Journal of CO2 Utilization
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2019
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IF 5.189
Qingqing Li,Xurui Zhang,Xiaodong Zhou,Qingyu Li,Hongqiang Wang,Jin Yi,Yuyu Liu,Jiujun Zhang
Electrocatalytic CO 2 reduction to produce low-carbon chemicals/fuels is one of the most important approaches for CO 2 emissions reduction and utilization. However, the insufficient catalytic activity, stability and selectivity of the electrocatalysts have been identified to be a major challenge. In this work, novel Bi-MWCNT-COOH/Cu catalysts are prepared via a facile co-electrodeposition technique on copper foil to obtain catalyst electrodes for selectively electro-catalyzing CO 2 reduction to produce formic acid (HCOOH). The as-prepared electrodes exhibited high catalytic activity, stability and selectivity toward the production of HCOOH. The faradaic efficiency for HCOOH production can reach values up to 91.7 % at ―0.76 V vs. RHE, with no obvious degradation after 12 h of continuous electrolysis. The proposed electrodeposition technique to produce composite catalyst electrodes is characterized by simplicity, rapidity, and cost-effectiveness, being promising for scaled-up industrial applications.
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FOOD CONTROL
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2019
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IF 4.248
Baoshan He,Dandan Yan
In this work, an electrode which comprises Au nanoparticles (AuNPs) and electrochemically reduced graphene oxide (ERGO) recombined Cu based metal-organic framework (Cu-TDPAT) was prepared for nitrite detection. The structure and constituent of the modified material were investigated by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and FT-IR. The electrochemical behavior of nitrite at the modified electrode was performed by cyclic voltammetry and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. The results indicated that the oxidation process of nitrite happened at recommended electrode had a superior response. The proposed electrode showed high electrocatalytic capacity toward nitrite oxidation with a wide linear working range (0.001–1000 μmol·L −1 ) and a detection limit of 0.006 μmol·L −1 . Finally, the sensor was successfully applied to detect nitrite in real sample and achieved desirable recovery rate, showing its potential application in real-time detection of food .
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SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL
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2019
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IF 6.393
Xue Hu,Xidong Liu,Xiaodan Zhang,Haiyan Cao,Yuming Huang
By tuning the photoluminescence of alloy Cu/Ag nanoclusters (NCs) and thiamine (VB 1 ) simultaneously through MnO 2 nanowires, we report a simple and label-free ratiometric fluorescent platform for sensitively and selectively sensing of glutathione (GSH). Ag doping of Cu NCs significantly enhances the quantum yield (QY, about 2-fold enhancement), oxidation resistance to air, storage stability (60 days versus 1 day), photostability and salt stability of the resultant Cu/Ag NCs. Impressively, MnO 2 nanowires quench the fluorescence of Cu/Ag NCs, while they enhance the fluorescence of nonfluorescent VB 1 via oxidation reaction between VB 1 and dissolved oxygen to produce oxVB 1 as a nanozyme catalyst. Upon introduction of GSH as a target, the MnO 2 nanowires are reduced to Mn 2+ and lose their quenching capacity and oxidase-like activity, resulting in FL recovery of Cu/Ag NCs and fluorescent decrease of oxVB 1 . Hence, a ratiometric luminescence signal is obtained, providing a novel ratiometric fluorescent strategy for detecting GSH through target induced regulation of the catalytic activities and quenching ability of MnO 2 nanowires. The sensor exhibited a wide linear concentration range (10 nM to 70 μM) for GSH with a detection limit of 6.5 nM. The ratiometric sensor was successfully used for GSH detection in biological samples.
