Chinese Physics B
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2018
·Vol. 27
·期 6
·066108
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IF 1.321
Qing Yu,Jiangjian Shi,Pengpeng Zhang,Linbao Guo,Xue Min,Yanhong Luo,Huijue Wu,Dongmei Li,Qingbo Meng
A study of the self-healing phenomenon of Cu2ZnSn(S, Se)4 (CZTSSe) solar cells has shown more than 10% enhancement in cell performance after storage at room temperature for a week, with a significant improvement in the open-circuit photovoltage (Voc) and fill factor (FF). In addition, up to 10.45% power conversion efficiency (PCE) has been achieved. No obvious change in crystallinity, crystal phase, optical absorption or elemental distribution in the CZTSSe films was detected on examining the x-ray diffraction (XRD) pattern, Raman spectrum, ultraviolet-visible (UV-Vis), and TOF-SIMS. Further investigations on the charge carrier concentration, charge radiative recombination, and band structure suggest that the enhancement in PCE stems mainly from a reduction in deep defects of the CZTSSe semiconductor film.
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MICROCHIMICA ACTA
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2018
·Vol. 185
·期 6
·1-8
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Song Kaijing,Ding Chuanmin,Zhang Bing,Chang Honghong,Zhao Zhihuan,Wei Wenlong,Wang Junwen
The authors describe a dye-sensitized photoelectrochemical immunoassay for the tumor marker carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA). The method employs the rhodamine dye Rh123 with red color and absorption maximum at 500 nm for spectral sensitization, and a 3D nanocomposite prepared from graphene oxide and MoS 2 acting as the photoelectric conversion layer. The nanocomposite with flower-like 3D architectures was characterized by transmission electron microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, X-ray powder diffraction, and UV-vis diffuse reflectometry. A photoelectrochemical sandwich immunoassay was developed that is based on the use of the nanocomposite and based on the specific binding of antibody and antigen, and by using a secondary antibody labeled with Rh123 and CdS (Ab 2 -Rh123@CdS). Under optimal conditions and at a typical working voltage of 0 V (vs. Hg/HgCl 2 ), the photocurrent increases linearly 10 pg mL −1 to 80 ng mL −1 CEA concentration range, with a 3.2 pg mL −1 detection limit.
Flower-like GO-MoS 2 complex with high efficiency of electron transport was synthesized to construct photoelectrochemical platform. The sandwich-type immunoassay was built on this platform based on specific binding of antigen and antibody. Carcinoembryonic antigen in sample was detected sensitively by using sensitization of rhodamine dye Rh123 as signal amplification strategy.
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
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2018
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Jimin Du,Huiming Wang,Mengke Yang,Fangfang Zhang,Haoran Wu,Xuechun Cheng,Sijie Yuan,Bing Zhang,Kaidi Li,Yina Wang,Hyoyoung Lee
Efficient production of hydrogen through visible-light-driven water splitting mechanism using semiconductor-based composites has been identified as a promising strategy for converting light into clean H 2 fuel. However, researchers are facing lots of challenges such as light absorption and electron-hole pair recombination and so on. Here, new sheet-shaped MoS 2 and pyramid-shaped CdS in-situ co-grown on porous TiO 2 photocatalysts (MoS 2 CdS TiO 2 ) are successfully obtained via mild sulfuration of MoO 3 and CdO coexisted inside porous TiO 2 monolith by a hydrothermal route. The scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy results exhibit that the MoS 2 CdS TiO 2 composites have average pore size about 500 nm. The 3%MoS 2 10%CdS TiO 2 demonstrated excellent photocatalytic activity and high stability for a hydrogen production with a high H 2 -generation rate of 4146 μmol h −1 g −1 under visible light irradiation even without noble-metal co-catalysts. The super photocatalytic performance of the visible-light-driven hydrogen evolution is predominantly attributed to the synergistic effect . The conduction band of MoS 2 facilitates in transporting excited electrons from visible-light on CdS to the porous TiO 2 for catalytic hydrogen production, and holes to MoS 2 for inhibiting the photocorrosion of CdS, respectively, leading to enhancing the efficient separation of electrons and holes.
