Journal of Materials Chemistry A
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2018
·Vol. 6
·期 32
·15755-15761
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IF 9.931
Sainan Luo,Pengcheng Zhang,Tao Yuan,Jiafeng Ruan,Chengxin Peng,Yuepeng Pang,Hao Sun,Junhe Yang,Shiyou Zheng
Spinel lithium titanate (Li4Ti5O12, LTO) is one of the most appealing anode materials for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) due to its long cycle life and high safety performance. However, its low intrinsic electronic conductivity limits its high rate capability. Herein, we develop a novel one-pot in situ molecular self-assembly approach to prepare a dual N- and anatase-TiO2- modified Li4Ti5O12/C nanorod material (NT-LTO/C). Polypyrrole (PPy), as a pivotal carbon and nitrogen source, is introduced to confine the morphology and particle size of the NT-LTO/C anode. Due to the synergistic effects of the multilevel particle structure, uniform carbon coating, N doping, anatase TiO2 pseudopotential effect and such benefits, the NT-LTO/C electrode delivers a high reversible capacity of 196.3 mA h g−1 at 0.5C, and it maintains 105.5 mA h g−1 even at an ultrahigh rate of 100C with progressive cycling of more than 3000 cycles. In addition, the three electrode pouch full-cell shows much smaller polarization than the pristine one. This novel and facile molecular self-assembly method has broad advanced functional material applications including for ceramics, polymer/carbon-based metal alloys and inorganic non-metallic materials.
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APPLIED PHYSICS A-MATERIALS SCIENCE & PROCESSING
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2022
·Vol. 128
·期 2
·1-8
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IF 2.983
Song Lixin,Qi Xueyang,Jing Wanru,Ke Huizhen,Chen Wei-Hsiang,Xiong Jie
The flexible nitrogen (N) doped TiO 2 /C nanofibrous film (NTC f ) was fabricated by a combination of electrospinning and annealing treatment. The BET surface area of the NTC f increases, reaches largest value, and then decreases slightly with increasing of N. And the NTC f -20 has a maximum BET surface area of 175.60 m 2 ·g −1 . These are beneficial to the absorption of dye by the photocatalyst. At the same time, the N doping could increase the light absorption of TiO 2 and is favorable to the charges transfer of the carbon nanofibers, resulting in improving the photocatalytic activity of NTC f under visible light. As a result, all the NTC f showed excellent photocatalytic performance. Moreover, with the increase of N concentration, the photocatalytic activity of the NTC f increased, reaching the largest value before decreasing. And the highest photocatalytic degradation efficiency of Rhodamine B (RhB) was about 99.1% for 1 h by using NTC f -20. After that, the NTC f film was stuck on organza fabric to form a photocatalytic fabric by hot pressing. And the photocatalytic fabric with degradation efficiency of 98.5% was easily separated from the dye solution and possessed excellent reusability. It has huge potential application in pollutant disposal in flowing water.
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ADVANCED SYNTHESIS & CATALYSIS
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2026
·Vol. 368
·期 9
·e70446
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IF 3.7
Dingbin Zhu,Yue Wang,Fuxiu Cao,Wanjun Xu,Wenlong Jia,Huai Liu,Rui Zhang,Lincai Peng,Tianping Lv,Tianwei He,Junhua Zhang
The photocatalytic conversion of biomass-derived monosaccharides to lactic acid (LA) provides a sustainable approach for the high-value utilization of biomass. However, conventional photocatalysts suffer from insufficient visible light absorption, rapid recombination of photogenerated charge carriers, and inadequate surface active sites, which severely hinder the generation of key active species, thereby limiting the catalytic activity and LA selectivity. Herein, this study constructs a Z-scheme heterojunction photocatalyst TiO 2 /C-CN by combining carbon skeleton and oxygen vacancy (V O )–modified TiO 2 with graphitic carbon nitride (CN), with excellent photocatalytic performance. Under visible light irradiation, it achieves 92.3% LA yield and 96.4% selectivity within 60 min. The carbon skeleton effectively enhances visible light absorption and electron transport, V O provides abundant active sites for the adsorption and activation of oxygen, and the construction of the Z-scheme heterojunction achieves efficient charge separation while retaining strong redox capability. The synergistic effect of these three components facilitates the efficient generation of superoxide radicals ( ), which selectively cleave the C3 C4 bond of glucose intermediates, directing the reaction toward LA formation. This study provides a rational strategy to design efficient and precise photocatalysts for biomass valorization through the synergistic regulation of electron transport channels, defect sites, and heterojunction engineering.
