CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
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2021
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Jingwen Zhang,Chuchu Cheng,FangShu Xing,Cheng Chen,Caijin Huang
Engineering semiconductor materials with vacancies and co-catalysts is a valid method to improve their photocatalytic performance. Herein, we prepared S vacancies-rich Mn 0.3 Cd 0.7 S nanorods modified with β-Ni(OH) 2 nanoparticles through solvothermal and co-precipitation strategies. The as-obtained 0D/1D β-Ni(OH) 2 /Mn 0.3 Cd 0.7 S nanorods exhibit excellent visible-light H 2 -production activity up to 71.09 mmol g −1 h −1 , 5.23 times higher than pure Mn 0.3 Cd 0.7 S and better than 1 wt% Pt/Mn 0.3 Cd 0.7 S and most reported Mn x Cd 1−x S-based catalysts. The apparent quantum yield reaches 46.68% at λ = 420 nm. We found that the presence of S vacancies and β-Ni(OH) 2 enhances the transfer/separation of photogenerated carriers and increases reaction sites, which is beneficial to photocatalytic H 2 -production reaction. This work proposes a new idea for the application of metal hydroxide co-catalysts and S vacancies in sulfide materials for photocatalytic H 2 production.
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Journal of Materials Chemistry A
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2019
·Vol. 7
·期 28
·16969-16978
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IF 10.733
Tianxing Wu,Miaomiao Han,Xiaoguang Zhu,Guozhong Wang,Yunxia Zhang,Haimin Zhang,Huijun Zhao
Deeply understanding the electrochemical activation and inactivation processes of an electrocatalyst is critically important for establishing a high-efficiency nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR) to synthesize an NH3 system. Here we report the utilization of a facile vapor-phase hydrothermal (VPH) method to directly grow ultrafine Nb3O7(OH) nanoparticles on commercial carbon fiber cloth (Nb3O7(OH)/CFC) for the NRR. The results demonstrate that the Nb3O7(OH)/CFC can afford an average NH3 yield rate of 622 μg h−1 mgcat.−1 with a high faradaic efficiency (FE) of 39.9% at −0.4 V versus the reversible hydrogen electrode (RHE) in 0.1 M Na2SO4 electrolyte (pH = 6.1) within 30 min of the NRR, surpassing the performance of most recently reported aqueous-based NRR electrocatalysts. The experimental and theoretical calculation results reveal that the in situ electrochemically converted NbO from Nb3O7(OH) during the NRR is the catalytic active phase with a N2 adsorption free energy of −0.97 eV; however with a reaction time over 30 min, the generated active *N atoms in the *N–NH3 → *N + NH3 hydrogenation step during the NRR are thermodynamically favourable for binding to the oxygen vacancies of NbO to form oxygen-containing NbN0.64 with reduced N2 adsorption free energy (−0.32 eV), resulting in significantly decreased NRR activity. Our studies suggest that although NbO possesses high NRR activity, it may not be a suitable NRR electrocatalyst, owing to easy formation of low active niobium oxynitride during the NRR.
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Nanomaterials
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2021
·Vol. 11
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IF 5.076
Rao Fu,Yinyan Gong,Can Li,Lengyuan Niu,Xinjuan Liu
The development of highly active and stable photocatalysts, an effective way to remediate environment pollution and alleviate energy shortages, remains a challenging issue. In this work, a CdIn2S4/In(OH)3nanocomposite was deposited in-situ on NiCr-LDH nanosheets by a simple hydrothermal method, and the obtained CdIn2S4/In(OH)3/NiCr-LDH heterostructure photocatalysts with multiple intimate-contact interfaces exhibited better photocatalytic activity. The photocatalytic H2evolution rate of CdIn2S4/In(OH)3/NiCr-LDH increased to 10.9 and 58.7 times that of the counterparts CdIn2S4and NiCr-LDH, respectively. Moreover, the photocatalytic removal efficiency of Cr(VI) increased from 6% for NiCr-LDH and 75% for CdIn2S4to 97% for CdIn2S4/In(OH)3/NiCr-LDH. The enhanced photocatalytic performance was attributed to the formation of multi-interfaces with strong interfacial interactions and staggered band alignments, which offered multiple pathways for carrier migration, thus promoting the separation efficiency of photo-excited electrons and holes. This study demonstrates a facile method to fabricate inexpensive and efficient heterostructure photocatalysts for solving environmental problems.
