AICHE JOURNAL
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2023
·Vol. 69
·期 10
·e18153
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IF 3.7
Jiahui He,Suiqin Li,Chun Li,Kai Li,Yinjie Xu,Mengxin Wang,Shuying Zhao,Jiefeng Zhang,Xing Zhong,Xiaonian Li,Zhengbin Zhang,Jianguo Wang
The exploration of efficient and environmentally friendly oxidation method is highly desirable to overcome the critical problems of poor selectivity and heavy metal contamination for the fine chemicals industry. Herein, a self-supported three-dimensional (3D) Se Ni 5 P 4 nanosheet electrocatalyst was rationally designed and fabricated. Benefiting from the synergistic effect of aminoxyl radical and mesoporous Se Ni 5 P 4 /graphite felt (GF), an excellent performance of ≥98% selectivity and 33.12 kg (m −3 h −1 ) space–time yield was obtained for sterol intermediate oxidation with the enhanced mass transfer effect of the continuous flow system. The doping of anionic selenium and phosphorus modulated the electronic structure of Se Ni 5 P 4 , and the oxyhydroxides generated by surface reconstruction accelerated the turnover of 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-1-piperidine N -oxyl (TEMPO), thereby enhancing the intrinsic electrocatalytic activity. A scale-up experiment was conducted with stacked-flow electrolyzer demonstrated the application potential. This work provided an efficient synergistic electrocatalytic strategy to facilitate rapid electron and mass transfer for electrochemical alcohol oxidation and highlighted the potential for practical electrosynthesis applications.
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化学工程
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环境科学
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ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
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2019
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IF 8.456
Zewen Yang,Kunjie Zhu,Zihao Dong,Dandan Jia,Lifang Jiao
Lithium–selenium (Li–Se) batteries have recently attracted more and more attentions as new secondary battery systems due to the similarity but better performances than lithium–sulfur (Li–S) batteries. However, the dissolution of selenium in electrolytes results in low selenium utilization, concentration polarization, inferior capacities, and unstable cycling performances. Herein, 46.58 wt% of selenium is loaded on carbon cloths through the calcination process, which were directly used as self-supporting cathodes. Carbonized polyacrylonitrile (PAN) nanofiber membranes produced by electrospinning are worn as the protective clothing between the cathode and separator to avoid the loss and dissolution of selenium. The stabilization of Li–Se batteries was enhanced by introducing two interlayers, as expected, they exhibit a stable reversible average capacity of 590 mA h g–1 during 1000 cycles at a current density of 0.5 C (1 C = 675 mA g–1). No polyselenide formation is found during charging/discharging, and the effects of the introduced PAN interlayers on improving the stability and reducing the polarization of the assembled Li–Se batteries are confirmed by mechanistic characterizations. These regulated Li–Se batteries present great application potential in the future, and the design idea can also be promoted to explore other energy storage systems.
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电化学
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能源存储
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CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL
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2017
·Vol. 43
·期 8
·6257-6262
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IF 2.986
Zhongdong Zhao,Yihan Qi,Qiuying Chen,Xuerong Zheng,Qiuyan Hao,Wen Zhang,Jing Mao,Caichi Liu,Hui Liu
Compared with the expensive and complicated vacuum techniques, the solution-based process to deposit I-III-VI 2 chalcogenide thin films (I=Cu, III=In or Ga, VI=S or Se) has attracted great interests due to its lower cost, higher scalable production and better application in flexible substrate . Herein, a low-toxic and high-active mixture solvent comprised of 1, 2-ethanedithiol and 1,2-ethylenediamine is utilized to dissolve elemental Cu, In and S powders at 60 °C, forming the CuInS 2 (CIS) precursor solution . After spin coating and annealing in a both Ar gas and selenium atmosphere, a dense and large-grained chalcopyrite CuIn(S,Se) 2 (CISSe) thin films with a close-packed grain size of ~800 nm are prepared, eliminating a undesired fine fine-grained bottom layer. In addition, the selenization temperature of the CISSe thin films is also discussed, which influences the phase composition, crystallinity and morphology of CISSe thin films. Photovoltaic device of the CISSe-based thin films is fabricated, obtaining a power conversion efficiency of 6.2% with an active cell area of 0.5 cm 2 under AM 1.5 illumination.
