Chemical Engineering and Processing-Process Intensification
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2018
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IF 2.826
Linchao Li,Huili Hu,Xiangguo Teng,Yuanchun Yu,Yongming Zhu,Xiaoqiang Su
The aim of this work is to prepare a hydrophobic cathode equipped with quite a few cracks for gas transfer, which can prepare H 2 O 2 in the course of electro-Fenton process. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and optical digital microscope are used to characterize the morphology of electrode, and an electrochemical workstation (CHI660e) is used to carry out all electrochemical studies with a conventional three-electrode system. The results demonstrate that the porous electrode is conducive to gas transmission with these cracks which can avoid the formation of bubbles. Additionally, the reaction is almost not affected by the content of dissolved oxygen and the gas flow with this structure. Under the conditions of 300 mA/cm 2 (current density), the H 2 O 2 concentration is up to 14.4 mmol/L after 30 min electrolysis with current efficiency beyond 90%. Furthermore, the cathode is successfully applied to electro-Fenton process which reduced catalyst loading. The results indicate that total degradation of MO is observed at the first 10 min, and 81% of TOC can be removed when the dosage of catalyst is 0.4 mmol/L within 60 min.
研究领域:
环境化学
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电化学工程
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水处理技术
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反应器设计
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污染物降解
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Sustainable Energy & Fuels
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2020
·Vol. 4
·期 8
·3943-3950
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IF 5.503
Hongpeng Zhou,Menglei Feng,Peiyuan Li,Xiangnan Gong,Dingke Zhang,Shijian Chen
Layered Sb2Se3 consists of infinite chains of repeating Sb4Se6 units stacked along the c-axis via Sb–Se covalent bonds, whereas they are linked by van der Waals force along the a-axis and b-axis. It usually tends to grow along the [hk0] orientation with low surface energy. However, [001]-oriented growth, which efficiently enhances charge transport, is often considered unstable due to its high surface energy. Herein, we propose a growth method to fabricate Sb2Se3 thin films with the preferential [001]-orientation on various substrates (Mo, MoSe2, SLG, NiO, SiO2 and FTO). This crystal facet design of preferentially [001]-oriented Sb2Se3 exposes the majority of the nanoribbons vertically aligned to the substrate, and thus maximally improves the charge transport, which may find applications in diverse optoelectronic devices. We confirmed their performance in photoelectrochemical water reduction. The preferentially [001]-oriented Sb2Se3 photocathode exhibited an impressive photocurrent density of −20.5 mA cm−2 at 0 V vs. RHE and a maximum photocurrent density of −28 mA cm−2 at −0.2 V vs. RHE under 1 sun AM 1.5 G illumination. Thus, the successful use of this [001]-Sb2Se3 photocathode paves the way for the development of high-efficiency Sb2Se3-based devices for optoelectronic applications.
研究领域:
材料科学
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半导体物理
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光电化学
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纳米材料
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能源材料
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JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
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2023
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IF 6.2
Lanlan Yu,Ningning Liu,Baojun Liu,Fei Yu,Jie Ma
Cathode materials with high capacity and cyclic durability are urgently needed for capacitive deionization . Na 3 V 2 (PO 4 ) 3 is an emerging pseudocapacitive candidate for this process on account of its high capacity and Na + reversible insertion, while it suffers from the intrinsic low electrical conductivity and small electrolyte-accessible surface area. Herein, a sea urchin-like Na 3 V 2 (PO 4 ) 3 @carbon (NVP@C) compound material was synthesized from MXene-V 2 C via hydrothermal method followed by annealing treatment, and then assembled as capacitive deionization (CDI) electrode material . Benefiting from three-dimensional sea urchin-like structure, where the nanoneedles of NVP@C serve as fast transport channel for Na + , NVP@C performed high specific capacity (437 F g −1 at 5 mV s −1 ) and fast ionic diffusion kinetics. Moreover, the NVP@C showed attractive desalination performance as cathode material for CDI, achieving a remarkable adsorption capacity of 74.0 mg g −1 in a NaCl salt solution (1000 mg L −1 ) and long life cycle stability. The present work provides a novel perspective to construct practical redox-active and stable CDI electrode with 3D structure from MXene for highly capacitive and durable desalination application .
