Advanced Materials Interfaces
·
2019
·Vol. 6
·期 9
·1802088
·
IF 4.713
Nianxiang Shi,Baojuan Xi,Zhenyu Feng,Jincheng Liu,Denghu Wei,Jing Liu,Jinkui Feng,Shenglin Xiong
Lithium–sulfur batteries are deemed to be one of the most promising energy storage alternatives due to the high theoretical capacity and cost-effectiveness. The significant challenge in exploring novel sulfur host materials is to simultaneously inhibit the shuttle effect and heighten the reaction kinetics. Herein, a novel hybrid host consisting of W 2 C atomic nanoclusters (NCs) grown on a N/P-codoped graphene framework (W 2 C@N/P-rGO) is designed and fabricated for the first use in lithium–sulfur batteries. By means of first-principle calculations and the kinetics analysis including lithium ion diffusion coefficient and charge transfer resistance, the introduction of W 2 C atomic NCs benefits the enhancement of electrochemical kinetics on a polar hybrid conductor. Furthermore, the intense ability of chemically sequestrating the soluble polysulfides by W 2 C atomic NCs ensures the high utilization of sulfur, making the high capacity retention. With a high sulfur loading of 3.1 mg cm −2 , the W 2 C@N/P-rGO/sulfur composite cathode indicates a significantly enhanced electrochemical performance. This work may open up a new avenue to design novel host candidates for advanced lithium–sulfur batteries.
研究领域:
材料科学
·
电化学
·
能源存储
✓ 已验证
DOI
高影响因子
Frontiers of Materials Science
·
2023
·Vol. 17
·期 2
·1-12
·
IF 2.7
Zhang Na,Ma Xiang-Yu,Li Shun,Zhang Yu-Xin,Lv Chen,Mao Zheng-Peng,Dou Zi-Yi,Wang Tai-Sheng
The incorporation of mechanophores, motifs that transform mechanical stimulus into chemical reaction or optical variation, allows creating materials with stress-responsive properties. The most widely used mechanophore generally features a weak bond, but its cleavage is typical an irreversible process. Here, we showed that this problem can be solved by folding—unfolding of a molecular tweezer. We systematically studied the mechanochromic properties of polyurethanes with cyano-substituted oligo( p -phenylene) vinylene (COP) tweezer (DPU). As a control experiment, a class of polyurethanes containing only a single COP moiety (MPU) was also prepared. The DPU showed prominent mechanochromic properties, due to the intramolecular folding-unfolding of COP tweezer under mechanical stimulus. The process was efficient, reversible and optical detectable. However, due to the disability to form either intramolecular folding or intermolecular aggregation, the MPU sample was mechanical inert.
研究领域:
材料科学
·
化学
✓ 已验证
DOI
高影响因子
Inorganics
·
2023
·Vol. 11
·期 4
·155
·
IF 2.9
Tie Shi,Yanmei Feng,Yi Zhong,Hao Ding,Kai Chen,Daimei Chen
High photoelectrochemical water oxidation efficiency can be achieved through an efficient photogenerated holes transfer pathway. Constructing a photoanode semiconductor heterojunction with close interface contact is an effective tactic to improve the efficiency of photogenerated carrier separation. Here, we reported a novel photoanode p-n junction of Ti:Fe2O3/Cu2O (n-Ti:Fe2O3and p-Cu2O), Cu2O being obtained by in situ reduction in CuAl-LDH (layered double hydroxides). The Ti:Fe2O3/Cu2O photoanode exhibits a high photocurrent density reaching 1.35 mA/cm2at 1.23 V vs. RHE is about 1.67 and 50 times higher than the Ti:Fe2O3and α-Fe2O3photoanode, respectively. The enhanced PEC activity for the n-Ti:Fe2O3/p-Cu2O photoelectrode is due to the remarkable surface charge separation efficiency (ηsurface85%) and bulk charge separation efficiency (ηbulk72%) formed by the p-n junction and the tight interface contact formed by in situ reduction. Moreover, as a cocatalyst, CuAl-LDH can protect the Ti:Fe2O3/Cu2O photoanode and improve its stability to a certain extent. This study provides insight into the manufacturing potential of in situ reduction layered double hydroxides semiconductor for designing highly active photoanodes in the field of photoelectrochemical water oxidation.
