INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH
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2018
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IF 3.141
Qian Wei,Oluwasola Oribayo,Xianshe Feng,Garry L. Rempel,Qinmin Pan
Sponge-like superhydrophobic and superoleophilic materials are attracting significant attention for effective cleanup and recovery of spilled oils from water. We report on the synthesis of TiO2 nanoparticle/polyurethane (TPU) composite foam substrate and its surface modification with tetradecylamine (TDA)-amidated graphene oxide (GO-TDA), thereby forming superhydrophobic and superoleophilic TPU-GO-TDA sorbent for oil spill clean-ups. Spectroscopic analyses confirmed that TDA was successfully grafted onto GO and the reduced GO by TDA was successfully grafted onto the TPU foam. Sorption experiments with engine oil, crude oil, silicone oil, and chloroform demonstrated that the TPU-GO-TDA foam was an effective sorbent with sorption capacity of 20.2–62.4 times its own weight. The absorbed oils in the sorbent could be recovered simply by squeezing the oil-laden foam. The much higher selectivity to oils and better reusability of the TPU-GO-TDA foam than commercial sorbents make the TPU-GO-TDA foam promising for the separation and recovery of spilled oils and organic solvents from water.
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Advanced Science
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2019
·Vol. 6
·期 18
·1900943
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IF 15.804
Pan Xue,Chuang Sun,Hongpeng Li,Jiajie Liang,Chao Lai
Lithium (Li) metal anodes have garnered increasing interest in recent years as its high theoretical capacity and low electrochemical potential promises a myriad of opportunities for various applications. However, one critical issue to overcome is the inhomogeneous deposition of Li + during the plating and stripping process. This inhomogeneous deposition could result in uncontrollable dendrite growth, further leading to poor coulombic efficiency, shorter lifecycles, and safety concerns due to internal short circuit and thermal runaways. To address these issues, a 3D porous core–shell fiber scaffold is presented, comprising of well-dispersed SiO 2 , TiO 2 , and carbon, as superlithiophilic host materials for lithium anodes. The amorphous SiO 2 and TiO 2 allow for controllable nucleation and deposition of metal Li inside the porous core–shell fiber even at ultrahigh current densities of 10 mA cm −2 . In addition, the interconnected conductive fiber with high porosity enables good electrical conductivity with fast ion transport and excellent mechanical strength to withstand massive Li loading during repeated cycles of stripping and plating. As a result, excellent cycling performance and high rate capability are observed in both symmetric cells and full cells, highlighting the feasibility of the proposed Li anode composite.
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Journal of Materials Chemistry A
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2017
·Vol. 6
·期 5
·2264-2272
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IF 8.867
Jing Li,Hu Zhou,Han Zhuo,Zhongzhe Wei,Guilin Zhuang,Xing Zhong,Shengwei Deng,Xiaonian Li,Jianguo Wang
The key bottleneck of applying Pd catalysts in fuel cells is their low activity and poor stability during the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) although less precious Pd is still a promising alternative to Pt. Hence, new strategies to improve the performance of Pd in the ORR need to be developed. In this study, supported Pd (3.6 nm in average) catalysts on TiO2 with and without oxygen vacancies (VO) have been prepared via facile pyrolysis. Compared with commercial Pt/C (20 wt%) and Pd/TiO2 catalysts, Pd/TiO2-VO (10 wt%) demonstrated superior oxygen reduction activity, better durability, and higher methanol tolerance capability in alkaline solution. By means of experimental characterizations (ESR and XPS) and density functional theory (DFT) calculations, electron transfer from TiO2-VO to Pd nanoparticles (NPs) led to an electron-rich Pd surface and strong metal–support interactions (SMSIs). The electron-rich Pd NPs enhanced the adsorptions of key intermediates, lowered the Gibbs free energy of the ORR, and improved the ORR activity. SMSIs between Pd NPs and TiO2-VO endowed the catalyst with excellent stability and immunity to methanol poisoning. Therefore, the electron transfer from TiO2-VO to Pd NPs plays a crucial role in promoting the ORR performance of Pd-based electrocatalysts, which may be a new strategy to design high-performance ORR catalysts.
