APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL
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2025
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IF 21.1
Kexin Tian,Ye Liu,Yating Fu,Yi Ren,Chuanshu He,Zhaokun Xiong,Heng Zhang,Yang Liu,Jianping Zou,Jing Zhang,Bo Lai
A novel surface oxidation-dominated heterogeneous catalytic ozonation (HCO) process was developed to overcome matrix-induced scavenging limitations. By fabricating CuO-Co 3 O 4 heterojunction as catalyst, surface adsorbed hydroxyl radical (•OH ad ) and surface atomic oxygen ( ⁎ O ad ) emerge as primary reactive oxygen species (ROS) from ozone decomposition. The engineered catalyst achieves 4.3-fold and 1.9-fold higher oxalic acid degradation efficiency than CuO and Co 3 O 4 , respectively, accompanied by broad-spectrum mineralization for refractory pollutants and robust Cl⁻ resistance with verification in actual hypersaline industrial wastewater treatment. Combined characterization and theoretical calculations reveal that heterojunction formation increases Lewis acid sites and induces directional electron transfer from CuO to Co 3 O 4 , thereby lowering ozone activation barriers and accelerating surface-bound ROS generation, wherein O 3 is preferentially decomposed into •OH ad and ⁎ O ad at Co sites but only •OH ad at Cu sites. Collectively, this study advances a surface-bound ROS mediated catalytic ozonation paradigm with superior matrix resistance, enabling broader industrial deployment of HCO.
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催化
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材料科学
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化学工程
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水处理
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ACS Catalysis
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2024
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IF 11.3
Long Cheng,Rong Wang,Wenzhe Si,Yanxi Deng,Junhua Li,Yue Peng
Cu-based catalysts leveraging Cu+/Cu0 active sites have emerged as pivotal for synthesizing essential hydrocarbons and alcohols in electrochemical CO2 reduction, such as ethylene and ethanol (C2 products). However, the dynamic reduction of Cu+ to Cu0 during electroreduction leads to site instability, resulting in diminished efficiency for CO2 conversion to C2 products. Herein, we introduced Si into CuO by the selective dissolution method, engendering Cu–O–Si units to stabilize the Cu+/Cu0 sites. The catalyst manifested good activity in CO2 electroreduction with an elevated Faradaic efficiency for C2 products reaching 81.9% at −100 mA/cm2. After ten cycles of electrochemical testing, the Cu+/Cu0 sites and performance exhibited no signs of degradation. The Si incorporation significantly improved the hybridization of O 2p and Cu 3d orbitals, thereby reinforcing the Cu–O bonds and stabilizing the Cu+/Cu0 sites, which was critical in promoting C–C coupling via decreasing the energy barriers for *OCCO formation and enhancing C2 product selection. The active Cu+ cations with unsaturated coordination contributed to the reaction stabilization, thereby improving the preservation of Cu2O metastable state.
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电化学
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能源转化
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MICROCHIMICA ACTA
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2024
·Vol. 191
·期 11
·1-11
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IF 5.3
Xu Yuanyuan,Yin Qingqing,Du Ningjing,Yi Yinhui,Zhu Gangbing
By preparing Cu@CuO aerogel as a nanozyme which exhibits prominent peroxidase-like (POD) activity, an innovative homogeneous electrochemistry (HEC) coupled with the colorimetry dual-model sensing strategy is proposed to detect perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) for the first time. Cu@CuO aerogel accelerates the oxidation process of colorless o-phenylenediamine to form yellow 2,3-diaminophenazinc (DAP), and meanwhile, DAP as an electroactive substance creates a reduction peak current upon the electrochemical measurements. Interestingly, in the presence of PFOS, the POD activity of Cu@CuO aerogel is inhibited since the specific coordination between PFOS and Cu(II) can cover the active sites, resulting in the color of the sensing system becoming light and the peak current of DAP decreasing. This innovative dual-mode detection method showed excellent electrochemical detection of PFOS in the concentration range 10.0 ~ 1125.0 nM with a limit of detection (LOD) as low as 3.3 nM and a LOD of 20.8 nM in the colorimetric detection in the range 62.3 ~ 875 nM. Furthermore, the sensor was successfully used for the analysis of real samples with an RSD value ≤ 6.5%. The successful application of this two-mode sensing method for the determination of PFOS holds promise for the detection of other contaminants in the future. Graphical Abstract
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分析化学
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环境科学
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纳米技术
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传感器
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CHEMOSPHERE
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2018
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IF 4.427
