RSC Advances
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2017
·Vol. 7
·期 80
·51001-51007
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IF 3.108
Chun-Nan Zhu,Dong-Yun Zheng,Hui-Min Cao,Shan-Ying Zhu,Xiao-Jun Liu
Ternary I–III–VI nanocrystals (NCs) without toxic elements, such as Cu–In–S, are promising candidates for biolabeling and bioimaging due to their favorable biocompatibility. At present, it remains a tremendous challenge to directly synthesize high-quality Cu–In–S/ZnS core/shell NCs in aqueous solution at atmospheric pressure. Herein, a simple and reliable strategy that combines the hot-injection method and successive ion layer adsorption and reaction has been proposed to realize aqueous synthesis of fluorescent Cu–In–S/ZnS core/shell NCs. The growth of ZnS shell around Cu–In–S NCs not only improved the fluorescence quantum yield by several hundred times and to the value of 18%, but also effectively enhanced their fluorescence stability by protecting Cu+ in Cu–In–S core from being oxidized to Cu2+. The prepared Cu–In–S/ZnS core/shell NCs with bright and stable fluorescence were conjugated with wheat germ agglutinin and further applied to cancer cell imaging. This strategy here should open new avenues for aqueous synthesis of high-quality nanomaterials with the core/shell structure for broad biomedical applications.
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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
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2023
·Vol. 30
·期 40
·91997-92006
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IF 5.8
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Chunmei,Liu Yubin,Li Ke,Wang Chenye,Pu Jian,Sun Hongwen,Wang Lei
Although the combined effect of organic ligands and heavy metals in the environment on plants have been frequently reported, their complexed interaction in plants and the physiological effects remain to be revealed. Metal complexing agent benzotriazole (BTR) has extensive environmental pollution. In this study, root-splitting experiments were designed to identify the in vivo and in vitro effects of BTR on the accumulation and translocation of Cu in rice ( Oryza sativa L . ), and the concentrations and translocation factor (TF) of Cu and BTR in different parts of rice were measured. In the in vitro interaction treatments, low BTR concentrations enhanced Cu uptake and lateral transport in rice, while higher levels of BTR’s exposure (i.e., ≥ 100 μM) resulted in opposite effects. Differently, significant increase in the lateral transport of Cu and vertical translocation of BTR in rice presented in the in vivo interaction treatments. TF of Cu from root A to root B (TF RA-RB ) increased from 0.05 to 0.272 with the BTR concentration increasing from 0 to 100 μM, and higher TF of BTR from root to shoot (TF R-S ), ranging from 1.00 to 1.75, compared with single BTR exposure treatments was observed. The phytotoxicity of BTR expressed by the catalase activity was significantly alleviated by the in vivo accumulated Cu in rice.
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Journal of Water Process Engineering
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2023
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Xinrui Liu,Rui Guo,Xia Qin,Cuicui Xu
In this work, a Ni foam/CNTs/Cu composite electrode was prepared via the impregnation and electrodeposition methods. The electrode enhanced the total nitrogen removal and N 2 selectivity , when served as a cathode for NO 3 − -N reduction. SEM, EDS, XRD, and XPS characterization revealed that both CNTs and metallic copper were introduced onto the surface of the Ni foam substrate successfully. Besides, the LSV, CV, EIS and C dl results indicated more electrochemical active sites were in the Ni foam/CNTs/Cu electrodes than in Ni foam/Cu electrodes. Under optimal preparation conditions, the Ni foam/CNTs/Cu electrode showed N 2 selectivity of 68.89 % and nitrate removal rate of 96.75 % in 100 mg/L nitrate solution with Na 2 SO 4 as electrolyte. The selectivity of N 2 could be significantly enhanced by adding Cl − as electrolyte, and the nitrogen selectivity increased with the increase of Cl − concentration. At 1.25 g/L NaCl, the Ni foam/CNTs/Cu electrode could achieve >95 % nitrate and total nitrogen removal and close to 100 % N 2 selectivity. The N 2 selectivity of the Ni foam/CNTs/Cu electrode was 2.534 and 1.8 times of the Ni foam/Cu electrode when 0.5 g/L Na 2 SO 4 and 0.5 g/L NaCl were used as electrolytes, respectively. Consequently, to achieve the same nitrate reduction effect, the Ni foam/CNTs/Cu electrode could reduce the amount of NaCl compared with Ni foam/Cu electrode. The electrodes were tested in 6 cycles and proved to be stable. At last, a potential mechanism of nitrate‑nitrogen removal by the electrocatalytic process was suggested.
