JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE
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2022
·Vol. 57
·期 24
·11013-11025
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IF 4.682
Luo Guoqiang,Li Peibo,Hu Jianian,Guo Jingwei,Sun Yi,Shen Qiang
The purpose of this paper was to design an Al–Cu–Ag–C material system to address the deterioration of mechanical properties caused by intermetallic compounds generated during Al–Cu sintering. The in situ pyrolytic C layer was encapsulated on the surface of the raw material particles, which prevented Al–Cu diffusion and reduced the generation of intermetallic compounds. The microstructure of the Al–Cu–Ag–C composites illustrates that several alloy phases of Al 2 Cu, Al 4 Cu 9 , and Ag 2 Al are formed. The addition of Ag significantly improved the mechanical properties of the composite due to the formation of the Ag 2 Al phase and Cu–Ag solution. The tensile strength and compressive strength of Al–52Cu–3Ag–C are increased by 123.9% and 64.9% over Al–52Cu–C, and the strain is also considerably improved. The strength enhancement derived from the Orowan strengthening contributed by Ag 2 Al, and the solid solution strengthening contributed by Ag–Cu solid solution, respectively. The presence of Ag 2 Al also enhances the hardness of the composite.
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力学
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ChemNanoMat
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2021
·Vol. 7
·期 11
·1213-1220
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IF 3.154
Yang Liu,Yong Zhao,Yulong Zhao,Peng Jiang
Graphical We report an efficient and robust Cu-decorated Rh/TiO 2 catalyst that improves the styrene selectivity in selective hydrogenation of phenylacetylene. The appropriate Cu coverage is found to modulate the electronic states of surface Rh atoms and changes the Rh exposed active sites, thus mitigating the overhydrogenation and enhancing the selectivity. Phenylacetylene as an impurity in styrene is poisonous to catalysts for styrene polymerization in the production of polystyrene plastics. The selective hydrogenation of phenylacetylene to styrene is an industrially promising route to overcome this challenge yet lacks cost-effective catalysts to prevent the overhydrogenation of styrene to ethylbenzene. In this work, we report an efficient and robust copper-decorated Rh/TiO 2 catalyst for the selective hydrogenation of phenylacetylene to styrene. By optimizing the copper coverage on TiO 2 supported Rh nanoparticles, we achieved a selectivity of 83% towards styrene formation at a phenylacetylene conversion of 93%. The appropriate Cu coverage is found to modulate the electronic states of surface Rh atoms and changes the Rh exposed active sites, weakening the binding strength of alkene and hydrogen intermediates on Rh and thus mitigating the overhydrogenation and enhancing the selectivity for styrene generation. This work offers insights on the rational design of efficient Rh-based bimetallic catalysts for selective hydrogenation of phenylacetylene to styrene.
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化学工程
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催化材料
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Nature Communications
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2026
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Qingqing Zhang,Cong Liu,Chang Xu,Dingnan Huang,Cheng Xie,Zhandong Wang,Xiao-Ming Cao,Jinlong Zhang,Juying Lei,Ziwei Ye,Lingzhi Wang
Upgrading light alkanes to value-added olefins is a long-standing challenge, owing to the high stability of C–H bonds and the tendency for overoxidation at elevated temperatures. Here, we introduce a light-driven strategy for ethane dehydrogenation using Cu-doped TiO 2 , in which atomically dispersed Cu coordinated to bridging oxygen (O br–Cu ) creates well-defined [Cu–O] ensembles that orchestrate site-specific, stepwise C–H activation. Photogenerated holes localize at O br–Cu sites to initiate the first C–H cleavage, while adjacent Cu centers mediate β–H elimination and H 2 evolution. In contrast, minor β–H activation at O br–Ti sites generates *H species that cannot desorb due to a prohibitive coupling barrier with *H on O br–Cu , leading to Cu reduction and progressive deactivation. Co-feeding CO 2 restores the active Cu coordination environment and suppresses this deactivation process without perturbing the primary reaction pathway. This cooperative design achieves a C 2 H 4 production rate of 21.1 mmol g −1 h −1 with nearly stoichiometric H 2 evolution and an apparent quantum efficiency of 6.1% under 365 nm irradiation. These findings establish a site-defined, hydrogen-conserving route for photocatalytic alkane upgrading, offering a general blueprint for selective C–H bond transformations with long-term stability. Converting light alkanes into useful olefins is hard because strong bonds and heat drive overoxidation. This study uses a copper-doped titanium dioxide photocatalyst to steer bond breaking, yielding ethylene and hydrogen.
