RENEWABLE ENERGY
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2016
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Wenlong Cui,Yanping Yuan,Liangliang Sun,Xiaoling Cao,Xiaojiao Yang
This paper reports that Nano-copper (Nano-Cu), which possesses high thermal and electrical conductivity, as an additive, can improve the supercooling properties of sodium acetate trihydrate (CH 3 COONa·3H 2 O, SAT) and enhance its thermal conductivity . To investigate the effect of Nano-Cu content on the degree of supercooling of SAT, composite phase change materials containing SAT, Nano-Cu (0.4%, 0.5%, 0.6%, 0.7% and 0.8%), CMC (thickening agent) and sodium dodecyl sulfonate (C 12 H 25 NaO 3 S, dispersant) were prepared. Melting-freezing experiments involving the composite materials indicated that the rate of heat transfer increased by nearly 20%. When an optimal amount of Nano-Cu (i.e., 0.5%) was added to SAT, the degree of supercooling was reduced to approximately 0.5 °C. Compared to the use of inorganic salt hydrates as nucleating agents , Nano-Cu is significantly advantageous in reducing the degree of supercooling of SAT. The maximum improvement in supercooling was observed when the melting-freezing experiment was conducted at an initial temperature of 70 °C. The thermal conductivity of the reported composite phasechange materialsis approximately 20% higher than that of pure SAT.
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ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
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2017
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Jiachen Li,Jun Pu,Ziqiang Liu,Jian Wang,Wenlu Wu,Huigang Zhang,Haixia Ma
The energy and power densities of rechargeable batteries urgently need to be increased to meet the ever-increasing demands of consumer electronics and electric vehicles. Alloy anodes are among the most promising candidates for next-generation high-capacity battery materials. However, the high capacities of alloy anodes usually suffer from some serious difficulties related to the volume changes of active materials. Porous supports and nanostructured alloy materials have been explored to address these issues. However, these approaches seemingly increase the active material-based properties and actually decrease the electrode-based capacity because of the oversized pores and heavy mass of mechanical supports. In this study, we developed an ultralight porous nickel to scaffold with high-capacity SnSb alloy anodes. The porous-nickel-supported SnSb alloy demonstrates a high specific capacity and good cyclability for both Li-ion and Na-ion batteries. Its capacity retains 580 mA h g–1 at 2 A g–1 after 100 cycles in Li-ion batteries. For a Na-ion battery, the composite electrode can even deliver a capacity of 275 mA h g–1 at 1 A g–1 after 1000 cycles. This study demonstrates that combining the scaffolding function of ultralight porous nickel and the high capacity of the SnSb alloy can significantly enhance the electrochemical performances of Li/Na-ion batteries.
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ANALYTICA CHIMICA ACTA
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2016
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Lin Luo,Hong-Tao Lei,Jin-Yi Yang,Gong-Liang Liu,Yuan-Ming Sun,Wei-Dong Bai,Hong Wang,Yu-Dong Shen,Sui Chen,Zhen-Lin Xu
The widespread occurrence of ethyl carbamate (EC, 89.09 Da), a group 2A carcinogen, in fermented foods and alcoholic beverages has raised worldwide public health concern. Immunoassay for EC is unavailable due to the simple and small structure of EC. In this work, an initial attempt to produce antibody specific for EC, by using 4-((ethoxycarbonyl)amino)butanoic acid as hapten , was made but failed. However, since EC can easily react with 9-xanthydrol to form xanthyl ethyl carbamate (XEC), two haptens based on XEC structure were designed and synthesized. Polyclonal antibody against XEC, instead of EC was obtained and then used to develop a competitive indirect ELISA for EC via a pre-analysis derivatization . After optimization, the ciELISA was applied in analyzing Chinese rice wine with detection limit of 166 μg/L, and negligible cross-reactivity with EC analogs. Recoveries of EC in fortified samples were from 84.4% to 100.9%, with coefficients of variation below 10%. Results for analysis of real samples by the ci-ELISA correlated well with that by reference method GC-MS, suggesting the good accuracy and reproducibility of the proposed method. This is the first report of an immunoassay capable of detecting EC, which is suitable for monitoring EC in a large amount of samples.