研究领域:
材料科学
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电化学
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环境工程
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能源存储
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纳米材料
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水处理技术
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JOURNAL OF PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY OF SOLIDS
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2020
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IF 3.442
Deqiang Feng,Jie He,Lingcheng Zheng,Wenjun Jiang,Ce Zhang,Long Li,Jian Song,Wei Yao
Developing novel catalysts and catalysis processes are highly attractive in environmental protection and energy utilization. Photocatalysis-Fenton combinational process is an environmentally friendly technology and has broad application prospects. In this work, thin Fe@α-Fe 2 O 3 nanosheets with thickness of 2–5 nm were designed by oxidation of Fe metal nanostructure synthesized using a modified solution reaction method. The nanosheet structure with thin thickness has short diffusion distance for the photogenerated carriers and prolongs the carriers' life. Simultaneously, the presence of Fe can reduce the resistance of system and further promote the transport and transfer of photogenerated carriers from the bulk to the surface, causing less carrier recombination and better photocatalytic performance. What's more, the Fe@α-Fe 2 O 3 composite can induce the Fenton-like reaction to generate active • OH radicals, which significantly improve the degradation rate . The synergistic effect of photocatalysis and Fenton processes makes the system show an enhanced photodegradation performance: 96.5% of RhB is degraded after 60 min visible light irradiation , especially, 84.3% of RhB is degraded within the first 10 min, which are much higher than that of the pure α-Fe 2 O 3 sample. This work demonstrates that the conjunction of photocatalysis and Fenton processes based on the Fe@α-Fe 2 O 3 nanosheets provides a potential application for pollutants degradation.
研究领域:
环境化学
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材料科学
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催化化学
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纳米科技
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物理化学
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ORGANIC ELECTRONICS
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2019
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IF 3.495
Yan Zhang,Zhenlong Zhang,Yanyan Liu,Yuefeng Liu,Huiping Gao,Yanli Mao
In this work, we synthesized CuInSe 2 quantum dots (CISe QDs) and applied them to perovskite solar cells (PSCs) as an inorganic hole-transporting material (HTM). A power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 12.8% was achieved for the PSCs using CISe QDs as the HTM, which is the highest value reported to date for devices with a Cu-based chalcopyrite semiconductor as HTM. More importantly, the stability of PSCs with CISe QDs was significantly improved compared with that of the devices using spiro-OMeTAD as the HTM. These results demonstrate that CISe QDs are a promising inorganic HTM for PSCs with long-term stability and low cost.
研究领域:
材料科学
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光伏技术
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纳米材料
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能源化学
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半导体物理
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RSC Advances
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2016
·Vol. 6
·期 100
·97783-97790
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IF 3.289
Ying Sun,Qizan Huang,Xueqin Zhang,Xiaojing Ding,Pei Han,Baoping Lin,Hong Yang,Lingxiang Guo
In recent years, side chain engineering has been proven to play a critical role in the development of high performance conjugated polymers for organic electronics. Here, we report a new strategy to improve charge transport property through side chain functionalization. A series of carbazole–diketopyrrolopyrrole based conjugated polymers P1, P2 and P3 with different side chains have been designed and synthesized. For P2 and P3, a pyrene and carbazole unit were incorporated into the terminal of the alkyl side chain, respectively. Thermal properties, crystallinities, UV-vis absorptions, electrochemical properties as well as charge transport properties of the polymers were investigated in detail. Interestingly, results showed that incorporation of the fused aromatic ring into the side chain terminal not only changed the absorption and electrochemical properties, but also affected the charge transport properties. The pyrene and carbazole group in the side chain terminal significantly promoted aggregation of the polymer chains, which would provide short-range order for improved charge carrier mobility. Compared to the hole mobility (0.019 cm2 V−1 s−1) for polymer P1 with the whole alkyl chains, increased hole mobilities of 0.081 cm2 V−1 s−1 and 0.052 cm2 V−1 s−1 were achieved for polymer P2 and polymer P3, respectively. It is worthy to note that our strategy gives rise to no increment of the crystallinity of the polymer, being beneficial for the practical application of soft electronics since high crystallinity of the material usually leads to poor thin film uniformity and weak mechanical resilience. In this respect, we offer a promising tool to aid rational polymer design for enhanced charge transport property.