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
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2026
·Vol. 27
·期 5
·2486
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IF 5.6
Liming Shi,Yuheng Liao,Zeng Hong,Jiancheng Ruan,Shaodong Zhou,Chen Wu,Chao Qian
N,N-Dimethyl-1,3-propanediamine (DMAPA) is an important aliphatic diamine widely used in fine chemical manufacturing. Its industrial production traditionally relies on Raney nickel catalysts, which suffer from pyrophoric hazards and limited selectivity due to imine condensation side reactions. To address these challenges, we report an Al2O3-supported Ni-Cu alloy catalyst as an efficient alternative for the selective hydrogenation of N,N-dimethylaminopropionitrile (DMAPN). The optimized Ni30Cu5/Al2O3catalyst achieves complete DMAPN conversion and over 90% DMAPA selectivity under industrially relevant conditions (120 °C, 2.5 MPa H2). X-ray diffraction, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and transmission electron microscopy analyses confirm the formation of substitutional Ni-Cu alloy nanoparticles, where Cu incorporation induces both geometric isolation of Ni ensembles and electronic modulation of surface active sites, thereby suppressing condensation-derived by-products. In addition, an NH3/ethanol-assisted process further improves selectivity while reducing autogenous operating pressure. Overall, this work demonstrates a safe and highly selective catalytic system for primary diamine synthesis, providing a practical alternative to conventional Raney Ni-based processes.
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JOURNAL OF THE ENERGY INSTITUTE
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2026
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IF 6.5
Zhi-Xin Li,Hui-Jie Cheng,Yi-Han Zhang,Cong-Jian Pan,Wei-Wei Yan,Wen-Long Mo,Xiao-Qin Yang,Cai-Xia Ju,Xiao-Yu Zhang,Zhi-Hao Ma,Xian-Yong Wei,Sheng Li
Crystallinity engineering of oxide supports has emerged as a powerful strategy to enhance the performance of supported catalysts, yet its application in complex oxides like lanthanum oxycarbonate (La 2 O 2 CO 3 ) remains underexplored. Here, we demonstrated that precise control of La 2 O 2 CO 3 crystallinity via calcination temperature tuning significantly improved the reverse water-gas shift (RWGS) reaction performance of Cu-based catalysts. CuLa500 catalyst, prepared at 500 °C, exhibited superior activity and stability compared to its high-crystallinity counterpart (CuLa800, 800 °C), achieving a CO 2 conversion of 54.4% and near-unity CO selectivity (>99.9%) at 600 °C under high space velocity conditions. Systematic characterization revealed that reduced crystallinity strengthens Cu-support interactions, optimizing CO 2 adsorption while enhancing structural robustness. This work not only establishes a scalable method for RWGS catalyst optimization but also provides mechanistic insights into the role of crystallinity in complex oxide-supported systems, offering a blueprint for advancing multiphase catalysis in energy-related reactions.
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Advanced Materials Interfaces
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2018
·Vol. 6
·期 2
·1801200
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IF 4.834
Yutian Wang,Hanjun Hu,Yufan Sun,Yang Tang,Liming Dai,Qing Hu,Adrian Fisher,Xiao Jin Yang
Nanostructure and crystallinity of transition metals play an important role in catalyzing carbon dioxide electroreduction (CO 2 ER) where Cu is a typical electrocatalyst with a wide variety of products and Pb has a high overpotential for H 2 evolution and is selective toward formic acid. In this study, 3D hierarchical nanostructures of Cu–Pb catalyst are prepared by a two-step electrodepositing–annealing–electroreduction approach (EAE). Cu nanowires (Cu NWs) of 200–400 nm diameter are built on the surface of commercial nickel foam substrates through an EAE step. Then, Pb nanoparticles with diameter of 5–10 nm are uniformly created on the surface of Cu NWs by a second EAE step. The nanostructural Cu–Pb electrodes catalyze CO 2 ER at a current density of −9.35 mA cm −2 (at −0.93 V vs reversible hydrogen electrode (RHE)). The H 2 evolution is suppressed by 35.6% and CO and HCOOH are enhanced by 29.6% and 9.2%, respectively, as compared with Cu NWs. The protocol proposed in this study provides a simple and straightforward approach for preparing high-performance, hierarchical nanostructures of Cu–Pb bimetal catalyst for CO 2 ER.