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NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY
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2018
·Vol. 42
·期 11
·9006-9015
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IF 3.201
Huating Sun,Tianxing Wu,Yunxia Zhang,Dickon H. L. Ng,Guozhong Wang
Molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) was successfully synthesized via a facile one-step hydrothermal method without addition of templates or surfactants. The obtained MoS2 product was characterized via various techniques including FESEM, HRTEM, XRD, BET and XPS analyses. Their application in capturing Cr(VI) ions in water was investigated. The results showed that the MoS2 nanosheets were ultrathin with a thickness of 5–10 nm and had a uniform lateral size of 100–200 nm. Impressively, these MoS2 nanosheets not only possessed enlarged interlayer spacing, but also had multiple defects on the basal planes, which were proved to be crucial in the removal of Cr(VI). The kinetics of chromium adsorption was found to follow the pseudo-second-order rate equation and the adsorption isotherm data were well fitted to the Langmuir model with a chromium in-take capacity of about 84.03 mg g−1. This structure-enhanced removal was likely related to the synergism of adsorption and reduction, in which the anionic Cr(VI) was adsorbed on the surface of D-MoS2via electrostatic interaction. At the same time, some fraction of the adsorbed Cr(VI) was reduced to low toxic Cr(III) and the generated Cr(III) species were adsorbed by the adsorbent. More significantly, the adsorption and reduction processes not only transferred the Cr(VI) from the aqueous environment to the surface of solid adsorbents but also alleviated the toxicity of Cr(VI). It was evident that this study may promote the application of other transition metal dichalcogenides in environmental remediation.
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BIOSENSORS & BIOELECTRONICS
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2018
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Xiaoqiang Liu,Peipei Liu,Yunfei Tang,Liwei Yang,Lele Li,Zhichong Qi,Deliang Li,Danny K.Y. Wong
In this work, a sensitive photoelectrochemical aptasensor was developed for kanamycin detection using an enhanced photocurrent response strategy, which is based on the surface plasmon resonance effect of gold nanoparticles deposited on a 3D TiO 2 -MoS 2 flower-like heterostructure . A significant aspect of this development lies in the photoelectrochemical and morphological features of the unique ternary composite, which have contributed to the excellent performance of the sensor. To develop an aptasensor, mercapto-group modified aptamers were immobilised on the photoactive composite as a recognition unit for kanamycin. The TiO 2 -MoS 2 -AuNP composite was demonstrated to accelerate the electron transfer , increase the loading of aptamers and improve the visible light excitation of the sensor. Under optimal conditions, the aptasensor exhibited a dynamic range from 0.2 nM to 450 nM of kanamycin with a detection limit of 0.05 nM. Overall, we have successfully synergised both the electrical and the optical merits from individual components to form a ternary composite, which was then demonstrated as an effective scaffold for the development of PEC biosensors.
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RSC Advances
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2019
·Vol. 9
·期 1
·450-459
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IF 3.049
Zhikai Wei,Peng Li,Muhammad Hassan,Pu Wang,Cong Xu,Long-Fei Ren,Yiliang He
Photovoltaic wastewater contains a large amount of thiourea that cannot be directly treated by biological methods because of its biotoxicity. In this study, a novel O3/H2O2 + BiPO4/UV synergy technique was used as a pre-treatment process to degrade thiourea. The effects of H2O2 and catalyst loading were investigated, and the transformation pathway of thiourea was predicted based on the intermediates detected by UPLC-Vion-IMS-QToF. The synergy technique degraded 89.14% thiourea within only 30 min, and complete degradation occurred after 150 min. The TOC removal of O3/H2O2 + BiPO4/UV was 1.8, 1.5, and 1.9 times that of O3/H2O2 and BiPO4/UV/H2O2 single processes and O3/H2O2 + UV process, respectively, which was due to the synergy between H2O2 residues and BiPO4. In addition, thiourea was mainly degraded by ·OH into thiourea dioxide and melamine (polymerized by other intermediates) and then further degraded into biuret and methyl carbamate by the holes of BiPO4, followed by complete mineralization into H2O and CO2. These results confirm that the O3/H2O2 + BiPO4/UV synergy technique is a promising option for the degradation of thiourea.