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CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL
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2018
·Vol. 44
·期 7
·8550-8555
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IF 3.057
Jing Zhang,Yanjing Li,Tingting Gao,Xuefeng Sun,Pei Cao,Guowei Zhou
In this study, flower-shaped TiO 2 /C embedded with fish-scale-like MoS 2 (TiO 2 /C/MoS 2 ) microspheres were synthesized by impregnating MoS 2 into the interspace of TiO 2 /C. The TiO 2 /C/MoS 2 microspheres (diameter of 2–3 µm), which are composed of several homogeneous flake-shaped petals, were then applied as anode in lithium-ion batteries. MoS 2 has a fish-scale shape with size of approximately 10 nm. In addition, MoS 2 is connected to the TiO 2 petal surface. In the flower-shaped TiO 2 /C/MoS 2 microspheres, TiO 2 acts as backbone for MoS 2 that can effectively minimize the strain of volume changes. The fish-scale-like MoS 2 can provide more active sites for reactions. The flower-shaped TiO 2 /C/MoS 2 electrode exhibits a discharge capacity of 621 mA h g −1 at 100 mA g −1 after 100 cycles, which is much higher than that of TiO 2 /C electrode (291 mA h g −1 ) and pure MoS 2 electrode (160 mA h g −1 ). Compared with TiO 2 /C and pure MoS 2 , the structural and compositional features of the TiO 2 /C/MoS 2 microspheres enhance the specific capacity and cycling stability.
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RSC Advances
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2014
·Vol. 4
·期 37
·19266-19272
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IF 3.708
Zhimin Ren,Xinxin Fu,Chao Chen,Jia Wang,Chenyao Fan,Guodong Qian,Zhiyu Wang
Hierarchical TiO2 sub-microspheres (SMSs) constructed from anatase TiO2 nanorods (NRs) are prepared by a simple bottom-up self-assembly approach. The assembly process is achieved by dissolving the oleic acid-coated NRs into cyclohexane solution and refluxing at 80 °C without any other surfactants or complex steps. The TiO2–C nanocomposite is synthesized by carbonization and the amorphous carbon layer is formed in situ on the surface of the nanorods, which could improve the conductivity of the electrode. The hierarchical structures of TiO2–C SMSs are verified by BET test results, which shows a typical type-IV isotherm curve and the pore volume of the SMSs is approximately three times that of the NRs, indicating the formation of three-dimensional mesoporous networks. As a Li-ion battery anode material, the assembled TiO2–C SMSs exhibit better electrochemical performance with enhanced capacity, greater cyclic stability and better rate performance compared to those of unassembled NRs or P25. Moreover, any other oleic acid-coated nanocrystals could be prepared by adopting this bottom-up strategy.
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APPLIED CATALYSIS A-GENERAL
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2023
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IF 5.5
Xueyang Qi,Yongjun Zhu,Lixin Song,Guixiang Peng,Wenbin Qu,Jie Xiong
The increasing accumulation of waste plastics has a range of negative impacts on the land and marine environments. Solar-driven methods of converting waste into useful chemicals and green energy H 2 are gaining attention due to their efficiency, stability and low cost. Here, flexible nickel phosphide/titanium dioxide/carbon nanofiber (Ni 2 P/TiO 2 /C NFs) film photocatalyst was prepared by electrospinning, heat treatment, hydrothermal method, and phosphate treatment. The obtained Ni 2 P/TiO 2 /C NFs presented a continuous homogeneous fibrous shape with TiO 2 NPs incorporation into the carbon NFs and Ni 2 P NPs coating on the surface of the NFs. The film exhibited promising flexibility and excellent light absorption performance. As a result, the Ni 2 P/TiO 2 /C NFs film was utilized to reform polyethylene terephthalate (PET) into a variety of organic products and clean energy H 2 under alkaline aqueous conditions. In addition, the flexible Ni 2 P/TiO 2 /C NFs film could be easily separated from the solution for recycling, and the stable hydrogen production performance was maintained after multiple cycles. This work applies an inexpensive and recyclable composite photocatalyst to the recycling of waste polyester, which is a crucial step towards the practical application of recyclable photocatalysts in resource recovery.
