APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL
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2026
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IF 19.7
Wenkang Miao,Ronghui Hao,Wanyin Xu,Zihan Wang,Wenxin Lin,Heguang Liu,Wei Ren,Qianqian Li,Runhai Ouyang,Anmin Nie,Jinsong Wu,Hongtao Wang
Single-atom catalysts (SACs) have shown exceptional performance in heterogeneous catalysis, yet their practical application remains hindered largely due to their susceptibility to sintering and subsequent deactivation under harsh reaction conditions. To address the instability, we focused on Cu SACs/Al 2 O 3 and developed a novel dynamic thermostability system by introducing the functional CeO 2 oxide that serves as oxygen reservoir to suppress the sintering. High stability of the Cu SACs was directly observed through in situ aberration-corrected environmental scanning transmission electron microscopy under both thermal oxidation and reduction conditions. Combining first-principles calculations, we revealed that the ultra-stable Cu SACs was achieved by the sustained lattice oxygen supply from reversible ultrasmall CeO 2 (2.25 nm) decomposition to form mobile O x -Cu species, which establishes a dynamic equilibrium between the catalytically active O-Cu and sintering-resistant O 2 -Cu monomers. We found this stabilization strategy by introducing the CeO 2 oxide as oxygen reservoir can be effectively extended to a broad range of SACs (Ag, Co, Pt, Fe, Ni) on 3 different oxide supports (ZnO, TiO 2 , SiO 2 ). We anticipate this strategy and insights can be helpful in designing highly active and stable SACs toward industrialization.
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FULLERENES NANOTUBES AND CARBON NANOSTRUCTURES
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2026
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IF 1.8
Meijun Yang,Yan Xiao,Zhimin Chang,Zhenhui Chen,Takashi Goto,Song Zhang,Rong Tu
Diamond/Cu composites are promising for thermal management but their poor wettability requires carbide coatings for interfacial modification. This work proposes a novel magnesiothermic reduction method for synthesizing TiC @diamond at low temperatures utilizing a MgCl2–KCl molten salt system with TiO2 as the Ti source. An ∼325 nm TiC coating forms on diamond at 750 °C for 2 hours without graphitization. Interfacial analysis shows a semi-coherent interface with specific crystallographic orientations ([110] TiC // [110] diamond, (1 − 1−1) TiC // (1 − 1−1) diamond). The TiC @diamond/Cu composite shows optimal performance: thermal conductivity (TC) of 689 W/(m · K), 63% International Annealed Copper Standard electrical conductivity and 98.55% relative density, representing increases of 280.66% in thermal conductivity, 90.91% in conductivity and 8.02% in relative density compared to uncoated composites. Its CTE (Coefficient of Thermal Expansion) at 300 °C drops from 17.98 × 10−6 to 6.92 × 10−6/K, a 61.5% relative reduction, significantly enhancing thermal dimensional stability.
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INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
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2026
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IF 4.7
Yarong Chai,Bo Gao,Song Xu,Qun Xu
Electrocatalytic conversion of nitrate to ammonia is a rapidly evolving field due to its potential applications toward nitrate pollution remediation and sustainable ammonia synthesis. As a group of well-established electrocatalysts, the activity of Cu-based materials is highly related to the coordination environment. Herein, a novel Cu–La-based dual-atom catalyst (Cu–La/DAC) was prepared using a Robson-type bimetallic Cu–La complex as precursor, where the square-planar Cu center of Cu–La/DAC effectively deviates due to the presence of adjacent La atom. As a result, the HOMO (dxy) energy of Cu is effectively reduced, which facilitates the formation of low-valent Cu and subsequent electrocatalysis. Compared to Cu2/DAC analogue containing square-planar Cu, Cu–La/DAC exhibits significantly enhanced activity toward electrocatalytic nitrate (NO3–) reduction to ammonia (NH3) (yield: 14.02 mg h–1 cm–2; Faraday efficiency: 88.42%), which is theoretically attributed to the reduced energy barrier of NO3– adsorption and *NO3 deoxygenation induced upon the coordination environment modulation of Cu.
