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Guo D, Xu Y, Xu J, Guo K, Wu N, Cao A, Liu G, Liu X. Synergistic Engineering of CoO/MnO Heterostructures Integrated with Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Nanofibers for Lithium-Ion Batteries. Molecules 2024; 29:2228. [PMID: 38792090 PMCID: PMC11123785 DOI: 10.3390/molecules29102228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2024] [Revised: 05/08/2024] [Accepted: 05/08/2024] [Indexed: 05/26/2024] Open
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The integration of heterostructures within electrode materials is pivotal for enhancing electron and Li-ion diffusion kinetics. In this study, we synthesized CoO/MnO heterostructures to enhance the electrochemical performance of MnO using a straightforward electrostatic spinning technique followed by a meticulously controlled carbonization process, which results in embedding heterostructured CoO/MnO nanoparticles within porous nitrogen-doped carbon nanofibers (CoO/MnO/NC). As confirmed by density functional theory calculations and experimental results, CoO/MnO heterostructures play a significant role in promoting Li+ ion and charge transfer, improving electronic conductivity, and reducing the adsorption energy. The accelerated electron and Li-ion diffusion kinetics, coupled with the porous nitrogen-doped carbon nanofiber structure, contribute to the exceptional electrochemical performance of the CoO/MnO/NC electrode. Specifically, the as-prepared CoO/MnO/NC exhibits a high reversible specific capacity of 936 mA h g-1 at 0.1 A g-1 after 200 cycles and an excellent high-rate capacity of 560 mA h g-1 at 5 A g-1, positioning it as a competitive anode material for lithium-ion batteries. This study underscores the critical role of electronic and Li-ion regulation facilitated by heterostructures, offering a promising pathway for designing transition metal oxide-based anode materials with high performances for lithium-ion batteries.
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- Donglei Guo
- Key Laboratory of Function-Oriented Porous Materials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Luoyang Normal University, Luoyang 471934, China; (D.G.); (Y.X.); (K.G.); (N.W.)
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- Key Laboratory of Function-Oriented Porous Materials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Luoyang Normal University, Luoyang 471934, China; (D.G.); (Y.X.); (K.G.); (N.W.)
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- Key Laboratory of Function-Oriented Porous Materials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Luoyang Normal University, Luoyang 471934, China; (D.G.); (Y.X.); (K.G.); (N.W.)
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- Key Laboratory of Function-Oriented Porous Materials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Luoyang Normal University, Luoyang 471934, China; (D.G.); (Y.X.); (K.G.); (N.W.)
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- Key Laboratory of Function-Oriented Porous Materials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Luoyang Normal University, Luoyang 471934, China; (D.G.); (Y.X.); (K.G.); (N.W.)
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- Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Lyngby, Denmark;
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- Key Laboratory of Function-Oriented Porous Materials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Luoyang Normal University, Luoyang 471934, China; (D.G.); (Y.X.); (K.G.); (N.W.)
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- Key Laboratory of Function-Oriented Porous Materials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Luoyang Normal University, Luoyang 471934, China; (D.G.); (Y.X.); (K.G.); (N.W.)
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Wang J, Fan X, Han X, Lv K, Zhao Y, Zhao Z, Zhao D. Ultrasmall Inorganic Mesoporous Nanoparticles: Preparation, Functionalization, and Application. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2024:e2312374. [PMID: 38686777 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202312374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2023] [Revised: 04/10/2024] [Indexed: 05/02/2024]
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Ultrasmall mesoporous nanoparticles (<50 nm), a unique porous nanomaterial, have been widely studied in many fields in the last decade owing to the abundant advantages, involving rich mesopores, low density, high surface area, numerous reaction sites, large cavity space, ultrasmall size, etc. This paper presents a review of recent advances in the preparation, functionalization, and applications of ultrasmall inorganic mesoporous nanoparticles for the first time. The soft monomicelles-directed method, in contrast to the hard-template and template-free methods, is more flexible in the synthesis of mesoporous nanoparticles. This is because the amphiphilic micelle has tunable functional blocks, controlled molecule masses, configurations and mesostructures. Focus on the soft micelle directing method, monomicelles could be classified into four types, i.e., the Pluronic-type block copolymer monomicelles, laboratory-synthesized amphiphilic block copolymers monomicelles, the single-molecule star-shaped block copolymer monomicelles, and the small-molecule anionic/cationic surfactant monomicelles. This paper also reviews the functionalization of the inner mesopores and the outer surfaces, which includes constructing the yolkshell structures (encapsulated nanoparticles), anchoring the active components packed on the shell and building an asymmetric Janus architecture. Then, several representative applications, involving catalysis, energy storage, and biomedicines are presented. Finally, the prospects and challenges of controlled synthesis and large-scale applications of ultrasmall mesoporous nanoparticles in the future are foreseen.