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ACS Nano
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2026
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IF 16
Huafeng Fu,Shiteng Long,Jia Hu,Jiehua Li,Hansong Xue,Yu’an Chen,Fusheng Pan
To address the challenges of high hydrogen release temperatures, sluggish kinetics, and inadequate cycling performance of magnesium hydride (MgH2), we developed the niobium-based bimetallic compound catalyst CuNb2O6 with excellent catalytic performance. It was found that the MgH2/CuNb2O6 composite material achieved 4.28 wt % hydrogen uptake within 10 min at 100 °C, and even at a lower temperature of 50 °C, it has 2 wt % hydrogen absorption capacity within 60 min, showing excellent hydrogen absorption performance. For hydrogen desorption, the MgH2/CuNb2O6 composite material demonstrated exceptional midtemperature hydrogen release kinetics, with 4.65 wt % hydrogen released within 20 min at 225 °C. The apparent activation energy for hydrogen release of MgH2/CuNb2O6 was determined to be 50.95 kJ/mol, which was approximately 66.4% less than that of ball-milled magnesium hydride. Cyclic testing further confirmed the stability of the MgH2/CuNb2O6 composite, with its hydrogen storage capacity stabilizing at 5.21 wt % after 50 cycles. Catalytic mechanism studies revealed that the MgH2/CuNb2O6 composite undergoes in situ reconstruction of multiple-phase catalytically active species, which effectively improved the hydrogen storage performance of MgH2. This work innovatively constructed a representative Mg2Cu@NbO2 heterojunction, and the results showed that hydrogen molecules were significantly activated at the interface, demonstrating the synergistic catalytic effect between the Cu and Nb species. This study provides a possible approach for designing high-efficiency catalysts for magnesium-based hydrogen storage materials.
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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
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2016
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Peng Chen,Sanyuan Hu,Ting Zhou,Heping Li,Youwei Yan
Cu/TiN hybrid nanofibers were successfully fabricated by applying nitridation procedure to CuO/TiO 2 nanofibers. Through modifying the nitridation temperature, the electrical conductivity of Cu/TiN nanofibers was tunable, which could achieve a high value of 320 S/cm-approximately three times that of TiN nanofibers. The oxidation resistance property of the resulting Cu/TiN nanofibers was assessed. With the excellent chemical stability of TiN composition, hybrid Cu/TiN nanofibers possessed greatly enhanced thermostability. Moreover, by taking advantage of readily fiber patterning using electrospinning, Cu/TiN nanofiber networks were assembled as transparent electrodes, which reached an optoelectrical achievement of 34.4 Ω/sq at 83.2% transparency. Given its low-cost, enhanced thermostability, together with considerable optoelectrical achievement, Cu/TiN nanofiber is therefore expected to offer a new platform for cost-efficient transparent electrode.
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材料科学
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纳米技术
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电子学
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ACS Omega
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2020
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IF 2.87
Jiahao Wang,Xianbin Jia,Shiyun Lou,Guihui Li,Shaomin Zhou
There are many studies concentrated on high-temperature performance of SnSe2, but few studies were conducted on low-temperature properties of embedded SnSe2. In this work, a series of SnCuxSe2 (x = 0, 0.01, 0.02, and 0.05) layered structures have been successfully synthesized by a melt quenching, mechanical milling process, and spark plasma sintering (SPS) method. Meanwhile, the thermal and electrical transport properties of all synthesized samples are measured. These results suggest that the embedding of Cu into SnSe2 results in a high carrier concentration (1019/cm3). In addition, the enhancement of defect and interfacial phonon scattering caused by Cu embedding as well as the weak van der Waals force between layers makes a low thermal conductivity (0.81 W/mK) for the SnCu0.01Se2 at 300 K. Moreover, the maximum ZT is acquired up to 0.75 for the SnCu0.01Se2 sample at 300 K, which is about 2 orders of magnitude higher than the pristine sample (0.009). These features indicate that Cu-embedded SnSe2 can be a promising thermoelectric material at gentle temperature.
