iScience
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2025
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IF 4.1
Qixin Chen,Zhongchen Bai,Xu Wang,Xishun Peng,Xinghua Li,Cheng Zuo,Zhengping Zhang
The electron transport layer (ETL) plays a crucial role in fabricating efficient and stable planar perovskite solar cells (PSCs). Among the various alternatives to TiO 2 for ETLs, tin oxide (SnO 2 ) has emerged as a highly promising candidate due to its outstanding potential. However, improvements in SnO 2 materials remain necessary due to inherent limitations such as low conductivity, high energy barrier, and interfacial defects. In this study, Mg 2+ ions were introduced into SnO 2 to substitute Sn sites, leading to an increase in the open-circuit voltage (V oc ) of perovskite solar cells, and consequently enhancing overall device efficiency. With a Mg doping concentration of 3.0%, the V oc and power conversion efficiency (PCE) of the solar cell reached 1.540 V and 7.17%, respectively. The incorporation of Mg 2+ ions into SnO 2 presents an effective method to improve the performance of SnO 2 ETL in perovskite solar cells while utilizing more environmentally friendly solvents.
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材料科学
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纳米技术
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光伏技术
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固态电子学
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COLLOIDS AND SURFACES B-BIOINTERFACES
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2025
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IF 5.6
Xin Zhao,Jingjing Jiao,Man Ao,Lin Huang,Peng Xu,Yan Shi,Jiao-jing Shao,Yuanlong Guo,Haibo Xie,Long Li,Qiuyue Ding,Zhu Chen
Bacterial infection, excessive inflammation, and insufficient tissue remodeling capacity are major factors to delayed or impaired wound healing. This study synthesized Mg-doped bioactive glass (MBG) using the sol-gel method. Subsequently, based on polycaprolactone (PCL), MBG and tea polyphenols (TP), a Janus wound dressing with an enhanced hydrophilic and antibacterial outer layer of PCL-TP (PT) and a hydrophobicity-preserved and tissue generation-promoting inner layer of PCL-MBG (PB) was further fabricated using a sequential electrospinning method. This design endowed the dressing with directional fluid transport property to effectively prevent tissue adhesion and exudate infiltration. In vitro drug release results demonstrated that ions such as Si, Mg, Ca, and P were sustainably released up to 5 days at least, while TP could be slowly released for over 7 days. The fibrous membrane loaded with TP showed significant inhibition against S. aureus and E. coli, with increasing antibacterial activity as the increase of TP content. The cytological evaluation confirmed that dressings incorporating with MBG and TP did not exhibit cytotoxicity but significantly promoted cell proliferation. The PB/PT Janus dressing demonstrated an apparent repair area exceeding 99 % in animal experiments, along with a significantly higher number of new hair follicles and collagen ratio compared to the blank and PCL groups. These results indicate the potential of this Janus wound dressing in effectively promoting wound healing.
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材料科学与工程
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生物医学工程
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组织工程
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INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH
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2024
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IF 3.8
Yu-Zhen Xu,Yu-Le Wang,Yu-Dong Shan,Song-Hai Wu,Yong Liu,Xu Han
Selective oxidation of cyclohexene (Cy) to cyclohexene oxide (Cy-ep) by O2 under solvent- and initiator-free conditions is a challenge in chemical processes, which is still constrained by its low selectivity (theoretical selectivity of 50.0%). Given the low epoxide selectivity (<20.0%) of single metal catalysts, we propose a relay catalysis strategy on the oxidation of Cy to Cy-ep with high selectivity by the spherical Mg–Mo bimetallic oxide (MMO). Such a relay catalyst exhibits a desirable Cy conversion of 31.0% and a high selectivity of 49.3% toward Cy-ep. Meanwhile, the high stability and reusability of MMO also indicate its potential to be used for industrial scale-ups. A series of characterizations and DFT calculations reveal that the negatively charged lattice oxygen in [MgII–O–II] adsorbs allylic H of Cy to weaken the bond energy of the allylic C–H bond and form Cy•, and then Cy• rapidly traps O2 to give CyOO•, which subsequently abstracts H from allylic C–H of another Cy to form 2-cyclohexene-1-hydroperoxide (Cy-OOH) and Cy•, achieving the propagation cycle. On the other hand, the Mo(VI) site in MMO catalyzes the produced Cy-OOH peroxo, which then oxidizes Cy to Cy-ep and 2-cyclohexene-1-ol. This work provides insight into the relay catalyst for the epoxidation of olefin with O2 with high selectivity under solvent- and initiator-free conditions.
