ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
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2022
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Dan Zhang,Yixin Luo,Jiaxiang Liu,Yu Dong,Cong Xiang,Chenke Zhao,Hongbo Shu,Jianhua Hou,Xianyou Wang,Manfang Chen
The practical progress of lithium–sulfur batteries is hindered by the serious shuttle effect and the slow oxidation–reduction kinetics of polysulfides. Herein, the ZnFe2O4–Ni5P4 Mott–Schottky heterojunction material is prepared to address these issues. Benefitting from a self-generated built-in electric field, ZnFe2O4–Ni5P4 as an efficient bidirectional catalysis regulates the charge distribution at the interface and accelerates electron transfer. Meanwhile, the synergy of the strong adsorption capacity derived from metal oxides and the outstanding catalytic performance that comes from metal phosphides strengthens the adsorption of polysulfides, reduces the energy barrier during the reaction, accelerates the conversion between sulfur species, and further accelerates the reaction kinetics. Hence, the cell with ZnFe2O4–Ni5P4/S harvests a high discharge capacity of 1132.4 mAh g–1 at 0.5C and displays a high Coulombic efficiency of 99.3% after 700 cycles. The ZnFe2O4–Ni5P4/S battery still maintains a capacity of 610.1 mAh g–1 with 84.4% capacity retention after 150 cycles at 0.1C under a high sulfur loading of 3.2 mg cm–2. This work provides a favorable reference and advanced guidance for developing Mott–Schottky heterojunctions in lithium–sulfur batteries.
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TRIBOLOGY INTERNATIONAL
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2021
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Jian Wu,Yanlong Luo,Yifeng Chen,Xiaohua Lu,Xin Feng,Ningzhong Bao,Yijun Shi
Ionic liquids (ILs) are very potential lubricant additives for their strong adsorption and tribochemical reactions at the interface. In this work, poly(ionic liquid) of PImC 6 NTf 2 is used as lubricant additive in base oil of PEG, which can reduce the wear volume by around 65 times under 2.5 GPa. The lubricity is much more advantageous than the geminal dicationic IL of BIm 5 -(NTf 2 ) 2 . The adsorption strength of lubricants is studied by employing the microcalorimeter to evaluate the adsorption heat, AFM to test the adhesion force, and molecular dynamics simulation to calculate the interfacial binding energy. As a result, the adsorption strength of PImC 6 NTf 2 is obviously higher than BIm 5 -(NTf 2 ) 2 , and the lubricity is strongly dependent on the adsorption strength of ILs.
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NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY
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2021
·Vol. 46
·期 1
·228-238
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IF 3.591
Xinyu Liu,Jing Xu,Lijun Ma,Ye Liu,Linying Hu
The construction of heterojunctions can effectively improve the electron transport rate and photocatalytic activity. In this work, nanoflower-like S-scheme heterojunction MoS2/NiAl-LDH was successfully synthesized. The results indicated that the hydrogen yield of the MoS2/NiAl-LDH composite catalyst reached 229.5 μmol in 5 hours under visible light irradiation by adjusting the pH value of the sacrificial agent and the amount of eosin. The crystal structure and morphological characteristics of the composite were analyzed by XRD, SEM and TEM. The visible light response degree and charge separation and transfer rates of photogenerated carriers of the composite were analyzed by UV-Vis DRS, PL and electrochemistry. The electronic transfer path was also analyzed by XPS. The construction of S-scheme heterojunctions can realize effective separation of electron–hole pairs and ensure that the photo-induced carriers with the strongest redox ability can be retained to participate in the photocatalytic reaction. In addition, the feasible mechanism of photocatalytic hydrogen evolution is given. This work will provide different insights into the enhancement of hydrogen evolution by heterojunctions formed by binary semiconductors.
