Journal of Materials Chemistry C
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2013
·Vol. 1
·期 10
·2014-2020
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IF 0
Wei-Dong Xiang,Hai-Long Yang,Xiao-Juan Liang,Jia-Song Zhong,Jing Wang,Le Luo,Cui-Ping Xie
We report the direct synthesis of highly luminescent Cu–Zn–In–S (CZIS) quaternary nanocrystals (NCs) in the non-coordinating solvent 1-octadecene (ODE) using chloride salts of Cu, In, and Zn as metal precursors in the presence of oleic acid and dodecanethiol. The resulting CZIS NCs had a narrow size distribution with an average diameter of 2.5 nm. The photoluminescence spectra can be tuned from 400 nm–850 nm by varying the Cu : Zn precursor ratio, and a relatively high photoluminescence quantum yield (PL QY) of 46% was obtained without any post-processing. The PL decay times of the as-prepared CZIS NCs were tunable via controlling the Cu : Zn precursor ratio and reaction time. The photoluminescence mechanism of the CZIS nanocrystals was discussed using the PL decay curves. EDS analysis revealed that the resulting CZIS NCs were Cu-deficient, and the internal defect-related emission process could be strongly promoted by the large Cu deficiency which is associated with the improvement of PL QY.
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CELLULOSE
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2018
·Vol. 25
·期 10
·5831-5842
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IF 3.809
Zhang Yan-Jie,Ma Xiao-Zhou,Gan Lin,Xia Tao,Shen Jun,Huang Jin
Abstract Fluorescent cellulose nanocrystals (fCNCs) have shown a great potential as optical probe for the applications of bioimaging or metal ion detection. In this work, by a controllable esterification strategy, the cellulose nanocrystal (CNC) surface was modified with ethylenediaminetetraacetic dianhydride (EDTAD) to achieve highly carboxylation degree, and, meanwhile, keep surface integration and crystalline structure in comparison with the TEMPO oxidation method. Then, the controllability of carboxylation degree was applied to produce a series of fCNCs with various conjugating densities of fluorescent 7-amino-4-methylcoumarin (AMC). The steric effect of AMCs on the fCNC surface could inhibit self-quenching, resulting in a more stable fluorescence intensity independent upon the change of fCNC concentration and a relatively high quantum efficiency in the solid state. Moreover, the fluorescence signals of fCNC can be selectively affected by Cu 2+ , and even high Cu 2+ concentration resulted in the visualized color change from blue to purple under ultraviolet radiation. Hence, two linear correlations with the Cu 2+ concentration, i.e. the fluorescence attenuation ratio at 390 nm in 0.5–16 ppm of Cu 2+ concentration and the fluorescence intensity ratio of 440 nm versus 390 nm in 16–160 ppm of Cu 2+ concentration, contributed to a potential of quantitative Cu 2+ detection. Especially, the on–off behavior of the fCNC fluorescence at the critical Cu 2+ concentration of 0.5 ppm was well consistent with the requirement of the Guideline of Drinking-Water Quality (GDWQ) administrated by World Health Organization (WHO), and hence might be used to rapid and visualized evaluation of drinking water quality. This work provides a new fluorescent nanomaterial that can be used in metal ion detection. Furthermore, the nontoxicity, biodegradability and environment-friendliness of cellulose nanocrystals might also contribute to the additional advantages for the application of environmental surveillance. Graphical abstract
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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
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2019
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IF 8.355
Ting Chen,Zhiliang Zhu,Zeyu Wang,Hua Zhang,Yanling Qiu,Daqiang Yin,Guohua Zhao
To develop an efficient catalyst with novel structure and limited metal release for enhanced PMS activation, a 3D hollow sphere like Cu-incorporated LaAlO 3 perovskite was synthesized based on soft chemical process with template-free. It was evaluated as the heterogeneous catalyst firstly to activate peroxymonosulfate (PMS) for the oxidative degradation of several typical pharmaceuticals in water. The mechanism study indicated a coaction of electron transfer and oxygen defects in this system. The obtained catalyst can promote electron transfer efficiency of Cu + /Cu 2+ cycle and provide abundant oxygen defects for catalytic oxidation, which is responsible for the generation of OH, SO 4 − and 1 O 2 . These active species played crucial roles in efficient degradation of thiamphenicol (TAP), diclofenac sodium (DCF), ibuprofen (IBF) and paracetamol (PR), achieving more than 95% removal within 30 min. The catalyst kept high removal efficiency over pH range from 5.0 to 9.1 and suppressed copper leaching in reaction process. Besides, the catalyst exhibited good performance for TAP degradation and mineralization in raw water matrixes from Taihu Lake Basin, which showed a possible practical application to the remediation of water pollution.
