ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS
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2021
·Vol. 31
·期 27
·2101255
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IF 18.808
Henglei Jia,Yuanyuan Yang,Tsz Him Chow,Han Zhang,Xiyue Liu,Jianfang Wang,Chun-yang Zhang
Symmetry-breaking synthesis of colloidal nanocrystals with desired structures and properties has aroused widespread interest in various fields, but the lack of robust synthetic protocols and the complex growth kinetics limit their practical applications. Herein, a general strategy is developed to synthesize the Au–Cu Janus nanocrystals (JNCs) through the site-selective growth of Cu nanodomains on Au nanocrystals, which is directed by the substantial lattice mismatch between them, with the assistance of judicious manipulation of the growth kinetics. This strategy can work on Au nanocrystals with different architectures for the achievement of diverse asymmetric Au–Cu hybrid nanostructures. Of particular note, the obtained Au nanobipyramids (Au NBPs)-based JNCs facilitate the conversion of CO 2 to C 2 hydrocarbon production during electrocatalysis, with the Faradaic efficiency and maximum partial current density being 4.1-fold and 6.4-fold higher than those of their monometallic Cu counterparts, respectively. The excellent electrocatalytic performances benefit from the special design of the Au–Cu Janus architectures and their tandem catalysis mechanism as well as the high-index facets on Au nanocrystals. This research provides a new approach to synthesize various hybrid Janus nanostructures, facilitating the study of structure-function relationship in the catalytic process and the rational design of efficient heterogeneous electrocatalysts.
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JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
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2021
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IF 5.316
Yuan Wang,Wenqi Zhang,Yuyang Qi,Shaofu Wang,Pei Liu,Xiaoyun Wei,Yanhua Yu,Weiwei Sun,Xing-Zhong Zhao,Yumin Liu
Metallic Li, with ultrahigh theoretical capacity (3860 mA h g −1 ) and the lowest electrochemical potential (−3.04 V vs. the standard hydrogen electrode), is perfectly meet the needs of high energy density lithium batteries . However, the direct use of metallic lithium as anode would cause serious dendrite and huge volume expansion, which will bring safety hazards and restrict the practical commercialization of Li metal anodes . Herein, a facile electrophoretic deposition (EPD) method was employed for the first time to fabricate uniform TiN modified commercial Cu foam (TiN@Cu foam) as the lithiophilic 3D conductive skeleton. The lithiophilic TiN acts as the well-distributed seeds to promote the uniform lithium deposition, attributing to the lowed nucleation overpotential. The porous and conductive Cu foams can further mitigate the formation of Li dendrites, on account of its high specific surface area reduce the effective current density. The TiN@Cu foam based half cells and symmetric cells both exhibit improved reversibility and reduced polarization voltage in lithium plating/stripping process. Furthermore, better rate performance and cycling stability were also achieved in the full-cell configurations of TiN@Cu foam-Li/Li 4 Ti 5 O 12 (LTO) and TiN@Cu foam-Li/LiFePO 4 (LFP). This work demonstrates a facile strategy to modify the commercial current collectors with pre-synthesized lithiophilic nanoparticles for achieving uniform Li deposition.
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JOURNAL OF ELECTROANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
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2020
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IF 3.807
Jianbo Liu,Yonghui Shang,Jinqiong Xu,Yi Chen,Yarong Jia,Jianbin Zheng
Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) is a typical biomarker for lung cancer. It is very urgent to develop a sensitive and rapid method to assay CEA content in human serum. In this work, Cu-MOFs nanomaterials were synthesized by a hydrothermal method . Toluidine blue (TB) loaded mesoporous Cu-MOFs with polydopamine (PDA) coating were employed as a signal probe. The proposed sandwich immunosensor was fabricated by Cu-MOFs-TB/PDA, chitosan and MWCNTs on the glassy carbon electrode with a large surface area to immobilize primary antibodies (Ab 1 ) and provide excellent conductivity. The sensitivity improvement of this new strategy was based on the destruction of the probe and the immune complex by HCl, which resulted in the closer distance between TB and the sensing electrode. Under optimal conditions, CEA was quantitatively detected with a wide linear range from 20 fg mL −1 to 200 ng mL −1 , a low detection limit of 3.0 fg mL −1 (S/N = 3). In addition, the method showed good stability, selectivity, and reproducibility, which possessed wide potential applications for the detection of other tumour biomarkers.
