CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
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2021
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IF 13.273
Mengjun liang,Jiancong Zhang,Karthick Ramalingam,Qiang Wei,Kwan San Hui,Su Htike Aung,Kwun Nam Hui,Fuming Chen
Herein, we propose a stable and efficient photo-driven electrochemical desalination technique without any external bias. The whole desalination process is driven by CdS quantum dots (QDs) sensitized BiVO 4 photoanode, where I - /I 3 - redox couples are recirculated as the electrolyte. Two salt streams are sandwiched between the photoanode and cathode. The salt ions in desalted stream are continuously extracted by the redox reaction of I - /I 3 - electrolyte at their respective electrode chambers. The initial photocurrent of 2.58 mA/cm 2 can be obtained in the present photoanode-assisted desalination device, which is much greater than the previous reported results. Besides, the electrical current of the photo-electricity conversion system is extremely stable in the current system. Within the four batch cycles, the variation of salt removal rate is as low as 2.3 μg/(cm 2 •min) without significant decay. The photoanode-electrolyte interface, charge separation and transportation are further investigated by photoluminescence, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and Mott-Schottky analysis. The promising desalination performance can be attributed to the synergistic effect of CdS QDs and BiVO 4 heterojunction which is applied in the field of solar-driven desalination for the first time. This work is significant for the design of high light-absorbing heterojunction photocatalysts for the dual functions of energy production and water desalination.
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环境科学
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材料科学
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物理化学
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能源工程
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水处理技术
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JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
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2024
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IF 5.8
Xinglin Jia,Jianan Li,Yuhong Liu,Wenzhong Wang,Yujie Li,Lei Liu,Huabin Chen,Guling Zhang,Sitong Liu,Qing Zhou,Lijuan Wang
A novel CdS/CdSe/Cu 2 O nanorod array (NRA) photoelectrode with cascading charge transport channels was designed for the first time to remarkedly boot photoelectrochemical (PEC) hydrogen generation under visible light illumination with zero bias. This ternary photoelectrode was constructed by modifying CdS nanorod arrays with n-type CdSe and p-type Cu 2 O nanoparticles , successively. In this novel photoanode , CdSe and Cu 2 O with small band gap not merely highly heighten the visible light absorption capacity of CdS, but more importantly integrate with CdS to build cascading charge transport channels at the CdS/CdSe and CdSe/Cu 2 O interfaces, dramatically facilitating the separation and transport efficiency for photoexcited electron and hole pairs. The CdS/CdSe/Cu 2 O NRA photoelectrode gains an obvious hydrogen generation rate of 193.2 μmol·h −1 , 8.2 times higher than that of bare CdS NRA photoelectrode. The remarkably enhanced PEC hydrogen production for the CdS/CdSe/Cu 2 O NRA photoanode can be ascribed to effective solar energy utilization and charge carrier separation.
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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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NANOTECHNOLOGY
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2013
·Vol. 24
·期 20
·205601
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IF 3.842
Bin Xu,Bing Cai,Ming Liu,Hongsong Fan
This study explored a simple and fast method utilizing ultraviolet (UV) irradiation to synthesize CdTe/CdS/ZnS QDs in aqueous solution. Based on the reaction of photolysis and chemical deposition, the CdS and ZnS shell can be successively deposited around the thiol-capped CdTe cores through the interaction of Cd2+/Zn2+ and S2− produced by UV irradiation. The effect of the UV irradiation time, the ratios of thioglycolic acid (TGA)/Cd and TGA/Zn on the shell formation, shell stability, and the photoluminescence (PL) intensity of the QDs, was systematically investigated. Keeping the ratio of TGA/Cd, increasing UV irradiation time from 30 to 120 s, the blue-shift of the fluorescence emission peak position of CdTe/CdS QDs was observed. As the irradiation time increased continuously from 120 to 300 s, the red-shift of the emission peak position was observed. In the total irradiation time, the PL intensity of all the samples was enhanced. By applying 300 s irradiation on the samples, the emission peak was blue-shifted at a fixed TGA/Cd ratio of 1:1 and red-shifted at the ratios of 2:1, 4:1, 8:1, and 13:1. The PL intensity reached its highest value at the ratio of 2:1. The effect of TGA/Zn ratio on ZnS shell formation showed a similar progress. Under an optimum synthesized reaction condition, the particle sizes of CdTe core, CdTe/CdS core–shell and CdTe/CdS/ZnS core–shell–shell QDs were 2.6 nm, 3.4 nm, and 4.6 nm respectively. This study confirmed that with the core–shell–shell structure, CdTe/CdS/ZnS QDs had high anti-oxidability, photostability, and low toxicity. Therefore they can be further used in cell imaging efficiently.
