STAR Protocols
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2022
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Tao Shen,Wenhao Li,Yan Zhao,Yunqi Liu,Yang Wang
Summary Syntheses using classic coupling reactions can be tedious, leading to a dearth of ambipolar semiconducting polymers. Here, we detail the rapid synthesis of balanced ambipolar polymers by using a carbon-hydrogen (C–H) activation strategy. Using this protocol, two C–H reactive hydrogenated monomers and six ambipolar polymers can be rapidly synthesized within 2 h via C–H activation and the optoelectronic properties of the resultant polymers can be characterized. We also describe the fabrication process and performance evaluation of the ambipolar polymers-based organic transistors. For complete details on the use and execution of this protocol, please refer to Shen et al. (2022) .
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材料科学
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有机电子学
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化学合成
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APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
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2021
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IF 6.707
Wei Li,Fei Wang,Xiao-shan Chu,Xiao-yun Liu,Yan-yan Dang
Water splitting by photocatalysis technique is regarded as an eco-friendly hydrogen production strategy. However, the poor photoresponsivity and automatic electron-hole recombination greatly restrict the HER performance of conventional semiconductor photocatalyst. Here, to utilize the stable electrochemical property of hexagonal phase boron nitride (h-BN) and improve its defect of wide bandgap ( E g ≈ 4.2 eV), reduced graphene oxide (rGO) was applied to construct three-dimensional (3D) porous h-BN/rGO hybrid accompanied by a carbon-doping strategy without template assistance, then a carbon-doped 3D porous h-BN/rGO (C-BNRG) hybrid with large BET surface area was successfully prepared. As the synergistic effect of h-BN/rGO heterointerface and carbon-doping, the improved photoresponsivity and electrochemical property were presented, and the resultant 3D porous C 0.4 -BNRG hybrid presented not only greatly enhanced HER activity (157.63 μmol·g −1 ·h −1 ) but excellent durability in pH = 8.5, which was prominently higher than pristine h-BN (～36.7 times), C-BN (～12.1 times) and 3D porous BNRG hybrid (～7.0 times). This study offers a template-free approach to develop non-metallic based 3D porous hybrid for outstanding HER performance.
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材料科学
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能源化学
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光电催化
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Small
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2024
·Vol. 20
·期 26
·2310226
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IF 13
Zhongwei Man,Zheng Lv,Yangyang Cao,Zhenzhen Xu,Qing Liao,Jiannian Yao,Feng Teng,Aiwei Tang,Hongbing Fu
Organic afterglow materials have significant applications in information security and flexible electronic devices with unique optical properties. It is vital but challenging to develop organic afterglow materials possessing controlled output with multi-stimuli-responsive capacity. Herein, dimethyl terephthalate (DTT) is introduced as a strong proton acceptor. The migration direction of N─H protons on two compounds Hs can be regulated by altering the excitation wavelength (Ex) or amine stimulation, thereby achieving dual-stimuli-responsive afterglow emission. When the Ex is below 300 nm, protons migrate to S 1-2 DTT , where strong interactions induce phosphorescent emission of Hs , resulting in afterglow behavior. Conversely, when the Ex is above 300 nm, protons interact with the S 0 DTT weakly and the afterglow disappears. In view of amine-based compounds with higher proton accepting capabilities, it can snatch proton from S 1-2 DTT and redirect the proton flow toward amine, effectively suppressing the afterglow but obtaining a new redshifted fluorescence emission with Δλ over 200 nm due to the high polarity of amine. Moreover, it is successfully demonstrated that the applications of dual-stimuli-responsive organic afterglow materials in information encryption based on the systematic excitation-wavelength-dependent (Ex-De) behavior and amine selectivity detection.
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材料科学
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光学材料
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刺激响应材料
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信息加密
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物理化学
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APPLIED CATALYSIS A-GENERAL
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2020
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IF 5.006
Feng Lin,Yulong Ma,Yonggang Sun,Xiuqin Men,Yingbo Zhu,Tingting Gao,Kanghe Zhao
Strategies for catalytic lignin depolymerization to yield ethylbenzene chemicals are green, sustainable and environmentally friendly methods. In this study, a series of Ni-CeO 2 /H-ZSM-5 catalysts were prepared via the precipitation method, which catalytically degraded the β-O-4 chemical bonding structure to yield ethylbenzene chemicals. The 2-(2-methoxy-phenoxy)-1-phenylethanol substance (β-O-4) was selected as a typical lignin model compound for the investigation of the intrinsic depolymerization mechanism and the catalytic performance. The results demonstrated that the introduced CeO 2 active phase can effectively promote the catalytic conversion of the β-O-4 chemical bonding structure to ethylbenzene chemicals. Physicochemical data demonstrate that the reaction pathways and hydrogenation selectivity were effectively regulated and controlled by the tuning of the dehydration and hydrogenolysis processes via the introduction of CeO 2 , which realized the selective adjustment of the redox properties and the surface valence states of active species in the catalytic process due to its excellent oxygen transfer performance.
