International Journal of Minerals Metallurgy and Materials
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2022
·Vol. 29
·期 2
·283-291
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IF 3.85
Zheng Jihong,Zhu Liangxin,Shen Zhitao,Li Fumin,Ling Lanyu,Li Huilin,Chen Chong
An excellent organolead halide perovskite film is important for the good performance of perovskite solar cells (PSCs). However, defects in perovskite crystals can affect the photovoltaic properties and stability of solar cells. To solve this problem, this study incorporated a complex of CdS and Cd(SCN 2 H 4 ) 2 Cl 2 into the CH 3 NH 3 PbI 3 active layer. The effects of different doping concentrations of CdS and Cd(SCN 2 H 4 ) 2 Cl 2 on the performance and stability of PSCs were analyzed. Results showed that doping appropriate incorporation concentrations of CdS and Cd(SCN 2 H 4 ) 2 Cl 2 in CH 3 NH 3 PbI 3 can improve the performance of the prepared solar cells. In specific, CdS and Cd(SCN 2 H 4 ) 2 Cl 2 can effectively passivate the defects in perovskite crystals, thereby suppressing the charge recombination in PSCs and promoting the charge extraction at the TiO 2 /perovskite interface. Due to the reduction of perovskite crystal defects and the enhancement of compactness of the CdS:Cd(SCN 2 H 4 ) 2 Cl 2 :CH 3 NH 3 PbI 3 composite film, the stability of PSCs is significantly improved.
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COLLOIDS AND SURFACES A-PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING ASPECTS
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2023
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IF 5.2
Zhijie Liu,Qiang Zhao,Shuitao Gao,Yun Yan,Baocai Xu,Cheng Ma,Jianbin Huang
Surfactant@cyclodextrin (CD) inclusions regarded as specific building blocks can form a single unit with a 1:1 ratio through host-guest interaction, and self-assemble into various nanostructures in aqueous solution. In this study, a polymeric-like building block, nC 12 C 6 C 12 (Me)@nγ-CD, is constructed by assembling e surfactant and γ-CD. This building block can assemble into well-defined nanostructures such as vesicles, nanotubes , and sheets in different concentrations. Due to the hydrogen bonding and electrostatic interactions to be the driving force of nC 12 C 6 C 12 (Me)@nγ-CD aggregates formation, the morphologies among vesicles, nanotubes , and sheets could be reversibly transformed by multiple stimulus such as temperature, solvent additives, and ions.
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MATERIALS CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS
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2023
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IF 4.6
Jiang Cheng,Zhen Zhang,Minghao Zhao,Youwei Guan,Xihao Chen,Xiang Meng,Hua Tang,Lu Li,Shenghao Wang
CdS films prepared via chemical bath deposition exhibit extremely good performance as a buffer layer of chalcogenide solar cells. However, their commercial application is very limited because of the production of a large amount of wastewater containing cadmium. In this study, we develop an efficient way to prepare CdS films using the spin-coating technique. The spin solution is anhydrous, and the oxygen content can be well controlled by changing the Cd/S content ratio in the solution. The crystal structure, morphology, and optical and electrical properties of CdS films with different Cd/S content ratios are characterized. The effect of the oxygen content on the device performance is investigated. We find that the introduction of an appropriate amount of oxygen can improve the carrier transport efficiency by decreasing the interface recombination. The spin-coated CdS films have good coverage of the substrate for film thicknesses below 50 nm. By the optimizing of Cd/S content ratio, we achieve an improved efficiency of 5.76% for the Sb 2 Se 3 solar cells. This preparation technique is sufficiently simple for large-scale processing and produces much less wastewater containing cadmium; thus, it is promising for application to future large-scale solar cell production.