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ENERGY CONVERSION AND MANAGEMENT
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2017
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Wenjia Wang,Lei Yang,Zhaosen Yin,Shengyan Kong,Wei Han,Jinglai Zhang
In this study, human feces were hydrothermal liquefied and converted into biocrude over Ni-Tm/TiO 2 catalyst. The influence of catalysts, reaction temperature, and holding time on the distribution of products and element content of biocrude was assessed. The biocrude yield increased to 53.16% with a reaction temperature of 330 °C, a holding time of 30 min, and adding Ni-Tm/TiO 2 catalyst while the liquefaction conversion peaked at 89.61%. The biocrude had an HHV of 36.64 MJ/kg and was similar to heavy crude oil. The biocrude is rich in fatty acid amides, esters, and oxygen-containing-only heteroatom-ring compounds as well as some nitrogen-containing heteroatom-ring compounds. The main gaseous products were CO 2 , CH 4 , and C 2 H 6 . Hydrothermal liquefaction over Ni-Tm/TiO 2 catalyst could be a potential method to handle human excrement treatment and produce biofuel.
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Energy Technology
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2017
·Vol. 6
·期 9
·1660-1666
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IF 2.789
Yinlong Zhou,Peigen Zhang,Yan Sun,Yuhua Shen,Anjian Xie
A facile, efficient and short-time shearing method was developed to synthesize TiO 2 precursor, then followed by calcining in NH 3 gas to obtain nitrogen-doped carbon coated TiO 2 (TiO 2 / N -C) successfully. Interestingly, the prepared TiO 2 / N -C nanospheres were assembled by many tiny nanoparticles (NPs) and possessed rough surface. When used as an anode material, the TiO 2 / N -C exhibited reversible specific capacity of 277 mA h g −1 after 220 cycles at the current density of 0.6 C, indicating the superb cycle stability of TiO 2 / N -C. And a good rate capability at different current densities was also obtained. The excellent performance of the TiO 2 / N -C was due to the nitrogen-doped carbon and assembly structure, which could enhance the electrical conductivity and buffer the volume expansion during the charge and discharge process. Furthermore, the tiny NPs can short the transportation path of lithium ions and the gaps produced between connective tiny NPs could accommodate the volume change. So, the method of high speed shearing has great potential in synthesizing other anode materials for lithium ion batteries.
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JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL AND ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY
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2017
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IF 4.421
Qiuling Ma,Huixuan Zhang,Yuqi Cui,Xiaoyong Deng,Ruonan Guo,Xiuwen Cheng,Mingzheng Xie,Qingfeng Cheng
Cu 2 O decorated TiO 2 nano-tube arrays (Cu 2 O/TiO 2 NTAs) photoelectrode was fabricated through electrodeposition strategy. Meanwhile, physicochemical properties of the resulting photoelectrode were systematically studied by series of measurements. Results indicated that Cu 2 O/TiO 2 NTAs photoelectrode performed a significantly enhanced light absorbance in the visible region between 400 and 800 nm, transient photocurrent density of 0.162 mA Cm −2 , photogenerated charge separation efficiency and 99.9% of photoelectrocatalytic efficiency for decomposition of 2,4,6-trichlorophenol within 120 min Xenon illumination with the help of +1.0 V (vs. SCE) potential. Furthermore, the enhanced visible light responsible photoelectrocatalytic mechanism was proposed and discussed.