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催化化学
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生物质转化
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材料科学
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ACS Omega
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2020
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IF 2.87
Zhenghong Zhou,Kangfei Hu,Jiawei Wang,Zhibin Li,Yan Zhang,Zhenggen Zha,Zhiyong Wang
An electrochemical synthesis for quinazolines and quinazolinones was developed via a C(sp3)-H amination/C-N cleavage by virtue of the anodic oxidation. The reaction can be carried out in aqueous media under mild conditions to afford the desired products with high yields. The reaction mechanism was proposed after detailed investigation.
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有机化学
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电化学
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APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL
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2017
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IF 9.446
Shanshan Ding,Danjun Mao,Shaogui Yang,Fei Wang,Lingjun Meng,Mengshu Han,Huan He,Cheng Sun,Bin Xu
The novel boron nitride coupled Bi-rich Bi 4 O 5 Br 2 layered microspheres (h-BN/Bi 4 O 5 Br 2 -LMs) were successfully synthesized via a facile ionic liquid-in-water (IL/W) microemulsion-mediated route. The physical, chemical and optical properties of these heterojunction photocatalysts were thoroughly characterized with X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) equipped with energy dispersive X-ray spectrometry (EDS), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and UV–vis diffuse reflection spectroscopy (DRS). Their photocatalytic activities were primarily evaluated by degradation of 4- tert -butylphenol (PTBP), which found 1.0 wt% h-BN/Bi 4 O 5 Br 2 -LMs to be the best one. The photocurrent experiments showed that the photocurrent density of 1.0 wt% h-BN/Bi 4 O 5 Br 2 -LMs was four times higher than that of pure Bi 4 O 5 Br 2 -LMs due to enhanced charge transfer ability of the former. It revealed that the addition of h-BN was in favor of suppressing the photoinduced electron-hole pair recombination of Bi 4 O 5 Br 2 -LMs, so as to improve the photocatalytic activity of the composite. O 2 − and h + were proved to be the main reactive species in the photocatalytic process by scavenger experiments and electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectra. In addition, the photocatalytic mechanism of h-BN/Bi 4 O 5 Br 2 -LMs was further elaborated in this work. The probable degradation products were identified by GC–MS. The proposed conjugated addition and oxidation reactions were described to be the main pathways by combining the frontier electron density calculation and GC–MS results.
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材料科学
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环境科学
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化学工程
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Energy Storage Materials
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2018
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IF 0
Xu Huang,Xuezhang Xiao,Xuancheng Wang,Zhendong Yao,Chuntao Wang,Xiulin Fan,Lixin Chen
Li-Mg-B-H system with the composition of 2LiBH 4 -MgH 2 is one of the most promising reversible hydrogen storage materials because of the extremely high hydrogen storage capacity (11.5 wt%). Yet, sluggish kinetics with high desorption temperature (~ 400 °C) hindered its practical applications. Herein, a highly efficient catalyst of nanoNi@g-C 3 N 4 , comprised of transition metal nanocatalyst and carbon-based nonmetal material, was designed and fabricated to dramatically reduce its initial hydrogen desorption temperature to as low as ~105 °C, and eliminate induction period between the two dehydrogenation steps of 2LiBH 4 -MgH 2 by reducing the activation energy for the dehydrogenation of LiBH 4 from 200±6 to 126±7 kJ/mol. Multiple postmortem analyses revealed that the in situ formed MgNi 3 B 2 NPs and the H + defects on g-C 3 N 4 play the key role in synergically enhancing the hydrogen reversible desorption/absorption kinetics at low temperature: 1) in situ formed MgNi 3 B 2 acts as nucleation center of MgB 2 and leads to an excellent catalytic effect to accelerate the dehydrogenation kinetics of 2LiBH 4 -MgH 2 ; 2) the H + defects on g-C 3 N 4 , will interact with the H – in LiBH 4 to trigger the release of H 2 at low temperature and destabilize LiBH 4 and MgH 2 to form Li 3 N and Mg 3 N 2 respectively for the high electronegativity of N: 3) these in situ formed intermediates of Li 3 N and Mg 3 N 2 will be readily rehydrogenated as highly reversible Mg(NH 2 ) 2 and LiH. This novel transition metal and g-C 3 N 4 catalytic composites could provide alternative insights into designing nanosized catalytic hydrogen storage system with low desorption temperature and high capacity for hydrogen-fueled applications.