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化学工程
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材料科学
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催化化学
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Chemosensors
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2023
·Vol. 11
·期 2
·114
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IF 4.2
Hao Liu,Qing Zhang,Ning Bao,Shou-Nian Ding
As the most widely used disposable paper-based diagnostic tool in the world, immunochromatographic test strips (ICTS) have occupied more and more positions in the field of rapid diagnosis due to their ease of operation and affordability. Therefore, the development of an easily prepared, sensitive, and accurate signal reporter is of great significance for the detection of some low-abundance biomarkers in clinical diagnosis. Herein, Mg/Fe layered double hydroxide nanoflowers (MF NFs) were selected as adsorption templates and sulfhydryl-functionalized, followed by one-step loading of hydrophobic CdSe/ZnS quantum dots in the organic phase via a metal-thiol covalent bond. After coating the reporter with branched polyethyleneimine (PEI), a novel ICTS fluorescent reporter was prepared. The modification of PEI not only improved the hydrophilicity of MF@CdSe/ZnS NFs but also introduced amino functional groups on the surface of the reporter for subsequent conjugation with antibodies. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, UV-vis absorption, X-ray diffraction, fluorescence spectroscopy, and infrared spectroscopy were used to characterize the composition of MF@CdSe/ZnS NFs. Under the optimal experimental conditions, the detection range of MF@CdSe/ZnS@PEI-ICTS for the model analyte HCG was 0.1–500 mIU/mL, and the limit of detection (LOD) reached was 0.1 mIU/mL. The potential for practical application was validated by the detection of HCG in spiked healthy human serum, showing overall recoveries between 90.48 and 116.1% with coefficients of variation that ranged from 3.66 to 12.91%.
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医学诊断
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生物化学
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纳米材料
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Biomaterials Advances
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2024
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IF 5.5
Xianli Wang,Xiaoyu Li,Nannan Gu,Yi Shao,Yunfei Guo,Yongji Deng,Chenglin Chu,Feng Xue,Liqu Huang,Li Tao,Jing Bai
Biodegradable Mg/polymer composite fibers offer a promising therapeutic option for tissue injury because of bioactive Mg 2+ and biomimetic microstructure. However, current studies are limited to the contribution of Mg 2+ and the single microstructure. In this study, we designed Mg/poly (lactic- co -glycolic acid) (Mg/PLGA) composite microfibers that significantly enhanced angiogenesis and tissue regeneration synergistically by Mg 2+ and self-sculptured microstructure, due to spontaneous in situ microphase separation in response to the weakly alkaline microenvironment. Our composite microfiber patch exhibited superior performance in the adhesion, spreading, and angiogenesis functions of human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) due to the joint contribution of the hierarchically porous microstructure and Mg 2+ . Genomics and proteomics analyses revealed that the Mg/PLGA composite microfibers activated the cell focal adhesion and angiogenesis-related signaling pathways. Furthermore, the repair of typical soft tissue defects, including refractory urethral wounds and easily healed skin wounds, validated that our Mg/PLGA composite microfiber patch could provide favorable surface topography and ions microenvironment for tissue infiltration and accelerated revascularization. It could cause rapid urethral tissue regeneration and recovery of rabbit urethral function within 6 weeks and accelerate rat skin wound closure within 16 days. This work provides new insight into soft tissue regeneration through the bioactive alkaline substance/block copolymer composites interactions.
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生物材料学
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组织工程学
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再生医学
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Environmental Science-Nano
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2018
·Vol. 5
·期 11
·2570-2578
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IF 6.087
Xinwen Ou,Xueming Liu,Weizhen Liu,Wencong Rong,Jingyuan Li,Zhang Lin
The surface defects of adsorbents are generally considered to be the active sites for adsorbates, and the adsorption behaviors of a variety of pollutants in wastewater are strongly influenced by the surface defects of the adsorbents. With simple chemical and structural properties, nano-Mg(OH)2 exhibits a high adsorption affinity and selectivity to heavy metals from wastewater. The insight into the surface complex structures of heavy metals on the Mg(OH)2 surface is fundamental for both the mechanism and application of defective adsorbents in wastewater treatment. In this study, the impact of surface defects of Mg(OH)2 nanoplates on the structure, energy, and adsorption amounts of toxic heavy metal oxyanions (HAsO42− and CrO42−) was investigated by combining the first-principles calculations and batch experiments. The first-principles calculations illustrated that the heavy metal oxyanions can be steadily incorporated into the surface defects to form inner-sphere complexes. The incorporated heavy metal oxyanions have strong charge–charge and chemical bonding interactions with the surface defect sites, which are much stronger than the hydrogen bonding interactions with the surface OH sites. Moreover, the adsorption affinity of surface defects towards heavy metal oxyanions is stronger than that towards other oxyanions (e.g. SO42− and NO3−), indicating the high adsorption selectivity of heavy metal oxyanions over other oxyanions. Batch adsorption experiments verified that the adsorption of defect-rich Mg(OH)2 adsorbents towards heavy metal ions, e.g., As(V) and Cr(VI), was favorable even under the condition of low concentration (mg L−1 level). These findings reveal the significance of surface defects of Mg(OH)2 for extracting As(V) and Cr(VI) from low-concentration solutions. The proposed strategy of surface defect-fabrication should provide a useful insight into designing effective adsorbents for the selective extraction of heavy metal oxyanions at low concentration.
