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Song X, Li G, Zhou W, Wu Y, Liu X, Zhu Z, Huo P, Wang M. Construction of Au-modified CN-based donor-acceptor system coupled with dual photothermal effects for efficient photoreduction of carbon dioxide. J Colloid Interface Sci 2024; 664:868-881. [PMID: 38493652 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2024.03.090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2024] [Revised: 03/02/2024] [Accepted: 03/11/2024] [Indexed: 03/19/2024]
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Conversion of CO2 into high value-added fuels through the photothermal effect is an effective approach for utilizing solar energy. In this study, we prepared the CN-based photocatalyst Py-CTN-Au with both donor-acceptor (D-A) system and dual photothermal effects using a simple two-step method involving calcination and photo-deposition. Real-time monitoring with a thermal imaging camera revealed that Py-CTN-Au0.5 achieved a maximum stable temperature of 180 °C, which was approximately 1.2 times higher than that of Py-CTN (155 °C) and 1.9 times higher than that of g-CN (95 °C) under the same reaction conditions. Under the optimized reaction conditions, Py-CTN-Au0.5 exhibited a CO release rate of 30.59 umol g-1 after 4 h of reaction, which was 7.3 times higher than that of pure g-CN (4.18 umol g-1). The D-A system not only facilitated the separation and transformation of charge carriers but also induced a photothermal effect to accelerate the photoreduction of CO2. Additionally, the cocatalyst Au nanoparticles (Au NPs) further enhanced the charge carrier dynamics and photothermal effect by increasing the built-in electric field intensity and localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) effect, respectively. The dual photothermal effects resulting from the non-radiative photon conversion of the D-A structure and the Au NPs LSPR effect, along with the enhanced charge carrier dynamics, catalyzed the efficient photoreduction of CO2. DFT simulations were used to confirm the effect of D-A system and Au NPs. In-situ FTIR results demonstrated that the synergistic photothermal effect promoted the formation of the key intermediate species COOH*, which is beneficial for the photocatalytic reduction of CO2. This study provides valuable insights into the multiple photothermal synergistic effects in photocatalytic reactions.
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- Xianghai Song
- Institute of Green Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Advanced Chemical Engineering Laboratory of Green Materials and Energy of Jiangsu Province, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China; International Innovation center for Forest Chemicals and Materials of Nanjing Forestry, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China.
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- Institute of Green Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Advanced Chemical Engineering Laboratory of Green Materials and Energy of Jiangsu Province, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China
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- Institute of Green Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Advanced Chemical Engineering Laboratory of Green Materials and Energy of Jiangsu Province, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Polytechnic University, Jiaozuo 454003, China
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- Institute of Green Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Advanced Chemical Engineering Laboratory of Green Materials and Energy of Jiangsu Province, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China
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- Institute of Green Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Advanced Chemical Engineering Laboratory of Green Materials and Energy of Jiangsu Province, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China
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- Institute of Green Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Advanced Chemical Engineering Laboratory of Green Materials and Energy of Jiangsu Province, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China.
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- School of Agricultural Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China.
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Kushnarenko A, Zabelina A, Guselnikova O, Miliutina E, Vokatá B, Zabelin D, Burtsev V, Valiev R, Kolska Z, Paidar M, Sykora V, Postnikov P, Svorcik V, Lyutakov O. Merging gold plasmonic nanoparticles and L-proline inside a MOF for plasmon-induced visible light chiral organocatalysis at low temperature. NANOSCALE 2024; 16:5313-5322. [PMID: 38372626 DOI: 10.1039/d3nr04707e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/20/2024]
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Light-driven asymmetric photocatalysis represents a straightforward approach in modern organic chemistry. In comparison to the homogeneous one, heterogeneous asymmetric photocatalysis has the advantages of easy catalyst separation, recovery, and reuse, thus being cost- and time-effective. Here, we demonstrate how plasmon-active centers (gold nanoparticles - AuNPs) allow visible light triggering of chiral catalyst (proline) in model aldol reaction between acetone and benzaldehyde. The metal-organic framework UiO-66-NH2 was used as an advanced host platform for the loading of proline and AuNPs and their stabilization in spatial proximity. Aldol reactions were carried out at a low temperature (-20 °C) under light illumination which resulted in 91% ee with a closed-to-quantitative yield, 4.5 times higher than that without light (i.e. in the absence of plasmon triggering). A set of control experiments and quantum chemical modeling revealed that the plasmon assistance proceeds through hot electron excitation followed by an interaction with an enamine with the formation of anion radical species. We also demonstrated the high stability of the proposed system in multiple catalytic cycles without leaching metal ions, which makes our approach especially promising for heterogeneous asymmetric photocatalysis.
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- A Kushnarenko
- Department of Solid State Engineering, University of Chemistry and Technology, 16628 Prague, Czech Republic.