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Crystals
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2019
·Vol. 9
·期 5
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IF 2.061
Niannian Yang,Runkai Wang,Pinhua Rao,Lili Yan,Wenqi Zhang,Jincheng Wang,Fei Chai
Calcium alginate (CA) beads as a green sorbent were easily fabricated in this study using sodium alginate crosslinking with CaCl2, and the crosslinking pathway was the exchange between the sodium ion of α-L-guluronic acid and Ca(II). The experimental study was conducted on Cu(II), Cd(II), Ni(II) and Zn(II) as the model heavy metals and the concentration was determined by inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES). The characterization and sorption behavior of the CA beads were analyzed in detail via using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The adsorption experiments demonstrated that the CA beads exhibited a high removal efficiency for the selective adsorption of Cu(II) from the tetra metallic mixture solution and an excellent adsorption capacity of the heavy metals separately. According to the isotherm studies, the maximum uptake of Cu(II) could reach 107.53 mg/g, which was significantly higher than the other three heavy metal ions in the tetra metallic mixture solution. Additionally, after five cycles of adsorption and desorption, the uptake rate of Cu(II) on CA beads was maintained at 92%. According to the properties mentioned above, this material was assumed to be applied to reduce heavy metal pollution or recover valuable metals from waste water.Keywords:alginate beads;green sorbent;selective adsorption;heavy metals
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INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH
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2019
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IF 3.375
Sheying Dong,Qian Zheng,Guiqi Huang,Xiaohong Wang,Tinglin Huang
A new method based on coordination polymer [Cu(bipy)(SO4)]n (CP) and functionalized CP, which have a low cost and a easy preparation for selective removal of two organic pollutants in aqueous solution was proposed. Experimental results indicated that CP had excellent adsorption capacity for Alizarin red S (ARS) (1051 mg g–1) and Acid orange 7 (AO7) (989 mg g–1) by ion-exchange interaction. It was found that the kinetic and equilibrium adsorptions were well-modeled using the pseudo-second-order kinetic and the Langmuir isotherm model, respectively. Furthermore, the anionic surfactant (sodium dodecyl sulfonate, SDS) was introduced into the chain structure of CP by anionic exchange to form functionalized CP material (CP/SDS) to remove another type of organic pollution which was representative fluoroquinolone antibiotics like Enrofloxacin (EF), Sparfloxacin (SF), and Levofloxacin lactate (LL) from aqueous solution. Several conditions affecting the removal efficiency of three antibiotics including the composition ratio of SDS in adsorbent, pH, adsorbent dosage, and ionic strength were investigated. Due to the hydrophobic effect of the long methylene chain units in SDS molecular and cyclopropyl, phenyl and alkyl groups in antibiotics, the CP/SDS adsorbent have remarkable adsorption capacity for three antibiotics compared to some commercially available adsorbents, and it requires only 10 min to reach adsorption equilibrium. Thus, the results of this work demonstrate that CP and functionalized CP as the promising adsorbent materials can selectively remove two types of organic pollutants from aqueous solution. In the meantime, it exhibits the alternative exploitation approach for one-dimensional CP in environmental applicability.
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Scientific Reports
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2019
·Vol. 9
·期 1
·1-14
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IF 4.011
Dong Fang,Meng Yu,Han Weiliang,Zhao Haijun,Tang Zhicheng
Here, we synthesized a series of Cu/CeO 2 catalysts with different morphology and size, including Cu/CeO 2 nanospheres (Cu/CeO 2 -S), Cu/CeO 2 nanoparticles (Cu/CeO 2 -P), Cu/CeO 2 nanorods (Cu/CeO 2 -R) and flower-like Cu/CeO 2 microspheres (Cu/CeO 2 -F) to systematically explore the structure-activity relationship in CO oxidation. Crucially, the effect of morphology, crystal size, Ce 4+ /Ce 3+ species, oxygen vacancies derived from the removal of lattice oxygen (O latt ) species in CeO 2 and lattice defect sites on CO activity was revealed through various characterizations. It was clearly discovered that the activity of these catalysts was as follows: Cu/CeO 2 -R > Cu/CeO 2 -P > Cu/CeO 2 -S > Cu/CeO 2 -F, and the Cu/CeO 2 -R catalyst preferentially showed the best catalytic performance with a 90% conversion of CO even at 58 °C, owned the smaller particles size of CeO 2 and CuO, and exhibited the higher concentration of O latt species and oxygen vacancies. Besides, it is also verified that the Cu/CeO 2 -F sample exhibited the larger CeO 2 crystal size (17.14 nm), which led to the lower Cu dispersion and CO conversion, even at 121 °C (T 90 ). Most importantly, we discovered that the amount of surface lattice defect sites was positively related to the reaction rate of CO. Simultaneously, DFT calculation also demonstrated that the introduced oxygen vacancies in CeO 2 could accelerate the oxidation of CO by the alteration of CO adsorption energy. Therefore, the morphology, the crystal size, the content of oxygen vacancies, as well as lattice defects of Cu/CeO 2 catalyst might work together for CO oxidation reaction.