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RSC Advances
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2021
·Vol. 11
·期 53
·33626-33636
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IF 3.361
Leliang Wu,Yiting Lin,Yimin Zhang,Peng Wang,Mingjun Ding,Minghua Nie,Caixia Yan,Shiyao Chen
Alkaline substances could activate peroxymonosulfate (PMS) for the removal of organic pollutants, but relatively high alkali consumption is generally required, which can cause too high pH of the solution after the reaction and lead to secondary pollution. Within this study, PMS activated by a relatively low dosage of Ca(OH)2 (1 mM) exhibited excellent efficiency in the removal of bisphenol S (BPS). The pH of the solution declined to almost neutral (pH = 8.2) during the reaction period and conformed to the direct emission standards (pH = 6–9). In a typical case, BPS was completely degraded within 240 min and followed the kinetics of pseudo-first-order. The degradation efficiency of BPS depended on the operating parameters, such as the Ca(OH)2, PMS and BPS dosages, initial solution pH, reaction temperature, co-existing anions, humic acid (HA), and water matrices. Quenching experiments were performed to verify that singlet oxygen (1O2) and superoxide radicals (O2˙−) were the predominant ROS. Degradation of BPS has been significantly accelerated as the temperature increased. Furthermore, degradation of BPS could be maintained at a high level across a broad range of pH values (5.3–11.15). The SO4−, NO3− did not significantly impact the degradation of BPS, however, both HCO3− and HA inhibited oxidation of BPS by the Ca(OH)2/PMS system, and Cl− had a dual-edged sword effect on BPS degradation. In addition, based on the 4 identified intermediates, 3 pathways of BPS degradation were proposed. The degradation of BPS was lower in domestic wastewater compared to other naturals waters and ultrapure; nevertheless, up to 75.86%, 77.94% and 81.48% of BPS was degraded in domestic wastewater, Yaohu Lake water and Poyang Lake water, respectively. Finally, phenolic chemicals and antibiotics, including bisphenol A, norfloxacin, lomefloxacin hydrochloride, and sulfadiazine could also be efficiently removed via the Ca(OH)2/PMS system.
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LANGMUIR
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2021
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Bowen Liu,Chuanbiao Bie,Yong Zhang,Linxi Wang,Youji Li,Jiaguo Yu
The design of photocatalysts with hierarchical pore sizes is an effective method to improve mass transport, enhance light absorption, and increase specific surface area. Moreover, the construction of a heterojunction at the interface of two semiconductor photocatalysts with suitable band positions plays a crucial role in separating and transporting charge carriers. Herein, ZIF-8 and urea are used as precursors to prepare hierarchically porous ZnO/g-C3N4 S-scheme heterojunction photocatalysts through a two-step calcination method. This S-scheme heterojunction photocatalyst shows high activity toward photocatalytic H2O2 production, which is 3.4 and 5.0 times higher than that of pure g-C3N4 and ZnO, respectively. The mechanism of charge transfer and separation within the S-scheme heterojunction is studied by Kelvin probe, in situ irradiated X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (ISI-XPS), and electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR). This research provides an idea of designing S-scheme heterojunction photocatalysts with hierarchical pores in efficient photocatalytic hydrogen peroxide production.
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
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2021
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IF 5.816
Jun Liu,Haorui Duan,Wenjie Xu,Jun Long,Wenheng Huang,Huan Luo,Jinchao Li,Yaping Zhang
A novel sulfonated multi-wall carbon nanotubes (s-MWCNTs) filler is synthesized by ring-opening reaction. And then, a series of branched sulfonated polyimide (bSPI)/s-MWCNTs composite membranes are also prepared for application in vanadium redox flow batteries (VRFBs). The optimized bSPI/s-MWCNTs-2% composite membrane has lower vanadium ion permeability (2.01 × 10 −7 cm 2 min −1 ) and higher proton selectivity (1.06 × 10 5 S min cm −3 ) compared to those of commercial Nafion 212 membrane. Moreover, the VRFB with bSPI/s-MWCNTs-2% composite membrane exhibits higher coulombic efficiencies ( CE s: 96.0–98.2%) and energy efficiencies ( EE s: 79.7–69.5%) than that with Nafion 212 membrane ( CE s: 86.5–92.5% and EE s: 78.5–67.6%) at 80–160 mA cm −2 . The VRFB with bSPI/s-MWCNTs-2% composite membrane has stable battery performance over 400 cycles at 100 mA cm −2 , whose EE value is in the top level among previously reported SPI-based composite membranes. The results show that the bSPI/s-MWCNTs-2% composite membrane has a great prospect in VRFB application.