Yuanxia Luo,Baoyu Gao,Qinyan Yue,Ruihua Li
Humic acid (HA) influences the aggregation and stability of nanoparticles (NPs), which determine the removal performance of NPs in coagulation. Consequently, in this study, the impact of HA concentration on the simultaneous removal of CuO NPs, Cu 2+ , and natural organic matter (NOM) was investigated. Enteromorpha polysaccharides (Ep), as the novel recycling coagulant aid, were integrated with polyaluminum chloride (PAC) to treat composite contaminants in this coagulation process. Removal performance, floc properties, zeta potential , scanning electron microscope (SEM) images, and Fourier Transform Infrared Spectra (FT-IR) were measured and analyzed. Results showed that PAC with Ep (PAC-Ep) was more beneficial for improving removal performances than PAC alone. Further, the coagulation performance became better with the increase in HA concentration. When the HA concentration was 10 mg/L (used PAC-Ep), the removal efficiencies of CuO NPs and Cu 2+ were both more than 80%; and in particular, the highest removal efficiency of turbidity was 98%. However, excessive HA (more than 10 mg/L) reduced the removal efficiency of Cu by more than 31%. Smaller and denser flocs with better recoverability were formed as the HA concentration increased. Furthermore, because of affluent functional groups, HA was easily adsorbed on the surface of NPs and combined with dissociative Cu 2+ , thereby forming a composite contaminant. During the coagulation process, the colloidal system was destabilized preferentially by the charge neutralization between composite contaminants and PAC. Furthermore, a chelated reticular structure was formed by the conjunction of carboxyl and hydroxyl groups (from Ep) and Al (III) species (from PAC). Flocs were further enlarged and precipitated by bridging and sweeping of this structure.
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水处理
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CHINESE JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS
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2025
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IF 17.7
Hong-Rui Zhu,Xi-Lun Wang,Juan-Juan Zhao,Meng-Han Yin,Hui-Min Xu,Gao-Ren Li
Plastics are ubiquitous in human life and pose certain hazards to the environment and human body. The increasing amount of CO 2 in the atmosphere will lead to the greenhouse effect. Therefore, it is urgent to treat microplastic waste and CO 2 by using environmentally friendly and efficient technologies. In this work, we developed an efficient photoelectrocatalytic system composed of Ni single atoms (Ni SAs) supported by P, N-doped amorphous NiFe 2 O 4 (Ni SAs/A-P-N-NFO) as anode and Ag nanoparticles (Ag NPs) supported by CuO/Cu 2 O nanocubes (Ag NPs@CuO/Cu 2 O NCs) as cathode for microplastic oxidation and CO 2 reduction. The Ni SAs/A-P-N-NFO was synthesized by calcination-H 2 reduction method, and it achieved a Faraday efficiency of 93% for the oxidation reaction of poly (ethylene terephthalate) (PET) solution under AM 1.5 G light. As a photocathode, the synthesized Ag NPs@CuO/Cu 2 O NCs was utilized to reduce CO 2 to ethylene and CO at 1.5 V vs . RHE with selectivity of 42% and 55%, respectively. This work shows that the photoelectrocatalysis, as an environmentally friendly technology, is a feasible strategy for reducing the environmental and biological hazards of light plastics, as well as for efficient CO 2 reduction.
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环境科学
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材料科学
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电化学
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纳米技术
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FOOD RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL
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2024
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IF 7
Huan Zhang,Shuting Huang,Yali Zhao,Hong Sabrina Tian,Mengshi Lin,Yunfei Xie,Zhilong Yu
Active packaging technologies are evolving to enhance the preservation of fresh produce by fighting against microbial contamination and controlling internal packaging atmospheres. This study introduced an active fruit packaging called MT film, created by modifying a microporous polyvinyl alcohol/chitosan/cellulose nanocrystal bionanocomposite film with CuO-doped titania nanotubes. The MT film, with an average micropore size of 2.4 μm, displayed excellent mechanical properties and hydrophobicity due to its crosslinked structure. When exposed to visible light, the MT film could produce reactive oxygen species, effectively inhibiting the growth of Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli O157:H7. Moreover, experiments on blueberry preservation demonstrated that the MT film could remove excess CO 2 and maintain a higher O 2 level. Under visible light, this film significantly reduced total viable count (4.6 ± 0.2 log CFU/g) and mold colony count (2.6 ± 0.1 log CFU/g), with Bacillus and Ascochyta being the primary inhibited genera. These findings highlight the potential of MT film in utilizing visible light to prevent microbial growth on blueberries and regulating the gas exchange of food packaging. MT film holds promise as an active packaging solution to improve the quality and shelf life of fresh produce while reducing food losses in the supply chain.
