SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL
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2024
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IF 8
Qiaoling Xing,Xujie Chen,Yong Cai,Ming Zhang
As a kind of green energy, hydrogen (H 2 ) has been widely concerned and applied by people. One of the biggest challenges for sensing applications is the quick detection of hydrogen leaks or their release in various conditions, particularly in large electric vehicle batteries. This study successfully constructed a quick response and recovery hydrogen sensor based on the In 2 O 3 -SnO 2 heterojunction. The response and recovery time of the In 2 O 3 -SnO 2 hydrogen sensor is 1.1/1.9 s to 50 ppm H 2 . This is reduced to 11.0 %/9.5 % compared to the SnO 2 hydrogen sensor. This sensor's remarkable gas detecting properties are mainly attributed to the In 2 O 3 -SnO 2 heterojunction creation, crystal structure modification, and increased specific surface area (92.9 m 2 /g). Homogenous In 2 O 3 -SnO 2 nanocomposites contain more oxygen defects, which is the primary factor enhancing the sensor's ability to detect gases. Firstly, indium ions are incorporated in the lattice of SnO 2 results in lattice distortion and enhances the presence of oxygen deficiency in the composites, which plays a pivotal role in achieving rapid response and recovery of the sensor. Secondly, In 2 O 3 -SnO 2 heterostructures promote rapid adsorption of oxygen molecules and target gases by facilitating effective electron mobility on their surface. The quicker response and recovery times of hydrogen sensors based on In 2 O 3 -SnO 2 heterojunctions are observed. This innovative approach to creating fast-responding gas sensors highlights the promise of heterojunction-based hydrogen sensors for real-time H 2 monitoring and opens up new research directions.
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材料科学
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传感器技术
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高影响因子
INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
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2024
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IF 4.3
Yuhao Li,Junhao Xu,Tengbo Hu,Guangli Shi,Yao Peng,Feng Qiao,Lietao Zhang,Chuanyu Zhao,Ye Kuang,Longhai Shen
Rare earth (RE) dopants can modulate the bandgap of oxides of indium and gallium and provide extra upconversion luminescence (UCL) abilities. However, relevant UCL fine-tuning strategies and energy mechanisms have been less studied. In this research, InGaO, Ho3+ monodoped and Yb3+/Ho3+ codoped In2O3, and Ho3+ monodoped Yb3Ga5O12 nanoparticles (NPs) were synthesized by a solvothermal method. The effects of Yb3+ and Ho3+ dopants on the crystal structures, UCL properties, and optical bandgaps of the oxides were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), UCL spectroscopy, and measurements of decay times, pump power dependence, and transmittance spectra. The crystal structures of oxide products of indium and gallium were significantly modified with RE dopants. In2O3 and Yb3Ga5O12 were selected as the host materials. For Yb3+/Ho3+ codoped In2O3 NPs, there existed energy transfers from the defect states of In2O3 to Ho3+ and from Yb3+ to Ho3+. With a fixed Ho3+ concentration, In2O3:0%Yb3+,2%Ho3+ NPs showed the optimal UCL properties mainly due to In2O3–Ho3+ energy transfer and Ho3+–Yb3+ energy-back-transfer, while with a fixed Yb3+ concentration, In2O3:5%Yb3+,3%Ho3+ NPs with a slight Yb2O3 impurity and Yb3Ga5O12:2%Ho3+ NPs did mainly due to Ho3+–Ho3+ cross-relaxation. Besides, the optical bandgaps of In2O3 and Yb3Ga5O12 were noticeably broadened with RE dopants. These findings can offer feasible directions for the synthesis and UCL fine-tuning of RE-doped oxides of indium and gallium and improve their multifunction application prospects in the fields of semiconductor and UCL nanomaterials.
