INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES
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2021
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IF 6.953
Ze Yuan,Xinyue Shang,Jing Fang,Hao Li
The waterborne polyurethane (WPU) exposed to outdoor environment for a long time are more likely to reduce their mechanical performance and service life. This work describes a simple and effective method to obtain the homogeneous lignin/TiO 2 nanocomposite as the anti-UV additive to improve the applicability of WPU. The SKLs/TiO 2 were prepared by the gradient sulfonation kraft lignin (SKLs) and tetrabutyl titanate. The particle morphology and hybrid structure of SKLs/TiO 2 are characterized by FT-IR, zeta potential analysis, XPS, TG and SEM. Interestingly, it was found that the change of π-π interactions and electrostatic repulsion between SKL molecules effected the forming of SKLs/TiO 2 nanocomposite. The lignin content and morphology of SKLs/TiO 2 nanocomposite could be controlled by regulating the sulfonate group content on lignin molecular. Furthermore, the SKLs/TiO 2 nanocomposites was successfully applied on water polyurethane film as the additive, when SKLs/TiO 2 content increased from 0 wt% to 5.0 wt%, the tensile strength increased 43%, the elongation at break increased from 240.0% to 352.0% and the UV transmittance reduced from 87% to 1.7% below 400 nm, which greatly improved the UV resistance and mechanical properties. The results of this study are of significant and practical importance to the high-value-added utilization of lignin.
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JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
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2023
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IF 6.2
Han Zhang,Sijia Sun,Hao Ding,Ying Chen
Using amorphous SiO 2 (A-SiO 2 ) and tetrabutyl titanate (TBOT) as raw material, a composite photocatalyst with surface loaded quantum dot size TiO 2 (A-SiO 2 /TiO 2 , AST) was prepared. The degradation of tetracycline hydrochloride as well as mechanism of performance improvement by A-SiO 2 were investigated. The TiO 2 on the composite was anatase with a content of 9.96 wt% and a size of 7–8 nm (quantum dot level). TiO 2 was uniformly distributed and was closely bonded at the interface by chemical bonds. The degradation rate of AST was 95% after 60 min UV exposure, which was comparable to pure nano-TiO 2 . The particle size of TiO 2 in AST was reduced from 20–50 nm to 7–8 nm comparing with pure nano-TiO 2 and changed from a highly agglomerated to a well-dispersed state due to abundant hydroxyl groups on A-SiO 2 surface. TiO 2 bandgap width increased from 3.25 eV to 3.39 eV. These led to the exposing of active sites on TiO 2 and significantly increased photogenerated carrier separation efficiency. This study provides a feasible and simple method to improve TiO 2 nanoparticles’ photocatalytic activity, reduce the usage and achieve recycling to cut the application cost by surface coated.
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Catalysis Science & Technology
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2023
·Vol. 13
·期 17
·5058-5070
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IF 5
Zihan Lv,Zeng Hong,Chao Qian,Shaodong Zhou
Pt–Pd alloy nano-catalysts supported on TiO2 were developed to enable efficient light-induced photocatalytic N-alkylation of amines with alcohols. Various techniques such as BET, XRD, XPS, HRTEM, UV-vis DRS, and PL analysis were utilized to characterize the catalysts. The photocatalytic mechanism was discussed based on observation as well as theoretical calculation. It was found that Pt serves as a hydrogen shuttle, extracting hydrogen from alcohols to Pd for subsequent hydrogenation on the Pd site. By changing the Pd/Pt ratio, it is feasible to tune the reaction rates of methanol dehydrogenation and imine hydrogenation simultaneously, resulting in an efficient N-alkylation reaction. As a result, the optimum catalyst Pd1Pt1/TiO2 exhibits excellent catalytic performance which is superior to the previously reported ones in terms of both the catalytic efficiency and the production capacity.
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Micromachines
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2023
·Vol. 14
·期 4
·870
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Huan Wang,Mingxuan Dong,Baorui Shao,Yaodan Chi,Chao Wang,Sa Lv,Ran Duan,Boqi Wu,Xiaotian Yang
N-TiO2/Ni(OH)2nanofiber was successfully prepared by combining the electrospinning and solvothermal method. It has been found that under visible light irradiation, the as-obtained nanofiber exhibits excellent activity for the photodegradation of rhodamine B, and the average degradation rate reaches 3.1%/min−1. Further insight investigations reveal that such a high activity was mainly due to the heterostructure-induced increase in the charge transfer rate and separation efficiency.