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材料科学
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薄膜制备
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光伏器件
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无机功能材料
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NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY
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2015
·Vol. 40
·期 2
·1878-1881
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IF 3.086
Yong Cui,Zhe Zhang,Xu Du,Wei Liu,Yulin Deng,Shi Liu,Gang Wang
CuIn0.9R0.1(S,Se)2 (R = Al, Ni, Co) thin films were obtained via a solution process based on homogeneous precursor solutions and selenization. The as-prepared thin films were characterized by XRD, EDS and SEM. The CdS buffer layer was deposited by a solution process on the CuIn0.9R0.1(S,Se)2 (R = Al, Ni, Co) thin films, and Mo/CuIn0.9R0.1(S,Se)2 (R = Al, Ni, Co)/CdS/i-ZnO/ITO/Al thin-film solar cells were fabricated. The efficiencies of the as-fabricated CuIn0.9R0.1(S,Se)2 (R = Al, Ni, Co) thin-film solar cells were 4.33%, 2.38% and 1.98%, respectively.
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太阳能
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ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA
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2017
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IF 4.798
Chun Tang,Zhi Liang Zhao,Jie Chen,Bo Li,Liang Chen,Chang Ming Li
The direct urea fuel cell holds great promise for energy-sustainable developments and mitigating water contamination but it still faces a great challenge to overcome the sluggish kinetics of the urea oxidation reaction (UOR). In this work, we report Se-Ni(OH) 2 -shelled vertically oriented NiSe nanowires on a Ni foam as an electrocatalyst toward UOR, showing a low potential of 0.366 V vs. SCE to drive 100 mA cm −2 in alkaline solution and out-performing all the reported non-noble-metal UOR catalysts up to date. Experimental results and theoretical calculation reveal that the vertically and distantly arranged nanowires with highly porous structure produce high mass transport paths for urea to fully access the reaction sites, the NiSe core offers high conductivity for fast electron transport , and the Se-Ni(OH) 2 shell provides large amount of active catalytic sites while lowering the CO 2 adsorption/desorption barrier than Ni(OH) 2 for fast reaction kinetics. This work opens up an exciting new direction to design electrocatalysts for high performance fuel cells and other energy applications.
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ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
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2014
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IF 5.9
Wangen Zhao,Gang Wang,Qingwen Tian,Yanchun Yang,Lijian Huang,Daocheng Pan
Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4 semiconductor is a promising absorber layer material in thin film solar cells due to its own virtues. In this work, high quality Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4 thin films have been successfully fabricated by an ethanol-based sol–gel approach. Different from those conventional sol–gel approaches, SnS2 was used as the tin source to replace the most commonly used SnCl2 in order to avoid the possible chlorine contamination. In addition, sodium was found to improve the short-circuit current and fill factor rather than the open-circuit voltage due to the decrease of the thickness of small-grained layer. The selenized Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4 thin films showed large densely packed grains and smooth surface morphology, and a power conversion efficiency of 6.52% has been realized for Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4 thin film solar cell without antireflective coating.