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Nature Communications
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2023
·Vol. 14
·期 1
·1-9
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IF 16.6
Zhang Li,Yang Xiaoju,Yuan Qing,Wei Zhiming,Ding Jie,Chu Tianshu,Rong Chao,Zhang Qiao,Ye Zhenkun,Xuan Fu-Zhen,Zhai Yueming,Zhang Bowei,Yang Xuan
Understanding the structure-stability relationship of catalysts is imperative for the development of high-performance electrocatalytic devices. Herein, we utilize operando attenuated total reflectance surface-enhanced infrared absorption spectroscopy (ATR-SEIRAS) to quantitatively monitor the evolution of Cu single-atom catalysts (SACs) during the electrochemical reduction of CO 2 (CO 2 RR). Cu SACs are converted into 2-nm Cu nanoparticles through a reconstruction process during CO 2 RR. The evolution rate of Cu SACs is highly dependent on the substrates of the catalysts due to the coordination difference. Density functional theory calculations demonstrate that the stability of Cu SACs is highly dependent on their formation energy, which can be manipulated by controlling the affinity between Cu sites and substrates. This work highlights the use of operando ATR-SEIRAS to achieve mechanistic understanding of structure-stability relationship for long-term applications.
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JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
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2023
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Xiaochen Qiu,Liang Zhuang,Jian Yuan,Huizhen Wang,Xiaoyu Dong,Shan He,Shanyue Guan,Zhiyue Chang,Pengtao Bao
Developing an effective strategy to combat multi-drug-resistant (MDR) bacteria and promote wound healing without overuse of antibiotics remains an important and challenging goal. Herein, we established a synergistic reactive oxygen species (ROS) and reactive nitrogen species (RNS)-mediated nanocatalytic therapy, which was consisted of a multifunctional Cu single-atom nanozyme loaded with the l -arginine ( l -Arg@Cu-SAzymes) and a low level of hydrogen peroxide (H 2 O 2 ) as a trigger. l -Arg@Cu-SAzymes can possess excellent dual enzyme-like activities: catalase (CAT)-like activity that decompose H 2 O 2 into O 2 , and subsequent oxidase (OXD)-like activity that convert O 2 to cytotoxic superoxide anion radical (•O 2 − ). Meanwhile, l -Arg@Cu-SAzymes can also be triggered by H 2 O 2 to release nitric oxide (NO), which can continue to react with •O 2 – to generate more lethal peroxynitrite (ONOO − ). Collectively, the synergistic ROS and RNS mediated by l -Arg@Cu-SAzymes endow the treatment system with an outstanding antibacterial ability against MDR bacteria and reduce the inflammation at the wound site. Furthermore, l -Arg@Cu-SAzymes-mediated NO and O 2 release promote the cell proliferation , collagen synthesis, and the angiogenesis , as well as facilitate macrophage polarization to reparative M2 phenotype, thereby accelerating wound closure and tissue remodeling. Therefore, l -Arg@Cu-SAzymes-based synergistic nanocatalytic therapy can be regarded as a promising strategy for MDR bacterial infected wounds treatment, owing to their potent antibacterial efficacy and enhanced tissue remodeling effects.