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FUEL
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2020
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IF 5.578
Bowen Lu,Zewu Zhang,Xiaoshan Li,Cong Luo,Yongqing Xu,Liqi Zhang
Cu catalysts have been widely used in CO 2 utilization due to their low reduction temperature and excellent CO 2 hydrogenation performance. It is important to well design Cu catalyst with high efficiency and durability for CO 2 hydrogenation. In this work, CuCe(rod) catalysts with various Cu contents were prepared. The physicochemical properties of the CuCe(rod) catalysts were described by XRD, TEM, N 2 -physisorption and H 2 -TPR.The effect of Cu content on catalytic performance of CO 2 hydrogenation with CuCe(rod) catalysts was also studied. Results showed that a high Cu content enhanced CO 2 conversion. The 40CuCe(rod) catalyst exhibited the best CO 2 conversion performance. At the reaction temperature of 400 °C, the CO production rate (CO 2 conversion) and CO selectivity based on the 40CuCe(rod) catalyst could reach 1.69 mol/g cat /h (41.1%) and nearly 100%, respectively. The analysis of kinetic measurements revealed that the activation energy of the 40CuCe(rod) catalyst was lower than that of other catalysts with different Cu contents during a reverse water–gas shift reaction. The lower activation energy and the interface structure of Cu-O x -Ce were closely related to CO 2 hydrogenation activity and remarkable stability for 96 h with minimal loss of CO 2 conversion activities.
研究领域:
化学工程
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环境科学
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Materials Science & Engineering C-Materials for Biological Applications
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2020
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IF 5.88
Chunhua Lin,Yue Du,Shiqi Wang,Li Wang,Yonghai Song
The work presents a novel glucose oxidase@Cu-hemin metal-organic frameworks (GOD@ Cu-hemin MOFs) with a ball-flower structure as bienzymatic catalysts for detection of glucose. The GOD@Cu-hemin MOFs exhibits great stability as compared with free horseradish peroxidase and GOD toward harsh conditions because the ball-flower-like shell of Cu-hemin MOF effectively protects from GOD. Thus, the GOD@Cu-Hemin MOFs can be used in external harsh conditions such as high temperature and acid/base. The GOD@Cu-hemin MOFs is capable of sensitive and selective detection of glucose via peroxidase-like of Cu-hemin MOFs and GOD by using 3,3′,5,5′-tetramethylbenzidine (TMB) as a substrate. Under the existence of glucose, O 2 is reduced into H 2 O 2 via GOD@Cu-hemin MOFs. The produced H 2 O 2 as well as Cu-hemin MOFs oxidize TMB into blue oxTMB which shows UV–Vis absorbance at 652. The absorption intensity of oxTMB linearly increases with the increasing concentration of glucose from 0.01 to 1.0 mM with detection limit of 2.8 μM. An integrated agarose hydrogel film (Aga/GOD@Cu-hemin MOF/TMB) sensor is rationally designed for colorimetric detection of glucose. The sensor displays a response range of 30 μM-0.8 mM with a detection limit of 0.01 mM. The result indicates that the Cu-hemin MOFs are an ideal carrier for the encapsulation of enzymes.
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生物化学
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材料科学
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分析化学
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Nanoscale
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2019
·Vol. 12
·期 3
·1811-1816
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IF 6.97
Yongqin Liu,Liang Huang,Xinyang Zhu,Youxing Fang,Shaojun Dong
The electrochemical nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR) under ambient conditions is currently attracting intense attention, but it still remains a great challenge to develop highly selective and active NRR electrocatalysts. Inspired by the intrinsic NRR activity of Au, we systematically studied the synergistic enhanced effect of incorporating other transition metals into Au on its NRR activity. A general strategy was used to synthesize a series of Au-based bimetallic nanocatalysts (AuCu, AuAg, AuPd and AuRu), and the NRR catalytic performance of the as-obtained electrocatalysts was investigated in detail. The experimental results indicate that the positive effect of Cu on NRR was the most remarkable in comparison with that of Ag, Ru and Pd, which can be ascribed to the synergy of the Au and Cu components via modulating the electronic structure and further changing the binding affinity of adsorbed N atoms on the catalyst. Finally, the optimized nanocatalyst with the atom ratio of Au1Cu1 achieved the highest faradaic efficiency (54.96%) and ammonia yield rate (154.91 μg h−1 mgcat−1) at −0.2 V vs. RHE, exceeding those of the previously reported Au nanocatalysts.
