COLLOIDS AND SURFACES A-PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING ASPECTS
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2016
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IF 2.76
Hao Li,Sirong Yu,Xiangxiang Han,Yan Zhao
Superhydrophobic surface has attracted great attention because of its potential applications. In this work, a facile method for fabrication of a superhydrophobic coating on pipeline steel surface is reported. A hierarchical structured coating with nanoflakes was fabricated via electrodeposition and solution-immersion, and then the coating achieved superhydrophobic with water contact angle about 157° and sliding angle around 3° after fluorination modification. The surface morphology and wettability changed with different experimental parameters were also investigated. The prepared superhydrophobic coating exhibited efficient self-cleaning and anticorrosion properties. Furthermore, the anti-scaling property of this superhydrophobic coating was confirmed since the CaCO 3 crystals on the superhydrophobic coating were mainly needlelike compared to the rhombohedral CaCO 3 crystals on the surface of steel substrate. This superhydrophobic coating maintained good long-term stability in air, and mechanical and thermal stability under certain environment. This superhydrophobic coating provided potential multifunctional applications, such as self-cleaning, corrosion resistance and anti-scaling properties, of deposition metal or alloy coating.
研究领域:
材料科学
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表面工程
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腐蚀科学
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功能涂层
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金属防护
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JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
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2021
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IF 8.067
Fengnian Zhang,Fuhao Cheng,Chufei Cheng,Meng Guo,Yufeng Liu,Yang Miao,Feng Gao,Xiaomin Wang
Abatract A series of compositionally complex fluorite oxides (CCFOs) were prepared by ball milling the mixture of ZrO 2 , HfO 2 , Y 2 O 3 , La 2 O 3 , and Pr 6 O 11 followed by conventional solid-state sintering. Both XRD and TG-DSC results demonstrated that single-phase (Zr 0.2 Hf 0.2 Pr 0.2 Y 0.2 La 0.2 )O 2-δ was formed at 1400 °C. Elements in bulk ceramic were uniformly distributed without evident accumulation according to SEM-EDS pictures. TEM results revealed that polycrystalline ceramic powder was assignable to cubic Fm-3m fluorite structure. The electrical conductivity ( σ ) was measured via EIS technology and activation energy ( E a ) of CCFOs was calculated in Arrhenius plots. In the temperature range of 300-750 °C, CCFOs preserved the same conduction mechanism and (Zr 0.1667 Hf 0.1667 Pr 0.1667 Y 0.25 La 0.25 )O 2-δ possessed higher σ and lower E a than other high entropy fluorite oxides which is related to the incorporation of Pr element or the connection of cation-V o complex.
研究领域:
材料科学
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无机非金属材料
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固体离子学
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功能陶瓷
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能源材料
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ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA
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2014
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IF 4.086
Hongjiao Nie,Yining Zhang,Wei Zhou,Jing Li,Baoshan Wu,Tao Liu,Huamin Zhang
The direct effect of nitrogen content and various nitrogen species on oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) activities in non-aqueous lithium-oxygen (Li-O 2 ) batteries are systematically investigated. Mesoporous carbon (MC) with various nitrogen species is prepared through heat treatment of N-containing precursor under different temperature. The effect of the heat treatment temperature on the performance of carbon materials in Li-O 2 battery is investigated. The bonding state of nitrogen atoms is found to have a significant effect on the ORR activity. The ORR activity in Li-O 2 battery is proved to be dependent on the quaternary N content while the total N content in the carbon material does not play a crucial role in the ORR process.
