CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL
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2022
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Yunfei Yao,Xiangyang Xu,Hongye Zhao,Yuanlin Tong,Yina Li
In the development of high-performance lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), the composition and structure of electrode materials are of critical importance. Silicon has a theoretical specific capacity 10 times that of graphite, nonetheless, its application as an anode material confronts challenge as it undergoes huge volume change and pulverization amidst the alloying and dealloying processes. Herein, a novel method to prepare a multilayer Si-based anode was proposed. Three layers, SiO 2 , nickel and triethylene glycol (TEG), were coated successively on Si nanoparticles , which served respectively as the sources of SiO x , sacrificial templates and carbon. Nickel can not only serve as a hollow template, but also play a catalytic role, which makes carbonization and redox reactions occur synchronously under a mild condition. Amid the carbonization process of TEG at 450 °C, several-nm-thick SiO 2 layer can react with the as-derived carbon to form a silicon suboxides (SiO x (0 < x < 2)) intermedium layer. After removing the nickel template, a micro-nano scaled Si@SiO x @void@C with conformal multilayer-structure can be obtained. The BET specific surface area and pore volume of powders were increased dramatically because of the derivation of abundant voids, which can not only buffer the swelling effect of silicon, but also provide richer ionic conductivity . The as-assembled half-cell with Si@SiOx@void@C as the anode material possesses high capacity (∼1000 mAh g −1 at 3 A g −1 ), long cycle life (300 cycles with 77% capacity retention) and good rate performance (558 mAh g −1 at 5 A g −1 ).
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APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL
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2022
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IF 24.319
Di Li,Zengyong Li,Ren Zou,Ge Shi,Yiming Huang,Wu Yang,Wang Yang,Chuanfu Liu,Xinwen Peng
Developing efficient bifunctional electrocatalyst for overall water splitting and conversion of biomass into value-added products at large current density is essential but challenging. Herein, a hierarchical Fe-doped Ni 2 P nanosheets hybridized with C on Ni foam (Fe-Ni 2 P@C/NF) was developed as a robust bifunctional catalyst with excellent catalytic activity for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) with overpotentials of 75 and 313 mV at 10 and 1000 mA cm −2 , respectively, and as well as for OER with a lower overpotential of 269 mV at 400 mA cm −2 . Particularly, the integrated double-electrode electrolyzer for simultaneous HER and biomass-derived monosaccharide oxidation reaction (MOR) using Fe-Ni 2 P@C/NF only requires a low voltage of 1.55 V to drive a current density of 100 mA cm −2 . Meanwhile, the value-added lactic acid is obtained at the anode. This strategy of coupling biomass oxidation to promote H 2 production can significantly reduce energy consumption and obtain additional high value-added products.
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
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2022
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IF 7.139
Yuehui Liu,Xiaobo Shi,Xuguang Liu,Xia Li
Nanocomposites of C–Ta 4+ co-doped NaTaO 3 and reduced graphene oxide (C-NTO/rGO) with highly efficient photocatalytic activity were fabricated by a one-step solvothermal reaction. The optimum composites C-NTO/3rGO (with 3 wt% rGO) exhibited superior photocatalytic activity for the degradation of RhB over a mono-component counterpart under visible light irradiation . The photocatalytic efficiency was found to be as high as 97% for 90 min. Both XRD and XPS characterizations indicated that the doping of carbon into the NaTaO 3 lattice leads to the reduction of Ta 5+ to Ta 4+ . Furthermore, the co-doping significantly narrows the band gap (about 2.8 eV). Photo-luminescence (PL), time resolved transient PL decay spectra and photo-current results confirmed that photo-induced hole-electron pairs can be effectively separated resulting from the introduction of rGO. The synergistic effect of a decreased band gap and highly effective separation of photo-generated electrons and holes may be responsible for the enhanced photocatalytic activity of the fabricated nanocomposites. Both h + and •OH active radicals were found to be the key factors for the photo-decomposition process of RhB over the nanocomposites, while •O 2 − was also involved to a smaller extent. A possible photo-degradation mechanism for C-NTO/rGO was proposed on the basis of the experiments results.