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RSC Advances
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2016
·Vol. 6
·期 101
·99532-99539
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Peng Zhou,Jing Zhang,Jilong Liu,Yongli Zhang,Juan Liang,Ya Liu,Bei Liu,Wei Zhang
Recently, persulfate (PS) has fascinated practitioners of water treatment as a promising oxidant for in situ chemical oxidation. In this study, zero valent copper (nZVC) particles were employed as an activator for PS to degrade organic contaminants. Benzoic acid (BA) was almost completely degraded in 25 min, and the nZVC/PS process exhibited a ubiquitous oxidizing capacity on various organic contaminants (including acid orange 7, nitrobenzene, dimethyl phthalate, diethylstilbestrol, bisphenol A, and 2,4-dichlorophenol). The mechanism investigation showed that PS can accelerate the corrosion of nZVC to release Cu+ in acidic aqueous conditions, and the reactive radicals were generated through the further activation of PS by intermediate Cu+ via a Fenton-like reaction. Both sulfate radical (SO4−˙) and hydroxyl radical (˙OH) were considered as the primary reactive radicals in the nZVC/PS process due to the intense inhibition with the addition of methanol (MA) and tert-butyl alcohol (TBA). Moreover, the degradation rate of BA increased gradually with an increase of nZVC dosage, and the decrease of the initial pH range from 5.4 to 2.0.
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CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL
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2025
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Yingying Xu,Mengyao Li,Yingjiu Zhang,Hongzhang Song,Haoshan Hao
A series of Bi 2 Sr 2 Co 2 O y (BSCO), Bi 2 (Sr 2/3 Ba 2/3 Ca 2/3 )Co 2 O y (BSBCCO), Bi 1.9 Cu 0.1 (Sr 2/3 Ba 2/3 Ca 2/3 )Co 2 O y (BCSBCCO) and Bi 1.8 Ag 0.2 (Sr 2/3 Ba 2/3 Ca 2/3 )Co 2 O y (BASBCCO) ceramic samples were prepared to optimize the thermoelectric properties of BSCO by high entropy doping combined with Cu/Ag doping. High entropy doping improves the carrier mobility significantly, due to a sintering effect in liquid phase and an additional conduction path. Cu/Ag acceptor doping increases the carrier concentration and Seebeck coefficients. Both them enhance the electrical transport performance of doped samples effectively. Specially, the random distribution of several different cations caused by high entropy doping and Cu/Ag doping can enhance the phonon scattering, which greatly reduces the thermal conductivity of doped samples. Finally, the thermoelectric figure of merit ( ZT ) value of the BASBCCO sample is improved to 0.36 at 923 K on the basis of high entropy doped BSBCCO ( ZT = 0.28 at 923 K), which is twice that of the pristine sample.
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SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA PART A-MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY
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2024
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Wei Xiao,Qing Zhang,Dong Hui You,Nian Bing Li,Guang Ming Zhou,Hong Qun Luo
Copper is an essential trace element in the human body, and its level is directly related to many diseases. While the source of copper in human body is mainly intake from food, then the detection of copper ions (Cu 2+ ) in food becomes crucial. Here, we synthesized a novel probe ( E )-3-hydroxy-2-styryl-4 H -benzo[h]chromen-4-one ( NSHF ) and explored the binding ability of NSHF for Cu 2+ using nuclear magnetic resonance hydrogen spectroscopy ( 1 H NMR), high-resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS), Job's plot method and density functional theory (DFT). NSHF shows the advantages of fast response time, good selectivity and high sensitivity for Cu 2+ . The fluorescence intensity ratio (F/F 0 ) of NSHF shows a good linear relationship with the concentration of Cu 2+ and the detection limit is 0.061 μM. NSHF was successfully applied to the detection of Cu 2+ in real samples. In addition, a simple and convenient Cu 2+ detection platform was constructed by combining NSHF with a smartphone and a UV lamp, which can realize the rapid detection of Cu 2+ . This work provides an effective tool for the real-time detection of Cu 2+ .