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TALANTA
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2019
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Y. Ma,A.Y. Chen,X.F. Xie,X.Y. Wang,D. Wang,P. Wang,H.J. Li,J.H. Yang,Y. Li
Element doping is recognized as a powerful way to modify surface defect structure and further enhance the fluorescence performance of graphene quantum dots (GQDs). N-doped, S-doped and S, N co-doped GQDs were synthesized to explore the influence of element doping on fluorescence sensing of dopamine (DA) biomolecules. Two interesting works are found, one is that the N-doped GQDs with urea as N source are more effective than the S-doped and S,N co-doped GQDs, characterized by the higher quantum yield (QY) up to 78% and sensitive fluorescence quenching performance to DA. The other is that the N-doped GQDs with ethylenediamine as N source have the highest QY up to 95%, however, exhibits no quenching performance to DA. This abnormal observation is discussed based on the microstructure analysis. Under the optimal reaction condition, the N-doped GQDs exhibit a dual linear relationship of quenching intensity with DA concentration in the range of 10–3000 nM and 3000–7000 nM with detection limits of 3.3 and 611 nM, respectively. The quenching mechanism of N-doped GQDs toward DA is explored from the view of N chemical states, biomolecule structure of DA homologues and redox reaction of DA.
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ChemCatChem
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2018
·Vol. 11
·期 4
·1354-1361
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IF 4.674
Xianming Wang,Jianzhi Wang,Xiaoxiao Zhang,Qifeng Tian,Manyu Liu,Ning Cai,Yanan Xue,Weimin Chen,Wei Li,Faquan Yu
Graphical His and HER : Nitrogen doped Cu 2 S/MoS 2 heterojunction nanorod arrays grafted on copper foam in situ have been created for efficient hydrogen evolution reaction. The results showed the remarkably improved catalytic activity by designing and tuning the heterostructure, conductivity and active sites. The fabrication of non-noble element electrocatalysts with comparable catalytic activity with Pt-based materials is in great requirements for water splitting to achieve sustainable hydrogen production. Cu 2 S/MoS 2 heterojunction nanorod arrays on copper foam were prepared for this purpose. The nitrogen doping was achieved in situ. HRTEM, SEM, XPS and EDX verified the heterojunction interfacial texture and the defect-rich nanoarray configuration. The heterojunction interfacial texture, the defect rich configuration and the outward active sites optimized the structure required as a high-efficient hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) electrocatalyst. As a result, the charge transfer resistance of the nanoarrays was estimated to be 5.4 Ω at −200 mV versus RHE, even lower than both the precursors. The electrochemical double layer capacitance was 49.95 mF cm −2 , which was higher than both the precursors. The Cu 2 S/MoS 2 heterojunction nanoarrays-like electrocatalyst exhibited significant performance with a low overpotential (91 mV at 10 mA cm −2 ) and a small Tafel slope (41 mV dec −1 ) in alkaline electrolyte with 85.3 % retained ability after 1000 cycle runs. This work paves a road for developing high-performance HER electrocatalysts.
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ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
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2018
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Wangen Zhao,Fengyang Yu,Shengzhong Frank Liu
The development of Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4 (CZTSSe) solar cells determines the prospect of thin-film photovoltaic devices because of some of their strengths. However, the usual solution fabrication processes of CZTSSe absorbing layers are either too tedious or highly toxic. Here, we have developed an alternative strategy to prepare kesterite CZTSSe absorber films with a simple and low-toxicity solution process by replacing the commonly employed thiol-based compounds using the glycolic acid aqueous solution, which significantly reduces the environment pollution and toxicity, providing a possibility toward the green solvent process. The power conversion efficiency of 6.81% has been acquired based the aqueous solution-processed CZTSSe thin film via optimizing the fabrication technology.
