property, and it could reach up to 95.7% in 50 min with the top rate constant of 0.06178 min −1 , which was 4.3 and 3.6 times that of bare Bi 2 O 3 and Bi 2 WO 6 , respectively. Simultaneously, the Bi 2 WO 6 / α- Bi 2 O 3 was well stable after five cycling experiments. The efficiently improved photocatalytic performance was primarily attributed to the formation of S-scheme structure between Bi 2 WO 6 and α- Bi 2 O 3 , which enhanced the conspicuous separating efficiency of photogenerated carriers. The present study not only offers a method to solve the unsatisfactory activity of Bi 2 O 3 , but also provides some insights into the design of other novel S-scheme composites with great potential application in clean energy and environmental remediation. Graphical abstract The efficiently improved photocatalytic performance was primarily attributed to the formation of S-scheme structure between Bi 2 WO 6 and α- Bi 2 O 3 , which enhanced the conspicuous separating efficiency of photogenerated carriers.
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PHYSIOLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY
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2020
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IF 1.646
Yan Jin Gao,Wei Jie Fu,Jia Liu,Yi Juan Chen,Guang Hui Dai
Cucumber powdery mildew (PM) is a destructive fungal disease which has a substantial impact on cucumber yield and quality. Our previous work has demonstrated that (+)-( S )-ar-turmerone (ATM) is an effective compound for controlling PM infected by Podosphaera xanthii in cucumber. In this study, the effect of ATM on cucumber PM was histologically investigated by observations on the morphology of the pathogenic fungus at different time points after inoculation. It was found that the ATM caused the collapse of the pathogen's conidia and mycelia structure, the cytoplasm coagulation, the reduction of the conidia germination rate, and the inhibition of the conidiophore growth, therefore, prevented the re-infection of the P. xanthii . Evaluation of the content of total phenols and flavonoids in cucumber ATM-treated leaves showed that the ATM-treatment could increase the content of total phenols and flavonoids in cucumber leaves significantly in comparison to the control. A further analysis of the contents of the compounds showed that ATM-treatment could increase the content of rutin , quercetin , hesperetin , and gallic acid , syringic acid , vanillic acid and salicylic acid. Meanwhile, the activity of phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL) and polyphenol oxidase (PPO) in cucumber leaves were increased slightly, but the activity of peroxidase (POD) and superoxide dismutase (SOD) were significantly increased through ATM treatment. It should be estimated from this study that the ATM not only directly affected the growth of P. xanthii but also enhanced the cucumber plant resistance to the disease.
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APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
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2023
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Fang Chen,JiaYu Liao,Xuan Lu,YuZhi Xu,XiaoHuan Jiang,Mengkui Tian
Exploring efficient and stable water-splitting photocatalysts is critical for realizing conversion solar energy into hydrogen energy. Herein, a unique 2D/2D S-scheme Cd 0.5 Zn 0.5 S/CuInS 2 heterojunction with sulfur vacancies was rationally designed by chemically converting inorganic–organic hybrid ZnS(en) 0.5 into inorganic Cd 0.5 Zn 0.5 S nanosheets and fabricating with CuInS 2 at 350 °C under an N 2 atmosphere. The final Cd 0.5 Zn 0.5 S/CuInS 2 photocatalyst was composed of thin nanosheets with a substantial interfacial contact area, which enhanced light absorption and allowed directional charge transfer and separation. Under visible light irradiation, the photocatalytic H 2 evolution activities of Cd 0.5 Zn 0.5 S nanosheets is 0.79 mmol·g −1 ·h −1 , which is greater than other solid solution materials obtained by varying Cd and Zn ratios. The 2D/2D nanosheets with 8% CuInS 2 exhibit excellent hydrogen evolution activity with yields of 7.73 mmol·g −1 ·h −1 , which are 9.8 and 138 times higher than Cd 0.5 Zn 0.5 S and CuInS 2 . In addition, Cd 0.5 Zn 0.5 S/CuInS 2 photocatalyst demonstrates outstanding stability and activity over the course of 24-hour period. Moreover, the transfer pathway of photogenerated charges were explored by the energy band bending, which proved that an S-scheme heterojunction is synthesized successfully.This work offers a useful methodology for analyzing S-scheme heterojunction with abundant sulfur vacancies, and improving the solar hydrogen evolution performance of Cd 0.5 Zn 0.5 S photocatalyst.
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