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Biosensors-Basel
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2023
·Vol. 13
·期 8
·825
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IF 5.4
Zixuan Wu,Jianxun Liu,Zhenming Wang,Lei Chen,Yiwei Xu,Zongjun Ma,Delai Kong,Dan Luo,Yan Jun Liu
We demonstrated a low-cost, highly sensitive hybrid Ag-Cu substrate with enhanced absorption for the excitation laser beam via the nanosphere lithography technique. The hybrid Ag-Cu surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) substrate consists of a Cu nanoarray covered with Ag nanoparticles. The geometry of the deposited Cu nanoarray is precisely determined through a self-assembly nanosphere etching process, resulting in optimized absorption for the excitation laser beam. Further Raman enhancement is achieved by incorporating plasmonic hotspots formed by dense Ag nanoparticles, grown by immersing the prepared Cu nanoarray in a silver nitrate solution. The structural design enables analytical enhancement factor of hybrid Ag-Cu SERS substrates of 1.13 × 105. The Ag-Cu SERS substrates exhibit a highly sensitive and reproducible SERS activity, with a low detection limit of 10−13M for Rhodamine 6G detection and 10−9M for 4,4′-Bipyridine. Our strategy could pave an effective and promising approach for SERS-based rapid detection in biosensors, environmental monitoring and food safety.Keywords:SERS;enhancement factor;hot spot;self-assembly;nanosphere lithography
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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE
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2023
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Yong Liu,Xinghua Zhang,Lungang Chen,Jianguo Liu,Qi Zhang,Longlong Ma
This study explores the efficacy of a cost-effective Cu-ZnO-Al 2 O 3 catalyst for one-pot hydrodeoxygenation of guaiacol into hydrocarbons. Notably, complete conversion of guaiacol was achieved, yielding a 99.6% hydrocarbon over the robust Cu(6)Zn(3)Al(1) catalyst under the conditions of 4 MPa H 2 , 300 °C, and 8 h with a catalyst/guaiacol ratio of 0.5 g/1.0 g. In-depth catalyst characterizations unveiled the presence of oxygen vacancies within the ZnO surface layer, acting as pivotal active sites that facilitated the hydrodeoxygenation of guaiacol. Furthermore, Density Functional Theory (DFT) calculations were employed to evaluate several potential active sites, revealing that the oxygen vacancy of ZnO on the Cu surface played a crucial role. This vacancy enhanced the adsorption of intermediate cyclohexanol and markedly reduced the energy barrier for the rate-limiting step. This comprehensive investigation sheds light on the catalytic pathway and offers insights into designing efficient and sustainable biofuel production processes.
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COLLOIDS AND SURFACES A-PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING ASPECTS
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2023
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Yangxian Ou,Tao Zhang,Li Lv,Wenxiang Tang,Shengwei Tang
CO 2 hydrogenation is one of the reactions to realize effective utilization of CO 2 , while Cu-Zn based catalyst is widely adopted for CO 2 hydrogenation to value-added chemicals like methanol. However, this process is less efficient since the poor performance of catalyst due to its poor dispersion or sintering issue. In this study, three kinds of SiO 2 supports (SBA-15, MCM-41 and Nano-SiO 2 ) with different porous structure were conducted to load same amount of 5.0 wt% Cu-ZnO active component (the molar ratio of Cu/Zn is 2.0), which were further applied for CO 2 hydrogenation. All catalysts were characterized chemically, morphologically and structurally by different techniques such as XRD , BET, TEM , H 2 -TPR and CO 2 -TPD. The results showed that the structure of three catalysts was basically preserved and the surface aera kept stable after loading active component, while the active component had the best dispersion when SBA-15 was used as the support and space-time yield of methanol is about 705.6 g MeOH •kg Cu −1 •h −1 ,which is higher than that of Nano-SiO 2 -5% (532.9 g MeOH •kg Cu −1 •h −1 ) and MCM-41–5% (213.2 g MeOH •kg Cu −1 •h −1 ). Due to the confined effect of mesoporous channel structure provided by SBA-15 support, the Cu-Zn interaction could be significantly enhanced with increasement of medium and strong alkaline sites, further improving CO 2 activation ability. This work provides a useful strategy to improve the catalytic efficiency of classical Cu-Zn catalyst for the CO 2 hydrogenation process.
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MICROCHEMICAL JOURNAL
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2023
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Fang Wang,Fengna Shi,Jingfang Li,Naipin Chen,Cheng Chen,Ziqi Xu,Jiajun Wang
It is extremely important to simultaneously detection different biomarkers in various biological systems. Hereby, we have developed an original flexible nonenzymatic glucose and uric acid sensor using carbon cloth loaded with copper microspheres (Cu MSs) and ZnO nanoparticles decorated single-walled carbon nanotubes (Cu MSs/ZnO@CNTs/CC). Firstly, ZnO@CNTs was synthesized via sol–gel method, and then Cu MSs were uniformly electrodeposited on ZnO@CNTs/CC substrate rapidly. Morphological and compositional characteristics were examined to confirm the successful decoration of Cu microspheres and ZnO nanoparticles. Importantly, the nanocomposite electrode displayed remarkable electrocatalytic activity for glucose and UA, including wide linear detection range, low detection limit, outstanding sensitivity, respectively. Moreover, the nanostructure biosensor exhibited fast response time (0.1 s) and favorable long-term stability, which are attributed to synergistic catalytic effects: (a) the large specific surface area of CNTs offered abundant sites for the decoration of ZnO nanoparticles, and (b) the rough nanosheets assembled Cu microspheres could expose plentiful active sites. Finally, in practical serum samples, the sensor also exhibits considerably favorable precision and accuracy. As such, the novel flexible Cu MSs/ZnO@CNTs/CC sensor developed with economical and efficient preparation method provided a new easy and sensitive platform for glucose and UA determination in real application.