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材料科学
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光学
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PubMed
高影响因子
SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGY
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2024
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IF 8.1
Jiang Liu,Bingxue Chen,Yukun Huang,Yijun Cao,Jingbo Chen,Liqiang Wang,Yan Liu,Yangyang Fan
Indium, a strategic key metal, is mainly recovered from zinc leaching residue. However, a challenging problem in the treatment of zinc leaching residue is how to efficiently and cleanly treat the poorly soluble phase, the indium-bearing zinc ferrite (IBZF). Here, we propose a novel strategy for the selective extraction of indium , zinc and iron from IBZF. By introducing water to regulate the coordination environment of a choline chloride-anhydrous oxalic acid based deep eutectic solvent (ChCl-Oxa based DES), efficient leaching and deep separation of indium , zinc and iron were achieved. Water, acting as both co-solvent and diluent, played a critical role in the whole process. The addition of a little water reduces the viscosity of the DES, thereby improving the leaching of indium , zinc and iron. Under specific leaching conditions (leaching temperature of 90 °C, liquid/solid ratio of 20:1 ml/g, molar ratio of ChCl:Oxa = 1:1, molar ratio of DES:H 2 O = 1:3 and reaction time of 3.5 h), the leaching efficiencies of indium, zinc and iron were 96.27 %, 95.55 % and 96.33 %, respectively. The subsequent addition of large amounts of water dilutes and dissociates the structure of the DES, facilitating the stepwise precipitation and deep separation of metal ions. The precipitation efficiency of zinc and iron reached 93.06 % and 98.07 %, respectively. Residual indium ions in the solution were effectively adsorbed by activated carbon, with a recovery efficiency of 75.7 % after five cycles of adsorption. The solution separated from the metal ions was well regenerated by evaporation and addition of Oxa. Our work represents a novel approach for the recycling and clean utilization of zinc leaching residue. And the regulation of the coordination environment of metal ions in DES is proved to have great potential in metal recycling.
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冶金工程
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环境科学
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高影响因子
JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
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2024
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IF 5.8
Shuang Liu,Qiaofeng Han,Xiaoheng Liu
Utilizing solar energy to produce hydrogen peroxide from oxygen and water offers an appealing and sustainable approach. In this work, Co-doped ZnIn 2 S 4 nanosheets were effectively synthesized through a chemical precipitation method, and the morphological structure, band structure and pathways for hydrogen peroxide production were investigated. The results indicate that Co doping significantly enhances the photocatalytic efficiency of ZnIn 2 S 4 in producing hydrogen peroxide. The sample with the 2 % doping concentration exhibited the highest rate, with a detected hydrogen peroxide concentration of 535.53 µM in the solution after 100 minutes of exposure to visible light, which is 4.29-fold higher than that of undoped ZnIn 2 S 4 . Further analysis revealed that the improved performance mainly originated from better spectral response, faster photogenerated carrier transport, and lower recombination frequency of photogenerated electron-hole pairs.
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材料科学
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环境科学
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高影响因子
JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
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2021
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IF 10.588
Qingming Song,Ya Liu,Lingen Zhang,Zhenming Xu
With a huge amount of waste liquid crystal displays (LCDs) generated annually, their proper recycling raises continuous concern to realize pollution control (heavy metal and liquid crystal) and resource recovery (indium). However, due to their multi-metal feature, traditional hydrometallurgy lacks of sufficient selectivity, which makes the recycling route lengthy, costly, and generate more waste. Electrodeposition acts as a promising technique for selective metal extraction from multi-metal system due to its high selectivity and electron as clean reagent. To fully develop its application in metal recovery, stepwise Cu/MoO 2 and In electrodeposition from In-Cu-Mo-Fe waste LCD leachate is explored in depth. Electrochemical behavior analysis shows Cu and MoO 2 can be first electrodeposited for their higher electroreduction potential. Cl - plays a key role in accelerating indium electroreduction kinetics, which largely shortens the extraction time without the sacrifice of current efficiency . This accelerating effect is attributed to the increased concentration of electroactive species or collision frequency . Under optimized condition, 99.41% of indium (> 99% purity) can be electrodeposited within 13 h with high current efficiency. This study provides a cleaner approach for waste LCDs recycling and gives implications for the potential application of electrochemical technique in e-waste recycling.
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环境科学
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材料科学
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高影响因子
JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
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2021
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IF 5.316
Yanguang Zhang,Jing Tian,Detong Tian,Weibing Li,Zhenze Liu,Fenghui Tian,Yuyu Bu,Shaoping Kuang
In order to solve the problem of low efficiency of existing photocatalyst in wastewater treatment, BiOCl and Bi x In y OCl solid solution photocatalysts with different indium element content were prepared by one-step solvothermal method. The solid solution of indium element greatly affects the porous structure and specific surface area of BiOCl, and the specific surface area of BiInOCl-0.5 is 9.26 times that of BiOCl, which provides abundant active sites for photocatalytic reaction. Furthermore, after indium element solid solution, the conduction band and valence band potentials of BiOCl shift towards negative and positive, respectively, enhancing the redox capacity of the photogenerated electrons and holes. Thus, BiInOCl shows excellent photocatalytic performances for reduction of Cr(VI), degradation of norfloxacin, dyes and even industrial cotton pulp wastewater. This provides a possibility for the practical application of photocatalytic technology in industrial wastewater treatment.