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- Department of Solid State Engineering, University of Chemistry and Technology, 16628 Prague, Czech Republic.
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- Research School of Chemistry and Applied Biomedical Sciences, Tomsk Polytechnic University, Russian Federation.
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- Department of Solid State Engineering, University of Chemistry and Technology, 16628 Prague, Czech Republic.
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- Department of Solid State Engineering, University of Chemistry and Technology, 16628 Prague, Czech Republic.
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- Department of Solid State Engineering, University of Chemistry and Technology, 16628 Prague, Czech Republic.
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- Department of Solid State Engineering, University of Chemistry and Technology, 16628 Prague, Czech Republic.
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- Kazan Federal University, 420008 Kazan, Russian Federation
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- Centre for Nanomaterials and Biotechnology, J. E. Purkyne University, 40096 Usti nad Labem, Czech Republic
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- Department of Inorganic Technology, University of Chemistry and Technology, 16628 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Water Technology and Environmental Engineering, University of Chemistry and Technology, 166 28 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Research School of Chemistry and Applied Biomedical Sciences, Tomsk Polytechnic University, Russian Federation.
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- Department of Solid State Engineering, University of Chemistry and Technology, 16628 Prague, Czech Republic.
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- Department of Solid State Engineering, University of Chemistry and Technology, 16628 Prague, Czech Republic.
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Manzaneda-González V, Jenkinson K, Peña-Rodríguez O, Borrell-Grueiro O, Triviño-Sánchez S, Bañares L, Junquera E, Espinosa A, González-Rubio G, Bals S, Guerrero-Martínez A. From Multi- to Single-Hollow Trimetallic Nanocrystals by Ultrafast Heating. CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS : A PUBLICATION OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 2023; 35:9603-9612. [PMID: 38047181 PMCID: PMC10687867 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.3c01698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2023] [Revised: 10/21/2023] [Accepted: 10/23/2023] [Indexed: 12/05/2023]
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Metal nanocrystals (NCs) display unique physicochemical features that are highly dependent on nanoparticle dimensions, anisotropy, structure, and composition. The development of synthesis methodologies that allow us to tune such parameters finely emerges as crucial for the application of metal NCs in catalysis, optical materials, or biomedicine. Here, we describe a synthetic methodology to fabricate hollow multimetallic heterostructures using a combination of seed-mediated growth routes and femtosecond-pulsed laser irradiation. The envisaged methodology relies on the coreduction of Ag and Pd ions on gold nanorods (Au NRs) to form Au@PdAg core-shell nanostructures containing small cavities at the Au-PdAg interface. The excitation of Au@PdAg NRs with low fluence femtosecond pulses was employed to induce the coalescence and growth of large cavities, forming multihollow anisotropic Au@PdAg nanostructures. Moreover, single-hollow alloy AuPdAg could be achieved in high yield by increasing the irradiation energy. Advanced electron microscopy techniques, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX) tomography, X-ray absorption near-edge structure (XANES) spectroscopy, and finite differences in the time domain (FDTD) simulations allowed us to characterize the morphology, structure, and elemental distribution of the irradiated NCs in detail. The ability of the reported synthesis route to fabricate multimetallic NCs with unprecedented hollow nanostructures offers attractive prospects for the fabrication of tailored high-entropy alloy nanoparticles.
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- Vanesa Manzaneda-González
- Departamento
de Química Física, Universidad
Complutense de Madrid, Avenida Complutense s/n, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- EMAT,
University of Antwerp, Groenenborgerlaan 171, B-2020 Antwerp, Belgium
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- Instituto
de Fusión Nuclear “Guillermo Velarde”, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, José Gutiérrez Abascal
2, E-28006 Madrid, Spain
- Departamento
de Ingeniería Energética, ETSII Industriales, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, José Gutiérrez Abascal
2, E-28006 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento
de Química Física, Universidad
Complutense de Madrid, Avenida Complutense s/n, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento
de Química Física, Universidad
Complutense de Madrid, Avenida Complutense s/n, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento
de Química Física, Universidad
Complutense de Madrid, Avenida Complutense s/n, 28040 Madrid, Spain
- Instituto
Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados en Nanociencia (IMDEA-Nanoscience), Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento
de Química Física, Universidad
Complutense de Madrid, Avenida Complutense s/n, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto
de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid, Consejo
Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Calle Sor Juana Inés de la
Cruz 3, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento