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COLLOIDS AND SURFACES A-PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING ASPECTS
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2023
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Xiang-Hua Ling,Yue-Feng Tang,Guo-Zhi Han
The composite of hydrogels and noble metal nanoparticles has wide applications in the field of functional materials . In this paper, we developed a novel and green strategy to synthesize a kind of composite hydrogel microspheres containing silver nanoparticles and β-cyclodextrin (β-CD) modified sodium alginate (β-CD@SA@Ag) without use of strong reducing reagent. First, β-CD was chemical linked to SA by epichlorohydrin (ECH) to form the β-CD modified polymer (β-CD@SA). then AgNO 3 was added to the as-prepared polymer solution , in which silver nanoparticles were formed by the reducing power of β-CD units. Subsequently, by reversed-phase emulsion method and ionic cross-linking, a kind of β-CD@SA@Ag hydrogel microspheres were obtained. The structure and morphology of the composite material were characterized in detail by Fourier infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), thermogravimetric analysis (TG), scanning electron microscope (SEM), transmission electron microscope (TEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD). Test data indicated that silver nanoparticles evenly dispersed in the composite material. On the basis, the adsorption and catalytic performances of the β-CD@SA@Ag hydrogel microspheres were studied towards to the reduction of aromatic nitro compounds. Research results showed that the β-CD@SA@Ag hydrogel microspheres had excellent catalytic activity along with high environmental adaptability. whether in pure water, tap water or river water, aromatic nitro compounds can be completely reduced within 2–13 min. Moreover, the morphology of microspheres of the composite material endows the composite material with high stability and reusability. We believe that our work would provide a new idea for the green synthesis of organic-inorganic composite functional materials .
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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH & DESIGN
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2023
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IF 3.9
Lan Zhang,Keli Zhang,Shengle Kang,Shanshan He,Xiang Dong,Yan Zhao,Fangfang Li,Qihong Cen
Crystalline celluloses , such as microcrystalline cellulose (MCC) and nanocrystalline cellulose (NCC), which are originated from biomass, were utilized as templates to prepare hierarchical LTA zeolites . The effect of both size and surface properties of crystalline cellulose on the zeolite synthesis were carefully discussed. As-prepared zeolite based on surface-modification NCC showed hierarchical porous structure with monolithic morphology inherited from nanocrystalline cellulose. Its specific surface area was measured to be 18.3 m 2 /g, which was approximately 3.4 times that of the traditional zeolite A (Z0, 5.4 m 2 /g). Owing to its unique structure, ZNSC facilitated fast Cd(II) adsorption with the adsorption equilibrium time shortened by 81.3%. Kinetics study revealed that intraparticle diffusion was significantly enhanced and the effective diffusion coefficient increased by near 5 times. Furthermore, the maximum adsorption capacity achieved by ZNSC was 324.3 mg/g at 283 K, as calculated from the Langmuir model, which was 1.3 times that of Z0. These results are obtained when the grain size of ZNSC is larger than that of Z0, reflecting the superiority of the hierarchical structure in enhancing adsorption performance and thus providing a facile yet robust strategy for designing hierarchically structured zeolites for rapid and efficient wastewater treatment .
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Minerals
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2023
·Vol. 13
·期 10
·1337
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IF 2.5
Jiaqian Zhang,Zhe Wang,Ying Luo,Zhenlong Zhang,Xiyang Feng,Qiuping Zeng,Duan Tian,Chao Li,Yongde Zhang,Shu Chen
To enhance the sorption efficacy of attapulgite for heavy metals, mercapto-functionalized attapulgite (ATP-SH) was synthesized with mercaptan functional groups. When the mass-to-volume ratio of calcined attapulgite (ATP-C) to 3-Mercapropyltrimethoxysilane (MPTMS) was 1 g:0.5 mL (ATP-SH-0.5) and the pH was set to 8, a strong adsorption capacity for Cd (II) and Pb (II) was demonstrated. This indicates excellent adsorption performance for these heavy metals. ATP-SH-0.5 exhibited a maximum adsorption capacity of 43.81 mg/g and 274.83 mg/g for Cd (II) and Pb (II), respectively, in a single ion system. In a binary ion system, the maximum adsorption capacity was 31.86 mg/L and 254.45 mg/L for Cd (II) and Pb (II), respectively. Various characterizations and experiments showed that the adsorption of Cd (II) and Pb (II) onto ATP-SH-0.5 involves ion exchange reactions involving hydroxyl and thiol functional group complexation reactions. This adsorption process follows a single-molecule layer adsorption mechanism. XPS results indicate that hydroxyl and grafted thiol functional groups on the surface of mercapto-functionalized attapulgite participated in surface complexation reactions with Cd (II) and Pb (II), resulting in the formation of Cd-S and Pb-S species. Overall, this study provides a promising mercapto-functionalized modification material for the remediation of polluted water and soil.Keywords:attapulgite;thiol functional group;heavy metal;adsorption mechanism;XPS qualitative analyses
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MICROCHEMICAL JOURNAL
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2021
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IF 4.821
Yanyan Niu,Yuxue Chen,Xiaoping Zhang,Hui Xie,Guiling Luo,Wei Sun
In this paper a photoelectrochemical (PEC) aptasensor based on specific recognition between aptamer and target cadmium ion (Cd(II)) with change of the sensing interface structure was constructed. A ZnO-TiO 2 nanocomposites and Au nanochains (Au NCs) modified electrode as photosensitive substrate was prepared and further covalently bound with graphite-like carbon nitride (g-C 3 N 4 ) on the free end of the aptamers to amplify the detection signal, which was applied to Cd(II) detection. Graphite-like carbon nitride with narrow band gap exhibited unique photoelectric property under UV and visible light irradiation. When the target Cd(II) was detected by the modified interface of the aptasensor, the structure of sensing interface was changed with the signal sensitizer g-C 3 N 4 closed to the interface, which caused the changes of photocurrent signal more sensitive and exhibited a good linear relationship with the Cd(II) concentration, so as to realize the quantitative analysis of the target. This PEC aptasensor showed a high sensitivity with a detection limit as 1.1 × 10 −11 mol/L and was further applied to the water sample detection successfully.
