SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL
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2023
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IF 8.4
Jie Wan,Chengao Liu,Xiaoxia Wang,Huajing Wang,Lu Tang,Zhenming Du,Wulin Song,Dawen Zeng
Safety problem caused by the leakage of electrolyte in lithium-ion batteries (LIB) have become a critical hot issue. However, since the main components of LIB electrolyte, such as dimethyl carbonate (DMC), are volatile or redox, trace electrolyte leakage is difficult to detect. Therefore, in order to realize early detection of electrolyte leakage and real-time monitoring of LIB health, here we report a success of DMC gas detection by MOS sensor based on Co/Pd-doped SnO 2 nanomaterial for LIB health monitoring. In detail, the sensor showed high response to DMC when compared to interfering gases. Especially, the sensor could detect DMC down to the ppb level (the response value of the 500 ppb DMC is about 1.6). The response and recovery time for 1 ppm DMC were about 66 s and 240 s, respectively. The response of the sensor was obvious even when the leakage levels were as low as only 0.1 μL electrolyte. Furthermore, in the simulated electrolyte leakage via LIB penetration experiment, the sensor successfully exhibited an instant response, which proved that this work effectively provides a new approach for LIB real-time health and safety monitoring.
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材料科学
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传感器技术
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电池安全
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COLLOIDS AND SURFACES A-PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING ASPECTS
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2024
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IF 4.9
Jiancheng Liu,Yu Yang,Yunying Xie,Fuchao Jia,Huijuan Niu,Xiaomei Wang,Tong Zhou,Guangchao Yin,Bo Liu
Isopropanol possessed enormous significance across various application fields from industry to healthcare. Detecting isopropanol was essential in leak detection and diagnosis of disease because it can assist diagnose of lung cancer and guarantee safety in industrial environment via discerning potential leaks. In this research, a simple hydrothermal method and subsequent sacrificial template strategy were used to fabricate in-situ growth SnO 2 nanotube arrays (SnO 2 NTs). Next, SnO 2 NTs was decorated with boron nitride quantum dots (BNQDs) in order to enhance the gas-sensing performances of the SnO 2 NTs. The BN/12-SnO 2 NTs exhibited the highest response (s = R a /R g ) of up to 7.9 for 100ppm IPA, which was 2.7 times that of the 12-SnO 2 NTs. The response and recovery times of the SnO 2 NTs-based sensor were around 10 s and 8 s, respectively. The optimal working temperature of BN-SnO 2 NTs was 260 ℃, which was significantly lower than that of the pure SnO 2 NTs sensor (320 ℃). The improved sensing performances were largely attributed to the sensitization effects of BNQDs and the one-dimensional hollow structure of SnO 2 NTs, which brought about the generation of more oxygen-active species on the surface of BN-SnO 2 NTs and a significant decrease in the activation energy of the redox reaction .
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材料科学
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传感器技术
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Catalysis Science & Technology
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2020
·Vol. 10
·期 12
·4099-4108
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IF 5.721
Ting Qu,Qiang Tan,Liting Liu,Shengwu Guo,Sai Li,Yongning Liu
The wide application of direct ethanol fuel cells (DEFCs) was blocked by the sluggish catalytic activity of catalysts, insufficient ionic conductivity of the polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM), and ethanol crossover issues. To overcome the problems mentioned above, a novel DEFC system with a polymer fiber membrane (PFM) and nonplatinum catalysts is proposed. In this system, the performance of the anode catalyst Pd/C is significantly promoted by homogeneous Ni-doped SnO2 nanoparticles, and the inexpensive permeable PFM is used as a substitute for the PEM. Due to the remarkable catalytic activity and the optimized resistance, the PFM-based DEFC exhibits encouraging performance, which can afford a peak power density of 47.4 mW cm−2 with a porous NiCo2O4 cathode catalyst. Moreover, it can operate continuously for 100 h with only 4.56% drop in electrical output. Therefore, this study provides a very effective strategy for optimizing DEFCs with low cost and high performance.