研究领域:
电化学
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能源材料
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纳米材料
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电催化
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锂离子电池
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JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN CERAMIC SOCIETY
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2024
·Vol. 45
·期 5
·117112
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IF 5.8
Yaqian Du,Jianbo Li,Jun Wang
Compared with perovskite SrTiO 3 , SrO(SrTiO 3 ) 2 exhibits lower thermal conductivity , while maintaining a high Seebeck coefficient , making it a promising material for photothermoelectric conversion. However, the relationship between its infrared and thermoelectric properties remains unexplored. This study examines the effect of Gd doping on these properties of SrO(SrTiO 3 ) 2 . Increased Gd doping induces a gradual transformation of SrO(SrTiO 3 ) 2 -based into a SrTiO 3 -based material, resulting in a composite comprising three phases and a notable reduction in thermal conductivity . At 973 K, the thermal conductivity decreases to a minimum of 1.4 W m −1 K −1 , which is 23 % lower than undoped SrO(SrTiO 3 ) 2 and 51 % lower than SrTiO 3 . Like SrTiO 3 , SrO(SrTiO 3 ) 2 absorbs infrared radiation in the 8–14 μm range. Although the highest ZT value reaches only 0.06 at 973 K, it shows a positive correlation with infrared emissivity. These findings are valuable for advancing the application of thermoelectric effects and the development of high-performance infrared materials.
研究领域:
材料科学
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凝聚态物理
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功能材料
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能源材料
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红外光学
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Science China-Materials
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2021
·Vol. 65
·期 5
·1285-1293
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IF 8.273
Zheng Mang,Li Qi,Liu Mingyang,Liu Jianan,Zhao Chen,Xiao Xudong,Wang Hongli,Zhou Jing,Zhang Liping,Jiang Baojiang
As an n-type semiconductor, In 2 O 3 is considered a promising photocatalyst for producing amino acids using biomass derivatives as precursors. However, similar to other intrinsic semiconductors, In 2 O 3 suffers from poor charge dynamics. Herein, we show the synthesis of Mo-doped In 2 O 3 (Mo-In 2 O 3 ) with a porous rod-shaped structure through a one-step solvothermal reaction followed by calcination. Under visible-light irradiation, Mo-In 2 O 3 achieves a high conversion rate of 81% for the reaction that transforms lactic acid into alanine with a selectivity of 91%. Spectroscopic techniques and density functional theory calculations reveal that Mo doping introduces defect states slightly below the conduction band of In 2 O 3 , which improves the separation of photogenerated electron-hole pairs. In addition, Mo atoms on the surface form extra adsorption and reaction centers that greatly enhance the reaction rate. This work provides insights into the development of transition metal-doped semiconductor photocatalysts to produce amino acids.
研究领域:
材料科学
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光催化
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半导体材料
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生物基化学品
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分子催化
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纳米材料
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COLLOIDS AND SURFACES A-PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING ASPECTS
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2021
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IF 4.539
Cheng Liu,Xinyue Zhang,Yunfei Zheng,Zijie Ren,Weng Fu,Siyuan Yang
Fluorite is easily affected by the slime coating of fine barite during the froth flotation separation. In this work, the water glass (WG) was utilized as a dispersant to improve the flotation separation performance between fluorite and barite slimes. The single minerals flotation results revealed that barite slimes could be selectively depressed by gelatinized starch (GS), while WG had little effect on the floatability of barite and fluorite using sodium oleate (NaOl) as a collector. The flotation results of artificially mixed minerals showed that the separation efficiency of fluorite from barite was significantly reduced when barite existed as slimes. However, the presence of WG could eliminate the negative effect of barite slimes on the flotation fluorite by using the reagents scheme of GS/NaOl. Zeta potential results indicated that the fluorite surface charge turned from positive to negative with the addition of WG, then the barite slimes coating was detached from the fluorite surface because of the electrostatic repulsion, allowing the cleaning fluorite surface to once again interact with NaOl. The DLVO calculation was also conducted to reveal the agglomerate and disperse of different particles in the flotation system of fluorite-barite slimes.
