MICROCHIMICA ACTA
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2018
·Vol. 185
·期 3
·1-10
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IF 5.705
Wang Yan,Bian Feng,Qin Xiaofei,Wang Qianqian
A visible-light driven photoelectrochemical (PEC) aptasensor is described that is capable of detecting chloramphenicol (CAP). It is based on the use of a TiO 2 based nanorod array (NRA) sensitized with Eu(III)-doped CdS quantum dots. The NRA absorbs visible-light and while strongly depressing the recombination of photogenerated charges, thereby improving photo-to-current conversion efficiency. The introduction of Eu(III) ions promotes the charge transformation and utilization, and this results in a further increase of photocurrent. The NRA was employed as the photoactive material for the fabrication of a PEC aptasensor. CAP-binding aptamers were immobilized on a fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) electrode that was modified with the NRA. The aptasensor was applied to the determination of CAP by monitoring the decrease in photocurrent (at a typical voltage of 0 V) that is caused by the formation of the aptamer-CAP complex. Under optimal conditions, the response is linear in the 1.0 pM to 3.0 nM CAP concentration range, with a detection limit of 0.36 pM (at S/ N = 3). The method was applied to the determination of CAP in spiked milk samples where it gave satisfactory results.
Schematic presentation of the fabrication of a visible-light driven photoelectrochemical aptasensor based on the use of a TiO 2 nanorod array sensitized with Eu(III)-doped CdS quantum dots. It was applied to the determination of chloramphenicol with good selectivity and high sensitivity. TiO 2 NRA: TiO 2 nanorod array; FTO: fluorine-doped tin oxide; CdS:Eu 3+ QDs: Eu(III)-doped CdS quantum dots; BSA: bovine serum albumin; CAP: chloramphenicol
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ACS Catalysis
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2018
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IF 11.384
Guoxue Liu,Wei Li,Ran Bi,Christian Atangana Etogo,Xin-Yao Yu,Lei Zhang
Despite the ultrahigh energy density of rechargeable lithium–oxygen (Li-O2) batteries, their practical use is still hindered by the poor performance of electrocatalysts. Recently, porous and hollow nanostructured catalysts have been found to be promising electrocatalysts toward the ORR/OER to improve the performance of Li-O2 batteries. However, the catalytic activities of the catalysts are still insufficient and the nanopores are easily clogged by the insoluble discharge products. Herein, highly porous and hollow TiO2–x nanoboxes (TiO2–x NBs) with large surface areas, increased oxygen vacancies, and high grain boundary density have been developed as an electrocatalyst for Li-O2 batteries via a cation-assisted synthetic approach. The Li-O2 batteries with TiO2–x NBs as the electrocatalyst exhibit a high specific capacity of 8569 mA h g–1, excellent rate capability, and long cycle life up to 200 cycles when the capacity is limited to 1000 mA h g–1. Moreover, this cation-assisted approach for fine-tuning the nanostructure could be an innovative strategy to design efficient electrocatalysts for high-performance Li-O2 batteries.
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Journal of Physical Chemistry C
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2018
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Chengzhang Zhu,Xiao Chen,Jian Ma,Cheng Gu,Qiming Xian,Tingting Gong,Cheng Sun
Inducing TiO2 sensitive to visible light and effectively restraining the possibility of electron–hole recombination are crucial for actual applications over TiO2-based catalysts. In this study, a facile strategy to fabricate three-dimensional (3D) defective TiO2–x@carbon spheres (CSs) composite modified with two-dimensional (2D) graphite-like carbon nitride (g-C3N4) nanosheets (NSs) is presented. During the synthesis process, zero-dimensional tiny TiO2–x nanoparticles were evenly loaded onto CSs with intimate chemically bonded (Ti–O–C) interfaces. Simultaneously, loose g-C3N4 NSs were tightly coated on the hierarchical spherelike TiO2–x@CSs, with the purpose of supporting an effectively protective layer to prevent the oxidation of the directly exposed Ti3+ and constructing highly efficient 2D/3D ternary heterostructures with strong interfacial interaction. The obtained CSs/TiO2–x@g-C3N4 heterojunction showed remarkably enhanced photocatalytic activity in hydrogen production and toxic pollutants degradation compared to the binary composites or pristine components, mainly due to the cooperative effects of the enhanced visible-light-harvesting capacity introduced by Ti3+ and CSs, effective interfacial charge separation (Ti–O–C structure and heterostructure), and the vectorial charge-transfer channel design. This work paves a green, gentle, and economical way to design more efficient TiO2–x new ternary materials with multistep electron transfer toward solar energy conversion (like CO2 reduction and H2 evolution).