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JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
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2022
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IF 6.371
Miao Xu,Shen Wang,Shengyu Zhou,Wenhai Sun,Zhenmin Ding,Xiang Zhang,Jiupeng Zhao,Yao Li
In this study, a novel TiO 2 @C@Prussian Blue core-shell nanorod arrays film was constructed through two-step hydrothermal and electrodeposition methods. Such a designed structure could increase the specific surface area, reactive site, and conductivity of Prussian Blue (PB) and reduce the diffusion distance of ions due to the nano-architecture arrays of TiO 2 and the high conductivity of the carbon layer, thus leading to the remarkably improved storage capacity and reaction speed of ions during the electrochromic (EC) process of PB. Moreover, porous morphology and strong adhesion on the FTO substrate of the TiO 2 nanorod arrays could alleviate the lattice stress and volume expansion and enhance the binding force, thus improving the cycle stability of EC. Given these benefits, the TiO 2 @C@PB films display a large optical modulation range (67%), fast switching speed (t c /t b = 1.25 s/2.71 s), and high coloration efficiency (129.4 cm 2 /C). In particular, the EC cycle stability is remarkably improved (96.3% after 5000 cycles), implying a promising application in high-performance EC devices (ECDs).
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ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
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2019
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IF 8.456
Wei Song,Hanqing Zhao,Jianqi Ye,Mengmeng Kang,Siyu Miao,Zhong Li
Ti–O–C channels for ultrafast sodium storage were constructed in N/S-co-doped TiO2–C nanofibers, which deliver a high rate performance of 181.9 mAh g–1 at 5 A g–1 after 3000 cycles. The existence of Ti–O–C bonds at the interface of TiO2–C phases was revealed by synchrotron radiation X-ray absorption spectra. Based on this, first-principles calculations further verified the low energy barrier for Na+ insertion/extraction in the Ti–O–C channels formed by the intimately integrated graphite layer with TiO2 near the surface. In addition, surface defects induced by heteroatoms accelerate the Na+ mass transfer through the pathway from the carbon surface to the Ti–O–C channel.
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Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering
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2024
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IF 7.4
Yuyan Wang,Hongxia Zhang,Wei Gao,Ming Zhong,Bitao Su,Ziqiang Lei
In this work, two series of plasmonic S-type heterojunction photocatalysts containing Bi, TiO 2 , and biochar (Bi/TiO 2 @C) have been developed through a biomass-assisted hydrothermal-calcination strategy, utilizing grapefruit peel as a reducing agent and C resource. The calcination temperature and the mass ratio of biomass were optimized to obtain the optimal nanocomposite, which shows excellent adsorptive and visible-light photocatalytic performance in the removal of diverse antibiotic and dye pollutants, including tetracycline, oxytetracycline, ciprofloxacin, sulfamethoxazole, sulfisoxazole, malachite green, and rhodamine B. The remarkable performance can be attributed to the enhanced absorption of light absorption resulting from the localized surface plasmon resonance effect of the semimetal Bi, and the formation of heterogeneous interface between Bi and TiO 2 , which accelerates the transfer of photogenerated charge. Furthermore, trapping tests and electron spin resonance (ESR) analysis reveal that ∙O 2 - and h + are the primary active species involved in the removal of tetracycline. A plausible charge transfer mechanism has been proposed.
