RSC Advances
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2012
·Vol. 2
·期 7
·2666-2670
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Meina Wang,Xiangyou Liu,Chuanbao Cao,Cui Shi
Cu–In–S ternary nanocrystals (NCs), with an average size of less than 10 nm, were synthesized in an aqueous solution containing bovine serum albumin (BSA). X-Ray powder diffraction (XRD) and selected-area electron diffraction (SAED) analyses showed that these NCs featured a roquesite structure. The composition of the NCs could be adjusted by controlling the molar ratio of the starting Cu/In precursors in the reaction solution, which led to a tunable band gap ranging from 1.48 eV to 2.30 eV. Cytotoxicity testing showed that the BSA-stabilized Cu–In–S NCs had little effect on the cell viability, which suggested that they are user-friendly and environmentally benign. With low cost, minimal energy input and environmental impact, this simple approach shows great potential for industrial applications.
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Journal of Energy Storage
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2025
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Chenglin Wei,Mengdi Sun,Baoguo Zhang,Zhangyong Yan,Zihao Dang,Yongkang Xu,Lin Wu,Ya Hu
Benefiting from the low cost and natural abundance of sulfur, as well as its excellent theoretical performance metrics - including a capacity of 1675 mAh g −1 and an energy density of 2600 Wh kg −1 - lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries have attracted considerable attention for next-generation energy storage. However, their practical deployment is severely hindered by the intrinsic shuttle effect of lithium polysulfides (LiPSs), which leads to the loss of active materials and poor cycling stability. In this work, we report a facile hydrothermal-calcination strategy to synthesize porous nanosheet-structured Fe-doped nickel oxide (Fe-NiO) as a functional separator modifier for Li-S batteries. The polar nature of NiO enables strong chemical interactions with LiPSs, effectively anchoring polysulfides on the cathode side and suppressing the shuttle effect. Furthermore, Fe doping significantly increases the density of surface active sites, thereby enhancing the adsorption and catalytic conversion of LiPSs into insoluble Li 2 S 2 /Li 2 S species, which promotes redox kinetics and mitigates capacity fading. When applied to Li-S cells, the Fe-NiO-modified separator markedly improves the electrochemical performance, delivering a high reversible capacity of 1150 mAh g −1 at 0.2C, an excellent rate capability of 505 mAh g −1 at 5C, and outstanding long-term stability with a minimal capacity decay of 0.091 % per cycle over 500 cycles at 1C. This study presents a simple and scalable strategy for separator engineering, providing a promising pathway toward high-performance Li-S batteries.
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JOURNAL OF NON-CRYSTALLINE SOLIDS
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2025
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Yuxin Shao,Chengwei Gao,Yanqing Fu,Shiliang Kang,Linling Tan,Baoan Song,Shixun Dai,Changgui Lin
Superionic β -Ag 2 S demonstrates exceptional ionic conductivity and ductility, rendering highly promising for applications in electrochemical sensors, thermoelectric devices and solid-state electrolytes. However, it is still haunted by the limited thermodynamic stability, transitioning to the poorly conductive α -Ag 2 S phase upon cooling to room temperature (RT). Herein, a solid solution formed by partial isovalent substitution of sulfur with tellurium stabilizes the superionic phase via the substantial atomic-size mismatch between S and Te. Specifically, Ag 2 S 1-x Te x (0.2 ≤ x ≤ 0.8) maintain superionic phase at RT without observable phase transition upon cooling. This stabilized superionic phase originates from the substantial size mismatched between S and Te. Furthermore, the anion disorder caused by the local volume expansion introduced by large-radius Te reduces the activation energy the activation energy barrier and provides more vacancies for Ag + ion transportation. This work confirms the efficiency of crystal amorphization strategy for stabilizing high-temperature superionic phases at ambient conditions, enabling the development of superionic conductors.