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矿物加工工程
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浮选化学
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胶体与界面科学
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资源综合利用
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无机非金属材料
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RSC Advances
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2016
·Vol. 6
·期 81
·77358-77365
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IF 3.289
Ting-Ting Li,Jinjie Qian,Yue-Qing Zheng
Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) have been demonstrated as suitable metal sources and sacrificial templates for the preparation of porous transition-metal oxide nanomaterials. Herein, porous CuO micro-polyhedra assembled from numerous nanoparticles are synthesized simply by employing a Cu-based MOF as a precursor via a one-step calcination process under an air atmosphere. Benefitting from their high porosity and large specific surface area, porous CuO materials exhibit excellent electrocatalytic performances toward water oxidation in pH 9.2 KBi solution. A low catalytic onset potential at 1.05 V vs. NHE (NHE = normal hydrogen electrode) is obtained based on electrochemical measurements. A faradaic efficiency of nearly 98% and a stable catalytic current density of 2.2 mA cm−2 are achieved under an applied potential of 1.30 V vs. NHE over an electrolysis period of 10 h. In addition, based on the Tafel plot, the required overpotentials are only ∼410 mV and ∼510 mV for achieving the catalytic current densities of 0.1 mA cm−2 and 1.0 mA cm−2, respectively. The excellent performances make it an appealing candidate as a potential catalyst for green energy applications.
研究领域:
材料化学
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电化学
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纳米材料
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能源催化
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无机功能材料
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Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
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2015
·Vol. 2015
·期 1
·414965
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IF 1.88
Chunxiao Wu,Jiao Wang,Chun Li,Guoping Zhou,Xiuhong Xu,Xin Zhang,Xiao Lan
Background . EA therapy is a traditional therapeutic approach for alleviation of cerebral I/R-induced brain injury. We investigated the effect of EA on MCAO rat model to examine the mechanism of apoptosis in the rat hippocampus. Methods . 200 male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into sham, I/R, EA, ERK inhibitor (PD), and ERK inhibitor+EA (PD+EA) groups. Each group was subdivided into 5 groups according to different time points. Locomotor behaviors were evaluated using neurological scales and morphological examination was performed using HE staining. Apoptosis index of neural cells in local infarcted area was measured by TUNEL and p-ERK expression was detected using immunohistochemistry technique and western blot analysis. Results . Neurological deficit scores and neural apoptosis in the EA group were lower than I/R group at the same time points, respectively. At different time points, p-ERK level was increased in the ischemic hippocampal CA1 in the EA group as compared to I/R group; the increased level was increased most at 1 day, 3 days, and 1 week ( p < 0.01). Conclusion . EA alleviates neurological deficit, reduces apoptosis index, and simultaneously upregulates the expression of p-ERK signal pathway in rats subjected to I/R injury.
研究领域:
神经生物学
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中西医结合
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分子医学
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脑血管病学
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针灸学
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JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
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2015
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IF 2.999
Ying Lei,Yu Li,Lin Xu,Junyou Yang,Rundong Wan,Hongming Long
Nano-structured Half-Heusler TiNiSn thermoelectric bulk was prepared by microwave-assisted rapid solid-state synthesis and sintering. The mixture of powders of Ti, Ni, Sn was cold pressed before being heated by microwave irradiation. A microwave susceptor material rapidly heats the elemental starting materials inside an evacuated quartz tube resulting in near single phase compounds in 4 min 20 s. The synthesized sample was milled for 30 min in an agate mortar and cold pressed for the following sintering. An 86% density of TiNiSn thermoelectric bulk contains ∼100 nm pore and nanocrystal was sintered in 20 min. For TiNiSn bulk, low thermal conductivity of 2–3 W/m·K at temperatures in the range of the room temperature to 773 K. The ZT values of around 0.3 are found, with the microwave-prepared sample displaying noticeable superior properties over conventionally prepared half-Heuslers due to inclusion of nanopore and In-situ nanocrystal.