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Wood Material Science & Engineering
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2023
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Gang Zhu,Hui Li,Shuduan Deng,Chaoling Zhang,Kaiqian Li,Xupeng Zhang
In this work, a novel Cu–UiO-66/wood composite was successfully fabricated by a facile in situ growth strategy, and the influence of Cu–UiO-66 metal-organic framework (MOF) loading on the wood substrate thermal stability and flame retardancy were investigated. Scanning electron microscopy images indicated that the octahedral Cu–UiO-66 microparticles were uniformly and firmly decorated on the lumen surface within the balsa wood scaffold. The incorporation of only 6.5 wt% Cu–UiO-66 MOF remarkably enhanced the thermal stability and flame retardancy of the natural wood. Compared with the untreated wood, the peak heat release rate of the Cu–UiO-66/wood composite exhibited a drastic decline by 73.1% from 94.5 to 25.4 W·g−1 and the total heat release from 7.7 to 5 kJ·g−1. Meanwhile, the treated wood had a strong self-extinguishing ability and the char residue rate of the Cu–UiO-66/wood is significantly increased by 132.7%. Therefore, this work provided an effective means of achieving the fire safety wood via introducing and constructing Cu–UiO-66 MOF flame retardants material.
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ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS
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2023
·Vol. 33
·期 46
·2305436
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IF 19
Chenjie Han,Yeqing Lyu,Shaona Wang,Biao Liu,Yi Zhang,Jan J. Weigand,Hao Du,Jun Lu
Using ethanol electrocatalytic oxidation reaction (EOR) with a lower reaction potential to replace oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and integrating hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) have a promising development prospect for more energy-saving electrolytic hydrogen production. However, the main challenges of EOR are insufficient catalytic activity, high overpotential, and slow kinetics. Active sites on the electrocatalysts surface are occupied by alkali metal ion hydrate clusters by noncovalent interactions, which is considered to be one of the major causes of these challenges. To reduce the effect of the noncovalent interactions on the catalytic activity of the electrocatalyst, copper is chosen and doped in the form of a single atom in the electrocatalyst (Pt@Cu/C) to increase the electrocatalyst conductivity and make the anode contain more positive charge in this study. Then, alkali metal ion hydrate clusters are difficult to adsorb at the active site of Pt@Cu/C. The EOR electrocatalytic activity of Pt@Cu/C is up to 8184 mA mg Pt −1 , which is ≈4.8 times as high as that of Pt/C. The two-electrode hydrogen production device using Pt@Cu/C as anode for coupled EOR&HER requires a smaller voltage of 0.60 V to reach 10 mA cm −2 compared with that of Pt/C (0.76 V).
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Solar RRL
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2023
·Vol. 7
·期 17
·2300318
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IF 7.9
Bowen Liu,Xinan Shi,Wei Shao,Jiaxin Gao,Chenxi Zhao,Fuyan Chen,Dongdong Shen,Bingsuo Zou,Daocheng Pan
Cu(In,Ga)(S,Se) 2 (CIGSSe) solar cells are one of the most promising thin film photovoltaics with a record efficiency of 23.6%. However, the biggest drawback to CIGSSe solar cells is their high material cost, partially resulting from relatively rare and expensive indium and gallium. Therefore, improving the utilization of indium and gallium and reducing their wastage can greatly lower the cost of CIGSSe thin film solar cells. Inkjet printing is a facile, cost-effective, and low-waste deposition technology, which is particularly suitable for low-cost and large-area fabrication of CIGSSe solar cells. Herein, a novel and green ionic liquid-assisted ink to fabricate highly efficient CIGSSe solar cells is developed. The material utilization of inkjet printing can be remarkably improved compared to the conventional vacuum-based deposition approach and spin-coating solution approach. The CIGS printable ink is prepared by dissolving copper acetate, indium acetate, gallium nitrate, and thiourea into ethanol with the assistance of n -butylammonium butyrate ionic liquid. Ionic liquid-assisted CIGS ink has a nearly zero wetting angle and a tunable viscosity, which enable to deposit a flat and continuous CIGS thin film by an inkjet printing method. An encouraging power conversion efficiency of 15.22% has been achieved for inkjet-printed CIGSSe solar cells.
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