JOURNAL OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY
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2015
·Vol. 15
·期 6
·4676-4681
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IF 1.556
Sun Na,Zhao Xiang,Xiao Zhenggang
In order to improve the compatibility between nanoparticles and polymer matrix, a feasible processing way for grafting polyimides (PI) on the surface of hollow TiO2 particles was developed. Hollow TiO2 spheres were prepared by using polystyrene-methyl acrylic acid
latex as a template starting from tetrabutyl titanate. Surface graft of azide-decorated hollow TiO2 spheres with welldefined alkyne-terminated PI were achieved by “click” chemistry in three steps: (1) choloromethylation and azidization of hollow TiO2, (2)
preparation of alkyne-terminated PI by polycondensation, (3) click coupling between the azidized hollow TiO2 and the alkyne-terminated PI under the catalysis of CuSO4/sodium ascorbate. Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (1HNMR) spectra were
used to illustrate quantitative transformation of the PI brushes on hollow TiO2 particles into the desired functional group. The morphology of hollow TiO2-PI composite particles was characterized by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) which showed the irregular hollow
structure. The results indicate that the grafting of polymer chains with thermostability and flame retardance on the surface of hollow TiO2 sphere is successful.
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RSC Advances
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2015
·Vol. 5
·期 124
·102868-102876
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IF 3.84
Xiaodong Gu,Nuo Yu,Lisha Zhang,Jianmao Yang,Junqing Hu,Zhigang Chen
Semiconductor photocatalysis technology has great potential to become one of the most promising solutions for energy shortages and environmental pollution, and a prerequisite for the photocatalytic application is to obtain efficient, easily recyclable and large-area photocatalysts with nanostructures. In the present work, we have prepared TiO2 nanorod bundles on carbon fibers as flexible and weaveable photocatalyst/photoelectrode. The growth of TiO2 nanorod bundles is realized by using a dip-coating and hydrothermal growth method. TiO2 nanorod-bundles exhibit square-column appearance with size of about 340–400 nm and length of ∼6 μm, and they are in fact composed of small nanorods with diameters of ∼30 nm. Subsequently, 16 bunches of CFs with TiO2 nanorod bundles can be weaved to be a macroscale CFs/TiO2 cloth (weight: 0.2 g, total area: ∼35 cm2) with excellent conductivity and flexibility. With CFs/TiO2 cloth as the working electrode, photoelectrochemical measurements demonstrate that the separation of photo-induced charge carriers can be improved by increasing the applied voltage bias. Furthermore, under the illumination of simulated solar light, CFs/TiO2 cloth can degrade 94.0% Rhodamine B (RhB) in 100 min by photoelectrocatalytic degradation process (bias: 0.6 V vs. SCE), which is higher than the efficiency from single photocatalysis (60.8% RhB) or electrocatalysis (5.6% RhB) process. In addition, CFs/TiO2 cloth can be easily recycled with good performance stability. Therefore, this kind of CFs/TiO2 cloth can be used as a promising, easily recyclable and large-area photocatalyst/photoelectrode in practical application (such as degrading organic pollutants in lake and/or river). More importantly, this work provides some insights into the design of efficient and macroscale photocatalyst/photoelectrode with other nanosized semiconductor for enhancing visible-light-driven photocatalytic activity.
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Journal of Nanomaterials
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2012
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Yitan Li,Lin Wei,Ruizi Zhang,Yanxue Chen,Jun Jiao
Large area rutile TiO2 nanorod arrays were grown on F:SnO2 (FTO) conductive glass using a hydrothermal method at low temperature. CdSe quantum dots (QDs) were deposited onto single-crystalline TiO2 nanorod arrays by a chemical bath deposition (CBD) method to make a photoelectrode. The solar cell was assembled using a CdSe-TiO2 nanostructure as the photoanode and polysulfide solution as the electrolyte. The annealing effect on optical and photovoltaic properties of CdSe quantum-dots-sensitized TiO2 nanorod solar cells was studied systematically. A significant change of the morphology and a regular red shift of band gap of CdSe nanoparticles were observed after annealing treatment. At the same time, an improved photovoltaic performance was obtained for quantum-dots-sensitized solar cell using the annealed CdSe-TiO2 nanostructure electrode. The power conversion efficiency improved from 0.59% to 1.45% as a consequence of the annealing effect. This improvement can be explained by considering the changes in the morphology, the crystalline quality, and the optical properties caused by annealing treatment.
