INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
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2022
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IF 7.139
Yuyu Li,Fang Luo,Yuhua Xie,Chaofeng Chang,Ming Xie,Zehui Yang
Urea oxidation reaction (UOR) is a promising substitution of oxygen evolution reaction (OER) in overall water splitting technology because of the lower theoretical potential; thereby, a win-win benefit is achieved due to the simultaneous hydrogen generation and water purification . The efficient UOR catalysis substantially depends on the exposed active sites and mass transfer resistance, especially at high current density to meet the requirement of industrial water splitting technology. In this work, we have synthesized α-Ni(OH) 2 porous nanoflowers (α-Ni(OH) 2 –PNF) using ZIF-67 as template. Ascribing to the Kirkendall effect , nanopores are created on α-Ni(OH) 2 nanosheets benefiting for the formation of abundant oxygen vacancies as well as drop-off in mass transfer resistance during UOR catalysis. Meanwhile, the binding strength between active site and CO 2 , rate-determining step of UOR, is weakened by oxygen vacancies; as a result, only 1.477 V vs. RHE is demanded for α-Ni(OH) 2 –PNF to catalyze UOR with 100 mA cm −2 , 67 mV lower than α-Ni(OH) 2 nanosheets. Besides, an exceptional stability is also achieved for α-Ni(OH) 2 –PNF with negligible degradation during 20 h catalysis.
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RESEARCH ON CHEMICAL INTERMEDIATES
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2022
·Vol. 48
·期 8
·3347-3357
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IF 3.134
Zhang Xiangxiang,Zhou Man,Zhong Yang,Zhang Letian,Kang Jianjian,Wang Lingzhi
Co(OH) 2 modified TiO 2 (Co(OH) 2 /TiO 2 ) was fabricated by a simple precipitation method and applied as a surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) substrate. Using triphenylmethane dye acid blue 83 as the analyte, the SERS substrate showed high sensitivity with a detection limit of 1 × 10 –7 M and high signal reproducibility with a relative standard deviation of 8.9%. Moreover, the substrate can also be used to in situ monitor the catalytic degradation of Acid blue 83. In addition, compared with cationic triphenylmethane dye, the Co(OH) 2 /TiO 2 substrate presented stronger SERS activity towards anionic counterparts. The easy preparation and high sensitivity and selectivity towards anionic dyes of Co(OH) 2 /TiO 2 provides a robust alternative for promoting the practical application of semiconductor-based SERS substrate in selective detection.
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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
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2023
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IF 15.1
Yanzhou Ding,Yiwen Zhu,Xia Yu,Shuguang Lyu,Yanlin Wu,Lei Zhou,Qian Sui
Antibiotic residues in aquatic environments can be effectively degraded by hydroxyl radical ( OH)-based advanced oxidation processes (AOPs). However, the reaction kinetics and mechanisms have not been comprehensive determined due to the limitations of conventional competition kinetic methods and mass spectrometry-based product identification, as these methods fail to exclude interference from secondary radicals and are unable to capture unstable intermediates or transient species. In this study, these limitations were overcome using laser flash photolysis (LFP) and density functional theory (DFT) calculations, allowing accurate determination of the OH-initiated reaction kinetics and degradation mechanisms of florfenicol (FF), a model veterinary antibiotic compound that is frequently detected in the environment. Based on the LFP experiment results, the second order rate constant ( k ) between OH and FF was determined to be 1.96 × 10 9 M −1 s −1 by tracking the typical signal of (SCN) 2 − . Furthermore, DFT calculations revealed two distinct mechanisms for OH addition to the benzene ring and identified hydrogen atom abstraction (HAA) reaction from chiral carbons as being the most favorable initial reaction for OH. In addition, the destruction of chlorine moiety occurred via hydroxylation-chlorine abstraction, rather than direct chlorine abstraction or substitution reactions. The resistance of chlorine moiety to degradation during the initial oxidation process, resulted in the formation of chlorine-containing by-products. This study provided a novel approach to comprehensively investigate the mechanisms of emerging contaminants elimination during OH-based AOPs.
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SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGY
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2021
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Jia Deng,Xiang Zhan,Feng Wu,Shuxian Gao,Li-Zhi Huang
Trichloroethylene (TCE), one of the most frequently detected chlorinated organic pollutants (COPs) in groundwater, has potential risks to human health. The bimetallic system consisting of zero-valent iron (ZVI) and a second catalytic metal has been widely investigated for reductive dechlorination of COPs. However, the passivation layer of ZVI inhibits the electron transfer causing a low dechlorination efficiency. In this work, we designed a novel bimetallic system using Fe(OH) 2 and Ni for fast dechlorination of TCE. The reduction efficiency of TCE reaches 94.8 % after 5 h of reaction in the Fe(OH) 2 /Ni system. TCE was completely dechlorinated to nontoxic gas products including ethylene and ethane, which was attributed to the generation of active hydrogen species (H*) in the system. The Ni 2+ cations undergo the process of hydroxylation and olation. Subsequently, electrons of Fe(OH) 2 were transferred to Ni(II) causing the formation of Ni(0). The catalytic Ni(0) sites generate H* for TCE dechlorination via catalytic reduction of H 2 O/H + . A part of Fe(II) in the Fe hydroxide layer of Fe(OH) 2 was oxidized to Fe(III) leading to the formation of green rust with a hexagonal structure. Our work demonstrates Fe(OH) 2 /Ni is a promising composite material for the remediation of TCE-contaminated groundwater.
