CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
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2025
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IF 13.2
Xuyi Tao,Xu Wang,Chunzi Yang,Ming Zhao,Chao Wang,Chunmei Zhang,Jixue Lu,Shan Zhang,Ruguang Ma,Chunxian Guo
Urea-assisted water splitting that involves urea oxidation reaction (UOR) and hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) can purify urea-rich wastewater and produce hydrogen, but the lack of efficient catalysts hampers its application. Ni(OH) 2 is recognized as one of the most active electrocatalysts for UOR but the performance is hindered by the limited active sites with intrinsic activity. Herein, porous Ni(OH) 2 nanosheets with Ce and N codoping (Ce, N Ni (OH) 2 ) are designed to regulate electrochemical microenvironment and used as a bifunctional catalyst for urea-assisted water splitting. The porous structure enhances the exposure of rich active sites, while the Ce, N-codoping optimizes the d band center of active Ni species and improves electron transport. In-situ Raman spectroscopy and theoretical calculation disclose the real active sites are γ-NiOOH species generated during the UOR process and the regulated microenvironment promotes a shift in the rate-controlling step of the UOR from CONNH* dehydrogenation to CONHNH* dehydrogenation with a reduced thermodynamic barrier. As a result, the Ce, N-Ni(OH)₂ catalyst delivers excellent UOR activity with a low potential of 1.39 V at 100 mA cm −2 and a small Tafel slope of 18.4 mV dec −1 , along with superior HER activity. The assembled urea-assisted electrolyzer achieves a low cell voltage of 1.49 V at 10 mA cm −2 and maintains robust operational stability over 70 h. This work demonstrates a synergistic design strategy of porous structure and dual-element modulation, offering a new avenue for developing advanced catalysts in sustainable energy and environmental applications.
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Nature Communications
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2025
·Vol. 16
·期 1
·1-11
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Liu Liangbin,Jin Lujie,Ren Renjie,Yan Wei,Fang Nan,Ji Yujin,Li Youyong,Zhuang Lin,Kong Qingyu,Hu Zhiwei,Shao Qi,Huang Xiaoqing
The development of highly active and CO-tolerant hydrogen oxidation reaction (HOR) electrocatalysts is of great significance for alkaline exchange membrane fuel cells (AEMFCs). Here, the designed atomically Ni anchored Ru/RuO 2 heterostructure nanosheets (Ni SA -Ru@RuO 2 NSs/C) exhibit enhanced activity and stability for HOR in alkaline media. The optimized electrocatalyst delivers a high CO-tolerant durability with 92.3% retention in the 1000 ppm CO concentration after 5000 s test. Moreover, the anode catalyst Ni SA -Ru@RuO 2 NSs/C assembled AEMFCs output a peak power density (PPD) and specific PPD of 1.76 W cm −2 and 17.6 W mg PGM −1 under the H 2 /O 2 condition and performed a long-term stability with negligible decay for 100 h at 0.5 A cm −2 for the AEMFCs. The relative mechanism studies reveal that the Ru/RuO 2 heterostructure nanosheet and dispersed Ni single atoms have optimized the *H and *OH adsorption simultaneously and weaken the *CO adsorption. Our work may offer a significant guideline on the rational design of high-performance HOR electrocatalyst for energy-related applications.
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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
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2021
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IF 13.273
Shujuan Lian,Xiaoshuang Shi,Mingyi Lu,Mengdan Zhang,Xiaohuan Dong,Xu Li,Quan Feng,Rongbo Guo
Due to the persistence in residue and the emission to environment, antibiotics have become the emerging contaminants. Tetracyclines, as the largest amount of antibiotics in the breeding industry, were investigated in this study. For eliminating the tetracyclines, anaerobic culture was enriched from livestock waste after four generations and FeOn(OH)m modified oyster shell powders (OSPs) were amended into the enrichment culture as auxiliary method. Tetracycline and oxytetracycline were selected as the model compounds. The adsorption models (Langmuir and Freundlich isotherms) of tetracycline and microbes on OSPs were simulated respectively. With the addition of FeOn(OH)m modified OSPs, the transformation efficiency of oxytetracycline achieved 81.5% after 22 days’ incubation, approximately 1.85 times higher than the 4th generation (G-IV) enrichment culture without modified OSPs. Dehydration, demethylation, dehydroxylation and decarboxylation took place under anaerobic condition, inferred from the detected metabolites transformed from oxytetracycline. Genus Methanosarcina and two operational taxonomic units (OTUs) assigned to order Clostridiales , showed an increasing trend on abundance, indicating the contribution to transformation of oxytetracycline. Therefore, the FeOn(OH)m modified OSPs and enrichment culture can accelerate the transformation of oxytetracycline simultaneously, indicating a promising utilization not only for waste water system but also for antibiotic contaminated biomass treatment.