研究领域:
高分子化学
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有机电子学
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材料科学
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半导体材料
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光电功能材料
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JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
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2024
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IF 5.8
Peng Hou,Ke Chen,Xudong Wang,Xiaofei Hu,Bing Li,Ming Liu,Xiao (Matthew) Hu,Yujie Song
The rapid development of high-performance materials has garnered considerable attention in addressing electromagnetic pollution . The construction of core-shell heterostructures is an effective approach for regulating the electromagnetic parameters of absorbers. However, these heterostructures usually lack a direct channel for charge transport between the core phase and the adhesive shell phase. Herein, Fe 2 AlB 2 @FeAl-layered double hydroxides with core-shell heterostructures were prepared using a top-down approach. The tightly connected FeAl-LDHs nanosheets to the Fe 2 AlB 2 parent phase improved electronic transport. Compared with raw Fe 2 AlB 2 , the spherical absorber with an embroidered structure demonstrated stronger reflection loss (-15.6 dB for Fe 2 AlB 2 , −58.6 dB for Fe 2 AlB 2 @FeAl-LDHs) and a broader effective absorption bandwidth (2.2 GHz for Fe 2 AlB 2 , 3.6 GHz for Fe 2 AlB 2 @FeAl-LDHs) due to the enhanced dielectric and magnetic losses. This study presents a practical method for designing new controllable core-shell heterostructures for electromagnetic wave-absorbing materials.
研究领域:
材料科学
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电磁学
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纳米材料
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功能材料
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复合材料
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Solar RRL
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2023
·Vol. 8
·期 4
·2300926
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IF 7.9
Qiuju Liu,Yang Liu,Hu Liu,Qingyong Tian,Bin Fan,Hua Bai
Room-temperature-processed (RTP) electron-transport layer (ETL) is a prerequisite for fabricating fully RTP perovskite solar cells (PSCs). Herein, an RTP-Zn 2 SnO 4 (ZSO) ETL is deposited for achieving RTP-PSCs by magnetron sputtering using ZnO and SnO 2 targets. The ZSO ETL exhibits great electrical properties, better band alignment, and yields increased grain size of the perovskite grown on it, thus facilitating electron extraction from the perovskite layer to the ETL. As a result, a champion power conversion efficiency of 21.06% is achieved in the ZSO-based device, which is the highest value for RTP-PSCs. The ZSO-based PSCs also exhibit high device stability. Moreover, the efficiency of a large-area perovskite module based on ZSO ETL reaches 17.79%.
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材料科学
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光伏技术
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纳米材料
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半导体物理
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能源材料
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Journal of Energy Chemistry
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2017
·Vol. 27
·期 2
·413-418
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IF 2.594
Yanyun Zhang,Xichuan Yang,Weihan Wang,Xiuna Wang,Licheng Sun
X1 (MeO-TPD) is an inexpensive and easily synthesized π -conjugated molecule that has been used as a hole-transport material (HTM) in solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells (ssDSSCs), achieving relatively high efficiency. In this paper, we characterize the physicochemical properties of 2,3-dichloro-5,6-dicyano-1,4-benzoquinone (DDQ) and show that it is a promising p-dopant in a spin-coating solution with X1 as the HTM. The doped ssDSSCs showed an increase in short-circuit current density from 5.38 mA cm –2 to 7.39 mA cm –2 , and their overall power conversion efficiency increased from 2.9% to 4.3%. Also, ssDSSCs with DDQ-doped X1 were more stable than the undoped samples, demonstrating that DDQ can act as a p-type dopant in X1 as an HTM for highly efficient, stable ssDSSCs.
