INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
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2020
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Xiaoting Deng,Shaofeng Yin,Min Sun,Shaohui Zhang,Wei Xuan,Zhiyong Xie
Shape-tunable PtAg nanocatalysts including PtAg nanoflowers (NFs) and PtAg nanowires (NWs) are prepared by a facile hydrothermal reduction method, via adjusting the precursor ratio of Pt/Ag and subsequent UV-irradiation. Physicochemical characterizations reveal that the as-prepared catalysts have a porous structure , which forms from the conversion of AgCl to Ag nanoparticles . These features favor both oxygen mass transfer and accessibility of active sites. The as-prepared Pt 1 Ag 4 NWs exhibit superior catalytic performances for ORR. The mass activity of Pt 1 Ag 4 NWs is 11.4 times higher than that of 20% Pt/C. More important, the electrochemically active surface area (ECSA) of Pt 1 Ag 4 NWs is 2.5 times larger than that of commercial Pt/C.
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Scientific Reports
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2020
·Vol. 10
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Mei Lin,Xu Zhenlong,Shi Yanmei,Lin Chunlei,Jiao Shuyan,Zhang Lijun,Li Pengxu
Chitosan oligosaccharide functionalized silver nanoparticles with synergistic bacterial activity were constructed as a multivalent inhibitor of bacteria. Placing the chitosan oligosaccharide on silver nanoparticles can dramatically enhance the adsorption to the bacterial membrane via multivalent binding. The multicomponent nanostructures can cooperate synergistically against gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria. The antibacterial activity was increased via orthogonal array design to optimize the synthesis condition. The synergistic bacterial activity was confirmed by fractional inhibitory concentration and zone of inhibition test. Through studies of antimicrobial action mechanism, it was found that the nanocomposites interacted with the bacteria by binding to Mg 2+ ions of the bacterial surface. Then, the nanocomposites disrupted bacterial membrane by increasing the permeability of the outer membrane, resulting in leakage of cytoplasm. This strategy of chitosan oligosaccharide modification can increase the antibacterial activity of silver nanoparticles and accelerate wound healing at the same time. The nanomaterial without cytotoxicity has promising applications in bacteria-infected wound healing therapy.
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OPTICAL MATERIALS
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2020
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IF 2.779
Mengfan Liang,Qiang Lei,Shuhong Sun,Yan Zhu
In this article, the effect of the distinctiveness and arrangements on the plasmonic resonance of Cu–Ag system were studied by finite element method , and the effect of morphologies on the plasmonic properties of Cu@Ag core@shell NPs and Cu–Ag corn-cob liked NPs was investigated by experiment. For Cu@Ag core-shell structure, as the fixed thickness of Ag-shell at 10 nm, the dipole plasmon resonance gradually blue-shifts with increasing the radius of Cu core, and as the fixed radius of Cu-core at 50 nm, the feature peak shows a red-shift and broadening with increasing the thickness of Ag shell. For Cu–Ag corn-cob structure, the feature for different Ag coverage are similar to each other and most of the them follow the blue-shifted tendency with the increase the degree of Ag-coverage. Furthermore, as the regular-shaped structure increases (form trigonal to spherical), the plasmon resonance gradually blue shifts, and finally, we use two parameters to describe the different idealized Cu–Ag structure: separation, exterior contact, intersection and core@shell. The combined information from our simulation and experiment will give guidelines for choosing adequate particles when aiming at certain plasmonic properties.
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Micro & Nano Letters
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2020
·Vol. 15
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·58-63
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Yu She,Yufu Zhu,Lei Zhou,Yuanmi Yuan,Jing Hao,Qingsong Jiang
In this study, tungsten oxide microstructures/nanostructures with different morphologies were prepared by the hydrothermal synthesis methods. The morphologies and structures of the obtained products were characterised by field-emission scanning electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction. The photocatalytic properties of tungsten oxide microstructures/nanostructures were characterised by the degradation of rhodamine B solution. The results indicate that tungsten oxide microspheres prepared by using tungstic acid and hydrogen peroxide solution as raw materials show the highest photocatalytic activity. By changing the concentration of tungstic acid used in the synthesis process, the morphologies of tungsten oxide microspheres can be controlled. The influences of the amount of chemical reagent addition on its morphology and catalytic properties were discussed. In order to further improve the photocatalytic activity of the samples, Ag nanoparticles were loaded on the obtained tungsten oxide microspheres. The photocatalytic experiment results indicate that the photocatalytic performance of tungsten oxide was improved by Ag loading. The results indicate that Ag-loaded tungsten oxide microspheres are favourable for their photocatalytic applications.
