Gels
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2023
·Vol. 9
·期 5
·405
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IF 4.6
Feng Liu,Xin Di,Xiaohan Sun,Xin Wang,Tinghan Yang,Meng Wang,Jian Li,Chengyu Wang,Yudong Li
The persistent challenge of removing viscous oil on water surfaces continues to pose a major concern and requires immediate attention. Here, a novel solution has been introduced in the form of a superhydrophobic/superoleophilic PDMS/SiO2aerogel fabric gathering device (SFGD). The SFGD is based on the adhesive and kinematic viscosity properties of oil, enabling self-driven collection of floating oil on the water surface. The SFGD is able to spontaneously capture the floating oil, selectively filter it, and sustainably collect it into its porous fabric interior through the synergistic effects of surface tension, gravity, and liquid pressure. This eliminates the need for auxiliary operations such as pumping, pouring, or squeezing. The SFGD demonstrates exceptional average recovery efficiencies of 94% for oils with viscosities ranging from 10 to 1000 mPa·s at room temperature, including dimethylsilicone oil, soybean oil, and machine oil. With its facile design, ease of fabrication, high recovery efficiency, excellent reclaiming capabilities, and scalability for multiple oil mixtures, the SFGD represents a significant advancement in the separation of immiscible oil/water mixtures of various viscosities and brings the separation process one step closer to practical application.
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MOLECULES
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2024
·Vol. 29
·期 18
·4391
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IF 4.2
Kaihui Hua,Zhijing Wu,Weijie Chen,Xiuan Xi,Xiaobing Chen,Shuyan Yang,Pinhai Gao,Yu Zheng
Titanium dioxide (TiO2) is widely employed in the catalytic degradation of wastewater, owing to its robust stability, superior photocatalytic efficiency, and cost-effectiveness. Nonetheless, isolating the fine particulate photocatalysts from the solution post-reaction poses a significant challenge in practical photocatalytic processes. Furthermore, these particles have a tendency to agglomerate into larger clusters, which diminishes their stability. To address this issue, the present study has developed Al2O3–SiO2–TiO2composite semiconductor porous ceramics and has systematically explored the influence of Al2O3and SiO2on the structure and properties of TiO2porous ceramics. The findings reveal that the incorporation of Al2O3augments the open porosity of the ceramics and inhibits the aggregation of TiO2, thereby increasing the catalytic site and improving the light absorption capacity. On the other hand, the addition of SiO2enhances the bending strength of the ceramics and inhibits the conversion of anatase to rutile, thereby further enhancing its photocatalytic activity. Consequently, at an optimal composition of 55 wt.% Al2O3, 40 wt.% TiO2, and 5 wt.% SiO2, the resulting porous ceramics exhibit a methylene blue removal rate of 91.50%, and even after undergoing five cycles of testing, their catalytic efficiency remains approximately 83.82%. These outcomes underscore the exceptional photocatalytic degradation efficiency, recyclability, and reusability of the Al2O3–SiO2–TiO2porous ceramics, suggesting their substantial potential for application in the treatment of dye wastewater, especially for the removal of methylene blue.
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CATALYSIS COMMUNICATIONS
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2024
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Yang Zhang,Qizhuang Zou,Ruiqi Fang,Hua Tan,Hongbing Ji,Yingwei Li
Yolk-shell nanoreactors feature numbers of advantages in promoting catalytic performance. This work demonstrates the fabrication of yolk-shell Fe 3 O 4 @SiO 2 /Al 2 O 3 - T ( T = 500–900 °C) from metal-organic framework. Characterizations indicate the Fe 3 O 4 yolk and SiO 2 /Al 2 O 3 shell of the obtained nanoreactors. Fe 3 O 4 @SiO 2 /Al 2 O 3 –800 showed excellent performance in furfural acetalization to 2-(dimethoxymethyl)furan, achieving a 97% yield at 60 °C, atmospheric pressure within 5 h. Control experiments reveal the high reactivity of Fe 3 O 4 yolks for furfural acetalization, and acidic Al species are favorable for reactivity promotion. Besides, porous SiO 2 /Al 2 O 3 shells facilitate mass transfer and increase the accessibility of active sites, also contribute to the high performance and stability.
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纳米材料科学
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Journal of Physical Chemistry C
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2020
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IF 4.189
Tengda Shi,Zhexiang Tang,Pei Liang,Xiubing Zhang,De Zhang,Qinchao Shao,Jie Huang,Zhi Yu,Yongquan Xu,Hongping Chen
The spectroscopy of surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS), with its high sensitivity and specific chemical fingerprinting, has received increasing attention. A stable substrate is extraordinarily important for the trace detection of the SERS technique, but the challenge of SERS substrate production with high stability and uniformity still imposes the unavoidable barriers. In this paper, we design a multilayer core–shell-nanostructured ZrO2@Ag@SiO2 nanoparticle through liquid extraction. First, we regulated the usage of AgNO3 (1 wt %) to obtain Ag@SiO2 which is silver coated with uniform distribution; on the surface of silica, the number of silver particles is abundant. Then, we discussed the influence when different concentrations of zirconium propoxide are added on the zirconia layer’s thickness. Then, we applied FDTD simulation to explain the position of SERS “hotpots” with and without ZrO2 coating. We have found that the detection capability of ZrO2@Ag@SiO2 can be up to 10–9 M for 4-ATP; with ZrO2@Ag@SiO2 SERS substrates exposed to the atmospheric environment for up to 30 days, we could still obtain the excellent SERS signal performance contributed by the good chemical stability of ZrO2, when ZrO2 is coated on the surface of Ag@SiO2, the zirconia layer formed has a protective role . These experimental results have indicated that the outer zirconia layer could prevent the silver surface from being oxidized, ensuring its stability , which is quite crucial for the applied SERS.