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ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
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2021
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IF 6.986
Xian-Na Wang,Bin Li
Surface-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry (SALDI MS) has been successfully applied in the analysis of various small molecules. In this work, gold nanoparticles/thiol-β-cyclodextrin-functionalized TiO2 nanowires (AuNPs/SH-β-CD-TiO2 NWs) were prepared to enhance the performance of SALDI MS and mass spectrometry imaging (MSI). A monolithic TiO2 film was first grown on an indium tin oxide (ITO) glass slide via a modified sol–gel method and treated in an alkaline environment to form nanowires. TiO2 NWs were chemically modified by SH-β-CD for immobilizing AuNPs densely and strongly. Compared with the conventional organic matrix 2,5-dihydroxybenzoic acid (DHB), the prepared AuNPs/SH-β-CD-TiO2 NWs showed superior performances on detection sensitivity, repeatability, and analyte coverage. Analytes typically detectable with negative-ion matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) MS could also be observed using AuNPs/SH-β-CD-TiO2 NWs in the positive ion mode. Its successful usage efficiently enhanced the SALDI MS detection of various small molecules such as carbohydrates, fatty acids, and bile acids in the positive ion mode. The developed SALDI substrate was further used to characterize and discriminate the natural and in vitro cultured Calculus Bovis, as well as natural and artificial Moschus. Furthermore, the spatial distribution of several natural products in spearmint leaves and potato tubers was explored by tissue imprinting and deposition on the AuNPs/SH-β-CD-TiO2 NW surface for SALDI MSI in dual-polarity mode, respectively. The wide application and satisfied detection sensitivity make AuNPs/SH-β-CD-TiO2 NWs ideal for SALDI MS and MSI of various natural products.
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GREEN CHEMISTRY
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2021
·Vol. 23
·期 24
·10039-10049
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IF 10.182
Yingying Cao,Dandan Chen,Ye Meng,Shunmugavel Saravanamurugan,Hu Li
Chemocatalytic production of lactic acid from biomass feedstock is an alternative route with high potential, but with the prerequisites of long reaction time, high temperature, and/or a tailored catalyst. In this work, an N-TiO2 photothermal catalyst prepared by a simple sol–gel method using urea as a nitrogen and carbon source could catalyse a variety of biomass sugars to quantitatively produce lactic acid (up to 98.9% yield) in water under visible light and at a low temperature of 60 °C in a time as short as 30 min. N-TiO2 provides a suitable valence band position (2.51 eV) for the photo-oxidation reaction, with more active species being formed on the catalyst surface (e.g., h+, e−, ˙OH and ˙O2) and a light-induced heating effect caused by the carbon photothermal layer, which can effectively activate carbohydrates to undergo a cascade reaction process. Theoretical calculations show that the charge of N-TiO2 is highly separated, in which the N element acts as an electron trap and is enriched with plenty of electrons, leading to effective isolation of holes and electrons. In addition, the N-TiO2 catalyst exhibits good reusability and can be recycled with little loss of activity. The developed N and C-enhanced photothermal synergistic protocol opens up an avenue for producing organic acids from renewable biomass resources under mild conditions.
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Journal of Materials Chemistry A
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2021
·Vol. 10
·期 2
·891-901
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IF 12.732
Fan Yang,Yidong Hu,Qiaodan Hu,Sebastian Steiner,Till Frömling,Linhao Li,Patrick Wu,Emilio Pradal-Velázquez,Derek C. Sinclair
Bulk conductivity (σb) values of nominally stoichiometric Na0.5Bi0.5TiO3 (NBT) prepared by solid-state reaction collated from literature show random variation between 10−6 to 10−3 S cm−1 (at 600 °C). This makes it challenging to obtain reliable and reproducible performances of NBT-based devices, especially as the underlying reason(s) for this variance are not fully understood. Here we report the dramatic impact of the TiO2 reagent, in particular, the polymorphic form of TiO2 on the electrical conductivity and conduction mechanism of NBT. Based on our solid-state processing route, NBT ceramics prepared by rutile TiO2 are ionically conductive, and those prepared by anatase TiO2 are insulating. The dramatic difference in electrical properties of NBT prepared using rutile and anatase TiO2 is related to the NBT formation process: the intermediate phase Bi12TiO20 is more stable during formation of NBT in the case of anatase TiO2, which reduces the volatility of Bi2O3 during solid-state reaction. These results give plausible explanations for the large variation of σb reported in the literature and highlight the importance of selecting an appropriate TiO2 reagent when targeting controllable σb in NBT-based ceramics. For ion-conducting applications (such as in intermediate-temperature solid oxide fuel cells, IT-SOFCs), rutile TiO2 should be used, and for dielectric applications (such as in multilayer ceramic capacitors, MLCC) anatase TiO2 should be used.