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材料科学
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电化学
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Science China-Materials
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2020
·Vol. 64
·期 5
·1087-1094
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IF 6.098
Wang Rui,Shi Faxing,He Xin,Shi Jinqiang,Ma Tao,Jin Song,Tao Zhanliang
The uneven deposition of lithium (Li) on current collectors causes serious dendrite growth and volume expansion. Commercial foamed copper (Cu) current collectors are unsuitable for Li anodes because of their large volume and mass and lithiophobic nature. Herein, a three-dimensional (3D) copper@tin (Cu@Sn) nanocone current collector with small volume, light weight, and lithiophilic nature was prepared by a simple electrodeposition method. The synergy of the nanoconical structure and lithiophilic Sn promotes the even deposition of Li and effectively inhibits the formation of Li dendrites. The resultant half batteries exhibit high Coulombic efficiency of 97.6% after 100 cycles at 1 mA cm −2 , and the symmetrical Li battery demonstrates a prolonged lifespan of over 600 h at 1 mA cm −2 . The full battery based on organic liquid electrolyte with LiFePO 4 also exhibits a long lifespan of 550 cycles with high capacity retention of 95.1% at 1 C. Moreover, 3D Cu@Sn nanocone-based solid-state batteries exhibit excellent electrochemical performance and show no decay after 500 cycles at 1 C. Our work provides a strategy for fabricating 3D current collectors for high-energy-density Li metal batteries.
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材料科学
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电化学
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储能
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纳米技术
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锂离子电池
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Journal of Materiomics
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2019
·Vol. 5
·期 3
·489-495
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IF 0
Ruonan Wu,Zhili Li,Yongbo Li,Li You,Pengfei Luo,Jiong Yang,Jun Luo
Superionic conductors, which exhibit liquid-like phonon transport but crystal-like carrier transport, have attracted great attention and broad research interest in the thermoelectric community. Ag 2 Te is a superionic conductor; however, its small band gap and large Ag vacancy formation energy impede its application as a prominent p-type thermoelectric material. In this work, synergistic optimization of the thermoelectric performance of Ag 2 Te through Cu substitution is realized through a combination of experimental and theoretical efforts. For the electrical transport, Cu substitution systematically increases the band gap of Ag 2 Te and reduces the cation vacancy formation energy. These two beneficial effects simultaneously increase the electrical conductivity and suppress the bipolar effect, thereby greatly enhancing the p-type electrical transport properties of Ag 2 Te. For the thermal transport, alloying Cu 2 Te with Ag 2 Te significantly reduces the thermal conductivity through not only point defect scattering but also softening of the interatomic interactions. The latter is attributed to the relatively small Cu atoms vibrating in the oversized 8c sites. This two-fold optimization results in maximum thermoelectric figure of merit zT values of over 1.3 at 773 K for both Ag 1.2 Cu 0.8 Te and AgCuTe, demonstrating the great potential of Ag 2− x Cu x Te as a promising p-type thermoelectric material system.
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2019
·Vol. 15
·期 28
·1901606
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IF 10.856
Ming-Yu Li,Muni Yu,Dong Su,Jianbing Zhang,Shenglin Jiang,Jiang Wu,Qingping Wang,Sisi Liu
Strong near-surface electromagnetic field formed by collective oscillation of electrons on Cu nanostructure a shows a strong dependence on geometry, offering a promising approach to boost the light absorption of ZnO photoactive layers with enhanced plasmon scattering. Here, a facile way to fabricate UV photodetectors with tunable configuration of the self-assembled Cu nanostructures on ZnO thin films is reported. The incident lights are effectively confined in ZnO photoactive layers with the existence of the uplayer Cu nanostructures, and the interdiffusion of Cu atoms during fabrication of the Cu nanostructures can improve the carrier transfer in ZnO thin films. The optical properties of the hybrid architectures are successfully tailored over a control of the geometric evolution of the Cu nanostructures, resulting in significantly enhanced photocurrent and responsivity of 2.26 mA and 234 A W −1 under a UV light illumination of 0.62 mW cm −2 at 10 V, respectively. The photodetectors also exhibit excellent reproducibility, stability, and UV–visible rejection ratio ( R 370 nm / R 500 nm ) of ≈370, offering an approach of high-performance UV photodetectors for practical applications.