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FUEL
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2021
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IF 6.609
Yuewen Shao,Qingyin Li,Xinyi Dong,Junzhe Wang,Kai Sun,Lijun Zhang,Shu Zhang,Leilei Xu,Xiangzhou Yuan,Xun Hu
The production of γ-valerolactone (GVL) receives increasing attention due to its extensive applications as a promising fuel and fuel additive. In this study, the direct conversion of biomass-derived furfural to GVL with a unprecedent yield of 90.5% was achieved via consecutive hydrogenation and acid-catalyzed reactions over CuAl for hydrogenation and a co-catalyst (i.e. H-ZSM-5) for acid-catalysis in ethanol. The relative abundance of the hydrogenation sites and acidic sites determines the reaction network and the transfer of the main products from furfuryl alcohol (FA) to ethyl levulinate (EL) or GVL, as the acidic sites, especially the Brønsted acidic sites, not only catalyze the formation of EL from FA, but also affect the hydrogenation activity of CuAl. However, the Lewis acidic sites facilitate the opening ring of FA to 1,4-pentanediol, preventing the GVL formation. The acid catalyst and hydrogenation catalyst deactivate via varied mechanisms in the conversion of furfural to GVL, which is required to be considered in the further development of the robust catalysts.
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ACS Applied Energy Materials
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2020
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IF 4.473
Liting Cui,Zhengjian Li,Haining Wang,Lirui Cui,Jin Zhang,Shanfu Lu,Yan Xiang
It is of great significance to reduce the amount of platinum for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells. In this work, a copper single atom coordinated by nitrogen doped carbon nanotubes is employed as a support for the deposition of platinum nanoparticles (Pt/Cu-SAC), according to the prediction of the density functional theory calculation, which reveals the ORR activity of Pt/Cu-SAC should be improved in comparison to that of Pt/C due to the weaker adsorption of oxygen. The prepared Pt/Cu-SAC exhibits more promising ORR activity than the commercial Pt/C due to the synergetic effect of Cu-SAC on the Pt particles. Furthermore, the fuel cell based on Pt/Cu-SAC with a cathode Pt loading of 0.025 mg cm–2 exhibits a peak power density of 526 mW cm–2, which is quite similar to that obtained with the commercial Pt/C with a cathode Pt loading of 0.1 mg cm–2. The Pt/Cu-SAC paves the way to design low-Pt cathode catalysts for the polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells.
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International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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2019
·Vol. 16
·期 8
·1439
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IF 2.468
Yue Teng,Ke Yao,Wenbin Song,Yongjun Sun,Haoliang Liu,Zhiying Liu,Yanhua Xu
Cu-Mn-Ce@γ-Al2O3was prepared by incipient wetness impregnation and used to catalyze ozonation in a coal chemical wastewater-biotreated effluent. The preparation factors that considerably affected the catalytic performance of Cu-Mn-Ce@γ-Al2O3, specifically metal oxide loading percentage, calcination temperature, and calcination time, were examined. The catalyst was characterized by scanning electron microscopy, energy dispersive spectrometry, X-ray diffraction, and Brunauer-Emmett-Teller analysis. The optimal catalytic ozonation operating parameters, such as ozone dosage, catalyst dosage, pH, and reaction time, were also investigated. Results showed that an optimized catalyst consisted of 17.0% CuO, 3.0% MnO2, and 2.0% CeO2(wt.%). The optimal calcination temperature and calcination time were 600 °C and 5 h. The optimal catalytic ozonation operating parameters, including ozone dosage, catalyst dosage, pH, and reaction time, were 7, 80.0 mg/L, 20.0 mg/L, 7 and 50 min, respectively. The COD removal of biotreated effluent increased to 61% under these optimal operating conditions. Meanwhile, ozonation alone resulted in only 20% removal. This work proposes the use of easily available Cu-Mn-Ce@γ-Al2O3catalyst and might drive the advancement of catalytic ozonation for chemical wastewater purification.Keywords:catalyst;catalytic ozonation;coal chemical wastewater;advanced treatment
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Molecular Catalysis
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2017
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IF 0
Hao Chen,Houhang Ruan,Xilei Lu,Jie Fu,Timothy Langrish,Xiuyang Lu
Catalytic transfer hydrogenation of furfural to furfuryl alcohol is considered to be a very important industrial process. In this work, non-noble Cu supported on MgO-Al 2 O 3 catalysts have been prepared by co-precipitation and have shown excellent catalytic performance for conversion of furfural to furfuryl alcohol in near-critical iso-propanol. The effects of the Cu state (reduction degree and dispersion) and loading in Cu/MgO-Al 2 O 3 , acidity of catalysts have been investigated by X-ray diffraction (XRD), coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES), N 2 adsorption and desorption (N 2 -BET) and temperature-programmed desorption of ammonia (NH 3 -TPD), which have led to high activity for producing furfuryl alcohol. The results have shown that the selectivity of furfuryl alcohol has been influenced by the Cu state, Lewis acidity, reaction temperature and reaction time. The mechanisms, Lewis acid- and metal mediated hydrogenation, have shown that a desirable balance of Cu loading and Lewis acidity of catalyst has influenced the activity significantly. Almost 100% furfural conversion, with 89.3% furfuryl alcohol yield has been obtained. Cycling tests have shown that the prepared catalysts have been stable, where recycling the catalysts at least four times has not shown any reduction in activity.