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Catalysts
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2022
·Vol. 12
·期 11
·1334
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IF 4.501
Fujian Lv,Yingchun Miao,Didi Yang,Bing Mao,Zhenfeng Bian,Fengxia Zhu
The adsorption-enhancing TiO2-SBA-15 photocatalyst has been synthesized by an in situ etching displacement method, which possesses unique regular hexagonal pores and large specific surface area. The as-prepared TiO2-SBA-15 can effectively adsorb and increase the concentration of pollutants in the photocatalyst and collision likelihood with the photogenerated radicals, thus improving the efficiency of photocatalytic organic degradation. The structure and morphology have been characterized by N2adsorption isotherms, X-ray diffraction (XRD), high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HR-TEM), and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). These characterizations confirm that TiF4alcohol solution prefers to react with the internal surface of SBA-15 because of the Siphon effect. Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectra demonstrate that a Ti-O-Si bond formed after the reaction of TiF4with SBA-15, which reveals a wonderful combination of TiO2and SiO2even at low temperatures. Through this function, the nanocomposite TiO2-SBA-15 could obviously improve the efficiency of photocatalytical removal of toluene in the gas phase.
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JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES
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2024
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Jianglin Tu,Jinwang Li,Zhefei Pan,Xun Zhu,Dingding Ye,Yang Yang,Hong Wang,Liang An,Rong Chen,Qiang Liao
Photoelectrochemical water splitting represents a promising route for converting solar energy into hydrogen, but sluggish reaction kinetics associated with inefficient charge separation and migration, and poor stability limit solar-to-hydrogen conversion. In this work, we develop a N-doped-CdS/TiO 2 -nanorods heterojunction photoanode for photoelectrochemical water splitting by anchoring CdS on TiO 2 nanorods followed by nitrogen doping. The light harvesting is significantly enhanced and the charge separation and migration are promoted due to the formed heterojunction and nitrogen doping, which greatly enhances the water oxidation reaction. As a result, the photoelectrochemical cell with the optimized N-doped-CdS/TiO 2 -nanorods heterojunction photoanode yields a hydrogen production rate of 42.6 μmol cm −2 h −1 , which is 2.51 times higher than that of the TiO 2 -nanorods photoanode. In particular, doping nitrogen atoms into CdS greatly alleviates the photocorrosion problem. Therefore, the newly-developed photoanode exhibits excellent stability under a continuous 10-h running.
