INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
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2013
·Vol. 38
·期 13
·5251-5258
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IF 3.548
Qiang Zhao,Zhuobin Yu,Wen Yuan,Jinping Li
Under mild conditions (near-neutral aqueous solutions, room temperature , and atmospheric pressure), an attractive electrolyte was expanded for splitting water and three novel oxygen-evolution catalysts (Co-C i , Ni-C i , Ag-C i ) were generated. The Co-C i catalyst showed a high oxygen-evolution rate (24.42 μmol h −1 ), a low oxygen-evolution overpotential (395 mV) and excellent stability. In addition, the non-amorphous Ag-C i catalyst, different from reported catalyst, was generated. The catalyst has been further characterized by powder X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy-dispersive spectrometry (EDS), and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS).
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材料化学
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电化学
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催化化学
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能源科学
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纳米材料
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ANALYTICA CHIMICA ACTA
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2018
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IF 5.123
Feng Tan,Xiao Jiang,Xianliang Qiao,Daming Sun,Jinsuo Gao,Xie Quan,Jingwen Chen,Suyu Ren,Yi Wang
A diffusive gradients in thin films (DGT) method using a new high-capacity cerium oxide (CeO 2 ) binding gel, for the first time, was developed for measuring dissolved inorganic arsenic in freshwater and seawater . The capacities of the new CeO 2 binding gel were 682 μg and 375 μg for As III and As V , respectively. The masses of As III and As V accumulated by CeO 2 -DGT device increased linearly with time and agreed well with the theoretical value calculated by DGT equation. The arsenic accumulation by CeO 2 -DGT was independent of pH (4.05–9.04) and ionic strength (0.1–750 mM), and common anions including CO 3 2− , SO 4 2− , Cl − and PO 4 3− had no obvious interference. CeO 2 -DGT showed excellent long-term deployment performance in freshwater and synthetic seawater . Field trials with CeO 2 -DGT achieved successfully the time-weighted-average concentrations of total inorganic arsenic in reservoir water (1.38 ± 0.09 μg/L) and coastal seawater (0.45 ± 0.06 μg/L). The results were comparable to those measured by grab sampling. The proposed method was reliable and robust for in-situ measurements of dissolved inorganic arsenic in environmental waters.
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环境化学
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分析化学
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水环境监测
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环境地球化学
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污染生态学
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MethodsX
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2019
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IF 0
Chengyuan Liu,Zhiwei Liu,Hongkun Niu,Cong Wang,Zhaowen Wang,Bingliang Gao,Jingjing Liu,Mark Taylor
We provide a method for preparation of binder-free cathode for rechargeable aluminum-ion batteries (AIBs). Ultrasonicated natural graphite (u-NG) flakes in N-methylpyrrolidone (NMP) is drop-casted to a carbon fiber cloth (CFC) to obtain binder-free u-GF@CFC cathode for AIBs. We also provide an in-situ Raman spectral technology and the corresponding in-situ Raman cell to determine the mechanism of intercalation/deintercalation reactions of the chloroaluminate ions at cathode of AIBs. The in-situ Raman spectra are recorded using a Raman spectrometer combined with a potentiostat/galvanostat model electrochemical workstation. • A simple preparation method of a binder-free u-GF@CFC cathode is suggested. • The u-GF@CFC cathode is obtained by drop-casting ultrasonicated graphite flakes on the surface and internal gaps of the carbon fiber cloth. • The method includes the in-situ Raman spectral technology and the corresponding in-situ Raman cell.
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电化学
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能源材料
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纳米材料
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电池技术
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原位表征
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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
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2024
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IF 13.3
Chenyu Lin,Tianqi Yang,Haiyuan Zhang,Donghuang Wang,Wenkui Zhang,Yao Wang,Yang Xia,Hui Huang,Xinhui Xia,Yongping Gan,Xinping He,Xinyong Tao,Jun Zhang
Solid-state lithium metal batteries with high energy density and safety have gained increasing attention due to their potential applications. However, the practical use of solid electrolytes is hindered by several challenges. These include poor compatibility at the electrode–electrolyte interface, low ionic conductivity at room temperature, and fast capacity degradation. To address these issues, here we propose ternary strategies by in-situ cross-linked plastic crystal electrolyte (in-situ PCE) based on succinonitrile (SN). Through the in-situ polymerization of SN with polyacrylonitrile/poly(vinylidene difluoride) (PAN/PVDF) nanofibers separator, excellent mechanical strength and compatibility at the electrode–electrolyte interface are achieved. The cross-linked structure of thermally polymerized ethoxylated trimethylolpropane triacrylate (ETPTA) immobilizes the SN molecule, preventing its contact with the lithium metal and inhibiting irreversible side reactions. Additionally, a LiF-rich passivation layer is employed to further protect the SN at the electrolyte-lithium metal interface. The dual protection from ETPTA and LiF offers excellent stability to lithium. Hence, the in-situ PCE exhibits high ionic conductivity (0.79 mS cm −1 at 30 °C) and wide electrochemical window (4.56 V, vs Li + /Li). The cells exhibit excellent cycling stability and high-rate performance. LiFePO 4 //Li cells retain 96.6 % capacity after 1000 cycles at 10C rate. This study provides valuable insights into the development of high-performance solid-state electrolytes.