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材料科学
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生物医学工程
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纳米技术
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BIOSENSORS & BIOELECTRONICS
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2016
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IF 7.476
Yixin Liu,Hongmin Ma,Yong Zhang,Xuehui Pang,Dawei Fan,Dan Wu,Qin Wei
In this work, a label-free photoelectrochemical (PEC) aptasensor was developed for adenosine detection based on CdS/PPy/g-C 3 N 4 nanocomposites . The CdS/g-C 3 N 4 heterojunction effectively prevented the photogenerated charges recombination of g-C 3 N 4 and self-photocorrosion processes of CdS, improving photo-to-current conversion efficiency. The introduced polypyrrole (PPy) nanoparticles could lead to a more effective separation of photogenerated charges, thus resulting in a further increasing of photocurrent . The CdS/PPy/g-C 3 N 4 was firstly employed as the photoactive materials for fabrication of aptasensor, and SH-aptamer was then adsorbed on the CdS/PPy/g-C 3 N 4 modified electrodes through S-Cd bond. With increasing of adenosine concentration, the photocurrent decreased as the formation of SH-aptamer-adenosine bioaffinity complexes. Under optimal conditions, the PEC aptasensor had a sensitive response to adenosine in a linear range of 0.3 nmol L −1 to 200 nmol L −1 with a detection limit of 0.1 nmol L −1 . Besides, the as-proposed aptasensor has also been applied in human serum samples analysis. The aptasensor exhibits high sensitivity and good stability, thus opening up a new promising PEC platform for some other small molecules analysis.
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生物传感技术
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纳米材料科学
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分析化学
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ANALYTICA CHIMICA ACTA
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2018
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IF 5.123
Guobin Mao,Qin Zhang,Yeling Yang,Xinghu Ji,Zhike He
Alkaline phosphatase (ALP) is a universal and important hydrolase that has been proved to be associated with several diseases. Herein, a simple and effective method was proposed for ALP detection based on the inner filter effect of p-nitrophenol (pNP) on the fluorescence of CdTe/CdS quantum dots (QDs). For the preparation of CdTe/CdS QDs, Na 2 TeO 3 was used as the Te source, and dithiol as the S source and surface ligand. The as-prepared CdTe/CdS QDs show good fluorescence properties, such as high quantum yield (∼80%), and good chemical/photo-stability. pNP is a hydrolysate of p-nitrophenol phosphate disodium salt under the catalysis of ALP, which could effectively quench the fluorescence of QDs due to the absorption spectra of pNP overlaps well with the excitation spectra of the CdTe/CdS QDs. Therefore, the prepared CdTe/CdS QDs could be applied for ALP detection. A good linear relationship ranging from 2.2 to 220 U/L was obtained with the limit of detection as low as 0.34 U/L. In addition, this method was successfully applied for the assay of ALP in human serum with the satisfactory results.
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生物化学
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医学检测
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纳米材料
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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
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2024
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IF 13.3
Hao Ye,Rou-Ming Wen,Ming-Bang Wu,Zi-Hao Yuan,Jun Cao,Chaorong Li,Juming Yao
Photoreduction of soluble U(VI) to insoluble U(IV) by CdS-based catalysts shows great potential in remediating radioactive wastewater in terms of environmental friendliness and desirable bandgap as well as the availability of CdS, but is still limited by undesirable efficiency and stability from photogenerated carrier recombination and photocorrosion. Herein, we have elegantly designed tailor-made CdS@Prussian blue with homo/heterojunctions via one-pot kinetic regulation. The key to such a structure is to leverage the outstanding binding affinity between cyanogroups of Prussian blue and Cd 2+ to create diversity of local precursor concentration differences. With such unique structure and rational energy band distribution, our photocatalysts demonstrate an unprecedented U(VI) removal efficiency as high as 2.5 times that of the pristine CdS. More importantly, the strong chelation between cyanogroups and Cd 2+ endows our catalysts with extremely excellent stability compared with other state-of-the-art composite photocatalysts. This work provides a facile and universal inspiration for homo/heterojunction engineering of high-performance photocatalysts for photoreduction of uranium.