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纳米材料
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光电子学
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等离激元学
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半导体器件
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PROCESS SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
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2019
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IF 4.384
Wenying Guo,Sihai Zhang,Nengwu Zhu,Deliang Luo,Pingxiao Wu
In this study, a strategy was developed to directly recover high-purity Ag and other metals (especially Cu) from WECs to reduce the leaching of precious metals and promote the leaching of Cu and other metals. The results of SEM, EDS, XRD and ICP-OES clearly suggested that Ag and Cu were effectively released from WECs below 0.15 mm size, which contributed to the regulation of metals crystal types. The zero-valent copper from WECs was changed by roasting to form CuO and Cu 2 O, and the suitable samples of roasting at 400 °C for 3 h were confirmed experimentally. After the leaching processing under H 2 SO 4 (1 M) and H 2 O 2 (30%), the roasted particles were directly obtained, including Ag with 99.53 wt.% purity and more than 99.99% recovered, and Cu, Sn, Ni and Zn extracted by 99.67%, 90.71%, 73.05% and 99.32%, respectively. However, the unroasted particles would generate lower grade of Ag because other metals (e.g. Cu, Sn, Ni and Zn) were difficult to be leached from WECs. The leaching solution primarily included Cu ions (98.3%) and a little of the nickel (0.83%) and tin (0.86%) ions, which could recover copper by evaporation crystallization to form CuSO 4 (99.48 wt. %). The reaction mechanism of the process could be concluded that the copper state was transformed by mechanical separation and roasting to promote the leaching of various metals from Ag.
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Cell Reports Physical Science
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2024
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IF 7.9
Xiangxue Zhang,Nina Fei,Keng Sang,Wenyao Chen,Gang Qian,Jing Zhang,De Chen,Xinggui Zhou,Xuezhi Duan,Weikang Yuan
Support effects play a pivotal role in most heterogeneous catalysts, and understanding the underlying catalytic mechanism is crucial for guiding catalyst design and optimizing performance. In this study, we conduct a kinetics and mechanistic investigation into the support effects of Cu catalysts in hydrogen combustion by comparing reducible and nonreducible supports. Multiple characterization techniques are employed to comprehend the support effects, with the reducible support and low-valence Cu species highlighted for the most active Cu/ZrO 2 catalyst. A redox-based kinetics strategy is further proposed by decoupling the reduction step and oxidation step. The as-obtained reduction and oxidation rate diagram indicates a significantly enhanced reduction rate for the reducible supported catalyst, attributed to the abundant surface oxygen vacancy for the generation of hydroxyl intermediates. These efforts aim to develop more efficient kinetics-based techniques for unraveling the nature of support effects, thereby offering a rational approach to designing highly active catalysts.
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催化化学
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材料科学
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物理化学
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能源化学
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表面科学
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Surfaces and Interfaces
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2026
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IF 6
Qiubai Jiang,Tianle Tan,Hui Deng,Jiang Wan,Long Wang,Min Li,Yang Wang,Guangxu Liu
Solar-driven interfacial evaporation (SDIE) is a low-energy and environmentally friendly technology for clean-water production. However, when applied to complex waters, volatile organic compounds (VOCs) can readily enter the condensate. In this study, a sequential strategy involving carbonization followed by composite fabrication was used to construct a CuO@Fe 2 O 3 @CC-SA (CFCC-SA) bimetallic oxide aerogel evaporator with both mechanical stability and flexibility for efficient water evaporation and VOC degradation. Synergistic interactions between Fe and Cu enhanced both the photothermal conversion efficiency and Fenton-like catalytic activity of the material. Meanwhile, the porous aerogel network provided excellent hydrophilicity and rapid water transport, thereby promoting efficient evaporation. Under 1.0 kW m –2 irradiation, the CFCC-SA evaporator exhibited an evaporation rate of 2.06 kg·m –2 ·h –1 , corresponding to an approximately 20% increase relative to the monometallic CuO@CC-SA evaporator. For phenol, CFCC-SA achieved removal efficiencies of 98.4% in the condensate and 63.8% in the raffinate. Furthermore, CFCC-SA maintained high phenol removal performance over a broad pH range and under highly saline conditions (20 wt% NaCl). Overall, by integrating efficient water transport with synergistic bimetallic catalysis, the CFCC-SA evaporator offers a promising strategy for designing SDIE systems that simultaneously enable high-rate water evaporation and VOC removal. Download: Download high-res image (272KB) Download: Download full-size image
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