SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGY
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2022
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IF 9.136
Renjie Li,Anli Chen,Qunfen Deng,Yujia Zhong,Ling Kong,Rui Yang
In this work, using melamine and MXene powder as precursors, NH 4 Cl as a template, a novel S-scheme heterojunction composite material g-C 3 N 4 /C-TiO 2 was synthesized by a one-step calcination method. During the calcination process, the gas template NH 4 Cl played a dual role, which not only striped the massive g-C 3 N 4 into porous flakes with a larger specific surface area but also striped the agglomerated MXene derivatives (C-TiO 2 ) nanoparticles, making them bind more closely with g-C 3 N 4 . The charge separation efficiency and photocatalytic performance were greatly improved due to the formation of heterojunction and the larger specific surface area of the sample. Within 50 min, the g-C 3 N 4 /C-TiO 2 exhibited high photocatalytic performance toward ciprofloxacin hydrochloride (CIP·HCl) with degradation efficiencies of 88.14% under visible light (λ ≥ 420 nm), which was 8.9 times higher than that of pure g-C 3 N 4 . In addition, we also used a series of characterizations to confirm the mechanism of S-scheme heterojunction and inferred the possible CIP photodegradation pathway.
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材料科学
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环境科学
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JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE-MATERIALS IN ELECTRONICS
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2022
·Vol. 33
·期 16
·13271-13289
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IF 2.779
Yu Xiaochen,Song Zeyu,Dong Xiaoqian,Li Huajian,Liu Haonan,Zhao Baoyan,Ye Ting,Jiang Yinlin,Li Xiaojie,Duan Li,Fan Jibin,Zhao Peng
g-C 3 N 4 and rare earth (RE)-doped (Yb, Nd and Ce) g-C 3 N 4 nanosheets were synthesized by a thermal method. The remarkable effects of RE doping on the structural, morphological, and optical properties of g-C 3 N 4 were investigated using XRD, FT-IR, SEM, BET, XPS, UV–Vis, PL, EIS and Mott–Schottky characterization techniques. The photocatalytic activities of RE doped g-C 3 N 4 nanosheets for different dyes were improved compared with g-C 3 N 4 under visible light irradiation, among which Ce/g-C 3 N 4 showed outstanding performance. Due to the doping of RE, it modulates the electronic structure of pristine g-C 3 N 4 and broadens its optical absorption range. In addition, a possible mechanism of photocatalytic degradation of dyes was propounded by free radical trapping experiments. This work may provide a reference for the rational design of photocatalysts and inspiration for the photocatalytic mechanism.
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材料科学
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环境科学
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化学
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ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
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2025
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IF 8.2
Shenao Wang,Yuan Yang,Yongtao Zhao,Jianwei Qiu,Xiaochen Wu,Zhaojun Liu,Fei Ding,Pengchao Si
Electrochemical reduction of CO2 (ECO2RR) to formate represents a promising approach to achieving carbon neutrality, yet it faces significant challenges due to the low adsorption efficiency of the CO2 intermediates. In this study, we developed a highly dispersed electron-rich Bi metal catalyst, utilizing low-cost g-C3N4 as a nonmetallic support and electron donor. This design created a conductive network and a multielectron environment around the Bi atoms that facilitated dynamic interfacial charge transfer from g-C3N4 to Bi, thus enhancing the catalytic efficiency of active sites. The assembly catalyst exhibited a formate selectivity of over 90% within a wide potential window and maintained stable catalytic activity in simulated seawater solutions. In situ Raman spectroscopy and DFT calculations indicated that the incorporation of the nonmetallic support shifted the Bi-p band center to more negative values while increasing Bader charge transfer between Bi and *OCHO intermediates. This indicated enhanced adsorption of the *OCHO intermediate by electron-rich Bi, thus improving the selectivity and activity for formate production.
