Small
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2023
·Vol. 20
·期 17
·2308632
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IF 13.3
Shunlong Ju,Qing Qiao,Tian Xu,Zhongchen Zhao,Tengfei Zhang,Guanglin Xia,Xuebin Yu
Constructing robust anode with strong aluminophilicity and rapid desolvation kinetics is essential for achieving high utilization, long-term durability, and superior rate performance in Al metal-based energy storage, yet remains largely unexplored. Herein, molybdenum nanoparticles embedded onto nitrogen-doped graphene (Mo@NG) are designed and prepared as Al host to regulate the deposition behavior and achieve homogeneous Al plating/stripping. The monodispersed Mo nanoparticles reduce the desolvation energy barrier and promote the deposition kinetics of Al. Additionally, Mo nanoparticles act as aluminophilic nucleation sites to minimize the Al nucleation overpotential, further guiding uniform and dense Al deposition. As a result, the dual-functional Mo@NG endows Al anodes with low voltage hysteresis, reversible Al plating/stripping with high coulombic efficiency, and excellent high-rate capability under 5 mA cm −2 . Moreover, the as-designed Al metal full batteries deliver a high capacity retention of 92.8% after 3000 cycles at 1 A g −1 . This work provides an effective solution to optimize the electrochemical properties of Al metal anode from the perspective of desolvation and deposition reactions, towards the development of high-safety and long-cycling aluminum-ion batteries.
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材料科学
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电化学
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能源存储
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纳米技术
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金属负极
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电池化学
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界面工程
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ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA
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2016
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IF 4.803
Dandi Zhou,Min Wang,Jing Dong,Shiyun Ai
The rapid and sensitive detecting technique for subgroup J of avian leukosis viruses (ALVs-J) needs to be developed as soon as possible in order to not only reduce economic losses but also ensure the food safety. In this paper, a novel electrochemical immunosensor was built based on mesoporous graphitic carbon nitride (mpg-C 3 N 4 ). Mpg-C 3 N 4 was used as the sensor platform to bond with the primary antibodies (Ab 1 ). The compound of thionine and mpg-C 3 N 4 (Th-mpg-C 3 N 4 ) was synthesized for the first time to serve as the electroactive probe as well as the carrier of secondary antibodies (Ab 2 ). Compared to bulk g-C 3 N 4 , mpg-C 3 N 4 possesses larger specific surface area, smaller electrochemical resistance and abundant active sites. So the proposed electrochemical immunosensor exhibited amplified detective signals which realized the sensitive detection of ALVs-J. Under the opitimized conditions, the immunosensor exhibited outstanding analytical performance for the detection of ALVs-J whose titer ranged from 10 2.08 to 10 4.0 TCID 50 /mL (TCID 50 : 50% tissue culture infective dose) with a low detection limit of 120 TCID 50 /mL (S/N = 3). The sensitivity of the immnosensor was 6.15 μA/(TCID 50 /mL). This high sensitive immunosensor also displayed good selectivity, reproducibility and stability. Last but not least, this new strategy may be of great promise for clinic application in the future.
研究领域:
生物医学工程
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免疫学
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病毒学
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分析化学
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纳米生物技术
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POLYMER
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2017
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IF 3.684
Wei Yang,Xu Cheng,Haibo Wang,Yuansen Liu,Zongliang Du
Novel waterborne fluorinated polyurethane (WFPU) based on hydroxyl-terminated poly(fluoroalkyl methacrylates) (HTPFMA) was prepared successfully. The microstructures and micro-phase separation of WFPU were evaluated through infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA), and scanning electron microscope (SEM). FT-IR revealed that the H-bonded carbonyl in hard domains increased with the increasing of fluorine content, resulting in enhancing the extent of micro-phase separation between hard and soft segments. XRD results indicated that the crystallinity of hard segment was enhanced with the increasing of fluorine content. The direct visual microstructures by SEM showed that the micro-phase separation was more significant when the fluorine content increased. DMA also revealed strengthened micro-phase separation with increasing fluorine content. The studies of mechanical properties confirmed that WFPU based on HTPFMA had outstanding mechanical properties. The effects of fluorine content on the static contact angles, surface free energy , and surface composition were also studied. The static contact angles of the WFPU films against water and methylene iodide reached around 108° and 84°, respectively. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) confirmed that the fluorine surface enrichment factor in the outermost 10 nm depth was about 10–18 fold higher than its bulk level.
