CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
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2021
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IF 13.273
Wei Bi,Ling Zhang,Hao Jiang,Chunzhong Li,Yanjie Hu
The precise regulation of the nano-catalyst structure is a big challenge that limits the application of photocatalytic technology in CO 2 reduction. Herein, to improve the utilization of sunlight, the separation and transfer efficiency of photogenerated electron-hole pairs, and the surface catalytic reaction process, CuInS 2 /C/TiO 2 (CIS/C/T) hierarchical tandem heterostructure have been rationally designed. Multiple in-situ characterizations and DFT simulations show that CQDs not only act as a co-catalyst, but also act as a bridge between TiO 2 (T) and CuInS 2 (CIS), which further attribute to the efficient separation and enrichment of photogenerated electron-hole pairs while effectively avoiding the recombination. In consideration of the excellent broad-spectrum absorption, the CO 2 -to-CO photoreduction performance of the optimal CIS/C/T reaches up to 7.73 μmol g -1 h −1 , about 3.16 times enhancement of C/T. Combined with in-situ DRIFTs, the intrinsic structure–activity relationship is pointed out, and extended to other similar TiO 2 -based catalytic systems (In 2 S 3 /C/TiO 2 ). This work will provide a new universal strategy for the design and synthesis of high-performance nano-photocatalysts.
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Small
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2022
·Vol. 18
·期 45
·2204446
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IF 15.153
Hui Shu,Changtao Peng,Qian Chen,Zhangfeng Huang,Chen Deng,Wenjie Luo,Haijin Li,Wenfeng Zhang,Wenhua Zhang,Yuelong Huang
Combining two kinds of electron transport layer (ETL) which have complementary advantages into a bilayer structure to form a bilayer ETL is an effective way to transcend inherent limitations of single-layer ETL, which is very helpful in the development of perovskite solar cells (PSCs). In this work, a strategy is proposed to break constraints on the application of the staggered bilayer ETL in high-efficiency PSC, namely utilizing a built-in field to overcome the dilemma in E CBM making it possible to improve V OC and FF simultaneously by tuning the Fermi level of ETLs properly. According to the strategy, a bilayer ETL structure comprised of C-TiO 2 and SnO 2 layer and corresponding Li-doping process are developed, and the characterization results confirm the effectiveness of the strategy, making the potentials of the C-TiO 2 (Li)/SnO 2 bilayer ETL fully released for its application in high-efficiency PSCs: a V OC of 1.201 V for an ordinary triple-cation-perovskite-based PSC and a photoelectric conversion efficiency of 24.3% for a low-bandgap-perovskite-based PSC with high haze FTO superstrate are successfully achieved, indicating that the C-TiO 2 (Li)/SnO 2 bilayer ETL is a successful application paradigm of the proposed strategy and very promising in the application of high-efficiency PSCs.
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CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL
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2023
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IF 5.2
Gang Li,Ruiyang Tan,Xiangcheng Lu,Xinyu Zhang,Chengcheng Zhang,Bohong Gao,Yuting Zhou,Ke Chen,Ping Chen,Xinyi Wang
Chemical composition and morphological optimization are both effective strategies for constructing excellent electromagnetic wave absorption (EMWA) materials. While efficient EMWA materials derived from both metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and MXenes have been extensively studied, composites derived from the Hofmann framework with MXene have not been reported. In this study, we employed a Hofmann framework ([Fe(pz)Ni(CN) 4 ], pz = pyrazine) and MXene (Ti 3 C 2 T x ) to create new MXene@Hofmann (MH1 and MH2) composites, using a simple co-precipitation method with two different contents of [Fe(pz)Ni(CN) 4 ]. The FeNi/C/TiO 2 composites with a multi-layered structure inherited from MXene were prepared by annealing the MXene@Hofmann composites at 500, 600, and 700 °C, resulting in the formation of MH1-500/600/700 and MH2-500/600/700 composites. Their compositions, morphologies, electromagnetic parameters, and EMWA performances were characterized. For the composites with a high [Fe(pz)Ni(CN) 4 ] content, MH2-600 has a minimum reflection loss ( RL min ) value of −30.63 dB at a thickness of only 1.8 mm and the broadest effective absorption bandwidth (EAB) of 3.90 GHz at 2.0 mm, while MH2-700 exhibits superior EMWA performance with an RL min value of −34.34 dB at 1.9 mm and an EAB value of 4.96 GHz at 2.1 mm. Their impressive EMWA performance might be attributed to the synergistic dielectric loss and magnetic loss and also the impedance matching from the reasonable ratio of the magnetic and dielectric components. This work demonstrates an effective strategy for constructing EMWA materials from the Hofmann framework and MXene.