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环境科学
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催化化学
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
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2017
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IF 3.582
Yu-pei Li,Fa-tang Li,Xiao-jing Wang,Jun Zhao,Jiang-nan Wei,Ying-juan Hao,Ying Liu
A quantum-sized hematite iron oxide (α-Fe 2 O 3 )/graphitic carbon nitride (g-C 3 N 4 ) hybrids have been designed and constructed through a facile in situ calcination treatment. The α-Fe 2 O 3 /g-C 3 N 4 hybrids were analyzed via various characterization techniques including XRD , TEM , UV–Vis DRS , XPS , and their photocatalytic efficiencies were evaluated by visible light-driven hydrogen evolution . The results reveal that the cooperation of α-Fe 2 O 3 and g-C 3 N 4 during fabrication process leads to synergy effects of not only the morphology but also the microstructure. These hybrids exhibit much higher hydrogen evolution efficiency than pure g-C 3 N 4 under visible-light illumination due to their improved light harvesting capability, enhancement of surface areas , predominant (110) facet exposure of α-Fe 2 O 3 as well as a prominent quantum size effect , and highly efficient electron transfer and separation. A proposed Z-scheme mechanism was further verified experimentally.
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材料科学
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光催化
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纳米材料
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能源化学
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半导体物理
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表面科学
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JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS
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2024
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IF 6.5
Mingyuan Guo,Yongning Ma,Zhanqing Liu,Donghua Wang,Yuhao Yang,Xiaolong Li,Enzhou Liu
Halogen doping is an effective approach to regulate the electronic structure and improve photocatalytic properties of g-C 3 N 4 . Here, a salt-assisted approach was employed to prepare layered porous halogen-doped g-C 3 N 4 . The effects of halogen electronegativity and pore morphology were discussed. Highly electronegative F-doped g-C 3 N 4 with smaller pore size and higher surface area displayed the enhanced absorption property on reactants. The H 2 production rate decreased and the RhB degradation significantly increased with increasing the electronegativity of layered porous g-C 3 N 4 , which was significantly different from the conventional halogen-doped g-C 3 N 4 prepared with halogenated acid and monolayer g-C 3 N 4 . The decreased H 2 evolution can be ascribed to the strong adsorption property, and the strong interactions between halide ions and H + were difficult to be disassociated. Additionally, the RhB degradation performance of halogen-doped g-C 3 N 4 significantly increased with increasing the electronegativity. The most active species that dominated the RhB degradation of F-doped g-C 3 N 4 are leaved holes (h + ), which are totally different from that of the pristine g-C 3 N 4 and Cl/Br-doped g-C 3 N 4 (superoxide radicals,·O 2 – ). This work helps us to well understand the role and importance of electronegativity and pore morphology on the H 2 generation and RhB degradation properties of layered porous g-C 3 N 4 .
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材料科学
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环境科学
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Environmental Science-Nano
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2019
·Vol. 6
·期 9
·2850-2862
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IF 7.704
Xiaoyu Bai,Yi Li,Liangbo Xie,Xiaohui Liu,Sihui Zhan,Wenping Hu
Antibiotics accumulate because of their extensive use and difficult degradation, which can lead to the formation of novel antibiotic resistant genes and bacteria, which can cause damage to human health and the ecological environment. Here, we designed a novel photo-electro-Fenton-like (PEF-like) system with bifunctional Z-scheme WO3/g-C3N4 for accelerated decomposition and enhanced mineralization of stubborn ciprofloxacin (CIP). This PEF-like system, accompanied by visible light activation, with the optimal WO3/g-C3N4 (1 : 6) composite exhibited outstanding removal efficiency of CIP compared with a single photocatalysis system and electro-Fenton-like (EF-like) system, and the elimination rate reached 100% within 2 h under visible light irradiation. The WO3/g-C3N4 (1 : 6) composite displayed the strongest visible light absorption, the weakest recombination of electron–hole pairs, the highest photocurrent response and the lowest electrochemical impedance compared with pristine WO3 and g-C3N4. Significantly, WO3/g-C3N4 (1 : 6) played a dual role in the PEF-like system which could not only produce ˙OH, ˙O2− and h+ during photocatalysis, but could also generate ˙OH through the reactions of W5+ and photoexcited electrons of g-C3N4 for the decomposition of H2O2. It was worth noting that this bifunctional PEF-like catalyst with photoelectric synergy could replace Fe2+ in a conventional electro-Fenton reaction and the pH range was broadened while still maintaining efficient degradation efficiency in the range of 2–9. The PEF-like system maintained a high elimination rate of CIP after five consecutive runs which revealed that it possessed prominent stability and feasibility.