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- Jie Wang
- College of Energy Materials and Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, 010070, China
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- College of Energy Materials and Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, 010070, China
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- College of Energy Materials and Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, 010070, China
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- College of Resources and Environment, South-Central Minzu University, Wuhan, 430074, China
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- College of Energy Materials and Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, 010070, China
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- College of Energy Materials and Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, 010070, China
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- College of Energy Materials and Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, 010070, China
- College of Chemistry and Materials, Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, China
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Hu YL, Liu XB, Yang LL. Novel and highly efficient transformation of carbon dioxide into 2-oxazolidinones over Al-MCM-41 mesoporous-supported ionic liquids. ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY 2024; 45:1855-1869. [PMID: 36476067 DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2022.2156816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2022] [Accepted: 11/30/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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A type of Al-MCM-41 supported dual imidazolium ionic liquids were constructed and efficiently used as catalysts for the synthesis of 2-oxazolidinones from epoxides, amines, and CO2. The influence of the different catalysts and reaction parameters on the catalytic behaviours was investigated. Al-MCM-41@ILTiCl5 was identified as the most excellent catalyst because it could efficiently promote the three-component cycloaddition of CO2, epoxide, and amines to form the corresponding 2-oxazolidinones in high to excellent yields (84∼96%) with excellent selectivities (98∼99.7%). In addition, the recovery and reuse performances of Al-MCM-41@ILTiCl5 were examined. The catalyst could be recovered by simple filtration and reused six times without a change in the catalytic activity. Green reaction conditions, operational simplicity, feasibility, and sustainability of the functionalized catalyst are the main highlights of the present protocol.
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- Yu Lin Hu
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Anshun University, Anshun, People's Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jinggangshan University, Ji'an, People's Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Anshun University, Anshun, People's Republic of China
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Yang X, Yuan Q, Sheng T, Wang X. Mesoporous Mo-doped PtBi intermetallic metallene superstructures to enable the complete electrooxidation of ethylene glycol. Chem Sci 2024; 15:4349-4357. [PMID: 38516075 PMCID: PMC10952108 DOI: 10.1039/d4sc00323c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2024] [Accepted: 02/12/2024] [Indexed: 03/23/2024] Open
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Metallenes, intermetallic compounds, and porous nanocrystals are the three types of most promising advanced nanomaterials for practical fuel cell devices, but how to integrate the three structural features into a single nanocrystal remains a huge challenge. Herein, we report an efficient one-step method to construct freestanding mesoporous Mo-doped PtBi intermetallic metallene superstructures (denoted M-PtBiMo IMSs) as highly active and stable ethylene glycol oxidation reaction (EGOR) catalysts. The materials retained their catalytic performance, even in complex direct ethylene glycol fuel cells (DEGFCs). The M-PtBiMo IMSs showed EGOR mass and specific activities of 24.0 A mgPt-1 and 61.1 mA cm-2, respectively, which were both dramatically higher than those of benchmark Pt black and Pt/C. In situ infrared spectra showed that ethylene glycol underwent complete oxidation via a 10-electron CO-free pathway over the M-PtBiMo IMSs. Impressively, M-PtBiMo IMSs demonstrated a much higher power density (173.6 mW cm-2) and stability than Pt/C in DEGFCs. Density functional theory calculations revealed that oxophilic Mo species promoted the EGOR kinetics. This work provides new possibilities for designing advanced Pt-based nanomaterials to improve DEGFC performance.