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JOURNAL OF BIOMATERIALS APPLICATIONS
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2021
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IF 2.646
Shan Wang,Zhicun Wang,Cheng Xu,Lin Cui,Guihua Meng,Shengchao Yang,Jianning Wu,Zhiyong Liu,Xuhong Guo
Wound infection and poor wound healing are the major challenges of wound treatment. Antibiotic drug treatment is the effective way to inhibit wound infection. It is necessary to achieve sustained release of antibiotics to get a longer treatment for wound infection. The double network hydrogels based on liposome, polyethylene glycol (PEG), α- cyclodextrin (α-CD) and acrylamide (AM) were developed, in which liposome acts as amoxicillin repository. Because the drug would release from the multiple barriers including two cavities of liposome and α-CD, as well as polyethylene glycol -α- cyclodextrin/acrylamide (PEG-CD/AM) double network, the PEG-α-CD/AM/liposome @amoxicillin double network hydrogels could achieve sustained drug release. The drug release assay showed that the dressing could release amoxicillin continuously until 12 days, than that of 8th day for single-network hydrogel releasing. The antibacterial ratio of the hydrogel could reach above 80%. What’s more, the hydrogels present adjustable mechanical strength by changing the ratio of the components. The swelling ratio proved that the hydrogel had potential ability to absorb wound exudates. The cytotoxicity test of the hydrogels demonstrated excellent biocompatibility. These results indicated that this study can provide a new thought for antibacterial wound dressing and has a broad application prospect.
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Journal of Materials Chemistry B
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2020
·Vol. 8
·期 35
·8002-8009
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IF 5.344
Yuman Dong,Pengcheng Du,Peng Liu
Carbon dots (CDs) have attracted intense attention in tumor nanotheranostics recently; however, those nanotheranostics exhibited similar fluorescence in both normal and tumor tissues, limiting their practical application. In the present work, absolutely “off–on” fluorescent CD-based nanotheranostics was designed for tumor intracellular real-time imaging and pH-triggered DOX delivery via both static quenching by the crosslinking of benzaldehyde-containing diblock copolymers and dynamic quenching because of the surrounding conjugated DOX molecules. The proposed PPEGMA42-b-PFPMA122–(CDs)–DOX nanotheranostics did not exhibit fluorescence in a normal physiological medium, while strong fluorescence recovery occurred in the tumor intracellular microenvironment due to pH-triggered disintegration, releasing the CDs and DOX. The pH-triggered DOX release and absolute “off–on” fluorescence make the proposed nanotheranostics promising for tumor-specific pH-triggered DOX delivery and imaging.
