CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL
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2019
·Vol. 45
·期 12
·15589-15595
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IF 3.45
Sining Yun,Yuzhi Hou,Chen Wang,Yangliang Zhang,Xiao Zhou
Mo-based binary/ternary nanocomposites were designed and prepared via soft template synthesis by combining Mo 2 C and Bi/Mo 2 C into mesoporous carbon (MC). The materials were characterized by using various analytical and electrochemical techniques . When Mo 2 C/MC composites were used as counter electrodes (CEs) in iodide-mediated dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs), the power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) of the cells reached 7.29%, and the performance of DSSC with Bi/Mo 2 C/MC was 8.06%, which was much higher than that of the cell with Pt CE (7.08%). The excellent electrochemical stability of Mo-based nanocomposites in triiodide/iodide electrolyte indicated that they could be promising alternatives to Pt electrodes in DSSCs. This work provided a new idea for the development of metal/carbide/carbon nanocomposite CE materials for DSSCs.
研究领域:
材料科学
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能源化学
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电化学
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纳米科技
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Journal of Energy Chemistry
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2017
·Vol. 27
·期 2
·413-418
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IF 2.594
Yanyun Zhang,Xichuan Yang,Weihan Wang,Xiuna Wang,Licheng Sun
X1 (MeO-TPD) is an inexpensive and easily synthesized π -conjugated molecule that has been used as a hole-transport material (HTM) in solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells (ssDSSCs), achieving relatively high efficiency. In this paper, we characterize the physicochemical properties of 2,3-dichloro-5,6-dicyano-1,4-benzoquinone (DDQ) and show that it is a promising p-dopant in a spin-coating solution with X1 as the HTM. The doped ssDSSCs showed an increase in short-circuit current density from 5.38 mA cm –2 to 7.39 mA cm –2 , and their overall power conversion efficiency increased from 2.9% to 4.3%. Also, ssDSSCs with DDQ-doped X1 were more stable than the undoped samples, demonstrating that DDQ can act as a p-type dopant in X1 as an HTM for highly efficient, stable ssDSSCs.
研究领域:
材料科学
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能源化学
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光伏技术
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纳米材料
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半导体器件
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表面化学
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电化学
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES
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2019
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IF 4.784
Shaojie Zhang,Chao Yu,Na Liu,Yun Teng,Cuiyu Yin
In this study, cellulose pulp and urea were used to synthesize cellulose carbamate (nitrogen content reaches 4.5%) by low-cost and environmentally friendly solid-liquid phase method. Cellulose carbamate fluid was prepared by using sodium hydroxide aqueous solution as solvent. The fluid was regenerated and formed in a coagulation bath , and finally a regenerated cellulose membrane with high transparency and separation ability was obtained. The simple chemical treatment of cellulose not only greatly increased the mass fraction of cellulose dissolution (It has reached 15%) and retains the original crystal form and thermal stability of cellulose. The surface of the membrane was relatively dense, and the inside has regular microchannel . The factors affect the transparency and water flux of regenerated cellulose membranes were discussed by orthogonal experimental range analysis. The ability of the regenerated cellulose membrane to reject dyes was tested. The results showed that the rejection of methyl blue and congo red reached 100%, and the rejection rate of methyl orange reached 60%. The oil/water separation ability and the anti-pollution ability of the regenerated cellulose membrane were tested. The oil/water separation effect reached 100%. This membrane may have application prospect in water treatment, biotechnology.
研究领域:
材料科学
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环境工程
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膜技术
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高分子化学
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水处理
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REACTIVE & FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS
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2014
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IF 2.822
Fu Liu,Bi-rong Ma,Dong Zhou,Li-Jing Zhu,Yin-Yi Fu,Li-xin Xue
A novel positively charged loose nanofiltration (NF) membrane was fabricated feasibly by UV-induced photografting polymerization of diallyl dimethyl ammonium chloride (DADMAC) on Polysulfone ultrafiltration membrane. A possible reaction mechanism was proposed that a linear chain structure and/or pyrrole like five-membered nitrogen heterocycles structure on the side chain were grafted to form the active barrier layer. NF membrane demonstrated a looser average pore size of 8.6 nm and positive charges surface. Owing to the nanoscale ultrathin nanoscale barrier layer and the combination of Donnan exclusion and steric hindrance , NF membrane exhibited good hydrophilicity , a high pure flux of 60 L/m 2 h (0.5 MPa), a good salt rejection to Mg 2+ (90.8%), Al 3+ (94.0%), Ca 2+ (91.5%), and a high dye rejection to methylene blue (99.4%) and congo red (100.0%) respectively. The salts rejection of NF membrane to different salts followed the order of AlCl 3 > CaCl 2 > MgCl 2 > NaCl > LiCl > MgSO 4 > Na 2 SO 4. NF membrane showed certain fouling resistance to seawater and BSA solution. The grafting polymerization kinetics were comprehensively investigated including irradiation time, monomer concentration and irradiation intensity. X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), atomic force microscopy (AFM) and contact angle measurement were employed to investigate membrane chemistry, morphologies, and hydrophilicity.
