Science China-Materials
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2025
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IF 7.4
Wang Ling,Lou Qing,Qian Haixia,Yin Xiaoshuang,Liu Ying,Yang Wenzhong,Xu Hui
The advancement of a Z-scheme photoelectrochemical (PEC) system for hydrogen production and water splitting holds significant promise in addressing the escalating global energy crisis. In this study, a ternary Co-ZnCdS-BiFeO 3 Z-scheme composite photocatalyst was used. By optimizing the ratio of BiFeO 3 /ZnCdS, the photocatalytic activity of the material is enhanced, while enhancing the electron transfer efficiency and strengthening the stability of the photoelectric cathode. The Co(dmgBF 2 )2(H 2 O) 2 was selected as the co-catalyst to further improve the electron-hole separation efficiency and photocorrosion resistance. Under visible light irradiation, the hydrogen production rate of the PEC system can reach 4.03 mmol g −1 h −1 . Under optimal conditions, applying a bias voltage of −0.1 V vs. RHE can produce −38.5 µA cm −2 . The photocatalytic current density of is as high as 13 times that of pure ZnCdS, greatly improving the hydrogen production efficiency and stability of the photocatalyst. The study offers a novel benchmark for the development of a high efficiency Z-scheme photocatalyst designed for water splitting and provides new insights into intrinsic resistance through PEC analyses.
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材料科学
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能源化学
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催化科学
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CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL
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2024
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IF 5.1
Xiaoxiao Zhou,Xiaoyan Peng,Haoyu Xu,Yijin Hao,Hezhang Li,Bo-ping Zhang
BiFeO 3 -BaTiO 3 (BF-BT) ceramics are an excellent choice for high-temperature lead-free piezoelectric ceramic due to their high Curie temperature and good piezoelectric properties , but the volatilization of Bi leads to the formation of A-site cationic vacancies and oxygen vacancies , culminating in heightened leakage currents and detrimental effects on piezoelectric properties. In this study, a chemical composition of 0.70Bi (1+ x ) Fe 0·97 Al 0·03 O 3 -0.30BaTiO 3 ceramics, abbreviated as B 1+ x FA-BT, where 0 ≤ x ≤ 0.05, were synthesized, with special attention on the effects of Bi compensation and poling process on their insulation and piezoelectric properties. Due to the coexistence of R - PC phases and low leakage current, B 1+ x FA-BT ceramics exhibit excellent piezoelectric properties and high Curie temperature, among which the B 1.02 FA-BT ceramic boasts optimal overall properties: d 33 = 196 pC N −1 , T C = 480 °C, k p = 34%, θ max = 49.5° and Q m = 32, under optimal poling parameters E p = 50 kV cm −1 and T p = 100 °C. The poling process is directly linked to the reorientation of domains, the redistribution of positive/negative space charge and the aggregation or injection of holes, which is achieved by tuning the poling field and temperature in a ceramic with optimal integrated piezoelectric properties. The poling process of BF-BT ceramics is significantly influenced by their leakage characteristics, which can have a significant impact on their overall performance. Optimizing electrical poling conditions and minimizing leakage current is crucial to achieving favorable piezoelectric properties in BF-BT ceramics with R - PC coexisting structures.
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IEEE SENSORS JOURNAL
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2024
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IF 4.3
Yu Wan,Qingsong Luo,Zhenxing Wang,Shuang Gao,Yuting Wang,Changhao Feng
The present study focuses on the synthesis of BiFeO
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composite nanofibers via electrospinning, which exhibit enhanced gas sensing properties towards n-butanol. Notably, the sensors based on 11.3-BFO nanofibers demonstrate a remarkable response of 40.8 to 100 ppm n-butanol, representing an approximately 3.4-fold improvement compared to pure BiFeO
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nanofibers. Additionally, the 11.3-BFO gas sensor exhibits a rapid response time (18 s) and recovery time (37 s) when operated at a temperature of 150°C. It also exhibits excellent selectivity, good repeatability, and long-term stability. The improved gas sensing performance can be attributed to the formation of heterojunctions and a more textured surface, thereby indicating the potential application of BiFeO
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composite nanofibers as a gas sensor for n-butanol detection. This study further validates the efficacy of constructing heterojunctions in improving the gas-sensitive properties of metal-oxide semiconductor, thereby providing valuable insights for synthesizing and investigating heterojunctions.