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能源科学
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材料科学
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催化化学
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Journal of Materials Chemistry A
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2019
·Vol. 7
·期 11
·6327-6336
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IF 10.733
Jingchao Liu,Jianming Li,Mingfei Shao,Min Wei
To achieve highly efficient photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting, great efforts have been dedicated to develop various photoelectrode materials in pure water electrolytes. Recently, some studies are turning to hydrogen production from seawater or wastewater, to save valuable freshwater resources and make waste profitable. Here, we fabricate one-dimensional SnO2@BiVO4 core–shell nanorod arrays decorated with cobalt-phosphate cocatalyst (1D SnO2@BiVO4/Co-Pi NRAs), which show efficient charge separation and transport properties due to the rational design of conducting core-layer and introduction of the cocatalyst. The as-obtained SnO2@BiVO4/Co-Pi photoanodes exhibit largely enhanced PEC water oxidation performance: the maximum photocurrent density of 2.63 mA cm−2 at 1.23 V vs. RHE is 6.58 times higher than that of pristine BiVO4 films (∼0.40 mA cm−2). Moreover, the ternary photoanode exhibits promising PEC performance for urea oxidation, giving rise to a current density of 3.44 mA cm−2 at 1.23 V vs. RHE in a neutral urea electrolyte. This work presents a sunlight-driven, eco-friendly and sustainable method to produce hydrogen and simultaneously treat urea-rich wastewater.
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材料科学
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能源与环境科学
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光催化
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ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS
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2021
·Vol. 31
·期 36
·2103949
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IF 18.808
Liangbin Xiong,Jiashuai Li,Feihong Ye,Haibing Wang,Yaxiong Guo,Xing Ming,Qingyun Chen,Shaoan Zhang,Ruihao Xie,Zhanxu Chen,Yang Lv,Guangqi Hu,Yingji He,Guojia Fang
SnO 2 compact layer (c-SnO 2 ) frequently suffers from degradation in high temperature processes (HTP) such as crack, worse interfacial contact, and electrical properties, that is, annealing effect. To solve this problem, a kind of bifunctional SnO 2 colloid is developed by using small molecular oxalate whose organic components can be removed clearly at a low temperature process (LTP). The c-SnO 2 and SnO 2 mesoporous layer (m-SnO 2 ) derived from the fresh and aged sols with the same colloid show no annealing effect, decreasing oxygen vacancy, and adsorbing water on increasing annealing temperature. The champion devices of LTP and HTP SnO 2 planar perovskite solar cells (PSCs) achieve, respectively, stabilized photoelectric conversion efficiencies (PCEs) of 20.74% and 20.70%. In contrast, the performance of champion devices of their mesoporous counterparts is significantly improved, showing nearly hysteresis free character with stabilized PCEs of 22.40% and 22.37%, respectively. The inclusion of m-SnO 2 plays a role of an energy bridge, improving electrons collection efficiency, which is supported by photoluminescence and transient photoluminescence characterizations. HTP SnO 2 mesoporous PSCs can preserve 97.6% and 80% of their initial PCEs after aging for 25 weeks and 8-h irradiated/16-h dark cycle within 104 h. The high stability of HTP SnO 2 PSCs may ascribe to low oxygen vacancy and adsorbed water of HTP SnO 2 .
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能源科学
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PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS
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2023
·Vol. 25
·期 10
·7229-7238
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IF 3.3
Liguo Gao,Zhen He,Cai Xu,Yingjie Su,Jingjing Hu,Tingli Ma
SnO2, the most promising alternative to TiO2 as the electron transport layer (ETL), has attracted great attention for perovskite solar cells (PSCs) due to its high bulk electron mobility, good band energy at the ETL/perovskite interface, and high chemical stability. To enable more efficient carrier transfer and extraction, elemental doping with different metal cations has been studied in SnO2 ETLs. However, the systematic investigation of the doping mechanism lag far behind their efficiency promotion. In this paper, elements of the same main group (Li, Na, K) and period (K, Ca, Ga) have been selected for doping in SnO2. The results showed that among the properties of the dopants, the electronegativity has the greatest influence. The smaller the electronegativity of the doping species, the more conducive it is to carrier transmission and separation. The corresponding mechanism was proposed and discussed. At last, an efficiency of 20.92% of PSCs based on SnO2–K was achieved. In addition, the doped SnO2 is more beneficial for the growth of perovskite crystals, thus reducing grain boundaries and enhancing the stability of the device.