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MICROCHIMICA ACTA
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2024
·Vol. 191
·期 5
·1-12
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Ouyang Ruizhuo,Feng Meina,Liu Jinyao,Wang Caihong,Wang Zhongmin,Hu Xin,Miao Yuqing,Zhou Shuang
Rapid and sensitive detection of carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) is of great significance for cancer patients. Here, molybdenum (Mo) was doped into bismuth oxide (Bi 2 O 3 ) by one-pot hydrothermal method forming porous tremella Bi 2 MoO 6 nanocomposites with a larger specific surface area than the spherical structure. Then, a new kind of hydrangea-like TiO 2 /Bi 2 MoO 6 porous nanoflowers (NFs) was prepared by doping titanium into Bi 2 MoO 6 , where titanium dioxide (TiO 2 ) grew in situ on the surface of Bi 2 MoO 6 nanoparticles (NPs). The hydrangea-like structure provides larger specific surface area, higher electron transfer ability and biocompatibility as well as more active sites conducive to the attachment of anti-carcinoembryonic antigen (anti-CEA) to TiO 2 /Bi 2 MoO 6 NFs. A novel label-free electrochemical immunosensor was then constructed for the quantitative detection of CEA using TiO 2 /Bi 2 MoO 6 NFs as sensing platform, showing a good linear relationship with CEA in the concentration range 1.0 pg/mL ~ 1.0 mg/mL and a detection limit of 0.125 pg/mL (S/N = 3). The results achieved with the designed immunosensor are comparable with many existing immunosensors used for the detection of CEA in real samples. Graphical abstract
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CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS
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2018
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IF 5.158
Hui Zhan,Na Peng,Xiaojuan Lei,Yanan Huang,Dong Li,Rongjun Tao,Chunyu Chang
Emulsified oily wastewater threated to human health seriously, and traditional technologies are unable to separate the emulsion for the small size of oil droplets. Membranes with special wettability are considered as an efficient way for oil/water emulsions separation, but challenges remain in terms of high material costs, complex processing, and easy to be fouled. Herein, novel self-cleanable membranes composed of nanocellulose and TiO 2 nanoparticles were developed through a facile and sustainable vacuum-assisted filtration process. TiO 2 nanoparticles in situ generated on the surface of tunicate cellulose nanocrystals (TCNC), a kind of nanocellulose, by hydrolysis of titanium oxysulfate. The prepared nanocomposite membrane showed hierarchical architecture, high roughness, superhydrophilicity and underwater oleophobicity. After UV-light irradiation, the resulting membrane exhibited improved underwater oil contact angles and water fluxes, beneficial for the selective oil/water emulsions separation. Importantly, the TiO 2 /nanocellulose membrane could rapidly degrade contaminant (oleic acid) under UV-light irradiation, suggesting excellent self-cleaning property. This works provided a facile strategy for development of self-cleanable membrane from nanocellulose for oil/water emulsion separation.
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RSC Advances
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2020
·Vol. 10
·期 28
·16776-16782
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IF 3.119
Guo-Min Liu,Wen-Yuan Jia,Qiu-Shi Jiang,Zhi-Qiang Cheng
Exploiting photocatalysts with characteristics of low cost, high reactivity and good recyclability is a great significance for environmental remediation and energy conversion. Herein, hollow TiO2 nanotubes were fabricated by a novel and efficient method via electrospinning and an impregnation calcination method. With the hydrothermal method, the CdS nanoparticles were modified on the surface and in walls of the TiO2 nanotubes. By changing the reaction conditions, the morphology of CdS nanoparticles presents a controllable three-dimensional (3D) structure. The morphology of the samples was characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The structure and components of samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), energy dispersive X-ray analysis (EDX) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The light absorption efficiency was detected using UV-vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS) and photoluminescence (PL). The photocatalytic properties were evaluated by degradation of methyl orange (MO) and photocatalytic hydrogen evolution under visible light irradiation. From the results, the TiO2/CdS nanotubes exhibit better photocatalytic activity than the pure TiO2. The synthetic mechanism of TiO2/CdS heterostructures and a possible photocatalytic mechanism based on the experimental results were proposed.
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ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA
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2020
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IF 6.215
Tong Wu,Guiru Sun,Wei Lu,Liping Zhao,Alain Mauger,Christian M. Julien,Liqun Sun,Haiming Xie,Jinghai Liu
The inhibition of the shuttle of lithium polysulfides (LiPSs) and enhancement of the electrical conductivity of the cathodes are desirable to improve the performance of lithium-sulfur batteries. In the present work, we report a cathode acting simultaneously as a highly efficient LiPSs immobilizer and sulfur host. It is composed of sulfur embedded inside a hollow sphere, the shell of which is made of hollow black TiO 2 (b-TiO 2 ) spherical nanoparticles . The particles of the composite are then coated with a polypyrrole (PPy) layer to form the active cathode element (b-TiO 2 /S@PPy). The particular topology of the b-TiO 2 layer provides enough space to alleviate the volume expansion of LiPSs. Equally, the PPy coating layer can not only improve the conductivity of the cathodes, but also restrain the shuttle of LiPSs by chemical adsorption . With the sulfur content of 59.6 wt% corresponding to a sulfur loading of 1.5–1.8 mg cm −2 , the lithium-sulfur batteries with the b-TiO 2 /S@PPy cathode exhibits a high initial discharge capacity (1374 mAh g −1 at 0.1C), a superior cycling stability (910 mAh g −1 after 200 cycles at 0.1C), and a good rate performance (725 mAh g −1 at 2C).
