Batteries-Basel
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2023
·Vol. 9
·期 5
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IF 4
Ningning Feng,Chaoqiang Wang,Jing Wang,Yang Lin,Gang Yang
Lithium–oxygen (Li-O2) batteries have captured worldwide attention owing to their highest theoretical specific energy density. However, this promising system still suffers from huge discharge/charge overpotentials and poor cycling stability, which are related to the leakage/volatilization of organic liquid electrolytes and the inefficiency of solid catalysts. A mixing ionic liquid-based gel polymer electrolyte (IL-GPE)-based Li-O2battery, consisting of a 20 mM 2,5-di-tert-butyl-1,4-benzoquinone (DBBQ) 40 mM N-methylphenothiazine (MPT)-containing IL-GPE and a single-walled carbon nanotube cathode, is designed for the first time here. This unique dual redox mediators-based GPE, which contains a polymer matrix immersed with mixed ionic liquid electrolyte, provides a proper ionic conductivity (0.48 mS cm−1) and effective protection for lithium anode. In addition, DBBQ, as the catalyst for an oxygen reduction reaction, can support the growth of discharge products through the solution–phase pathway. Simultaneously, MPT, as the catalyst for an oxygen evolution reaction, can decompose Li2O2at low charge overpotentials. Hence, the DBBQ-MPT-IL-GPE-based Li-O2battery can operate for 100 cycles with lower charge/discharge overpotentials. This investigation may offer a promising method to realize high-efficiency Li-O2/air batteries.
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ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
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2019
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IF 8.456
Yuan Meng,Jianguo Jiang,Aikelaimu Aihemaiti,Tongyao Ju,Yuchen Gao,Jiwei Liu,Siyu Han
Amine-functionalized sorbents are investigated widely for CO2 capture from flue gas, to mitigate the crisis of global CO2 emission, with the advantages of excellent adsorption and regeneration performance. However, the presence of O2 in flue gas (3–10%) would induce the degradation of the sorbents, and some previous works proposed the strategies at the sacrifice of partial CO2 adsorption capacity. Herein, we focused on the oxidation behavior of PEI-functionalized silica in the long-term operation and analyzed the degradation mechanism by characterizing the oxidized sorbents. The sorbent proved to be oxidative stable under a lower temperature of air exposure, but the oxidative degradation would indeed occur at more harsh temperatures (above 90 °C). This study demonstrated that CO2 capture from O2-containing flue gas was feasible by controlling the operating temperature (below 75 °C), and the effective capacity of above 135 mg/g could be maintained in the cyclic CO2 capture.
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环境科学
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化学工程
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碳捕集与封存(CCS)
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材料科学
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ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
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2018
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IF 8.097
Qiong Yang,Peng-Fei Wang,Jin-Zhi Guo,Zi-Ming Chen,Wei-Lin Pang,Ke-Cheng Huang,Yu-Guo Guo,Xing-Long Wu,Jing-Ping Zhang
As a promising cathode material of sodium-ion battery, P2-type Na2/3Ni1/3Mn2/3O2 (NNMO) possesses a theoretically high capacity and working voltage to realize high energy storage density. However, it still suffers from poor cycling stability mainly incurred by the undesirable P2–O2 phase transition. Herein, the electrochemically active Fe3+ ions are introduced into the lattice of NNMO, forming Na2/3Ni1/3Mn2/3–xFexO2 (x = 0, 1/24, 1/12, 1/8, 1/6) to effectively stabilize the P2-type crystalline structure. In such Fe-substituted materials, both Ni2+/Ni4+ and Fe3+/Fe4+ couples take part in the redox reactions, and the P2–O2 phase transition is well restrained during cycling, as verified by ex situ X-ray diffraction. As a result, the optimized Na2/3Ni1/3Mn7/12Fe1/12O2 (1/12-NNMF) has a long-term cycling stability with the fading rate of 0.05% per cycle over 300 cycles at 5 C. Furthermore, the 1/12-NNMF delivers excellent rate capabilities (65 mA h g–1 at 25 C) and superior low-temperature performance (the capacity retention of 94% at −25 °C after 80 cycles) owing to the enhanced Na diffusion upon Fe doping, which is deduced by the studies of electrode kinetics. More significantly, the 1/12-NNMF also displays remarkable sodium-ion full-cell properties when merged with an LS–Sb@G anode, thus implying the possibility of their practical application.