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CRYSTENGCOMM
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2012
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·3380-3386
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Lixian Han,Jie Liu,Zhengjun Wang,Kun Zhang,Hui Luo,Bo Xu,Xing Zou,Xiao Zheng,Bin Ye,Xibin Yu
Monodisperse ZnSn(OH)6 (ZHS) microcrystallites (MCs) with two morphologies have been prepared through a facile preparation method without complicated steps, or advanced experimental conditions or equipments. The morphology and compositional characteristics of the 3D hierarchitectures (HAs) of ZHS MCs were investigated by various techniques such as XRD, FESEM, TEM, UV-vis spectra, BET, XPS and EPR. In the reaction system the morphology evolution from cube to sphere was controlled by adding a different concentration of NH4OH. Meanwhile, the formation mechanisms of the two ZHS MCs were studied via a series of time-dependent experiments. Interesting, ZHS MCs were self-assembled from irregular-shaped nanoparticles (5–10 nm). The XPS and EPR tests demonstrated oxygen vacancy defects existed in the ZHS MCs. The gas sensors based on ZHS presented a good sensor performance towards HCHO. However, the gas sensors based on of ZHS spherical MCs exhibited a higher response, shorter recovery time and good reproducibility towards HCHO than those of ZHS cubic MCs. More importantly, the best gas sensing properties were found coming from the ∼600 nm spherical ZHS MCs owing to more oxygen vacancy defects, lower band gap energy, and larger active surface area.
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CHEMICAL RESEARCH IN CHINESE UNIVERSITIES
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2019
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Wang Junlin,Yi Yongjie,Li Mengjia,Chang Yue,Zha Fei
Graphitic carbon nitride(g-C 3 N 4 ) microspheres supported α-FeO(OH) hybrids[α-FeO(OH)/g-C 3 N 4 ] were prepared by means of a self-assembly method in deionized water. By UV-visible diffuse reflectance spectroscopy, it has been confirmed that α-FeO(OH)/g-C 3 N 4 has a wider absorption range than g-C 3 N 4 . The feature of α-FeO(OH)/g-C 3 N 4 can be attributed to the efficient separation of the electron-hole pairs with photoluminescence spectra. The degradation rate of methyl orange(MO) is up to 99% under the optimal conditions of 110 min, initial concentration of 30 mg/L, an α-FeO(OH)/g-C 3 N 4 dosage of 15 mg as well as visible light. The mechanism for this photocatalytic reaction was proposed, with hydroxyl radicals being a major active catalytic species.
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DALTON TRANSACTIONS
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2022
·Vol. 51
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·8832-8839
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IF 4.569
Yihao Gao,Jie Bai,Tianning Zhou,Yaqiong Gong
In recent years, Co-based metal–organic frameworks (Co-MOFs) have received significant research interest because of their large specific surface area, high porosity, tunable structure and topological flexibility. However, their comparatively weak electrical conductivity and inferior stability drastically restrict the application of Co-MOFs in the synthesis of electrocatalysts. In this study, ZIF-67 was grown on nickel foam by a room temperature soaking method, and then Ir–Co(OH)2@ZIF-67/NF was assembled by a hydrothermal method. The prepared Ir–Co(OH)2@ZIF-67/NF nanosheets exhibit remarkable conductivity, larger electrochemical active surface area and wider electron transport channels. Only ultralow overpotentials of 198 mV, 263 mV, and 300 mV were needed for Ir–Co(OH)2@ZIF-67/NF to reach the current densities of 10 mA cm−2, 50 mA cm−2, 100 mA cm−2, meanwhile, no obvious degradation of the current density at 10 mA cm−2 was observed for about 16 h. This work may provide a promising strategy for developing high-performance MOF-derived materials as electrocatalysts for the OER under alkaline conditions.