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环境科学
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材料科学
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MATERIALS SCIENCE IN SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESSING
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2020
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IF 3.085
Tianxu Zhang,Fei Chang,Yingfei Qi,Xinyi Zhang,Jieya Yang,Xiaoqi Liu,Shijie Li
In this investigation, a facile alkali-free one-pot synthetic protocol was developed to construct binary SnO 2 / g -C 3 N 4 composites for sake of environment friendliness. These composites were systematically characterized by various analytical techniques. X-ray powder diffraction (XRD) patterns, Fourier-transform infrared spectra (FT-IR), and X-ray photoelectron spectra (XPS) identified the coexistence of both components that were closely combined to generate heterojunction structures proven by high resolution transmission electron microscope (HRTEM) observations. These binary composites showed enhanced photocatalytic performance over methyl orange decolorization under visible light irradiation in comparison to bare g -C 3 N 4 , mostly attributing to morphological harmony of both ingredients, formation of heterojunction domains, and well-aligned band structures. Besides, the satisfactory reusability and structural stability of composites were identified. Basing on entrapping experiments and electron spin resonance (ESR) analyses, a possible photocatalysis mechanism was preliminarily inspected. It was noted that the variation of real weight percent of SnO 2 in composites was constrained to some degree, which should be settled in future work by appropriate modifications of such synthetic protocol.
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材料科学
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环境科学
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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
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2023
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IF 15.1
Lijun Chen,Chenguang Wang,Guozhao Liu,Guanwen Su,Leping Dang,Hongyuan Wei
Rational utilization of the surface charge property of components is an effective method to prepare heterojunction. The surface of g-C 3 N 4 nanosheets (CNs) and black phosphorous nanosheets (BPs) both exhibit negative charge, which would produce repulsive force to hinder them from approaching each other. Herein, non-noble and low-toxic Cu(II) was selected to harmonize the CNs and BPs together under the interaction of surface charges, and the Cu(II) was reduced in situ to Cu with good conductivity, obtaining the sandwich-like product BPs/Cu/CNs with tight interface and high separation efficiency of photogenerated carriers. The composites exhibited attractive degradation performance for various pollutants under visible light, especially, 95.3 % of ciprofloxacin (10 mg/L, 200 mL) was removed in 60 min with 50 mg of 6BPs/4Cu/CNs as photocatalyst, and the removal ratio can still reach 87.4 % after the fifth reuse with negligible leaching of Cu ions. An unconventional type-II band structure was built in the BPs/Cu/CNs under the drive of internal electric field and mutual attraction of opposite charges, in which the e - from CB of BPs transferred to Cu and then combined with the h + from VB of CNs, leaving the e - from CB of CNs and h + from VB of BPs still work. Despite the same result to that of typical type-II band structure of BPs/CNs, the flow of photogenerated carriers in the BPs/Cu/CNs was more favorable in thermodynamics.
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材料科学
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环境科学
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DALTON TRANSACTIONS
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2019
·Vol. 48
·期 10
·3486-3495
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IF 4.052
Juying Lei,Bin Chen,Weijia Lv,Liang Zhou,Lingzhi Wang,Yongdi Liu,Jinlong Zhang
A TiO2/g-C3N4 composite photocatalyst with an inverse opal structure and heterojunction has been successfully prepared by a relatively facile approach. The catalyst was characterized by a combination of XRD, SEM, HRTEM, XPS, PL, EIS and DRS techniques and applied for the photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants represented by Rhodamine B, phenol and levofloxacin. The results of RhB degradation showed that the rate constant of inverse opal TiO2/g-C3N4 with the best compound ratio is 0.184 min−1, which is 2.7 times faster than that of normal TiO2/g-C3N4 and 4.2 times faster than that of inverse opal TiO2. The enhancement of photocatalytic activity may be attributed to the matched overlapping band structure and the interaction between inverse opal g-C3N4 and TiO2. The inverse opal structure of g-C3N4 has improved the optical absorption properties of g-C3N4 and the interaction between inverse opal g-C3N4 and TiO2 creates more interfaces for the efficient transfer of photogenerated electron–hole pairs to restrict the recombination, which was proved from the photoluminescence spectra (PL). Moreover, a possible photocatalytic mechanism has been tentatively proposed according to the experimental results. All in all, both the inverse opal structure and heterojunction construction play significant roles in the excellent photocatalytic degradation performance according to the mechanism investigation.