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电化学
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能量存储
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电池技术
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Catalysis Science & Technology
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2025
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IF 4.2
Yu-Le Wang,Songhai Wu,Yu-Zhen Xu,Yu-Dong Shan,Yong Liu,Xu Han
The selective oxidation of cyclohexene (Cy) to cyclohexene oxide (Cy-ep) using O2 remains challenging due to low epoxidation selectivity. In this work, a series of Mo-doped TS-1 (Mo-TS-1) catalysts were successfully synthesized for the epoxidation of Cy under solvent- and initiator-free conditions with O2 as the oxidant. Among them, 5Mo-TS-1 exhibited high catalytic performance, achieving 43.5% Cy conversion and 50.6% selectivity toward Cy-ep. Additionally, valuable byproducts such as 2-cyclohexen-1-ol (Cy-ol) and 2-cyclohexen-1-one (Cy-one) were obtained with yields of 28.0% and 21.4%, respectively. Since both Cy-ol and Cy-one are valuable intermediates in fragrance synthesis, over 43.5% of Cy was effectively converted into high-value products. Quenching experiments and Raman spectroscopy revealed that surface oxygen vacancies (Ov) facilitate the activation of O2 to form ≡Ov‑superoxo species, which abstract hydrogen from the allylic C-H bond of Cy to generate 3-cyclohexenyl radicals (Cy•). These radicals subsequently react with O2 to form Cy-OO•, followed by hydrogen abstraction from another Cy molecule to yield 2-cyclohexene-1-hydroperoxide (Cy-OOH). A positive correlation between Cy-OOH and Cy-ep formation underscores the critical role of Cy-OOH in the epoxidation process. Furthermore, Raman spectroscopy confirmed the presence of ≡Mo-(η2-O2) peroxo species on the catalyst surface, which preferentially attack the C=C bond of Cy to form Cy-ep. DFT calculations elucidated two distinct O2 activation pathways: In Pathway I, O2 is activated at Ov sites to form ≡Ov‑superoxo, which subsequently reacts with Cy to generate ≡Ov‑peroxo, Cy-OOH, and Cy•. In Pathway II, Mo(V/VI) sites either directly activate O2 or react with peroxo intermediates (≡Ov‑peroxo or Cy-OOH) to form ≡Mo-(η2-O2). This species selectively epoxidizes the alkene bond in Cy to Cy-ep. Notably, the direct activation of O2 at Mo(V/VI) sites bypasses the allylic oxidation route, thereby enhancing the epoxidation selectivity beyond the theoretical limit of 50.0%. This study provides new insight on the importance of surface superoxo and peroxo mediated by Ov and Mo(V/VI) in the epoxidation processes.
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多相催化
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氧化反应
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ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS
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2017
·Vol. 27
·期 43
·1700626
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IF 12.124
Chi Zhang,Wei-Hai Chen,Li-Han Liu,Wen-Xiu Qiu,Wu-Yang Yu,Xian-Zheng Zhang
Conventional photodynamic therapy (PDT) has limited applications in clinical cancer therapy due to the insufficient O 2 supply, inefficient reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation, and low penetration depth of light. In this work, a multifunctional nanoplatform, upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs)@TiO 2 @MnO 2 core/shell/sheet nanocomposites (UTMs), is designed and constructed to overcome these drawbacks by generating O 2 in situ, amplifying the content of singlet oxygen ( 1 O 2 ) and hydroxyl radical (•OH) via water-splitting, and utilizing 980 nm near-infrared (NIR) light to increase penetration depth. Once UTMs are accumulated at tumor site, intracellular H 2 O 2 is catalyzed by MnO 2 nanosheets to generate O 2 for improving oxygen-dependent PDT. Simultaneously, with the decomposition of MnO 2 nanosheets and 980 nm NIR irradiation, UCNPs can efficiently convert NIR to ultraviolet light to activate TiO 2 and generate toxic ROS for deep tumor therapy. In addition, UCNPs and decomposed Mn 2+ can be used for further upconversion luminescence and magnetic resonance imaging in tumor site. Both in vitro and in vivo experiments demonstrate that this nanoplatform can significantly improve PDT efficiency with tumor imaging capability, which will find great potential in the fight against tumor.