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污染物生物降解
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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
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2026
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Yingxia Wei,Zhangwei Li,Farhat Nosheen,Xueyan Wu,Rui Xue,Xingyun Li,Yan Lv,Jixi Guo,Dianzeng Jia
Direct seawater electrolysis for hydrogen production faces significant challenges, particularly regarding stability due to chlorine corrosion and oxidation. Herein, we present an earth-abundant alkaline seawater oxidation electrocatalyst (CO 3 2− -Co(OH) 2 @FeOOH) capable of sustained electrolysis for 5000 h without a significant attenuation at 1 A cm −2 , achieving 100% oxygen Faradaic efficiency. This multilayer electrode, featuring an amorphous FeOOH coating on crystalline cobalt carbonate hydroxide, not only generates a CoFe (oxy)hydroxide active layer but also effectively inhibits the release of CO 3 2− into the electrolyte during the reconstruction process. The synergistic effect of CO 3 2− and the distinct structure contributes to the catalyst's high activity, selectivity, and corrosion resistance. The constructed Pt/C/NF||CO 3 2− -Co(OH) 2 @FeOOH electrochemical cell achieves seawater electrolysis of 500 mA cm −2 at 1.80 V cell voltage, resulting in a power consumption of only 4.30 (kWh m −3 H 2 ). The voltage of the anion exchange membrane electrolyzer remains stable after 600 h of continuous operation at 500 mA cm −2 . The calculated gasoline-equivalent (GGE) per gallon of H 2 is as low as $0.96. This work emphasizes the synergistic effect of multilayer electrodes and anions. and provides a potential catalyst for commercialization.
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GREEN CHEMISTRY
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2023
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Yuhua Chen,Chengqi Feng,Chenkai Jin,Yuxin Zhu,Juncheng Huang,Haining Na,Jin Zhu
Pyruvaldehyde as a carbon source is synthesized together with boric acid to produce a carbon-based solid catalyst with in situ bifunctional groups of adsorptive boron hydroxyls and carboxyls in a single-step hydrothermal carbonization process, which is mainly utilized to induce the hydrolysis of cellulose to sugar in pure water. The obtained catalyst exhibits a strong adsorption capacity of 532 mg g−1 with cotton cellulose and possesses good water dispersibility. It can effectively break the aggregated structure of cellulose through the strong interfacial adsorption interaction to induce the hydrolysis of cellulose to sugar with high efficiency in the pure aqueous system. The cellulose conversion and the glucose yield reach 97.3% and 40.0%, respectively. Additionally, the catalyst demonstrates excellent hydrothermal stability and reusability. As a result, a high-yield, acid-free, green, and environmentally friendly hydrolytic process of cellulose to sugar in pure water is successfully established.
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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
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2023
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Songyang Qian,Zeyu Yuan,Guangshe Li,Dongdong Li,Junzhi Li,Wei Han
The room temperature sodium-sulfur battery has attracted researchers' attention due to its ultra-high energy storage capacity and extremely low cost, but its poor cycling performance and severe dissolution of sodium polysulfide hinder its practical application. Here, we report a stable MXene derived composite sulfur host material based on nickel hydroxide coated with carbon nano network, to achieve the adsorption and conversion of sodium polysulfides. Due to the physical constraints provided by the closed layered structure and the synergistic effect of MXene adsorption and Ni(OH) 2 catalytic activity, the shuttling effect is effectively suppressed. The ex-situ analysis of electrode after reaction shows that the composite material has strong adsorption on polysulfides. In addition, Ni(OH) 2 can also accelerate the reaction process from sulfur to sodium sulfide. Therefore, Ti 3 C 2 T x /Ni(OH) 2 /C/S composite cathode can provide extraordinary reversible capacity 1175.3 mAh/g at 0.22C after 100 cycles and excellent long cycle stability (673.5 mAh/g at 2.2 C with a low decay rate of only 0.032% per cycle over 800 cycles).