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ChemSusChem
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2018
·Vol. 11
·期 23
·4060-4070
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IF 7.411
Huimin Zhou,Xin Xia,Pengfei Lv,Jin Zhang,Xuebin Hou,Min Zhao,Kelong Ao,Di Wang,Keyu Lu,Hui Qiao,Malgorzata Zimniewska,Qufu Wei
Graphical Better anode by design : A designed anode structure combining the metallic conductivity of 1T-MoS 2 with interconnected TiO 2 /MoO 3 grains is beneficial for fast charge-transfer reactions and reduced transmission losses. Moreover, a flexible carbon framework buffers swollen lithium compounds, such as Li x MoO 3 and Li x MoS 2 , and supports the shrinking delithiated products, with potential for achieving high capacity stability in both Li- and Na-ion batteries. Integrating layered nanostructured MoS 2 with a structurally stable TiO 2 backbone to construct reciprocal MoS 2 /TiO 2 -based nanocomposites is an effective strategy. C@TiO 2 /MoO 3 composite nanofibers doped with 1T-phase MoS 2 nanograins were fabricated by partially sulfurizing MoO x /TiO 2 precursors. By controlling a suitable preoxidation temperature before severe thermolysis of polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP), the MoO x /TiO 2 precursors formed a polymer-embedded array through coordination of the Mo source and pyrrolidyl groups of PVP. Sulfidation under water/solvent hydrothermal conditions led to partial formation of metallic 1T-phase MoS 2 from the MoO x precursor with preoxidation at 200 °C. After carbonization, the TiO 2 /MoO 3 /MoS 2 nanograins were encapsulated in a carbon backbone in a vertical pattern, providing both chemical contact for confined electron transport and sufficient space to adapt to volume changes. The obtained carbon-based platform not only has the advantages of an integral structure, but also exhibited ultrastable specific capacities of 540 and 251 mAh g −1 for Li-ion batteries and Na-ion batteries, respectively, after 100 cycles.
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ACS Omega
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2019
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IF 2.584
Shuaishuai Ma,Jiandong Gu,Yingxia Han,Yuan Gao,Yuqing Zong,Zhaolian Ye,Jinjuan Xue
Visible-lightdriven C–TiO2 nanocomposites were prepared via a simple calcination and acid etching process. The C–TiO2 nanocomposites were characterized by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, and high-resolution TEM. The results showed that TiO2 nanoparticles were combined with a porous carbon layer through surface C–O groups, which facilitates the strong interface interaction. The interface combination of nano-TiO2 and carbon material increases the specific surface area of nano-TiO2, widens the range of light response, and improves the efficiency of light-induced electron migration. The visible-light photocatalytic activity of the prepared photocatalyst was evaluated by the decomposition of tetracycline aqueous solution. Compared with that of pure TiO2, the photocatalytic activity of C–TiO2 nanocomposites was significantly improved. Furthermore, a possible photocatalytic mechanism was also tentatively proposed. This work can promote the development of active photocatalysts under solar light for the photodegradation of environmental pollutants.
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APPLIED ENERGY
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2018
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IF 7.9
Jian Huang,Yurong He,Meijie Chen,Xinzhi Wang
Solar steam generation is an effective method combining solar energy utilization with water treatment. Photo-thermal conversion and steam generation are typically integrated to enhance the evaporation process, which have wide applications in seawater desalination, waste water treatment, sterilization and power plant fields. However, the photo-thermal enhancement for different evaporation areas remains unclear, and there are a number of important issues for membrane process (e.g., blockage of pore structures and contamination of nanoparticles). To overcome these issues, we herein propose a separating design involving a C-TiO 2 absorber and a polyvinyl alcohol fiber material as the photo-thermal and steam generation units, respectively. A C-TiO 2 absorber with good spectral and photo-thermal conversion characteristics was prepared. And the evaporation enhancement effect was investigated with different evaporation areas by experiments and simulations. The equivalent evaporation rate reached the maxima with the evaporation area and decreased thereafter for this separating design. The optimum behavior was achieved when the evaporation region area to photo-thermal area ratio of ca. 2.06, providing guidance for large-scale use. These results can be explained in terms of the changed thermal gradient generated between the center C-TiO 2 film and the evaporation region. The design achieved equivalent evaporation rates and evaporation efficiencies of 1.24 kg·m −2 ·h −1 and 77.83%, respectively, paving the way for the further improvement of solar steam generation processes.