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材料科学
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电化学
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能源存储
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高分子化学
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固态离子学
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JOURNAL OF APPLIED POLYMER SCIENCE
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2014
·Vol. 131
·期 21
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IF 1.64
Yang Meng,Junfeng Chu,Chaohao Liu,Zheng Wei,Liqun Zhang
A series of poly(methylvinylsiloxane) elastomer (VMQ) composites with improved oil resistance were prepared by introducing uniform polar polymer phases into VMQ matrix through the in situ reaction of reactive polar monomers—hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA) and hydroxypropyl methacrylate (HPMA)—during peroxide curing. Differential scanning calorimetry and Fourier transform infrared measurements demonstrated that HEMA and HPMA had high reactivity and most of the monomers participated in the in situ reaction during peroxide curing. Transmission electron microscopic images showed that the uniform nanophases with the diameters in the range of 20–50 nm formed in the VMQ vulcanizates. The generated nanophases could interact with silica to form a strong filler network in the VMQ matrix, resulting in a significant increase of the modulus at low elongation of the VMQ vulcanizates. With increasing the content of polar monomers, the tensile strength decreased slightly, the elongation at break, the hardness and the 100% modulus increased, but the 300% modulus decreased significantly due to the decrease of the crosslink density. The incorporation of HEMA or HPMA into VMQ matrix could significantly improve the oil resistance of polysiloxane elastomer, and the oil resistance of the composites containing HEMA was a little better than that of the composites containing HPMA. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2014 , 131 , 40983.
研究领域:
高分子科学
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材料科学
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复合材料
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弹性体
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功能高分子
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纳米材料
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JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES
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2021
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IF 9.127
Fengchen Zhou,Xu-Sheng Yang,Jiangwen Liu,Jun Liu,Renzong Hu,Liuzhang Ouyang,Min Zhu
Owing to the high theoretic capacity (2596 mAh g −1 ) and suitable lithiation potential (～0.7 V vs. Li + /Li), Black phosphorus (BP) is considered as an ideal anode material for the fast-charging lithium-ion batteries. However, BP still faces the large volume change and low Li + transfer during the charge/discharge. In this work, a facile two-step high-energy ball milling method is developed to synthesis the black phosphorus@TiP 2 –C (CBP@TiP 2 –C) nanocomposite for the high-rate performance anode material, in which the conductive nanocrystalline TiP 2 is in-situ introduced and uniformly distributed into BP-C matrix. We reveal that the uniformly dispersed TiP 2 nanocrystals can enhance the electronic and ionic conductivities of active particles and the electrode reaction kinetics. The lithiation product cubic Li y TiP 4 phase is beneficial to release the stress, reduce the Li + diffusion energy barrier and accelerate the Li + extraction from LiP 3 upon delithiation . Moreover, the contact among different components can be improved by Ti–C and P–C bonds in the CBP@TiP 2 –C, thus ensuring excellent electric contact within the material and enhancing the structural stability of composites. As a result, the CBP@TiP 2 –C anode displays a high reversible capacity of 1007.4 mAh g −1 at 10.0 A g −1 and excellent capacity retention of 925.6 mAh g −1 after 500 cycles at 2 A g −1 .