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材料科学
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无机非金属材料
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功能材料
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固态化学
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纳米材料
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Small
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2022
·Vol. 19
·期 2
·2205353
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IF 15.153
Fapeng Sun,Wenting Hong,Xu He,Chuanyong Jian,Qiankun Ju,Qian Cai,Wei Liu
β-Ag 2 Te has attracted considerable attention in the application of electronics and optoelectronics due to its narrow bandgap, high mobility, and topological insulator properties. However, it remains a significant challenge to synthesize 2D Ag 2 Te because of the non-layered structure of Ag 2 Te. Herein, the synthesis of large-size, ultrathin single crystal topological insulator 2D Ag 2 Te via the van der Waals epitaxial method for the first time is reported. The 2D Ag 2 Te crystal exhibits p-type conduction behavior with high carrier mobility of 3336 cm 2 V −1 s −1 at room temperature. Taking advantage of the high mobility and perfect electron structure of Ag 2 Te, the Ag 2 Te/WSe 2 heterojunctions are fabricated via mechanical stacking and show an ultrahigh rectification ratio of 2 × 10 5 . Ag 2 Te/WSe 2 photodetector also exhibits self-driven properties with a fast response speed (40 µs/60 µs) in the near-infrared region. High responsivity (219 mA W −1 ) and light ON/OFF ratio of 6 × 10 5 are obtained under the photovoltaic mode. The overall performance of the Ag 2 Te/WSe 2 photodetector is significantly competitive among all reported 2D photodetectors. These results indicate that 2D Ag 2 Te is a promising candidate for future electronic and optoelectronic applications.
研究领域:
凝聚态物理
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材料科学
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纳米电子学
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光电子学
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半导体器件
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二维材料科学
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THIN SOLID FILMS
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2013
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IF 1.604
Shufang Wang,Shanshan Chen,Guoying Yan,Fuqiang Liu,Shouyu Dai,Jianglong Wang,Wei Yu,Guangsheng Fu
c-axis oriented nanocrystalline Bi 2 Sr 2 Co 2 O y thin films with the average grain size of 25 nm have been achieved by chemical solution deposition combined with a rapid annealing process in oxygen. The resistivity and Seebeck coefficient of the nanostructured films are about 7.0 mΩ·cm and 171 μV/K at 873 K, resulting in a power factor 2–3 times larger than that of the best reported value in the coarse-grained Bi 2 Sr 2 Co 2 O y polycrystalline bulks. Since the thermal conductivity can be greatly reduced due to the increased phonon scattering at the grain boundaries of nanocrystalline films as well as at film surface and at film/substrate interface, great improvements in the ZT are expected in the nanocrystalline Bi 2 Sr 2 Co 2 O y thin films .
研究领域:
材料科学
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凝聚态物理
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无机非金属材料
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能源材料
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Solar RRL
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2018
·Vol. 2
·期 10
·1800144
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IF 0
Muhammad Ishaq,Hui Deng,Shengjie Yuan,Huan Zhang,Jahangeer Khan,Umar Farooq,Haisheng Song,Jiang Tang
Sb 2 (Se x S 1–x ) 3 has been proven a very promising light absorbing material for photovoltaic applications due to its high stability, tunable band gap, non-toxic element, and high extinction coefficient. For Sb 2 (Se x S 1–x ) 3 alloy film deposition, the authors develop a single source based rapid-thermal-evaporation (RTE) method instead of the traditional in-situ sulfurization or double source co-evaporation based RTE method. The absorber band gap can be precisely tuned from 1.1 to 1.7 eV by simply varying the molar ratio of Sb 2 Se 3 and Sb 2 S 3 source powder. From the systematical composition screening, FTO/CdS/Sb 2 (Se 0.68 S 0.32 ) 3 /Au devices show higher power conversion efficiency (PCE ∼ 4.17%) when compared with other absorber compositions based devices. In order to achieve thinner ETL layers and simultaneously avoid pinholes led by rough FTO surface, we introduce for the first time double buffer layer in the Sb 2 (Se 0.68 S 0.32 ) 3 device system which could further improve the device efficiency from 4.17% to 5.73%. The double buffer layer ZnO/CdS helped to form graded energy band alignment, suppress charge recombination and efficiently extract electrons. The devices obtained higher J sc and V oc supported by various physical characterization analyses. The facile single source deposition method, efficient double buffer layer device structure and notable PCE are expected to pronouncedly promote antimony chalcogenide device development.
研究领域:
材料科学
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光伏技术
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半导体物理
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薄膜器件
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能源材料
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