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JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
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2024
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IF 9.4
Chucheng Zhou,Jinshan Wei,Yi Li,Hexing Lin,Ji Zhou,Ya-yun Li
Photocatalytic removal of antibiotic such as ciprofloxacin from polluted water is of great value for eco-environment protection. To further enhance the piezoelectric effect in photocatalysis, we designed and synthesized a ternary heterojunction piezoelectric photocatalyst through uniformly loading MoS 2 nanosheets onto BiFeO 3 (BFO) nanofibers, namely MoS 2 /Bi 2 S 3 /BFO. Piezoresponse force microscopy and Kelvin probe force microscopy demonstrated its enhanced piezoelectric properties, showing a maximum amplitude displacement of 395.51 pm under a voltage of 9.91 V and a surface potential difference of 66.50 mV. Finite element simulations indicated that the ternary heterojunction could achieve a larger piezoelectric potential. Piezoelectric photocatalytic degradation experiments revealed that MoS 2 /Bi 2 S 3 /BFO achieved a ciprofloxacin degradation efficiency of 96.6 % within 75 min, significantly higher than that of pure piezoelectric catalysis (25.5 %) and photocatalysis (60.5 %). Analysis of intermediate products and detection of active species ( OH and O 2 − ) during degradation suggested an S-Scheme migration pathway of photogenerated charge carriers, enhancing the piezoelectric photocatalytic performance of the material. This study provides an efficient ternary heterojunction composite piezoelectric photocatalyst for the antibiotic degradation and energy conversion, thus offers a new approach for developing novel BFO-based composite piezoelectric photocatalysts.
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JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE
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2022
·Vol. 57
·期 13
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IF 4.682
Yan Yuanjiu,Wang Ruoheng,Maimaitituersun Mieralimu,Sun Huajun,Liu Xiaofang
BiFeO 3 nanoflakes (BFO NFs) were synthesized via a facile hydrothermal route. The crystal structure, morphology, specific surface area and optical properties of the flakes were characterized by X-Ray Diffraction (XRD), Brunner–Emmet–Teller measurements (BET) and UV–vis Diffuse Reflectance Spectrum (UV–vis DRS). The results showed that the thickness and diameter of BFO NFs are 100–150 nm and 1.0–1.2 μm, respectively. Moreover, the results of UV–vis DRS indicated that BFO NFs exhibits good response to the visible light and the bandgap was calculated to be 2.2 eV according to the Kubelka–Munk theory. The photo-Fenton performance of BFO NFs was obviously enhanced due to the piezoelectric effect for the degradation efficiency of Rhodamine B (Rh B) (10 mg L −1 ) within 60 min and greatly elevated from 72 to 97%. The intermediate active species of ·O 2− and ·OH were detected by radical capture experiments and Electron Spin Resonance (ESR). The possible catalytic mechanism was proposed based on the above experiments results. In previous researches about photo-Fenton reaction, the piezoelectric properties of BFO NFs were rarely mentioned. This study represents a potential approach toward waste water treatment.
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JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE-MATERIALS IN ELECTRONICS
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2023
·Vol. 35
·期 1
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IF 2.8
Ding Yiwen,Ren KeJu,Zeng Zhixin,Meng Gang,Gao Rongli,Deng Xiaoling,Chen Gang,Cai Wei,Fu Chunlin,Wang Zhenhua,Lei Xiang
The potential applications of magnetoelectric composites in capacitors, sensors, memory electronic devices, and energy harvesting devices have aroused great interest due to their mutual coupling between ferroelectric and ferromagnetic phases. In this paper, BFO/CFO composite films were prepared by the sol–gel method, and the regulation of magneto-photoelectric and coupling properties of BFO/CFO films with different compositions was studied. The results show that with the increase of BFO composition, the interface between BFO layer and BFO layer also appears, the dielectric constant of the film decreases with increasing the content of BFO, and the photoelectric conversion efficiency of the film increases at first and then decreases with the increase of BFO content. When the composition is 4BFO/6CFO, the photoelectric conversion efficiency of the composite film is the highest, which is 2.02 × 10 −3 %. With the increase of CFO content, the remanent magnetization and saturation magnetization of the film increase gradually. However, when the compositions are 4BFO/6CFO and 3BFO/7CFO, their leakage current is high, resulting in the degradation of ferroelectric properties. The composition 5BFO/5CFO has the highest magnetodielectric and photo induced magnetodielectric response, the corresponding values are 2.21% and 3.88%, respectively. The magnetoelectric coupling coefficient of the film is greatly increased under the action of light, reaching 115%, which could plausibly relate to the photovoltaic effect and the photostriction effects of the film. These results may provide good guidance on designing new photoelectromagnetic detector.
