JOURNAL OF MATERIALS ENGINEERING AND PERFORMANCE
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2025
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Sun Lili,Sun Xudong,Wang Yong,Li Yongcun,Luo Anyu
Zinc anodes degrade rapidly under high-temperature operating conditions, significantly impeding the development and commercial application of Zn–air batteries. In this study, zirconia-coated zinc (ZrO 2 @Zn) was synthesized using a facile sol–gel method. The composition, structure, and electrochemical properties of the ZrO 2 @Zn anode were characterized. The results show that ZrO 2 @Zn has a core–shell structure contributing to regulating the cycle life of the battery. The passivation current of ZrO 2 @Zn is lower than that of Zn. This indicates that ZrO 2 @Zn exhibits enhanced passivation stability performance. The cycle life of ZrO 2 @Zn can be extended to 72 h at extreme operating temperatures of 60 °C, nearly double that of bare Zn. The coating ZrO 2 applied on the surface of Zn can effectively avoid the direct contact between Zn and electrolyte and reduces the self-corrosion of Zn anode. The increased adsorption of H + ions by ZrO 2 at elevated temperatures without affecting the deposition of Zn 2+ prolongs the lifetime of the ZrO 2 @Zn anode. The core–shell structure of ZrO 2 @Zn effectively mitigates the occurrence of anodic side reactions and inhibits the growth of Zn dendrites, thereby safeguarding the active material and extending the battery’s cycle life.
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NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY
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2025
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Qixuan Qin,Yizhuo Fan,Wei Wang
In this work, Fe2O3 nanocubes doped with different amounts of transition metals (Cu, Zn) were prepared by hydrothermal synthesis and annealing method. Gas sensing performance tests show that the prepared pristine Fe2O3 exhibits the conductive property of an n-type material, while Cu&Zn doped Fe2O3 exhibit p-type conductive property. The sensors based on 5 at% Cu&Zn doped Fe2O3 showed significantly improved response, selectivity, long-term stability, and moisture resistance to acetone compared to the pristine Fe2O3 nanocubes. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) results confirmed that the adsorbed oxygen of 5 at% Cu&Zn doped Fe2O3 were significantly higher than that of the pristine Fe2O3, which is the main reason for the improved gas sensing performances. Therefore, this study provides an effective way to develop low-cost and high-performance gas sensors based on transition metal-doped metal oxide.
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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE
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2025
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Jia Su,Xinyu Pei,Hongying Shi,Jiajia Luo,Yi Chen,Qin Yang,Jiwei Huang,Wenzhai Cao,Jianwen Zhang,Junying Chen
Magnesium alloys are promising for biodegradable medical devices due to their low density, high specific strength, and excellent biocompatibility. However, their rapid corrosion, protein fouling, and bacterial adhesion severely limit clinical applications. Here, a stratified-rock-inspired micro/nano-structured ZnS/Zn-MOFs coating was fabricated on AZ31B via a one-step hydrothermal route and post-functionalized with stearic acid (SA) and chloramphenicol (CAP) to afford a superhydrophobic ZnS/Zn-MOFs@SC surface (water contact angle ≈ 164°). The coating retained its superhydrophobicity after ultrasonication, adhesive-tape peeling, and sandpaper abrasion. Electrochemical measurements revealed that the corrosion current density (I corr ) decreased from ∼10 -3 A cm −2 (bare alloy) to 7.66 × 10 -7 A cm −2 , corresponding to a four-order-of-magnitude improvement, while the diameter of the capacitive loop in the Nyquist plot increased by five orders of magnitude. In vitro bacterial tests show the coating fully prevents bacterial adhesion. The inhibition zones for E. coli and S. epidermidis reach 3.1 cm and 4.4 cm. And it has been established that bacterial growth levels below the detection limit (10 5 CFU cm −2 ) cannot effectively evaluate its antimicrobial efficacy. These results demonstrate that the ZnS/Zn-MOFs@SC coating simultaneously provides robust corrosion protection, anti-fouling, and antibacterial activities, offering great potential for next-generation biodegradable implants.