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MOLECULAR CELL
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2023
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IF 16
Xue Huang,Jia Yao,Lu Liu,Jing Chen,Ligang Mei,Jingjing Huangfu,Dong Luo,Xinyi Wang,Changhai Lin,Xiaorong Chen,Yi Yang,Sheng Ouyang,Fujing Wei,Zhuolin Wang,Shaolin Zhang,Tingxiu Xiang,Dante Neculai,Qiming Sun,Eryan Kong,Edward W. Tate,Aimin Yang
p62 is a well-characterized autophagy receptor that recognizes and sequesters specific cargoes into autophagosomes for degradation. p62 promotes the assembly and removal of ubiquitinated proteins by forming p62-liquid droplets. However, it remains unclear how autophagosomes efficiently sequester p62 droplets. Herein, we report that p62 undergoes reversible S -acylation in multiple human-, rat-, and mouse-derived cell lines, catalyzed by zinc-finger Asp-His-His-Cys S -acyltransferase 19 (ZDHHC19) and deacylated by acyl protein thioesterase 1 (APT1). S -acylation of p62 enhances the affinity of p62 for microtubule-associated protein 1 light chain 3 (LC3)-positive membranes and promotes autophagic membrane localization of p62 droplets, thereby leading to the production of small LC3-positive p62 droplets and efficient autophagic degradation of p62-cargo complexes. Specifically, increasing p62 acylation by upregulating ZDHHC19 or by genetic knockout of APT1 accelerates p62 degradation and p62-mediated autophagic clearance of ubiquitinated proteins. Thus, the protein S -acylation-deacylation cycle regulates p62 droplet recruitment to the autophagic membrane and selective autophagic flux, thereby contributing to the control of selective autophagic clearance of ubiquitinated proteins.
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ChemPlusChem
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2013
·Vol. 79
·期 2
·211-216
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Wentao Hao,Songyan Ding,Liang Zhang,Wei Liu,Wen Yang
Graphical Mother-of-pearl films : Flexible, transparent, and glossy nanocomposite films have been fabricated through vacuum-aided filtration self-assembly of hyperbranched poly(amido amine)s (HPAMAMs) and clay nanosheets. Such hybrid films show strong fluorescence properties and high strength (see figure). As a result of the good biocompatibility of HPAMAMs, the hybrid films are promising in biomedical research. Inspired by the hierarchical structure of nacre, lots of functional nanocomposite films have been fabricated through finely tuning the composition and structure. To broaden their application in biological and biomedical research, it is highly demanded to develop a new strategy to fabricate nanocomposite films that are both biocompatible and functional. Herein, hyperbranched poly(amido amine)s (HPAMAMs) have been assembled with clay nanosheets. The obtained nanocomposite films show good mechanical performance and fluorescence properties. Analysis of the structure of the nanocomposite films indicates that the HPAMAMs and the clay nanosheets are stacked together in an orderly manner. The clay nanosheets align in the direction parallel to the film surface. Because of the inherent biocompatibility and autofluorescence property of the HPAMAMs, such composite films are thought to be very promising in applications requiring biocompatibility, fluorescence, and good mechanical performance. The method should provide a new route to the fabrication of functional nacrelike composite materials.
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SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS
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2021
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Xiaowei Zhou,Chao Gao,Hao Luo,Zhiwei Liu,Haixu Liu,Haifeng Gao,Qing Zhou,Wenbo Li,Xiaoyun Teng,Wei Yu
In this paper, we reported a modified preparation process for Cu 2 ZnSn(S,Se) 4 (CZTSSe) films. For this process, Al 2 O 3 capping layers were deposited on precursor films before selenization. It was found the capping layer can prevent the formation of separate Cu x Se phase on top of the film and facilitate a homogeneous growth of the crystalline grains during selenization. Detailed characterizations revealed the reason: the Al 2 O 3 capping layers can inhibit the incorporation of Se into the film in low-temperature region (below 350 °C). So the reaction between Se and Cu, which is thermodynamically preferential in this temperature region, can be prevented. As the disappearance of Cu x Se, the traditional top-to-down crystallization mode was substituted by a homogeneous crystallization mode. Therefore, CZTSSe films with homogeneous crystallization properties were achieved. By using the capping layers, the efficiencies of the solar cells were improved. In particular, the open-circuit voltage (V OC ) of the solar cell increased by ~18% by using the capping layers.