研究领域:
材料科学
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环境工程
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膜分离技术
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高分子化学
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水处理
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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
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2014
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IF 4.058
Ming-Xia Wang,Qi-Lei Zhang,Shan-Jing Yao
Mycelial pellets prepared using a marine-derived Penicillium janthinellum sp. strain (P1) were applied as biosorbents to remove dyes from aqueous solutions. Nine different dyes were studied and the effects of pH and salt concentration on the decolorization processes were investigated. The results showed that the mycelial pellet was effective in removing dyes from their water solutions. Moreover, it was found that pH was an important factor of the decolorization process and the best dye removal performance was achieved when pH = 5.0. The adsorption process of the live mycelial pellets was not affected by high salt concentrations. In addition, the mycelial pellets retained 91.3% of the original decolorization activity after five reusing cycles without any desorption treatments. The adsorption isotherms indicated that the biosorption process agreed well with the Langmuir isotherm model with a maximum biosorption capacity of 344.83 mg g(dry) − 1 and the kinetic adsorption results showed that the biosorption process followed a pseudo-second-order kinetic model.
研究领域:
环境微生物学
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环境工程
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生物吸附
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水污染控制
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应用微生物学
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环境化学
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JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
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2019
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IF 7.65
Zhenhua Lü,Feng Hu,Haiyan Li,Xiru Zhang,Sanchuan Yu,Meihong Liu,Congjie Gao
The development of high performance membrane is crucial for enhanced separation efficiency of nanofiltration process in treating wastewaters from dye and textile industries. In this work, a novel thin-film composite nanofiltration membrane with an asymmetric separation layer composed of relatively compact skin and loose body was designed and fabricated for improved perm-selectivity and antifouling property. Nascent composite membrane with loose poly(piperazine amide) (PA) separation layer was interfacially synthesized and performed with secondary surface reaction using an aqueous tannic acid (TA) solution. Membrane characterizations verified the formation of compact TA skin on top of the loose PA layer through forming covalent bonds via esterification reaction. Compared with the composite nanofiltration membrane with PA symmetric separation layer having the same glucose rejection of about 82.0%, the permeability to pure water of the composite membrane with PA/TA asymmetric separation layer was higher by 28.0%, the water fluxes to aqueous solutions dissolved with model anionic dyes of alizarin yellow R, sunset yellow and Congo red under steady state were higher by 50.3, 43.9 and 36.1%, and the steady-state flux declines were lowered by 27.8, 43.4 and 23.5%, respectively. Furthermore, the PA/TA-based membrane also exhibited better antifouling property and rejection ability to alizarin yellow R.
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材料科学
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环境工程
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膜分离技术
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高分子化学
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水处理
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ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA
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2012
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IF 3.832
Pingfan Du,Lixin Song,Jie Xiong,Ni Li,Zhenqiang Xi,Longcheng Wang,Dalai Jin,Shaoyi Guo,Yongfeng Yuan
Novel TiO 2 /ZnO core–sheath nanofibers (NFs) film was fabricated through an extraordinary coaxial electrospinning technique . Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) were assembled using the TiO 2 /ZnO NFs film as photoanode . FESEM , TEM, FTIR , XRD , XPS and UV–vis were used to characterize the NFs electrode film. Photocurrent–voltage ( I – V ) characteristic, incident photo-to-current conversion efficiency (IPCE) spectrum, and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) measurements were performed to evaluate the DSSCs performance. The results reveal that the DSSCs based on the TiO 2 /ZnO core–sheath NFs are superior to their bare TiO 2 NFs-based counterparts. Compared with the latter, the overall energy conversion efficiency was enhanced from 4.47 to 5.17%. And the possible mechanism for this enhancement was discussed.
研究领域:
材料科学
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纳米技术
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能源材料
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光电化学
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半导体薄膜
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Desalination and Water Treatment
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2024
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IF 1
Chao Yang,Jun Yang,Ge Song,Limin Zang,Qifan Liu,Jianhui Qiu,Xue Yang,Chun Wang
Oil/water separation has recently attracted a great deal of attention for research due to the frequent occurrence of an oil spill as well as the increase of industrial and household oily wastewater. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to demonstrate underwater superoleophobic crosslinked phosphorylated poly(vinyl alcohol) hydrogel coated stainless steel mesh (CL-PPVA@SSM), which was fabricated using a simple dip-coating method and aldol reaction on the mesh substrate. The as-prepared CL-PPVA@SSM is capable of separating oil from a variety of different oil/water mixtures with high separation efficiency up to 99.2%, excellent recyclability and fast water permeate flux of 467.7 L m –2 h –1 , which makes it suitable for the separation of oil-water mixtures from oil-water emulsions. Also, in the oil-water separation process, the CL-PPVA@SSM is capable to remove organic dye from the water. The CL-PPVA@SSM exhibits stability under various harsh conditions such as mechanical abrasion. Importantly, the CL-PPVA@SSM shows a massive potential to separate kitchen waste oil/water mixtures due to the underwater superoleophobic property as required for the recycling of kitchen waste oil. Therefore, this method has been met with a promising application prospect of practical application.