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Reactions
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2025
·Vol. 6
·期 2
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Shuqin Miao,Xiaojiong Wu,Delong Ding,Chunliang Ge,Weihua Shen,Yi Yang,Yunjin Fang
Polypropylene carbonate (PPC) is a biodegradable material derived from propylene oxide (PO) with the renewable resource CO2. In this study, PPC was prepared by the catalytic polymerization of CO2with PO using a zinc glutarate/zinc cobalt double metal cyanide (ZnGA/DMC) composite catalyst prepared from two heterogeneous catalysts, zinc glutarate (ZnGA) and zinc cobalt double metal cyanide (Zn-Co DMC). High selectivity of PPC was achieved among the polymer and propylene carbonate. The prepared PPC had high molecular weight. The thermal stability of the PPC product was obviously improved by the optimization of the reaction conditions. The catalytic effect of the composite catalyst was superior to that of individual ZnGA and Zn-Co DMC, overcoming the shortcomings of those two catalysts. And the composite catalyst also stimulated some synergistic effects between the two composites, which significantly improved the catalytic effect.
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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY
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2025
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Shuangjiang He,Junchang Wang,Chong Wang,Xiao Zhang,Sen Liang
The Mn-Fe-Co-Zn-O series is a widely used thermistor material, but its thermal stability is compromised by nitrogen glass encapsulation, limiting its application in electrical devices. To address this issue, La 2 O 3 and Y 2 O 3 were used as rare earth oxide dopants, and xR 2 O 3 -Mn 0.76 Fe 0.87 Co 1.07 Zn 0.3 O 4 (x = 0.0025, 0.005, 0.01, 0.02) negative temperature coefficient (NTC) materials were synthesized via solid-state sintering. The effect of rare earth doping on the electrical properties after high-temperature nitrogen annealing was investigated. After annealing at 750°C for 4 h, the variation in resistivity ( ρ 25 ) and material constant ( B 25/50 ) significantly decreases with increasing La doping. For the La-doped sample (x = 0.01), Δρ 25 decreased to 7.77% and ΔB 25/50 to 0.77% (for the Y-doped sample (x = 0.01), Δρ 25 decreased to 22.76% and ΔB 25/50 to 1.91%), compared to the undoped sample, where Δρ 25 reduced by 168.84% and ΔB 25/5 0 by 5.57%. This improvement was attributed to rare earth accumulation at grain boundaries, filling voids and forming R-O bonds, which inhibited oxygen vacancy migration and significantly reduced grain boundary resistance. Rare earth doping effectively improved the thermal stability and electrical consistency of NTC thermistor ceramics in high-temperature nitrogen atmospheres, offering a new strategy for high-temperature encapsulation applications. (Y-doped samples showed similar results, as detailed in the Supplementary Materials.)
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ChemistrySelect
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2025
·Vol. 10
·期 43
·e04072
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Xiao Bai,Yinxue Zhou,Chunyan Lv,Fanjun Zhang,Ziyin Yang,Zhe Liu
This work demonstrates that Zn single atoms exhibit intrinsic oxidase-like activity. Zn single-atom nanozymes (Zn-SAs/NC) were synthesized via direct pyrolysis of ZIF-8 at 1000 °C under N 2 atmosphere, which retains a rhombic dodecahedral morphology with atomically dispersed Zn sites. Crucially, Zn-SAs/NC exhibited pronounced oxidase-like activity, efficiently catalyzing the oxidation of 3,3′,5,5′-tetramethylbenzidine (TMB) to blue oxTMB without exogenous H 2 O 2 . Control experiments with metal-free NC confirmed that the catalytic activity originated specifically from the Zn single atoms, challenging the traditional view of Zn's catalytic inertness. The Zn-SAs/NC-catalyzed TMB oxidation system was exploited for colorimetric detection of tannic acid (TA) based on TA's inhibitory effect, achieving high sensitivity (LOD = 0.016 µM) and selectivity. Successful application in real tea samples validated the method's practicality, establishing Zn single atoms as a novel nanozyme platform. Graphical This work develops a Zn single-atom nanozyme (Zn-SAs/NC) derived from ZIF-8 pyrolysis, which exhibits robust intrinsic oxidase-like activity for highly sensitive and selective colorimetric detection of tannic acid with a low detection limit of 0.016 µM.
