Chemical Engineering and Processing-Process Intensification
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2025
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Xiaojing Zhu,Caihe Peng,Wenjiang Kang,Jie Zhang,Rui Yin,Zhilin Wu,Zhengya Dong
Microfluidics have been widely used for the preparation of small and monodisperse liposomes but it still suffered from the challenges with fouling-free, velocity independent and steadily flash mixing. Herein, we developed a novel ultrasonic microreactor with an adjustable tube-in-tube structure (USM-AT) for robust preparation of uniform liposomes with narrow distribution via antisolvent method. Within the USM-AT, different cavitation behaviors could be tuned by altering inner tube position, manifesting four distinct cavitation patterns. The bubble clusters pattern exhibited a superior mixing performance even at low total flow rate ( t mix =22 ms at TFR=1.0 mL/min), which was further enhanced with increasing TFR, ultrasonic power and gas content. Additionally, by adjusting the operation parameters, the USM-prepared liposomes exhibited small size and low polydispersity index (PDI<0.1), superior to that of liposome prepared by traditional ethanol injection. The results from the present work may pave an avenue for the efficient and robust fabrication of monodisperse nanomaterials.
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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
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2024
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Xinqi Luan,Xuehui Jia,Syed Jalil Shah,Jingyu Bao,Shunxiang Qin,Ruimeng Wang,Jiguang Deng,Zhongxing Zhao,Zhenxia Zhao
Low adsorption efficiency and secondary pollution release pose a bottleneck for the efficient capture of radioactive iodine vapor during nuclear utilization via adsorption. In addition, the simultaneous adsorption of iodine vapor alongside other harmful vapors in complex systems has been rarely reported. In this work, an electron/H-donating defective pore construction strategy involving MIL-101 modification via amino acids (AAs) was proposed to enhance its simultaneous adsorption efficiency for iodine and formaldehyde vapors. These defective microenvironments possessed microporous property with 11.3 Å, which not only formed strong affinity for I 2 molecules itself but also enhanced its adsorption interaction towards polyiodide anion (I 3 - and I 5 - ) through electron donation of AAs. Moreover, these adsorbed polyiodide anions and AAs-SL within the MOFs, resulting in multisite capture of FA via NH…O-H…I hydrogen bonding. The results revealed that AAs coordinated MIL-101 exhibited superior removal rate ( k 80% = 0.61–1.15 g g −1 h −1 ) for iodine vapor than that of the original MIL-101, which was 3.6–30.8 times higher that of state-of-the-art adsorbents under similar conditions. Notably, a high-capacity superior retention rate of 94.8 % was achieved for its I 2 adsorption after exposure to air for 7 days. After adsorption of iodine, AAs coordinated MIL-101 retained high FA adsorption capacity up to 9.7–12.9 mg/g, representing 75.1 %–87.7 % of the original AAs@MIL adsorption capacity for FA. This defective engineering strategy in MOFs supplied an efficient method for removing multiple harmful gases from the surrounding nuclear waste atmosphere.
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Journal of Energy Chemistry
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2024
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Shenfei Zhao,Xiaoshuai Wu,Jiliang Zhang,Chunjie Li,Zixiang Cui,Weihua Hu,Ruguang Ma,Changming Li
Aqueous zinc-sulfur batteries at room temperature hold great potential for next-generation energy storage technology due to their low cost, safety and high energy density. However, slow reaction kinetics and high activation energy at the sulfur cathode pose great challenges for the practical applications. Herein, biomass-derived carbon with single-atomic cobalt sites (MMPC-Co) is synthesized as the cathode in Zn-S batteries. The catalysis of single-atom Co sites greatly promotes the transform of cathode electrolyte interface (CEI) on the cathode surface, while offering accelerated charge transfer rate for high conversion reversibility and large electrochemical surface area (ECSA) for high electrocatalytic current. Furthermore, the rich pore structure not only physically limits sulfur loss, but also accelerates the transport of zinc ions. In addition, the large pore volume of MMPC-Co is able to relieve the stress effect caused by the volume expansion of ZnS during charge/discharge cycles, thereby maintaining the stability of electrode structure. Consequently, the sulfur cathode maintains a high specific capacity of 729.96 mA h g −1 after 500 cycles at 4 A g −1 , which is much better than most cathode materials reported in the literature. This work provides new insights into the design and development of room-temperature aqueous Zn-S batteries.
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SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGY
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2024
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Juncheng Ma,Shuangping Xu,Xintian Wang,Mingyu Zhang,Yanqing Qu,Qiping Cao,Hongge Jia,Jingyu Xu,Xing Wang
The efficient adsorption and storage of radioactive iodine from uranium fission reactions is essential for safe nuclear energy. Bio-based adsorption materials have gained significant attention in the field of radioactive contaminants removal. This is primarily due to their numerous advantages, including a wide range of raw material sources, low cost, ease of preparation, low toxicity, high removal efficiency and stable storage. In this study, rape pollen was chosen as sources of biomass porous carbon, which possesses a micron-sized ellipsoidal shape, homogeneous size, porous structure with sparsely linked network inside, and high carbon content. A biomass derived porous carbon (K-RPC) was synthesized by pretreatment, heat treatment, and advanced treatment techniques. The results indicate that the K-RPC exhibited a hierarchical porous structure with homogeneous and wormhole-like micro- or nanopores, and high specific surface area. The K-RPC demonstrates exceptional iodine capture performance, the capacity surpasses that of most bio-based adsorbents. Remarkably, the maximum adsorption capacity of iodine vapor is approximately fifteen times higher than that of commercial silver exchanged zeolite. The adsorption mechanism, primarily characterized by chemisorption. This study is the first attempt to apply pollen in the field of iodine capture, and the biomass porous carbon extracted from rape pollen has the potential to be a cost-effective iodine adsorption material.