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ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
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2021
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IF 9.229
Yuechao Zhao,Xiangyun Zhao,Dongxing Kou,Wenhui Zhou,Zhengji Zhou,Shengjie Yuan,Yafang Qi,Zhi Zheng,Sixin Wu
Although the traditional Cu-poor architecture addresses many limitations for Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4 solar cells, its further development still encounters a bottleneck in terms of efficiency, primarily arising from the inferior charge transport within the quasineutral region and enlarged recombination at back contact. On the contrary, the electrical benign kesterite compound with higher Cu content may compensate for these shortages, but it will degrade device performance more pronouncedly at front contact because of the Fermi level pinning and more electric shunts. Based on the electric disparities on their independent side, in this work, we propose a new status of Cu component by exploring a large grain/fine grain/large grain trilayer architecture with higher Cu content near back contact and lower Cu content near front contact. The benefits of this bottom Cu-higher strategy are that it imposes a concentration gradient to drive carrier diffusion toward front contact and decreases the valence band edge offset in the rear of the device to aid in hole extraction. Also, it maintains the Cu-poor architecture at the near surface to facilitate hole quasi-Fermi level splitting. In return, the local Cu component engineering-mediated electric advances contribute to the highest efficiency of 12.54% for kesterite solar cells using amine–thiol solution systems so far.
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JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE
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2020
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IF 7.183
Shabab Hussain,Zheng Deng,Amin Khan,Peipei Li,Zhuoyi Li,Zhou Fang,Xinyi Wan,Xinsheng Peng
Applying different strategies, nanocomposite membranes formation from functionalized polymer(s) and compatible nanofillers is the most renowned way to make the membrane proton conductive without compromising their mechanical strength . Among different types of nanofillers, incorporating photothermal-responsive metal organic frameworks (MOFs) into the ion exchange polymer is the prominent strategy and has achieved advanced attention in smart protonic solids with versatile potential applications. In this work, ultrathin, highly ordered porous photothermal-responsive copper tetrakis(4-carboxyphenyl)porphyrin (Cu-TCPP) nanosheets are incorporated into sulfonated polystyrene (SPS) membranes as novel nanofillers. High loading and well dispersed Cu-TCPP nanosheets incorporated nanocomposite membranes are achieved and demonstrate photo-switchable protonic conductivity due to photothermal response of MOFs nanosheets to visible light. The nanocomposite membrane with highest MOFs content shows a high proton conductivity of 1.42 × 10 −4 S cm −1 at 95 °C at 95% RH. The altered photo-switch proton conductivity of nanocomposite membranes is attributed to the formation and breakage of H-bonding networks with water molecules in the channels of proton transport pathways by the local photothermal heated Cu-TCPP nanosheets. Furthermore, after incorporation of the Cu-TCPP nanosheets into SPS, not only the thermal stability is increased but also almost zero swelling is achieved in water, which reflects the nice durability of nanocomposite membranes. This photo-switchable proton conductivity of polymer proton conducting nanocomposite membranes with nice thermal stability and negligible swelling serves as a new gate for photo-switching proton conductive membranes, photosensors , photoswitches etc .
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CRYSTENGCOMM
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2020
·Vol. 23
·期 2
·282-291
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IF 3.117
Lingyao Wang,Tao Jiang,Simon Duttwyler,Yuanbin Zhang
A new family of weakly coordinating dodecaborate anion hybrid supramolecular Cu(II)–dipyridyl frameworks BSF-n (n = 61, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75) was synthesized and characterized by single crystal analysis. BSF-61 exhibits a 3D porous structure with a planar Cu(II)–dipyridyl network and closo-[B12H11I]2− pillars. In the structures of BSF-71, 72, 73, 74, and 75, the dipyridyl ligand interlinked Cu(II) centers were coordinated with solvent molecules (acetone, MeOH or water) or hydroxyl groups instead of closo-[B12Cl12]2− anions due to their extremely weakly coordinating nature. Bulk synthesis of closo-[B12Cl12]2− hybrid materials under stirring conditions afforded distinct structures. Notably, one material synthesized in MeOH was porous after activation and can be applied for selective C2H2/C2H4 and C2H2/CO2 separations.
