Crystals
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2020
·Vol. 10
·期 4
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IF 2.404
Liqing Liu,Hui Wang,Dehao Wang,Yongtao Li,Xuemin He,Hongguang Zhang,Jianping Shen
The ZnO@TiO2core/shell nanowire arrays with different thicknesses of the TiO2shell were synthesized, through depositing TiO2on the ZnO nanowire arrays using the pulsed laser deposition process. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) images show that these core/shell nanowires were homogeneously coated with TiO2nanoparticles with high crystallinity, appearing to be a rather rough surface compared to pure ZnO nanowires. The efficiency of ZnO@TiO2core/shell structure-based dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) was improved compared with pure ZnO nanowires. This is mainly attributed to the enlarged internal surface area of the core/shell structures, which increases dye adsorption on the anode to improve the light harvest. In addition, the energy barrier which formed at the interface between ZnO and TiO2promoted the charge separation and suppressed the carrier recombination. Furthermore, the efficiency of DSSCs was further improved by increasing the thickness of the TiO2shell. This work shows an efficient method to achieve high power conversion efficiency in core/shell nanowire-based DSSCs.
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能源技术
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Catalysts
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2021
·Vol. 11
·期 4
·445
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IF 4.146
Yangyang Guo,Xiaofei Xu,Hong Gao,Yang Zheng,Lei Luo,Tingyu Zhu
Ca poisoning behavior is inevitable for high-calcium content flue gas, so V2O5-WO3/TiO2(VWT) and V2O5-WO3-CeO2/TiO2(VWCeT) catalysts with different vanadium content have been prepared and the Ca-doped catalysts are compared in this manuscript. The result shows Ce addition can both promote the NO conversion and the alkali resistance. Lower Ca addition for 0.1VWCeT catalyst promotes its oxidability and Ce modification is more suitable for low vanadium catalysts. The total acidity and the reducibility of catalysts decline after Ca doping, and the reducibility of the active species on catalysts has been strengthened by Ce addition. CeO2based catalysts with lower Ca loading struggle to resist sulfur poisoning, while higher Ca loading favors SO2adsorption and also physically reduces the cerium acidification process. In the presence of SO2, additional Brønsted acid sites are formed in Ca rich catalyst. The dynamic NH3adsorption has been investigated, shows that Ca doping content on catalyst is critical for SCR reaction, and the catalyst is more susceptible to SO2initially in alkali flue gas during the actual application, but the sulfur resistance may increase with the alkali-poisoning effect aggravated by Ca doping.Keywords:Ca-poisoning;SCR reaction;NO reduction;V2O5-WO3/TiO2and V2O5-WO3-CeO2/TiO2catalysts;SO2and water;NO removal efficiency
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催化化学
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JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
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2024
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Ya-Nan Jing,Xing-Liang Yin,Lei-Lei Li,Yan-Lan Wang,Jia Xue,Ze-Feng Xu,Da-Qiang Liu,Chuan-Wu Chen,Xiao-Jie Liu,Er-Kang Liu
CO 2 -to-high value-added chemicals via a photocatalytic route is of interest but strangled by the low efficiency. Herein, a novel Fe-TiO 2-x /TiO 2 S-scheme homojunction was designed and constructed by using a facile surface modification approach whereby oxygen vacancy (OV) and Fe introducing on the TiO 2 nanorod surface. The as-synthesized Fe-TiO 2-x /TiO 2 S-scheme homojunction exhibits positive properties on promoting photocatalytic CO 2 reduction: i) the nanorod structure provides numerous active sites and a radical charge transfer path; ii) the doped Fe and OV not only synergistically enhance light utilization but also promote CO 2 adsorption; iii) the Fe-TiO 2-x /TiO 2 S-scheme homojunction benefits photoexcited charge separation and retains stronger redox capacity. Thanks to those good characters, the Fe-TiO 2-x /TiO 2 homojunction exhibits superior CO 2 reduction performances with optimized CO/CH 4 generation rates of 122/22 μmol g -1 h −1 which exceed those of pure TiO 2 by more than 9.4/7.3 folds and most currently reported catalytic systems. This manuscript develops a facile and universal approach to synthesize well-defined homojunction and may inspire the construction of other more high-efficiency photocatalysts toward CO 2 reduction and beyond.