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Coatings
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2019
·Vol. 9
·期 12
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IF 2.33
Diping Zeng,Zhiyi Liu,Song Bai,Jian Wang
In the present work, a coating was prepared on an Al alloy substrate by plasma electrolytic oxidation (PEO). To seal the micro defects in the oxide scale, a siloxane layer was prepared on the PEO coating by sol gel method. The polymer sealant was synthesized from Tetraethoxy silane (TEOS) and methacryloxy propyl trimethoxyl silane (MPTES). The chemical structure of the polymer was studied by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). The morphologies and microstructure of the PEO coating and siloxane coating were investigated by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The results showed that siloxane formed a continuous layer on the surface and effectively sealed the micro defects. The corrosion behavior of the coatings in three different corrosion solutions (NaCl, HCl, and NaOH) was examined by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and potentiodynamic polarization. The corrosion resistance of the sealed coatings was superior to that of the PEO coating because it prevented the penetration of corrosive solutions. The corrosion resistance of the sealed coatings was found to decrease with increasing electrolyte concentration. The work demonstrated that siloxane sealing may greatly enhance the corrosion resistance of Al-based PEO coating in acidic, neutral, and alkaline environments.Keywords:PEO coating;silane polymer;sealing treatment;corrosion resistance
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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
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2019
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IF 8.355
Meng Li,Juan Zhou,Yong-Guang Bi,Shao-Qi Zhou,Ce-Hui Mo
Microbial fuel cell (MFC) is a novel electrochemical technique that can produce bioelectricity by electro-active bacteria, while the bioelectricity depends greatly on electrochemical activity of cathode catalyst. Here, some effective transition metal composites are synthesized by a facile hydrothermal method, and these composites are used as oxygen reduction electrocatalyst for enhancing power output in air cathode MFC . A series of structural characterizations suggest that CoN@C possesses abundant oxygen vacancies and pyridinic-N. Linear sweep voltammetry (LSV) analysis demonstrates CoN@C can take part in oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) through a 4e- transfer pathway. At a loading amounts of 5 mg cm −2 , CoN@C cathode can achieve the maximum power density (1202.3 ± 18.6 mW m −2 ), which is 1.09 times higher than that of commercial Pt/C (1104.1 ± 24.7 mW m −2 ). High power output of CoN@C-5 is ascribed to the introduction of pyridinic-N, abundant oxygen vacancies, and large electrochemical active area. Consequently, CoN@C composite is an effective cathode electrocatalyst to replace precious Pt/C for MFC application.
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BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
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2018
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IF 3.226
Amjad Hussain Memon,Runsheng Ding,Qipeng Yuan,Hao Liang,Yun Wei
Enhancing activity of multiple enzymes by co-localization are key topics in bionanotechnology. Herein, we introduce a facile co-immobilization of glucose oxidase (GOx) and horseradish peroxidase (HRP) in the matrix of Cu (copper) and GMP (guanosine 5′-monophosphate). The multienzyme system by co-immobilizing GOx&HRP observed with high catalytic efficiency and stability compared with free GOx&HRP enzymes. GOx&HRP@Cu/GMP stability was observed 40% increased at pH 3 and thermal stability more than 70% determined at 90 ᵒ C. The storage stability was sustained 8 times higher than free enzymes after thirteen days and reusability after reacting eight times with fresh substrate retains 90% relative activity. Further, GOx&HRP@Cu/GMP demonstrated an excellent selectivity in the development of glucose biosensor and exhibited good resistance against the protease enzymes and organic solvents. The obtained results emphasize that co-immobilization of GOx&HRP in the matrix of Cu/GMP could be an efficient protocol for the biocatalyst encapsulation.