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Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering
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2021
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IF 5.909
Yanhua Cui,Jian Zheng,Zengkai Wang,Binrong Li,Yongsheng Yan,Minjia Meng
How to endow the photocatalytic membrane with excellent efficiency and high permeability has always troubled scientific researchers. Herein, this work proposed an alternative strategy to controllably induce magnetic core-shell structured Fe 3 O 4 @TiO 2 nanoparticles to move towards the membrane surface under magnetic field, significantly maintaining a high-water flow rate and enhancing the photocatalytic degradation efficiency. The presence of Fe 3 O 4 in Fe 3 O 4 @TiO 2 facilitates the electron-hole separation efficiency and maintains the high redox ability of photogenerated electrons in TiO 2 . The characterization results indicated the Fe 3 O 4 @TiO 2 nanoparticles were successfully migrated to the membrane surface. As expected, the FTM(Y) had higher porosity (85.56%), higher pure water flux (1536.47 L m −2 h −1 bar −1 ) and better antifouling performance (5.24% of BSA static adsorption) than that of FTM(N) (1054.26 L m −2 h −1 bar −1 , 6.62%). Meanwhile, the FTM(Y) exhibited excellent photocatalytic and self-cleaning activity, the FTM(Y) showed 1.3 times enhancement in visible light (λ > 420 nm) driven photocatalytic degradation efficiency of tetracycline compared to that of the FTM(N) without magnetically induced. The ·O 2 - and·OH radicals and photogenerated h + played the primary role in photocatalytic degradation process. This work provides new insight into the design of highly efficient photocatalytic membrane to treat wastewater and enhance water purification .
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INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
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2023
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IF 4.6
Weihao Zhao,Jinxin Fan,Yuan Tian,Cheng Wang
Lithium metal batteries have become one of the most promising rechargeable batteries due to the ultrahigh theoretical specific capacity of the Li metal anode. However, the Li dendrite growth and volume change of the Li metal anode during repeated Li plating–stripping cycles restrict the practical viability. Herein, a unique lithiophilic gradient structure of uniformly incorporating Ag nanoparticles into a three-dimensional (3D) nanofiber framework with amorphous SiO2 and TiO2 hybrids was prepared by an electrospinning process and used as a multifunctional interlayer between the pristine separator and Li metal foil. The 3D framework not only possesses excellent flexibility but also alleviates volume changes, which can withstand massive Li loading and promote uniform Li+ distribution. In addition, the 3D lithiophilic gradient structure allows for regulable Li+ flux and suppresses Li dendrite growth. Impressively, the Li||Li symmetric batteries with Ag@SiO2–TiO2 interlayers exhibit a prolonged lifespan of 1500 h at 0.5 mA cm–2 for 0.5 mAh cm–2. The full cells coupled with the Ag@SiO2–TiO2 interlayer show a capacity retention rate of 94.6% after 1000 cycles and a high rate capability. This work provides promising guidance for the design of a gradient-distributed lithiophilic structure toward an ultrastable Li metal anode.