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材料科学
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能源化学
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Frontiers of Chemical Science and Engineering
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2024
·Vol. 18
·期 10
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IF 4.3
Jia Hongwei,Yue Xiaoyang,Hou Yuying,Huang Fei,Cao Cuiyao,Jia Feifei,Liu Guanhua,Zheng Xiaobing,Liu Yunting,Jiang Yanjun
Unspecific peroxygenases exhibit high activity for the selective oxyfunctionalization of inert C(sp 3 )-H bonds using only H 2 O 2 as a clean oxidant, while also exhibiting sensitivity to H 2 O 2 concentration. CdS-based semiconductors are promising for the photosynthesis of H 2 O 2 owing to their adequately negative potential for oxygen reduction reaction via a proton-coupled electron transfer process, however, they suffer from fast H 2 O 2 decomposition on the surface of pristine CdS. Therefore, [Cp*Rh(bpy)H 2 O] 2+ , a highly selective proton-coupled electron transfer catalyst, was anchored onto a supramolecular polymer-grafted CdS nanoflower to construct an efficient integrated photocatalyst for generating H 2 O 2 , mitigating the surface issue of pristine CdS, increasing light absorption, accelerating photonic carrier separation, and enhancing oxygen reduction reaction selectivity to H 2 O 2 . This photocatalyst promoted the light driven H 2 O 2 generation rate up to 1345 µmol·L −1 ·g −1 ·h −1 , which was 2.4 times that of pristine CdS. The constructed heterojunction photocatalyst could supply H 2 O 2 in situ for nonspecific peroxygenases to catalyze the C-H oxyfunctionalization of ethylbenzene, achieving a yield of 81% and an ee value of 99% under optimum conditions. A wide range of substrates were converted to the corresponding chiral alcohols using this photo-enzyme catalytic system, achieving the corresponding chiral alcohols in good yield (51%–88%) and excellent enantioselectivity (90%–99% ee).
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生物化学
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材料科学
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催化化学
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RSC Advances
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2019
·Vol. 9
·期 25
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IF 3.049
Wenhui He,Yawen Wang,Caimei Fan,Yunfang Wang,Xiaochao Zhang,Jianxin Liu,Rui Li
The introduction of oxygen vacancies (OVs) on the surface of photocatalysts has already been proven to be an effective way to extend the light response to visible light and trap charge carriers, thereby promoting the photocatalytic performance. In this study, h-BN/OV-BiOCl composites were prepared using hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) to further improve the visible-light photocatalytic activity of oxygen-vacancy-enriched bismuth oxychloride (OV-BiOCl). The composition and morphology of these materials were investigated, and the photocatalytic performance experiments showed that the introduction of h-BN could significantly improve the visible-light photocatalytic activity of OV-BiOCl, which was 1.7 and 1.4 times that of pure OV-BiOCl for the degradation of rhodamine B (RhB) and bisphenol A (BPA) when the h-BN content was 5 wt%, respectively. The role of h-BN was comprehensively investigated, and the results revealed that the presence of negatively charged h-BN could improve the separation efficiency of photoinduced electrons (e−) and holes (h+) by promoting the migration of positively charged h+ to the surface of the photocatalyst, as expected. Moreover, the oxygen vacancies in OV-BiOCl were increased in the presence of h-BN; this favored the activation of more adsorbed O2 for the oxidation of pollutants. Finally, a probable mechanism was proposed for the improved photocatalytic activity of the h-BN/OV-BiOCl composites. This study provides an insight into the roles of h-BN in oxygen-vacancy-enriched photocatalysts.