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- Xiaotong Yang
- State-Local Joint Laboratory for Comprehensive Utilization of Biomass, Center for R&D of Fine Chemicals, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guizhou University Guiyang Guizhou province 550025 P. R. China
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- State-Local Joint Laboratory for Comprehensive Utilization of Biomass, Center for R&D of Fine Chemicals, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guizhou University Guiyang Guizhou province 550025 P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University Wuhu 241000 P. R. China
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- Key Lab of Organic Optoelectronics & Molecular Engineering, Tsinghua University Beijing 100084 P. R. China
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Yin S, Liu L, Li J, Wu H, Lv Z, He Y, Zhang JY, Zhang P, Zhao Z, Zhao D, Lan K. Mesoporous TiO 2 Single-Crystal Particles from Controlled Crystallization-Driven Mono-Micelle Assembly as an Efficient Photocatalyst. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:1701-1709. [PMID: 38157406 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c12727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2024]
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Mesoporous materials with crystalline frameworks have been widely explored in many fields due to their unique structure and crystalline feature, but accurate manipulations over crystalline scaffolds, mainly composed of uncontrolled polymorphs, are still lacking. Herein, we explored a controlled crystallization-driven monomicelle assembly approach to construct a type of uniform mesoporous TiO2 particles with atomically aligned single-crystal frameworks. The resultant mesoporous TiO2 single-crystal particles possess an angular shape ∼80 nm in diameter, good mesoporosity (a high surface area of 112 m2 g-1 and a mean pore size at 8.3 nm), and highly oriented anatase frameworks. By adjusting the evaporation rate during assembly, such a facile solution-processed strategy further enables the regulation of the particle size and mesopore size without the destruction of the oriented crystallites. Such a combination of ordered mesoporosity and crystalline orientation provides both effective mass and charge transportation, leading to a significant increase in the hydrogen generation rate. A maximum hydrogen evolution rate of 12.5 mmol g-1 h-1 can be realized, along with great stability under solar light. Our study is envisaged to extend the possibility of mesoporous single crystal growth to a range of functional ceramics and semiconductors toward advanced applications.
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- Sixing Yin
- College of Chemistry and Materials, Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials, Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, P. R. China
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- College of Energy Materials and Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot 010021, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials, Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials, Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, P. R. China
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- College of Energy Materials and Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot 010021, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials, Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials, Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, P. R. China
- College of Energy Materials and Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot 010021, P. R. China
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- College of Energy Materials and Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot 010021, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials, Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, P. R. China
- College of Energy Materials and Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot 010021, P. R. China
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- College of Energy Materials and Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot 010021, P. R. China
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Drożdż W, Ciesielski A, Stefankiewicz AR. Dynamic Cages-Towards Nanostructured Smart Materials. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202307552. [PMID: 37449543 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202307552] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2023] [Revised: 07/13/2023] [Accepted: 07/14/2023] [Indexed: 07/18/2023]
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The interest in capsular assemblies such as dynamic organic and coordination cages has blossomed over the last decade. Given their chemical and structural variability, these systems have found applications in diverse fields of research, including energy conversion and storage, catalysis, separation, molecular recognition, and live-cell imaging. In the exploration of the potential of these discrete architectures, they are increasingly being employed in the formation of more complex systems and smart materials. This Review highlights the most promising pathways to overcome common drawbacks of cage systems (stability, recovery) and discusses the most promising strategies for their hybridization with systems featuring various dimensionalities. Following the description of the most recent advances in the fabrication of zero to three-dimensional cage-based systems, this Review will provide the reader with the structure-dependent relationship between the employed cages and the properties of the materials.
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- Wojciech Drożdż
- Faculty of Chemistry, Adam Mickiewicz University, Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 8, 61-614, Poznań, Poland
- Center for Advanced Technology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 10, 61-614, Poznań, Poland
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- Center for Advanced Technology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 10, 61-614, Poznań, Poland
- Institut de Science et d'Ingénierie Supramoléculaires, Université de Strasbourg & CNRS, 8 allée Gaspard Monge, 67000, Strasbourg, France
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Adam Mickiewicz University, Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 8, 61-614, Poznań, Poland
- Center for Advanced Technology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 10, 61-614, Poznań, Poland
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Lim H, Seo Y, Kwon D, Kang S, Yu J, Park H, Lee SD, Lee T. Recent Progress in Diatom Biosilica: A Natural Nanoporous Silica Material as Sustained Release Carrier. Pharmaceutics 2023; 15:2434. [PMID: 37896194 PMCID: PMC10609864 DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics15102434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2023] [Revised: 09/27/2023] [Accepted: 10/04/2023] [Indexed: 10/29/2023] Open
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A drug delivery system (DDS) is a useful technology that efficiently delivers a target drug to a patient's specific diseased tissue with minimal side effects. DDS is a convergence of several areas of study, comprising pharmacy, medicine, biotechnology, and chemistry fields. In the traditional pharmacological concept, developing drugs for disease treatment has been the primary research field of pharmacology. The significance of DDS in delivering drugs with optimal formulation to target areas to increase bioavailability and minimize side effects has been recently highlighted. In addition, since the burst release found in various DDS platforms can reduce drug delivery efficiency due to unpredictable drug loss, many recent DDS studies have focused on developing carriers with a sustained release. Among various drug carriers, mesoporous silica DDS (MS-DDS) is applied to various drug administration routes, based on its sustained releases, nanosized porous structures, and excellent solubility for poorly soluble drugs. However, the synthesized MS-DDS has caused complications such as toxicity in the body, long-term accumulation, and poor excretion ability owing to acid treatment-centered manufacturing methods. Therefore, biosilica obtained from diatoms, as a natural MS-DDS, has recently emerged as an alternative to synthesized MS-DDS. This natural silica carrier is an optimal DDS platform because culturing diatoms is easy, and the silica can be separated from diatoms using a simple treatment. In this review, we discuss the manufacturing methods and applications to various disease models based on the advantages of biosilica.