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环境科学
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FOOD CONTROL
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2013
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IF 2.738
Xianyi Cao,Fei Shen,Minwei Zhang,Jiajia Guo,Yeli Luo,Xing Li,Han Liu,Chunyan Sun,Jingbo Liu
A simple, rapid and ultra-sensitive analytical method for the determination of melamine in raw milk based on inner filter effect (IFE) of Au nanoparticles (AuNPs) on the fluorescence of CdS quantum dots (QDs) is described in this study. With the presence of citrate-stabilized AuNPs, the fluorescence of l -cysteine ( l -Cys)-capped CdS QDs was remarkably quenched by AuNPs via IFE. The fluorescence of the AuNPs-CdS QDs system was recovered upon addition of melamine, since melamine could induce the aggregation of AuNPs accompanying the reduction of their characteristic plasmon absorption at ∼522 nm, which resulted in “turn-on” of the IFE-decreased fluorescence of CdS QDs. Under the optimum conditions, a good linear correlation for detection of melamine in raw milk was exhibited from 0.05 mg·L −1 to 0.35 mg·L −1 , and the detection limit was 0.017 mg·L −1 , which was much lower than the detection limit of HPLC coupled with UV detector and the safety limit required by USA, UK and China. This method was successfully carried out for the assessment of melamine in raw milk samples, which revealed many advantages such as high sensitivity, low cost and non-time-consuming compared with traditional methods.
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分析化学
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食品安全检测
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Analytical Methods
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2024
·Vol. 16
·期 15
·2267-2277
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IF 2.7
Yang He,Yangjie Li,Han Wang,Site Luo,Haihu Yu
The weakly bound organic ligand shells around perovskite quantum dots (QDs) are easily decomposed and cannot provide sufficient stability in polar solvents, which greatly obstructs their applications in sensing. Herein, a fluorescent sensor based on CsPbBr3/CdS core/shell QDs was developed for the detection of tetracycline (TC) in the polar solvent-ethanol. Pristine CsPbBr3 QDs were treated with cadmium diethyldithiocarbamate (Cd(DDTC)2) to form a shell on the surface at 110 °C, while extra oleylammonium bromide (OAmBr) was added to inhibit the phase transformation of CsPbBr3 into a Cs4PbBr6 impurity phase during high-temperature processing. And finally CsPbBr3/CdS core/shell QDs were successfully synthesized. The capping with the CdS inorganic shell remediated surface defects and improved the stability in ethanol without affecting the emission properties of the parent CsPbBr3 QDs. The results showed that the fluorescent sensor detected TC in the range of 0.05–25 μM with a low detection limit of 22.6 nM, whereas it had high selectivity and anti-interference ability for TC. And the fluorescence quenching mechanism of the sensor was mainly photoinduced electron transfer between TC and CsPbBr3/CdS QDs. Our research provides a unique way to improve the stability of perovskite QDs in polar solvents and applications in fluorescence detection.
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材料科学
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分析化学
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MOLECULES
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2024
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IF 4.2
Yuqing Yan,Yonghui Wu,Chenggen Lu,Yu Wei,Jun Wang,Bo Weng,Wei-Ya Huang,Jia-Lin Zhang,Kai Yang,Kangqiang Lu
CdS quantum dots (CdS QDs) are regarded as a promising photocatalyst due to their remarkable response to visible light and suitable placement of conduction bands and valence bands. However, the problem of photocorrosion severely restricts their application. Herein, the CdS QDs-Co 9 S 8 hollow nanotube composite photocatalyst has been successfully prepared by loading Co 9 S 8 nanotubes onto CdS QDs through an electrostatic self-assembly method. The experimental results show that the introduction of Co 9 S 8 cocatalyst can form a stable structure with CdS QDs, and can effectively avoid the photocorrosion of CdS QDs. Compared with blank CdS QDs, the CdS QDs-Co 9 S 8 composite exhibits obviously better photocatalytic hydrogen evolution performance. In particular, CdS QDs loaded with 30% Co 9 S 8 (CdS QDs-30%Co 9 S 8 ) demonstrate the best photocatalytic performance, and the H 2 production rate reaches 9642.7 μmol·g −1 ·h −1 , which is 60.3 times that of the blank CdS QDs. A series of characterizations confirm that the growth of CdS QDs on Co 9 S 8 nanotubes effectively facilitates the separation and migration of photogenerated carriers, thereby improving the photocatalytic hydrogen production properties of the composite. We expect that this work will facilitate the rational design of CdS-based photocatalysts, thereby enabling the development of more low-cost, high-efficiency and high-stability composites for photocatalysis.
