Journal of Physical Chemistry C
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2016
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Ning Li,Yamei Li,Wenjing Li,Shidong Ji,Ping Jin
Photochromic TiO2@MoO3 core–shell (TM) nanopowder was synthesized by a one-step hydrothermal method and characterized with XRD, TEM, Raman, and a spectrophotometer. The nanopowder has a very small particle size of 5–10 nm in diameter, and a well-defined core–shell structure with the tight interface; that is, an anatase TiO2 core is tightly surrounded with amorphous MoO3, to form an ideal heterojunction structure. The growth mechanism was proposed with a surface-induced nucleation of amorphous MoO3 from a well-mixed precursor, where the mutual inhibition between core and shell led to the confined core size. The photochromic performance of TiO2@MoO3 was evaluated in solution as well as casted thin film on glass using a spectrophotometer, with a comparison to that of single MoO3. A significant enhancement in the photochromic properties was demonstrated for TM; that is, the change of the absorbance in water at 600 nm is about 30 times larger than that of α-MoO3, and a 20% transmittance regulation at 500–800 nm was obtained for the TM-based thin film. Meanwhile, the samples in ethanol showed much stronger photochromic coloration efficiency than that in water by 66.6% enhancement in the absorption at 600 nm. Such a significant photochromic enhancement is considered to the formation of a relatively ideal heterojunction at the interface, leading to an efficient electron–hole separation. The size effect of TM provides a high specific surface area for cation insertion/extraction and diffusion and decreases the distance of electron transfer. Furthermore, a shift of excitation wavelengths from UV to visible was also observed due to the appearance of extra defect bands by Mo doping into TiO2 in their interface, which was supported by XRD and Raman measurements. The enhanced photochromic performance of TiO2@MoO3 is expected to be used for color displays and smart windows.
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COLLOIDS AND SURFACES A-PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING ASPECTS
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2023
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Zhixiang Cui,Shengnan Tian,Xiaolong Liu,Qianting Wang,Sen Zeng,Junhui Si
The efficient elimination of toxic dye and Cr(VI) from wastewater by photocatalysis is still a challenge due to the unsatisfactory photocatalytic efficiency and difficult separation of the photocatalyst . Herein, the thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) fiber membrane was prepared by electrospinning and then titanium dioxide (TiO 2 ) nanoparticles were loaded on the fiber membrane by ultrasonic-assisted method, followed by in-situ polymerizations of polyaniline (PANI) on the surface of the membrane. The synergistic effect of TiO 2 and PANI results in faster charge migration and more efficient separation of photogenerated charge carriers. Photocatalytic experiments revealed that TPU/TiO 2 /PANI fiber membranes were highly efficient for dye degradation and Cr(VI) reduction under visible light irradiation. 99.7 % of Congo red was degraded by TPU/TiO 2 /PANI membrane within 30 min, and the reaction rate reached 0.2 min −1 . The Cr(VI) reduction efficiency was up to 99.0 % within 25 min with a reaction rate of 0.128 min −1 . Additionally, the TPU/TiO 2 /PANI membrane exhibited a low loss in catalytic activity even after recycling 10 times, suggesting superior recycling stability compared to TPU/TiO 2 membrane. The result of the electron spin resonance (ESR) experiment showed that superoxide radicals (-O 2 - ) and hydroxyl radicals (-OH - ) were involved in the photocatalytic degradation process. The prepared TPU/TiO 2 /PANI fiber membrane combined with excellent photocatalytic capacity, good stability and easy recovery makes it a good candidate for removing dye and Cr(VI) from wastewater.