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GREEN CHEMISTRY
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2024
·Vol. 26
·期 18
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Chongyan Chen,Shuguang Shen,Jie Wang,Yongmei Liu,Xingting Guo,Lili Zhang,Jing Li
The electroconversion of carbon dioxide (CO2) into value-added chemicals has attracted widespread attention worldwide. Exploring efficient catalysts and designing reasonable reactants have become popular research directions in the strategy of coupling anode and cathode reactions. Herein, we report the construction of a self-supporting bifunctional Sn–SnSx electrode using a one-step electrodeposition method. The valence states of Sn at the Sn–SnSx surface are Sn4+, Sn2+ and Sn0, and the electrode exhibits excellent performances for the carbon dioxide reduction reaction (CO2RR) and glucose oxidation reaction (GOR), respectively. For the CO2RR, the Sn–SnSx electrode produced formate with a faradaic efficiency (FE) of 93.3% and a stability of 36 h. Meanwhile, tin sulfides were first applied in anodic oxidation and a high FE of 88% was achieved for formate production in the GOR. Impressively, Sn–SnSx as a bifunctional electrode achieved co-production of formate at both the anode and cathode in the integrated electrolyzer coupled with the CO2RR and GOR. This coupling process combines the technical means of “electrooxidation–electroreduction” with the choice of reactants “CO2–C6H12O6”, resulting in FE values of 93.9% and 87.4% at the cathode and anode for the production of formate, as well as a 58.3% electrical energy saving for formate production in comparison with the traditional CO2RR coupled with the water oxidation reaction.
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VACUUM
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2025
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Fu-Hua Sun,Zihao Zheng,Mingrui Liu,Jun Tan,Dongxia Tian,Fei Liu,Hong Li,Lun Yang,Xinyu Wang,Shifang Ma,Xiaolei Nie,Shaoqiu Ke
The high thermal conductivity of bulk thermoelectric (TE) materials is the main reason limiting the application field of bulk TE devices. The tetrahedrite (Cu 12 Sb 4 S 13 ) is a kind of TE material with extremely low thermal conductivity. If the thermal conductivity can be further reduced, it is expected to expand the application field of bulk TE devices. Herein, some carbon-based nanoparticles (diamond, CNTs, B 4 C, and SiC) of different grain size are embedded into the Cu 11.5 Ni 0.5 Sb 4 S 12.7 (CNSS) matrix by mechanical alloying and spark plasma sintering to enhance the TE performance. It is discovered that the Seebeck coefficient of CNSS/carbon-based nanoparticles nanocomposites remarkably increased while the total thermal conductivity significantly decreased because of the nanopores and new heterogeneous interface of CNSS/carbon-based nanoparticles induced by nanoscale carbon-based particles enhancing carrier and phonon scattering. As a result, the total thermal conductivity of the nanocomposites decreases from 1.36 Wm -1 K −1 to 0.93 W m −1 K −1 at 723 K with 0.2 vol% of SiC nanoparticles, decreasing 32 %. The maximum ZT reaches 1.0 at 723 K for the nanocomposite with 0.20 vol% of SiC, increasing 43 %. These results verify that the introduction of carbon-based nanoparticles is a promising method to improve the application of Cu 12 Sb 4 S 13 -based modules.
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SURFACE & COATINGS TECHNOLOGY
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2025
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Jiaxing Li,Jiongming Chen,Ying Chen,Jialei Ren,Jianan Li,Liankui Wu,Hongwei Liu,Fahe Cao,Qingqing Sun
This study develops a new shot peening method, i.e., copper powder ultrasonic shot peening, and investigates its antibiofouling effect on commercially pure titanium grade 2 (TA2) alloy in seawater. The results indicate that adding Cu powder during ultrasonic shot peening can form a Cu-containing layer with a thickness 1–2 μm on the surface of TA2 alloy, primarily in the form of nanocrystals. This Cu-containing layer exhibits a 90 % antifouling efficiency against Pseudomonas aeruginosa and an 85 % efficiency against Aspergillus terreus , mainly due to the release of Cu ions during immersion. Electrochemical corrosion test results show that corrosion rate of this anti-fouling layer is two orders of magnitude higher than the substrate alloy, which significantly enhances the release of Cu ions and thereby improving the antifouling capability. Tensile test results show that Cu powder peening similarly improves the mechanical properties of TA2 alloy as conventional peening.