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Catalysts
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2022
·Vol. 12
·期 5
·571
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IF 4.501
Yuxin Liu,Jing Ye,Fanpeng Kong,Chunyu Du,Pengjian Zuo,Lei Du,Geping Yin
Proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells using Pt-based materials as electrocatalysts have achieved a decent performance, represented by the launched Toyota Mirai vehicle. The ideal PEM fuel cells consume stored pure hydrogen and air. However, SO2, as a primary air contaminant, may be fed along with air at the cathode, leading to Pt site deactivation. Therefore, it is important to improve the SO2tolerance of catalysts for the stability of the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). In this work, we develop the Pt/C-TiO2catalyst against SO2poisoning during ORR. Impressively, the hybrid Pt/C-TiO2catalyst with 20 mass % TiO2shows the best ORR and anti-toxic performance: the kinetic current density of ORR is 20.5% higher and the degradation rate after poisoning is 50% lower than Pt/C. The interaction between Pt and TiO2as well as the abundant hydroxyl groups on the surface of TiO2are both revealed to account for the accelerated removal of poisonous SO2on Pt surfaces.
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SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGY
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2022
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IF 9.136
Renjie Li,Anli Chen,Qunfen Deng,Yujia Zhong,Ling Kong,Rui Yang
In this work, using melamine and MXene powder as precursors, NH 4 Cl as a template, a novel S-scheme heterojunction composite material g-C 3 N 4 /C-TiO 2 was synthesized by a one-step calcination method. During the calcination process, the gas template NH 4 Cl played a dual role, which not only striped the massive g-C 3 N 4 into porous flakes with a larger specific surface area but also striped the agglomerated MXene derivatives (C-TiO 2 ) nanoparticles, making them bind more closely with g-C 3 N 4 . The charge separation efficiency and photocatalytic performance were greatly improved due to the formation of heterojunction and the larger specific surface area of the sample. Within 50 min, the g-C 3 N 4 /C-TiO 2 exhibited high photocatalytic performance toward ciprofloxacin hydrochloride (CIP·HCl) with degradation efficiencies of 88.14% under visible light (λ ≥ 420 nm), which was 8.9 times higher than that of pure g-C 3 N 4 . In addition, we also used a series of characterizations to confirm the mechanism of S-scheme heterojunction and inferred the possible CIP photodegradation pathway.
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Gels
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2025
·Vol. 11
·期 11
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IF 5.3
Yong Li,Hongpeng Zhang,Canni Zhuo,Xixi Sun,Jiaqi Gao,Yali Zhao
The solar-driven water splitting for the production of renewable green hydrogen fundamentally relies on the exploration of efficient photocatalysts. Nanostructured TiO2is widely recognized as a promising material for photocatalysis, yet it remains hindered by inadequate light harvesting and fast photogenerated carrier recombination. Herein, calcined C/TiO2xerogels with yolk–shell and core–shell nanostructures (denoted as YS-C/TiO2and CS-C/TiO2) were designed and fabricated via a typical sol–gel–calcination assisted approach. Thanks to the encapsulation of carbon nanospheres into TiO2, it effectively enhances light absorption, improves carrier separation, and lessens carrier recombination, making the well-designed YS-C/TiO2composite display a remarkable hydrogen evolution rate of 975 µmol g−1h−1under simulated solar light irradiation and without the use of any co-catalyst, which is approximately 21.7 times that of the commercial TiO2. The work provides an efficacious design concept in developing nanostructured TiO2-based photocatalysts and in boosting broad photocatalytic applications.