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Journal of Water Process Engineering
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2023
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Yaxin Guo,Yonggang Liu,Shiduo Hao,Xueying Zhang,Yonghao Yu
Among various advanced oxidation processes , coupling photocatalysis and Fenton-like reactions can overcome the inherent drawbacks of the single technology , which is usually used to remove organic contaminants from wastewater. In this paper, Cu 2 (OH) 3 F/BiOBr composites with (010) facets exposed surface were prepared by a simple hydrothermal method. The degradation efficiency of tetracycline hydrochloride (TC-HCl) solution with Cu 2 (OH) 3 F/BiOBr composite in the photo-Fenton-like system reached 98.8 % within 60 min, and the degradation activity was 4.18 and 2.46 times considerably greater than those of photocatalytic and Fenton-like reactions, respectively. After 5 cycles, the degradation efficiency was still maintained at 89.8 %, demonstrating the exceptional stability of the catalyst. Moreover, based on the characterization of the catalyst, it was found that the high exposure of the crystal plane of the BiOBr material (010) not only speeds up the electron transport between Cu 2 (OH) 3 F and BiOBr and improves the rapid conversion of Cu 2+ ions, but also slows down the rapid electron-hole recombination. Then the free radicals during the reaction were captured, which found that ·OH, ·O 2 − and h + were the main active components in this synergistic degradation system. Finally, the mechanism of Cu 2 (OH) 3 F/BiOBr (010) heterojunction photo-Fenton-like synergistic degradation was proposed. This work can provide an effective pathway for the removal of antibiotics from wastewater.
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INDUSTRIAL CROPS AND PRODUCTS
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2023
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IF 5.9
Kaiyuan Liu,Zuozhu Yin,Renkang Luo,Bingrui Qiu,Yuhua Chen,Chenggang Yang,Yidan Luo,Zhen Hong,Mingshan Xue
The discharge of industrial oily wastewater is threats to the environment. A long-lasting Co(OH) 2 /stearic acid (STA)-based superhydrophobic/superoleophilic nanocellulose-based membrane (SSNM) for extremely effective oil/water and simultaneous removal of soluble dye was created to offer solutions to this problem. The mechanical durability of the prepared Co(OH) 2 /STA-based SSNMs was reinforced by depositing Co(OH) 2 and STA on the cellulose fibers. The Co(OH) 2 /STA-based SSNM shows a high water contact angle of 164 ± 2° and an oil contact angle of ∼0°, exhibiting excellent superhydrophobicity and superoleophilicity. With good usage stability, high separation efficiencies (>94.0%) and high separation fluxes (>130 L·m −2 ·h −1 ) were achieved for four oils. The separation flux and efficiency of N-hexane did not change obviously after repeated separation. Furthermore, it exhibited reliable photocatalytic ability, which contributed to the reduction of organic contamination. As a result, Co(OH) 2 /STA-based SSNM shows strong potential for practical applications such as oil/water separation and photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants.
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APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
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2023
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Changhui Liang,Hongjun Fan,Aiqun Kong,Mao Peng,Menghui Liu,Weizhuo Xu,Jian Song,Yongxin Li,Jinli Zhang,Yunjie Ding,Z. Conrad Zhang
The hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) activity of Pt-based electrocatalysts in alkaline solution is typically limited by the rate of water dissociation. Herein, we report a facile one-step strategy in the synthesis of Pt/Ni(OH) 2 heterojunction for enhanced HER activity. Ultrathin Ni(OH) 2 nanosheets decorated with uniformly dispersed Pt nanoparticles at average sizes of 2.2 nm are in-situ grown on nickel foam (NF) with binder-free feature under mild conditions due to induction by ethylene glycol diethyl ether, even without adding extra Ni 2+ sources. The synthesized Pt/Ni(OH) 2 /NF shows superior HER activity in 1.0 M KOH solution, achieving low overpotentials of 42, 91, and 114 mV at current densities of 10, 100, and 200 mA cm −2 and outstanding durability for 25 h at 25 mA cm −2 without noticeable Pt agglomeration. This work offers a mechanistic insight into one-step fabrication of Pt/Ni(OH) 2 -based catalyst with high activity and stability for HER.