✓ 已验证
产品关联
DOI
高影响因子
RSC Advances
·
2023
·Vol. 13
·期 9
·5957-5969
·
IF 3.9
Dai Yongheng,Yuan Huayu,Li Jiang,Su Qi,Yi Qianwen,Zhang Yuntao
The construction of direct Z-scheme heterojunctions with high photocatalytic degradation ability is important for wastewater treatment, but there are still many unsolved challenges. In this article, we report the fabrication of a Z-scheme P–TiO2/g-C3N4 (CNPT-X) heterostructure by the calcination method. Under simulated sunlight, CNPT-X composites are found to show excellent degradation performance against sulfonamide antibiotics sulfadiazine (SD), sulfamethazine (SM2), sulfamonomethoxine (SMM), and sulfamethoxazole (SMZ). CNPT-3 (400 mg L−1) can be used to degrade four sulfa antibiotics within 90 min, with a degradation rate as high as 99%, which is higher than that for P–TiO2 and g-C3N4 alone. The internal electron transfer paths and mechanisms for the composites are revealed by ESR radical detection experiments, XPS energy spectrum shifts, valence band positions and active material quenching experiments. Furthermore, the degradation products are analyzed by GC-MS, and four possible degradation pathways for sulfonamide pollutants are proposed. This photocatalyst provides new insights into the fundamental aspects of the photocatalytic degradation mechanism for composite pollutants, as well as new ideas for practical environmental applications.
✓ 已验证
产品关联
DOI
PubMed
高影响因子
BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
·
2023
·
IF 11.4
Meixin Wang,Yawei Zhan,Jiayue Zhao,Zhiqiang Li
Bamboo and its mechanical processing residues have broad prospects for high value-added utilization. In this research, p-toluenesulfonic acid was used for the pretreatment of bamboo to investigate the effects of extraction and depolymerization of hemicellulose. The response and behavior of changes of cell-wall chemical components were investigated after different solvent concentration, time, and temperature pretreatment. Results indicated that the maximum extraction yield of hemicellulose was 95.16 % with 5 % p-toluenesulfonic acid at 140 °C for 30 min. The depolymerized components of hemicellulose in the filtrate were mainly xylose and xylooligosaccharide, with xylobiose accounting for 30.77 %. The extraction of xylose from the filtrate reached a maximum of 90.16 % with 5 % p-toluenesulfonic acid at 150 °C for 30 min pretreatment. This research provided a potential strategy for the industrial production of xylose and xylooligosaccharide from bamboo and for the future conversion and utilization.
✓ 已验证
产品关联
DOI
PubMed
高影响因子
COLLOID AND POLYMER SCIENCE
·
2023
·Vol. 301
·期 5
·445-453
·
IF 2.4
Li Bin,Hao Wenrui,Xu Xiaojia,Liu Jizhen,Fu Dandan,Zhou Mengjing,Hu Zhigang
Choline chloride (ChCl) was used as the hydrogen bond acceptor (HBA) and acrylic acid (AA) and acrylamide (AM) as the hydrogen bond donor (HBD), and the three materials were mixed in a certain molar ratio to obtain deep eutectic solvent (DES). Subsequently, P(IA-co-AA-co-AM) composite hydrogels were prepared by adding itaconic acid (IA) to DES using the frontal polymerization (FP) method. The hydrogels were characterized by Fourier infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and the influence patterns of IA content on the mechanical properties, swelling properties, and pH responsiveness of the composite hydrogels were investigated. The results showed that the composite hydrogel exhibited a homogeneous porous structure. The elongation at the break of the composite hydrogel gradually increased with the increase of IA content, and the elongation of the FP4 sample reached 167%. The addition of IA increased the number of hydrophilic groups, resulting in a 2.14-fold increase in the equilibrium swelling of the composite hydrogel in distilled water. P(IA-co-AA-co-AM) composite hydrogels exhibit different swelling patterns in acidic and alkaline environments, making them promising for acid–base indicators, biosensors, and other applications. In this study, a simpler and greener method was proposed to prepare P(IA-co-AA-co-AM) composite hydrogels with pH responsiveness.