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Sustainable Energy & Fuels
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2022
·Vol. 6
·期 23
·5281-5289
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IF 6.813
Zhefei Zhao,Xingyu Luo,Jiaxi Peng,Siqi Wang,Tianyang Guo,Huajun Zheng
Electrocatalytic conversion of biomass-derived platform molecules is regarded as an emerging approach to obtain high-value fuels and chemicals. Herein, a heterostructured design strategy involving dispersed Ag nanoparticles immobilized on one-dimensional TiO2 nanotubes (Ag-TiO2 NTs) for the electroreduction of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) into 2,5-dihydroxymethylfuran (DHMF) was reported. The optimal electrode exhibited an 82.2% FE, 89.8% selectivity, and DHMF productivity value of 0.1 mmol cm−2 h−1. Electrochemical measurements combined with density functional theory (DFT) calculations manifested that the superior performance was derived from the heterojunction-induced metal–semiconductor interactions at the interface, by which the TiO2 NTs and Ag bring complementary advantages inhibiting the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and facilitating charge transfer. Moreover, the catalytic activity of the Ag sites on Ag-TiO2 NTs was considered separately. The mass activity of Ag on Ag-TiO2 NTs reached 5.8 mol L−1 g−1, which was far more than that of Ag mesh (0.038 mol L−1 g−1), indicating the significantly enhanced activity of Ag with high utilization. This could be attributed to the controllable nucleation of Ag through the confinement effect of TiO2 NTs, acquiring dispersed Ag nanoparticles. The design scheme for the heterostructured Ag-TiO2 NTs electrocatalyst displays prospective applications for developing highly efficient electrocatalysts for the electrochemical reduction of HMF.
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RSC Advances
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2023
·Vol. 13
·期 5
·2993-3003
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YiZhi Zeng,Feng Zhou,Yuan Gao
In the present research, the preparation process parameters of TiO2 nanotube arrays (TNAs) prepared by anodic oxidation were systematically studied by the orthogonal experimental method for the first time. Herein, the parameters of nine factors were optimized; the optimal parameters were: the electrolyte was a 0.2 mol L−1 NaF solution with 3% vol H2O at pH 7, the anodic oxidation voltage was 40 V, the electrode spacing was 4 cm and the reaction was carried out for 60 minutes. The physicochemical properties of the materials were characterized by SEM, XRD, EDS, UV-vis, and PL spectroscopy. By electrodeposition of Bi2O3 modified TNAs, the degradation rate of unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine (UDMH) wastewater on the TNAs-10 was 89.14% within 10 h, which was 2.69 times that on pure TNAs. A bias potential of +0.3 V (vs. open circuit potential) was applied to the modified TNAs-10. The degradation rate of UDMH was significantly enhanced on the TNAs-10 (bias) process as compared to the TNAs-10 process. The degradation rate of UDMH wastewater on TNAs-10 (bias) exhibited an exponential distribution. UDMH and its toxic by-products FDMH, NDMA were completely degraded after 8 h.
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ACS Nano
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2023
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Ruohan Yu,Yexin Pan,Yihang Liu,Liang Zhou,Dongyuan Zhao,Jinsong Wu,Liqiang Mai
TiO2 has been considered as a promising intercalation lithium-ion-battery (LIB) anode material owing to its robust cyclability. However, it suffers from low capacity. Herein, we construct a sub 10 nm scale interfused TiO2/SiOx hybrid with a bicontinuous structure, in which bridged TiO2 nanoparticles (over 80 wt %) are densely packed within a wormlike SiOx network, through the simple oxidation of MAX Ti3SiC2 ceramic. State-of-the-art in situ microscopy characterization unravels a “mutual-stabilizing” effect from the interfused TiO2/SiOx hybrid upon lithiation. That is to say, the two interpenetrated active components restrain the volume expansion of each other with the stress being relieved through abundant interfaces. Meanwhile, the stress generated from one phase functioned as the compressive force on the other phase and vice versa, offsetting the overall volume effect and synergistically reinforcing the structure integrity. Benefiting from the “mutual-stabilizing” effect, the TiO2/SiOx composite manifests a high and stable specific capacity (∼671 mAh g–1 after 580 cycles at 0.1 A g–1) with a low volume expansion of ∼14% even in an extended potential window of 0.01–3.0 V (vs Li+/Li). The concept of mutual-stabilizing effect, in principle, applies to a wide class of interfused bicontinuous hybrids, providing insight into the design of LIB anode materials with high capacity and longevity.