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化学工程
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CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL
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2023
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IF 5.2
Sheng Pang,Zhenqian Zhang,Liangwei Cong,Youpeng Xu,Guoyu Qian,Dong Wang,Laishi Li,Yusheng Wu,Zhi Wang
The conventional method for synthesizing Ti 2 SC depends on the reaction between TiS and TiC, which requires the utilization of costly Ti, TiC, or TiS 2 powders. Utilizing TiO 2 as the raw material for the synthesis of Ti 2 SC enables the cost-effective preparation of this compound. However, the optimization of the TiO 2 /C/X n S m (sulfides) system is of utmost importance when aiming to synthesize Ti 2 SC through carbothermal-sulfurization of TiO 2 , as the formation temperature of TiS and TiC greatly depends on the X n S m . In this study, the identification of the thermodynamically dominant region for the formation of TiS and TiC in the TiO 2 /C/X n S m systems was conducted by utilizing various sulfides (63 types). Considering factors such as the challenges associated with removing by-products, accessibility, and toxicity, FeS 2 was ultimately chosen as a highly promising candidate. Thanks to the low melting point of FeS 2 , Ti 3 O 5 , the preliminary carbothermal reduction product of TiO 2 , has achieved rapid-deep deoxidation and phase reconstruction processes in the molten phase. Meanwhile, unlike the conventional solid-solid sintering reaction , which often results in residual reactants that are challenging to eliminate. This novel one-step phase transformation process that occurs in the molten phase exhibits minimal impurity phases, apart from the by-product Fe. Ti 2 SC with a purity greater than 99 wt% was obtained when the TiO 2 /C/FeS 2 was pickled to remove Fe after sintering at 1600 °C for 5 min. This work will provide the theoretical basis and a new path for the low-cost preparation of sulfur-containing MAX phases.
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LANGMUIR
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2021
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IF 3.882
Yaqi Zhang,Haoran Zhang,Shiwei Tian,Longfei Zhang,Wei Li,Wei Wang,Xuhuan Yan,Na Han,Xingxiang Zhang
The elimination of dye pollutants from wastewater is a significant concern that has prompted extensive research into the development of highly efficient photocatalytic membranes. A novel method was proposed to prepare photocatalysis-enhanced poly(acrylonitrile-methyl acrylate) (PAN-based) membranes in this study. In detail, the blended membrane containing SiO2@TiO2 nanoparticles with a shell–core structure was first prepared via thermal-induced phase separation. The SiO2 nanoshells were dissolved, and the released TiO2 nanoparticles migrated to the membrane surface during a simple hydrolysis process, which prevents the TiO2 nanoparticles from directly contacting or interacting with the polymer matrix. The hydrogen bonds bind the exposed TiO2 with the PAN membrane surface, resulting in the formation of the TiO2@HPAN hybrid membrane. The photocatalytic efficiency of the TiO2@HPAN membrane doubled compared with that of nonhydrolyzed membranes. In the presence of UV light, the hybrid membrane can degrade 99.8% of methylene blue solution in less than 2 h, compared to only 86.1% for the blended membranes. Further, the TiO2@HPAN membrane showed excellent photocatalytic activity for cationic dyes due to electrostatic attraction. Moreover, the high-flux recovery rate and recycling stability of the TiO2@HPAN membrane lead to an excellent antifouling property. The facile preparation method proposed in this work shows extraordinary potential for the development of highly efficient selective photocatalytic materials for cationic dyes to be used in wastewater treatment applications.
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NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY
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2019
·Vol. 43
·期 22
·8551-8556
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IF 3.069
Qiqian Gao,Xiaojuan Sun,Xijia Yang,Liying Wang,Xuesong Li,Xueyu Zhang,Lianfeng Duan,Wei Lü
A key point for constructing quantum dot-sensitized solar cells (QDSSCs) with high efficiency is to improve the utilization of sunlight. While various TiO2 morphologies such as nanoparticles, nanosheets, nanotubes and nanorods have been used as photoanodes of QDSSCs for improving cell performance, these investigations are generally focused on a single morphology of TiO2. Herein, a combined photoanode structure based on TiO2 nanoparticles and {001}-faceted TiO2 nanosheets have been designed, which exhibits improvement in cell performance. Owing to the strong light scattering and fast electron transfer ability of TiO2 nanosheets, an optimal power conversion efficiency of 4.98% with a short circuit current density (Jsc) of 17.57 mA cm−2, an open circuit voltage (Voc) of 0.63 V and a fill factor (FF) of 0.45 is achieved compared to the TiO2 nanoparticle photoanode (3.61%). The present work offers a feasible method towards improving the efficiency of QDSSCs.