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ACS Applied Nano Materials
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2022
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Zhuqing Zhao,Muya Cai,Haijia Zhao,Qiang Ma,Hongwei Xie,Pengfei Xing,Yan xin Zhuang,Huayi Yin
Electrolysis of SiO2 to produce Si in MgCl2-based molten salt faces the challenge of generating chlorine gas at a graphite anode. Herein, we replace the graphite anode with a Mg2Si alloy anode that is paired with a C–SiO2 cathode in molten NaCl–KCl–MgCl2. During the paired electrolysis, the Mg2Si anode releases two Mg2+ ions into the electrolyte, resulting in Si nanostructures, while the C–SiO2 cathode is reduced to C–Si composites without generating SiC. Thus, both electrode reactions obtain desired products, which eliminates chlorine gas evolution and tailors the structure and composition of Si. In addition, the electrolytic Si nanostructures and C–Si composites show enhanced lithium-storage performances. The anodic Si nanostructures display a high initial Coulombic efficiency of 82.7% and achieve a cycling capacity of 1490 mAh g–1 300 cycles later under 2 A g–1. The cathodic C–Si composite that remains inside the carbon matrix derived from rice husks maintains a stable capacity of 780 mAh g–1 and 92.1% capacity retention after 200 cycles at 0.5 A g–1. In addition to Si-based anode materials, this study offers an economical and green paired electrolysis approach to preparing various functional materials.
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Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity
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2022
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Tao Long,Qian Wu,Jing Wei,Yong Tang,Yan-Ni He,Chang-Long He,Xue Chen,Lu Yu,Chong-Lin Yu,Betty Yuen-Kwan Law,Jian-Ming Wu,Da-Lian Qin,An-Guo Wu,Xiao-Gang Zhou
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a complex neurological disorder characterized by motor and nonmotor features. Although some drugs have been developed for the therapy of PD in a clinical setting, they only alleviate the clinical symptoms and have yet to show a cure. In this study, by employing the C. elegans model of PD, we found that ferulic acid (FA) significantly inhibited α-synuclein accumulation and improved dyskinesia in NL5901 worms. Meanwhile, FA remarkably decreased the degeneration of dopaminergic (DA) neurons, improved the food-sensing behavior, and reduced the level of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in 6-OHDA-induced BZ555 worms. The mechanistic study discovered that FA could activate autophagy in C. elegans, while the knockdown of 3 key autophagy-related genes significantly revoked the neuroprotective effects of FA in α-synuclein- and 6-OHDA-induced C. elegans models of PD, demonstrating that FA exerts an anti-PD effect via autophagy induction in C. elegans. Furthermore, we found that FA could reduce 6-OHDA- or H2O2-induced cell death and apoptosis in PC-12 cells. Moreover, FA was able to induce autophagy in stable GFP-RFP-LC3 U87 cells and PC-12 cells, while bafilomycin A1 (Baf, an autophagy inhibitor) partly eliminated the protective effects of FA against 6-OHDA- and H2O2-induced cell death and ROS production in PC-12 cells, further confirming that FA exerts an anti-PD effect via autophagy induction in vitro. Collectively, our study provides novel insights for FA as a potent autophagy enhancer to effectively prevent neurodegenerative diseases such as PD in the future.
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JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
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2022
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IF 9.965
Jianfeng Wang,Jun Li
The traditional PP separator is failed to inhibit the polysulfide shuttle effect for the lithium-sulfur ctteries. Besides, it has poor safety porblem when used at high temperatures. Therefore, it is urgent to develop new modified separator to repalce the traditional separator. To deal with these problems, layered hierarchical C@MoS 2 spheres are prepared and modified the traditional separator. Due to the presence of the C@MoS 2 modified separator, the Li-S batteries with C@MoS 2 separator display high specific capacity and superior cycling stability even at high rate of 2C. The high electrochemical performance is attributed to efficient inhibition of shuttle effect by the adsorption and catalytic conversion of polysulfide on the C@MoS 2 separator. This work has a certain reference value for the future large-scale application of lithium-sulfur battery.