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癌症治疗
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纳米技术
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生物医学工程
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光化学
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成像技术
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BIOORGANIC CHEMISTRY
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2023
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Xinxin Liu,Lei Chen,Ze Chen
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has emerged as a highly efficacious therapeutic modality for malignant tumors owing to its non-invasive property and minimal adverse effects. However, the pervasive hypoxic microenvironment within tumors significantly compromises the efficacy of oxygen-dependent PDT, posing a formidable challenge to the advancement of high-efficiency PDT. Here, we developed a nanostructured photosensitizer (PS) assembled by cationic and anionic zinc phthalocyanines to load oxygen-throttling drug atovaquone (ATO), which was subsequently coated with polydopamine to obtain the final product ATO/ZnPc-CA@DA. ATO/ZnPc-CA@DA exhibited excellent stability, particularly in the blood milieu. Interestingly, the acidic microenvironment can trigger drug release from ATO/ZnPc-CA@DA, leading to a significant enhancement in fluorescence and an augmented generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS). ATO/ZnPc-CA@DA can induce synergistic cytotoxicity of PS and ATO, and significantly enhance the killing ability against tumor cells under hypoxic conditions. The mechanism underlying cytotoxicity of ATO/ZnPc-CA@DA was demonstrated to be associated with augmented cell apoptosis, disruption of mitochondrial membrane potential, diminished ATP production, heightened intracellular ROS generation, and reduced intracellular oxygen consumption. The animal experiments indicated that ATO/ZnPc-CA@DA possessed enhanced tumor targeting capability, along with a reduction in PS distribution within normal organs. Furthermore, ATO/ZnPc-CA@DA exhibited enhanced inhibitory effect on tumor growth and caused aggravated damage to tumor tissue. The construction strategy of nanostructured PS and the synergistic antitumor principle of combined oxygen-throttling drugs can be applied to other PSs, thereby advancing the development of photodynamic antitumor therapy and promoting the clinical translation.
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生物医学工程
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肿瘤学
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药剂学
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JOURNAL OF NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY
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2024
·Vol. 22
·期 1
·1-15
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IF 10.6
Li Jingchao,Wang Tingting,Shi Yuanfei,Ye Zichen,Zhang Xun,Ming Jiang,Zhang Yafei,Hu Xinyan,Li Yun,Zhang Dongsheng,Xu Qianhe,Yang Jun,Chen Xiaolan,Liu Nian,Su Xinhui
Radionuclides internal radiotherapy (RIT) is a clinically powerful method for cancer treatment, but still poses unsatisfactory therapeutic outcomes due to the hypoxic characteristic of tumor microenvironment (TME). Catalase (CAT) or CAT-like nanomaterials can be used to enzymatically decompose TME endogenous H 2 O 2 to boost TME oxygenation and thus alleviate the hypoxic level within tumors, but their effectiveness is still hindered by the short-lasting of hypoxia relief owing to their poor stability or degradability, thereby failing to match the long therapeutic duration of RIT. Herein, we proposed an innovative strategy of using facet-dependent CAT-like Pd-based two-dimensional (2D) nanoplatforms to continuously enhance RIT. Specifically, rationally designed 2D Pd@Au nanosheets (NSs) enable consistent enzymatic conversion of endogenous H 2 O 2 into O 2 to overcome hypoxia-induced RIT resistance. Furthermore, partially coated Au layer afford NIR-II responsiveness and moderate photothermal treatment that augmenting their enzymatic functionality. This approach with dual-effect paves the way for reshaping TME and consequently facilitating the brachytherapy ablation of cancer. Our work offers a significant advancement in the integration of catalytic nanomedicine and nuclear medicine, with the overarching goal of amplifying the clinical benefits of RIT-treated patients. Graphical abstract
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纳米医学
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核医学
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COMBUSTION AND FLAME
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2018
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IF 4.494
Guoqing Wang,Yuyang Li,Wenhao Yuan,Yizun Wang,Zhenbiao Zhou,Yingzheng Liu,Jianghuai Cai