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
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2024
·Vol. 26
·期 1
·196
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IF 4.9
Yuan-Jun Song,Xiao-Ying Bi,Peng Xia,Fei Sun,Ze-Xian Chen,Xiao-Yang Zhang,Tong Zhang
This study presents a facile one-pot synthesis method to fabricate BiFeO3-Bi25FeO40-Bi2O3heterojunction photocatalysts with controllable compositions and pure phases. Three different binary heterojunctions (BiFeO3/Bi25FeO40, BiFeO3/Bi2O3, and Bi25FeO40/Bi2O3) and a ternary BiFeO3/Bi25FeO40/Bi2O3heterojunction were formed, all exhibiting significantly enhanced photocatalytic performance for the degradation of methylene blue (MB) and phenol under visible light irradiation, outperforming the individual compositions. Notably, the BiFeO3/Bi25FeO40heterojunction achieved the highest degradation efficiency (93.68% and 83.3% for MB and phenol, respectively) as well as excellent stability. Impressively, the phenol degradation efficiency of BiFeO3/Bi25FeO40was even over twice that of BiFeO3and Bi25FeO40, and four times higher than that of Bi2O3. The enhanced photocatalytic activity of the BiFeO3/Bi25FeO40heterojunction is primarily attributed to the advantageous S-scheme band alignments that facilitate efficient charge separation and enhance redox capabilities. While other heterojunctions also exhibited improved MB and phenol degradation efficiency, each unique combination of materials led to distinct electronic structures and diverse reaction mechanisms. The simplicity and scalability of the synthesis method, combined with the remarkable photocatalytic performance of these BiFeO3-Bi25FeO40-Bi2O3heterojunction materials, position them as highly promising candidates for applications in environmental remediation and solar energy conversion.
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JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
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2025
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IF 6.3
Yujie Li,Haiming Zhang
It is still a huge challenge for a chemical sensor to realize low concentration acetone detection at room temperature (RT). In this work, we present an ultrafast RT acetone sensor based on the BiFeO 3 /ZnFe 2 O 4 hollow core-shell nanospheres for the first time. The BiFeO 3 /ZnFe 2 O 4 sensor exhibited the excellent response of 41.42 towards 100 ppm acetone at RT, while ZnFe 2 O 4 has almost no response in the same conditions. Further, the detection limit of BiFeO 3 /ZnFe 2 O 4 is low to 272 ppb at RT, which is below the range of applications for noninvasive diagnosis of diabetes. It worth noting that it showed ultrafast response/recovery ability (7/5 s) and good acetone selectivity at RT. Additionally, the performance of BiFeO 3 /ZnFe 2 O 4 increased by 179 % under 405 nm UV irradiation compared to that without UV light. The synergistic effects of hollow spherical structures, p-n heterojunctions and excellent photovoltaic characteristics of BiFeO 3 lead to the improved performance of BiFeO 3 /ZnFe 2 O 4 sensor. This work holds great potential for the development of RT acetone sensors in low concentrations detection.
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传感器技术
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医学检测
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Journal of Composites Science
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2023
·Vol. 7
·期 7
·280
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IF 3.3
Ge-Ge Zheng,Xin Lin,Zhen-Xing Wen,Yu-Hao Ding,Rui-Hui Yun,Gaurav Sharma,Amit Kumar,Florian J. Stadler
Photocatalytic degradation plays a crucial role in wastewater treatment, and the key to achieving high efficiency is to develop photocatalytic systems that possess excellent light absorption, carrier separation efficiency, and surface-active sites. Among various photocatalytic systems, S-type heterojunctions have shown remarkable potential for efficient degradation. This work delves into the construction of S-type heterojunctions of ternary indium metal sulfide and bismuth ferrite nanofibers with the introduction of sulfur vacancy defects and morphology modifications to enhance the photocatalytic degradation performance. Through the impregnation method, BiFeO3/ZnIn2S4heterojunction materials were synthesized and optimized. The 30% BiFeO3/ZnIn2S4heterojunction exhibited superior photocatalytic performance with higher sulfur vacancy concentration than ZnIn2S4. The in-situ XPS results demonstrate that the electrons between ZnIn2S4and BFO are transferred via the S-Scheme, and after modification, ZnIn2S4has a more favorable surface morphology for electron transport, and its flower-like structure interacts with the nanofibers of BFO, which has a further enhancement of the reaction efficiency for degrading pollutants. This exceptional material demonstrated a remarkable 99% degradation of Evans blue within 45 min and a significant 68% degradation of ciprofloxacin within 90 min. This work provides a feasible idea for developing photocatalysts to deal with the problem of polluted water resources under practical conditions.