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材料科学
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电化学
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纳米科技
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能源存储
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固态化学
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MATERIALS & DESIGN
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2017
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IF 4.364
Puhong Wen,Lili Ai,Fenyan Wei,Dengwei Hu,Jingjing Guo,Fangyi Yao,Taotao Liu
The crystalline hexagonal Nb 2 O 5 (H-Nb 2 O 5 ) nanobelt clusters dominantly exposed (− 110) facet are firstly synthesized by a hydrothermal topological reaction with a precursor of fiber-like K 2 Nb 2 O 6 ·H 2 O. The structure and morphology of samples obtained at different temperatures and times are investigated. There are two steps in the synthesis process. One is the acid-exchanging reaction transforming into amorphous phase protonated niobate (HNO), and the other is dehydration reaction transforming into H-Nb 2 O 5 , and simultaneous dissolution reaction which forms nanobelt cluster morphology from the fiber-like particle. The formation mechanism of H-Nb 2 O 5 nanobelt clusters has been proposed in detail. After photo-reduced reaction between the H-Nb 2 O 5 nanobelt clusters and AgNO 3 solution, the dominantly exposed (− 110) facet of H-Nb 2 O 5 nanobelt is homogeneously covered by Ag nanoparticles . The photo-electrochemical performance of the obtained H-Nb 2 O 5 nanobelt clusters and Ag deposited H-Nb 2 O 5 (Ag-Nb 2 O 5 ) nanobelt clusters as photocatalysts are evaluated by splitting water under simulated sunlight illumination, and the generated photocurrent of Ag-Nb 2 O 5 sample is 10.73 μA, which is 535 times that of the H-Nb 2 O 5 sample. The results demonstrate that the Ag-Nb 2 O 5 nanobelt clusters have a high photo-electrochemical performance as well as good sunlight photoelectric conversion efficiency.
研究领域:
材料科学
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纳米科技
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光催化
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能源化学
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半导体材料
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电化学
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太阳能转换
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
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2022
·Vol. 47
·期 83
·35352-35364
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IF 7.139
Zhichao Yu,Wei Zhang,Yongxi Zhang,Yaokun Fu,Ying Cheng,Sanyang Guo,Yuan Li,Shumin Han
Magnesium hydroxide (MgH 2 ) has excellent reversibility and high capacity, and is one of the most promising materials for hydrogen storage in practical applications. However, it suffers from high dehydrogenation temperature and slow sorption kinetics. Rare earth hydrides and transition metals can both significantly improve the de/hydrogenation kinetics of MgH 2 . In this work, MgH 2 –Mg 2 NiH 4 –CeH 2.73 is in-situ synthesized by introducing Ni@CeO 2 into MgH 2 . The unique coating structure of Ni@CeO 2 facilitates homogeneous distribution of synergetic CeH 2.73 and Mg 2 NiH 4 catalytic sites in subsequent ball milling process. The as-fabricated composite MgH 2 -10 wt% Ni@CeO 2 powders possess superior hydrogenation/dehydrogenation characteristics, absorbing 4.1 wt% hydrogen within 60 min at 100 °C and releasing 5.44 wt% H 2 within 10 min at 350 °C. The apparent activation energy of MgH 2 -10 wt% Ni@CeO 2 is determined to be 84.8 kJ/mol and it has favorable hydrogen cycling stability with almost no decay in capacity after 10 cycles.
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材料科学
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无机化学
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能源化学
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纳米催化
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氢能源存储
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Advanced Optical Materials
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2019
·Vol. 7
·期 20
·1900774
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IF 7.125
Xin Zhang,Dengbao Han,Chenhui Wang,Imran Muhammad,Feng Zhang,Ali Shmshad,Xulan Xue,Wenyu Ji,Shuai Chang,Haizheng Zhong
The in situ fabricated perovskite nanocrystals (PNCs) obtained through spin-coating a precursor solution are suitable candidates to achieve efficient perovskite light emitting diodes (PeLEDs). In this work, the solvent effects of on-chip crystallization are investigated by correlating the nucleation and growth process of in situ fabricated formamidinium lead iodide (FAPbI 3 ) nanocrystals with their optical and electronic properties. The FAPbI 3 nanocrystals obtained from a precursor solution in γ-butyrolactone (GBL) are smaller than those obtained from N , N -dimethylformamide and dimethyl sulfoxide, and the relatively weak coordination between GBL and the precursor molecules enables reduced defect states in the resulted PNCs with enhanced photoluminescence properties. A modified LaMer model is proposed to describe the solvent effects in the on-chip crystallization process. Based on these understandings, red emissive FA 0.87 Cs 0.13 PbI 3 nanocrystal films with absolute photoluminescence quantum yields up to 70% are realized. Finally, an efficient PeLED with maximum luminance of 218 cd m −2 and peak external quantum efficiency of 15.8% is achieved with good reproducibility.