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环境科学
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材料科学
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理论化学
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APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL
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2025
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IF 21.1
Jianrong Shan,Bowen Yang,Yaqiong Su,Gunhean Chong,Luqman Chuah Abdullah,Xinhua Qi,Haixin Guo
Isomerization of glucose to fructose is a key step in achieving high value conversion of biomass. Lignin nanosphere (LN) showing hollow structure were successfully prepared using lignin oligomers as carbon precursors and self-assembly method. On this basis, Mg and Al were doped into lignin nanospheres by electrostatic and coordination interactions to obtain a heterogeneous catalyst (Mg x Al y /LN) with the coexistence of Brønsted base and Lewis acid. In this catalytic system, the synergistic effect of Al(OH) 3 and MgO as the active center of the catalyst promoted the formation of intermediates for the isomerization of glucose to fructose. DFT analysis show that Al(OH) 3 plays a greater role than MgO in promoting the isomerization of acyclic glucose to form fructose. When the Mg/Al ratio of 2:1, the yield of Mg 2 Al 1 /LN catalyzed isomerization of glucose to fructose under microwave irradiation can reach as high as 57.2 %, which could be reused for 5 times and still remain its initial activity. The activation energy was about 39.8 kJ/mol, which was lower than that of most heterogenous catalytic systems, showing good catalytic performance and potential for application.
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催化化学
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生物质转化
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纳米材料
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绿色化学
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JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
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2023
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IF 6.2
Sanyang Guo,Zhichao Yu,Yuan Li,Yaokun Fu,Zhuohan Zhang,Shumin Han
Magnesium hydride (MgH 2 ) is a promising hydrogen storage material with high weight and volume hydrogen capacity. However, higher operating temperature and reversible hydrogen capacity decay inhibit its wide application. To address these issues, Mg-Mg 2 Ni/C was obtained by ball milling magnesium and nickel-Metal Organic Framework (Ni-MOF), and following calcinations . Initial dehydrogenation temperature of the composite is 530 K, 70 K lower than that of MgH 2 , and the apparent activation energy of the composite is 77.6 ± 2.1 kJ/mol, which is only 50% of MgH 2 . At 423 K, the hydrogen capacity of the composite is about 6 wt% within 3600 s, and keeps unchanged after ten cycles. The carbon material introduced by Ni-MOF inhibits the agglomeration of Mg, and Mg 2 Ni/Mg 2 NiH 4 acts as a “hydrogen pump” in de/hydrogenation process. The carbon coating and “hydrogen pump” lead to the improvement of the ab/desorption kinetics and cycling stability. This attempt paves a potential way to achieve high performance Mg-based composite hydrogen storage materials.
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材料科学
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储氢技术
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能源材料
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JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL AND ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY
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2019
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IF 4.978
Fekadu Tadesse Bekena,Hairus Abdullah,Dong-Hau Kuo,Misganaw Alemu Zeleke
Novel Mg-doped Zn(O,S) nanoparticles were synthesized by a chemical precipitation process at 90 ℃ and the prepared nanoparticles were characterized by XRD, SEM, HRTEM, XPS, UV–vis, DRS, PL, EIS, and photocurrent response. The photocatalytic reduction for the 4-nitrophenol using Na 2 SO 3 under UV light irradiation showed that Mg–Zn(O,S)-2.5 exhibited higher activity compared with other samples. 96.7% of 4-nitrophenolate ion reduced into 4-aminophenol within 45 min. Mg–Zn(O,S)-2.5 was also tested for hydrogen evolution, where the rates of 1035 μmol/g for the 4-NP-free sample and 705 μmol/g for the 4-NP-added one were achieved. Finally, the stability and reaction mechanism was mentioned.