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Solar RRL
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2021
·Vol. 6
·期 1
·2100778
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IF 8.582
Hongling Guo,Rutao Meng,Long Hu,Chun-Ho Lin,Yali Sun,Yue Liu,Jianyu Wu,Zhan Shen,Dewei Chu,Gang Wang,Li Wu,Guangxing Liang,Shifu Xiong,Fangfang Liu,Yi Zhang,Tom Wu
In spite of the merits such as Earth abundance and high performance, Cu 2 ZnSn(S,Se) 4 (CZTSSe) solar cells suffer from unfavorable Sn Zn antisite defects and complexes, which act as nonradiative recombination centers and deteriorate the open-circuit voltage ( V OC ). Therefore, the management of Sn composition is the prerequisite for achieving high-efficiency CZTSSe photovoltaic devices. At present, the Sn-related composition and defect modifications at different selenization pressures remain unclear, which restrain the development of efficient kesterite solar cells. Herein, a facile yet effective strategy to accurately adjust the Sn content in CZTSSe films by simply optimizing the selenization pressure is demonstrated. Compared with the widely used atmospheric pressure, it is unveiled that the appropriate negative pressure (0.7 atm) can tailor the optimal Sn content in the absorber layer, influencing both the Sn-related defects and the microstructures. In contrast, a lower (0.4 atm) and a higher (1.3 atm) selenization pressure results in undesirable deep Cu Sn defects and a Sn(S,Se) 2 secondary phase, respectively. A champion device fabricated at this optimal selenization pressure (0.7 atm) exhibits a power conversion efficiency of 11.32% with a V OC of 0.496 V. This study paves the path toward highly efficient kesterite solar cells by tailoring the composition-dependent defects.
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EUROPEAN POLYMER JOURNAL
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2021
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IF 4.598
Zhaoquan Zheng,Bingyu Wang,Jing Chen,Yan Wang,Ziyue Miao,Cenyao Shang,Qiang Zhang
Glycopolymer has been developed in bactericidal applications, but the traditional synthesis, such as click chemistry, needs poly-step reactions and complicated processes. Herein, incorporating the glyco-units into the polymers by quaternization has been exploited to give a facile strategy by Copper-mediated reversible deactivation radical polymerization (Cu(0)-RDRP) to prepare quaternized poly(ionic liquid)s (PILs) with pendant saccharide. The obtained PILs have the suitable property of killing typical Gram-negative Escherichia coli and Gram-positive Staphylococcus aureus . Simultaneously, they perform the lower hemolytic rate of blood cells, higher selectivity index against bacteria, and higher affinity with Concanavalin A (ConA) than those quaternized by bromohydrin at the same quaternization degree. This result demonstrated that the introduced saccharide units, such as glucose and mannose, could maintain the electrostatic interaction to kill bacteria, perform lectin recognition behavior and interaction with ConA, and relatively harmlessness against red blood cells. Moreover, the sugar-containing PILs became insoluble and still antibacterial after anion exchange reaction. These new findings illuminated that such quaternized antibacterial agents with saccharide units that are easy-to-prepare, low cytotoxic could pave the way for further water disinfectant and pathogen control application.
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JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES
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2021
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IF 9.127
Ailing Tian,Kailin Luo,Zhendong Li,Mingming Ma,Shun Li,Xingyi Wang,Deyu Wang,Zhe Peng
Lithium (Li) metal and alloy anodes are strongly attractive for next high-energy-density batteries , owing to their high theoretical specific capacity and low redox potentials . However, the fast electrode pulverization caused by large volume variation upon cycling inhibits the use of the Li metal and alloy anodes seriously, whereas the sluggish charge transfer and weak electrode/electrolyte interphase are mainly responsible for their uneven volume expansion and surface breaks, respectively. Herein, a versatile F–N–S doped lithiophilic interphase is obtained via a one-pot electrochemical fabrication process with high controllability, which exhibits high robustness, Li affinity and fast Li transfer, and significantly outperforms the single lithiophilic interphase obtained via chemical route. When this advanced interphase is applied to the copper or aluminum electrodes, great stabilizations of Li plating/stripping or Li insertion/extraction processes can be achieved. This work emphasizes the importance of the interphase composition for designing stable high-energy-density electrodes, and gives insights on a general and efficient remedy to boost the performances of the large-volume-change electrodes.