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材料科学
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环境科学
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光催化
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Journal of Materials Chemistry A
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2025
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IF 9.5
Ze Li,Youbin Zheng,Yuze Wang,Zhenjie Hao,Yuhui Huang,Rui Zhu,Dinghao Zheng,Ruixia Zhong,Liang Dong,Jianbing Zang,Pengfei Li,Zheng-Jun Wang
To address the kinetic limitations of CO2 desorption in the urea oxidation reaction (UOR), we develop a urotropine-induced strategy to engineer NiS–Ni3S2@g-C3N4 electrocatalysts. Urotropine, serving as both a structure-directing agent and g-C3N4 precursor, forms a dandelion-like architecture with narrowed columnar fluffs to maximize the surface area. The electronegativity difference between g-C3N4 and NiS–Ni3S2 induces local electron interactions, converting inactive sites to electron-enriched active sites and reducing adsorption energy barriers for CO2 desorption, the rate-limiting step. This catalyst exhibits outstanding UOR performance with a 1.24 V onset potential, 1.34 V to reach 100 mA cm−2, and 90% activity retention over 40 hours, while also demonstrating superior trifunctional activity rivaling IrO2 (OER: η10 = 90.9 mV) and Pt/C (HER: η10 = 13 mV). The urea electrolyzer requires only 1.26 V for 10 mA cm−2 with 48-hour stability. This work provides a breakthrough in designing efficient electrocatalysts through synergistic structural and electronic regulation.
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JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
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2022
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IF 9.965
Qiao Teng,Haifeng Wu,Hao Sun,Yuanxi Liu,Hui Wang,Zhen-Gang Wang
Reconstruction of enzymatic active site in an artificial system is key to achieving high catalytic efficiency. Herein, we report the self-assembly of the lysine-containing peptides with guanine-rich DNA and hemin to form peroxidase-mimicking active sites and catalytic nanoparticles . The DNA strand self-folds into a G-quadruplex structure that provides a supramolecular scaffold and a potential axial ligand for hemin. The β-sheet forming capability of the lysine-containing peptides is found to affect the catalytic synergy between the G-quadruplex DNA and the peptide. It is hypothesized that the β-sheet formation of the peptides results in the enrichment of the lysine residues , which distribute on the distal side of hemin to promote the formation of Compound I, like distal arginine residue in natural heme pocket. Incorporation of the histidine residues into the lysine-containing peptides further enhanced the hemin activities, indicating the cooperation between the lysine and histidine. Furthermore, the peptide/DNA/hemin complexes can be switched between active and inactive state by reversible formation and deformation of the DNA G-quadruplex, which was attributed to the peptides-promoted conformational changes of the DNA components. This work opens an avenue to mimic the catalytic residues and their spatial distribution in the natural enzymes, and shed light on the design of the smart biocatalysts that can respond to the environmental stimuli.
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生物化学
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分子生物学
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纳米生物学
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Frontiers in Energy
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2020
·Vol. 14
·期 4
·759-766
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IF 2.657
Bian Zhengxu,Tang Zehua,Xie Jinfeng,Zhang Junhao,Guo Xingmei,Liu Yuanjun,Yuan Aihua,Zhang Feng,Kong Qinghong
As the anode material of lithium-ion battery, silicon-based materials have a high theoretical capacity, but their volume changes greatly in the charging and discharging process. To ameliorate the volume expansion issue of silicon-based anode materials, g-C 3 N 4 /Si nanocomposites are prepared by using the magnesium thermal reduction technique. It is well known that g-C 3 N 4 /Si nanocomposites can not only improve the electronic transmission ability, but also ameliorate the physical properties of the material for adapting the stress and strain caused by the volume expansion of silicon in the lithiation and delithiation process. When g-C 3 N 4 /Si electrode is evaluated, the initial discharge capacity of g-C 3 N 4 /Si nanocomposites is as high as 1033.3 mAh/g at 0.1 A/g, and its reversible capacity is maintained at 548 mAh/g after 400 cycles. Meanwhile, the improved rate capability is achieved with a relatively high reversible specific capacity of 218 mAh/g at 2.0 A/g. The superior lithium storage performances benefit from the unique g-C 3 N 4 /Si nanostructure, which improves electroconductivity, reduces volume expansion, and accelerates lithium-ion transmission compared to pure silicon.
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能源存储
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