de Química Física, Universidad
Complutense de Madrid, Avenida Complutense s/n, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- EMAT,
University of Antwerp, Groenenborgerlaan 171, B-2020 Antwerp, Belgium
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- Departamento
de Química Física, Universidad
Complutense de Madrid, Avenida Complutense s/n, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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Xu J, Xu H, Xu L, Ruan Q, Zhu X, Kan C, Shi D. Plasmonic and catalytic Au NBP@AgPd nanoframes for highly efficient photocatalytic reactions. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2023; 25:13189-13197. [PMID: 37129667 DOI: 10.1039/d3cp01153d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Heterogeneous metal nanostructures with excellent plasmonic performance and catalytic activity are urgently needed to realize efficient light-driven catalysis. Herein, we demonstrate the preparation of hollow Au nanobipyramid (NBP)@AgPd nanostructures by employing Au NBP@Ag nanorods as templates. The products could transform from Au NBP@AgPd nanoframes to nanocages, along with the redshift and broadening of the plasmon wavelength. Particularly, the plasmon intensity of these nanostructures remained considerable among the shape evolution process. Based on the selective absorption of CTAB, the Ag atoms on the side surfaces of the Au NBP@Ag nanorods were employed as the sacrificial templates to reduce Pd atoms through galvanic replacement. The reduced Pd and Ag atoms produced through the reduction reaction were preferably co-deposited on the corners and edges at the early stage and later deposited directly on the defect sites of the side facets, as more Ag atoms were released. The discontinued distribution of the Pd atoms gives an opportunity to etch away the Ag atoms in the cores, leading to the formation of hollow Au NBP@AgPd nanostructures after the etching process. It is worth noting that the deposition of the ultrathin AgPd nanoframe had little influence on the plasmonic properties of Au NBPs, as verified by electrodynamic simulations. The Au NBP@AgPd nanoframe showed great photocatalytic activity toward Suzuki coupling reactions under laser irradiation. Taken together, these results suggest that the hot electrons successfully transfer from Au NBP to the AgPd nanoframes to participate in the photocatalytic reactions. This study affords a promising route for the synthesis of anisotropic bimetallic nanostructures with excellent plasmonic performances.
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- Juan Xu
- College of Physics, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 211106, China.
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- College of Physics, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 211106, China.
- College of Mathematics and Physics, Nanjing Institute of Technology, Nanjing, 211167, China
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- College of Physics, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 211106, China.
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- Engineering Product Development, Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore 487372, Singapore
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- College of Physics, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 211106, China.
- MIIT Key Laboratory of Aerospace Information Materials and Physics, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 211106, China
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- College of Physics, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 211106, China.
- MIIT Key Laboratory of Aerospace Information Materials and Physics, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 211106, China
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- College of Physics, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 211106, China.
- MIIT Key Laboratory of Aerospace Information Materials and Physics, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 211106, China
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Park CE, Jeong GH, Theerthagiri J, Lee H, Choi MY. Moving beyond Ti 2C 3T x MXene to Pt-Decorated TiO 2@TiC Core-Shell via Pulsed Laser in Reshaping Modification for Accelerating Hydrogen Evolution Kinetics. ACS NANO 2023; 17:7539-7549. [PMID: 36876982 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.2c12638] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Phase engineering of nanocatalysts on specific facets is critical not only for enhancing catalytic activity but also for intensely understanding the impact of facet-based phase engineering on electrocatalytic reactions. In this study, we successfully reshaped a two-dimensional (2D) MXene (Ti3C2Tx) obtained by etching Ti3AlC2 MAX via a pulsed laser irradiation in liquid (PLIL) process. We produced a TiO2@TiC core-shell structure in spheres with sizes of 200-350 nm, and then ∼2 nm ultrasmall Pt NPs were decorated on the surface of the TiO2@TiC core-shell using the single-step PLIL method. These advances allow for a significant increase in electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) activity under visible light illumination. The effect of optimal Pt loading on PLIL time was identified, and the resulting Pt/TiO2@TiC/Pt-5 min sample demonstrated outstanding electrochemical and photoelectrochemical performance. The photoelectrochemical HER activity over Pt/TiO2@TiC/Pt-5 min catalyst exhibits a low overpotential of 48 mV at 10 mA/cm2 and an ultralow Tafel slope of 54.03 mV/dec with excellent stability of over 50 h, which is hydrogen production activity even superior to that of the commercial Pt/C catalysts (55 mV, 62.45 mV/dec). This investigation not only serves as a potential for laser-dependent phase engineering but also provides a reliable strategy for the rational design and fabrication of highly effective nanocatalysts.