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材料科学
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能源技术
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物理化学
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Journal of Materials Chemistry A
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2021
·Vol. 9
·期 7
·3940-3951
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IF 12.732
Huan Bi,Xin Zuo,Baibai Liu,Dongmei He,Le Bai,Wenqi Wang,Xiong Li,Zeyun Xiao,Kuan Sun,Qunliang Song,Zhigang Zang,Jiangzhao Chen
Bulk and interfacial nonradiative recombination hinder the further enhancement of the power conversion efficiency (PCE) and stability of SnO2-based planar perovskite solar cells (PSCs). To date, it is still a huge challenge to minimize the bulk and interfacial nonradiative recombination losses, and thus maximize the potentials of PCE and stability. Herein, a novel and effective multifunctional modification strategy through incorporating Girard's Reagent T (GRT) molecules with multiple functional groups to modify SnO2 nanoparticles (NPs), which significantly reduces the bulk and interfacial nonradiative recombination losses through the simultaneous achievement of suppressing nanoparticle agglomeration, improving the electronic property of SnO2 films, facilitating the vertical growth and enlarging the grain size of perovskite crystals, and passivating interfacial defects is reported. As a result, the device based on GRT modification delivers a much higher PCE of 21.63%, along with significantly suppressed hysteresis, as compared to the control device (19.77%). The device stability is ameliorated after GRT modification. The unencapsulated device with GRT maintains 99.5% of its initial PCE after aging at 60 °C for 720 h and 58.5% after illumination for 672 h under one sun, respectively. The present work provides guidance for the design of multifunctional modification molecules toward efficient and stable PSCs.
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材料科学
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能源技术
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光电转换
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APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
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2022
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IF 7.392
Li-Wen Mao,Li-Yuan Zhu,Tao Tao Wu,Lei Xu,Xuan-Hong Jin,Hong-Liang Lu
Heterostructured Nb 2 O 5 /SnO 2 core-shell nanorods are synthesized by a facile hydrothermal strategy and atomic layer deposition (ALD). The SnO 2 shell thicknesses varying from 7 to 34 nm exhibit a significant impact on sensing performance. The response enhancement mechanism of the Nb 2 O 5 /SnO 2 core-shell nanorods is illustrated based on the electron-depletion model. The Nb 2 O 5 /SnO 2 core-shell nanorods gas sensors were synthesized based on the micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS), which could provide variable operating temperatures for the gas sensors with highly integrated design and low power consumption. The response of the Nb 2 O 5 /SnO 2 core-shell nanorods gas sensor deposited with 20 nm SnO 2 shell towards 20 ppm H 2 S at 275 °C was 4.0, which showed a 3.8-fold of improvement compared with pristine Nb 2 O 5 nanorods. Furthermore, the well-structured core-shell nanorods gas sensors maintained stable performance after three months, presenting long-term stability and repeatability. The proposed Nb 2 O 5 /SnO 2 core-shell nanorods gas sensors demonstrate a potential strategy for the practical application in oil and gas drilling platforms and other industrial fields.
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材料科学
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化学工程
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传感器技术
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ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS
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2024
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IF 18.5
Bocong Zou,Chunmei Chen,Li Sun,Yan Lin,Zhiheng Liu,Weijun Li,Lin Wang,Fengmei Gao,Huan He,Weiyou Yang,Dongdong Zhang,Shanliang Chen
Battery-free photodetection is necessary for underwater optical communication, which poses extremely high requirements in terms of the self-powering capability of photodetectors (PDs) and their ability to operate in harsh liquid environments. Emerging photoelectrochemical (PEC) PDs are appealing owing to their inherent aqueous operation behaviors with highly tunable photoresponses. Herein, a novel self-powered PEC ultraviolet (UV) PD applicable to all-scenario harsh underwater environments, including seawater at different latitudes and solutions with different pH values and temperatures, is demonstrated based on integrated self-supporting SiC/SnO 2 heterojunction nanoarrays. The SiC/SnO 2 heterojunction nanoarrays are achieved by utilizing the anodic oxidation and chemical bath deposition. The SiC/SnO 2 PEC PD demonstrates excellent photodetection performance with rapid rise/decay times ( τ r / τ d , 30/120 ms), high responsivity ( R λ , 1.97 A W −1 ), remarkable detectivity ( D * , 1.98 × 10 11 Jones), and large external quantum efficiency ( EQE , 65.5%) in seawater under 375 nm UV light illumination with zero bias voltage. Moreover, the PEC PD delivers a high photoresponse and excellent aging stability in different latitudes of the world's oceans. The photodetection capability is robust even under harsh conditions, such as strongly acidic and alkaline liquid conditions, and at high temperatures. The developed device is a new type of photodetection device for future all-scenario underwater optical communication.