✓ 已验证
产品关联
DOI
高影响因子
Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering
·
2023
·
IF 7.7
Weiting Yu,Leben Qiu,Jieyun Zhu,Sizhuo Chen,Shuang Song
The selective catalytic reduction of nitroaromatics towards aromatic amines under mild reaction condition is an important approach to reduce the toxicity of waste effluents from industry and afterwards utilize the product as important fine organic chemical raw materials. P-nitrophenol (PNP) is chosen as the probe molecule of nitroaromatics in this study. A Fe-embedded N-doped Carbon (Fe-N-C) catalyst prepared using ZIF-8 has been identified as a highly active, selective and stable catalyst in the selective catalytic reduction of PNP. The Fe-N-C catalyst is for the first time applied in PNP reduction and found to present 100% conversion and 100% product selectivity . A mechanism investigation has been carried out to conclude that in the PNP reduction on Fe-N-C, water acts as the main hydrogen provider and sodium borohydride is the electron donator. Furthermore, the Fe-N-C catalyst works well when it is applied in PNP degradation in real water samples, which further indicates its applicability in industrial wastewater treatment . This work offers a simple and useful strategy to design robust catalysts for the selective catalytic reduction of nitroaromatics.
✓ 已验证
产品关联
DOI
高影响因子
Journal of Energy Chemistry
·
2023
·
IF 13.1
Shaohui Zhang,Suying Liu,Jingwen Huang,Haikun Zhou,Xuanzhi Liu,Pengfei Tan,Haoyun Chen,Yili Liang,Jun Pan
Developing highly efficient and stable platinum-based electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is critical to expediting commercialization of fuel cells. Herein, several PtCu alloy nanocatalysts supported on N, P co-doped carbon (PtCu/NPC) were prepared by microbial-sorption and carbonization-reduction. Among them, PtCu/NPC-700 °C exhibits excellent catalytic performance for ORR with a mass activity of 0.895 A mg Pt −1 (@0.9 V) which is 8.29 folds of commercial Pt/C. Additionally, the ECSA and MA of PtCu/NPC-700 °C only decrease by 14.2% and 18.7% respectively, while Pt/C decreases by 35.2% and 52.8% after 10,000 cycles of ADT test. Moreover, the PtCu/NPC-700 °C catalyst emanates a maximum power density of 715 mW cm −2 and only 11.1% loss of maximum power density after 10,000 ADTs in single-cell test, indicating PtCu/NPC-700 °C also manifests higher activity and durability in actual single-cell operation than Pt/C. This research provides an easy and novel strategy for developing highly active and durable Pt-based alloy catalyst.
✓ 已验证
产品关联
DOI
高影响因子
NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY
·
2023
·Vol. 47
·期 26
·12101-12108
·
IF 3.3
Bin Li,Wenrui Hao,Jizhen Liu,Mengjing Zhou,Xiaojia Xu,Aolin Wu
Deep eutectic solvent (DES) was synthesized from choline chloride (ChCl) and acrylamide (AM), and P(AM-co-MA) hydrogels were prepared by adding different contents of maleic acid (MA) to DES by frontal polymerization. Fourier infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) were used to characterize the hydrogels at the microscopic level, and the swelling properties, mechanical properties, self-healing properties and electrical properties of the copolymerized hydrogels were also investigated. The results showed that the equilibrium swelling of the hydrogels was significantly enhanced with the increase of pH due to the addition of MA. The hydrogel with the addition of MA has self-healing properties that pure PAM does not have. In terms of electrical conductivity, the increase of MA makes the internal structure of the hydrogel more loose, which is conducive to the passage of free ions. And there is a significant effect of different temperatures and different crosslinker contents on the electrical conductivity. In summary, we prepared a P(AM-co-MA) hydrogel that can produce significant property changes in response to changes in the external environment, which is expected to expand the application of hydrogels in flexible electronic materials.