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材料科学
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环境科学
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化学工程
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MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY
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2022
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IF 3.297
Haoxin Li,Guangyu Wu,Qi Liu,Jingyi Wang,Siye Xia,Yingcen Xue,Jiangang Han,Chuansong Duanmu,Yongli Zhu
Wastewater contains dye or pharmaceuticals could imply severe environmental impacts due to their toxicity to ecosystems and, consequently, the generation of human health risks. In this work, the orange peel biochar was prepared through pyrolysis, and then Mg/Al-layered double hydroxide (Mg/Al-LDHs) was grown on the surface of the biochar (BC@Mg/Al-LDHs) by hydrothermal method. The material was characterised by SEM, TEM, XRD, XPS and other techniques. The adsorption performance, adsorption isotherms, kinetics and thermodynamics of BC@Mg/Al-LDHs on methylene blue (MB) or tetracycline hydrochloride (TC) were investigated. The results showed that the maximum adsorption capacity of BC@Mg/Al-LDHs for MB and TC were 75.98 and 29.08 mg/g, respectively. The adsorption equilibrium was reached within 30 minutes, and removal percent was 93.99 and 62.06% for MB and TC, respectively. The obtained results investigate that the prepared BC@Mg/Al-LDHs materials for a broad range of applications in dye and pharmaceuticals separation from the water environment.
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环境科学
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GREEN CHEMISTRY
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2022
·Vol. 24
·期 22
·8840-8852
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IF 11.034
Zongyang Liu,Yuan Tan,Jie Li,Xiuli Li,Yan Xiao,Juan Su,Xingkun Chen,Botao Qiao,Yunjie Ding
Aerobic oxidation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) to 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA) is a promising alternative route to produce renewable biodegradable plastics, which has stimulated intense interest in recent years. Supported gold catalysts have shown great potential for this reaction, but the selectivity and stability need to be improved. In addition, the requirement for base additives makes the process less effective and sustainable. Herein, highly active and selective Au–Ag bimetallic nanoclusters supported on MgAl-hydrotalcite (HT) were developed for HMF oxidation to FDCA under base-free reaction conditions using molecular oxygen as the oxidant. The presence of small amounts of Ag (0.034–0.065 wt%) in Au25 clusters greatly enhanced the catalytic reaction rates and selectivity for HMF tandem oxidative steps, leading to both high conversion of HMF (>97%) and high yield of FDCA (>95%). Besides, the catalyst stability was also enhanced by the addition of Ag. The characterization results suggested that the substitution of Ag atoms modified the electronic structure of Au while likely maintaining the primary geometry. Thus, a significant synergistic effect could be observed over trace Ag modified Au–Ag bimetallic nanoclusters. The present work provides new insight into the alloying effect, and helps understand highly efficient Au-based catalysts for aerobic oxidation of biomass derived molecules under base-free conditions.
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催化化学
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可再生资源化学
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ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
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2024
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IF 7.6
Wanyu Zhang,Jian Liang,Sufeng Wang,Mingyang Lin,Jingshan Li,Li Chen,Yingchao Zhang,Tifeng Jiao
This study reported a new strategy for enhanced Pb 2+ and Cu 2+ sequestration by Artemia cyst shell (shell) supported nano-Mg from aqueous solutions and the carbonated exhausted-adsorbents sequenced potential application in photo-catalyst, which obtained two expected results. One is that the immobilization of nano-Mg onto Artemia cyst shell (shell-Mg) can greatly strengthen the adsorption effect of the neat cyst shell on Pb 2+ and Cu 2+ . The adsorption capacities of shell-Mg for both metal ions reached to 622.01 and 313.91 mg/g, which was 10–15 and 30–50 times that of the neat shell respectively. And shell-Mg has strong selectivity , which was approximately 2–4 times that of shell. The shell-Mg can be used to retrieve Pb 2+ and Cu 2+ from aqueous solutions efficiently. Another is that the carbonated exhausted-adsorbents (C-shell-Mg-Pb and C-shell-Mg-Cu) showed their potential photocatalytic degradation effects on congo red under pH = 4 condition, the decolorization rate reached to 61.19% and 80.39% respectively. Reuse of exhausted adsorbents can avoid the secondary pollution caused by the regeneration, extend the utilization value of exhausted adsorbents, and provide a new viewpoint for the reuse of spent bio-nanomaterial adsorbents.
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