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CHEMOSPHERE
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2021
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IF 7.086
Fang Zhu,Siyi Zhou,Mengying Sun,Jianfeng Ma,Wei Zhang,Kunjie Li,Hao Cheng,Sridhar Komarneni
Mg doped Ni(OH) 2 was synthesized and investigated as an efficient material to activate persulfate (PS) for phenol degradation. The property of the Ni(OH) 2 material was enhanced by Mg doping as the removal efficiency of phenol was increased from 74.82 % in Ni(OH) 2 /PS system to 89.53 % in Mg-doped Ni(OH) 2 /PS system within 20 min. Such a high removal efficiency revealed that doping Mg into Ni(OH) 2 brings about more defects (oxygen vacancies), which facilitated the formation of more active species in the degradation process. The removal efficiencies of phenol increased with the increase of the initial pH from 3 to 11. The influences of Cl − , NO 3 − and HCO 3 − on the stability of the system were also studied and the results showed that removal rates of all systems in the presence of these different inorganic anions could reached about 90 % within 20 min. Based on the electron spin resonance (ESR) experiments, 1 O 2 , O 2 ·- , ·OH and SO 4 •− were identified as the active species in Mg-doped Ni(OH) 2 /PS system for phenol degradation and a degradation mechanism was proposed for this system. In addition, the as-prepared material retained its activation performance even after 3 repeated cycles.
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Environmental Science-Nano
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2023
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·1109-1125
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Xiao Huang,Wen Yan,Jingxiang Sun,Tao Hu,Jinxi Feng,Zhen Huang,Shuanghong Tian,Ya Xiong
The achievement of highly active and stable piezocatalysts is still challenging for the efficient transformation of mechanical energy to chemical energy. Herein various SnOxHy species were prepared by a simple precipitation–thermal treatment method and applied for the piezocatalytic degradation of tricyclazole. It is found that the catalytic activity depended on the thermal treatment and follows the order SnO(OH)2 (80 °C) > SnO2.55H1.1 (200 °C) > SnO2.3H0.6 (300 °C) > SnO2.22H0.24 (400 °C) > SnO2 (500 °C) > rutile SnO2 (800 °C). SnO(OH)2 (80 °C) boosted the degradation of tricyclazole and the reaction constant reached as high as 0.0354 min−1, 7.1 fold that of SnO2 (800 °C). The differences among these SnOxOHy piezocatalysts mainly stemmed from the dissimilarity of the relative content of SnO(OH)2. In addition to the Sn–O piezoelectric motif, SnO(OH)2 had rich hydrogen bond networks, which work like molecular springs under external pressure. Due to such a special structure, SnO(OH)2 had not only a super high piezoelectric constant (d33) of 409.1 pm V−1 among the currently reported piezomaterials, but also a 0.49 eV-higher valence band than SnO2, being beneficial to the generation of stronger oxidative ˙OH. This is the first example of inorganic hydrogen-bonded piezomaterials, which opens a new window to develop advanced piezocatalysts for highly efficient degradation of refractory pollutants by piezocatalysis.
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
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2022
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Yuyu Li,Fang Luo,Yuhua Xie,Chaofeng Chang,Ming Xie,Zehui Yang
Urea oxidation reaction (UOR) is a promising substitution of oxygen evolution reaction (OER) in overall water splitting technology because of the lower theoretical potential; thereby, a win-win benefit is achieved due to the simultaneous hydrogen generation and water purification . The efficient UOR catalysis substantially depends on the exposed active sites and mass transfer resistance, especially at high current density to meet the requirement of industrial water splitting technology. In this work, we have synthesized α-Ni(OH) 2 porous nanoflowers (α-Ni(OH) 2 –PNF) using ZIF-67 as template. Ascribing to the Kirkendall effect , nanopores are created on α-Ni(OH) 2 nanosheets benefiting for the formation of abundant oxygen vacancies as well as drop-off in mass transfer resistance during UOR catalysis. Meanwhile, the binding strength between active site and CO 2 , rate-determining step of UOR, is weakened by oxygen vacancies; as a result, only 1.477 V vs. RHE is demanded for α-Ni(OH) 2 –PNF to catalyze UOR with 100 mA cm −2 , 67 mV lower than α-Ni(OH) 2 nanosheets. Besides, an exceptional stability is also achieved for α-Ni(OH) 2 –PNF with negligible degradation during 20 h catalysis.