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Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering
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2023
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Sheng-Zhe Zhao,Ran Lu,Yi Yang,Yun Lu,Raul D. Rodriguez,Jin-Ju Chen
Photocatalysis has a broad prospect for generating H 2 and reactive oxygen species . In this study, porous nanotubular g-C 3 N 4 /TiO 2 photocatalysts were obtained via electrospinning combined with an innovative vapor deposition approach. The waste foam was used as the precursor material for TiO 2 nanotubes , reducing production cost and benefiting resource recovery. The modification of g-C 3 N 4 onto TiO 2 nanotubes provided extensive active sites with an increased specific surface area and produced the heterojunction to improve charge separation. The g-C 3 N 4 /TiO 2 nanotubes displayed remarkable photocatalytic effects in the degradation of organic dye with a removal efficiency of 93.4% and H 2 evolution reaction performing at 4122 μmol·g −1 ·h −1 under simulated sunlight. Photocatalytic activation product analyses and density functional theory (DFT) calculations demonstrated a possible photogenerated carriers transfer pathway. This work provides a way to prepare multifunctional porous nanotubes using a facile synthesis method from abandoned resources with implications for environmental remediation and hydrogen generation.
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JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
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2022
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Shuguo Yu,Hongyan Zhang,Jun Zhang,Ziyan Hu
Respiratory monitoring is an effective method to assess human health and provides valuable information for early warning and diagnosis of respiratory diseases. However, respiratory monitoring equipment relies on traditional power supply model, which limits real-time monitoring of breathing in fields of outdoor adventure, nomadism and long-distance running. As a solution, a triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG)-driven self-powered humidity sensor for human breath monitoring was prepared. A flexible TENG composed of Ti 3 C 2 T x : PDMS composite film and Ni/Cu polyurethane foam sponge was used as self-powered part of the device, RGO-TiO 2 humidity sensor was used as the respiratory sensing part of the device. Compared with the traditional humidity sensor, TENG-driven self-powered RGO-TiO 2 (TENG-RGTO) shows high response (359.2), fast response/recovery time (1/5.2 s), good reversibility, small humidity hysteresis (0.54%) in the range from 0% RH to 95% RH. Furthermore, TENG-RGTO humidity sensor can realize recognition of breathing states at different frequencies and intensities in real time. Meanwhile, a breathing alarm device driven by humans is designed. This research not only broadens the application range of TENG but also provides a new design idea for self-powered breathing monitoring sensor.
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CHEMICAL PHYSICS LETTERS
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2023
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Yue Chen,Huan Liu,Liang Hu,Youliang Shen,Lingfang Qiu,Liezhen Zhu,Qianxiang Shi,Xun Xu,Ping Li,Shuwang Duo
Novel Z-scheme ZnIn 2 S 4 /TiO 2-x photocatalyst was successfully fabricated through self-sacrificing template-chemical bath deposition combined with a NaBH 4 reduction method for the first time. It was found that ZnIn 2 S 4 /TiO 2-x exhibited high-efficient visible-light photocatalytic RhB degradation of 91 % within 40 min, which was almost 45.5, 1.2, and 6.1 times better than that of TiO 2 , ZnIn 2 S 4 /TiO 2 , and TiO 2-x , respectively. Moreover, an obscure change in catalytic activity can be observed after five recycles. The excellent photocatalytic performance can be attributed to the synergistic effect of Ov, ZnIn 2 S 4 , and MOF-derived TiO 2 , which extend the visible-light photoresponse range and promote the separation of photo-generated charge carriers.
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Journal of Materials Chemistry A
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2023
·Vol. 11
·期 8
·4302-4309
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Menghan Yu,Nan Wang,Kuo Lin,Dongxue Song,Jie Chen,Teng Liang,Jianhui Sun,Kai Pan,Honggang Fu
Photocatalytic selective oxidation of benzyl alcohol into benzaldehyde at normal temperature and pressure is one of the important topics in the catalysis field. Here, a lead-free double perovskite Cs2AgBiBr6 nanocrystal/mesoporous black TiO2 composite was prepared by a vacuum-assisted method, and then it was applied for photocatalytic selective oxidation. The photocatalytic oxidation of benzyl alcohol to benzaldehyde was found to occur with 75% conversion and 99% selectivity with the Cs2AgBiBr6 nanocrystal/black TiO2 composite, which were better than those of single Cs2AgBiBr6 nanocrystals and black TiO2, respectively. This was due to the formation of a Z-type heterogeneous structure between Cs2AgBiBr6 nanocrystals and black TiO2, which effectively promoted the separation and transfer of electrons and holes, ultimately leading to excellent photocatalytic activity. During the whole catalytic process, carbon-centered radicals were the key intermediates for the dehydrogenation of benzyl alcohol. This work may provide some practical suggestions for the fabrication of benzyl alcohol selective oxidation photocatalysts.