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Journal of Chemistry
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2018
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IF 1.726
Dong Wang,Yujun Zhu
The bimetal catalyst Pt-Cu/SiO2 was prepared by the impregnation method. Its catalytic performance was investigated by the selective hydrogenation of cinnamaldehyde. Pt-Cu/SiO2 exhibited much higher selectivity (64.1%) to cinnamyl alcohol than Pt/SiO2 (3.7%), while they showed similar conversion of cinnamaldehyde. This enhancement was attributed to the increase in the amount of the Pt0 species on the Pt-Cu/SiO2 surface, which is derived from the interaction between Pt and Cu revealed by XRD and XPS.
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RSC Advances
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2018
·Vol. 8
·期 8
·4032-4038
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IF 2.936
Yuting Xia,Jiayun Chen,Zhicai Zhu,Qilong Zhang,Hui Yang,Qianqian Wang
In this article, we provide a feasible method to prepare high-dielectric-constant hydrophobic composite films, which show potential application as the insulator layer in electrowetting devices. SiO2@MgO core–shell nanoparticles were fabricated via a hydrolysis process and embedded into the PMMA matrix. The microstructure of the nanoparticles and the cross-section of the films indicated that a SiO2 coating has successfully been prepared around the MgO particles with a thickness of about 20–30 nm and the nanofillers were homogeneously dispersed in the polymer. Hydrophobic films (contact angle ∼115°) with appropriate glass transition temperature were obtained. The dielectric constant at various frequencies of the functional fillers enhanced with increasing the SiO2@MgO filler content. The results suggested that SiO2@MgO is more effective in increasing the dielectric constant of PMMA when compared with MgO sheets. Typically, the dielectric constant of the PMMA composite filled with 40 wt% SiO2@MgO reaches 19.1 at 40 Hz, in contrast to 9.7 for the composite filled with 40 wt% MgO sheets and 3.8 for pristine PMMA. Also, the composites exhibited low electrical conductivity (≤10−7) even at high frequency. All the improved performances showed potential application in the dielectric layer of electrowetting devices.
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Journal of Materials Chemistry A
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2022
·Vol. 10
·期 7
·3400-3408
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IF 14.511
Cheng Wang,Tianqi Yang,Wenkui Zhang,Hui Huang,Yongping Gan,Yang Xia,Xinping He,Jun Zhang
The use of solid electrolytes can fundamentally change energy storage systems due to their higher safety and energy density. Herein, we design hydrogen-bonded polyethylene oxide (PEO) composite solid electrolytes (CSEs), which are hydrolyzed by tetraethyl orthosilicate (TEOS) in alkaline solution to form SiO2 with rich hydroxyl groups on its surface. This in situ formed SiO2 can not only reduce the crystallinity of PEO and increase the ionic conductivity (1.8 × 10−4 S cm−1 at 30 °C), but also adsorb anions so as to increase the lithium-ion transference number (tLi+ = 0.42). More importantly, hydrogen bonding can be formed with PEO, LITFSI and succinonitrile to form an interconnected network to improve the mechanical strength (Young's modulus = 0.72 GPa). In addition, we avoid the poor film formability and low mechanical strength by adjusting the ratio of EO : Li to 30 : 1 to reduce the content of lithium salt in the CSEs. Due to the high mechanical strength, the critical current density of lithium symmetrical batteries is as high as 1.4 mA cm−2. Using this CSE, a solid state LiFePO4‖Li battery delivers a high discharge capacity of 161.2 mA h g−1 at 0.5C with a capacity retention of 88% after 400 cycles at 30 °C. The in situ formed highly dispersed SiO2 reinforced PEO with abundant hydrogen bonds enables high performance of solid-state lithium batteries at room temperature.
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MOLECULES
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2023
·Vol. 28
·期 10
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IF 4.6
Tianyun Du,Xiaojie Xue,Xiuxun Han
Rare earth silicate phosphors of high quantum efficiency with a stable performance are promising materials in the fields of display and illumination. The grain sizes of products synthesized via the conventional solid-state reaction method are usually too large to satisfy the requirements of color cast and extraction efficiency in high-resolution light-emitting devices (LEDs). We designed a synthetic route and successfully fabricated rare earth silicate NaGd9Si6O26(NGSO) sub-microcrystals with a size ranging from 550 to 1200 nm. The reaction mechanism and optical properties were systematically investigated. The quantum efficiency of Eu3+-activated NGSO sub-microcrystals was about 36.6%. The LED encapsulated with these sub-microcrystals showed lower color deviation and higher lumen efficiency and lumen flux compared to that with NGSO fabricated using the conventional solid state reaction method.