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CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL
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2018
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Chang Liu,Zheng Chen,Nixian Qian,Yongqing Ma
Vanadium (V)-free and V-doped H 2 Ti 12 O 25 hollow spheres (HTOHSs) were first synthesised via vapour-thermal method at 290 °C using common chemicals and solvents, over super-critical temperature (243 °C) of ethanol (vapour source). Then, they were annealed at 600 °C under different processing conditions to obtain titanium dioxide (TiO 2 ) photocatalysts . All catalysts were characterised by means of XRD , SEM, TEM, XPS , UV–vis DRS, FT-IR, N 2 adsorbtion-desorbtion and fluorescence lifetime. Results indicated that after the treatment in air, V-free HTOHSs were transformed into open-ended hollow tubes with uniform length of ~5 µm and diameter of ~1 µm, and walls of hollow tubes consisted of aggregated nanosheets . Furthermore, HTOHS crystallised into anatase TiO 2 (white) phase. The treatment in N 2 atmosphere led to the breaking of longer tubes into shorter ones. In contrast, after the treatment in N 2 atmosphere or by reduction using NaBH 4 as a reductant, V-doped HTOHS resulted in the formation of anatase TiO 2 (black) samples and consisted of fewer tubes and more deformed spheres. In this study, fluorescence lifetime ( τ ) of photo-generated carriers corresponded well with the ratio of oxygen vacancy , indicating that oxygen vacancy dominates the lifetime even though it is very sensitive to many factors. The evolution of structure and morphology and photocatalytic mechanism were analysed and discussed.
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BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
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2018
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Zheng-Zhe Zhang,Ya-Fei Cheng,Lian-Zeng-Ji Xu,Yu-Hui Bai,Jia-Jia Xu,Zhi-Jian Shi,Yang-Yang Shen,Ren-Cun Jin
The increasing use of engineered metal oxide nanoparticles (MONPs) in consumer products raises great concerns about their environmental impacts, but their potential impacts on anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox) process in wastewater treatment remain unclear. In this study, the presence of MONPs (1, 50, 200 mg L −1 ) exhibited no visible effects on the nitrogen removal performance of anammox reactors, but high levels (200 mg L −1 ) of SiO 2 NPs, Al 2 O 3 NPs and CeO 2 NPs had a distinct effect on shaping the anammox community. Long-term exposure of MONPs caused different responses in the relative abundance of Ca. Kuenenia , the level of functional gene Hzs A and the activities of three key enzymes involved in anammox metabolism, but no significant inhibition effects on specific anammox activity were detected. Overall, the effects of MONPs on anammox community structure and sludge properties depended on their types and levels and followed the order SiO 2 > CeO 2 > Al 2 O 3 > TiO 2 .
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Biomaterials Science
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2018
·Vol. 6
·期 8
·2209-2218
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Siqi Wang,Wenzhi Ren,Jianhua Wang,Zhenqi Jiang,Madiha Saeed,Lili Zhang,Aiguo Li,Aiguo Wu
At present, transmembrane glycoprotein CD133 highly expressed pancreatic cancer stem cells (PCSCs), with the features of chemotherapeutic/radiotherapeutic resistance and exclusive tumorigenic potential, are considered as the primary cause of metastasis and recurrence in pancreatic cancer, and therefore are an effective target in the disease treatment. Furthermore, with the launch of precision medicine, multifunctional nanoprobes have been applied as an efficient strategy for the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-guided photothermal therapy (PTT) of pancreatic cancer. In this research, with the aim of achieving precise MRI-guided PTT in CD133 highly expressed PCSCs, novel bTiO2-Gd-CD133mAb nanoprobes were designed and successfully prepared by loading Gd-DOTA and CD133 monoclonal antibodies on black TiO2 nanoparticles. It was very interesting to find that the r1 relaxivity value of the nanoprobes was 34.394 mM−1 s−1, about 7.5 times that of commercial Magnevist (4.5624 mM−1 s−1), which indicates that the nanoprobes have good potential as MRI T1 contrast agents with excellent performance. Herein, CD133 highly expressed PANC-1 cells were selected and verified as PCSCs model. In vitro experiments demonstrated that the nanoprobes exhibited active-targeting ability in PANC-1 cells, and consequently could specially enhance T1-weighted MR imaging and 808 nm near-infrared (NIR)-triggered PTT efficiency in the PCSCs model. Our study not only provides a new strategy for the effective treatment of pancreatic cancer and its’ stem cells, but also further broadens the application of black TiO2 in the field of cancer theranostics.