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材料科学
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环境科学
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高影响因子
JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS
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2019
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IF 7.723
Rui Chen,Changjun Yang,Quanquan Zhang,Bingguang Zhang,Kejian Deng
A new iron tetra(2,3-bis(butylthio)maleonitrile)porphyrazine (FePz(SBu) 8 ) has been synthesized, then it was loaded on H-ZSM-5 zeolite to obtain a supported biomimetic photocatalyst H-ZSM-5/FePz(SBu) 8 . Using H 2 O 2 as oxidant, the photocatalytic selective oxidation of glucose in water under visible light (λ ≥ 420 nm) irradiation was carried out in presence of H-ZSM-5/FePz(SBu) 8 . Under such conditions, the glucose can be efficiently converted into value-added chemicals such as glucaric acid, gluconic acid, arabinose, glycerol and formic acid . More importantly, in comparison with pure FePz(SBu) 8 and pure H-ZSM-5 zeolite, the H-ZSM-5/FePz(SBu) 8 exhibited a higher photocatalytic activity for glucose oxidation and the formation of glucaric acid was observed only when H-ZSM-5/FePz(SBu) 8 was used, deriving from the synergistic effect between FePz(SBu) 8 and H-ZSM-5 zeolite. Some reaction parameters of glucose oxidation catalyzed by the H-ZSM-5/FePz(SBu) 8 were discussed, such as loading amount of FePz(SBu) 8 , H 2 O 2 :glucose ratio, glucose concentration, and so on. It was demonstrated that the Soret-band of FePz(SBu) 8 contributed more to the visible light photocatalytic activity than the Q-band during the photocatalytic process. The stability of H-ZSM-5/FePz(SBu) 8 during the photocatalytic process was further evaluated by the reusability test. In addition, the generation of reactive oxygen species was determined by electron spin resonance (ESR) technology and scavenger experiments. A possible reaction pathway of glucose oxidation was also discussed.
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化学工程
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环境科学
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POLYMER SCIENCE SERIES B
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2015
·Vol. 57
·期 5
·460-472
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IF 0.577
Sa Zongpeng,Li Yapeng,Zhao Haochen,Hu Qi,Wei Jia,Wang Jingyuan
Through H-shaped macroinitiator glycol-chlorine((Cl) 2 -PEG-(Cl) 2 ) to initiate the ATRP reaction of 2-Hydroxyethyl Methacrylate (HEMA) we synthesized H-shaped copolymer (PHEMA) 2 - b -PEG- b -(PHEMA) 2 . After we modified the copolymer with histidine (His), the self-assembling and drug release behavior was studied. The morphology of the copolymer micelles and drug loaded micelles were examined by transmission electron microscope (TEM). Spherical micelles and core-shell structure with a diameter of 165 nm were obtained (at pH = 7.0). Due to the presence of imidazole-ring in histidine the copolymer show commendable pH-sensitivity, which made the copolymer potential application as drug carrier exhibiting good control-released property.
研究领域:
高分子化学
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药物递送系统
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生物材料
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高影响因子
ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
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2022
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IF 9.224
Yafei Li,Shiqing Wang,Shunxin Fan,Babar Ali,Xiaocheng Lan,Tiefeng Wang
For the ethanolysis of biomass-derived furfuryl alcohol (FA) to value-added ethyl levulinate (EL), the development of an efficient solid acid catalyst is very important for industrial application with high FA concentration. Herein, a H-ZSM-5 catalyst with nano b-axis channels (NB-H-ZSM-5) was synthesized and used for the conversion of FA. Detailed catalyst characterization proved that the NB-H-ZSM-5 catalysts (Si/Al = 25∼125) with ∼70 nm b-axis channels were successfully prepared. The NB-H-ZSM-5 catalyst with Si/Al = 75 showed the highest activity. Its structural characteristics allowed for fast diffusion of reactants and products and full utilization of active sites, which endowed it with higher activity compared to commercial H-ZSM-5 (C-H-ZSM-5). Its moderate acidity effectively inhibited the polymerization of FA even at a high FA concentration of 20 wt %. The spent catalyst was easily regenerated by coke burn-off to give a good recyclability. Furthermore, based on the proposed reaction network, a method of physically mixing the NB-H-ZSM-5 (75) catalyst with a small amount of Amberlyst-15 was proposed to further increase the EL yield from 64.7 to 82.1% at an FA concentration of 6 wt %.
研究领域:
催化化学
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可再生资源化学
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材料科学
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