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RSC Advances
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2015
·Vol. 5
·期 91
·74575-74584
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IF 3.84
Zhenzhen Wang,Shangru Zhai,Jialing Lv,Haixin Qi,Wei Zheng,Bin Zhai,Qingda An
A novel monodispersed hierarchical nanocomposite catalyst of Cu/Fe3O4 was successfully synthesized through a short-time (just 4 h), facile, eco-friendly one-pot hydrothermal method. The as-prepared Cu/Fe3O4 nanocomposite was well characterized and the results showed that the products were spherical in morphology with diameters of about 100 nm. The BET surface area of the nanospheres was 37.16 m2 g−1, indicating that the product showed a porous character, and the major BJH pore size was 3.73 nm. The saturated magnetization of the Cu/Fe3O4 nanospheres was 48.0 emu g−1, which facilitated their separation and recovery with the aid of an external magnet. In addition, the influences of experimental parameters such as the dosage of trisodium citrate dehydrate (Na3Cit) and urea as well as reaction duration time were investigated in detail to fully elucidate the formation mechanism. More charmingly, the Cu/Fe3O4 nanocomposites exhibited excellent catalytic activity towards the reduction of hazardous organic dyes (4-nitrophenol, 4-NP; congo red, CR; methylene blue, MB) in aqueous media in the presence of NaBH4 with very fast kinetics and good stability. The relationship between the Cu precursor addition amount and catalytic ability was also established. Considering the simplicity of the operation procedure, short time, low cost as well as easy recycling of the catalyst, this preparation protocol may shed light on the fabrication of other metal oxide materials; and hopefully, this hierarchical nanocomposite may find potential applications in other domains like heavy metal removal or antibacterial applications.
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JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
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2023
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IF 10.9
Yunfei Shen,Yi Liu,Kaisheng Sun,Tiantian Gu,Gang Wang,Yue Yang,Jianxiang Pang,Yang Zheng,Xiaodong Yang,Long Chen
Dendrites growth, chemical corrosion, and hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) on zinc anodes are the main barriers for the development of aqueous zinc-ion batteries (AZIBs). Constructing interfacial protective layer is an effective way to alleviate the side reactions on the anodes. Herein, Cu/Ti 3 C 2 Cl 2 MXene (CMX) with high zincophilic and hydrophobic property is prepared by the lewis molten salts etching method, and the CMX interface protection layer is constructed by a simple spin coating. The CMX coating layer can provide abundant nucleation sites and uniformize the charge distribution through the zincophilic Ti 3 C 2 Cl 2 MXene matrix, leading to homogenous Zn deposition. In addition, the hydrophobic coating contained anti-corrosive Cu nanoparticles can prevent the Zn anode from the electrolyte, beneficial for suppressing the chemical corrosion and HER. Therefore, the stable and reversible Zn plating/stripping is achieved for the Zn anode coated by the CMX, which exhibits the lifespan of over 1400 h at 0.5 mA cm −2 , and even can steadily run for 700 h with 65 mV at 10 mA cm −2 . Furthermore, CMX@Zn shows a high coulombic efficiency of over 100% for 3800 cycles, which indicates that the CMX@Zn electrode has excellent stability and reversibility of Zn stripping/plating. The full batteries assembled with ZnCoMnO/C (ZCM) cathodes also exhibits higher capacity (450.6 mAh g −1 at 0.1 A g −1 ) and cycle stability (capacity retention of 70% after 1500 cycles). This work enhanced the lifespan of AZIBs and broaden the research of multifunctional coating layer to other secondary batteries based on metal anodes.