研究领域:
高分子材料科学
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表面科学
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材料化学
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软物质物理
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功能涂层材料
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Journal of Energy Chemistry
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2023
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IF 13.1
Yiran Sun,Pengfei Zhou,Siyu Liu,Zhongjun Zhao,Yihao Pan,Xiangyan Shen,Xiaozhong Wu,Jinping Zhao,Junying Weng,Jin Zhou
P2-Na 0.67 Ni 0.33 Mn 0.67 O 2 (NNMO) is promising cathode material for sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) due to its high specific capacity and fast Na + diffusion rate. Nonetheless, the irreversible P2-O2 phase transformation, Na + /vacancy ordering, and transition metal (TM) dissolution seriously damage its cycling stability and restrict its commercialization process. Herein, Na occupation manipulation and interface stabilization are proposed to strengthen the phase structure of NNMO by synergistic Zn/Ti co-doping and introducing lithium difluorophosp (LiPO 2 F 2 ) film-forming electrolyte additive . The Zn/Ti co-doping regulates the occupancy ratio of Na e /Na f at Na sites and disorganizes the Na + /vacancy ordering, resulting in a faster Na + diffusion kinetics and reversible P2-Z phase transition for P2-Na 0.67 Ni 0.28 Zn 0.05 Mn 0.62 Ti 0.05 O 2 (NNZMTO). Meanwhile, the LiPO 2 F 2 additive can form homogeneous and ultrathin cathode-electrolyte interphase (CEI) on NNZMTO surface, which can stabilize the NNZMTO-electrolyte interface to prevent TM dissolution, surface structure transformation, and micro-crack generation. Combination studies of in situ and ex situ characterizations and theoretical calculations were used to elucidate the storage mechanism of NNZMTO with LiPO 2 F 2 additive. As a result, the NNZMTO displays outstanding capacity retention of 94.44% after 500 cycles at 1C with 0.3 wt% LiPO 2 F 2 , excellent rate performance of 92.5 mA h g −1 at 8C with 0.1 wt% LiPO 2 F 2 , and remarkable full cell capability. This work highlights the important role of manipulating Na occupation and constructing protective film in the design of layered materials, which provides a promising direction for developing high-performance cathodes for SIBs.
研究领域:
材料科学
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电化学
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能源存储
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无机化学
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固态化学
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电池技术
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Nanoscale
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2018
·Vol. 11
·期 3
·962-967
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IF 7.233
Zhaohong Su,Xiaolin Xu,Yongbing Cheng,Yueming Tan,Langtao Xiao,Daili Tang,Hongmei Jiang,Xiaoli Qin,Huixian Wang
A porous graphene (PG) bionanocomposite of PG, gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) and anti-indole-3-acetic acid (anti-IAA) antibody for sensitive and label-free amperometric immunoassay of IAA was reported. A PG film was produced by a pre-reduction/electrochemical reduction process on a glassy carbon electrode (GCE) and then a homogeneous AuNPs layer electrodeposition on the PG film. The anti-IAA antibody was immobilized onto the AuNPs through electrostatic adsorption and covalent conjugation. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), Raman spectroscopy, energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), cyclic voltammetry (CV), elecro-chemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), ultraviolet visible spectroscopy (UV-vis) and differential pulse voltammetry (DPV) were used to characterize the PG film and the stepwise modification of the immunosensor. The electrochemical immunosensor exhibited a wide linear range from 2 × 10−11 to 2 × 10−8 g mL−1 with a detection limit of 0.016 ng mL−1 (S/N = 3) and showed significant linearity R2 = 0.9970. In addition, the proposed immunosensor showed acceptable selectivity and has been applied to the determination of IAA in the extract samples of several plant seeds with acceptable relative derivation (%) ranging from −5.25% to 4.24% between the immunosensor and high performance liquid chromatography. The proposed chemical pre-reduction and electro-reduction guided protocol can be extended to the preparation of many other functionalized PG nanocomposite films for wide applications.
研究领域:
生物传感
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纳米生物技术
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分析化学
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植物生理学
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电化学
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免疫分析
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Small
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2023
·Vol. 20
·期 14
·2306666
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IF 13.3
Wuqi Liu,Wang Fu,Yaju Wei,Guoqiang Yu,Tao Wang,Lingbo Xu,Xiaoping Wu,Ping Lin,Xuegong Yu,Can Cui,Peng Wang
Carrier-selective passivating contacts using transition metal oxides (TMOs) have attracted great attention for crystalline silicon (c-Si) heterojunction solar cells recently. Among them, tantalum oxide (Ta 2 O 5 ) exhibits outstanding advantages, such as a wide bandgap, good surface passivation, and a small conduction band offset with c-Si, which is typically used as an electron-selective contact layer. Interestingly, it is first demonstrated that solution-processed Ta 2 O 5 films exhibit a high hole selectivity, which blocks electrons and promotes hole transport simultaneously. Through the ozone pre-treatment of Ta 2 O 5 /p-Si interface and optimization of the film thickness (≈9 nm), the interfacial recombination is suppressed and the contact resistivity is reduced from 178.0 to 29.3 mΩ cm 2 . Moreover, the Sn 4+ doping increases both the work function and oxygen vacancies of the film, contributing to the improved hole-selective contact performance. As a result, the photoelectric conversion efficiencies of Ta 2 O 5 /p-Si heterojunction solar cells are significantly improved from 14.84% to 18.47%, with a high thermal stability up to 300 °C. The work has provided a feasible strategy to explore new features of TMOs for carrier-selective contact applications, that is, bipolar carrier transport properties.