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食品科学
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包装技术
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材料科学
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微生物学
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纳米技术
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Journal of Water Process Engineering
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2022
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IF 7.34
Usman Farooq,Fei Wang,Malik Muhammad Arslan Aslam,Xinhai Wang
The presence of additional active sites in a synthesized heterogeneous material is crucial for the activation of peroxymonosulfate (PMS). The prepared CuO sheets ( sh- CuO) were utilized in the PMS process to degrade trichloroethane (TCA). Various characterizations (SEM, TEM, XRD, and XPS) revealed monoclinic tenorite CuO irregular rectangular sheets (0.72 × 0.28 μm) with an 82 % crystallinity and mesoporous structure. The sh- CuO showed enhanced (93 %) heterogeneous activation of PMS for TCA oxidation compared to commercially available CuO (43 %) and Co 3 O 4 (47 %). The experimental parameters study such as PMS, sh -CuO dose, temperature, and pH confirmed that sh -CuO possessed low activation energy (9.601 kJ/mol) which strengthened its performance around acidic pH. The mechanism study revealed that due to its high redox potential , not only SO 4 − radicals but also Cu 3+ contributed as a powerful oxidant. Finally, the sh -CuO stability and recyclability of 86 % until the fourth cycle supported its potential application in groundwater remediation.
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环境化学
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材料科学
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催化化学
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环境污染与修复
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物理化学
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JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS
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2021
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IF 7.92
Zhenhua Zhang,Liping Fan,Weiqi Liao,Feiyue Zhao,Cen Tang,Jing Zhang,Ming Feng,Ji-Qing Lu
Several CeO 2 -CuO/Cu 2 O nanocomposites with different CuO structures were used to identify the structure sensitivity of CuO in the CeO 2 -CuO/Cu 2 O catalyzed CO oxidation. The CO oxidation catalyzed by various CuO-CeO 2 interfacial sites involves a typical Mars-van Krevelen mechanism, in which the CuO-CeO 2 interfaces in the CeO 2 -CuO/c-Cu 2 O (cubes) nanocomposites are more intrinsically active, exhibiting ca. 15 kJ mol −1 lower activation energy than those in the CeO 2 -CuO/o-Cu 2 O (octahedra) and CeO 2 -CuO/d-Cu 2 O (rhombic dodecahedra) nanocomposites at CeO 2 loadings no less than 0.75 wt%. The higher activity is relevant to lower coordinated oxygen ions on CuO/c-Cu 2 O surface and thus better CO reactivity for the CeO 2 -CuO/c-Cu 2 O nanocomposites, which therefore indicates that the active oxygen species on CuO-CeO 2 interface should come from CuO rather than CeO 2 . Moreover, a highly active 13.2 %CeO 2 -CuO/c-Cu 2 O(s) catalyst for CO oxidation is realized on fine Cu 2 O cubes, which thus has high density of active sites.
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ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
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2026
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IF 7.8
Junyu Lai,Yu Feng,Zhizhi Xu,Xueying Yang,Jichang Lu,Tianpeng Song,Jian Fang,Faqiang Zhang,Dingkai Chen,Wenjie Zhu,Yuxuan He,Yongming Luo
The catalytic degradation of sulfur-containing volatile organic compounds (S-VOCs), especially methyl mercaptan (CH3SH), is often limited by the insufficient low-temperature activity of conventional catalysts. Herein, an inverse Cu–Ce catalyst featuring a well-defined CuO(200) facet and CuO(200)–CuO(1̅11) interface, denoted as CuO/CeO2–CP(7), is constructed through facet regulation and interfacial engineering. The catalyst enables complete conversion of CH3SH at 150 °C and exhibits a substantially lower apparent activation energy, demonstrating superior intrinsic activity compared with most reported catalysts. Structural-activity correlation reveals that the interface architecture stabilizes Cu+ species, enhances active-oxygen migration-replenishment, and significantly strengthens CH3SH adsorption and activation, thereby driving a stepwise deep-conversion route of CH3SH → CH3SSCH3 → CH3SCH3/HCOOH → CH4. In-situ FTIR confirms that Cu+–O* cooperative sites govern the coupling, rearrangement, and deep-reduction processes, while deactivation analysis identifies disrupted oxygen cycling as the primary cause of activity loss. This work highlights the critical role of CuO–CuO interfacial modulation in advancing low-temperature S-VOCs degradation and provides an effective strategy for designing highly active inverse Cu–Ce catalysts.
