CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE
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2024
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Chenxi Feng,Junyang Liu,Kai Zhao,Lei Wang,Zengxi Li,Guoliang Zhang,Chunshan Li
Methyl methacrylate (MMA) synthesis via aldol condensation of methyl propionate with formaldehyde over Cs-based supported catalysts is intensively investigated, while the effect of their pore structures on catalytic performance still lacks in-depth understanding. Herein, series of Cs-Zr/SiO 2 catalysts with different pore structures were prepared for this aldol condensation. The physicochemical characteristics of as-prepared Cs-Zr/SiO 2 catalysts were characterized using physical N 2 adsorption–desorption isotherms and CO 2 -/NH 3 -TPD. In addition, the impact of pore structure on mass transfer, adsorption, and desorption of reactants and products was studied through in situ DRIFTS. The results show that the acid and base site densities elevated with the increasing pore volume. The mass transfer of reactants and products could be promoted with increasing pore size, while their adsorption energies exhibited a volcanic trend. As a result, the Cs-Zr/SiO 2 catalysts having average pore diameter of 12-18 nm and acid-base balance was considered as the optimal candidate for MMA production.
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Nano Today
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2024
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Shiwen Duan,Jianmin Gao,Haoqin Ke,Chengquan Huang,Chaoyue Sun,Yujie Ren,Yixue Zhang,Xiumei Jiang,Yinliang Wang,Gang Liu
Mosquitoes are notorious for transmitting arbovirus diseases. Existing genetic-based control strategies only target one of mosquitoes’ flying, blood-sucking and reproduction behaviors and are technically demanding, limiting their real-world application. Therefore, there is an imperative need to identify novel molecular targets for developing multi-effect, easy-to-deploy mosquito control strategies. We herein identified and characterized the function of mosquito iron-sulfur-cluster assembly protein AalbNFS1. Silencing AalbNFS1 with double-strand RNAs (dsNFS1) caused evident metabolic and enzyme activity abnormalities in mosquito tissues and cells. Further analyses revealed that AalbNFS1 deficiency simultaneously reduced mosquitoes’ flying, blood-sucking and reproductive abilities by inducing muscle cell ferroptosis, confirming AalbNFS1 as a multi-effect molecular target for mosquito control purposes. To facilitate the real-world deployment of dsNFS1, a chitosan-tripolyphosphate-dsNFS1 (CS-TPP-dsNFS1) nanosystem was synthesized, generating satisfactory mosquito control effects. Collectively, our study pioneers the research on iron-sulfur-cluster biosynthesis mechanisms in mosquitoes and develops an effective mosquito control nanosystem with promising real-world applicability.
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JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
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2024
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Na Yang,Xu Guo,Jing Yu,Qi Liu,Jingyuan Liu,Jiahui Zhu,Rongrong Chen,Jun Wang
The rational use of solar energy to achieve photothermal conversion is an attractive strategy to promote the efficient removal of radioactive Cs + and Sr 2+ from nuclear wastewater. Herein, a photothermal adsorbent of composite aerogel with three-dimensional porous structure is fabricated by integrating prussian blue analogues (PBAs) and straw biochar into the chitosan (CS) and waste leather scrap hydrolysate (WLSH) aerogel matrix (CS/WLSH/C/PBAs). The local heating effect generated by CS/WLSH/C/PBAs aerogel induce to generate steam, accelerating the enrichment of Cs + and Sr 2+ in the solution, which increase their interaction with the CS/WLSH/C/PBAs and improves their adsorption rates and capacities. Under simulated sunlight, the adsorption equilibrium times for Cs + and Sr 2+ by CS/WLSH/C/PBAs are shortened from 5 h in the dark condition to 2 h, with maximum adsorption capacities of 156.0 and 95.1 mg/g for Cs + and Sr 2+ , respectively. Meanwhile, the CS/WLSH/C/PBAs aerogel also exhibits excellent reusability. Notably, the Cs + and Sr 2+ still can be efficiently removed in simulated seawater. Encouragingly, the CS/WLSH/C/PBAs aerogel also exhibits excellent adsorption properties for dyes and oils. This work provides insights for the design of multifunctional and efficient composite adsorbents, and paving a promising way for enhancing the adsorption of Cs + and Sr 2+ through solar energy.