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- Chae Eun Park
- Department of Chemistry (BK21 FOUR), Research Institute of Natural Sciences, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 52828, Republic of Korea
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- Core-Facility Center for Photochemistry & Nanomaterials, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 52828, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry (BK21 FOUR), Research Institute of Natural Sciences, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 52828, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry (BK21 FOUR), Research Institute of Natural Sciences, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 52828, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry (BK21 FOUR), Research Institute of Natural Sciences, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 52828, Republic of Korea
- Core-Facility Center for Photochemistry & Nanomaterials, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 52828, Republic of Korea
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Zhang K, Wang C, Guo S, Li S, Wu Z, Hata S, Li J, Shiraishi Y, Du Y. Photoelectrocatalytic oxidation of ethylene glycol on trimetallic PdAgCu nanospheres enhanced by surface plasmon resonance. J Colloid Interface Sci 2023; 636:559-567. [PMID: 36669449 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2023.01.055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2022] [Revised: 01/10/2023] [Accepted: 01/11/2023] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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The notable surface plasmon resonance (SPR) effect of some metals has been applied to improve the efficiency of alcohol oxidation reactions, whereas the comprehensive investigation of Cu-assisted photoelectrocatalysis remains challenging. We herein successfully prepared trimetallic PdAgCu nanospheres (NSs) with abundant surface bulges for the advanced ethylene glycol oxidation reaction (EGOR) and compared them with bimetallic PdAg NSs to investigate the performance enhancement mechanism. Impressively, the as-optimized PdAgCu NSs exhibited superb mass activity and electrochemical stability. Moreover, under visible light illumination, the mass activity of PdAgCu NSs increased to 1.62 times compared to that in the dark, and in contrast, the mass activity of PdAg NSs only increased to 1.48 times that in the dark. A mechanistic study indicated that the incorporation of Cu not only strengthens the whole SPR effect of PdAgCu NSs but also further modifies the electronic structure of Pd. This work highlighted that the incorporation of Cu into PdAg NSs further enhanced the photoelectrocatalytic performance and increased noble metal atom utilization, which may provide guidance to fabricate novel and promising nanocatalysts in the field of photoelectrocatalysis.
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- Kewang Zhang
- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China.
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Environment Functional Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, Suzhou 215009, China.
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Sanyo-Onoda City University, Sanyo-Onoda, Yamaguchi 756-0884, Japan
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Sanyo-Onoda City University, Sanyo-Onoda, Yamaguchi 756-0884, Japan
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China; School of Optical and Electronic Information, Suzhou City University, Suzhou 215104, China.
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Jiang W, Low BQL, Long R, Low J, Loh H, Tang KY, Chai CHT, Zhu H, Zhu H, Li Z, Loh XJ, Xiong Y, Ye E. Active Site Engineering on Plasmonic Nanostructures for Efficient Photocatalysis. ACS NANO 2023; 17:4193-4229. [PMID: 36802513 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.2c12314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Plasmonic nanostructures have shown immense potential in photocatalysis because of their distinct photochemical properties associated with tunable photoresponses and strong light-matter interactions. The introduction of highly active sites is essential to fully exploit the potential of plasmonic nanostructures in photocatalysis, considering the inferior intrinsic activities of typical plasmonic metals. This review focuses on active site-engineered plasmonic nanostructures with enhanced photocatalytic performance, wherein the active sites are classified into four types (i.e., metallic sites, defect sites, ligand-grafted sites, and interface sites). The synergy between active sites and plasmonic nanostructures in photocatalysis is discussed in detail after briefly introducing the material synthesis and characterization methods. Active sites can promote the coupling of solar energy harvested by plasmonic metal to catalytic reactions in the form of local electromagnetic fields, hot carriers, and photothermal heating. Moreover, efficient energy coupling potentially regulates the reaction pathway by facilitating the excited state formation of reactants, changing the status of active sites, and creating additional active sites using photoexcited plasmonic metals. Afterward, the application of active site-engineered plasmonic nanostructures in emerging photocatalytic reactions is summarized. Finally, a summary and perspective of the existing challenges and future opportunities are presented. This review aims to deliver some insights into plasmonic photocatalysis from the perspective of active sites, expediting the discovery of high-performance plasmonic photocatalysts.