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CHINESE JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS
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2018
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IF 3.525
Guoqiang Shen,Lun Pan,Zhe Lü,Chongqing Wang,Fazal-e- Aleem,Xiangwen Zhang,Ji-Jun Zou
Adsorption and photodegradation are promising approaches for removing organic pollutions. In this study, we combined these two processes by co-loading Fe-TiO 2 and Fe 2 O 3 quantum dots (QDs) on porous MCM-41, using a simple hydrolysis method. X-ray diffraction, high-resolution transmission electron microscopy, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy results indicated that Fe-TiO 2 QDs are formed at low Fe precursor concentrations, while additional Fe 2 O 3 QDs are formed at higher Fe precursor concentrations. The Fe 2 O 3 and Fe-TiO 2 QDs impart high adsorption capacity and high photoactivity to the porous MCM-41, respectively. Thus, their combination results in a synergic effect of the adsorption and photodegradation. The highest-performing sample exhibits excellent performance in removing rose bengal from aqueous solution.
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Nano Energy
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2018
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Xingyue Liu,Zhiyong Liu,Bo Sun,Xianhua Tan,Haibo Ye,Yuxue Tu,Tielin Shi,Zirong Tang,Guanglan Liao
Organometal trihalide perovskite solar cells (PSCs) with carbon counter electrode (CE) have attracted tremendous interest due to their remarkable properties such as low cost and high stability. However, carbon-based PSCs always suffer from much lower power conversion efficiency (PCE) than the counterparts with noble metal cathode. Herein, we demonstrate a carbon-based planar heterojunction PSC using high-crystallinity Ni-doped rutile TiO 2 as electron transport layer (ETL) for the first time, while copper phthalocyanine (CuPc) is introduced as hole transport layer (HTL). It is found that Ni doping can shift the Fermi level of the ETL upward and increase the charge mobility of the TiO 2 film, thus enhancing the charge transport and extraction. An optimized PCE of 17.46% was obtained after 0.01 M Ni doping, comparable to or even better than devices with state-of-the-art doped Spiro-OMeTAD as HTL and Au as CE. To the best of our knowledge, this is the highest efficiency that has been reported for carbon-based PSCs. By contrast, the pristine TiO 2 -based device only displayed a PCE of 15.82%. Detailed superior capability of Ni-doped TiO 2 in facilitating charge transfer and suppressing carrier recombination are revealed by Hall effect and photoluminescence (PL) as well as electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) measurements. Furthermore, the use of highly stable CuPc and commercial carbon makes as-prepared PSCs exhibit excellent stability with no obvious decline in PCE after being stored in ambient air for 1200 h. This work presents an important step forwards to the commercialization of carbon-based PSCs with high efficiency and long-term stability.
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ACS Omega
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2018
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Zhongwei Fu,Yunyun Zhong,Yuehong Yu,Lizhen Long,Min Xiao,Dongmei Han,Shuanjin Wang,Yuezhong Meng
A new class of TiO2-doped CeO2 nanorods was synthesized via a modified hydrothermal method, and these nanorods were first used as catalysts for the direct synthesis of dimethyl carbonate (DMC) from CO2 and CH3OH in a fixed-bed reactor. The micromorphologies and physical–chemical properties of nanorods were characterized by transmission electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, N2 adsorption, inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and temperature-programmed desorption of ammonia and carbon dioxide (NH3-TPD and CO2-TPD). The effects of the TiO2 doping ratio on the catalytic performances were fully investigated. By doping TiO2, the surface acid–base sites of CeO2 nanorods can be obviously promoted and the catalytic activity can be raised evidently. Ti0.04Ce0.96O2 nanorod catalysts exhibited remarkably high activity with a methanol conversion of 5.38% with DMC selectivity of 83.1%. Furthermore, kinetic and mechanistic investigations based on the initial rate method were conducted. Over the Ti0.04Ce0.96O2 nanorod catalyst, the apparent activation energy of the reaction was 46.3 kJ/mol. The reaction rate law was determined to be of positive first-order to the CO2 concentration and the catalyst loading amount. These results were practically identical with the prediction of the Langmuir–Hinshelwood mechanism in which the steps of CO2 adsorption and activation are considered as rate-determining steps.