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ANALYTICA CHIMICA ACTA
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2020
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IF 5.977
Yanyan Niu,Hui Xie,Guiling Luo,Yujiao Zhuang,Xianqun Wu,Guangjiu Li,Wei Sun
In this paper a photoelectrochemical (PEC) aptasensor based on specific recognition with conformational changed after the target Cd(II) identification was fabricated. A ZnO and reduced graphene oxide (ZnO-rGO) nanocomposite with enhanced PEC activity was designed as photoactive material. After the further incorporation of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) with ZnO-rGO nanocomposite, the enhanced photocurrent signal could be detected owing to the localized surface plasmon resonance and good conductivity of AuNPs. In addition, AuNPs were used as anchors for immobilization of –SH modified aptamer S1. After that aptamer S2 was paired with S1 sequence to form complementary double stranded DNA (dsDNA) on the electrode surface. Methylene blue (MB) was acted as sensitizer and assembled in dsDNA structure to amplify photocurrent response. When Cd(II) was bound to the aptamer presented on the sensing interface, S2 specifically recognized and captured Cd(II), which resulted in the unwinding of dsDNA structure and the separation of MB molecules from the electrode surface with photocurrent response decreased. The photocurrent was detected by a double-working-electrode system, which used the modified electrode as the first working electrode and glassy carbon electrode (GCE) as the second working electrode. Dopamine (DA) was added to the electrolyte and acted as the electron donor , which could be oxidized on the modified electrode and reduced on the GCE to form a cyclic reaction, leading to the enhanced photocurrent response with improved photocurrent stability. This MB sensitized PEC aptasensor exhibited a high sensitivity with a detection limit of 1.8 × 10 −12 mol/L (3σ). Thus, a highly sensitive aptasensor with double-working-electrode detection method for Cd(II) determination were established and further applied to the water samples analysis.
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Alexandria Engineering Journal
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2020
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IF 2.46
Saifeldin M. Siddeeg,Abdelfattah Amari,Mohamed A. Tahoon,Norah Salem Alsaiari,Faouzi Ben Rebah
For the simultaneous removal of water contaminants, a novel nanocomposite has been produced. The iron oxide core with silica shell was used to prepare functional magnetic polymer Fe 3 O 4 /SiO 2 /glycidyl methacrylate (GMA)-S-SH nanocomposite. The sulfur functional nanocomposite is suitable for the immobilization of laccase enzyme. The synthesized nanocomposite was characterized using FT-IR spectroscopy, SEM, TEM, XRD, and magnetometer. The effect of pH, temperature, and storage time over free and immobilized enzyme was studied that indicating the higher stability of immobilized enzyme than that free one. The prepared novel nanocomposite showed high adsorption capacity toward Cd +2 ions in addition to the degradation of meloxicam and piroxicam anti-inflammatory drugs. The removal efficiency reached up to 94% ± 2%, 92% ± 2%, and 95% ± 2% for Cd +2 ions, meloxicam, and piroxicam, respectively at optimum pH and temperature. Also, the results show that this nanocomposite is recyclable. The efficient removal of Cd +2 ions and pharmaceuticals can be reached up to four cycles. We conclude that the prepared nanocomposite is promising for water treatment.
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RSC Advances
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2020
·Vol. 10
·期 41
·24425-24433
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IF 3.119
Shenjie Li,Tianyong Zha,Xiaoyu Gong,Qi Hu,Minghui Yu,Jinyu Wu,Ruolan Li,Jiaming Wang,Yanyan Chen
We present a facile route for the synthesis of water-soluble Cu–Cd–Zn–S/ZnS core/shell quantum dots (QDs) by simple pH regulation. The PL spectra of Cu–Cd–Zn–S/ZnS core/shell quantum dots can cover the whole visible light region in the case of only two ratios of Cu/Cd/Zn. The emission wavelength of Cu–Cd–Zn–S/ZnS QDs can be conveniently tuned from 474 to 515 and 548 to 629 nm by adjusting the pH value when the ratios of Cu/Cd/Zn are fixed at 1 : 5 : 80 and 1 : 5 : 10, respectively. It is worth noting that under the condition of a constant Cu/Cd/Zn ratio, the UV-vis absorption spectra do not change with the fluorescence spectra, indicating that the band gap of QDs remains unchanged during the change of pH value. The photoluminescence (PL) quantum yield of the as-prepared QDs with yellow emission is up to 76%. The QDs also show excellent chemical stability after the deposition of the ZnS shell. Luminescent and flexible films are fabricated by combining Cu–Cd–Zn–S QDs with polyvinyl alcohol (PVA). The QD/PVA flexible hybrid films are successfully applied on top of a conventional blue InGaN chip for remote-type warm-white LEDs. As-fabricated warm-white LEDs exhibit a higher color rendering index (CRI) of about 89.2 and a correlated color temperature (CCT) of 4308 K.
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