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材料科学
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纳米科技
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光电子学
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半导体器件
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凝聚态物理
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CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL
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2017
·Vol. 43
·期 12
·9327-9333
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IF 2.986
Nan Zhou,Shengxiong Huang,Tao Hong,Wei Luo,Yun Tian,Xiangyang Lu,Zhi Zhou
In this paper, LiTi 2 (PO 4 ) 3 @carbon composite as anode for aqueous lithium ion battery has been successfully synthesized by in-situ carbon coating method using oxalic acid and glucose as double carbon sources. XRD results confirm the rhombohedral NASICON-type LiTi 2 (PO 4 ) 3 structure of the as-prepared composite. The LiTi 2 (PO 4 ) 3 @carbon composite using double carbon sources (LTP-OG-10) disperses well, and the coated carbon layer has the appropriate thickness of 3–7 nm, which result in proper balance of the good electrical conductivity and the fast kinetics of diffusion of lithium ions . LTP-OG-10 exhibits better electrochemical performance compared with those using oxalic acid (LTP-O) or glucose (LTP-G) single carbon source. LTP-OG-10 anode delivers the discharge capacity of 112.5 mA h g −1 , 96.8 mA h g −1 , and 54.2 mA h g −1 at 0.2 C, 5 C and 20 C, respectively, much larger than that of LTP-O and LTP-G. Moreover, LTP-OG-10 demonstrated excellent cycling performance, with the capacity retention of 71.1% after 400 cycles at 0.2 C, 22.9% higher than that of LTP-G. The good electrochemical properties of LTP-OG-10 is mainly ascribed to the increase of defects, high-quality and appropriate thickness of carbon layer. Our study reveals that preparing LiTi 2 (PO 4 ) 3 @carbon composite using double carbon sources is an efficient approach to enhance its electrochemical properties.
研究领域:
材料科学
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电化学
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能源存储
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无机非金属材料
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功能材料
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MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING A-STRUCTURAL MATERIALS PROPERTIES MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROCESSING
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2017
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IF 3.094
Xinjiang Zhang,Feng Song,Zhiping Wei,Wenchao Yang,Zhongkui Dai
In-situ TiC/Ti titanium matrix composites were successfully fabricated through a novel approach, utilizing the reaction of graphene and Ti mixture powders in spark plasma sintering . Microstructure, hardness and compressive properties of such composites were investigated. The layered graphene nanosheets as the carbon source were dispersed in the powders, and subsequently formed uniform TiC particles in Ti matrix during the rapid sintering. The resulting TiC particles exhibited the micro- and nano-sized equiaxial structures. Such composites possessed the significantly enhanced hardness and room-temperature compressive strength comparing with the as-cast and as-sintered pure Ti. The ultimate and yield compressive strengths of as-prepared 7.0 vol% TiC incorporated composite respectively reached up to 2.64 GPa and 1.93 GPa, beyond some advanced Ti materials reported to date. In-situ micro- and nano-sized TiC particles were believed to be beneficial to harden and strengthen Ti matrix. The relevant strengthening mechanisms of such composites were discussed.
研究领域:
材料科学
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金属基复合材料
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粉末冶金
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力学性能
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显微结构表征
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Materials Science & Engineering C-Materials for Biological Applications
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2020
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IF 5.88
Gang Tao,Rui Cai,Yejing Wang,Hua Zuo,Huawei He
Hydrogel-based wound dressings are ideal materials as they could provide a moist environment to promote wound healing. Silk sericin is a natural macromolecular protein produced by silkworms and has positive effects on fibroblasts and keratinocytes. Sodium alginate is a natural polysaccharide known as a mouldable matrix. To develop novel hydrogel wound dressings, sodium alginate was functionalized with silk sericin to yield an injectable and mouldable semi-interpenetrating network hydrogel (SA/Se) using calcium ions as the crosslinking agents. Meanwhile, silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) were synthesized in situ by the phenolic hydroxyl group of tyrosine in sericin to enhance the antibacterial activity of the hybrid hydrogel. UV–visible spectroscopy, fluorescence spectroscopy, transmission electron microscope, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and energy dispersive spectroscopy demonstrated the successful synthesis of AgNPs with average size of 15.7 nm in SA/Se-Ag0.2. Field emission scanning electron microscopy showed the macroporous structure of the hydrogel. The hybrid hydrogel had a swelling ratio of 32 and more than 5% of retention ratio after 50 h. It exhibited effective antibacterial activity through irreversibly disrupting bacterial membrane structure to result in bacterial lysis and death. Cell counting kit-8 assay suggested the hybrid hydrogel was highly cytocompatible. The animal experiment showed the wound contraction ratio in SA/Se-Ag0.2 group was 99% after 12 days, indicating it can effectively promote wound healing. This novel hydrogel is promising for wound healing and tissue engineering.
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生物材料
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组织工程
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再生医学
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创伤修复
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纳米医学
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生物医学工程
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