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材料科学
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环境科学
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高影响因子
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
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2024
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IF 13.3
Qinglei Wu,Chenyang Shen,Kaihang Sun,Menghui Liu,Chang-jun Liu
Tuning the hydrogenation activity of Pd is an effective method to achieve selective hydrogenation of acetylene. The previous study shows that Pd has a strong interaction with In 2 O 3 , causing a significant change in the electronic structure of the palladium catalyst. Herein, Pd/In 2 O 3 @SiO 2 was prepared by a deposition-precipitation method for selective hydrogenation of acetylene. After the reduction by flowing hydrogen, Pd-In intermetallic compounds can be formed. The concentration of the formed intermetallic compounds is closely associated with the reduction temperature. The Pd-In intermetallic compounds suppress the hydrogen activation ability of Pd and significantly weaken the adsorption of ethylene. Especially, a weak adsorption of di-σ-bonded ethylene is observed, which facilitates the desorption of ethylene and promotes the ethylene selectivity in the semi-hydrogenation of acetylene. The experimental study confirms that there exists an optimum reduction temperature (250 °C) for the formation of the Pd-In intermetallic compounds, with which ∼ 80 % ethylene selectivity and 100 % acetylene conversion have been achieved at 140 °C.
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催化化学
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材料科学
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高影响因子
JOURNAL OF ELECTRONIC MATERIALS
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2019
·Vol. 48
·期 11
·7068-7075
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IF 1.676
Li Shuhui,Zhou Ying,Cui Lijun,Ge Zhenhua,Feng Jing
In 2 O 3 (ZnO) k superlattice ceramics are promising oxide thermoelectric materials, as superlattice interfaces are effective in scattering phonons and filtering low-energy electrons to decrease thermal conductivity and improve the figure of merit ( ZT ) value. In this work, homologous compounds were prepared by solid-state reaction method using ZnO and In 2 O 3 as raw materials. Phase purity and crystal structure were characterized by x-ray diffraction, revealing that In 2 O 3 (ZnO) k crystallizes in an R3 m space group for odd k values and P6 3 /mmc for even k values. The study of thermoelectric (TE) properties showed that as k increased, the thickness of InO(ZnO)
+ 3
also increased, while the electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, Seebeck coefficient, power factor and ZT value were all decreased. In 2 O 3 (ZnO) 3 samples obtained a maximum power factor of 651 μ W m −1 K −2 at 973 K, and also achieved a maximum ZT value of 0.24 at 973 K.
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材料科学
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凝聚态物理
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能源转换技术
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高影响因子
RESOURCES CONSERVATION AND RECYCLING
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2021
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IF 10.204
Chengqian ZHANG,Daofan TANG,Mingyi CAO,Fu GU,Xiangyu CAI,Xuetao LIU,Zhaoyu CHENG,Philip HALL,Jianzhong FU,Peng ZHAO
Separation is crucial for recycling heavy metals, however, most of the reported processes focus on separating metals from non-metals. Here we propose a magnetic levitation (MagLev) configuration to separate heavy metals from metallic mixtures. The novel configuration is able to levitate substances with specific densities over 5.00 g/cm 3 , while the extant MagLev devices can only handle materials that have specific densities no more than 3.00 g/cm 3 . We mathematically model the proposed MagLev configuration and apply the approach to separate rare earth metals from fluorescent powders as well as indium contents from indium-tin oxide (ITO)/glass mixtures, mechanically processed liquid crystal displays (LCDs) and ITO powder. The results show that the recovery rates of ITO from ITO/glass mixtures are over 95%, the concentrations of indium in separated LCD shreds are doubled (from 912.0 ppm to 1873.1 ppm), and the purities of separated In 2 O 3 from ITO powder are around 90%. The method is controllable and requires no energy or chemical inputs, and it thereby has tremendous prospects in heavy metal recycling.