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- Wenbin Jiang
- Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore 138634, Republic of Singapore
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- Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore 138634, Republic of Singapore
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore 138634, Republic of Singapore
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- Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore 138634, Republic of Singapore
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- Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore 138634, Republic of Singapore
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- Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore 138634, Republic of Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117543, Republic of Singapore
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- Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore 138634, Republic of Singapore
- Institute of Sustainability for Chemicals, Energy and Environment (ISCE2), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore 138634, Republic of Singapore
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- Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore 138634, Republic of Singapore
- Institute of Sustainability for Chemicals, Energy and Environment (ISCE2), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore 138634, Republic of Singapore
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore 138634, Republic of Singapore
- Institute of Sustainability for Chemicals, Energy and Environment (ISCE2), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore 138634, Republic of Singapore
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Votkina D, Petunin P, Miliutina E, Trelin A, Lyutakov O, Svorcik V, Audran G, Havot J, Valiev R, Valiulina LI, Joly JP, Yamauchi Y, Mokkath JH, Henzie J, Guselnikova O, Marque SRA, Postnikov P. Uncovering the Role of Chemical and Electronic Structures in Plasmonic Catalysis: The Case of Homolysis of Alkoxyamines. ACS Catal 2023. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c04685] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/11/2023]
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- Darya Votkina
- Research School of Chemistry and Applied Biomedical Sciences, Tomsk Polytechnic University, Lenina Avn. 30, Tomsk 634050, Russian Federation
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- Research School of Chemistry and Applied Biomedical Sciences, Tomsk Polytechnic University, Lenina Avn. 30, Tomsk 634050, Russian Federation
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- Department of Solid-State Engineering, University of Chemistry and Technology, Technicka 5, Prague 166 28, Czech Republic
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- Department of Solid-State Engineering, University of Chemistry and Technology, Technicka 5, Prague 166 28, Czech Republic
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- Department of Solid-State Engineering, University of Chemistry and Technology, Technicka 5, Prague 166 28, Czech Republic
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- Department of Solid-State Engineering, University of Chemistry and Technology, Technicka 5, Prague 166 28, Czech Republic
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- Aix-Marseille University, CNRS, UMR 7273,
ICR case 551, Avenue Escadrille Normandie-Niemen, Marseille 13397 Cedex 20, France
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- Aix-Marseille University, CNRS, UMR 7273,
ICR case 551, Avenue Escadrille Normandie-Niemen, Marseille 13397 Cedex 20, France
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- Research School of Chemistry and Applied Biomedical Sciences, National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University, Tomsk 634050, Russia
- Kazan Federal University, Kremlyovskaya St., 18, Kazan 420008, Republic of Tatarstan, Russian Federation
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- Aix-Marseille University, CNRS, UMR 7273,
ICR case 551, Avenue Escadrille Normandie-Niemen, Marseille 13397 Cedex 20, France
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- National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan
- Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN), The University of Queensland, 4072 Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Quantum Nanophotonics Simulations Lab, Department of Physics, Kuwait College of Science and Technology, Doha Area, 7th Ring Road, P.O.
Box 27235, Safat 13058, Kuwait
City, Kuwait
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- National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan
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- Research School of Chemistry and Applied Biomedical Sciences, Tomsk Polytechnic University, Lenina Avn. 30, Tomsk 634050, Russian Federation
- National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan
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- Aix-Marseille University, CNRS, UMR 7273,
ICR case 551, Avenue Escadrille Normandie-Niemen, Marseille 13397 Cedex 20, France
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- Research School of Chemistry and Applied Biomedical Sciences, Tomsk Polytechnic University, Lenina Avn. 30, Tomsk 634050, Russian Federation
- Department of Solid-State Engineering, University of Chemistry and Technology, Technicka 5, Prague 166 28, Czech Republic
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Park S, Park W, Lee K, Min SJ, Jang KS. Zero Energy Heating of Solvent with Network-Structured Solar-Thermal Material: Eco-Friendly Palladium Catalysis of the Suzuki Reaction. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2022; 14:40967-40974. [PMID: 36041080 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c10530] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Solar-thermal materials absorb sunlight and convert it into heat, which is released into the surrounding medium. Utilization of solar energy for solvent heating can be a potential method of eco-friendly organic reactions. However, to date, significant heating of the entire volume of a solvent by 1 sun illumination has not been reported. In the present work, a network structure of solar-thermal materials has been proposed for zero energy heating of a solvent under 1 sun illumination. A network-structured solar-thermal material with an additional catalytic function was fabricated by sputtering palladium into a melamine sponge. The nanocrystalline palladium-decorated melamine sponge (Pd-sponge) has excellent sunlight absorption properties in the entire wavelength range that enable efficient solar-thermal conversion. The Pd-sponge can reduce heat loss to the surroundings by effectively blocking thermal radiation from the heated solvent. The temperature of the reaction solution with the ethanol-water mixture filled in the Pd-sponge increased from 23 to 59 °C under 1 sun illumination. The elevated temperature of the reaction solutions by solar-thermal conversion successfully accelerated the heterogeneous Pd-catalyzed Suzuki coupling reactions with high conversions. Easy and low-energy-consuming multicycle use of the solar-thermal and catalytic properties of the Pd-sponge has also been demonstrated.