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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
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2021
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Wenjing Xie,Peng Zhang,Wenjuan Liao,Man Tong,Songhu Yuan
The potential of oxygenating Fe(II)-bearing sediments for hydroxyl radical (·OH) production and contaminant degradation has been proposed recently. Here, we further show that specific ligands can largely enhance contaminant degradation during sediment oxygenation due to increased utilization efficiency of sediment electrons. With the addition of 0–2 mM sodium ethylene diamine tetraacetate (EDTA) or sodium tripolyphosphate (TPP) in sediment suspension (50 g/L, pH 7.0), trichloroethylene (TCE, 15 μM) degradation increased from 13% without ligand to a maximum of 80% with 2 mM TPP and was much higher with TPP than EDTA because EDTA competes for ·OH. Electron utilization efficiency for ·OH production increased with increased ligand concentration and was enhanced by up to 6–7 times with 2 mM EDTA or TPP. Electron transfer from sediment to dissolved Fe(III)-ligand is mainly accountable for the enhanced electron utilization efficiency by the ligands with low adsorption affinity (i.e., EDTA), and additional variation of sediment surface Fe(II) coordination is mainly responsible for the enhancement by the ligands with high adsorption affinity (i.e., TPP). Output of this study provides guidance and optional strategies for enhancing contaminant degradation during sediment oxygenation.
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JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
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2020
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Wei Wang,Yunlei Zhong,Xinyu Zhang,Sainan Zhu,Yourong Tao,Yanxin Zhang,Hongsen Zhu,Yifei Zhang,Xingcai Wu,Guo Hong
Surface self-reconstruction by the electrochemical activation is considered as an effective strategy to increase the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) performance of transition metal compounds. Herein, uniform Co 2 (OH) 3 Cl microspheres are developed and present an activation-enhanced OER performance caused by the etching of lattice Cl − after 500 cyclic voltammetry (CV) cycles. Furthermore, the OER activity of Co 2 (OH) 3 Cl can be further enhanced after small amounts of Fe modification (Fe 2+ as precursor). Fe doping into Co 2 (OH) 3 Cl lattices can make the etching of surface lattice Cl − easier and generate more surface vacancies to absorb oxygen species. Meanwhile, small amounts of Fe modification can result in a moderate surface oxygen adsorption affinity, facilitating the activation of intermediate oxygen species. Consequently, the 10% Fe-Co 2 (OH) 3 Cl exhibits a superior OER activity with a lower overpotential of 273 mV at 10 mA cm −2 (after 500 CV cycles) along with an excellent stability as compared with commercial RuO 2 .
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JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY A-CHEMISTRY
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2020
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IF 3.306
Ting-ting Cao,Tie-fu Xu,Feng-xia Deng,Wei-wei Qiao,Chong-wei Cui
Phenolic pollutants (PPs) are regarded as hazardous pollutants, posing severe threats to humans. In this study, a vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) lamp was used to decay PPs with different functional groups, including phenol, paradioxybenzene (PDB), and p-nitrophenol (PNP). Results showed the removal rate for phenol, PDB, and PNP reached 99.78 %, 97.78 %, and 80.73 % within 60 min. Density functional theory (DFT) involving in quantum chemical descriptors (QCD), frontier molecular orbitals (FMO), thermochemical properties, and the Gibbs free energy was applied to reveal the reactivity and mechanism between ·OH and PPs with various functional groups. Results confirmed that PDB and phenol with the electron-donating group exhibited favorable reactivity, while PNP with an electron-withdrawing group presented a lower one. Furthermore, the oxidation mechanism between PPs and ·OH in the VUV system was also deeply investigated, mainly following four steps: photo-excitation, ·OH substitution, molecular rearrangement, and finally ring-opening. Among them, the required energy for the ring-opening was about 145 and 787-fold higher than that of ·OH substitution and molecular rearrangement. Results suggested that the formation of micro-fatty acids were the primary rate-controlling step.