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CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL
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2025
·Vol. 51
·期 30
·63013-63021
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Ning Zhang,Junqi Chen,Ning Guan,Huaicheng Xiang,Ying Tang,Yuandong Qin,Liang Fang
Two novel ceramics, Li 2 Mg 2 Ga 2 Ti 3 O 12 (LMGT) and Li 2 Zn 2 Ga 2 Ti 3 O 12 (LZGT), featuring a spinel structure, were synthesized utilizing the solid-state method. Comprehensive characterization confirms that LZGT ( P 4 3 32) forms a B-site 1:3 ordered spinel, while LMGT ( Fd -3 m ) adopts a disordered spinel structure. The ceramics exhibit outstanding microwave dielectric properties, characterized by low ε r of 14.92 and 19.11, high Q×f of 120,000 and 93,800 GHz, and negative τ f of −40.21 and −32.83 ppm/°C for LMGT and LZGT, respectively. The observed ε r values significantly exceed theoretical values due to underestimated Ti 4+ polarizability along with the rattling effect of Ti 4+ and Ga 3+ . Q×f values correlate with packing fraction, lattice energy, and electrical properties. The negative τ f values stem from dominant positive τ ε and τ αm contributions. Utilizing LMGT with ultra-low loss, a dielectric resonator antenna was designed, achieving a radiation efficiency of 93.01 % and a gain of 6.12 dBi at 6.60 GHz, highlighting significant potential for C-band communication satellite applications.
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Journal of Materials Chemistry B
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2014
·Vol. 2
·期 18
·2714-2724
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Zhou-Hao Xing,Jin-Huan Wei,Tuck-Yun Cheang,Zong-Ren Wang,Xiao Zhou,Sha-Sha Wang,Wei Chen,Shen-Ming Wang,Jun-Hang Luo,An-Wu Xu
To overcome drug resistance, the combination of two or more therapeutic strategies with different mechanisms has received much attention in recent years. In this study, a common approach has been used to process curcumin and Zn2+ into colloidal dispersions known as “nanoparticles”, which are cheap and easy to prepare with high reproducibility. This novel vehicle has good biocompatibility and high cellular uptake for simultaneously delivering the curcumin drug and siRNA into tumor cells. Complexation of Zn2+ with curcumin enhances the aqueous solubility of the hydrophobic drug curcumin and further improves the cellular uptake and bioavailability. The acid-labile coordination Zn(II)–O bond in Zn(II)–curcumin drug nanoparticles (Zn(II)–Cur NPs) can respond to tumor intracellular acidic pH environments to release curcumin, and promoting acid-triggered intracellular drug release. The positively charged Zn(II)–Cur NPs can efficiently deliver siRNA into human bladder cancer cells, protect siRNA against enzymatic degradation, and facilitate the escape of loaded siRNA from the endosome into the cytoplasm, which successfully downregulates the targeted EIF5A2 oncogene and consequently inhibits cancer cell growth in vitro and in vivo. Proliferation and migration of cancer cells are inhibited by silencing the expression of EIF5A2 and increasing the ratio of pro-apoptotic BAX to anti-apoptotic BCL-2. In vitro and in vivo experiments have demonstrated that bifunctional Zn(II)–Cur NPs/siEIF5A2 can combine chemotherapy with gene therapy to afford higher therapeutic efficacy than the individual therapeutic protocols.
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Nanoscale
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2024
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Qian Li,Tongde Wang,Tie Shu,Xiaoyi Pan,Yousheng Tao
Inheriting the energy storage mechanism of supercapacitors and rechargeable ion batteries, zinc ion capacitors (ZICs) greatly increase their energy density at high power without sacrificing their life span. However, sluggish kinetics and insufficient active sites for Zn2+ storage induced by the significant mismatch of charge carriers with limited pore size hinder the efficient Zn2+ storage and smooth application of carbonaceous cathode materials. Herein, a three-dimensional honeycomb-like porous carbon network (HPCN) was fabricated, which can reduce the diffusion barrier for fast kinetics, produce a high-density defect area, effectively increase active sites for charge storage, and generate a high nitrogen-doping content. Benefiting from these advantages, the optimized ZICs bring out a marvelous energy/power density (130 W h kg−1/11.7 kW kg−1) with an ultrahigh reliable cyclability of 97.8% after 50 000 cycles at a high current density of 5 A g−1. Importantly, systematic ex situ characterizations combined with theoretical calculations demonstrate that the outstanding Zn2+ storage capacity is attributed to the synergistic effect of physical co-adsorption of cations and reversible chemisorption. This work presents an attractive strategy for developing advanced carbon cathodes with suitable pores and accelerates the exploration of charge storage mechanisms, which may open a new avenue for practical supercapacitors.