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- Seungbeom Park
- Department of Applied Chemistry and Center for Bionano Intelligence Education and Research, Hanyang University, Ansan, Gyeonggi-do 15588, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Applied Chemistry and Center for Bionano Intelligence Education and Research, Hanyang University, Ansan, Gyeonggi-do 15588, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Applied Chemistry and Center for Bionano Intelligence Education and Research, Hanyang University, Ansan, Gyeonggi-do 15588, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Applied Chemistry and Center for Bionano Intelligence Education and Research, Hanyang University, Ansan, Gyeonggi-do 15588, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Applied Chemistry and Center for Bionano Intelligence Education and Research, Hanyang University, Ansan, Gyeonggi-do 15588, Republic of Korea
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Forcherio GT, Ostovar B, Boltersdorf J, Cai YY, Leff AC, Grew KN, Lundgren CA, Link S, Baker DR. Single-Particle Insights into Plasmonic Hot Carrier Separation Augmenting Photoelectrochemical Ethanol Oxidation with Photocatalytically Synthesized Pd-Au Bimetallic Nanorods. ACS NANO 2022; 16:12377-12389. [PMID: 35894585 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.2c03549] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Understanding the nature of hot carrier pathways following surface plasmon excitation of heterometallic nanostructures and their mechanistic prevalence during photoelectrochemical oxidation of complex hydrocarbons, such as ethanol, remains challenging. This work studies the fate of carriers from Au nanorods before and after the presence of reductively photodeposited Pd at the single-particle level using scattering and emission spectroscopy, along with ensemble photoelectrochemical methods. A sub-2 nm epitaxial Pd0 shell was reductively grown onto colloidal Au nanorods via hot carriers generated from surface plasmon resonance excitation in the presence of [PdCl4]2-. These bimetallic Pd-Au nanorod architectures exhibited 14% quenched emission quantum yields and 9% augmented plasmon damping determined from their scattering spectra compared to the bare Au nanorods, consistent with injection/separation of intraband hot carriers into the Pd. Absorbed photon-to-current efficiency in photoelectrochemical ethanol oxidation was enhanced 50× from 0.00034% to 0.017% due to the photodeposited Pd. Photocurrent during ethanol oxidation improved 13× under solar-simulated AM1.5G and 40× for surface plasmon resonance-targeted irradiation conditions after photodepositing Pd, consistent with enhanced participation of intraband-excited sp-band holes and desorption of ethanol oxidation reaction intermediates owing to photothermal effects.
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- Gregory T Forcherio
- U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command - Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, Maryland 20783 United States
- Electro-Optic Technology Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane, Indiana 47522 United States
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- U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command - Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, Maryland 20783 United States
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- U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command - Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, Maryland 20783 United States
- General Technical Services, Adelphi, Maryland 20783, United States
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- U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command - Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, Maryland 20783 United States
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- U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command - Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, Maryland 20783 United States
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- U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command - Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, Maryland 20783 United States
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Kang HS, Zhao WQ, Zhou T, Ma L, Yang DJ, Chen XB, Ding SJ, Wang QQ. Toroidal dipole-modulated dipole-dipole double-resonance in colloidal gold rod-cup nanocrystals for improved SERS and second-harmonic generation. NANO RESEARCH 2022; 15:9461-9469. [PMID: 35818567 PMCID: PMC9258465 DOI: 10.1007/s12274-022-4562-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2022] [Revised: 05/05/2022] [Accepted: 05/21/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Colloidal metal nanocrystals (NCs) show great potential in plasmon-enhanced spectroscopy owing to their attractive and structure-depended plasmonic properties. Herein, unique Au rod-cup NCs, where Au nanocups are embedded on the one or two ends of Au nanorods (NRs), are successfully prepared for the first time via a controllable wet-chemistry strategy. The Au rod-cup NCs possess multiple plasmon modes including transverse and longitudinal electric dipole (TED and LED), magnetic dipole (MD), and toroidal dipole (TD) modulated LED resonances, producing large extinction cross-section and huge near-field enhancements for plasmon-enhanced spectroscopy. Particularly, Au rod-cup NCs with two embedded cups show excellent surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) performance than Au NRs (75.6-fold enhancement excited at 633 nm) on detecting crystal violet owing to the strong electromagnetic hotspots synergistically induced by MD, LED, and TED-based plasmon coupling between Au cup and rod. Moreover, the strong TD-modulated dipole-dipole double-resonance and MD modes in Au rod-cup NCs bring a 37.3-fold enhancement of second-harmonic generation intensity compared with bare Au NRs, because they can efficiently harvest photoenergy at fundamental frequency and generate large near-field enhancements at second-harmonic wavelength. These findings provide a strategy for designing optical nanoantennas for plasmon-enhanced applications based on multiple plasmon modes. Electronic Supplementary Material Supplementary material (SEM image of Au rod-one-cup NCs; TEM image of Au/PbS hybrids; SEM image of Au rod-two-cup NCs; low-amplification SEM image of Au rod-two-cup NCs; experimental extinction and calculated electric field distributions of Au NR excited at different wavelengths; calculated absorption and scattering spectra of Au rod-one-cup NCs; schematic illustration of the cut plane and the corresponding magnetic field distribution under L3 excitation; Raman spectra of CV (10-6 M) adsorbed on Au rod-cup NCs with different cup sizes; calculated magnetic field distribution of Au rodcup NCs excited at 532 and 633 nm; calculated electric field distributions of Au rod-one-cup NC excited at 600 nm along TE and LE; the models of Au rod-cup NCs used in the simulations) is available in the online version of this article at 10.1007/s12274-022-4562-5.