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Fundamental Research
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2021
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Ge Xie,Nuoya Zhou,Shuo Du,Yujie Gao,Huinan Suo,Jing Yang,Juan Tao,Jintao Zhu,Lianbin Zhang
ABSTRACT Utilizing photothermal hydrogels as a wound dressing is a promising strategy to accelerate wound healing. Usually, a photothermal hydrogel has a strong light-absorbing capability, and hence its transparency can be largely sacrificed, which is unbeneficial for the visual monitoring of wound states. It remains challenging to balance the trade-off between the photothermal conversion and wound visualization for the photothermal hydrogel dressing. Herein, a composite photothermal hydrogel film with high transparency is presented for the visual monitor of the wound, which is constructed by incorporating Cs x WO 3 nanorods into the networks of polyacrylamide hydrogels. The composite photothermal hydrogel film exhibits high light absorption in the near-infrared region and high transmittance in the visible light region. Under 980 nm laser irradiation, the composite hydrogel can be heated up to 45 °C. In vivo animal experiment on mouse skin wound model shows that the composite hydrogel film can locally heat the skin wound to accelerate healing while maintaining more than 70% transparency to realize real-time observation of the wound. This study provides the first attempt to solve the problem of opacity in photothermal hydrogel dressings, promoting the possibility of its clinical applications.
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伤口愈合
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2021
·Vol. 18
·期 8
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IF 13.281
Jingwei Zhu,Benlin He,Xinpeng Yao,Haiyan Chen,Yanyan Duan,Jialong Duan,Qunwei Tang
The precise phase control of Cs-Pb-Br derivatives from 3D CsPbBr 3 to 0D Cs 4 PbBr 6 highly determines the photovoltaic performance of all-inorganic CsPbBr 3 perovskite solar cells (PSCs). Herein, the preferred phase conversion from precursor to Cs-Pb-Br derivatives is revealed by theoretically calculating the Gibbs free energies (∆ G ) of various phase conversion processes, allowing for a simplified multi-step solution-processable spin-coating method to hinder the formation of detrimental 0D Cs 4 PbBr 6 phase and enhance the photovoltaic performance of a PSC because of its large exciton binding energy, which is regarded as a recombination center. By further accelerating the interfacial charge extraction with a novel 2D transition metal dichalcogenide ReSe 2 , the hole-free CsPbBr 3 PSC achieves a champion efficiency of 10.67% with an impressive open-circuit voltage of 1.622 V and an excellent long-term stability. This work provides an in-depth understanding on the precise Cs-Pb-Br perovskite phase control and the effect of derivatives on photovoltaic performance of advanced CsPbBr 3 PSCs.
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能源化学
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半导体物理
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INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
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2021
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IF 5.165
Wenhao Xing,Chunlan Tang,Pifu Gong,Jieyun Wu,Zheshuai Lin,Jiyong Yao,Wenlong Yin,Bin Kang
The continuous exploration of multinary chalcogenide semiconductors has provided a variety of new functional materials. In this paper, four new quaternary chalcogenides AHgPS4 (A+ = Na+, K+, Rb+, Cs+) have been prepared by solid-state syntheses. These findings complement the lack of research on this quaternary system. Influenced by the size effect of cations and the coordination mode of Hg, the four compounds crystallize in four different space groups [NaHgPS4, P4̅n2; KHgPS4, Pnn2; RbHgPS4, P21/n; CsHgPS4, P212121] and show an interesting evolution from a 3D framework structure to a 1D chain structure. Moreover, all of these compounds feature noncentrosymmetric (NCS) structures except for RbHgPS4. The materials exhibit wide band gaps of 2.7 eV < Eg < 3.0 eV. The NCS- related second-harmonic-generation (SHG) property of NaHgPS4 and KHgPS4 was also studied. They display strong powder SHG responses (3.14 × AgGaS2 for NaHgPS4; 4.15 × AgGaS2 for KHgPS4), which indicate their intriguing potential as IR nonlinear-optical materials. Moreover, first-principles theoretical calculations were performed to understand the structure–property relationships of these materials.