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Nanoscale
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2022
·Vol. 15
·期 1
·259-265
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IF 8.307
Lin Tian,Zhenyang Chen,Tingjian Wang,Ming Cao,Xinhua Lu,Wenjing Cheng,Changchun He,Ju Wang,Zhao Li
Oxygen evolution reactions (OERs) are regarded as the rate-determining step of electrocatalytic overall water splitting, which endow OER electrocatalysts with the advantages of high activity, low cost, good conductivity, and excellent stability. Herein, a facile H2O2-assisted etching method is proposed for the fabrication of Mo-doped ultrathin Co9Se8@NiSe/NF-X heterojunctions with rich Se vacancies to boost electrocatalytic water oxidation. After step-by-step electronic structure modulation by Mo doping and Se vacancy engineering, the self-standing Mo-Co9Se8@NiSe/NF-60 heterojunctions deliver a current density of 50 mA cm−2 with an overpotential of 343 mV and a cell voltage of only 1.87 V at 50 mA cm−2 for overall water splitting in 1.0 M KOH. Our study opens up the possibility of realizing step-by-step electronic structure modulation of nonprecious OER electrocatalysts via heteroatom doping and vacancy engineering.
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JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
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2021
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IF 8.128
Cuiwei Du,Shiyu Nie,Can Zhang,Tian Wang,Shizhan Wang,Jing Zhang,Chongfei Yu,Zhansheng Lu,Shuying Dong,Jinglan Feng,Haijin Liu,Jianhui Sun
The major challenges of clean energy and environmental pollution have resulted in the development of photocatalysis technologies for energy conversion and the degradation of refractory pollutants. Herein, a novel CdSe/Se/BiOBr hydrangea-like photocatalyst was used to produce hydrogen peroxide (H 2 O 2 ) and degrade ciprofloxacin (CIP). The Z-scheme heterojunction structure of the photocatalyst and the doping of selenium (Se) led to the efficient separation of electron-hole pairs and charge transfer. The optimized sample of 2 wt% CdSe/Se/BiOBr produced 142.15 mg·L −1 rate of H 2 O 2 , which was much higher than that produced by pure BiOBr (89.4 mg·L −1 ) or CdSe/Se (10.9 mg·L −1 ). Additionally, almost 100 % of CIP was degraded within 30 min, with a first order rate constant of nearly 5.35 times that of pure BiOBr and 81.44 times that of pure CdSe/Se. The excellent removal efficiency of CIP from natural water matrices confirmed that the composites are promising for the removal of contaminants from natural waterways. Based on trapping experiments, electron spin resonance spectra (ESR) spectroscopy, and density functional theory (DFT) calculations, the photocatalytic mechanisms of H 2 O 2 and CIP degradation by the Z-scheme CdSe/Se/BiOBr composites were proposed. Overall, the dual-functional CdSe/Se/BiOBr composite could potentially be applied for photocatalytic production of H 2 O 2 and treatment of organic pollutants in water.
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RSC Advances
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2022
·Vol. 12
·期 52
·33780-33788
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IF 4.036
Jiaojiao Liu,Jie Zhang
It has been a universal route for enhanced photoelectric performance in photodetectors by constructing a heterojunction that is conductive for suppressing recombination of photogenerated carriers and promoting collection efficiency, and probably producing self-powered capability. However, the dependence of the built-in electric field distributions created by the heterojunction on photodetector performance has rarely been investigated. Herein, two kinds of self-powered UV–visible photodetectors with different device architectures based on single Se wire and CsPbBr3 particles are facilely fabricated and compared. It is found that both the two photodetectors show excellent self-powered operating properties, fast response and binary response. However, due to the different distributions of built-in electric field caused by device architectures, it yields a significant photovoltaic voltage distinction and different responsivity and detectivity spectra for the Se/CsPbBr3 photodetectors. These results are conductive to guide the design of self-powered heterojunction photodetectors by regulating the built-in electric field distributions.