研究领域:
材料科学
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光伏技术
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半导体器件
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表面物理
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纳米材料
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能源材料
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Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering
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2021
·Vol. 9
·期 4
·105292
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IF 5.909
Jie Zhou,Wenyi Cai,Jing Ding,Hui Wan,Guofeng Guan
The appropriate construct of Z-scheme heterostructure composite with high photocatalytic activity has created new opportunities for environmental protection. Herein, graphitic carbon nitride quantum dots/tungsten trioxide (CNQDs/WO 3 ) was firstly fabricated using CNQDs decorated onto the surface of WO 3 nanorod grown along the [110] orientation in hydrothermal environment to construct a Z-scheme heterostructure composite. By various characterization methods, the crystal structure, micro morphology, atomic valence state and surface functional groups of the catalyst were systematically revealed. The results indicated that Z-scheme heterojunctions between CNQDs and WO 3 were successfully constructed. Compared with pure WO 3 , CNQDs/WO 3 exhibited prominent photoreduction performance under visible light irradiation. The optimal 5% CNQDs/WO 3 could reduce almost 100% Cr (VI) under acidic condition with the best photocatalytic activity within 90 min. More than this, 5% CNQDs/WO 3 also displayed excellent stability and recyclability even after five cycles of photoreduction experiments. Based on the free radical quenching experiments, the possible photoreduction reaction mechanism had been proposed in detail. The Z-scheme heterostructure provided the possibility of the generation, rapidly transfer and efficient separation of photogenerated electrons, which were major active species in the Cr (VI) photoreduction process.
研究领域:
环境催化
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材料化学
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纳米科技
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光催化
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环境污染治理
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半导体异质结
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES
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2023
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IF 8.2
Zhanwei Yang,Jin Wang,Hualei Chen,Hecheng Meng,Xiaobing Guo,Shujuan Yu
Two low-methoxy pectins (LMPs) were obtained by local electrochemical pH modification using an H-type double-layer water bath sealed electrochemical cell at the voltage of 180 V for 3 h. The weight-average molecular weight (Mw) of citrus peel pectin (CPP) prepared in the anodic part at room temperature (CPP-A 5/RT ) and in the cathodic part at 5 °C (CPP-C 5/RT ) were 346 kDa and 328 kDa, respectively, and the degrees of methylation (DM) were 36.8 % and 11.9 %. Moreover, the second-order kinetic model was most appropriate for the degradation processes, as free radicals were generated in the anodic part and β -elimination occurred in the cathodic part. Subsequently, CPP-A 5/RT and CPP-C 5/RT were utilized to fabricate food packaging film blending with polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), bcZnO (ZnO coupled with bentonite and colophony) nanorods , and Ca 2+ ions by casting method. Then the prepared films were studied for their ability to maintain the freshness of strawberries. The addition of Ca 2+ ions and bcZnO nanorods increased the thickness, water contact angle (WCA), and mechanical properties of the composite films, while decreased water vapor permeability (WVP). Therefore, the CPP-based films, supplemented with bcZnO nanorods and crosslinked with Ca 2+ ions by “egg-box” model, can serve as an antibacterial food packaging material for food preservation.
研究领域:
食品科学
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高分子材料
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食品包装
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电化学改性
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纳米复合材料
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农产品保鲜
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Small
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2020
·Vol. 16
·期 43
·2004614
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IF 11.459
Xian Wang,Anrui Dong,Ziyi Zhu,Lulu Chai,Junyang Ding,Li Zhong,Ting-Ting Li,Yue Hu,Jinjie Qian,Shaoming Huang
In the preparation of nanomaterials, the kinetics and thermodynamics in the reaction can significantly affect the structures and phases of nanocrystals. Therefore, people are keen to adopt various synthetic strategies to accurately assemble the target nanocrystals, and reveal the underlying mechanism of the formation of specific structures. In this work, the total reaction time is adjusted to let the prepared MnCo Prussian blue analogous (MnCoPBA) crystals show four evolving morphological changes at different stages with the assistance of sodium dodecyl sulfate. Furthermore, it is clearly observed that the epitaxial growth along the (100) plane on the shell of MnCoPBA nanocrystals is favored, and the thermodynamics and kinetics in the morphology change process are analyzed in detail. Through the simple pyrolysis, MnCoPBA crystals can be successfully converted into the corresponding carbon composites, of which Mn 2 Co 2 C nanoparticles are evenly distributed in highly graphitized carbon matrix. Among them, PBA-III-700 performs good oxygen reduction reaction performance in alkaline solution with the half-wave potential of 0.801 V and diffusion-limited current density of 5.36 mA cm −2 , and its zinc-air battery exhibits the peak power density of 103.4 mW cm −2 competitive with commercial Pt/C.