Bio-butanol is an important alternative fuel and has many advantages in engine combustion . In the present work, laminar flame propagation of n- butanol/air and n- butanol/(14% O 2 /86% He) mixtures was investigated using a constant-volume combustion vessel at the unburnt temperature of 423 K, initial pressures of 1–20 atm and a series of equivalence ratios. Flame instabilities of n -butanol, including cellular instability and pulsating instability, were studied based on flame morphology. The unsteady transition from weak flame to normal flame was investigated based on the flame trajectories and this phenomenon became less perceptible in the flame with stronger combustion intensity and smaller Lewis number. The accelerated laminar burning velocity (LBV), thickened flame thickness, larger Markstein length and Markstein number indicate that the thermal diffusivity of n- butanol/O 2 /He flames are greatly enhanced by helium addition. The smaller densities and lower reactant concentrations result in the smaller laminar burning fluxes of n- butanol/O 2 /He flames than those of n -butanol/air flames. The high temperature kinetic model of n -butanol reported by Cai et al. was further developed with recent theoretical progresses on n -butanol reactions. The updated high temperature model was validated on the present experimental data and a vast amount of previous n -butanol combustion data . Sensitivity analysis was performed using the updated model under wide pressure and equivalence ratio ranges. The similarity in the sensitivities indicates that the sensitive reactions in n- butanol/air flames can be validated by using n- butanol/O 2 /He flames, which greatly compensates the problem that the n- butanol/air flames are susceptible to flame instabilities at high pressures. The weaker pressure dependence of the LBVs of n -butanol/O 2 /He flames indicates that their flame chemistry changes less to resist the pressure variation.
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燃烧学
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化学反应动力学
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INORGANIC CHEMISTRY COMMUNICATIONS
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2021
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IF 2.495
Qian-Qian Huang
A novel tetranuclear nickel(II)-flavonolate complex [Ni II 4 (fla) 4 (CH 3 O) 4 (H 2 O) 4 ] (flaH: 3-Hydroxyflavone, flavonol) was synthesized. Its crystal structure and spectroscopic features have been investigated in details by physicochemical methods and single crystal X-ray diffraction. Different from other mononuclear metal-flavonolate complexes, this complex demonstrates a cluster molecular structure which has four Ni II centers, and each Ni II centre is coordinated by a bidentate flavonolate, three methanol and a water molecule. The crystal of this complex is tetragonal crystal system: space group I 41/a, a = 24.4361(14), b = 24.4361(14), c = 12.7972 (14), α = β = γ = 90 ° , V = 7641.5 (12), Z = 4. The complex can react with O 2 , in other words, it has enzymatic reactivity just like enzyme-substrate model of quercetin 2,3-dioxygenase, and the reaction products are similar with the other reported enzyme-substrate models.
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Small
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2016
·Vol. 12
·期 39
·5477-5487
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IF 8.315
Zhifang Ma,Mengchao Zhang,Xiaodan Jia,Jing Bai,Yudi Ruan,Chao Wang,Xuping Sun,Xiue Jiang
Local hypoxia in tumors, as well as the short lifetime and limited action region of 1 O 2 , are undesirable impediments for photodynamic therapy (PDT), leading to a greatly reduced effectiveness. To overcome these adversities, a mitochondria-targeting, H 2 O 2 -activatable, and O 2 -evolving PDT nanoplatform is developed based on Fe III -doped two-dimensional C 3 N 4 nanofusiform for highly selective and efficient cancer treatment. The ultrahigh surface area of 2D nanosheets enhances the photosensitizer (PS) loading capacity and the doping of Fe III leads to peroxidase mimetics with excellent catalytic performance towards H 2 O 2 in cancer cells to generate O 2 . As such tumor hypoxia can be overcome and the PDT efficacy is improved, whilst at the same time endowing the PDT theranostic agent with an effective T 1 -weighted in vivo magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) ability. Conjugation with a mitochondria-targeting agent could further increase the sensitivity of cancer cells to 1 O 2 by enhanced mitochondria dysfunction. In vitro and in vivo anticancer studies demonstrate an outstanding therapeutic effectiveness of the developed PDT agent, leading to almost complete destruction of mouse cervical tumor. This development offers an attractive theranostic agent for in vivo MRI and synergistic photodynamic therapy toward clinical applications.