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材料科学
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能源化学
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光伏技术
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纳米材料
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半导体器件
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表面化学
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电化学
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Frontiers of Optoelectronics
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2019
·Vol. 11
·期 4
·348-359
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IF 0
Liu Jikang,Li Junli,Tu Guoli
The electron transport layer (ETL) plays a crucial role on the electron injection and extraction, resulting in balanced charge transporting and reducing the interfacial energy barrier. The interface compatibility and electrical contact via employing appropriate buffer layer at the surface of hydrophobic organic active layer and hydrophilic inorganic electrode are also essential for charge collections. Herein, an ether chain functionalized fullerene derivatives [6,6]-phenyl-C 61 -butyricacid-(3,5-bis(2-(2-ethoxyethoxy)-ethoxy)-phenyl)-methyl ester (C 60 -2EPM) was developed to modify zinc oxide (ZnO) in inverted structure organic solar cells (OSCs). The composited ZnO/C 60 -2EPM interface layer can help to overcome the low interface compatibility between ZnO and organic active layer. By introducing the C 60 -2EPM layer, the composited fullerene derivatives tune energy alignment and accelerated the electronic transfer, leading to increased photocurrent and power conversion efficiency (PCE) in the inverted OSCs. The PCE based on PTB7-Th: PC 71 BM was enhance from 8.11% on bare ZnO to 8.38% and 8.65% with increasing concentrations of 2.0 and 4.0 mg/mL, respectively. The fullerene derivatives C 60 -2EPM was also used as a third compound in P3HT:PC 61 BM blend to form ternary system, the devices with addition of C 60 -2EPM exhibited better values than the control device.
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材料科学
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光电化学
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JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
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2024
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IF 9.4
Wenbin Wu,Ping Zhang,Siqi Chen,Xiaohong Liu,Guilin Feng,Meihua Zuo,Wangyan Xing,Bin Zhang,Weifeng Fan,Heng Zhang,Ping Zhang,Jie Zhang,Wei Xiang
O3 phase layered oxides are highly attractive cathode materials for sodium-ion batteries because of their high capacity and decent initial Coulombic efficiency. However, their rate capability and long cycling life are unsatisfactory due to the narrow Na + transfer channel and irreversible phase transitions of O3 phase during sodiation/desodiation process. Constructing O3/P2 multiphase structures has been proven to be an effective strategy to overcome these challenges. In this study, we synthesized bi-phasic structured O3/P2 Na(Ni 2/9 Fe 1/3 Cu 1/9 Mn 1/3 ) 1- x Mn x O 2 ( x = 0.01, 0.02, 0.03, 0.04, 0.05) materials through Mn doping during sodiation process. Benefiting from surface P2 phase layer with the enhanced Na + transfer dynamics and high structural stability , the Na(Ni 2/9 Fe 1/3 Cu 1/9 Mn 1/3 ) 0.98 Mn 0.02 O 2 (NFCM-M2) cathode delivers a reversible capacity of 139.1 mA h g −1 at 0.1 C, and retains 71.4 % of its original capacity after 300 cycles at 1 C. Our work provides useful guidance for designing multiphase cathodes and offers new insights into the structure-performance correlation for sodium-ion cathode materials.
研究领域:
材料科学
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电化学
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能源存储
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无机化学
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固态化学
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Journal of Materials Chemistry A
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2024
·Vol. 12
·期 17
·10260-10268
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IF 10.7
Yingfen Li,Xingye Chen,Runxi Wang,Nian Zhou,Fang Huang,Jun Zhao,Zhenghua Su,Shuo Chen,Guangxing Liang
In this study, Sb2S3 was introduced into the two-step selenization process to promote bottom grain growth and reduce the surface roughness of the Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4 light-absorber layer. The introduction of Sb doping in Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4 can passivate bulk and interface defects and a small conduction band offset (CBO) can be found, which facilitate the improvement of heterojunction carrier transport properties. Similarly, simulations illustrated that Sb doping improved device efficiency by controlling bulk and interface defects and band alignment. This optimized method facilitated the penetration of Sb, resulting in a high-quality CZTSSe absorber layer. Ultimately, the research culminated in a significant enhancement, yielding a solar cell with an impressive efficiency of 13.11%. These findings offer new possibilities for kesterite solar cells and advance the potential of CZTSSe materials in thin film photovoltaic applications.
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材料科学
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光伏技术
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半导体物理
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薄膜太阳能电池
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无机功能材料
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固态电子学
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