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JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE-MATERIALS IN ELECTRONICS
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2021
·Vol. 32
·期 8
·11028-11042
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IF 2.478
Tang Ping,Cao Ming,Yu Jian,Wang Lifang,Zhang Deqin
Bi 1− x Ba x Fe 1− y Cr y O 3 (BBFCO: x = 0, y = 0; x = 0.05, y = 0; x = 0, y = 0.05; x = 0.05, y = 0.05; x = 0.1, y = 0; x = 0, y = 0.1; x = 0.1, y = 0.1; x = 0.2, y = 0) nanoparticles were prepared by a simple cost effective ethylene glycol-based sol–gel technique. The calcination temperature was set at 600 °C for 120 min with a heating rate of 10 °C/min. Effects of Ba, Cr dopant on structural, optical and magnetic properties of BiFeO 3 (BFO) nanoparticles have been studied. Perovskite structure was confirmed by the metal-oxide absorption bands appeared at 559 cm −1 and 438 cm −1 in Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy spectra, which are the characteristic bands of FeO 6 octahedral groups in perovskite structure. X-ray diffraction patterns confirmed that Barium (Ba) is an effective dopant to suppress the impurity phases in Cr-doped BFO. Phase transitions from rhombohedral to orthorhombic phase in all doped samples were verified by Rietveld refinement and Raman analysis. Rhombohedral, orthorhombic and tetragonal phases coexist in Bi 0.9 Ba 0.1 FeO 3 and Bi 0.8 Ba 0.2 FeO 3 , which can be ascribed to the serious lattice distortion due to high-level Ba doping. Well-crystalline BBFCO nanoparticles were observed and the particle size distribution of all samples was calculated from transmission electron microscope images. Ba–Cr co-doping resulted in a dramatic reduction in the particle size. Optical absorption spectra indicated that the optical bandgaps of the doped samples are about 2.20 eV. Clear hysteresis loops were observed in all doped BFO, which indicate their ferromagnetic order at room temperature. Gradually enhanced ferromagnetic property was realized in Ba-doped BFO. The magnetization (at 20 kOe) of BFO, BFO-5Ba, BFO-10Ba and BFO-20Ba are 0.24, 0.33, 1.00 and 1.25 emu/g, respectively. The remanent magnetization of them are near zero, 0.08, 0.44 and 0.53 emu/g, respectively. Particular shape of wasp-waist hysteresis loops observed in BFO-5Ba, BFO-5Cr and BFO-5BaCr can be ascribed to the coexistence of different magnetic phases, and the mixture of single domain and superparamagnetic particles.
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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY
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2025
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IF 3.8
Yi-Ning Huang,Mengyan Liu,Chenyang Ye,Huajie Luo,Ji Zhang,Dmitry V. Karpinsky,Shan-Tao Zhang,Yaojin Wang
Ceramic-based dielectric capacitors have gained prominence in research owing to their high relative permittivity, excellent mechanical properties, and temperature stability. BiFeO 3 -based ceramics have captured significant attention in dielectric capacitors attributable to their high saturation polarization. Yet, the high remanent polarization, as well as the low electric breakdown strength, constrains the improvement of their energy storage performances. Herein, we incorporated the A-/B-site complicated component (La 0.5 Na 0.5 )(Mg 1/3 Nb 2/3 )O 3 into the binary solid solution 0.7BiFeO 3 –0.3BaTiO 3 ceramics with morphotropic phase boundary, to enhance the endurance for electric field and reduce remanent polarization by optimizing relaxor behavior. Consequently, a high recoverable energy density of 8.3 J/cm 3 and a high efficiency of 84.6% under 500 kV/cm were obtained in the preferred composition. These results offer a feasible pathway to exploit the high-performance BiFeO 3 -based ceramics for electrostatic energy storage.
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能源存储
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CATALYSIS TODAY
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2018
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IF 4.667
Imtyaz Hussain,Yongqing Zhang,Mingyu Li,Shaobin Huang,Waseem Hayat,Liangming He,Xiaodong Du,Guoqiang Liu,Meimei Du
In this study, magnetic BiFeO 3 nanoparticles (BFO MNPs) were successfully synthesized by simple sole-gel method. The BFO MNPs catalyst was characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy-dispersive spectroscopy (EDS), x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) techniques. The prepared catalyst was used to activate persulfate (PS) to generate sulfate radicals (SO4 − ) for the enhanced degradation of aniline from aqueous solution. It was found that BFO MNPs showed high catalytic activity toward PS decomposition for the degradation of aniline. The degradation efficiency of aniline (0.5 mM) was 100% within 120 min using initial dosage of 0.5 g/L BFO MNPs and concentration of 5 mM persulfate. Even at neutral pH (7.0), aniline was efficiently degraded in BFO MNPs /PS system. The effects of reaction parameters such as initial pH, PS concentration and dosage of BFO MNPs were investigated. The radical scavenging and electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) results showed that sulfate radicals (SO4 − ) and hydroxyl radicals ( OH) were generated by the activation of PS with BFO MNPs for the degradation of aniline. The stability of catalyst was tested by means of successive reuse cycles. The results revealed that BiFeO 3 catalyst exhibited high reusability and stability in degrading aniline through PS activation .
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