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NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH
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2019
·Vol. 47
·期 22
·11514-11526
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IF 11.147
Jie Jialong,Xia Ye,Huang Chun-Hua,Zhao Hongmei,Yang Chunfan,Liu Kunhui,Song Di,Zhu Ben-Zhan,Su Hongmei
Phosphorothioate (PS) modifications naturally appear in bacteria and archaea genome and are widely used as antisense strategy in gene therapy. But the chemical effects of PS introduction as a redox active site into DNA (S-DNA) is still poorly understood. Herein, we perform time-resolved spectroscopy to examine the underlying mechanisms and dynamics of the PS oxidation by potent radicals in free model, in dinucleotide, and in S-oligomer. The crucial sulphur-centered hemi-bonded intermediates -P–S∴S–P- were observed and found to play critical roles leading to the stable adducts of -P–S–S–P-, which are backbone DNA lesion products. Moreover, the oxidation of the PS moiety in dinucleotides d[GPSG], d[APSA], d[GPSA], d[APSG] and in S-oligomers was monitored in real-time, showing that PS oxidation can compete with adenine but not with guanine. Significantly, hole transfer process from A+• to PS and concomitant -P–S∴S–P- formation was observed, demonstrating the base-to-backbone hole transfer unique to S-DNA, which is different from the normally adopted backbone-to-base hole transfer in native DNA. These findings reveal the distinct backbone lesion pathway brought by the PS modification and also imply an alternative -P–S∴S–P-/-P–S–S–P- pathway accounting for the interesting protective role of PS as an oxidation sacrifice in bacterial genome.
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CARBON
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2015
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IF 6.196
Feng Wu,Lili Shi,Daobin Mu,Hongliang Xu,Borong Wu
A novel hierarchical structure carbon/sulfur composite is presented based on carbon fiber matrices, which are synthesized by electrospinning. The fibers are constituted with hollow graphitized carbon spheres formed using catalytic Ni nano-particles as hard templates. Sulfur is loaded to the carbon substrates via thermal vaporization. The structure and composition of the hierarchical carbon fiber/S composite are characterized with X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy , Raman spectroscopy , and nitrogen adsorption isotherms . The electrochemical performance is evaluated by cyclic voltammetry and galvanostatic charge–discharge. The results exhibit an initial discharge capacity of 845 mA h g −1 at 0.25 C (420 mA g −1 ), with a retention of 77% after 100 cycles. A discharge capacity of 533 mA h g −1 is still attainable when the rate is up to 1.0 C. The good cycling performance and rate capability are contributed to the uniform dispersion of sulfur, the conductive network of carbon fibers and hollow graphitized carbon spheres.
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Chemistry-An Asian Journal
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2025
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Xingru Chen,Longhui Nie,Xueling Li
Doping is an effective way to improve the separation efficiency of photogenerated carriers, widen visible light adsorption, and tune the band structure of carbon nitride (g-C 3 N 4 , CN). Herein, Na, S co-doped CN (CNNS- x ) photocatalysts were successfully prepared by a one-step thermal polymerization method using urea and sodium thiosulfate as the raw materials. The incorporation of Na and S not only improves the visible light response intensity and photogenerated carrier separation efficiency of CN but also enhances oxygen adsorption capacity and optimizes the energy band structure of the CN. The optimal CNNS-2.5 photocatalyst revealed a significantly enhanced photocatalytic performance and yielded 4.85 mM (24.25 mmol·g −1 ·h −1 ) H 2 O 2 in 1 h under visible light irradiation. The above yield is 4.71 times that of CN. It also revealed good stability in four cycles. The active species capture test and ESR revealed that the photocatalytic mechanism for H 2 O 2 production on CNNS-2.5 was a two-step, single-electron oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) pathway.