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- Hao-Sen Kang
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Optical Information and Pattern Recognition, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan, 430205 China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Optical Information and Pattern Recognition, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan, 430205 China
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- School of Mathematics and Physics, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), Wuhan, 430074 China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Optical Information and Pattern Recognition, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan, 430205 China
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- Mathematics and Physics Department, North China Electric Power University, Beijing, 102206 China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Optical Information and Pattern Recognition, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan, 430205 China
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- School of Mathematics and Physics, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), Wuhan, 430074 China
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- School of Science, Department of Physics, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055 China
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Shao Y, Xu W, Zheng Y, Wang J, Xie J, Zhu Z, Xiang X, Ye Q, Zhang Y, Xue L, Gu B, Chen J, Zhang J, Wu Q, Ding Y. Controlled PAH-mediated method with enhanced optical properties for simple, stable immunochromatographic assays. Biosens Bioelectron 2022; 206:114150. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2022.114150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2021] [Revised: 02/21/2022] [Accepted: 02/28/2022] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Yin X, Yang J, Zhang M, Wang X, Xu W, Price CAH, Huang L, Liu W, Su H, Wang W, Chen H, Hou G, Walker M, Zhou Y, Shen Z, Liu J, Qian K, Di W. Serum Metabolic Fingerprints on Bowl-Shaped Submicroreactor Chip for Chemotherapy Monitoring. ACS NANO 2022; 16:2852-2865. [PMID: 35099942 PMCID: PMC9007521 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.1c09864] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Chemotherapy is a primary cancer treatment strategy, the monitoring of which is critical to enhancing the survival rate and quality of life of cancer patients. However, current chemotherapy monitoring mainly relies on imaging tools with inefficient sensitivity and radiation invasiveness. Herein, we develop the bowl-shaped submicroreactor chip of Au-loaded 3-aminophenol formaldehyde resin (denoted as APF-bowl&Au) with a specifically designed structure and Au loading content. The obtained APF-bowl&Au, used as the matrix of laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry (LDI MS), possesses an enhanced localized electromagnetic field for strengthened small metabolite detection. The APF-bowl&Au enables the extraction of serum metabolic fingerprints (SMFs), and machine learning of the SMFs achieves chemotherapy monitoring of ovarian cancer with area-under-the-curve (AUC) of 0.81-0.98. Furthermore, a serum metabolic biomarker panel is preliminarily identified, exhibiting gradual changes as the chemotherapy cycles proceed. This work provides insights into the development of nanochips and contributes to a universal detection platform for chemotherapy monitoring.
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- Xia Yin
- State
Key Laboratory for Oncogenes and Related Genes, Shanghai Key Laboratory
of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology,
Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai
Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200127, P.R. China
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- State
Key Laboratory for Oncogenes and Related Genes, Shanghai Key Laboratory
of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology,
Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai
Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200127, P.R. China
- School
of Biomedical Engineering and Med-X Research Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200030, P.R. China
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- State
Key Laboratory for Oncogenes and Related Genes, Shanghai Key Laboratory
of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology,
Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai
Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200127, P.R. China
- School
of Biomedical Engineering and Med-X Research Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200030, P.R. China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute
of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, Liaoning 116023, P.R. China
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- State
Key Laboratory for Oncogenes and Related Genes, Shanghai Key Laboratory
of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology,
Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai
Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200127, P.R. China
- School
of Biomedical Engineering and Med-X Research Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200030, P.R. China
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- The
University of Manchester at Harwell, Diamond
Light Source, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0DE, U.K.
- UK Catalysis
Hub, Research Complex at Harwell, Rutherford
Appleton Laboratories, Harwell Campus, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0FA, U.K.
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- State
Key Laboratory for Oncogenes and Related Genes, Shanghai Key Laboratory
of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology,
Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai
Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200127, P.R. China
- School
of Biomedical Engineering and Med-X Research Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200030, P.R. China
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- State
Key Laboratory for Oncogenes and Related Genes, Shanghai Key Laboratory
of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology,
Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai
Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200127, P.R. China
- School
of Biomedical Engineering and Med-X Research Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200030, P.R. China
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- State
Key Laboratory for Oncogenes and Related Genes, Shanghai Key Laboratory
of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology,
Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai
Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200127, P.R. China
- School
of Biomedical Engineering and Med-X Research Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200030, P.R. China
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- State
Key Laboratory for Oncogenes and Related Genes, Shanghai Key Laboratory
of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology,
Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai
Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200127, P.R. China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute
of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, Liaoning 116023, P.R. China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute
of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, Liaoning 116023, P.R. China
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- Department
of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University
of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario ON K1H 8L6, Canada
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- Department
of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC,
Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Auhui 230001, P.R. China
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- Department
of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC,
Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Auhui 230001, P.R. China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute
of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, Liaoning 116023, P.R. China
- DICP-Surrey
Joint Centre for Future Materials, Department of Chemical and Process
Engineering, and Advanced Technology Institute, University of Surrey, Guilford, Surrey GU2 7XH, U.K.