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Environmental Science-Nano
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2021
·Vol. 8
·期 7
·2069-2080
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IF 8.131
Xuan He,Lei Zhang,Xiangang Hu,Qixing Zhou
Solar steam generation has attracted interest in water purification and seawater desalination as an efficient solar energy conversion method. However, the complex preparation process and limited efficiency restrict the practical applications of solar-generated steam. Here, we report a three-dimensional wood membrane inside coated with MoS2 (WM-H, with S defects) for efficient seawater desalination. The vertically aligned mesoporous wood channels and their inner microstructures increase the contact interface between water and MoS2 in wood. The formation of S defects allows the surface temperature of the membrane to reach ∼53 °C under 1 sun illumination. The MoS2-coated wood with S defects exhibited an excellent evaporation flux (1.46 kg m−2 h−1, one sun), with a solar thermal conversion efficiency of 82.5%. The adsorption peak values of Na+ on the two sides of MoS2 with defects are 2.17 times and 1.49 times higher than those of MoS2 without defects. The wood-based design provides an inexpensive way to capture solar energy and generate steam.
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ACS Omega
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2021
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IF 3.512
Ze Yuan,Lanlan Yang,Dongni Han,Guorong Sun,Chenyu Zhu,Yao Wang,Qiao Wang,Mikhail Artemyev,Jianguo Tang
High-efficiency photoluminescence quaternary hexagon Zn–Cu–In–S (ZCIS) nanoplatelets (NPls) have been synthesized by a two-step cation exchange method, which starts with the In2S3 NPls followed by the addition of Cu and Zn. It is the first time that In2S3 NPls are used as templates to synthesize ZCIS NPls. In this paper, the reaction temperature of In2S3 is essential for the formation of NPls. The photoluminescence wavelength of NPls can be tuned by adjusting the temperature of Cu addition. To enhance the stability of the resulting NPls and to improve their optical properties, we introduced Zn2+ and obtained ZCIS NPls by cation exchange on the surface. It is worth noting that the obtained ZCIS NPls show a shorter fluorescence lifetime than other ternary copper sulfide-based NPls. This work provides a new way to synthesize high-efficiency, nontoxic, and no byproduct ZCIS NPls.
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JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
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2021
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Ming Jin,Rui Gao,Guiru Sun,Haibo Li,Xiangxin Xue,Chaoqun Qu,Nan Li,Yuting Zhang,Zhao Wang,Ming Feng
Lithium sulfide (Li 2 S) compounds as cathode materials for Lithium-sulfur (Li-S) battery have attracted more and more attention recently because of its high specific capacity, lower volume expansion and higher thermal stability of Li 2 S. However, high electrochemical barrier of the Li 2 S cathode and “shuttle effect” from S species on anode still block the development of Li-S batteries. Herein, LiFePO 4 (LFP) is employed as dual-function separator modifier to establish hybrid cathode. The modified separator will reduce overpotential for effective and durable sulfur redox reactions at the same time, it can also efficiently immobilize the lithium polysulfides (LiPSs) through the Lewis acid-base interaction of LiPSs and LFP. The battery systems based on the as-developed LFP modified separator exhibit an excellent rate capability, high sulfur utilization and outstanding cycling performance. The capacity retention can reach 83.9% after 400 cycles at 0.2 C, and the capacity can reach 594 mAh g −1 at up to 2 C. Current facile and low-cost strategy to modified Li-S battery systems on one hand offers an effective pathway to enhance electrochemical performance, on the other hand inspire new strategies on reducing the activation barrier of Li 2 S for improved sulfur electrochemistry as well.
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