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无机化学
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非线性光学
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固态化学
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晶体学
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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE
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2026
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Taijia Li,Guichun He,Mengfei Liu,Zhiwen Cao,Jie Min
Selective separation of 90 Sr 2+ and 137 Cs + from nuclear wastewater is a significant challenge in the field of environmental remediation. In this paper, magnetic P-type zeolite composites loaded with Fe 3 O 4 were successfully synthesized via an alkali fusion-assisted hydrothermal method using lithium porcelain clay tailings (LPCT) as the silicon-aluminum source, achieving resource utilization of solid waste. The material exhibited excellent selective adsorption capacity for Sr 2+ : under the conditions of pH = 6 and a dosage of 2 g/L, the removal rate for Sr 2+ (100 mg/L) reached 99.4%, while that for Cs + (50 mg/L) was only 55.2%. In simulated/real seawater systems, the material maintained exceptionally high selectivity for trace Sr 2+ (with a K d value of 1.265 L·g –1 in simulated seawater). Mechanistic studies revealed that Sr 2+ undergoes specific ion exchange primarily by substituting Na + within the zeolite framework (adsorption energy: −2.37 eV), forming stable chemical bonds; in contrast, Cs + binds only through weak physical adsorption (adsorption energy: −0.85 eV), making it susceptible to displacement by competing ions. After five cycles, the Sr 2+ removal rate remained above 65%. This study presents a strategy for upcycling solid waste into high-performance functional materials and offers a promising solution for the efficient and selective separation of radioactive Sr 2+ from complex aqueous environments, highlighting its potential for practical nuclear wastewater treatment.
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DALTON TRANSACTIONS
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2026
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Hussin Elkik,Muhammad Mujahid Iqbal,Aqsa Munawar,Zhihua Yang,Fangfang Zhang,Shilie Pan
The development of robust strategies for designing high-performance ultraviolet (UV) birefringent materials has become a critical challenge. The combination of alkali metal and Ca2+ cations, which do not exhibit d–d or f–f transitions, with [NO3]− anions that possess high polarizability anisotropy results in the synthesis of three hydrated alkali metal calcium nitrates, ACa(NO3)3·2H2O (A = NH4, Rb, Cs). The title compounds were synthesized at room temperature using the water solution–evaporation technique, featuring a unique chain-like structure composed of [CaO9] polyhedra and [NO3]− units. The compounds exhibit notable optical properties, including short UV absorption edges (220–235 nm) and moderate birefringence (0.077–0.086 at 546 nm). Detailed structural investigation and theoretical analyses reveal that the birefringence is primarily due to the planar triangular arrangement of the [NO3]− groups. This research not only increases the structural diversity within inorganic materials but also provides a key approach for further studies of all-inorganic birefringent optical materials in the UV region.
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Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
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2026
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Yao Fu,Jia Xu,Huifang Han,Zhenxu Sun,Xueqi Zhang,Kun Lang,Fan Shen,Yahan Wu,Xu Pan,Jie Yan,Jianxi Yao
The crystallization kinetics of all-inorganic perovskites critically influence the photovoltaic performance. Here, we introduce formamidinium acetate (FAAC) as a multifunctional additive to promote the conversion of DMAPbI3 and Cs4PbI6 intermediates into high-quality black-phase γ-CsPbI3 thin films. FAAC reduces the formation energy of the Cs4PbI6 intermediate, enabling its early formation during initial heating. Concurrently, FA+ cations rapidly intercalate into the DMAPbI3 lattice, forming a mixed (FA, DMA)Pb(I, AC)3 phase that facilitates complete cation exchange between DMA+ and Cs+ and accelerates DMAI removal. This synergistic effect effectively reduces residual DMA+ and structural defects. The optimized FAAC-based CsPbI3 perovskite solar cells (PSCs) achieve a power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 21.84%. Furthermore, the unencapsulated devices exhibit excellent operational stability, retaining 90% of their initial efficiency after 500 h under ambient conditions and 88.7% after 120 h of thermal aging at 85 °C.
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CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS
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2021
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IF 9.811
Zhongnan Guo,Fan Sun,Danilo Puggioni,Yubo Luo,Xiaotong Li,Xiuquan Zhou,Duck Young Chung,Erjian Cheng,Shiyan Li,James M. Rondinelli,Wenxia Yuan,Mercouri G. Kanatzidis
Metal cluster compounds have garnered renewed interest in the search for novel superconductors and topological semimetals owing to structural instabilities of metal-cluster geometries and broken symmetries. Here we synthesized needle-like crystals of the V-cluster-based quasi-one-dimensional (Q1D) materials AV3Q3Oδ (A = K, Rb, Cs, Q = Se, Te) which can also be viewed as being composed of parallel nanowires. We examine how changes in their average and local structure control their electronic properties. All compounds crystallize in the TlFe3Te3-type structure (P63/m space group) with infinite (V3Q3)− double-walled columnar chains separated by A+ cations. Our single-crystal and synchrotron powder diffraction studies indicate oxygen atoms partially occupy the center site of the V6 octahedral metal cluster cages in KV3Te3O0.33, RbV3Te3O0.32, and CsV3Te3O0.35, whereas KV3Se3 is structurally oxygen-free. Our synchrotron X-ray pair distribution function (PDF) analyses indicate that the oxygen-free V6 cluster octahedra in KV3Se3 are highly distorted perpendicular to the chain direction even at room temperature, reducing the symmetry of the average structure from hexagonal P63/m to monoclinic P21/m. Our theoretical calculation supports this P21/m distortion and suggests the structure further distorts to P21 or P21/c at lower temperatures. In contrast, the oxygen-centered V-cluster in KV3Te3O0.33 exhibits a V3-triangle-trimerization along the chain direction. This feature is discernible from the local PDF and is consistent with lattice dynamical calculations based on density functional theory. Resistivity measurements indicate that KV3Se3 exhibits metallic behavior, whereas a dramatic metal–semiconductor–metal transition emerges in KV3Te3O0.33, RbV3Te3O0.32, and CsV3Te3O0.35 because of oxygen disorder and changes in local structure captured from our electronic structure analyses of the Fermi surface. Our investigation of the AV3Q3Oδ family demonstrates the importance of understanding local changes in structure driven by electronic instabilities, which can guide the search for new quantum materials in other low-dimensional cluster-compound materials.