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
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2020
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IF 4.939
Mengting Wang,Jiajun Yang,Bo Chi,Jian Pu,Jian Li
La 0.8 Ce 0.2 Mn 0.6 Ni 0.4 O 3 with (LCMN@CuO) and without (LCMN) CuO addition are prepared by solution methods, followed by reduction in 5% H 2 –N 2 stream at 650 °C to form Ni exsolved and CuO reduced catalysts, LCMN@Ni and LCMN@Ni/Cu, for ethanol (EtOH) steam reforming (ESR). The catalysts are characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning and transmission electron microscopies (SEM and TEM), temperature programmed reduction (H 2 -TPR), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and Raman spectroscopy etc., and are evaluated for ESR with a steam/carbon ratio of 3 and a weight hourly space velocity (WHSV) of 4 h −1 at temperatures between 500 and 700 °C. Ni exsolution and CuO reduction are confirmed on the substrates in LCMN@Ni and LCMN@Ni/Cu. Both the catalysts demonstrate a complete conversion of EtOH, forming mainly H 2 , CO 2 , CO and CH 4 . And increasing temperature to 700 °C increases the yields of H 2 and CO to the levels about 90% and 40%, respectively, at the cost of CH 4 ; and such performance remains unchanged for 30 h. These results indicate that both LCMN@Ni and LCMN@Ni/Cu are promising catalysts for ESR, the main difference between them is that the latter is more chemically stable and more resistant to carbon deposition under ESR conditions.
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Nano Energy
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2020
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IF 16.602
Yahui Li,Wei Zheng,Haodong Zhang,Haoqiang Wang,Han Cai,Yanxin Zhang,Zhuoqing Yang
Harvesting energy from the mechanical motion has been demonstrated to be a preferable strategy to satisfy the requirements for self-powered electronics. Here we report a flexible and stable induction electrode based on graphene/Cu heterostructure , which is fabricated by electrodeposition and spin-coating, and is also utilized in energy harvesting for triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG). Typically, graphene dispersion prepared by physical exfoliation is spin-coated on the copper nanostructure based on PDMS. Besides, we provide favorable evidences that electrons transfer from graphene to copper, and ignite the reduced reaction of copper oxides. The function of graphene in avoiding the oxidation of copper nanostructure, thus improving the stability of graphene/Cu heterostructure and achieving its applications in triboelectric nanogenerator, is confirmed. The interactive mechanism is formulated, including energy barrier, metal work function and the electrochemical potential difference between graphene, copper and oxygen. The enhanced stability of graphene/Cu heterostructure is inspected by the chemical state of copper as the function of exposure time, and the applicability is also evaluated by their output electrical performance for TENG applications.
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JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE-MATERIALS IN ELECTRONICS
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2020
·Vol. 31
·期 12
·9057-9064
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IF 2.22
Zhao Jingkui,Liu Xiansong,Kan Xucai,Chen Zuhua,Liu Chaocheng,Wang Wei,Lv Qingrong,Huang Jingwen,Shazeda Mudssir
In this study, novel Ni–Cu–Zn ferrites with the chemical formula [Ni 0.6 Zn 0.4 ][Cu 0.2 Co x Fe 1.8− x ]O 4 ( x = 0, 0.05, 0.10, 0.15, 0.20, 0.25) doped with Co 2+ ions were designed and manufactured by standard solid-state reaction method. The magnetic properties, surface characteristics, and ion occupancy of ferrites were studied by X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM), and we explained the different mechanisms of the results and the relationship between magnetic properties and microstructures. For the obtained samples, cobalt ions entered the lattice, and all samples were characterized as spinel structures. As the doping amount of Co 2+ ions increases, the lattice constant and volume of the sample also increases. With an appropriate doping level, Co 2+ ions-doped Ni–Cu–Zn ferrites can maintain higher saturation magnetization, higher magnetic permeability, and lower hysteresis loss. When x ≤ 0.1, the saturation magnetization M s increases significantly as the doping amount of Co 2+ ions increases, but when x > 0.1, the value decreases. The experimental results show that the saturation magnetization value is 118.08 emu/g, the magnetic permeability value is 39.47 H/m, and the hysteresis loss is 1.192 mW/cm 3 at an optimum doping amount. Therefore, the sample achieves the best magnetic properties when the doping amount is 0.1.