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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
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2016
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Jianfeng Gou,Qiuling Ma,Xiaoyong Deng,Yuqi Cui,Huixuan Zhang,Xiuwen Cheng,Xiaoli Li,Mingzheng Xie,Qingfeng Cheng
Norfloxacin, as an antimicrobial drug, has frequently been detected in municipal plants, which is predicted to be potential risk on human beings and the environment. In the present study, zeolite immobilizes silver oxide decorated titanium dioxide (Ag 2 O/TiO 2 -Zeolite) composite has been fabricated through modified sol-gel method. Afterwards, physicochemical properties of the as-fabricated Ag 2 O/TiO 2 -Zeolite sample are systematically studied by scanning electron microscope, X-ray diffraction, X-ray photoelectron microscopy, ultraviolet visible diffuse reflectance spectroscopy and surface photovoltage spectra measurements. Besides these, photocatalytic (PC) performance of Ag 2 O/TiO 2 -Zeolite composite is evaluated by photodecomposition of norfloxacin under simulated solar light illumination and generation of active hydroxyl ( OH) radicals. Results indicate that the decorated Ag species exists in the form of Ag 2 O, which can greatly enhance the visible light absorbance and charge separation efficiency. Furthermore, Ag 2 O/TiO 2 -Zeolite composite displays superior PC performance, which is mainly ascribed to the intense light absorbance in visible region, narrow band gap level and high charge separation efficiency. In addition, the solar light PC degradation pathways of norfloxacin are proposed according to the HPLC-MS/MS measurements, including hydroxylation addition to parent compound, decarboxylation and defluorination of side chain from the norfloxacin. Moreover, the as-fabricated Ag 2 O/TiO 2 -Zeolite composite exhibits high stability after consecutive utilization for seven times.
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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
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2023
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Jiansen Lie,Feili Luo,Yafang Liu,Yixuan Yang,Qingling Nie,Xiaochuan Chen,Ruiyun You,Yunzhen Liu,Xiufeng Xiao,Yudong Lu
As an important enzyme in human tissues, abnormally alkaline phosphatase (ALP) is strongly associated with many diseases, particularly breast and prostate cancer. In this study, we proposed a rapid and sensitive surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS)-based biosensor for ALP detection. The biosensor utilized Fe 3 O 4 @Au@TiO 2 nanoparticles (FAT NPs) as magnetic separation and enrichment materials to enrich grafted mediator Ag-4-mercaptophenylboronic acid (4-MPBA)-ascorbic acid 2-phosphate (AAP) NPs to form FAT-(AAP-4-MPBA-Ag) NPs, and 5,5′-dithiobis-(2-nitrobenzoic acid) (DTNB) was used as the internal standard tag molecule to prepare Au@DTNB@Ag as the signal source. The phosphate group in AAP was cleaved by ALP to form ascorbic acid (AA), which acts as a receptor for the boric acid to adsorb the 4-MPBA-Au@DTNB@Ag NPs. When the switch was “Off” to “On”, the Au@DTNB@Ag NPs were used to significantly improve the sensitivity of the proposed SERS platform, enabling detection as low as 1.17U/L of target ALP with a good linear range (R 2 = 0.991) of 2–10 U/L. Furthermore, the platform successfully detected ALP from 2 % human serum. The recoveries were 99.5–106 %. In addition, FAT-(AAP-4-MPBA-Ag) NPs could be transformed into FAT NPs to achieve recyclability by ultrasonication in acidic environments. Overall, this sensitive and fast SERS platform has promising potential for accurate and efficient identification of ALP from human serum.
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
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2023
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Zihan Tian,Yantao Song,Jing Zhang,Shuhao Qin,Yuanyuan Yang,Jianxin Li,Zhenyu Cui
Organic pollutants, such as dyes, contaminated water bodies seriously. Suitable materials and efficient technologies for degrading pollutants needed to be explored to protect the environment and human health. In this investigation, PVDF(PAA-g-β-CD)@TiO 2 hybrid film was prepared by a combination of “in situ hydrothermal-vapor induction” under mild conditions. The distribution, particle size, and interaction with the film surface for TiO 2 were investigated by XRD , XPS , SEM, and EDS . The TiO 2 nanoparticles were firmly immobilized and uniformly distributed on the hybrid film surface. Poly (acrylic acid) (PAA) and β-cyclodextrin (β-CD) on the film matrix were connected by the chemical bond, which provided stable nucleation and growth sites for TiO 2 while inhibiting photogenerated electron-hole recombination and significantly enhancing the adsorption ability. Furthermore, the multiple interaction forces (hydrogen bonding, coordination, and hydrophilic-hydrophilic interactions) between the film matrix and the TiO 2 were evaluated by simulated geometries and theoretical calculations. The multiple interactions reduced the band gap (Eg) while endowing the hybrid photocatalytic film with excellent degradation efficacy ( η ), stability, and recycling properties. Finally, the η of methylene blue (MB) reached 97.34 % within 120 min and remained above 90 % even after 8 reuses. It was believed that PVDF(PAA-g-β-CD)@TiO 2 film provided an approach for the mild preparation of polymer/TiO 2 hybrid film with high catalytic activity and optimization of photocatalytic properties.
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