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CARBON
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2019
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Dan Cheng,Zhe Wang,Chang Chen,Kebin Zhou
Constructing efficient bifunctional oxygen electrocatalyst which integrates highly efficient active sites with desired structures for rapid mass transport is of great importance for designing rechargeable Zn-air battery with high power density and fast charge and discharge performances. Herein, defect-enriched N-doped graphitic carbon microspheres with fully open and 3D interconnected super-macropores are successfully constructed by an elaborate coating-activation synthesis strategy. The resulted novel structures are featured with abundant defects as active sites and bicontinuous structures, i.e. , the continuous carbon skeleton and the interconnected super-macropores for fast electron and mass transport, respectively. Our synthesized defect-enriched N-doped graphitic carbon microsphere bifunctional oxygen electrocatalysts display excellent performance. The rechargeable Zn-air batteries exhibit a long time charging-discharging cycles as long as 800 cycles at even 50 mA cm −2 . This study provides an attractive guide to improve the bifunctional oxygen catalytic performances and promote the Zn-air battery applications in both electric vehicles and grid energy storage in the future.
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ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
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2024
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Jingzhe Chen,Sateng Li,Fuxiang Li,Weiyu Sun,Zixiao Nie,Bing Xiao,Yonghong Cheng,Xin Xu
Aqueous zinc-ion batteries (AZIBs) are poised to play a pivotal part in meeting the growing demands for energy storage and powering portable electronics for their superior security, affordability, and environmentally friendly characteristics. However, the detrimental side reactions occurring at the zinc anode and the dendrite caused by uneven zinc plating/stripping have greatly compromised the cycling life of AZIBs, thereby impeding their practical prospects. In this study, the interfacial comodulation strategy was employed by combining the “electrostatic shielding” effect of cations with the characteristic adsorption of anions. Two molar ZnSO4 served as the matrix, and sodium hydroxyethyl sulfonate (SHES) was selected as a low-cost, nontoxic additive. Experimental results confirm that SHES and zinc anode exhibit robust interactions that lead to the formation of an electrostatic shield and a dynamic adsorption layer at the interface, thereby suppressing hydrogen evolution and corrosion. The combined “electrostatic shielding” effect of sodium ions and the robust characteristic adsorption of hydroxyethyl sulfonate anions serve to guide the directed three-dimensional (3D) diffusion of Zn2+, facilitating rapid, stable, and uniform deposition of zinc. Due to these effects, incorporating 0.2 M SHES as an additive extends the cycle life beyond 3600 h and enables a highly reversible process of deposition and stripping in symmetric cells. Additionally, the Zn–Cu half-cell exhibits reliable cycling for over 1400 cycles, achieving an average Coulombic efficiency of 99.6%. Moreover, the introduction of this additive substantially enhances the performance of Zn-MnO2 and Zn-NH4V4O10 full cells. This study demonstrates the practical feasibility of achieving anodes with high reversibility in AZIBs through the implementation of a strategy that involves anion adsorption at the interface, which holds paramount significance for the practical application of AZIBs.
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RESOURCES CONSERVATION AND RECYCLING
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2020
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Wei Ma,Fanling Meng,Dong Qiu,Yuanyuan Tang
The release and migration of heavy metals from the industrial sludge has become one of the most serious environmental threats, which is urgently required to be relieved. Heavy metals can be stabilized by using ceramic precursors, via interactions with aluminum (Al), silicon (Si) and iron (Fe) as the major components. The sewage sludge incineration ash (SSA) can be recognized as a type of ceramic raw materials due to the abundant content of Al, Si and Fe, which make it possible to be beneficially used for heavy metal stabilization. This study investigated the stabilization of lead (Pb), zinc (Zn), and copper (Cu) after ceramic sintering with the SSA as ceramic precursors, and further explored the influences of heavy metal types and contents on phase transformation and immobilization effect. Results show that the heavy metals could achieve co-stabilization by the SSA in reaction series with different metal types and contents (Pb-Zn and Pb-Cu). Pb tends to combine with Al, Si and P to form PbAl 2 Si 2 O 8 and Pb 3 (PO 4 ) 3 , while Zn was finally incorporated into a spinel solid solution (ZnFe x Al 2-x O 4 ). Meanwhile, Cu is more likely to combine with Fe with the generation of CuFe 2 O 4 which will be transformed to CuFeO 2 with elevated temperatures. In both Pb-Zn and Pb-Cu series, the Zn and Cu were distributed in crystal grains while Pb was in regions around the grains. Moreover, the leachability of Pb, Zn and Cu can be substantially decreased with the eventual incorporation of the heavy metals into different product phases by the SSA. Therefore, through this study the coimmobilization of heavy metals in the simulated industrial waste can be realized by the utilization of sewage sludge incineration ash as ceramic precursors.
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