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Nanoscale
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2023
·Vol. 15
·期 20
·9148-9161
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Zheng Liu,Hong Ding,Miaomiao He,Yulin Jiang,Lin Qi,Meixuan Du,Jing Wang,Yubao Li,Limin Liu,Ganjun Feng,Li Zhang
Desirable antibacterial and osseointegration abilities are essentially important for long-term survival of a Ti-orthopedic implant. Herein, a near-infrared light (NIR) excited antibacterial platform with excellent osseointegration composed of perovskite calcium titanate/nickel hydroxide on a Ti implant (Ni(OH)2@CaTiO3/Ti) was designed and successfully fabricated. The construction of the heterostructure efficiently separated the photogenerated electron–hole pairs to produce sufficient reactive oxygen species (ROS), which enabled the photoactivated bacterial inactivation (PBI) of Ti implants. The results showed that the surface-modified Ti implant displayed remarkable antibacterial ability with bacterial inhibition rates of 95.5% for E. coli and 93.8% for S. aureus under NIR excitation. Also, the intervention of Ni(OH)2 could create a slightly alkaline surface on the Ti implant, which synchronized with Ca-rich CaTiO3 to regulate the osteogenic microenvironment in favor of the adhesion, proliferation and differentiation of MC3T3-E1 cells as well as the up-regulation of osteogenesis-related gene expressions. The in vivo implantation experiments further confirmed that the heterostructured coating prominently accelerated the formation of new bone and promoted the osseointegration of Ti implants. Our work may provide a novel concept for improving the antibacterial and osseointegration abilities of Ti implants in orthopedic and dental applications.
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
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2021
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IF 5.816
Qi Zhang,Shihui Jiao,Boran Wang,Zisheng Wang,Xinyan Lv,Wenwen Wang,Yumei Tan,Canyu Cui,Yan Chen
Electrocatalytic water splitting for hydrogen production plays a vital role in the development of new energy field, but there is still a lack of low-content precious metal or cost-effective non-noble metal catalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). Therefore, how to develop the catalysts with a smaller amount of precious metal to achieve higher performance is still a major challenge. Herein, we have fabricated Ru–Ni 2 P@Ni(OH) 2 /NF-2 heterostructure by phosphating Ni(OH) 2 /NF and then anchoring Ru on the surface through wet chemical strategy. Benefiting from its optimal Δ G H∗ and synergistic effect , this Ru–Ni 2 P@Ni(OH) 2 /NF-2 catalyst shows superior electrocatalytic HER kinetics in alkaline electrolyte . A small overpotential of 31 mV is needed for this electrocatalyst to obtain the current densities of 10 mA cm −2 with remarkable durability over 24 h. This work provides a new strategy for the preparation of effective HER electrocatalyst with a low precious metal content.
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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
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2020
·Vol. 27
·期 32
·40346-40354
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IF 3.056
Liao Taiwan,Huang Pengwei,Song Huiyu,Guo Jia,Fu Xionghui,Yu Xiang,Peng Liang,Han Boping,Zhu Yi,Zhang Yuanming
In this study, La(OH) 3 -modified magnetic sodium carboxymethyl cellulose (La-MC) was prepared as adsorbents for phosphate, which exhibited excellent adsorption performance up to 62.98 mg P/g and magnetic property for easy recovery. The recovered adsorbents after phosphate sorption were subsequently used for photocatalytic reduction of Cr(VI) and possessed good photocatalytic activity. This work provided an excellent reference for developing a new way of extending life cycle of adsorbents by combining phosphate adsorption with photocatalysis for sequential removal of pollutants from water in the future.
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