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- Hayeon Lim
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Kwangwoon University, 20 Kwangwoon-ro, Nowon-gu, Seoul 01897, Republic of Korea; (H.L.); (Y.S.); (S.K.); (J.Y.); (H.P.)
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Kwangwoon University, 20 Kwangwoon-ro, Nowon-gu, Seoul 01897, Republic of Korea; (H.L.); (Y.S.); (S.K.); (J.Y.); (H.P.)
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- Protist Research Team, Microbial Research Department, Nakdonggang National Institute of Biological Resources (NNIBR), 137, Donam 2-gil, Sangju-si 37242, Republic of Korea;
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Kwangwoon University, 20 Kwangwoon-ro, Nowon-gu, Seoul 01897, Republic of Korea; (H.L.); (Y.S.); (S.K.); (J.Y.); (H.P.)
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Kwangwoon University, 20 Kwangwoon-ro, Nowon-gu, Seoul 01897, Republic of Korea; (H.L.); (Y.S.); (S.K.); (J.Y.); (H.P.)
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Kwangwoon University, 20 Kwangwoon-ro, Nowon-gu, Seoul 01897, Republic of Korea; (H.L.); (Y.S.); (S.K.); (J.Y.); (H.P.)
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- Protist Research Team, Microbial Research Department, Nakdonggang National Institute of Biological Resources (NNIBR), 137, Donam 2-gil, Sangju-si 37242, Republic of Korea;
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Kwangwoon University, 20 Kwangwoon-ro, Nowon-gu, Seoul 01897, Republic of Korea; (H.L.); (Y.S.); (S.K.); (J.Y.); (H.P.)
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Grozdov D, Zinicovscaia I. Mesoporous Materials for Metal-Laden Wastewater Treatment. MATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 16:5864. [PMID: 37687556 PMCID: PMC10488830 DOI: 10.3390/ma16175864] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2023] [Revised: 08/17/2023] [Accepted: 08/23/2023] [Indexed: 09/10/2023]
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Rapid technological, industrial and agricultural development has resulted in the release of large volumes of pollutants, including metal ions, into the environment. Heavy metals have become of great concern due to their toxicity, persistence, and adverse effects caused to the environment and population. In this regard, municipal and industrial effluents should be thoroughly treated before being discharged into natural water or used for irrigation. The physical, chemical, and biological techniques applied for wastewater treatment adsorption have a special place in enabling effective pollutant removal. Currently, plenty of adsorbents of different origins are applied for the treatment of metal-containing aqueous solution and wastewater. The present review is focused on mesoporous materials. In particular, the recent achievements in mesoporous materials' synthesis and application in wastewater treatment are discussed. The mechanisms of metal adsorption onto mesoporous materials are highlighted and examples of their multiple uses for metal removal are presented. The information contained in the review can be used by researchers and environmental engineers involved in the development of new adsorbents and the improvement of wastewater treatment technologies.
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- Dmitrii Grozdov
- Department of Nuclear Physics, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Joliot-Curie Str., 6, 1419890 Dubna, Russia;
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- Department of Nuclear Physics, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Joliot-Curie Str., 6, 1419890 Dubna, Russia;
- Department of Nuclear Physics, Horia Hulubei National Institute for R&D in Physics and Nuclear Engineering, 30 Reactorului Str. MG-6, 077125 Magurele, Romania
- Institute of Chemistry, Moldova State University, 3, Academiei Str, MD-2028 Chisinau, Moldova
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Griffin A, Chen G, Robertson M, Wang K, Xiang Y, Qiang Z. Accelerated Synthesis of Ordered Mesoporous Carbons Using Plasma. ACS OMEGA 2023; 8:15781-15789. [PMID: 37151511 PMCID: PMC10157878 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.3c01523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2023] [Accepted: 04/06/2023] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Conventional ordered mesoporous carbon (OMC) production usually requires long processing times in the carbonization step to achieve desired temperatures through controlled ramps. To enable expedited materials discovery, developing advanced manufacturing capability with significantly improved throughput is highly desired. Current approaches for accelerating the synthesis of OMCs include using microwave and Joule heating. However, both methods rely on the introduction of additional components, such as microwave absorbers and electrically conductive agents, within the bulk materials to impart the ability to reach high carbonization temperatures. This work demonstrates accelerated synthesis and functionalization of OMCs through the use of a dielectric barrier discharge plasma, where carbonization can be accomplished within 15 min using 30 W plasma sources, representing more than an order of magnitude increase in polymer-to-carbon conversion kinetics compared to that of a traditionally pyrolyzed analogue. Particularly, the ability of performing rapid carbonization without the use of additional substrates within the OMC precursor systems is advantageous. A systematic investigation of how plasma power, time, and gas atmosphere impact the resulting OMC pore textures and properties is performed, demonstrating the broad applicability of plasma-enabled carbonization methods. Furthermore, we demonstrate that the plasma treatment strategy can be extended to incorporate heteroatoms into the carbon framework by introducing ammonia gas, resulting in OMCs with a nitrogen content up to 4.7 at %, as well as non-Pluronic templating systems for synthesizing OMC with pore sizes larger than 10 nm. As employing a plasma source for materials pyrolysis is an industrially relevant approach, our system can be extended toward scaled synthesis of OMCs with much faster production rates.