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凝聚态物理
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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
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2018
·Vol. 25
·期 22
·22244-22258
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IF 2.8
Yan Xuechao,Zhang Xiaoping,Li Qian
In this paper, an effective chitosan/beta-cyclodextrin/nanometer zinc oxide (CS/β-CD/Nano-ZnO) composite porous membrane was synthesized by sol-gel and polymer-assisted inverting method. Preparation conditions of CS/β-CD/Nano-ZnO were investigated by single-factor and Box-Behnken response surface methodology optimizing triethoxyvinylsilane (JH-V151), beta-cyclodextrin (β-CD), and nanometer zinc oxide (Nano-ZnO), and applied to study the adsorption characteristics of Cong red (CR) from aqueous solution using batch experiments. The optimum preparation conditions were determined that the volume fraction of JH-V151 alcohol solution was 11%, the ratio of β-CD to CS was 5.35, and the ratio of Nano-ZnO’s mass to solution’s volume was 0.36%. Different characterization methods including field-emission scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, UV-visible spectroscopy, and Universal Materials Tester were used to prove the appearance, crystallinity, functional groups, swelling degree, transmittance, and tensile property of CS/β-CD/Nano-ZnO. The optimized batch experimental parameters were 50 mg L −1 , 4 h, 7.0, 0.5 g L −1 , and 55.0 °C as initial concentration, contact time, pH, adsorbent dose, and temperature, respectively. The maximum adsorption capacity on CR reached 96.33 mg g −1 , which is 4.34 times with respect to CS. The batch experimental data were best described by a pseudo-second-order kinetics model and Langmuir isotherm model ( R 2 = 0.9965, theoretical saturated adsorption capacity 147.28 mg g −1 ). The values ∆G were − 2.09, − 4.73, and − 7.37 kJ mol −1 at 298, 308, and 318 K temperatures, respectively. The ∆H value was 76.68 kJ mol −1 , indicating the endothermic and spontaneous adsorption in nature. The ∆S value was 0.26 kJ mol −1 K −1 , a signal of entropy increase during adsorption. The adsorption capacity decreased only by 5.8% after six recycling runs, which indicated the reusability of CS/β-CD/Nano-ZnO. Therefore, the CS/β-CD/Nano-ZnO composite porous membrane is a promising membrane material for the efficient removal of CR from any water at large and economic scales at moderate concentration.
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CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS
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2017
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IF 9.466
Bin-Wen Liu,Min-Yi Zhang,Xiao-Ming Jiang,Shu-Fang Li,Hui-Yi Zeng,Guo-Qiang Wang,Yu-Hang Fan,Yong-Fei Su,Chunsen Li,Guo-Cong Guo,Jin-Shun Huang
Two new polar polyselenides Rb4Ge4Se12 (1) and Cs4Ge4Se12 (2) with rarely reported dimeric [Ge2Se4(μ-Se2)]4– units were synthesized. They present large second-harmonic generation (SHG) intensities of 7.5 and 6.5 times that of the benchmark AgGaS2 with type I phase-matching behavior, high laser-induced damaged thresholds, a wide transmission region and congruently melting behavior, making them excellent candidates for IR nonlinear optical (NLO) applications. The SHG functional motifs of both compounds are determined to be [Ge2Se4(μ-Se2)]4– unit by time-dependent density functional theory calculation, which further reveals that charge transfers from the lone pairs of terminal Se atoms to the five σ* orbitals of five-membered ring Ge2Se3 have a predominant contribution to the total SHG effect.
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