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Nanoscale
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2019
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·期 18
·9115-9124
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Yunfei Tang,Xiaoqiang Liu,Hejie Zheng,Liwei Yang,Lele Li,Si Zhang,Yanmei Zhou,Subbiah Alwarappan
In this work, a novel photoelectrochemical (PEC) aptasensor was developed for the sensitive detection of aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) based on a resonance energy transfer strategy between the Ce-TiO2@MoSe2 heterostructure and Au nanoparticles (AuNPs). The Ce-TiO2@MoSe2 composite was obtained by growing MoSe2 nanosheets on a TiO2 nanocube doped by the Ce element with a facile hydrothermal method. The composite effectively extended the absorption of TiO2 to the visible region and avoided the self-aggregation of MoSe2 nanosheets, leading to the excellent photocurrent response under visible light excitation. The PEC aptasensor was then fabricated by immobilizing the Ce-TiO2@MoSe2 composite on an ITO electrode, followed by the modification of the aminated AFB1 aptamer. An AuNP-labeled DNA sequence was subsequently hybridized with the aptamer to fabricate a sandwich structure, which was destroyed after the introduction of AFB1, decreasing the amount of the energy acceptor (AuNPs) at the electrode surface. Accordingly, the photocurrent was increased with the increase of AFB1 concentration. Under the optimal conditions, the PEC aptasensor showed a wide linear range of 0.03–200 ng mL−1 and a low detection limit of 0.01 ng mL−1 for AFB1 determination.
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Journal of Materials Chemistry A
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2019
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·期 27
·16541-16552
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Xuefang Xie,Yang Hu,Guozhao Fang,Xinxin Cao,Bo Yin,Yaping Wang,Shuquan Liang,Guozhong Cao,Anqiang Pan
As a promising conversion-type anode material, iron sulfide has been widely studied. However, due to its huge volume expansion during repeated lithiation/delithiation, iron sulfide tends to pulverize and form aggregates upon cycling, which greatly hinders its application in high performance lithium ion batteries as a durable anode material. Herein, a strategy for synthesizing and stabilizing iron sulfide nanosheets with a robust titanium oxide nanofiber interior support is proposed. The hierarchical nanostructured composite anode material was successfully synthesized by the electrospinning technique and subsequent sulfurization. The size of the iron sulfide nanosheets can be easily tuned by adjusting the composition of the reacting agents and/or the sulfurization temperature. Electrochemical results reveal that the composite delivers a reversible capacity of 591 mA h g−1 at a current density of 0.1 A g−1 after 100 cycles and exhibits excellent long-term cycling stability at 0.5 A g−1 and 1 A g−1 as well. Furthermore, when being paired with LiFePO4, the as-synthesized composite also delivers promising full-cell performance, showing its potential in serving as a competitive candidate anode material in lithium-ion batteries for power applications. Moreover, this method also opens up an avenue for modifying and improving other conversion-type anode materials.
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JOURNAL OF ELECTROANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
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2018
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Xianjiu Liao,Jianjun Luo,Jing Wu,Taotao Fan,Yao Yao,Fenglei Gao,Yong Qian
In this work, a sensitive DNAzyme-based electrochemical sensor had been developed for Pb 2+ detection with platinum nanoparticles decorated TiO 2 /α-Fe 2 O 3 composite as signal labels. The morphological and compositional properties of the PtNPs/TiO 2 /α-Fe 2 O 3 were examined by using transmission electron microscopy , X-ray diffraction, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The result showed that the shape of α-Fe 2 O 3 nanocrystals were the cubic, the average length ranged from 150 to 300 nm, and the PtNPs with about 3–4 nm in diameter were well dispersed on the surface of TiO 2 /α-Fe 2 O 3 . TiO 2 /α-Fe 2 O 3 were used as a “carrier” to load the PtNPs tracers as well as for Apt3 immobilization. In turn, the DNAzyme structure of Apt1 and Apt2 was immobilized on the gold electrode surface as the capture probes. Subsequently, DNAzyme modified electrodes reacted with target Pb 2+ and the Apt3/PtNPs/TiO 2 /α-Fe 2 O 3 composite were deposited on the electrode surface. The performance of the DNAzyme-based electrochemical sensor was tested by recording the electrocatalytic reduction current toward H 2 O 2 . Enhanced sensitivity was achieved by TiO 2 /α-Fe 2 O 3 nanocomposites as a nanocarrier in order to PtNPs at a high ratio. The DNAzyme-based electrochemical sensor described here exhibited excellent sensitivity and specificity for target ion. This work represented a promising potential for on-site testing Pb 2+ in real drinking water and serum sample analysis.
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