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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
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2018
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Jianhui Zhao,Ning Li,Ruixin Yu,Zhiwei Zhao,Jun Nan
It is difficult to achieve concurrent removal of nitrate (NO 3 − -N) and ammonia (NH 4 + -N) from water thoroughly by photocatalysis due to their opposite charges and inappropriate potentials of photo-induced carriers. Herein, an innovative magnetic field enhanced 3D/2D Mn 2 O 3 /g-C 3 N 4 photocatalytic system was developed for denitrification from NO 3 − -N and NH 4 + -N contaminated water under visible light. High removal efficiency of 94.5% and 97.4% for NO 3 − -N and NH 4 + -N were achieved after imposing magnetic field. Impressively, the extra magnetic field integrated the advantages of providing driving force for NO 3 − -N and NH 4 + -N approaching catalyst surface as well as facilitating separation of photo-induced charge carriers in newly-formed II type heterojunction by generating Lorentz force . Interestingly, the electrons on conduction band of g-C 3 N 4 could reduce NO 3 − -N to NO 2 − -N, N 2 and NH 4 + -N. Subsequently, the produced NO 2 − -N could be reduced to N 2 and NH 4 + -N. Meanwhile, the holes on valence band of Mn 2 O 3 could convert NH 4 + -N to N 2 selectively, which made the dominate contribution to high N 2 recovery (93.2%) during photocatalysis. Moreover, the reusable Mn 2 O 3 /g-C 3 N 4 achieved efficient denitrification under magnetic assisted photocatalysis in real water backgrounds such as tap water and river water. This study provided an efficient and promising strategy for nitrogen remediation from water.
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JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
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2018
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Changjian Li,Yueqi Wang,Xiaojie Zhang,Xueling Guo,Xiaoxuan Kang,Libo Du,Yang Liu
Carbon dots have attracted considerable attention in the field of biosensors and bioimaging because of their excellent optical performance and low toxicity. However, the cellular uptake of the reported carbon dots generally has a low efficiency, which limits their practical applications. In this study, we reported a novel red fluorescent sulfur and nitrogen co-doped carbon dots with small molecular phenylboronic acid tags (i.e. S, N-CDs-PBA). The S, N-CDs-PBA can be taken up rapidly by PC12 cells in twenty minutes and showed high sensitivity for the detection of Fe 3+ ions. The maximum emission wavelength is at 593 nm under the excitation of 550 nm. The absolute fluorescence quantum yield is 23% in water. The fluorescence can be effectively and selectively quenched by Fe 3+ ions and the linear response range of Fe 3+ ions was obtained from 0.3 µM to 5.0 µM with a detection limit as low as 0.1 µM. It could be concluded that the rapid uptake of S, N-CDs-PBA into cells and high photoluminescence quantum yield of red emission are beneficial for quick detection of Fe 3+ ions.
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ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA
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2018
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IF 5.116
Changqing Li,Xu Zhao,Yiwen Liu,Wei Wei,Yuqing Lin
Developing highly active and stable electrocatalysts from earth-abundant elements are imperative for the large-scalable production of hydrogen. Herein, the three dimensional amorphous NiCoS x O y nanosheets arrays directly grow on Ni foam (NiCoS x O y NSs/NF) through a facile one-step electrodeposition is firstly reported. The special in-situ grown 3D nanosheets arrays, largely exposed active sites and enhanced electrical conductivity enable the resultant NiCoS 0.14 O 3.25 NSs/NF to possess remarkable electrocatalytic performance and stability towards water splitting in 1 M KOH. Specifically, the introduction of S ligand into the hydroxides through a straightforward and convenient electrodeposition method boost the robust composition and comprehensive activity of the NiCoS x O y NSs. Such binder-free, easily prepared NiCoS 0.14 O 3.25 NSs/NF electrode requires the overpotential of 250 mV and 170 mV at 10 mA cm −2 for oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), respectively. When functionalizing as two identical cathode and anode in an alkaline electrolyzer, NiCoS 0.14 O 3.25 NSs/NF displays the efficient and robust property on both OER and HER. Remarkably, serving as bifunctional electrode in alkaline electrolyzer, it only needs 1.64 V to reach the current density of 20 mA cm −2 . This study provides a valuable guideline to synthesize non-noble and efficient bifunctional electrocatalysts using a time-saving but facile electrochemical method.
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