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FUEL
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2023
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Zhuojie Zhong,Bowen Luo,Chengyin Lin,Tao Yin,Zhipeng Tian,Chao Wang,Ying Chen,Yanxue Wu,Riyang Shu
An ultrafast preparation method that coupled the photochemical method with the microfluidic technology to synthesize the highly dispersed Ru/TiO 2 catalyst within only 1 min was proposed. This method had an enhanced electron excitation and a high electron transfer efficiency during the preparation process due to the small dimension of the microchannel, which enabled to shorten the preparation time greatly. Much higher metal reduction efficiency was obtained than that of the single photochemical method, and a high Ru metal dispersion on the TiO 2 surface can be achieved. Moreover, a strong interaction between the metal site and the support was formed, resulting in more spillover hydrogen. This Ru/TiO 2 catalyst presented a high activity on the HDO of phenolic compounds. Guaiacol was converted into cyclohexane with 97.6 % selectivity at 260 °C. The raw lignin-oil also can be upgraded efficiently, with the hydrocarbon content increased from 6.7 % to 69.4 %.
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JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
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2022
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Xinqi Chen,Wenjing Lv,Zhili Shi,Pujia Cheng,Kaidong Zhan,Yaqi Liu,Fan Wu,Quinn Qiao
The photovoltaic conversion of heterojunction solar cells relies on the interface properties between n-type and p-type semiconductors. N-type TiO 2 -nanoarray (NA), ferroelectric BiFeO 3 interlayer, and p-type BiOI were used to fabricate a ternary bulk heterojunction using a solution-based method in this study. Solid-state solar cells of FTO/TiO 2 -NA/BiFeO 3 /BiOI/spiro-OMeTAD/Ag are constructed for the first time, and their photo-electric conversion performance is studied. The addition of a BiFeO 3 interlayer at the interface between TiO 2 -NA and BiOI increased the solar cell open-circuit voltage ( V oc ) from 0.18 to 0.47 V and the short-circuit current ( J sc ) from 0.29 to 0.54 μA/cm 2 , resulting in a nearly 5-fold increase in power conversion efficiency. The Kelvin Probe force microscope analysis confirmed that the polarization electric-field ( E self ) generated by the BiFeO 3 interlayer is directed toward BiOI, thereby increasing the surface potential and decreasing electron and hole back flows between TiO 2 and BiOI. This additional electric field caused greater charge concentrations and a greater V oc . Furthermore, the E self directed toward the BiOI increased the built-in electric field ( E bi ) in the space charge area from TiO 2 to BiOI, allowing for greater separation of photogenerated electrons and holes and thus raising the J sc . The findings of this study suggested that manipulating internal electric fields via polarization could be an effective method for enhancing the performance of solar cells based on BiOI.
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ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
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2022
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Tiantian Du,Jun Niu,Leyao Wang,Jintao Bai,Shengxing Wang,Shijie Li,Yongzhe Fan
Daytime radiative cooling technology can release heat into outer space without consuming any electricity during the day while reflecting as much solar radiation as possible. This characteristic gives radiative cooling materials considerable application potential in the fields of energy-saving buildings, fabrics, and photovoltaic cells. The radiative cooling coating (RC coating) applied to a building should cover a large area of the building surface, so a RC coating was prepared by spraying. The RC coating consisted of highly near-infrared reflective yttrium oxide (Y2O3), titanium dioxide (TiO2), and polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS). The RC coating could reach a high solar reflectance of 92.2% and a high atmospheric window emissivity of 94.9%. The complementary reflectivity of TiO2 and Y2O3 was the key to obtaining high reflectivity for RC coatings. The results of field tests showed that the cavity where the RC coating is cooled was 7.7 °C lower than the ambient temperature under direct sunlight. Moreover, the average radiative cooling power of the RC coating was 72.5 W/m2 on a hot summer day. In addition, the RC coating has good stability and thus can be used in various conditions, such as on outdoor buildings.
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