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RSC Advances
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2023
·Vol. 13
·期 35
·24237-24249
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IF 3.9
Jiawei Wang,Guoqiao Wang,Tian Yu,Nengjie Ding,Meicheng Wang,Yao Chen
Biochar-modified TiO2 (C/TiO2) was prepared by a sol–gel method in this study to improve the photocatalytic capacity for ammonia–nitrogen (NH3–N) removal from aqueous solutions. The results showed that biochar was successfully modified on TiO2 and helped improve its photocatalytic performance for pollutant degradation. The removal capacity of ammonia–nitrogen on the synthesized photocatalyst performed well at pH 10 with 1 g L−1 C/TiO2 under both 60 (12.25 mg g−1) and 120 min (16.31 mg g−1) irradiation (xenon lamp, AM1.5, 25 A). Characterization of C/TiO2 through scanning electron microscopy-energy dispersive spectroscopy (SEM-EDS), Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET), X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and Fourier-transform infrared spectrometry (FT-IR) analyses showed the successful introduction of biochar on TiO2. SEM-EDS and BET analyses displayed that C/TiO2 had a larger surface area and more pores than the raw materials. XRD spectroscopy illustrated that C/TiO2 had typical characteristic peaks of anatase-TiO2 and presented a good photocatalytic degradation performance. It was confirmed from XPS and FT-IR analyses that –COOH groups were present in C/TiO2 and originated from biochar modification, and these enhanced the photocatalytic performance. Through radical quenching experiments, it was found that superoxide radicals (˙O2−) played a dominant role in NH3–N photocatalytic reactions with hydroxyl radicals (˙OH) and valence band holes (h+) playing a synergistic role. N2 was the main degradation product after 6 h NH3–N photocatalytic degradation, which was much larger than NO3−/NO2− (both almost undetected) and NH3 (ca. 2 times lower than N2). The new composite C/TiO2 has potential for ammonia–nitrogen degradation in wastewater treatment and favorable for treating sewage sludge.
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Functional Materials Letters
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2024
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IF 1.2
Fengyang Zhao,Runmeng Yu,Yongjian Jiang
Herein, a nitrogen, carbon co-doped anatase and rutile double-phase waxberry-shaped TiO 2 composite photocatalyst is prepared with the one-step simple hydrothermal synthesis process, in which P25 was used as the precursor, and urea as the source of nitrogen and carbon. A suitable valence band position (2.52 eV) is provided by N–C–TiO 2 , with more active species (e.g. h + , e − , • OH and • O 2 ) being formed on the active catalysis surface, which is helpful to the redox reaction. Further comparison of experimental results ( E g = 3.01 eV) proved that the novel N–TiO 2 has preferable photocatalytic activity. In this study, an ingenious nitrogen- carbon co-doping structure was designed for the improvement of TiO 2 photocatalytic performance, which is much for reference of this method to other photocatalyst designs.
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Materials
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2019
·Vol. 12
·期 17
·2813
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IF 2.972
Haijuan Li,Ling Li,Shuaizhi Zheng,Xinming Wang,Zengsheng Ma
To improve the thermal shrinkage and ionic conductivity of the separator for lithium-ion batteries, adding carboxylic titanium dioxide nanofiber materials into the matrix is proposed as an effective strategy. In this regard, a poly(vinylidene fluoride-hexafluoro propylene)/dibutyl phthalate/carboxylic titanium dioxide (PVDF-HFP/DBP/C-TiO2) composite separator is prepared with the phase inversion method. When the content of TiO2nanofibers reaches 5%, the electrochemical performance of the battery and ion conductivity of the separator are optimal. The PVDF-HFP/DBP/C-TiO2(5%) composite separator shows about 55.5% of porosity and 277.9% of electrolyte uptake. The PVDF-HFP/DBP/C-TiO2(5%) composite separator has a superior ionic conductivity of 1.26 × 10−3S cm−1and lower interface impedance at room temperature, which brings about better cycle and rate performance. In addition, the cell assembled with a PVDF-HFP/DBP/C-TiO2separator can be charged or discharged normally and has an outstanding discharge capacity of about 150 mAh g−1at 110 °C. The battery assembled with the PVDF-HFP/DBP/C-TiO2composite separator exhibits excellent electrochemical performance under high and room temperature environments.Keywords:TiO2nanofiber;PVDF-HFP;composite separator;phase inversion;thermal shrinkage;ionic conductivity
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