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ACS Nano
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2019
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IF 13.903
Huihui Liu,Yue Li,Miaomiao Xiang,Hualing Zeng,Xiang Shao
Interfacial charge transfer is critical for the photocatalytic activities of compositional photocatalysts. In this work, we have developed a strategy of growing single-layer MoS2 sheets on the rutile TiO2(110) single-crystal surface using a chemical vapor deposition method. Both on-site and off-site characterizations confirmed the monolayer thickness and single crystallinity of the MoS2 adlayer as well as the atomic flatness of the composite surface. Without the presence of contamination, the charge flow across the interface of MoS2 and TiO2 is greatly enhanced, which hence favors the charge separation under excitations and boots up the catalytic activity of the composite system. Moreover, we found the luminescing property of MoS2 is significantly tailored upon coupling with the TiO2 surface. Our work has established a method for revealing the interface properties of the transition-metal dichalcogenides and oxide semiconductors at the atomic level.
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物理化学
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CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL
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2019
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Nan Jiang,Yi Du,Shiquan Liu,Minxing Du,Yibing Feng,Yang Liu
Different kinds of oriented TiO 2 nanorod arrays have been actively pursuing in recent years, however, these fabrications relied on the substrates, such as fluorine-doped tin oxide glass (FTO), silicon wafer or other semiconductor precursor layer. Herein, a stable Ti 3+ and oxygen vacancies doped blue TiO 2 flakes composed of oriented nanorod arrays were synthesized using a facile hydrothermal treatment in diluted hydrochloric acid solution. Such centimeter-scale flake-like TiO 2 product was obtained without any substrate. Since Ti 3+ self-doped and/or oxygen vacancies TiO 2 could extend the absorption range of TiO 2 to visible light region, the blue TiO 2 sample exhibited excellent photocatalytic activity under visible light irradiation (photocatalytic degradation efficiency can nearly reach up to 100% within 60 min).
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APPLIED CATALYSIS A-GENERAL
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2018
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Xiao Chen,Zhenglong Zhao,Ying Zhou,Qiulian Zhu,Zhiyan Pan,Hanfeng Lu
This study presents an efficient, economic, and simple preparation strategy for Pt/TiO 2 monolith catalysts. Nano-Pt/TiO 2 dispersion liquid with good activity and stability was synthesized by hydrolysis and chemical reduction method. Various Pt/TiO 2 monolithic catalysts were prepared by spraying the dispersion liquid on different substrates. Results of transmission electron microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, N 2 adsorption-desorption, H 2 temperature-programmed and CO oxidation showed that the Pt/TiO 2 nanoparticles with good mesoporous structure and redox properties were highly dispersed on the substrate. The as-prepared 0.5 Pt/TiO 2 cordierite monolithic catalyst with 0.1 wt‰ Pt content exhibited excellent catalytic combustion activity ( T 90 of toluene combustion was 212 ℃), stability (no deactivation was observed during a 120 h test) and firmness (mass loss was 0.11% after 1 h ultrasonic vibration) under experimental conditions. Compared with state-of-the-art methods, this method is more suitable for large-scale production of waste-gas-treated monolith catalysts. And this method meets the concept of energy saving and emission reduction because of its simplicity, high efficiency, environmental friendliness, and high utilization of active components.
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