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APPLIED PHYSICS A-MATERIALS SCIENCE & PROCESSING
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2018
·Vol. 124
·期 10
·1-8
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IF 1.604
Mo Xi,Hu Jiamin,Shen Hui,Shui Lingling,Shu Dong,He Junfeng,He Guannan,Wang Yinzhen,Li Wei,He Qinyu
In photocatalyst design, the rapid recombination of photo-generated electron–hole pairs in the bulk or on the surface of semiconductors is a major limiting factor in achieving high photocatalytic efficiency, which is a key scientific issue. Surface modification is used to change the surface properties of photocatalyst related to dark adsorption and photocatalytic efficiency. In this work, micro-sized CuO powder was surface modified by in situ-growing heterojunctions CuO/Cu 2 O and CuO/Cu 2 O/Cu when simply calcinating a mixture of CuO and urea, in which urea acted as a reducing agent. The phases, microstructure, composition, photogenerated carrier lifetime, dark adsorption rate, photodegradation rate, and surface charges of the as-modified powder were investigated. The surface modification was found to change the negative surface charge of micro-sized CuO to a positive one, resulting in enhanced dark adsorption (nearly twice that of pristine CuO). Furthermore, the surface modification prolonged the photogenerated carrier lifetime, which in turn enhanced the photocatalytic efficiency. Overall, this work implies that the electric properties of surface charges and carrier lifetime can be altered by constructing an appropriate heterojunction on the surface of the photocatalyst.
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材料科学
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光催化
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表面化学
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半导体物理
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环境功能材料
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纳米科技
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NANO
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2017
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IF 1.025
Ning Zhou,Meng Yuan,Dongsheng Li,Deren Yang
A time- and energy- saving solution-based chemical precipitation method was developed to synthesize leaf-like CuO nanostructures. The morphology and size of the leaf-like CuO nanostructures could be simply manipulated by controlling the type and concentration of precursors, and the oriented attachment mechanism is responsible for the formation of leaf-like shape. With the concurrent reduction reaction and at appropriate concentration, CuO/Ag microspheres could be prepared and the growth mechanism is proposed. These two structures could serve as effective photocatalyst for the degradation of rhodamine B under visible light irradiation in the presence of hydrogen peroxide. Moreover, compared to pure CuO nanostructures, the photodecomposition activity of CuO/Ag microspheres increases by 42.9% due to plasmon-enhanced light absorption.
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MATERIALS LETTERS
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2022
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IF 3.574
Pujia Cheng,Dongping Zheng,Yingjie Zhang,Xinqi Chen,Tianjun Chen,Tiansheng Zhang,Fan Wu
An inorganic–organic hybrid bulk heterojunction (BHJ) consisting of a CuO nanocone array (NCA)/methyl [6,6]-phenyl-C61-butyrate (PC 61 BM) was fabricated on a fluorine-doped tin oxide substrate using a hydrothermal method. Scanning electron microscopy showed that the CuO-NCA/PC 61 BM BHJ hybrid structure was well-formed and that the PC 61 BM compactly filled the interspaces between the CuO nanocones. A FTO/CuO-NCA/PC 61 BM/LiF/Ag hybrid BHJ photodiode had a favorable type-II band alignment for charge separation, and this photodiode showed a nearly 10-fold enhanced photocurrent response compared with a FTO/CuO-NCA/LiF/Ag Schottky junction photodiode. Photoelectrochemical impedance spectroscopy and transient absorption spectroscopy demonstrated that the FTO/CuO-NCA/PC 61 BM/LiF/Ag BHJ device had better photogenerated charge transfer properties and a longer carrier lifetime compared with the FTO/CuO-NCA/LiF/Ag device.
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