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ACS Applied Nano Materials
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2021
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Jiaqi Chen,Ting Zhong,Xi Lu,Feng Zhao,Pan Wang,Xue Yu,Yuxin Yang,Fengyun Sun,Xiaochun Wu,Wei Feng
Nitrite (NO2–) in water and food is a potential threat to human health. The determination of nitrite content is very significant for people’s life safety. Here, 4-aminothiophenol (4-ATP)-modulated silver growth on gold nanospheres (GNSs) was designed to detect nitrite. It was verified that the exposed amino groups of 4-ATP molecules on GNSs can accelerate Ag overgrowth. On the contrary, the deamination reaction of 4-ATP with nitrite can reduce the Ag overgrowth rates. 4-ATP modified on GNSs can not only increase the spectrophotometry response of nitrite with a low limit of detection (LOD = 36 nM) but also obtain a wide and flexible detection range (0–60 μM). In addition, this method showed good selectivity to nitrite. The excellent optical response, the sharp contrast between the acceleration and deceleration of Ag growth, and the customizable basic setting of the sensing ligands can provide a universal design scheme for high-performance detection methods.
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SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGY
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Jielin Huang,Shuaifei Liu,Wen Long,Qi Wang,Xin Yu,Shijie Li
Fabricating rapid and high-efficient charge-transfer pathways is contributing to improving charge separation and receiving extensive concerns in preparation of semiconductors composites photocatalysts. In this work, ternary Ag/AgCl/Ta 2 O 5−x mesocrystals were fabricated for visible-light photodegradation of emerging pollutants by introducing Ag/AgCl nanoparticles into defects engineered Ta 2 O 5−x mesocrystals. The prepared composites showed efficient visible-light absorption and efficient visible-light photodegradation of emerging pollutants, mainly attributed to the fabricating of high-efficient Z-scheme charge-transfer pathways between Ag/AgCl and Ta 2 O 5−x mesocrystals. Note that, the experimental results also demonstrated the significant roles of defects engineered Ta 2 O 5−x mesocrystals in fabricating high-efficient Z-scheme charge-transfer pathways. Besides, the prepared Ag/AgCl and Ta 2 O 5−x composites could be employed for efficient visible-light photodegradation of many other organic contaminants. Current work indicates a promising and high-performance visible-light composite photocatalyst for dealing with emerging contaminants.
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NANOTECHNOLOGY
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2020
·Vol. 31
·期 12
·125101
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IF 3.551
Jingchen Li,Jie Zheng,Yadong Yu,Zhen Su,Lihui Zhang,Xiaojun Chen
The abuse of antibiotics has led to the emergence of numerous super resistant bacteria, which pose a serious threat to public health. Developing nanomaterials with novel modes of bactericidal activity offers the promise of fighting pathogens without the risk of causing drug resistances. Here, we used reduced graphene oxide (rGO), bulk molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) and silver nitrate (AgNO3) to synthesize a ternary nanocomposite, rGO–MoS2–Ag, via a simple one-pot method. The resulting rGO–MoS2–Ag presented as crumpled and sheet-like structures decorated with Ag nanoparticles. The minimum inhibitory concentration and minimum bactericidal concentration of rGO–MoS2–Ag against Escherichia coli were 50 and 100 μg ml−1, while Staphylococcus aureus reacted only to twice higher concentrations of 100 and 200 μg ml−1, respectively. Notably, rGO–MoS2–Ag exhibited better antibacterial activity towards E. coli and S. aureus than rGO, MoS2, or rGO–MoS2. This result can be attributed to the excellent performance of rGO–MoS2–Ag in destroying the bacterial cell membrane and inducing the generation of reactive oxygen species. The Ag+ ion release of rGO–MoS2–Ag was delayed, endowing the nanocomposite with long-term antibacterial capabilities and better biosafety. Our results indicate that the as-prepared rGO–MoS2–Ag has promising potential for application in biomedicine and public health.
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DESALINATION
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2019
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Hao Zhang,Wuxiang Zhang,Jiaming Shen,Yang Li,Xin Yan,Junwen Qi,Xiuyun Sun,Jinyou Shen,Weiqing Han,Lianjun Wang,Jiansheng Li
Desalination performance of hybrid capacitive deionization (HCDI) intensively depends on the electrode materials with redox activity and capacitance ability. Herein, Ag-doped hollow ZIFs-derived nanoporous carbon (Ag/ZCs) was employed as an anode material by the pyrolysis of Ag-doped hollow ZIFs precursor, which was fabricated by in situ tannic acid (TA) etching/reduction strategy. Provably, TA serves as not only an etchant for tailoring ZIFs structure, but also a reductant for Ag nanoparticles formation. The obtained Ag/ZCs possesses unique hollow cavities and high redox activity. As expected, the HCDI system with Ag/ZCs electrode exhibits excellent deionization capacity of 29.18 mg g −1 in 500 mg L −1 NaCl solution at 1.2 V, which is much higher than that of conventional carbon-based CDI system. Moreover, desirable regeneration stability of the Ag/ZCs HCDI was well maintained after 20 cycle experiments. The results demonstrate that Ag/ZCs is a potential anode material for HCDI applications.
