APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
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2022
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IF 7.392
Xiaoqi Jiang,Qing Li,Wenjie Xia,Zhiwei Huang,Xiaomin Wu,Huawang Zhao,Zhilei Guo,Weixin Kong,Chung-shin Yuan,Guohua Jing,Huazhen Shen
Elemental mercury (Hg 0 ) is the most difficult mercury species to remove from the flue gas. Photocatalysts of transition metal oxide modified TiO 2 can effectively remove Hg 0 . However, the metal oxide easily aggregates into large nanoparticles, reducing the atom utilization efficiency and photocatalytic activity. We presented a facile strategy of employing g-C 3 N 4 as an anchor to successfully load highly dispersed ultrasmall CeO 2 clusters on g-C 3 N 4 /TiO 2 . Moreover, the mechanism of anchoring CeO 2 clusters and charge transfer of the ternary photocatalyst were explored in-depth. The results demonstrated that at 250 °C, the photooxidation efficiency of Hg 0 by CeO 2 -g-C 3 N 4 /TiO 2 was several times higher than that of CeO 2 /TiO 2 , TiO 2 , and g-C 3 N 4 . The cavity of the tri-s-triazine ring anchored small CeO 2 clusters via strong Ce-N coordination bonds. A combined type II and Z-scheme transport paths accelerated the separation of photogenerated electron holes. This research offers valuable surface engineering strategy for highly dispersed ultrasmall cluster decorated TiO 2 .
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JOM
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2022
·Vol. 75
·期 6
·1982-1992
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IF 2.597
Qiu Yuchao,Shi Junjie,Hou Changle,Dong Jingjing,Zhai Yumo,Li Kaixuan,Yan Sen,Yu Kai,Li Jianzhong,Liu Changsheng
The spinel and pseudobrookite type ceramic materials have been widely used in different industries including ceramics, refractory and metallurgy. Therefore, their physicochemical properties are important for the development of related processes. In this regard, it is important to understand the formation principles of the spinel and pseudobrookite solid solutions. In the present work, the equilibrium phase relations for the MgO-Al 2 O 3 -TiO 2 system at 1700°C in air were experimentally determined by high-temperature equilibration-quenching technique followed by XRD and SEM–EDS analyses. The pseudobrookite solid solution was found to be coexisting with spinel solid solution and rutile phase, respectively. The composition evolution and formation principles of the pseudobrookite and spinel solid solutions were further elucidated from the corresponding crystal structures and composition relations. Furthermore, great discrepancies were observed when the 1700°C isotherm from the present work was compared with the isotherm simulated by FactSage 8.1. The evolution of the solid solution existing area was intuitively presented with reference to the experimental data from the literature. The results from present work are important for the development of spinel and pseudobrookite solid solution ceramics as well as the optimization of the thermodynamic database for oxide systems.
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Frontiers in Chemistry
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2022
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IF 5.545
Zhai Haichao,Zhu Chuhong,Wang Xiujuan,Yuan Yupeng,Tang Haibin
Three-dimensional surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) substrates usually provide more hot spots in the excitation light beam and higher sensitivity when compared with the two-dimensional counterpart. Here a simple approach is presented for the fabrication of arrays of Ag-nanoparticles decorated TiO2 nanotubes. Arrays of ZnO nanorods were fabricated in advance by a hydrothermal method. Then TiO2 nanotube arrays were achieved by immersing the arrays of ZnO nanorods in an aqueous solution of (NH4)2TiF6 for 1.5 h. Vertically aligned TiO2 nanotube arrays were modified with dense Ag nanoparticles by Ag mirror reaction. High density of Ag nanoparticles decorated on the fabricated TiO2 nanotubes provide plenty of hotspots for Raman enhancement. In addition, the fabricated array of Ag nanoparticles modified TiO2 nanotubes can serve as a reusable SERS substrate because of the photocatalytic activity of the TiO2 nanotubes. The SERS substrate adsorbed with analyte molecules can realize self-cleaning in deionized water after UV irradiation for 2.5 h. The sensitivity of the fabricated SERS substrate was investigated by the detection of organic dye molecules. The detectable concentration limits of rhodamine 6G (R6G), malachite green (MG) and methylene blue (MB) were found to be 10−12 M, 10−9 M and 10−8 M, respectively. The enhancement factor (EF) of the three-dimensional SERS substrate was estimated to be as high as ∼1.4×108. Therefore, the prepared Ag nanoparticles modified TiO2 nanotube arrays have promising potentials to be applied to rapid and trace SERS detection of organic chemicals.