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材料科学
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环境工程
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高影响因子
Energy Technology
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2018
·Vol. 7
·期 3
·1800747
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IF 3.175
Pengjing Chen,Longang Tao,Jian Zhu,Guofeng Zhao,Ye Liu,Yong Lu
Indium oxide is as a promising catalyst for the hydrogenation of CO 2 to methanol. Previous studies mainly focused on the cubic-phase In 2 O 3 (C-In 2 O 3 ), but the hexagonal-phase In 2 O 3 (H-In 2 O 3 ) with a corundum structure has been rarely studied because of the difficulty in its synthesis. Herein, the morphology-controllable H-In 2 O 3 in situ structured onto a thin-felt Al 2 O 3 /Al-fiber is prepared by a facile mixed solvothermal method. The amount of H-In 2 O 3 is strongly dependent on the urea/In molar ratio during the mixed solvothermal synthesis. The optimal catalyst obtained at a urea/In ratio of 4.5 possesses the highest amounts of oxygen vacancy and strong basic site. Such catalyst achieves a turnover frequency of 47.8 h −1 (the number of CO 2 converted into methanol per oxygen vacancy site per hour) and is stable for at least 200 h, being capable of converting 4.4% CO 2 into methanol at a selectivity of 67.6% at 325 °C (or higher selectivity at the expense of conversion below 325 °C) with a methanol space time yield of 0.20 g MeOH g cat −1 h −1 . In contrast, the microfibrous-structured C-In 2 O 3 (prepared by the incipient wetness impregnation method) delivers a very low methanol selectivity of only 36.8% under identical reaction conditions. In situ Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy experiments reveal that the H-In 2 O 3 /Al 2 O 3 /Al-fiber catalyzes CO 2 -to-methanol conversion through formate intermediates.
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催化化学
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材料科学
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能源化学
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高影响因子
ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
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2019
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IF 6.97
Jiaying Cui,Nengwu Zhu,Deliang Luo,Yao Li,Pingxiao Wu,Zhi Dang,Xuan Hu
In this study, oxalic acid showed better performance than inorganic acid in the indium leaching system from waste liquid crystal displays. The In3+ leaching efficiency with the powder dosage of 50 g/L came up to 100% within 45 min, using 0.5 M oxalic acid and stewing at 70 °C. Ultrasonic cavitation can improve the powder dosage. Combined with the substance analysis using ICP, XPS, SEM, and XRD, In2O3 dissolution depended on the distributive H+ concentration. Metal hydrolysis was a general negative phenomenon for ions loss in an acid leaching system. According to the Arrhenius model, the apparent activation energy for the indium leaching reaction was 43.622 kJ/mol, indicating that the indium leaching rate was mainly affected by the ion diffusion process through the solid–liquid interface and the chemical reaction process. Oxalic acid can maintain an appropriate H+ concentration to reduce the acid consumption from nontarget substances to relieve the powder surface corrosion for reuse and to inhibit metal hydrolysis, and its C2O42– ions also could precipitate some metal impurities such as Ca2+ and Sr2+ in the leachate.
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环境科学
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材料科学
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高影响因子
Advanced Electronic Materials
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2020
·Vol. 6
·期 5
·2000035
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IF 6.593
Ruiqi Guo,Linxing Zhang,Jie Meng,Aqiang Liu,Jifeng Yuan,Kaibo Zheng,Jianjun Tian
Compared to analogous bulk materials, colloidal nanocrystals have presented a powerful platform for building up electronic devices on the nano/micrometer scale and flexible portable electronic apparatus with the benefits of solution-based processing approach at room temperature. Herein, memristors based on CuInSe 2 (CISe) colloidal nanocrystals prepared using a solution-based process at room temperature are constructed. The memristors exhibit obvious bipolar resistive switching performance with a high–low resistance ratio larger than 5.7 and a steady retention time over 10 4 s. This is attributed to the copper ion redox reaction and the migration of these ions under an applied electric field. When the SET voltage is reached, the ions are separated from one of the electrodes, and the memristor changes from a low-resistance state (LRS) to a high-resistance state (HRS). Conversely, when the voltage reaches the RESET voltage, the memristor switches from a HRS to a LRS. In addition, the flexible memristor can be fabricated by spincoating nanocrystal solution onto polyethylene terephthalate (PET) at room temperature, showing excellent reproducibility of the performance including 100 times of continuous operation, 10 4 s of reproducible reading, 600 times of antifatigue testing, and thermal stability up to 95 °C. The flexible devices demonstrate promising applications for portable electronic devices.
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材料科学
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纳米技术
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电子工程
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高影响因子
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