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES
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2024
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Guiyun Deng,Feifan Lu,Shuojun Li,Yuying Long,Jianghong Wu,Xiaofeng Guo,Chunyin Li,Zhiyong Song,Mohamed F. Foda,Fang Ding,Heyou Han
Citrus Huanglongbing (HLB) poses an enormous challenge to Citrus cultivation worldwide, necessitating groundbreaking interventions beyond conventional pharmaceutical methods. In this study, we propose molybdenum disulfide-chitosan nanoparticles (MoS 2 -CS NPs) through electrostatic adsorption, preserving the plant-beneficial properties of molybdenum disulfide (MoS 2 ), while enhancing its antibacterial effectiveness through chitosan modification. MoS 2 -CS NPs exhibited significant antibacterial efficacy against RM1021 , and the closest relatives to Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus ( C Las), Erwinia carotovora , and Xanthomonas citri achieved survival rates of 7.40 % ± 1.74 %, 8.94 % ± 1.40 %, and 6.41 % ± 0.56 %, respectively. In vivo results showed, C Las survival rate of 10.42 % ± 3.51 %. Furthermore, treatment with MoS 2 -CS NPs resulted in an increase in chlorophyll and carotenoid content. Concomitantly, a significant reduction in malondialdehyde (MDA), soluble sugar, hydrogen peroxide (H 2 O 2 ), and starch contents was also observed. Mechanistically, MoS 2 -CS NPs enhanced the activity of antioxidant-related enzymes by upregulating the expression of antioxidant genes, thereby galvanizing the antioxidant system to alleviate oxidative stress. Collectively, this dual functionality—combining direct antibacterial action with the activation of plant defense mechanisms—marks a promising strategy for managing Citrus Huanglongbing and suggests potential agricultural applications for MoS 2 -based antibacterial treatments.
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Matter
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2024
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Pei Li,Shuo Yang,Jiaxiong Zhu,Shengnan Wang,Yue Hou,Huilin Cui,Ze Chen,Rong Zhang,Zhuoxi Wu,Yiqiao Wang,Zhiquan Wei,Xinghui Liu,Shaoce Zhang,Xinliang Li,Chunyi Zhi
Chlorine-based electrochemical energy storage is a promising candidate for sustainable battery technology. The anionic redox reaction of Cl 0/−1 is of interest due to its superior redox potential (1.36 V vs . standard hydrogen electrode [SHE]), capacity (756 mAh g −1 ), high power, and low cost. Although Cl chemistry has been used in aqueous batteries for a long time, its deployment in organic lithium batteries has been significantly impeded due to the insolubility of Cl − ions (<0.1 M). Scarce oxidizable Cl − blocks redox reactions and the inevitable lithium chloride (LiCl) film passivates electrodes on discharge. We report a eutectic effect to improve the Cl − solubility in organic electrolytes (2 M or higher) by mixing a series of N-/P-centered chloride salts with lithium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide at specific ratios. Based on an optimized Cl − concentration, a Li-Cl 2 cell using I as a chemical fixation can achieve a three-electron transfer with a specific capacity of 702 mAh g −1 and an energy density of 1,116 Wh kg −1 .
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ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA
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2024
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Yifan Zhang,Shilong Liu,Yemiao Gao,Lili Meng,Jiajia Huang
The shuttle of iodine species is considered the obstacle to the application of aqueous zinc iodine (Zn-I 2 ) batteries. Although cathode hosts with electrostatic adsorption to iodine species have been developed to suppress the shuttle effect of polyiodide, the strong interaction between polyiodide and hosts significantly slow down the kinetics of oxidation–reduction of iodine species. Here, a host with strong constraint and catalytic effects on iodine species based on strong base ion exchange resin is established, while the interaction and catalytic performance of hosts on iodine species is regulated by adjusting the functional group structure and the loading amount of quaternary ammonium cobalt phthalocyanine (QACoPc). UV–vis spectroscopy and electrochemical characterization confirm that the iodine host suppresses the shuttle of polyiodide. Moreover, the kinetic analyses reveal that the introduction of QACoPc into host improves the redox kinetic process of iodine species. Consequently, the polymer-based Zn-I 2 battery exhibits stable cycling ability (98.9 % retention rate after 2000 cycles at the current density of 10 C, 1 C: 160 mAh g −1 ) and excellent rate performance (150.6 mAh g −1 at 1 C and 105.9 mAh g −1 at 50 C) due to the strong constraint and catalytic effects of host on iodine species.