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RENEWABLE ENERGY
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2022
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IF 8.634
Xiu Gao,Chao Chen,Wenlu Zhang,Yanping Hong,Chunrong Wang,Guoqiang Wu
A series of sulfated TiO 2 supported Mo ( x Mo/1.5ST) catalysts were synthesized successfully and evaluated for the transesterification of Jatropha seed oil (JO) to biodiesel. Extensive characterization exhibits that the well dispersed Mo oxide species, with Mo 6+ and Mo 5+ oxidation states, were formed on the surface of the sulfated TiO 2 . The results indicate the presence of many sulfates species leads to the reduction of Mo 6+ species to Mo 5+ species. Furthermore, the catalytic activity of the x Mo/1.5ST catalysts gradually increases with the increase of Mo-loading, although the sulfates content and the total acid intensity decrease. The transesterification process was fully investigated, and the 10Mo/1.5ST shows the highest yield of biodiesel of up to 97.42%. Additionally, the possible mechanism for the JO transesterification over Mo/1.5ST was described, and the fuel properties of the as-synthesized biodiesel conformed to the current international standards.
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JOURNAL OF POLYMER RESEARCH
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2023
·Vol. 30
·期 6
·1-11
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Ji Xiaohong,Ji Wenhui,Pourhashem Sepideh,Wang Wei,Duan Jizhou,Hou Baorong
Core-shell nanofibers consisted of chitosan/polyvinyl alcohol as shell and TiO 2 /Ag nanoparticles as core (abbreviated as (TiO 2 @AgNPs)@(CS/PVA)) are synthesized by electrospinning method for improving the functional properties of the epoxy polymer coatings. The agglomeration of the core-shell network is prevented through fabrication on carbon steel surface. Meanwhile, the presence of unique amine and hydroxyl functional groups on the surface of the CS/PVA nanofibers would provide a crosslinking with the epoxy resin molecules with merits of reducing the gaps between epoxy coating and fillers and enhancing the blocking effect of the fibers. The electrochemical impedance spectroscopy reveals that the resistance of the epoxy coating loaded with the core-shell nanofibers is almost 3 times more than that of the blank sample during 30 days of soaking in the 3.5 wt% NaCl electrolyte. Moreover, the (TiO 2 @AgNPs)@(CS/PVA)/epoxy coating has shown high antibacterial activity against S. aureus with the highest antibacterial rate of 87% after 24 h storage in the solution of phosphate buffer salt. The developed core-shell nanofibers embedded within epoxy coating with enhanced anticorrosion and antibacterial properties could provide a promising application in various maritime fields for achieving both anticorrosion and antifouling properties in one coating system.