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材料科学
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纳米技术
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光催化
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能源材料
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PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS
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2017
·Vol. 19
·期 24
·15724-15733
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IF 4.123
Qingqing Qiu,Ping Wang,Lingling Xu,Dejun Wang,Yanhong Lin,Tengfeng Xie
Anatase TiO2 nanowire (NW) films modified with inverted type-I CdS/CdSe core/shell structure QDs have been successfully prepared by the post synthesis ligand-assisted technique. Surface photovoltage (SPV), transient photovoltage (TPV) and transient photocurrent (TPC) measurements demonstrate that CdS/CdSe core/shell structure QD-sensitized TiO2 NWs electrodes favor photoexicited electron injection and charge transfer due to the special photo-electronic features of CdS/CdSe core/shell structure QDs. With a polysulfide electrolyte, the maximum conversion efficiency was 2.18% for CdS/CdSe QDs with the CdSe shell being 4.4 nanometers thick; a PCE of 0.07% for CdS QDs and a PCE of 0.63% for CdSe QDs were obtained under illumination at 100 mW cm−2. The results reveal that the CdS/CdSe core/shell structure QDs sensitized TiO2 NW electrodes have promising applications in solar cells.
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材料科学
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光伏技术
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纳米科技
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ACS Physical Chemistry Au
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2022
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IF 0
Feng-Kang Shang,Ming-Yu Qi,Chang-Long Tan,Zi-Rong Tang,Yi-Jun Xu
Simultaneously utilizing photogenerated electrons and holes in one photocatalytic system to synthesize value-added chemicals and clean hydrogen (H2) energy meets the development requirements of green chemistry. Herein, we report a binary material of CdS/BiVO4 combining one-dimensional (1D) CdS nanorods (NRs) with two-dimensional (2D) BiVO4 nanosheets (NSs) constructed through a facile electrostatic self-assembly procedure for the selectively photocatalytic oxidation of aromatic alcohols integrated with H2 production, which exhibits significantly enhanced photocatalytic performance. Within 2 h, the conversion of aromatic alcohols over CdS/BiVO4-25 was approximately 9-fold and 40-fold higher than that over pure CdS and BiVO4, respectively. The remarkably improved photoactivity of CdS/BiVO4 hybrids is mainly ascribed to the Z-scheme charge separation mechanism in the 1D/2D heterostructure derived from the interface contact between CdS and BiVO4, which not only facilitates the separation and transfer of charge carriers, but also maintains the strong reducibility of photogenerated electrons and strong oxidizability of photogenerated holes. It is anticipated that this work will further stimulate interest in the rational design of 1D/2D Z-scheme heterostructure photocatalysts for the selective fine chemical synthesis integrated with H2 evolution.
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材料科学
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化学工程
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纳米技术
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JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
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2025
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IF 9.7
Xiaoyun Qiao,Tingsong Zhang,Huibin Zhang,Zeshan Xiong,Runwei Wang,Zongtao Zhang,Shilun Qiu
In this paper, a novel host–guest assembly strategy is developed to incorporate TiO 2 nanoparticles and CdS quantum dots (CdS QDs) into the photoactive dendritic porphyrins mesoporous silica nanospheres (DPMSN) channels for establishing heterojunctions nanoreactors (designated as DPMSTNC). The well-defined dendritic architecture facilitates the high dispersion of TiO 2 /CdS heterojunctions within the DPMSN matrix, effectively maximizing the interfacial contact area between the heterojunction components and the cobalt porphyrin framework. Crucially, the synergistic interplay of cobalt porphyrins incorporated in the silica framework and the ultra-small TiO 2 /CdS heterojunction in the dendritic channels promotes efficient charge transfer and separation in the nanoreactor. The optimized DPMSTNC nanoreactor exhibits excellent catalytic performance with a conversion of 96.0 % and a selectivity of 92.0 % in styrene oxidation, which significantly surpasses that of single-component catalysts and simple composite heterostructure catalysts. This nanoreactor design strategy, which combines spatially confined heterojunctions with photoactive porous frameworks, provides a novel and versatile platform for developing high-efficiency photocatalytic systems through precise nanoarchitectural control.
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化学工程
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