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International Journal of Polymer Science
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2024
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Shuangjie Liu,Jialin Yu,Yongping Hao,Feng Gao,Mo Zhou,Lijun Zhao
Using Nafion212 membrane and TEOS solution as raw materials, Nafion212/SiO2 composite membranes were prepared. In the in situ sol-gel reaction process, a series of Nafion/SiO2 composite membranes were prepared by varying the reaction temperature and reaction time. The effects of different modification schemes on Nafion/SiO2 composite membranes were studied using SEM, EDS, TEM, TGA, XRD, and mechanical tensile experiments, among other methods. The results show that Nafion/SiO2 composite membranes prepared at 3°C exhibit a well-separated phase structure and excellent water retention properties, with a water uptake of 29.23% and a swelling ratio of 24.25%. These membranes also demonstrate outstanding physical and chemical performance, with a maximum tensile stress of 13.6 MPa and an elongation at a break of 270%. At 110°C, the proton conductivity of the Nafion/SiO2 composite membrane reaches 0.172 S/cm, meeting the requirements for high-temperature proton exchange membrane fuel cells.
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MICROPOROUS AND MESOPOROUS MATERIALS
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2022
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IF 5.876
Maosheng Zhang,Zhiqiang Shi,Yongcun Zou,Zongtao Zhang,Runwei Wang,Shilun Qiu
Porous carbons with controlled pore structure have attracted great interest owing to their excellent application potential. Herein, we report a simple synthetic route to synthesize the core-shell C@SiO 2 spheres with various pore structures by calcining core-shell structured RF@SiO 2 (RF = resorcinol-formaldehyde resin). The obtained C@SiO 2 spheres had high surface areas (238.5–732.5 m 2 /g), large pore volume (0.111–0.647 cm 3 /g) and abundant micro-mesoporous structure. The mesopore size of C@SiO 2 spheres can be easily turned in the range of 8–15 nm, by simply modifying the carbonization temperature, size and heating rate of RF@SiO 2 spheres. Among these, S–C@SiO 2 -400 spheres had higher mesopore volume of 0.207 cm 3 /g, this was related to internal carbon slices structure. Meantime, the toluene adsorption capacity of S–C@SiO 2 -400 spheres could reach 448.2 mg/g, which increased by 88.73% compared to ordinary carbon spheres. Moreover, the formation mechanism of the mesopore carbon slices structure was evaluated based on controlled experiments. This work provides a new synthetic method of micro-mesoporous carbon spheres, which can further enrich the application of carbon materials.
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Micro & Nano Letters
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2018
·Vol. 13
·期 5
·661-665
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IF 0.841
Bin Zhang,Jian Han
The preparation of silicon dioxide (SiO 2 )@poly(acrylic acid) (PAA) microsphere was reported. The modified microspheres can be well dispersed in polyvinyl chloride (PVC) matrix. The structure of SiO 2 @PAA microspheres can be well-controlled and its mixtures with chlorinated polyethylene (CPE) for controlling diisooctyl terephthalate (DOTP) migration from PVC matrix. The results showed that the migration of DOTP was decreased with increasing content of SiO 2 @PAA microspheres, and the use of CPE together with SiO 2 @PAA microspheres has a synergistic effect on the reduction of DOTP migration. Moreover, CPE can enhance the interface combination between SiO 2 @PAA microsphere and PVC, and good dispersibility was observed in PVC/CPE/SiO 2 @PAA composites.
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高分子化学
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APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
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2017
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IF 3.387
Fan Wang,Lijuan Zhang,Yeying Wang,Xijian Liu,Sohrab Rohani,Jie Lu
The graphene oxide (GO) functionalized by Fe 3 O 4 @SiO 2 @CS-TETA nanoparticles, Fe 3 O 4 @SiO 2 @CS-TETA-GO, was firstly fabricated in a mild way as a novel adsorbent for the removal of Cu(II) ions and methylene blue (MB) from aqueous solutions. The magnetic composites showed a good dispersity in water and can be conveniently collected for reuse through magnetic separation due to its excellent magnetism. When the Fe 3 O 4 @SiO 2 @CS- TETA-GO was used as an absorbent for the absorption of MB and Cu(II), the adsorption kinetics and isotherms data well fitted the pseudo-second-order model and the Langmuir model, respectively. Under the optimized pH and initial concentration, the maximum adsorption capacity was about 529.1 mg g −1 for MB in 20 min and 324.7 mg g −1 for Cu(II) in 16 min, respectively, exhibiting a better adsorption performance than other GO-based adsorbents reported recently. More importantly, the synthesized adsorbent could be effectively regenerated and repeatedly utilized without significant capacity loss after six times cycles. All the results demonstrated that Fe 3 O 4 @SiO 2 @CS-TETA-GO could be used as an excellent adsorbent for the adsorption of Cu(II) and MB in many fields.
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