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材料科学
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光子学
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纳米技术
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电气工程
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MICROCHEMICAL JOURNAL
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2019
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IF 3.206
Yajun Zhang,Xiaoliang Zeng,Xiaofang Jiang,Hanjiao Chen,Zhou Long
The cerium (Ce)-based UiO-66 metal-organic frameworks were employed for the first time as an effective catalyst for both oxidation and reduction. On one hand, selenium (Se)(VI) was efficiently photo-reduced to volatile species derived from the low lying of Ce 4f orbital and efficient generation of photo-electrons through the frameworks of UiO-66(Ce); on the other hand, the chromogenic substrate, 3, 3′, 5, 5′-tetramethylbenzydine (TMB), was oxidized based on the oxidase-like behavior of UiO-66(Ce) derived from the Ce 4+ /Ce 3+ spontaneous redox couple. The photo-reduced Se(VI) was determined by atomic fluorescence spectrometry , with a linear range of 5.0–200.0 μg/L − 1 , correlation coefficient of 0.998, and detection limit of 1.5 ng/mL − 1 obtained. The colorimetric sensing of mercury (Hg)(II) was accomplished based on the inhibition of TMB oxidation via Hg (II)-TMB interaction, with two linear ranges of 0.1–2.0 μM and 2.25–4.1 μM obtained, and a correlation coefficient of 0.993 and 0.995 obtained, respectively. The catalytic activity of UiO-66(Ce) was demonstrated to be satisfactory for both oxidation and reduction, which further explored the application of UiO-66(Ce) in the field of catalysis.
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分析化学
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Nanomaterials
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2022
·Vol. 12
·期 22
·3994
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IF 5.719
Zhanwu Wang,Yingrui Sui,Meiling Ma,Tianyue Wang
Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4(CZTSSe) films are considered to be promising materials in the advancement of thin-film solar cells. In such films, the amounts of S and Se control the bandgap. Therefore, it is crucial to control the concentration of S/Se to improve efficiency. In this study, Cu2MnxZn1−xSnS4(CMZTS) films were fabricated using the sol-gel method and treated in a Se environment. The films were post-annealed in a Se atmosphere at various temperature ranges from 300 °C to 550 °C at intervals of 200 °C for 15 min to obtain Cu2MnxZn1−xSn(S,Se)4(CMZTSSe). The elemental properties, surface morphology, and electro-optical properties of the CMZTSSe films were investigated in detail. The bandgap of the CMZTSSe films was adjustable in the scope of 1.11–1.22 eV. The structural propeties and phase purity of the CMZTSSe films were analyzed by X-ray diffraction and Raman analysis. High-quality CMZTSSe films with large grains could be acquired by suitably changing the selenization temperature. Under the optimized selenization conditions, the efficiency of the fabricated CMZTSSe device reached 3.08%.Keywords:Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4film;Mn-doping;solar cells;properties;selenization temperature
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SOLAR ENERGY
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2024
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IF 6
Zhi-Ping Huang,Hui-Li,Wei-Ze Wang,Hu Li,Li-Mei Lin,Zhi-Gao Huang,Shui-Yuan Chen,Gui-Lin Chen
Sb 2 (S,Se) 3 is a promising photovoltaic material due to its tunable bandgap, high thermal stability, and low-cost production potential. However, films produced by close-spaced sublimation (CSS) often suffer from defects that reduce efficiency. In this work, lithium (Li) doping was introduced to improve crystal quality, carrier concentration, and conductivity. The lithium was incorporated into the sublimation source via molten salt treatment, resulting in a uniform Li-Sb 2 (S,Se) 3 thin film. The resulting ITO/CdS/Li-Sb 2 (S,Se) 3 /PbS/Carbon solar cell achieved a power conversion efficiency of 6.18%, a significant improvement over undoped devices. The study further investigates the optoelectronic properties, revealing that Li doping effectively reduces non-radiative recombination, improves carrier extraction, and increases the valence band maximum (VBM), optimizing energy level alignment for enhanced hole transport. Additionally, the improved surface conductivity and higher carrier concentration due to Li doping contributed to enhanced carrier transport and reduced recombination.This research demonstrates that alkali metal doping can enhance the optoelectronic properties of Sb 2 (S,Se) 3 films, providing a pathway for further efficiency improvements in antimony-based thin-film solar cells.
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光伏技术
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