✓ 已验证
产品关联
DOI
高影响因子
Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery
·
2023
·
IF 4
Zhang Hao,Zhang Xia,Li Wenzhi,Wu Wenjian,Tang Bingyue,Zhu Chen
Efficient extraction of lignin from intricate lignocellulose is a challenge for the high-value utilization of lignocellulosic biomass in sustainable biorefinery. In this work, a p -toluene sulfonic acid-coupling ethylene glycol (PTSA/EG) pretreatment was developed to extract lignin from cornstalks. The results showed that the synergistic effect between p -toluene sulfonic acid and ethylene glycol resulted in an increase in the delignification ratio from 43.43 to 85.37% compared with PTSA aqueous pretreatment. When the concentration of PTSA was 5 wt.%, the delignification ratio reached 85.37% at 383.15 K under the PTSA/EG pretreatment. Moreover, the lignin fractions obtained by water precipitation have high purity (>90%) and a low molecular weight (1777~2271 Da). The fractionated lignin was depolymerized with Ru/C catalyst and methanol at 508.15 K for 3 h. When the pretreatment temperature is 368.15 K, the fractionated lignin has a good depolymerization performance, and the detected monomers yield reaches 17.46%. Overall, pretreatment using PTSA and EG could realize the disruption of the degradation barrier of lignocellulose and fractionate lignin with specific structures by adjusting the pretreatment conditions, which was conducive to commercial applications in biomass refining.
✓ 已验证
产品关联
DOI
高影响因子
Coatings
·
2022
·Vol. 12
·期 12
·1947
·
IF 3.236
Qin Luo,Xuzhao He,Xiyue Duan,Haoqing Liu,Zhiyuan Zhou,Kui Cheng
Bone repair and regeneration have aroused widespread interest due to their potential usefulness in cases when bone self-healing is insufficient. In this work, a Poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene)-coated-Poly methyl methacrylate Janus membrane was prepared, where a P(VDF-TrFE) coating on a PMMA film serves as Janus-A to mediate cell growth behavior, owing to its electroactivity, and the PMMA film serves as Janus-B to inhibit soft-tissue growth. A P(VDF-TrFE) coating separated from the substrate was put above the PMMA film before the PMMA film had dried completely, and a Janus membrane formed because of the flowability and adhesion of the nonvolatile PMMA solution. Their bonding could withstand the pressure of the body fluids in the shear direction. Various crystallization substrates were also applied to modulate the P(VDF-TrFE) coating’s surface potentials, as the surface potential would further affect cellular response. It was also found that the responses of the bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) and bone marrow macrophages (BMDMs) could be adjusted through surface potential modification. Such a Janus membrane could potentially be applied to a biological environment with the effect of both guiding bone regeneration and preventing soft tissue adhesion.Keywords:Janus membrane;P(VDF-TrFE);PMMA;bone tissue regeneration
✓ 已验证
产品关联
DOI
高影响因子
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
·
2022
·
IF 10.383
Ziyang Huang,Siyi Zou,Guozhen Liu
It is a long-lasting research topic to avoid the formation of oxidation layers on gallium-based liquid metals. This study has developed a simple general method for modification of the eutectic gallium–indium (EGaIn) surface with p-aniline derivatives to introduce a monolayer of organic molecules with versatile functional groups. The binding affinity of carboxylic acid groups, amine groups, or thiol groups with EGaIn is in the order SH > NH2 > COOH. For the first time, it is evidenced that both NH2 and SH groups can coexist on the EGaIn nanoparticle surface with the binding affinities of 30 and 70%, respectively. The formation of these organic molecules on the EGaIn surface antioxidizes and thus stabilizes the EGaIn nanoparticles, while increasing the conductivity of EGaIn significantly. The resulting EGaIn nanoparticles have very good distribution in both ethanol and aqueous solutions and rich surface chemistry, making them suitable for the following attachment of biomolecules such as aptamers, antibodies, or enzymes for biomedical applications. As an example, the EGaIn surface is successfully modified with p-aminobenzoic acid followed by the attachment of an insulin aptamer, which can be used for the electrochemical detection of insulin with the lowest detectable concentration limit of 1 pM. This study reveals the modification of EGaIn nanoparticles with p-aniline derivatives with versatile functional groups to antioxidize EGaIn in a biological environment, opening a door for gallium-based liquid metals toward biomedical applications.
✓ 已验证
产品关联
DOI
PubMed
高影响因子
危险品化学品经营许可证（带存储）