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ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
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2024
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IF 7.1
Xin Yang,Guanbao Wei,Jihui Cao,Zhengxin Ding,Rusheng Yuan,Jinlin Long,Chao Xu
Electrochemical conversion of nitrate to valuable ammonia is a promising but challenging study of wastewater treatment and resource recovery. Herein, we reported an MXene-Cu lamellar electrified membrane with confined channels as a flow-through electrode for ammonia (NH3) synthesis by nitrate (NO3–) reduction. The introduction of Cu nanoparticles into Ti3C2Tx-stacked membranes could broaden their plane channels to improve the mass transfer while confining their permeability to achieve modulation of the water flux. By coordination of the catalytic capacity of Cu nanoparticles as well as the tunable water flux, the Ti3C2Tx-Cu flow-through membrane electrodes exhibited excellent electrocatalytic performance. Particularly, in a closed-cycle flow-through mode, the optimized Ti3C2Tx-Cu membranes were able to convert NO3– to NH3 efficiently, even at high feed concentrations. In addition, these membrane electrodes possessed not only excellent long-term durability but also resistance to organic dye contaminations due to their inherent rejection capability, which allowed them to maintain stable electrocatalytic properties in complex solutions. This work demonstrates that the use of MXene-based electrified membranes with confined channels as flow-through electrodes may be an alternative strategy to achieve sustainable NO3– decontamination and NH3 synthesis, which will conduce to the practical application of specific electrified membranes in the electrochemistry field.
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BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
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2021
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IF 9.642
Yue Han,Chao Liu,Xiangchen Kong,Xing Wang,Yuyang Fan,Ming Lei,Ming Li,Rui Xiao,Longlong Ma
In this study, two counterexamples of lignin preoxidation-hydroconversion were reported. First, two lignin feedstocks were preoxidized with 2,3-dichloro-5,6-dicyano-1,4-benzoquinone (DDQ) in acetonitrile with various dosages (15%, 30%, and 60%). Then, these preoxidized lignins (HELOs and MWLOs) were hydroconverted in supercritical ethanol catalyzed by Cu/CuMgAlO x . Total yields from HELOs were all higher than those from HEL , indicating the good promotion of DDQ preoxidation on the subsequent hydroconversion of HELOs, especially with the DDQ dosage of 15%. Differently, the promotion effect of DDQ preoxidation on the hydroconversion of MWLOs depended on the DDQ dosage as well as the reaction time. Through the comparison of two counterexamples, this work bursted the myth that preoxidation can always promote the subsequent hydroconversion of lignin, revealed the influence of lignin property, preoxidation degree, and reaction conditions on the subsequent hydroconversion of preoxidized lignin, and presented the new insight into the preoxidation-hydroconversion strategy for lignin.
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COLLOIDS AND SURFACES B-BIOINTERFACES
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2024
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IF 5.4
Qianying Jia,Qinggong Jia,Shijie Zhu,Yufeng Zheng,Shaokang Guan
In the cardiovascular field, coating containing copper used to catalyze NO (nitric oxide) production on non-degradable metal surfaces have shown unparalleled expected performance, but there are few studies on biodegradable metal surfaces. Magnesium-based biodegradable metals have been applied in cardiovascular field in large-scale because of their excellent properties. In this study, the coating of copper loaded in silk fibroin is fabricated on biodegradable ZE21B alloy. Importantly, the different content of copper is set to investigate the effects of on the degradation performance and cell behavior of magnesium alloy. Through electrochemical and immersion experiments, it is found that high content of copper will accelerate the corrosion of magnesium alloy. The reason is the spontaneous micro-batteries between copper and magnesium with the different standard electrode potentials, that is, the galvanic corrosion accelerates the corrosion of magnesium alloy. Moreover, the coating formed through silk fibroin by the right amount copper not only have a protective effect on the ZE21B alloy substrate, but also promotes the adhesion and proliferation of endothelial cells in blood vessel micro-environment. The production of NO catalyzed by copper ions makes this trend more significant, and inhibits the excessive proliferation of smooth muscle cells. These findings can provide guidance for the amount of copper in the coating on the surface of biodegradable magnesium alloy used for cardiovascular stent purpose.
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