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- State
Key Laboratory for Oncogenes and Related Genes, Shanghai Key Laboratory
of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology,
Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai
Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200127, P.R. China
- School
of Biomedical Engineering and Med-X Research Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200030, P.R. China
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- State
Key Laboratory for Oncogenes and Related Genes, Shanghai Key Laboratory
of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology,
Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai
Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200127, P.R. China
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Tong F, Cui C, Liang X, Wang Z, Liu Y, Wang P, Cheng H, Dai Y, Zheng Z, Huang B. Boosting hot electrons transfer via laser-induced atomic redistribution for plasmon-enhanced nitroreduction and single-particle study. J Catal 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcat.2022.01.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Nazemi M, El-Sayed MA. Managing the Nitrogen Cycle via Plasmonic (Photo)Electrocatalysis: Toward Circular Economy. Acc Chem Res 2021; 54:4294-4304. [PMID: 34719918 DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.1c00446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
Abstract
As renewable energy sources are either intermittent in nature or remote in location, developing cost-effective, sustainable, modular systems and technologies to store and transport renewables at an industrial scale is imperative. Storing cheap renewable electricity into chemical bonds (i.e., chemical energy storage) could be a transformative opportunity for reliable and resilient grid energy storage. This approach enables renewables to be stored and shipped similarly to fossil fuels. Currently, the chemical industry primarily consumes fossil feedstock as an energy source, which has been the standard for over a century. A paradigm shift is required to move toward a more sustainable route for chemical synthesis by electrifying and decarbonizing the modern chemical industry. As renewable electricity costs decrease, (photo)electrosynthesis is gaining interest for synthesizing high-value and high-energy fuels and molecules in a clean, sustainable, and decentralized manner.The nitrogen cycle is one of the Earth's most critical biogeochemical cycles since nitrogen is a vital element for all living organisms. Artificial nitrogen fixation via a (photo)electrochemical system powered by renewables provides an alternative route to resource- and carbon-intensive thermochemical processes. (Photo)electrochemical nitrogen fixation at a large scale necessitates the discovery of active, selective, and stable heterogeneous (photo)electrocatalysts. In addition, the use of advanced in situ and operando spectroscopic techniques is needed to pinpoint the underlying reaction mechanisms. The selectivity of nitrogen (N2) molecules on the catalyst surface and suppressing thermodynamically favorable side reactions (e.g., hydrogen evolution reaction) are the main bottlenecks in improving the rate of (photo)electrochemical nitrogen fixation in aqueous solutions. The rational design of electrode, electrolyte, and reactors is required to weaken the strong nitrogen-nitrogen triple bond (N≡N) at or near ambient conditions. This Account covers our group's recent advances in synthesizing shape-controlled hybrid plasmonic nanoparticles, including plasmonic-semiconductor and plasmonic-transition metal nanostructures with increased surface areas. The nanocatalysts' selectivity and activity toward nitrogen conversion are benchmarked in liquid- and gas-phase electrochemical systems. We leverage operando vibrational-type spectroscopy (i.e., surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS)) to identify intermediate species relevant to nitrogen fixation at the electrode-electrolyte interface to gain mechanistic insights into reaction mechanisms, leading to the discovery of more efficient catalysts. Operando SERS revealed that the nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR) to ammonia on hybrid plasmonic-transition metal nanoparticle surfaces (e.g., Pd-Ag) occurs through an associative mechanism. In the NRR process, hydrazine (N2H4) is consumed as an intermediate species. A femtosecond pulsed laser is used to synthesize hybrid plasmonic photocatalysts with homogeneously distributed Pd atoms on a Au nanorod surface, resulting in enhanced optoelectronic and catalytic properties. The overarching goal is to develop modular photoelectrochemical systems for long-duration renewable energy storage. In the context of nitrogen fixation, we aim to propose strategies to manage the nitrogen cycle through the interconversion of N2 and active nitrogen-containing compounds (e.g., NH3, NOx), enabling a circular nitrogen economy with sustainable and positive social and economic outcomes. The versatile approaches presented in this Account can inform future opportunities in (photo)electrochemical energy conversion systems and solar fuel-based applications.
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- Mohammadreza Nazemi
- School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0400, United States
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- School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0400, United States
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