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Scientific Reports
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2024
·Vol. 14
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Yin Jinpeng,Wang Guanqin,Kong Dongqing,Li Chuang,Zhang Qiang,Xie Dongbai,Yan Yangyang,Li Ning,Li Qiang
To enhance the volumetric energy density and initial coulombic efficiency (ICE) of titanium oxide (TiO 2 ) as anode electrode material for lithium-ion batteries (LIB), this study employed a surface-confined in-situ inter-growth mechanism to prepare a TiO 2 embedded carbon microsphere composite. The results revealed that the composite exhibited a highly integrated structure of TiO 2 with oxygen vacancies and carbon, along with an exceptionally small specific surface area of 11.52 m 2 /g. Due to its unique microstructure, the composite demonstrated remarkable lithium storage properties, including a high ICE of 75%, a notable capacity of 426.8 mAh/g after 200 cycles at 0.2 A/g, superior rate performance of 210.1 mAh/g at 5 A/g, and an outstanding cycle life, with a capacity decay rate of only 0.003% per cycle over 2000 cycles. Furthermore, electrochemical kinetic studies further validated the advantages of this microstructure.
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Journal of Energy Storage
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2026
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IF 9.8
Qingmiao Zhang,Hangcheng Yang,Binglin Zhang,Junyao Chang,Xiaozhong Du,Zishang Wang,Guiyin Xu,Lingjie Meng,Yu Chen,Hongkang Wang
Heteroatom doping and carbon coating are essential techniques for improving the conductivity and reaction kinetics of intercalation-type anode materials in lithium-ion batteries. However, it is difficult to achieve heteroatom doping and carbon coating at the same time through simple processes. Here, we propose a simple method to simultaneously achieve carbon-coating and P/S/N triple-doping by introducing polyphosphazene (PZS) as precursor. We first prepare PZS-coated titanium-based metal-organic frameworks (MIL-125), which can be readily converted into phosphorus/sulfur/nitrogen (P/S/N) co-doped carbon-coated titanium dioxide (TiO 2 ) nanocomposites (PSN-C@TiO 2 @C) by simple calcination under an inert atmosphere. The heteroatom doping and carbon hybridization synergistically enhance the conductivity and ion diffusion of the PSN-C@TiO 2 @C, which not only change the local charge density of the nanocomposite, but also generate more active sites. Benefiting from the above advantages, the well-designed PSN-C@TiO 2 @C anode exhibits significantly improved specific capacity and rate performance, maintaining high reversible specific capacities of 272.2 mA h g −1 after 1000 cycles at 1000 mA g −1 and 141.1 mA h g −1 after 2000 cycles at 5000 mA g −1 . This study presents a novel simplified method for multi-element-doping and carbon-coating, which can be generally applied for developing advanced electrode materials for energy storage application.
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CARBON
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2020
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IF 8.821
Shuyue Yao,Yujie Ma,Tianhao Xu,Zhongyue Wang,Peng Lv,Jiajin Zheng,Chen Ma,Kehan Yu,Wei Wei,Kostya (Ken) Ostrikov
Carbon coatings hold great promise for next-generation non-conductive energy storage nanomaterials . However, simplicity, stable, uniformity and high-performance remain unresolved issues. Here, unique synergy of the fluidized bed reactor with plasmas enables highly-effective, single-step fluidized-bed plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (FB-PECVD) of uniform, low-temperature carbon coatings on TiO 2 nano-powder (TiO 2 @C). Plasma-specific effects induce the formation of new phases that are beneficial for energy storage. The 6 nm carbon layer is grown within only 10 min, while the TiO 2 maintains its anatase phase. The unique plasma conditions make it possible to form Ti–C bonds at the Ti/C interface at much lower temperatures than achievable otherwise. The electronic transport at the interface and structural stability are thus greatly improved. Consequently, TiO 2 @C shows excellent electrochemical performances as a negative electrode of sodium ion battery , such as specific discharge capacity of 290.2 mA h g −1 at 50 mA g −1 and very stable long-term cyclability (101.2% capacity retention over 300 cycles at 4000 mA g −1 ). Our results show that FB-PECVD is not only a versatile method for bond-reinforced interface nanoparticle coating with carbon, but also provide a new strategy for designing hybrid-phase electrochemically active nanocomposite materials.
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