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APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
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2019
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Lili Ling,Yawei Feng,Hao Li,Yao Chen,Jieya Wen,Jian Zhu,Zhenfeng Bian
In this work, Ag/TiO 2 composite was prepared by photo-reduction method. The study of photocatalytic degradation of different organic pollutants found that microwave can enhance the photocatalytic degradation rate . Further studies have shown that photo-generated holes are the main active species involved in photocatalytic degradation. Under microwave irradiation , silver nanoparticles can not only promote the charge separation process, but also enhance the adsorption of organic pollutants on the surface of TiO 2 .
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ACS Applied Electronic Materials
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2019
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Weihao Wang,Qiufan Liao,Xiaoli Peng,Qiaoqi Lu,Zhao Li,Tao Zhang,Fengzhi Wang,Xinhua Pan,Yu-Jia Zeng,Zhizhen Ye
Tin monoxide (SnO) is a p-type semiconductor which is promising in field effect transistors (FETs) applications. However, nanostructure SnO has hardly been applied in FETs due to its stability issue. Herein, oleylamine protected Ag@SnO core–shell nanostructures have been synthesized by a hydrothermal method and configured as FETs. X-ray diffraction, Raman spectroscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy measurements are carried out to confirm the formation of pure phase SnO. The Ag@SnO core–shell single nanostructure FETs and thin film transistors are successfully fabricated on Si/SiO2 substrates. The doping of Ag in SnO and the formation of Schottky junction between SnO and Ag effectively improve the performance of FETs. The Ag nanowire (NW) core provides the unhindered carrier transport route, and the Schottky junction formed between Ag NW and SnO effectively constrains the leakage current. The nanostructure FETs show typical p-type characteristics with a premium on/off ratio (Ion/Ioff) of 3.3 × 105, a subthreshold swing of 0.09 V dec–1 and a high p-type field effect mobility (μFE) of 1.93 cm2 V –1 s –1. The excellent properties of Ag@SnO NWs FETs promise to be important for the next-generation p-type FETs.
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2019
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Wenxue Li,Qianlin Chen,Xianyu Lei,Shang Gong
Herein, Ag/AgBr/Ag3VO4 composites were synthesized by a simple continuous precipitation method. The obtained composites were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive spectrometry (EDS), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), UV-vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy and photoluminescence spectroscopy (PL). Photocatalytic performance of the composites was assessed by the degradation of methyl orange (MO) and tetracycline hydrochloride (TC) under visible light, and the effects of different nominal mass ratios of AgBr and Ag3VO4 on the photocatalytic activity were investigated. The results showed that after 20 min of visible light irradiation (λ > 420 nm), the removal rate of MO in the presence of a 5 : 1 sample reached 98.6%. The EIS and photocurrent results demonstrated that the enhancement of the visible light photocatalytic activity was attributed to the efficient electron–hole pair separation. In addition, the scavenging reactions conducted via the addition of different scavengers confirmed that h+ and ·O2− were the main active species in the reaction. The present study offers potential for the degradation of contaminants.
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ANALYST
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2019
·Vol. 145
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Minghan Wang,Junjie Liu,Xiaoli Qin,Xin Nie,Yifan Dong,Xu Liang,Zhiwei Zhu,Di Yang,Yuanhua Shao
In this work, an Au–Ag alloy nanourchin (Au–Ag alloy NU) based electrochemiluminescent (ECL) sensor for the measurement of cardiac troponin I (cTnI) was developed. The as-prepared Au–Ag alloy NUs exhibited higher specific surface area and better conductivity owing to their unique urchin-like morphology, which resulted in excellent electrocatalytic activity towards H2O2 in the luminol–H2O2 ECL system. We have found that the Au–Ag alloy NUs could enhance the ECL signal in the luminol–H2O2 solution. Based on these facts, a facile and label-free ECL immunosensor has been constructed for the analysis of cTnI, a cardiac biomarker, with a wide linear range of 3.5 pg mL−1–350 μg mL−1. This novel ECL immunosensor has good stability and reproducibility, showing potential application in clinical diagnostics. In addition, a non-enzymatic electrochemical sensor for H2O2 was also fabricated, with a wide linear detection range of 100 nM–200 μM, a low limit of detection of 45 nM and a fast response time (less than 2 s).
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