研究领域:
材料科学
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环境工程
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高分子化学
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表面工程
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化学工程
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纳米技术
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水处理技术
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JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE
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2019
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IF 7.015
Shengyang Zhou,Yali Zhao,Jifu Zheng,Suobo Zhang
A novel polymer of intrinsic microporosity , acyl chloride-functionalized polymer of intrinsic microporosity (PIM-COCl), was obtained by hydrolysis under alkaline conditions and acylation in thionyl chloride of PIM-1. PIM-COCl is soluble in common organic solvents , and it is used for the first time for organic solvent nanofiltration (OSN). The acyl chloride groups in PIM-COCl can be further cross-linked with an amine-functionalized polyacrylonitrile (APAN) ultrafiltration membrane to form an interconnected layer, which shrinks pore size and provides better structural stability and selectivity. The PIM-COCl composite membranes exhibit high rejection and alcohol flux during OSN. Compared with the reported PIM OSN membranes , [email protected] exhibits higher rejection for crystal violet (408 g mol −1 , over 94%) in ethanol and several times higher alcohol flux. The membrane shows outstanding stability in ethanol for 14 days. PIM provides a microporous structure, while the interconnected layer maintains this structure in organic solvents via hydrogen bonding , electrostatic interactions and covalent cross-linking. Other PIMs can readily undergo acyl chloride functionalization, which provides them with high reactivity towards amine groups to form stable interconnected layers. This work offers new strategies for the design and preparation of high performance OSN membranes .
研究领域:
高分子材料科学
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膜分离技术
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纳米过滤
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有机溶剂处理
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功能化聚合物
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化学稳定性
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材料化学
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JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES
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2015
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IF 6.217
Jian Zhi,Houlei Cui,Angran Chen,Yian Xie,Fuqiang Huang
Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) on flexible plastic substrates usually suffer from a slower electron diffusion rate and insufficient surface area due to no sintering process . Therefore, the conversion efficiency (ƞ) of such flexible DSSCs is normally below 6%. Here, the highly flexible DSSCs with enhanced performance are fabricated at room temperature, employing 3D graphene decorated nanocrystalline TiO 2 films (3DGT) as anode on plastic substrates. Owing to the enhanced charge transportation and increased surface area from 3D conductive graphene skeleton, the 13 μm-thick 3DGT-0.85 (0.85 wt% 3D graphene plus TiO 2 nanoparticles) anode achieves a power conversion efficiency of 6.41%, which is 56% higher than pristine TiO 2 based anode. This efficiency is among the highest values for the previously reported TiO 2 photoanodes on plastic substrates.
研究领域:
材料科学
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纳米科技
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能源化学
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光电转换
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柔性电子学
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DYES AND PIGMENTS
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2016
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IF 4.055
Da-fa Yang,Xiang-jun Kong,Dan Gao,Hong-sheng Cui,Ting-ting Huang,Jin-xin Lin
Reactive disperse dyes with mono- and bi-acyl fluoride reactive groups have been synthesized using a simple and convenient method. The structures of these dyes have been defined by 1 H, 13 C and 19 F NMR. The cotton dyeing in supercritical carbon dioxide (Sc CO 2 ) with dyeing temperature varying from 60 °C to 120 °C and time between 1 h and 3 h and with the concentration of 0.5% owf (on weight of fabric) have been studied. Significant improvement of the color fastness of washing and rubbing has been observed owing to the covalent bond formed between the reactive group of dyes and the functional group of cotton fibers . Besides, the dyed fabrics possess favorable fastness properties , indicating the achievement of lower-temperature dyeing of cotton in Sc CO 2 . Additionally, the end products meet the garment dyeing standards as well. A mechanism of dyeing process is tentatively speculated meanwhile.
研究领域:
纺织化学
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染整工程
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绿色化学
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高分子材料与纤维科学
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环境友好染色技术
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JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES
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2016
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IF 6.333
Fanli Meng,Yi Luo,Yali Zhou,Jinwen Zhang,Yanzhen Zheng,Guozhong Cao,Xia Tao
A plasmon-enhanced upconversion composite Y 2 O 3 :Er/Au@TiO 2 (SYE/A@T) with a three-dimensional starlike morphology is prepared and then mixed with submicron TiO 2 (200 nm) to form a multifunctional scattering layer in TiO 2 -based dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). In such starlike micronsized upconverter, Au nanoparticle-assisted plasmon effect can intensify the upconversion emission of Y 2 O 3 :Er, and simultaneously TiO 2 coating can improve the charge transport within SYE/A@T. Therefore, the SYE/A@T shows extended light-absorbing range to near-infrared region and improved light-scattering ability, leading to an improved photovoltaic performance of DSSCs. With the optimum mixing ratio, a conversion efficiency of 8.62% is attained, which is a significant improvement of 27.6% compared with the cell without adding SYE/A@T. Our work provides a feasible strategy to prepare an upconversion composite with plasmon-enhanced emission and enable this composite to accommodate the DSSCs system and improve the conversion efficiency of DSSCs.
研究领域:
材料科学
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光伏技术
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纳米光学
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能源材料
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表面等离激元
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