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生物医学工程
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肿瘤学
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材料科学
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Advanced Materials Interfaces
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2018
·Vol. 5
·期 22
·1801070
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IF 4.834
Lin Fan,Doudou Lou,Haoan Wu,Xizhi Zhang,Yefei Zhu,Ning Gu,Yu Zhang
In spite of the competitive advantages, inorganic nanoparticle mimic enzymes exhibit inherent disadvantages of limited catalytic efficiency and lacking selectivity. Here, a gold nanoparticle (AuNP)-based mimic enzyme with significantly enhanced glucose selectivity and catalytic activity is constructed and demonstrated for the first time. Aminophenylboronic acid is employed to increase the affinity to glucose, as well as build molecular imprinted polymer shells to realize the selectivity for template molecules of glucose. Besides that, heptadecafluoro- n -octyl bromide nanoemulsion with the function of providing oxygen is introduced to gain a further improvement in catalytic activity, which successfully enhances the catalytic efficiency ( k cat / K m ) up to about 270-fold. Based on the demonstrated catalytic properties, AuNP-based glucose oxidase mimics are successfully applied in practical glucose detection of drinks and blood glucose.
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纳米技术
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生物化学
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催化
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分析化学
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JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS
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2026
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IF 6
Chaosi Liu,Yijing Gao,Yixiang Niu,Yumei Zhang,Cheng Wang,Tengda Li,Chunhui Xu,Weidong Zhu,Xinqing Lu
Develop Pd-based catalysts for propylene epoxidation with H 2 and O 2. • Sn species in PdSn/Ti-MWW increase the electron density of Pd. • Increased electron density of Pd enhances the H 2 utilization. • Sn significantly promotes the catalytic propylene epoxidation. The low-temperature epoxidation of propylene with H 2 and O 2 to propylene oxide (PO), commonly referred to as the low-temperature HOPO process, over titanosilicate zeolite-supported Pd catalysts is economically attractive and environmentally friendly. However, PO selectivity remains a major challenge for these systems and is comparatively low, because this process is commonly accompanied with propylene hydrogenation to propane. In the present study, a novel and efficient Ti-MWW-supported PdSn catalyst (PdSn/Ti-MWW) was developed for this low-temperature HOPO process, displaying a substantially high PO selectivity. The results on extensive characterizations, in combination with Density Functional Theory (DFT) calculations, for PdSn/Ti-MWW and Pd/Ti-MWW verify that the introduction of Sn species into Pd/Ti-MWW can boost the electron density of Pd species while does not affect the coordination states of Ti species and the textural properties of the zeolite. Interestingly, the enhanced Pd electron density will weaken the adsorption of propylene on the Pd active sites, resulting in inhibiting propylene hydrogenation, which is beneficial for the selective production of PO. Catalytic tests reveal that the optimal 0.33Pd0.22Sn/Ti-MWW catalyst achieves a PO selectivity of 68.4 % and a maximum PO productivity of 7.5 mol g Pd -1 h −1 , far exceeding monometallic Pd/Ti-MWW, while the undesired propane selectivity drops sharply. Moreover, PdSn/Ti-MWW shows an excellent stability and reusability as key catalytic traits. Thus, this work establishes an effective electronic modulation strategy for designing high-performance bimetallic Pd catalysts, and lays solid experimental and theoretical foundations for the industrial application of sustainable low-temperature HOPO technology. Download: Download high-res image (81KB) Download: Download full-size image
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