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ACS Applied Nano Materials
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2024
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Dinghao Zhang,Lijuan Dong,Mengwei Dong,Xingye Yao,Shaozhou Li,Hengchang Bi,Xiao Huang,Jian Zhang
Boron nanosheets with high surface hydrophilicity and proton conductivity are promising for ionic devices. However, their poor electrical conductivity has severely limited their applications in resistive-type electronic devices. Herein, electrically conductive three-dimensional boron/MXene hollow spheres were prepared by a freeze-drying-assisted self-assembly method. The composites were fabricated into resistive-type humidity sensors, which showed high sensitivity with a three-orders-of-magnitude variation in resistance, a wide detection range (11–97%), fast response and recovery time (4 s/3.8 s), and long-term stability. The excellent humidity sensing performance can be attributed to the abundant hydrophilic groups on both the inner and outer surfaces of open spheres as well as to a coupled hole/proton conducting process. As a proof of concept, real-time remote monitoring of human respiration was achieved by integrating our humidity sensor with a Bluetooth module, enabling differentiation of breathing frequency as rapid as 0.8 s.
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ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA
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2011
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Zhe Sun,Ren-Kai Zhang,Huan-Huan Xie,Mao Liang,Rui-Hong Du,Song Xue
4- N , N -Dimethylaminopyridine (DMAP) was introduced into poly(ethyleneoxide)/oligo(ethylene glycol) (PEO/PEG) electrolytes for dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs). The improved photovoltaic performance of DMAP-doped DSCs was attributed to the integrated effects of the upward displacement of the TiO 2 band edge and the decrease in the electron recombination rate. Remarkably, the presence of DMAP suppresses electron recombination via two combined pathways involving the dissociation of triiodide to iodide by a complexation reaction and a modification of the surface state distribution in the band gap of TiO 2 . With the addition of DMAP, the open-circuit voltage enhances dramatically. The short-circuit photocurrent density has a small increase at low DMAP concentration and drops afterwards. The power conversion efficiency is 4.07%, which corresponds to a 63% increase over that of the DSC without DMAP.
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AICHE JOURNAL
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2025
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Lixue Liu,Shuainan Zhao,Chaoqun Yao,Guangwen Chen
Generation and oscillation of cavitation bubbles are key factors to intensify fluid mixing in ultrasonic microreactors (USMRs). This work proposed a strategy of introducing a “pre-cavitation” stage in a novel USMR (I-USMR), which facilitates accelerating the cavitation and fluid mixing in the mixing zone. The cavitation phenomenon and mixing characteristics in the I-USMR were investigated. Two distinct cavitation bubble patterns, bubble array and bubble cluster, were identified and mapped using dimensionless parameters. Due to the accelerated development of cavitation, very rapid mixing was achieved in both solvent-antisolvent processes and common aqueous–aqueous mixing, under small Reynolds number ( Re < 200). The mixing rate can be improved by several fold compared to previous studies. Finally, this method was applied to synthesize mini-emulsions and PEG-PLGA nanoparticles, both of which were very sensitive to the mixing efficiency, demonstrating excellent mixing performance and great potential in these applications.
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SOLID-STATE ELECTRONICS
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2011
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Yan-Shuang Wei,Qian-Qian Jin,Tie-Zhen Ren
A kind of new carbon material – expanded graphite (EG) was prepared and then used with 5B pencil-lead as counter electrodes for the DSSCs. The EG/pencil-lead products were discussed following five different weight ratios of 1:0, 1:1, 1:2, 2:1, and 0:1. And flake graphite was employed for comparison. Commercial P25 TiO 2 adsorbing dye N719 was used as photoanode and ionic liquid was adopted as electrolyte to compose the cell. Using green light-emitting diode (525 nm, LED) as the light source, J – V curves were recorded using the Zahner Zennium CIMPS system based on an IM6x electrochemical workstation. When the mass ratio of the mixture was 1:1, the overall conversion efficiency of DSSCs reached to highest value 7.7% ( J sc = 0.441 mA cm −2 , V oc = 683 mV, fill factor = 0.637) under green-light intensity.
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JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES
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2012
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Bo Tang,Guoxin Hu
Two kinds of graphene modified TiO 2 composites are synthesized by hydrothermal method and layer-by-layer self-assembly technology. Graphene/titanate nanotubes (GTNTs) films have great light-harvesting efficiencies, and the amount of graphene does not obviously influence their optical performance. Alternating graphene/TiO 2 (prepared by supercritical treatment, GSCT) multilayer films possess superior electron transport ability, and the number of bi-layers plays as a central role for their electrical property. The outstanding light scattering and carrier transport properties of these promising films promote the performance of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). The power conversion efficiencies ( η ) of the DSSCs reach 6.46% and 7.54% under AM-1.5G by using GSCT-P25 (10 μm) and P25-GTNTs (15 μm) photoanodes, and the increases are 33.8% and 20.6% compared with that of by using a P25 photoanode with same thickness. The η reaches 8.67% when a preliminarily optimized GSCT-P25-GTNTs (15 μm) photoanode is adopted, which is far better than employing a pure P25 photoanode (6.25%).
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