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材料科学
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太阳能
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纳米技术
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Journal of Materials Chemistry A
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2015
·Vol. 3
·期 8
·4445-4452
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IF 7.443
Bingkun Liu,Yanjun Sun,Xuesong Wang,Lijing Zhang,Dejun Wang,Zewen Fu,Yanhong Lin,Tengfeng Xie
We report novel hierarchical three-dimensional (3D) TiO2 nanotube-branched rutile TiO2 nanorod arrays (H-TiO2 NRAs) on FTO substrates that serve as model architecture for efficient quantum dot-sensitized solar cells (QDSCs). The newly designed H-TiO2 NRA photoanode offers a large surface area for high QD loading with high light scattering properties. In the meantime, the presence of anatase–rutile heterojunction at the interface helps the rutile nanorods to efficiently collect photo-injected electrons from the anatase nanotubes, reducing electron recombination with the electrolyte and QDs. As a result, the H-TiO2 NRA photoanode with a thickness of only 1 μm, exhibits a solar energy conversion efficiency of 1.04%, which is 2.7 times higher than that found in the pristine nanorod array-based QDSCs, demonstrating the synergistic effect of rutile nanorods and anatase nanotubes for photoelectrochemical solar energy conversion.
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能源科学
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CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING MATERIALS
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2017
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Jinfeng Sun,Kai Xu,Chaoqi Shi,Jian Ma,Weifeng Li,Xiaodong Shen
TiO 2 @SiO 2 nanoparticles with a core/shell structure widely used in photocatalytic fields were used in this paper to improve the hydration properties of the Portland cement. To this end, the core/shell TiO 2 @SiO 2 nanoparticles were synthesized first and then characterized by a series of techniques including transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared spectra (FT-IR) and X-ray photoelectron spectra (XPS). Second, the influence of the core/shell TiO 2 @SiO 2 nanoparticles on cement hydration was investigated and compared with nano-TiO 2 through isothermal calorimetry, XRD, thermo gravimetric/derivative thermo-gravimetric (TG/DTG) and mercury intrusion porosimetry (MIP) analyses. The results showed that an amorphous SiO 2 layer can be deposited uniformly on nano-TiO 2 particles by forming new Si O Ti chemical bonds at the interface between the SiO 2 coating layer and nano-TiO 2 particle surface. This uniform layer was conducive to decrease the aggregation of nano-TiO 2 effectively. Compared with nano-TiO 2 , the core/shell TiO 2 @SiO 2 nanoparticles exhibited better hydration properties in terms of accelerated cement hydration, higher degree of hydration and lower porosity, even though both particles modified cement hydration.
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土木工程
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APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
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2023
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Yanlei Liu,Mengbo Shan,Lange Du,Weihao Sun,Dapeng Wu,Qing Bi,Hongju Wang,Yufang Liu
A scalable strategy with commercial feasibility was developed to in situ generate TiO 2 nanowires/amorphous CuS@TiO 2 nanolayer (TiO 2 /CuS@TiO 2 ) composites on the surface of titanium mesh through a sequent hydrothermal method, successive ionic layer adsorption and reaction (SILAR), and atomic layer deposition (ALD) techniques. The TiO 2 /CuS@TiO 2 composites could respectively harness the incident light with different spectra at the photothermal center (CuS, visible and near-infrared light) and photocatalytic center (TiO 2 , UV and visible light), which leads to the effective utilization of the solar energy. Benefiting from the CuS photothermal-induced local heating effect of CuS, the adjacent micro-zone temperature could be elevated and the activation energy barrier could be reduced by 10.5 kJ mol −1 , which promotes the activation of surface lattice oxygen and dissolved oxygen in the photocatalytic process. Meanwhile, the ALD generated TiO 2 nanolayer could both serve as reactive centers but also protecting armor for the CuS, which prohibited the peeling and oxidation of the thermal centers, leading to a high stability of the photocatalyst, which exhibits no obvious fading after 20-cycle reuse. A flow reactor was conceived and made by 3D print and the Ti-mesh based photocatalyst was integrated, which demonstrates high photocatlytic performances, manifesting its great potential for large-scale water treatment.