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RSC Advances
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2017
·Vol. 7
·期 78
·49759-49768
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IF 3.108
Chaorui Xue,Shengliang Hu,Qing Chang,Ying Li,Xi Liu,Jinlong Yang
Anodized TiO2 nanotube arrays have important applications in the area of photocatalysis and biomedicine. In this study, with the aim of improving the photocatalytic and biomedical properties of TiO2 nanotube arrays, we prepared both single and double layer walled TiO2 nanotube arrays and subjected them to hydrothermal treatment in strontium acetate solution. It was found that fluoride doped SrTiO3/TiO2 nanotube arrays could be formed after hydrothermal treatment without the failure of the single and double layer walled structure. In the case of fluoride doped SrTiO3/TiO2 nanotube arrays with a double layer walled structure, doping of fluoride induced a visible light response, formation of SrTiO3 benefited the separation of photogenerated electron–hole pairs, and the double layer walled structure led to an enlarged surface area. Due to the synergetic effect of above three factors, the fluoride doped double layer walled SrTiO3/TiO2 nanotube arrays demonstrated the highest photocatalytic activity under ultraviolet, visible and simulated solar light irradiation. The degradation rates of methylene blue solution are 0.13 h−1, 0.26 h−1 and 0.53 h−1 respectively. Moreover, ability to induce hydroxylapatite formation on the surface was also examined through an immersing test in simulated body fluid. The results indicated that SrTiO3, doped fluoride and a double layer walled structure could stimulate the hydroxylapatite formation by providing a larger number of hydroxyl ions, hydroxyl radicals and reactive initiation sites, thus the fluoride doped double layer walled SrTiO3/TiO2 nanotube arrays also exhibited the best ability to form hydroxylapatite on the surface.
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APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL
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2017
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IF 9.446
Pengfei Wang,Qixing Zhou,Yuguo Xia,Sihui Zhan,Yi Li
Novel mesoporous carbonate-doped phase-junction TiO 2 nanotubes were fabricated for the first time by a general simple and cost-effective strategy, namely, olive oil-assisted electrospinning. The as-prepared mesoporous carbonate-doped phase-junction TiO 2 nanotubes show a high photocatalytic hydrogen evolution activity of 6108 μmol h −1 g −1 , which is nearly six times higher than that of the commercially available P25. This outstanding photocatalytic performance originates from the morphology, electronic, crystal and textural structures of the photocatalysts. The refined porous structure can increase the optical path by multiple reflection effect, thus enhancing light harvesting. Particularly, first-principles calculations suggest that doping TiO 2 with carbonate can effectively reduce the bandgap of TiO 2 , thus the absorbance of TiO 2 in visible light region can be highly enhanced. Moreover, anatase-rutile phase junctions were elaborately introduced into TiO 2 nanotubes by changing the anneal temperature and the roles of phase junctions are studied by photoelectrochemical measurements, which reveal that appropriate phase junction interface can significantly enhance the charge separation and transfer, hence achieving about 2 and 18 times photocurrent density enhancement compared to pristine anatase and rutile phase samples, respectively. Our study not only demonstrates a facile and eco-friendly strategy to synthesize highly efficient porous TiO 2 -based nanotubes photocatalysts, but also provides a new strategy for rational design and synthesis of advanced photocatalysts by combining the strong synergistic effects of the morphology, electronic, crystal and textural structures.
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CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL
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2017
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IF 2.986
Jimin Du,Mengke Yang,Fangfang Zhang,Xuechun Cheng,Haoran Wu,Huichuang Qin,Qingsong Jian,Xialing Lin,Kaidi Li,Dae Joon Kang
Photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting using high-performance catalysts shows considerable promise in generating environment-friendly hydrogen energy. Its practical applications, however, suffer from several shortcomings, such as low photocurrent density, large onset-voltage value, and poor durability. In this study, CuS and CdS quantum-dot-cosensitized porous TiO 2 -based PEC catalysts (CuS-CT) have been successfully synthesized via in situ sulfuration of CuO and CdO coexisting inside a porous TiO 2 monolith by a hydrothermal method . Compared to porous TiO 2 , CuS-sensitized porous TiO 2 (CuS-TiO 2 ), and CdS-sensitized porous TiO 2 (CdS-TiO 2 ) in terms of PEC performance, the CuS-CT photoanode exhibited a significantly high anodic photocurrent for water splitting under simulated sunlight radiation. The photocurrent produced by the optimized sample of 7% CuS-5% CdS-TiO 2 (7% CuS-CT) was nearly 2.7 times higher than that of pure porous TiO 2 at 1.0 V versus a reversible hydrogen electrode (RHE). Porous TiO 2 possesses large surface areas that can drive fast electrolyte transport and afford more surface reaction active sites. On the other hand, CuS and CdS quantum dots not only broaden the visible light absorption range, but also improve photoinduced electron-hole separation efficiency. The co-sensitized multi-nanostructures photoanodes lead to a remarkable and promising application in PEC water splitting reactions.