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ChemCatChem
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2018
·Vol. 11
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Xiao-Li Li,Guo-Hui Yang,Meng Zhang,Xiao-Feng Gao,Hong-Juan Xie,Yun-Xing Bai,Ying-Quan Wu,Jun-Xuan Pan,Yi-Sheng Tan
Graphical Tuning selectivity : Cu/SiO 2 was prepared by ammonia evaporation and used as catalyst for the direct synthesis of ethanol from CO hydrogenation. Both the Cu + /(Cu + +Cu 0 ) values and copper crystallite sizes had significant effects on the selectivity towards ethanol. Cu/SiO 2 catalyst was prepared by the ammonia evaporation method for the direct synthesis of ethanol from CO hydrogenation. The catalyst exhibited the initial ethanol selectivity as high as 40.0 wt %, which dramatically decreased from 40.0 to 9.6 wt % on the stream of 50 h. XRD, XPS, TEM and N 2 O titration techniques were employed to elucidate the ethanol selectivity change and catalyst structure evolution during reaction process. The experiment and characterization results indicated that both Cu + /(Cu + +Cu 0 ) value and copper crystallite size had great effects on the ethanol selectivity. During the initial 38 h, the ethanol selectivity obviously decreased from 40.0 to 18.2 wt %, and Cu + /(Cu + +Cu 0 ) value on the catalyst surface rapidly dropped from 0.67 to 0.39, while the copper crystallite size remained almost unchanged. However, during the reaction period of 38–50 h, the Cu + /(Cu + +Cu 0 ) value possessed no distinct change, but a further decrease in ethanol selectivity and a rapid aggregation in Cu particles were observed simultaneously. The present systematic investigation demonstrated that the decrease of Cu + /(Cu + +Cu 0 ) value was the main factor for the loss of ethanol selectivity during the initial 38 h, whereas the rapid growth of Cu particles during the reaction period of 38–50 h were mainly contributed to the further decline of ethanol selectivity.
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CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS
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2018
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IF 5.158
Jian Li,Keman Zuo,Weibing Wu,Zhaoyang Xu,Yonggang Yi,Yi Jing,Hongqi Dai,Guigan Fang
This study describes the preparation of an aerogel adsorbent based on nanofibrillated cellulose(NFC) and polyethyleneimine(PEI) via electrostatic combination without chemical crosslinking. Purely physical crosslinking between NFC and PEI was confirmed by attenuated total refraction-Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR) and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). The NFC/PEI hybrid aerogels exhibited good structural stability and shape recovery in water. Absorption experiment shows that the hybrid aerogels are excellent adsorbents for the removal of heavy metal ions owing to the highly porous structure and the existence of plenty of amine groups. Thermodynamic and kinetic study showed pseudo-second-order equation and Langmuir model ( R 2 > 0.999) as the best fit. The maximum adsorption capacity of Cu(II) and Pb(II) according to Langmuir model was 175.44 mg/g and 357.44 mg/g, respectively. Besides, the Cu(II) or Pb(II) loaded NFC/PEI aerogel could be easily regenerated by EDTA and retain the adsorption capacity after repeatedly using. This environmentally friendly hybrid aerogels with high-performance are promising candidates for sewage disposal and metal pollution treatment.
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APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
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2018
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IF 4.439
Ge Ma,Junlin Lu,Qingguo Meng,Haiqin Lv,Lingling Shui,Yongguang Zhang,Mingliang Jin,Zhihong Chen,Mingzhe Yuan,Richard Nötzel,Xin Wang,Chuanyi Wang,Jun-Ming Liu,Guofu Zhou
In this work, a series of efficient visible-light-driven WO 3 /Cu (II) nanofiber photocatalysts, with superior photocatalytic activities for the degradation of dyes and aniline, were prepared by electrospinning and impregnation methods. The impregnation method brought about homogeneous distribution of Cu (II) species on the surface of WO 3 nanofibers. The prepared WO 3 /Cu (II) nanofiber photocatalysts exhibited enhanced visible-light absorption and reduced charge recombination, as compared to pure WO 3 nanofibers, due to the interfacial charge transfer (IFCT) effect between the Cu (II) species and WO 3 . The combined benefits of the grafting Cu (II) species on the surface of WO 3 , in terms of optical, surface, and texture properties, led to a significant improvement in the photocatalytic activity for the degradation of Rhodamine B (Rh B) and aniline under conditions of visible light irradiation. Upon the irradiation with visible light in the presence of WO 3 /Cu (II)-2% photocatalyst, the concentration of Rhodamine B (Rh B) decreased from 10 mg/L to 1.5 mg/L, and that of aniline solution decreased from 5 mg/L to 0.728 mg/L over a period of 3 h. And after running five cycles, the concentration of aniline solution could decrease from 5 mg/L to 0.89 mg/L by WO 3 /Cu (II)-2% photocatalyst.
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