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ChemElectroChem
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2022
·Vol. 9
·期 11
·e202200375
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IF 4.782
Junting Sun,Jiaxiang Jin,Yatao Chang,Jing Wang,Qindong Zhang,Junjie Guo
Graphical Ramping rate matters in pyrolysis : Hybrid Co/N−C electrocatalysts were synthesized using NaCl as template via direct pyrolysis method. Ramping rates during pyrolysis was evidenced to affect the porosity and composition of the obtained electrocatalysts due to the different diffusion rates and decomposition reaction of precursors, which have significant influences on their catalytic activities toward oxygen reduction. Pyrolysis is a necessary procedure for synthesizing carbon-based nonprecious metal electrocatalysts via stimulating interaction and carbonization of precursors. In this work, ramping rates that correlated with thermal gradient has been investigated to reveal the configuration evolution of the precursors. Spectra characterizations demonstrated that ramping rates affected decomposition and aromatization of precursors. Increasing ramping rates improved the percentage of doped nitrogen and defects, promoting dispersion of Co atoms in the carbonaceous matrix and increasing density of active sties. In addition, the size variation of NaCl template under different ramping rates modifies the porous structure of Co/N−C electrocatalysts, greatly increasing the percentage of macropores and micropores at rapid ramping rates. As a result, electrocatalysts obtained at 5 °C min −1 exhibit comparable catalytic activity to that of Pt/C due to highly dispersed active sites and rational percentage of porosity, facilitating the sufficient reaction of oxygen along the catalysts. These results shed lights on regulating physical properties of carbonaceous electrocatalysts.
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RSC Advances
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2022
·Vol. 12
·期 16
·9543-9549
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IF 4.036
Tanlun Wang,Chenxiang Sun,Yong Yan,Fan Li
Metal–N–C-based catalysts prepared by pyrolysis are frequently used in the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). Zeolitic imidazolate frameworks (ZIFs), a type of metal organic framework (MOF), are selected as precursors due to their special structure and proper pore sizes. A series of Fe–N–C catalysts with different concentrations of 2-methylimidazole were prepared with a simple solvothermal-pyrolysis method, and the transformation productivity, morphology and ORR activity were investigated. It was found that the Fe–N–C catalyst with a 2-methylimidazole concentration of 0.53 mol L−1 had the best performance. In 0.1 M KOH solution, the half-wave potential was 0.852 V (vs. RHE), with the highest electrochemically active surface area (ECSA) of 94.1 cm2, and the ORR reaction was dominated by a 4-electron process. The current only decreased by 10.5% after 50 000 s of chronoamperometry (CA), while the half-wave potential only decreased 20 mV in 3 M methanol. Additionally, this catalyst cannot be poisoned by Cl− and SO32− ions in the ORR process. Finally, some typical ions including SCN−, Fe(CN)63− and Fe(CN)64− were used to inhibit the active sites, and it was determined that Fe(II) is the real active species. The series of synthesis and testing experiments has significance in guiding optimization of the synthesis conditions and analysis of the mechanism of active sites in Fe–N–C materials.
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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
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2022
·Vol. 29
·期 42
·63233-63247
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Ma Mingliang,Chen Yan,Jiang Jiabin,Bi Yuxin,Liao Zijian,Ma Yong
Excessive discharge of toxic dyes is detrimental to ecological system and human health. Therefore, an effective photocatalyst must be designed and developed to degrade dyes from wastewater. Herein, a novel one-dimensional (1D) flower-like recoverable ZnFe 2 O 4 /C/MnO 2 /BiOI magnetic composite photocatalyst was synthesized via electrospinning technique combined with hydrothermal method. The photocatalytic activities of composite photocatalyst were evaluated by degrading methyl orange (MO) and Rhodamine B (RhB) under simulated light irradiation. The efficiency of ZnFe 2 O 4 /C/MnO 2 /BiOI photocatalyst in visible light for 150 min reached 91% (MO) and 120 min reached 94% (RhB). Moreover, the degradation rate of MO still remained 78% after five cycles. The design of 1D magnetic flower-like composite provided a new strategy for preparing photocatalysts possessing excellent photocatalytic efficiency and cyclic stability.