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材料科学
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光电工程
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纳米技术
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CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL
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2023
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IF 5.2
Ping Chen,Nengli Dai
Detection of Fe 3+ ions is of paramount importance for environmental protection and human health. Herein, we reported a highly selective and sensitive fluorescence probe for the quantification of Fe 3+ ions in aqueous solution with Eu 3+ /SnO 2 nanocrystals co-doped silica glasses as the sensing unit. Due to the high stability of silica glasses and their efficient protection for emitting centers, the probe has good recyclability and can be applied in real water environment, indicating its potential for on-site sensing. The detection limit of Fe 3+ ions is 7.54 nmol/L. Experiments were carried out to verify that the probe shows excellent cross interference with other metal ions. The detecting mechanism can be ascribed to the excitation/emission absorption and energy transfer of Fe 3+ ions. Our work paves a novel way of semiconductor oxide nanocrystals for applications in optoelectronics .
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环境科学
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材料科学
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分析化学
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JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE-MATERIALS IN ELECTRONICS
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2015
·Vol. 26
·期 10
·7914-7920
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IF 1.569
Lan Zhang,Liu Lu,Huang Miaoliang,Wu Jihuai,Lin Jianming
Two kinds of hierarchical SnO 2 particles as nano-flower-like SnO 2 particles (NF-SnO 2 ) and mesoporous-sphere-like SnO 2 particles (MS-SnO 2 ) have been synthesized and used in CdS quantum dots (QDs) sensitized solar cells (QDSSC). TEM images show that NF-SnO 2 particles compose well interconnected nanoplates and MS-SnO 2 spheres are consisted with large numbers of SnO 2 nanoparticles with size about 7 nm. Owing to the larger Brunauer–Emmett–Teller surface area of NF-SnO 2 particles, NF-SnO 2 photoelectrode can load higher amounts of CdS QDs and shows enhanced light absorbance, resulting in higher short-circuit current density compared with that of MS-SnO 2 photoelectrode. The electrochemical impedance spectroscopy analysis results show that the QDSSC with NF-SnO 2 photoelectrode has a higher charge recombination resistance and a longer electron lifetime, so its photovoltaic performance is better than that of the QDSSC with MS-SnO 2 photoelectrode. The QDSSC with NF-SnO 2 photoelectrode can attain 3 % power conversion efficiency, which is higher than that of the cell with MS-SnO 2 photoelectrode (1.97 %).
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材料科学
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能源科学
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纳米技术
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
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2022
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IF 7.139
Shaodong Sun,Dong Ren,Man Yang,Jie Cui,Qing Yang,Shuhua Liang
Constructing direct Z-scheme heterostructure is an effective way to promote the separation of photogenerated carriers and optimize the redox ability of the photocatalytic system. This work reports the in-situ synthesis of sea-urchin-like ZnS/SnO 2 Z-scheme heterojunctions via a one-step hydrothermal method . Both experimental results and density functional theory (DFT) calculations indicate that the tight interfaces derived from in-situ precursor dissociation can ensure a fast transfer for photogenerated carriers, meanwhile, the Z-scheme type of heterojunctions can increase the carrier separation efficiency and maintain the high reduction ability of photogenerated electrons. As expected, the photocatalytic hydrogen evolution rate of the as-optimized ZnS/SnO 2 sample can reach 2.17 mmol g −1 h −1 , which is 15.5 times higher than that of the commercial ZnS. This work can offer a novel strategy for designing Z-scheme heterojunction as well as controlling the contact interface for boosted photocatalytic activity .
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材料科学
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能源科学
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催化化学
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