研究领域:
材料化学
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纳米科学与技术
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电化学
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能源材料
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无机功能材料
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SOLID STATE COMMUNICATIONS
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2021
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IF 1.804
Shaohui Su,Jiahao Yu,Xianguo Liu,Jieyi Yu
Magnetic-dielectric composites attract numerous attentions for good microwave absorption performances based on magnetic-dielectric loss mechanism and tunable electromagnetic parameters. Fe/carbon fibers are prepared through carbonization of Fe doped polyaniline nanotubes , in which Fe nanoparticles are embedded in carbon fibers. The introduction of Fe nanoparticles results in good electromagnetic impedance and proper quarter-wavelength cancellation induced, which ensure that microwave penetrate composites to the great extend and is consumed as much as possible, leading to enhanced microwave absorption performance. The minimal reflection loss of Fe/carbon fibers composites starts being less than −10 dB from 1.7 mm and is up to −44.09 dB at 6.62 GHz and 4.1 mm and the effective bandwidth reaches 6.0 GHz with 2.4 mm.
研究领域:
材料科学
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电磁学
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纳米复合材料
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功能材料
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微波工程
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POLYMER TESTING
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2020
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IF 3.275
Rui Wang,Congzhen Xie,Bin Gou,Huasong Xu,Shoukang Luo,Jiangang Zhou,Leilei Zeng
Dielectric polymers with high thermal conductivity are very promising in the fields of aerospace and electronic device packaging. However, composites with excellent dielectric properties usually have low thermal conductivity. It is usually to fill the polymer with thermal conductivity particles to improve the thermal conductivity, but the high content of filler often reduces the mechanical properties of the polymer. In this paper, the traditional insulating polymer epoxy resin was used as the matrix, by covering the surface of silicon carbide with graphene to form a core-shell structure and co-filled with nano diamonds to achieve the preparation of high-performance epoxy resin at low content. The results showed that at the filling content of 30 wt%, the thermal conductivity of epoxy nanocomposites showed a dramatic thermal conductivity enhancement of 1263%, the energy storage modulus increased by 1.1 GPa, and the dielectric loss remained unchanged at 50 Hz. The advantages of the composite are the structural design and surface modification of the filler, which not only take advantage of its inherent advantages, but also improve the interface area with the epoxy matrix. The composite materials with excellent properties are expected to provide theoretical guidance for the application of high thermal conductivity dielectric materials.
研究领域:
材料科学
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高分子化学
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复合材料工程
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电子封装材料
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介电材料
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热管理材料
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JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE
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2019
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IF 7.015
Ziqiang Tong,Xiufeng Liu,Baoquan Zhang
A series of sphere-like polyelectrolyte complexes (PECs) and their homogeneous polyelectrolyte complex membranes (HPECMs) were synthesized by using sodium carboxymethyl cellulose (CMCNa) and poly(diallyldimethylammonium chloride) (PDDA). Different compositions or ionic complexation degrees (ICD) of PECs could be characterized by FT-IR spectra. The circular dichroism spectrum (CD) and field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM) were employed to examine the conformation and morphology of PECs, respectively. Zeta (ζ) potential was utilized to investigate the charge density of PEC particles while the surface hydrophilicity of HPECMs was studied by using contact angle (CA) meter. When subjected to ethanol dehydration, HPECMs revealed a satisfactory pervaporation performance and desired anti-trade-off phenomenon. For HPECM 0.31 and HPECM 0.57, the permeation fluxes were 2.25 kg m −2 h −1 and 2.93 kg m −2 h −1 , and the water content in permeate reached up to 99.35 wt% and 99.38 wt%, with respect to 10 wt% water in feed under 70 °C. All the results indicated that small-sized and sphere-like PECs were truly in favor of enhancing the pervaporation performance in ethanol dehydration.
研究领域:
高分子科学
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膜分离技术
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化学工程
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材料科学
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物理化学
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