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Advanced Optical Materials
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2024
·Vol. 12
·期 23
·2400762
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Wentao Niu,Xiulin Xie,Zhong Chen,Ruixin Sun,Yu Li,Shuaibing Wang,Yu Zhang,Chunhe Yang,Aiwei Tang
Recently, I-III-VI type quantum dots (QDs) have attracted considerable attention in display technology due to their large-scale tunable emission and environmentally friendly characteristics. However, within this family, narrow-bandwidth Cu-based QDs have rarely been reported. Herein, the synthesis of narrow-bandwidth blue-emitting Cu-Ga-S (CGS)-based QDs is reported by a hot-injection method for the first time, boasting a narrow full width at half-maximum (FWHM) of 29 nm, closely approaching that of traditional Cd-based QDs. Through precisely controlling the temperature of nucleation stage, CGS-based QDs showcase a representative blue emission at 475 nm, featuring the narrowest FWHM and a photoluminescence quantum yield (PLQY) of 32%. Besides, the femtosecond transient fluorescence (fs-TA) characterization indicates that the narrow-bandwidth luminescence is attributed to band-to-hole recombination rather than donor-acceptor pair (DAP) recombination. The work opens a new avenue for narrow-bandwidth I-III-VI QDs, offering increased potential for applications in blue-light-emitting devices.
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TALANTA
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2024
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Yanli Lei,Xinyan He,Yu Zeng,Xinyu Wang,Le Yang,Xiaowen Liu,Zhihe Qing
Gold nanoparticles (Au NPs) have been widely utilized in developing DNAzyme-functionalized nanosensors, most of which were engineered by attaching the thiolated DNAzymes to Au NPs via Au-S bonding. However, the Au NP-DNAzyme nanosensors always suffer from signal distortion when applied in complex environment with abundant thiols, which poses challenge for practical applications. Here, we focus on addressing the root cause of the issue and propose to decorate the Au NPs with a thin layer of platinum, thus facilitating the conjugation of DNAzymes through Pt-S bonding, a thiol-resistant cross-linking. The Pt-S bond stabilized DNAzyme nanosensor effectively minimized false positive signals when detecting L-histidine in infant formulas, as compared to the Au-S stabilized counterpart. This innovative strategy holds promise for high-fidelity biosensing, improving the practical applicability of Au NP-based DNAzyme nanosensor.
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Energies
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2024
·Vol. 17
·期 6
·1449
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Qiong Li,Yu Wang,Ganghui Wei,Xiaorong Fang,Ni Lan,Yonggang Zhao,Qiming Liu,Shumei Lin,Deyan He
The preparation of composite carbon nanomaterials is one of the methods for improving the electrochemical performance of carbon-based electrode materials for supercapacitors. However, traditional preparation methods are complicated and time-consuming, and the binder also leads to an increase in impedance and a decrease in specific capacitance. Therefore, in this work, we reduced Ni-Cu nanoparticles on the surface of nitrogen-doped carbon nanofibers (CNFs) by employing an electrostatic spinning method combined with pre-oxidation and annealing treatments. At the same time, Ni-Cu nanoparticles were vulcanized to Ni–Cu–S nanoparticles without destroying the structure of the CNFs. The area-specific capacitance of the CNFs/Ni–Cu–S–300 electrode reaches 1208 mF cm−2at a current density of 1 mA cm−2, and the electrode has a good cycling stability with a capacitance retention rate of 76.5% after 5000 cycles. As a self-supporting electrode, this electrode can avoid the problem of the poor adhesion of electrode materials and the low utilization of active materials due to the inactivity of the binder and conductive agent in conventional collector electrodes, so it has excellent potential for application.
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