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SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA PART A-MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY
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2022
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IF 4.831
Haiping Zhao,Ziyi Zhang,Yong Han,Weixia Yang,Wenzhi Tang,Tianli Yue,Zhonghong Li
A nanocomposite (UiO-66/Ce-MnO 2 ) was fabricated by combining UiO-66 with cerium-doped manganese dioxide (Ce-MnO 2 ) for colorimetric detecting vitamin C (Vc). Compared with traditional artificial enzymes, the as-synthesized UiO-66/Ce-MnO 2 were simple to prepare and did not require the participation of other active substances. The doping of cerium increased the oxygen vacancies and the UiO-66 as a carrier improved the dispersibility. The formation of superoxide anion (O 2 − ) and the inside Ce 4+ /Ce 3+ and Mn 4+ /Mn 3+ redox couples of UiO-66/Ce-MnO 2 endowed UiO-66/Ce-MnO 2 with a high catalytic capability, which could catalytically oxidize 3, 3′, 5, 5′-tetramethylbenzidine (TMB) into oxidation state TMB (oxTMB) without H 2 O 2 , accompanying with color change and a prominent peak at 652 nm in UV–vis spectra. Based on the inhibitory effects of Vc on catalytic oxidation of TMB, detection of Vc can be achieved, exhibiting a linear relationship in the concentration of 1.13–17.01 μmol L −1 with a low detection limit of 65.82 nmol L −1 . This system can also be detected by smartphone, the linear detection range is 12.47–22.67 μmol L −1 . Vc contents in fruits and vegetables detected by the sensor were in good agreement with the 2, 4-Dinitrophenylhydrazine colorimetry method ( P > 0.05), indicating a reliable sensor for Vc detection.
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COMPOSITES PART B-ENGINEERING
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2022
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IF 11.322
Zizhang Zhan,Wei Sun,Shuaishuai Zhang,Qingbo Wen,Hongbo Zhang,Xiang Xiong
A (AlCrMg) x (PO 4 ) y /MgO composite(APMC) was prepared based on the acid–base reaction between MgO and chromium aluminum phosphate solution for thermal protection and insulation applications at ultrahigh-temperatures up to 2400 °C. The compositions, formation mechanisms, microstructure, mechanical properties , thermal conductivity and ablation resistance of the composite were systematically investigated. The results show that the (AlCrMg) x (PO 4 ) y /MgO composite can be consolidated in different shapes at room temperature. The compressive strength of the as-prepared porous composites is higher than 20 MPa due to the macromolecular network structure, and it can be further improved to 42 MPa via thermal treatment. After ablation by an oxyacetylene flame at 2400 ± 70 °C for 60 s, the mass and line ablation rates of the composite were 0.0195 g/s and 0.43 × 10 −3 mm/s, respectively, which are comparable to those of ultrahigh-temperature ceramics. The excellent ablation resistance can be attributed to the in situ formation of a dense protective layer composed of spinel MgCr 2 O 4 and MgO phases. Interestingly, during ablation at 2400 °C the back-side temperature of the 15 mm-thick sample was lower than 130 °C, suggesting outstanding thermal insulation performance. The temperature gradient leads to the formation of a gradated porous structure which reduces the overall thermal conductivity of the composite.
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ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
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2022
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IF 10.383
Yuying Chen,Qing Yang,Wenqin Lu,Yanjuan Zhang,Zuqiang Huang,Huayu Hu,Tao Gan
Although the core–shell structure magnetic nanocomposites have been widely used as lubricant additives, their tribological properties are still poor under high temperature and high load. Herein, the graphitized C/Fe3O4 magnetic nanocomposites (g-C/Fe3O4) with an interpenetrating network structure were successfully fabricated by an in situ hydrothermal carbonization method combined with a subsequent ball milling process at room temperature. The results showed that the ball milling process not only promoted the transformation of graphitized carbon but also effectively eliminated the interfacial effect between carbon and Fe3O4. Moreover, the g-C/Fe3O4 used as a lubricant additive in rapeseed oil exhibited excellent tribological properties and high thermo-stability under 155 °C and 980 N, with the friction coefficient reduced by 32.8% compared to the independent Fe3O4. The enhanced tribological performance of g-C/Fe3O4 could be attributed to the graphitized carbon and its interpenetrating network structure under low load force (392 N), while under high load force (980 N), it could be ascribed to the synergistic effect between the graphitized carbon and magnetic Fe3O4 nanoparticles. This work not only offers a method for the synthesis of nanocomposite lubricant additives but also shows great potential in practical applications for high-temperature tribology.
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