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AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY
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2024
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Peining Cai,Qi Li,Shuhui Wang,Liju Tan,Jiangtao Wang
A large number of nanoparticles are produced and enter the aquatic environment, where they interact with each other, posing a potential threat to aquatic organisms. The toxicity of two types of nanoparticles (nCu and nSiO 2 ) on Nitzschia closterium f. minutissima (N. closterium f. minutissima ) was investigated in this study by examining changes in microalgal cell density, instantaneous fluorescence rate (Ft), and a range of antioxidant parameters in the cells. It was found that both nCu and nSiO 2 showed time- and concentration-dependent toxic effects on N. closterium f. minutissima . nSiO 2 could promote microalgae growth at low concentrations by providing Si, an essential element for the synthesis of siliceous shells. As the exposure time increased, both the growth and photosynthetic efficiency of the microalgae were inhibited. Nanoparticles also produced oxidative stress and caused lipid peroxidation in the microalgae. In the meantime, SOD and CAT activity were altered to protect cells from oxidative damage. Inverted biomicroscopy images showed that the microalgae enhanced their cell size to adapt to the environmental stress as exposed to 1 mg/L nCu. Scanning electron microscope (SEM) images showed that 10 mg/L nSiO 2 could adsorb nCu and reduce the toxic effect of nCu on the microalgae, while 30 mg/L nSiO 2 caused mechanical damage to microalgal cells and accelerated the internalization of nanoparticles and Cu 2+ in the cells.
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Food Bioscience
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2025
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Lijiao Zhao,Heyun Zhu,Haoye Li,Shuaihao Guo,Jingchun Wang,Zhaoxin Tang,Jianzhao Liao,Jianying Guo
Nano-copper (nanoCu), a nanoscale form of copper (Cu), has been widely applied in the animal husbandry industry. However, it is of great concern that the Cu exposure to humans and animals can cause toxic damage to multiple organs. Hesperidin (Hes), a flavonoid found in citrus fruits, has shown mitigating effects on various organ damages. In our study, we aimed to investigate the toxic effects of nanoCu exposure on the kidneys of chickens and the therapeutic efficacy of Hes in nanoCu-induced renal injury. Our results indicated that Hes could alleviate endoplasmic reticulum stress (ERS) caused by nanoCu exposure. Intriguingly, nanoCu significantly disrupted endoplasmic reticulum (ER) homeostasis, which manifested as increased levels of key proteins such as GRP78, PERK, and CHOP, as well as elevated H 2 O 2 levels. But Hes treatment exhibited an opposite trend. Furthermore, nanoCu significantly induced autophagy in renal cells, which was accompanied by the activation of the AMPK-AKT/mTOR pathway and a concurrent increase in the protein levels of ATG5, Beclin 1, LC3 Ⅱ/LC3 Ⅰ, and ULK1, along with a decrease in the level of p62. However, it can be reversed by Hes treatment. These findings suggest that Hes could mitigate ER homeostasis disruption and autophagy caused by nanoCu exposure, providing new insights into the pharmacological treatment of Hes in related health issues.
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SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA PART A-MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY
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2024
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Yawei Wang,Xinying Xie,Xiaofei Wang,Chaoyi Wang,Ming Gao,Feiyue Qian,Hongbing Qin,Xuedong Wang,Junxia Wang
The trace-level detection of tetracyclines (TCs) in food products is essential to ensure food safety and public health. Herein, we prepared the methionine-doped carbon quantum dots (Met-CQDs) using citric acid as the precursor. Met-CQDs exhibited a Gaussian unimodal peak centered at 440 nm in the fluorescent excitation spectrum, along with a remarkable greenish-blue emission and a fluorescent quantum yield of 33.5 %. Furthermore, the presence of TC (the quencher) caused a rapid quenching of the fluorescence of Met-CQDs, accompanying with a color transition from light blue to dark bule as TC concentrations increased. The coloring variation was also detected by the images captured by smartphones and RGB analysis software, facilitating portable detection of TC utilizing Met-CQDs as a fluoroprobe. The findings indicate that the Met-CQDs based fluoroprobe exhibits high selectivity, rapid response (only ∼1 min) according to an “ON-OFF” sensing model. This fluorescence sensing method gave a low detection limit (LOD) of 0.032 μM and excellent linearity for TC in the concentration range of 0.1–500 μM. Also, the smartphone-based fluorescence-visualizing approach displayed good linearity with a LOD of 0.33 μM. The interactions between this fluoroprobe and TC occurred by virtue of both inner filter effect (IFE) and static-quenching principle. The average recovery for TC in the milk, honey, and tap water samples was determined to be 98.46 ± 1.71 % by a fluorometric method. Overall, both fluorometric and RGB approaches demonstrate strong correlation with conventional LC-MS/MS, and thus the as-fabricated Met-CQDs are promising for the preliminary screening of TCs’ residues in food products.
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