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Coatings
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2023
·Vol. 13
·期 2
·317
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Yan Zhang,Tianyi Sun,Dashuai Zhang,Chen Li,Jinrui Liu,Bangsen Li,Zaifeng Shi
The fact that the use of a large number of plastic products has brought serious pollution to the environment has always been the focus of global attention. The development of photocatalytic degradable plastics is one of the effective ways to solve the problem of “white pollution”. In this work, La3+modified TiO2nanoparticles were prepared by ball milling and characterized. La3+/TiO2was mixed with Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plastic to make a photodegradable composite film, and the photodegradation performance and mechanical properties of films were evaluated. The photodegradable films were characterized by infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), X-ray diffractometry (XRD), and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). After 30 h UV irradiation, the weight loss rate of the PVC was only 2.12%, while that of the TiO2/PVC reached 8.94%. The accelerating of the degradation rate was due to the mixing of TiO2into PVC. As for the La3+/TiO2/PVC composite film, when the mass percentage of La3+/TiO2was 1.5%, the weight loss rate of La3+/TiO2/PVC sample reached a maximum of 17.78%, which was eight times the degradation rate of PVC and two times the degradation rate of TiO2/PVC. The La3+/TiO2/PVC film showed good photodegradability. La is a transition metal element with a special 4f electronic structure. The reaction mechanism of photodegradation of PVC by the interaction of La3+and TiO2were discussed.Keywords:La3+modified TiO2;La3+/TiO2/PVC composite film;ball milling method;photodegradation
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MOLECULES
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2023
·Vol. 28
·期 5
·2189
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IF 4.6
Yunqing Zhu,Bingqing Li,Yongming Wang,Tian Wang
Electrocatalytic oxidation (ECO) has attracted attention because of its high efficiency and environmental friendliness in water treatment. The preparation of anodes with high catalytic activity and long service lifetimes is a core part of electrocatalytic oxidation technology. Here, porous Ti/RuO2-IrO2@Pt, Ti/RuO2-TiO2@Pt, and Ti/Y2O3-RuO2-TiO2@Pt anodes were fabricated by means of modified micro-emulsion and vacuum impregnation methods with high porosity titanium plates as substrates. The scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images showed that RuO2-IrO2@Pt, RuO2-TiO2@Pt, and Y2O3-RuO2-TiO2@Pt nanoparticles were coated on the inner surface of the as-prepared anodes to form the active layer. Electrochemical analysis revealed that the high porosity substrate could result in a large electrochemically active area, and a long service life (60 h at 2 A cm−2current density, 1 mol L−1H2SO4as the electrolyte, and 40 °C). The degradation experiments conducted on tetracycline hydrochloride (TC) showed that the porous Ti/Y2O3-RuO2-TiO2@Pt had the highest degradation efficiency for tetracycline, reaching 100% removal in 10 min with the lowest energy consumption of 167 kWh kg−1TOC. The reaction was consistent with the pseudo-primary kinetics results with a k value of 0.5480 mol L−1s−1, which was 16 times higher than that of the commercial Ti/RuO2-IrO2electrode. The fluorospectrophotometry studies verified that the degradation and mineralization of tetracycline were mainly ascribed to the •OH generated in the electrocatalytic oxidation process. This study thus presents a series of alternative anodes for future industrial wastewater treatment.
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Royal Society Open Science
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2019
·Vol. 6
·期 9
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IF 2.515
Shang Wang,Zhaolian Han,Tingting Di,Rui Li,Siyuan Liu,Zhiqiang Cheng
The pod-shaped TiO2 nano burst tubes (TiO2 NBTs) were prepared by the combination of electrospinning and impregnation calcination with oxalic acid (H2C2O4), polystyrene (PS) and tetrabutyl titanate. The silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) were loaded onto the surface of TiO2 NBTs by ultraviolet light reduction method to prepare pod-shaped Ag@TiO2 NBTs. In this work, we analysed the effect of the amount of oxalic acid on the cracking degree of TiO2 NBTs; the effect of the concentration of AgNO3 solution on the particle size and loading of AgNPs on the surface of TiO2 NBTs. Scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy investigated the surface morphology of samples. X-ray diffraction and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy characterized the structure and composition of samples. Rhodamine B (RhB) solution was used to evaluate the photocatalytic activity of pod-shaped TiO2 NBTs and Ag@TiO2 NBTs. The results showed that TiO2 NBTs degraded 91.0% of RhB under ultraviolet light, Ag@TiO2 NBTs degraded 95.5% under visible light for 75 and 60 min, respectively. The degradation process of both samples was consistent with the Langmuir–Hinshelwood first-order kinetic equation. Therefore, the catalytic performance of the sample is: Ag@TiO2 NBTs > TiO2 NBTs > TiO2 nanotubes.
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