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Regenerative Biomaterials
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2020
·Vol. 7
·期 2
·153-160
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IF 4.882
Zhou Lei,Li Xin,Wang Kebing,Shen Fangyu,Zhang Lu,Li Peichuang,Shang Tengda,Wang Jin,Huang Nan
NO is the earliest discovered gas signal molecule which is produced by normal healthy endothelial cells, and it has many functions, such as maintaining cardiovascular homeostasis, regulating vasodilation, inhibiting intimal hyperplasia and preventing atherosclerosis in the blood system. Insufficient NO release is often observed in the pathological environment, for instance atherosclerosis. It was discovered that NO could be released from the human endogenous NO donor by many compounds, and these methods can be used for the treatment of certain diseases in the blood system. In this work, a series of copper-loaded polydopamine (PDA) coatings were produced through self-polymerization time for 24, 48 and 72 h. The chemical composition and structure, coating thickness and hydrophilicity of the different copper-loaded PDA coatings surfaces were characterized by phenol hydroxyl quantitative, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, ellipsometry atomic force microscopy and water contact angles. The results indicate that the thickness and the surface phenolic hydroxyl density of the PDA coatings increased with the polymerization time.This copper-loaded coating has glutathione peroxidase-like activity, and it has the capability of catalyzing NO releasing from GSNO. The surface of the coating showed desirable hemocompatibility, the adhesion and activation of platelets were inhibited on the copper-loaded coatings. At the same time, the formation of the thrombosis was also suppressed. These copper-loaded PDA coatings could provide a promising platform for the development of blood contact materials.
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JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
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2021
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IF 5.316
Yong Wang,Shouzhu Li,Dafeng Zhang,Fang Tan,Lei Li,Guangzhi Hu
Highly efficient electrocatalysts with low cost for electrochemical water splitting is important for the intermediate energy conversion. In the present work, P and Cu dual-doped cobalt selenide nanoarrays with hierarchical structure were fabricated via a facile hydrothermal method, involving in-situ growth on a self-supported conductive Ni foam substrate (P,Cu-Co 0.85 Se/NF). The overall water splitting (OWS) performance of the catalysts was systematically studied in alkaline solution. Compared to single-ion-doped or pure Co 0.85 Se, dual incorporation of the anion and cation can contort the lattice and induce powerful electronic interactions, thereby exposing abundant catalytic sites and optimizing the adsorption energy of the reaction intermediates. Benefiting from the merits of P, the Cu-co-doped Co 0.85 Se/NF electrode exhibited outstanding catalytic activity towards hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), generating a 10 mA cm −2 current density at the overpotential of 96.8 mV in 1 M KOH, and the overpotential is 300 mV towards oxygen evolution reaction (OER) with the current density of 100 mA cm −2 . Furthermore, when applied it to fabricate OWS cell, the cell voltage is as low as 1.57 V at the current density of 10 mA cm −2 . This present work broaden the potential application of the electrocatalytic performance of transition metal dichalcogenides .
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COLLOIDS AND SURFACES A-PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING ASPECTS
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2021
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IF 4.539
Yan Zhu,Fang Zhou,Junqiang Hu,Longlai Yang,De-Quan Yang,Edward Sacher
Colorless Ag-Cu nanoparticle (NP) dispersions have been prepared by heating polyvinyl pyrrolidone (PVP)- polyvinyl alcohol (PVA)-stabilized Ag NPs with Cu ions . They were characterized by TEM photomicrographs and UV-Visible spectroscopy. They showed high stability, and enhanced antibacterial effects against S. aureus , P. aeruginosa , E. coli and C. albicans . The antibacterial order decreased from Ag-Cu NPs to Ag NPs + Cu ions, to unheated Ag NPs, to heated Ag NPs.
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