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RSC Advances
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2017
·Vol. 7
·期 79
·50027-50034
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IF 3.108
Huizhen Wang,Wenzhi Li,Jindong Wang,Hou-min Chang,Hasan Jameel,Qi Zhang,Song Li,Lele Jin
The solid, super, acid catalyst S2O82−/ZrO2–TiO2–SiO2, which has both a strong Brønsted acid and Lewis acid, was prepared and applied in lignin depolymerization. The results indicate that S2O82−/ZrO2–TiO2–SiO2 is an effective catalyst for lignin depolymerisation since the liquid product was almost completely dissolved in ethyl acetate, indicating that it was comprised of mostly oligomeric lignin degradation products. The effect of hydrogenation co-catalysts (Pd/C, Pt/C and Ru/C, Rh/C) were also studied and found to improve the yield of aromatic compounds and the petroleum ether soluble fraction, which are mostly monomeric and dimeric products. The resulting yields of aromatic compounds and petroleum ether soluble products were 14.8% and 46%, respectively, when S2O82−/ZrO2–TiO2–SiO2 and Pt/C mixed catalyst was used at 310 °C for 24 hours. These results show that the use of a combination Brønsted and Lewis acid catalyst in combination with a hydrogenation catalyst (S2O82−/ZrO2–TiO2–SiO2 together with a noble metal catalyst) opens a practical route for efficient lignin depolymerization.
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Journal of Materials Chemistry A
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2018
·Vol. 6
·期 17
·7409-7419
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Zhiyong Liu,Bo Sun,Xingyue Liu,Jinghui Han,Haibo Ye,Yuxue Tu,Chen Chen,Tielin Shi,Zirong Tang,Guanglan Liao
Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) are one of the most promising lab-scale technologies to deliver inexpensive solar electricity. Low-temperature printable carbon counter electrode based planar-heterojunction PSCs are particularly suitable for future large-scale manufacturing, but suffer from an inferior efficiency. Here, we demonstrate a TiO2/SnO2 bilayer as the electron transport layer (ETL) for carbon counter electrode based planar-heterojunction PSCs together with micromolecule Cu-phthalocyanine (CuPc) as the hole transport layer (HTL), yielding a high power conversion efficiency of 15.39% and an excellent stability over 1200 h. The improved performances are attributed to a better energy level transition, a suppressed electron–hole recombination, and a wider depletion region of the TiO2/SnO2 bilayer. Our work represents a great advancement in the fabrication and popularization of carbon counter electrode based PSCs. More importantly, the whole devices are processed at a temperature below 200 °C, providing potential application of PSCs in monolithic tandem devices and paving the way for the development of carbon based flexible PSCs.
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Journal of Materials Chemistry A
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2017
·Vol. 5
·期 21
·10591-10598
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IF 8.867
Xinzheng Yue,Shasha Yi,Runwei Wang,Zongtao Zhang,Shilun Qiu
In the development of photocatalytic hydrogen (H2) production, designing and optimizing photocatalyst nanostructures with efficient charge transfer and separation for catalytically active sites are still a great challenge. Herein, a well-controlled synthetic strategy is developed to prepare an Mo2C/TiO2 hetero-nanostructure, in which the TiO2 3D hierarchical configuration is loaded with highly dispersed Mo2C nanoparticles. This heterostructure achieves the excellent photocatalytic activity of 39.4 mmol h−1 g−1 with its rate ∼25 times higher than that of pristine TiO2. Also, our photocatalysts process excellent long-term durability (>20 h). The impressive photocatalytic H2 activity of Mo2C/TiO2 indicates favourable charge carrier dynamics, as determined by the results of photoluminescence (PL), time-resolved photoluminescence (TRPL), surface photovoltage (SPV), and open circuit potential (OCP) decay curves. Moreover, this study provides a guide for researchers to design new functional materials with excellent hydrogen production activity.
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Catalysis Science & Technology
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2021
·Vol. 11
·期 21
·7060-7071
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IF 6.119
Kaiyue Zhang,Guilong Lu,Feng Chu,Xiubing Huang
Thermo-enhanced photocatalysis has been reported as a potential strategy for improving the activity, whereas the relationship between thermal energy and the localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) effect of noble metal nanoparticles has been rarely investigated. Herein, photocatalytic selective aerobic oxidation of amines to imines is investigated under visible light irradiation over heterostructured TiO2(B)/anatase and Au/TiO2 nanobelts at specific temperatures (20–60 °C). The surface amine substrate complexed on TiO2 could broaden the visible-light absorption region via the ligand-to-metal charge transfer (LMCT) effect. Interestingly, the pristine TiO2 achieves the best photocatalytic performance (>99% benzylamine conversion and >99% N-benzylidenebenzylamine selectivity) at 60 °C after 12 h irradiation while the Au nanoparticles (NPs) are observed to improve the activity of TiO2 only in a low temperature range (<40 °C). Moreover, excessive Au NPs loaded on TiO2 could inhibit the amine conversion and reduce the imine selectivity in the whole temperature range of 20–60 °C, which is attributed to the decreased oxygen vacancies and poor amine adsorption ability on the surface of Au/TiO2. A plausible explanation is finally proposed that the substrate–TiO2 complex, instead of plasmonic Au NPs, plays a vital role in achieving good amine conversion and imine selectivity.