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材料科学
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热电学
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固体物理
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Materials Today Communications
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2023
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IF 3.8
Yanan Chen,Yuanbo Zhao,Weijun He,Yanan Liu,Hongna Xing,Xiuhong Zhu,Yanqun Guo,Juan Feng,Chunyan Liao,Yan Zong,Xinghua Li,Xinliang Zheng
Significant volume changes and slow ionic transport during charge/discharge processes restrict the improvement of electrochemical performance for Cu x S (x = 1–2). Herein, a new strategy by introducing Cu-BTC (copper(II)-benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxylate) as a processor to derive three-dimensional Cu 1.81 S@C using green sulfurization and calcination methods is proposed. Benefiting from the high electrical conductivity , multistage pore size structure and stable structure brought by the conductive carbon skeleton after calcination , Cu 1.81 S@C-650 o C exhibits a high specific capacitance of 291.1 F g -1 at a current density of 1 A g -1 and a superior rate capability of 83.6 % at a current density of 10 A g -1 . In addition, the assembled asymmetric supercapacitor (Cu 1.81 S@C-650 o C//AC ASC) also shows impressive performances, such as an energy density up to 16 Wh kg -1 at a power density of 352 W kg -1 and an excellent cycling stability of 93.1 % over 5000 cycles at a current density of 2 A g -1 . This work demonstrates that the Cu-BTC-derived Cu 1.81 S@C is an attractive material with potential applications in energy storage devices.
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材料科学
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能量存储
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超级电容器
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金属有机框架（MOFs）
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ACS Applied Nano Materials
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2024
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Minqin Huang,Erhao Wang,Xiuju Li,Zhiying Wei,Tiantian Wang,Ao Wang,Li Yang
In this study, a fascinating nanoplatform, possessing fluorescent imaging, hyperthermia-amplified reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation, and calcium-overloaded comediated multimodal therapeutic effects toward breast malignancy, was innovatively constructed. Accordingly, engineering this accurate targeting theranostic scheme can be used for efficacious ablation of breast carcinoma. Because Cu and Ca ions can induce ROS generation and cytoplasmic overaccumulation, respectively, here, a Cu–Ca-based nanoplatform was designed by adsorbing indocyanine green (ICG) through the relatively high specific surface area and Arg-Gly-Asp peptide (RGD) decorating by covalent conjugation. Upon the internalization of breast tumor cells, biodegradation was triggered under an intracellular weak acid microenvironment; the released ICG molecules allowed for near-IR (NIR) II fluorescent imaging and photothermal production. Importantly, Cu ions in the nanoplatform guaranteed more efficient Fenton-like reaction-mediated chemodynamic therapy under NIR laser exposure. Meanwhile, the virus-like hollowed Cu–Ca (VhCu-Ca) nanoplatform created an artificial calcium-overloading stress in the cytoplasm. In vitro and in vivo studies have demonstrated that our proposed Cu–Ca-based nanoplatform integrated the advantages of breast tumor targeting, NIR II fluorescent imaging, and efficient ablation via synergistic treatments. Therefore, this multimode nanoplatform developed a facile and versatile strategy for the diagnosis and suppression of breast tumors.
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纳米医学
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癌症诊疗一体化
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生物医学工程
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活性氧研究
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光热治疗
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Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering
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2022
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IF 7.968
Yan Yin,Yueyang Xu,Konglu Guo,Peng Zhang,Yongping Zeng
Adsorptive desulfurization is one of the alternative technologies for the effective removal of sulfides from fuels. Functionalization of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) with Cu + is extremely desirable for adsorption separation via π-complexation interaction with adsorbed molecules. Here we report that Cu + cation is significant and highly effective for adsorption desulfurization in a new type of Cu + - modified UiO-66(Zr). First, Cu 2+ was introduced via ion-exchange with H + of UiO-66-SO 3 H. Then, Cu + cation was obtained from the reduction of Cu 2+ by using vapor-induced reduction, in which vapors of reducing agents diffuse into the pores of MOFs at a lower temperature. The resulted UiO-66-SO 3 Cu(I)− 0.15 has a better adsorption capacity for thiophene compared to pure UiO-66. In the presence of toluene, the UiO-66-SO 3 Cu(I)− 0.15 also exhibits high adsorption capacity for thiophene. After recycling four times, UiO-66-SO 3 Cu(I)− 0.15 still remains a high adsorption capacity.
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