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INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH
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2024
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Ling Tan,Yufei Huang,Wei Mao,Xiayi Hu,Yangqiang Huang,Hao Chen,Xiao Luo
Diphenyl carbonate (DPC) is a crucial organic chemical intermediate that is widely applied for the synthesis of polycarbonate. The process of transesterification of dimethyl carbonate (DMC) and phenol to produce DPC is promising and is in line with the requirements of green transitions and raw material sustainability. In this work, anatase-layered titanium dioxide (A-TiO2) was prepared and applied for the efficient transesterification of DMC and phenol to synthesize DPC with 10.5% phenol conversion and 87.9% DPC selectivity. The high activity and selectivity of transesterification over A-TiO2 were ascribed via characterizations to the tetracoordinate Ti species and Lewis acid–base sites on the catalyst surface. We further studied the deactivation mechanism of this kind of A-TiO2, and it was found that Ti leaching and the deposition of organic compounds onto the catalyst surface were the major reasons for deactivation during transesterification. This study provides some insights into the design of highly active and selective catalysts for transesterification reactions.
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Processes
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2024
·Vol. 12
·期 9
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Huiying Yang,Xiangchao Meng
The conversion of nitrogen (N2) and water (H2O) into NH3by photocatalysis under ambient conditions has been considered an environmentally friendly strategy. However, developing effective catalysts for N2fixation is still challenging. Herein, we report a bimetallic JH Fe, Co/TiO2derived from NH2-MIL-125(Ti) by the fast Joule heating (FJH) method for visible–light–driven catalytic N2fixation. It was found that the photocatalytic N2reduction efficiency of bimetallic FC@TiO2-JH was improved, enabling an NH3yield rate of 110.14 µmol g−1h−1without any sacrificial agents. Furthermore, the rate was higher than those of Fe@TiO2-JH and Co@TiO2-JH, suggesting that the synergistic effect between Fe and Co broke the electronic equilibrium and increased the center of its d-band, enhancing electronic feedback to the antibonding π* orbitals of N2while weakening the bonding energy of N≡N. Meanwhile, the rate was about 2.75 times higher than that of FC@TiO2-TF, which was calcined in a tube furnace. It is assumed that FJH might lead to the formation of lattice defects, leading to localized charge deficiency, enhanced carrier separation, and transport. Thus, doping of Fe and Co synergistically interacted with the defects produced from FJH, facilitating the photocatalytic reduction process. As detected, it had a greater ability to separate hole–electron pairs and transferred electrons to adsorbed N2at faster rates. Our work demonstrates a prospective strategy for designing bimetallic catalysts derived from NH2-MIL-125(Ti) for N2fixation.
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Biomimetics
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2025
·Vol. 10
·期 3
·144
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Zebang Yu,Hang Ping
Titanium dioxide demonstrates promising potential in the energy storage field due to its high theoretical specific capacity and economic viability. However, its practical application is hindered by intrinsic limitations including low electronic conductivity and slow lithium-ion transport. In general, nature inspires the biotemplating synthesis of artificially functional materials with hierarchical structures. Learning from the bioinspired synthesis process, we adopt a facile biomimetic approach to synthesize graphene-based anatase TiO2nanoparticle/nanorod hierarchical structure. The rod-shaped anatase is assembled nanoparticles with a diameter of 20 to 50 nm, and the surface of graphene is deposited by nanoparticles of 5 to 10 nm. The composite also possesses a high surface area and a mesoporous structure. This unique structure not only reduces the transportation pathway of lithium ions and electrons but also enhances the electric conductivity and tolerates the volume change. As an anode electrode, the bioinspired hierarchical structure exhibits a high reversible capacity of 160 mA h g−1after 180 cycles at a current rate of 1C, highlighting the effectiveness of bioinspired design.
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