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
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2019
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IF 4.084
Yan Yu,Na Zhong,Jincan Zheng,Shasha Tang,Xincheng Ye,Tao Zeng,Weiting Yu,Zhiqiao He,Shuang Song
Photoelectrocatalytic (PEC) water splitting provides an alternative to direct solar-to-fuel production. In this study, a novel heterostructure formed between a conjugated polymer [poly-2,6-diaminopyridine (PDAP)] and three-dimensional TiO 2 microspheres was grown in situ on a Ti substrate (PDAP-3DTiO 2 MSs/Ti) and used as photoanode for water oxidation in alkaline media under AM 1.5G illumination. The PDAP-3DTiO 2 MSs/Ti can produce applied bias photon-to-current efficiency of 0.85% at 0.44 V vs. Pt and a photocurrent density of 1.56 mA cm −2 at 1.23 V vs. RHE . Moreover, PDAP-3DTiO 2 MSs/Ti displays impressive photoelectrochemical stability with 93% of its initial photocurrent being retained after 4 h of reaction. Based on physical-chemical characterization and photo-/electro-chemical measurements, the superior PEC water splitting performance of PDAP-3DTiO 2 MSs/Ti should benefit from the coexistence of Ti 3+ and Ti 4+ in 3DTiO 2 MSs, the light harvest capability of PDAP and the type II heterojunction formed between 3DTiO 2 MSs and PDAP, which result in the enhanced generation and separation of photocarriers.
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Materials Express
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2024
·Vol. 14
·期 1
·131-137
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Yang Jing,Luo Chunhua,Xiong Lihao,Fu Lichun,Luo Xiaohu,Gao Linxiao,Zhou Huang,Yang Lixia,Yang Fei,Zhen Deshuai
Ytterbium modified TiO2 nanoparticles (Yb@TiO2), synthesized by a sol–gel process, were employed as an efficient adsorbent and matrix for the analysis of Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and Tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA) via surface-enhanced laser desorption/ionization
time-of-flight mass spectrometry (SELDI-TOF MS). The detection limits for PFOS and TBBPA are achievement with 0.01 pg ·mL−1. The results of the analysis of camellia oil samples show good recovery (80.3%–86.8%) with a low detection limit for TBBPA.
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APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
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2017
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IF 3.387
Tao Xu,Yun Wang,Xiaofang Zhou,Xiaoli Zheng,Qun Xu,Zhimin Chen,Yumei Ren,Bo Yan
The recombination of photo-induced charges is one of the main issues to limit the large-scale applications in photocatalysis and photoelectrocatalysis. To improve the charge separation, we fabricate a novel type II 2D ultrathin TiO 2 /WO 3 ·H 2 O heterostructures with the assistance of supercritical CO 2 (SC CO 2 ) in this work. The as-fabricated heterostructures possess high photocatalytic activity for the degradation of methyl orange(MO) and high photocurrent response under simulated solar light (AM 1.5). For the TiO 2 /WO 3 ·H 2 O heterostructures, the MO solution could be degraded by 95.5% in 150 min, and the photocurrent density reaches to 6.5 μA cm −2 , exhibiting a significant enhancement compared with pure TiO 2 and WO 3 ·H 2 O nanosheets .
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