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APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL
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2017
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IF 9.446
Xiahui Lin,Yilin Gao,Min Jiang,Yongfan Zhang,Yidong Hou,Wenxin Dai,Sibo Wang,Zhengxin Ding
Herein, we report the facile synthesis of uniform perovskite hydroxide CoSn(OH) 6 nanocubes and their first use as noble-metal-free, highly efficient and stable catalysts for the deoxygenative reduction of CO 2 to CO with visible light. The CoSn(OH) 6 sample is synthesized through a one-pot co-precipitation method and fully characterized by various techniques including XRD, FTIR, FESEM, TEM, EDX, EDX-mappings, XPS, DRS, and N 2 sorption measurements. The CoSn(OH) 6 solid is found by theoretical calculations to be capable of absorbing and activating CO 2 molecules on the (100) surface. Under the optimal reaction conditions, the CoSn(OH) 6 catalyst exhibits a high CO 2 reduction activity with visible light irradiation, affording a CO generation rate of 18.7 μmol h −1 . The stability and reusability of the CoSn(OH) 6 catalyst for photocatalytic CO 2 reduction are solidly confirmed. Results of in situ photoluminescence spectroscopy and photocurrent response characterizations indicate that the CoSn(OH) 6 catalyst can efficiently promote the separation and transfers of photoexcited charge carriers during photocatalysis, and eventually leading to obviously enhanced CO 2 photoreduction performance. Moreover, a possible mechanism for the photocatalytic CO 2 reduction reaction is also proposed based on the results of activity evaluation and photo-/electro-chemical measurements.
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Micro & Nano Letters
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2019
·Vol. 14
·期 11
·1151-1156
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IF 0.975
Min Shi,Yanhong Li,Hongtao Cui
A facile strategy for the preparation of composites with homogeneous distribution of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) in Ni(OH) 2 was proposed. The electrostatic attraction between positively charged Ni(OH) 2 monolayer nanosheets and negatively charged MWCNTs was utilised to self-assemble the composites. The results of electrochemical measurement on the composite containing 30 wt% MWCNTs indicated that the homogeneous composition of MWCNTs in composite significantly reduced the electrical resistance and promoted the electrochemical utilisation of Ni(OH) 2 . As a result, the composite presented high electrochemical performance: having specific capacitance of 1568.8 F g −1 at low current density of 2.4 A g −1 and keeping a relatively high specific capacitance of 781.8 F g −1 at high current density of 81.7 A g −1 . Based on the results in this works, it is hoped that the adopted strategy could provide a promising idea for the preparation of composites with homogeneous distribution of individual components.
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HIGH PERFORMANCE POLYMERS
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2017
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Jun Song,Zhendong Dai,Jingyu Li,Haichao Zhao,Liping Wang
Boron nitride-hydroxyl (BN–OH) was synthesized with silane coupling agent (KH550) in order to achieve epoxy/BN nanocomposites with excellent thermal, tribological, and mechanical properties. This is an efficient method to improve epoxy nanocomposite properties. These properties were investigated by friction and wear test, thermogravimetric analysis, and dynamic mechanical analysis. The wear mechanisms were studied by scanning electron microscopy. Surface modification of BN–OH with silane coupling agent significantly enhanced its thermal stability. Storage modulus of the nanocomposite with 2% epoxy/BN increased by nearly 300% in comparison with that of pure epoxy. The results exhibit outstanding performance of the epoxy/BN nanocomposites compared with pure epoxy resin.
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Progress in Natural Science-Materials International
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2024
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Shijia Liu,Haibin Wang,Xi Wang,Jieshu Zhou,Hongyan Liang
Electroreduction of CO 2 for formic acid production has been regarded as an efficient option for CO 2 utilization. However, under high current, achieving high selectivity for formic acid is challenging, which cannot meet industrial demands. Herein, we reported a type of Bi/In(OH) 3 (BIO) heterojunction reconstructed from Bi 2 S 3 /In(OH) 3 during electrochemical process, in which In(OH) 3 was applied to modulate the electronic structure of Bi. This strategy efficiently enhanced the ∗OCHO intermediates adsorption and lead to a decent selectivity towards formic acid under high current density. BIO displays faraday efficiency of formic acid beyond 95 % across a wide range current density of 200–400 mA cm −2 , where the highest value reached 97.7 % at 400 mA cm −2 . This work clarified the mechanism of CO 2 electroreduction to HCOOH on heterojunction, guiding the design of advanced catalysts.
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BIOSENSORS & BIOELECTRONICS
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2024
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Yanpei Xu,Haoyu Wu,Meng Sun,Hongyu Song,Chuxiao Sun,Fudong Jia,Qi Wang
In the detection of biomolecules, surface plasmon resonance (SPR) sensors require high sensitivity. In this study, we propose a sensitivity-enhanced functionalized plasmonic interface based on Ag–TiO 2 –Co(OH) 2 nanosheets structure. Compared to unmodified SPR sensors, the sensitivity of the sensor decorated with TiO 2 and Co(OH) 2 nanosheets is increased by 130.84%, reaching 5764.27 nm/RIU. This enhancement is attributed to the high refractive index of the coating, as well as the high specific surface area and abundant active sites provided by the synthesized Co(OH) 2 nanosheets with a multi-grooved structure. Additionally, employing a double-antibody sandwich method, the antibody-functionalized plasmonic interface enables specific detection of human serum albumin (HSA). The linear response of this sensor was in the wide range of 0.4–150 μM, and the LOD reached 154.89 nM(K D is approximately 1.73 × 10 −6 M). This novel SPR sensor offers a new strategy for biochemical sensing and provides a highly sensitive platform for immunoassays.
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