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IONICS
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Wu Fang,Ge Jin-Long,Zhu Yujun,Jiao Yuhong,Wu Zhong,Feng Chao,Zhao Yupei,Li Qiu
The development of high-performance and cost-effective electrocatalysts toward the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is remarkably desirable but challenging. Herein, we design and fabricate a sea urchin-like S-doped Ni(OH) 2 electrocatalyst on nickel foam using a simple hydrothermal method, followed by treatment with Na 2 S solution. The introduction of S not only modulates the electronic structure of Ni(OH) 2 , but also improves the electronic conductivity, thus enhancing the OER performance of Ni(OH) 2 . Owing to the free-standing feature, modified electronic structure, and sea urchin-like structure, the optimized S-Ni(OH) 2 –30 min delivers excellent OER performance with overpotentials of 306 and 392 mV at 10 and 100 mA cm −2 , respectively, Tafel slope of 89.2 mV dec −1 , and stability for 30 h at 50 mA cm −2 . This work demonstrates the importance of incorporating S in Ni(OH) 2 to optimize the electronic structure for improving OER activity and provides a promising pathway to synthesize Ni(OH) 2 -based electrocatalysts.
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Journal of Energy Storage
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2022
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Jiahui Fan,Aiying Chen,Xiaofeng Xie,Lijian Gu
Three-dimensional (3D) hybrids are very valuable in the construction of supercapacitor electrodes. Ni(OH) 2 cellular arrays were in-situ grown on nickel foam using Co 3 O 4 nanosheets (NSs) as nucleating agent. The formation, microstructure and supercapacitance performance of the Co 3 O 4 /Ni(OH) 2 cellular arrays are systematically investigated. The Co 3 O 4 /Ni(OH) 2 arrays present an open cellular nanostructure with ultrathin Ni(OH) 2 walls. The Co 3 O 4 /Ni(OH) 2 prepared by hydrothermal reaction of 12 h delivers a super-high specific capacitance of 4396 F g −1 at 1 A g −1 , above the theoretical capacitances of both the Ni(OH) 2 and Co 3 O 4 . Additionally, the Co 3 O 4 /Ni(OH) 2 electrode shows an excellent cycle performance by retaining 80.1% after 5000 cycles and a stable rate capability by decreasing 21.1% from 1 to 10 A g −1 . The assembled asymmetric supercapacitor reaches a large energy density of 32 Wh kg −1 at 7999 W kg −1 by Co 3 O 4 /Ni(OH) 2 as anode and reduced graphene oxides as cathode. The prominent high-capacity performance can be attributed to the cellular arrays, ultrathin hybrid NSs and synergetic reactions of the Ni(OH) 2 and Co 3 O 4 . The proposed technology is also suitable for producing other multi-component oxide/hydroxide arrays as electroactive materials for energy storage devices.
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ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology
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2021
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Jie Yang,Bo Ruan,Wang Ni,Lung-Chang Tsai,Ning Ma,Dean Shi,Tao Jiang,Fang-Chang Tsai
Carbon dots (CDs) has been widely applied in LED diodes, sensing and bioimaging. However, the fluorescence property of CDs is limited because of the solid-state aggregation-caused quenching (ACQ). Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), due to their high surface area, porosity and tunable pore size, are considered suitable hosts to inhibit the ACQ of CDs. Herein, the Zr-MOFs (UiO-66-(OH)2) is chosen as a host to encapsulate CDs. The dual-emitting CDs@MOFs system is constructed, which overcomes the problem of solid-state aggregation-caused quenching of carbon dots to gain the blue-emitting CDs@UiO-66-(OH)2. With the volume of CDs increased, the fluorescence of CDs@UiO-66-(OH)2 has changed simultaneously. When the volume reaches 3 ml, CDs@UiO-66-(OH)2 begin to cause fluorescence quenching. The correlated color temperatures (CCT) of CDs@UiO-66-(OH)2 are transformed from cold light to warm light. That can be further researched in electroluminescent diodes, ion-sensor, environmental monitoring, biological imaging and developments in other related biochemical fields.
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