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- Anthony Griffin
- School
of Polymer Science and Engineering, University
of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, 39406, United States
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- Dave
C. Swalm School of Chemical Engineering, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi 39762, United States
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- School
of Polymer Science and Engineering, University
of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, 39406, United States
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- Department
of Physics and Astronomy, Mississippi State
University, Mississippi
State, Mississippi, 39762, United States
- Department
of Chemistry, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi, 39762, United
States
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- Dave
C. Swalm School of Chemical Engineering, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi 39762, United States
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- School
of Polymer Science and Engineering, University
of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, 39406, United States
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Shamsvand N, Varmaghani F, Karimi B, Hassanaki H. Insight into the role of nitrogen in N-doped ordered mesoporous carbons for the spontaneous non-covalent attachment and electrografting of redox-active materials. Analyst 2023; 148:1309-1321. [PMID: 36852542 DOI: 10.1039/d3an00176h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/19/2023]
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The role of nitrogen functional groups in nitrogen-doped ordered mesoporous carbons (OMCs) toward the spontaneous non-covalent and electrografting was investigated using two home-made ionic liquid-derived ordered mesoporous carbons having different nitrogen concentrations (guanine-rich ionic liquid-derived ordered mesoporous carbon (GIOMC) and ionic liquid-derived ordered mesoporous carbon (IOMC)). The carbonaceous materials were fabricated by the carbonization of a mixture of ionic liquid (1-methyl-3-phenethyl-1H-imidazolium hydrogen sulfate) as a carbon source using SBA-15 as a hard template. Guanine was used during the carbonization of GIOMC as a nitrogen source. The electrode was modified with either GIOMC or IOMC followed by electrochemical surface functionalization with a few electro-active precursors as redox-active molecular models bearing different substituents and electronic properties. The high surface coverage of 5.6(±0.3) × 10-9 mol cm-2 for 4,4-biphenol was obtained for the GIOMC-modified electrode. We seek to explain whether the nitrogen content could indeed exert a dramatic impact on loading electroactive species on the electrode surface. The non-covalent anchoring studies indicated that at higher pH values the loading of electro-active moieties was significantly influenced by the content of nitrogen on the employed OMCs. The adsorption capacity (mg g-1) of the OMCs was studied for catechol as a typical electro-active species in the range of 0.050-0.165 mg ml-1. The adsorption capacity of 0.11 mg g-1 catechol was 42(±4) and 26(±3) mg g-1 for GIOMC and IOMC, respectively. In addition, our observations revealed that electro-grafting efficiency via diazonium ion was restricted by the protonation of nitrogen in the reaction media. Further, the fabricated redox-active/N-doped OMC electrodes showed sensitivity to pH, which was accompanied by either a Nernstian shift of the redox peak potentials (60(±3) mV per pH) in the pH range of 2-13 in the buffer solutions or variations of the redox peak currents (9.7(±0.3) μA per pH) in the pH range of 1-5.5 in the unbuffered situations. The resulting electrodes as voltammetric pH probes showed a simple response to pH in both buffer and unbuffered solutions. In addition, we introduced the fabricated electrode as a zero-gap generator/collector electrode system using a single electrode to recognize proton-dependent electron transfer from the proton-independent electrode process by detecting pH changes quite close to the surface of the electrode. The detailed descriptions are outlined.
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- Nasim Shamsvand
- Department of Chemistry, Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences (IASBS), Zanjan 45137-66731, Iran.
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- Department of Chemistry, Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences (IASBS), Zanjan 45137-66731, Iran. .,Research Center for Basic Sciences and Modern Technologies (RBST), Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences (IASBS), Zanjan 45137-66731, Iran
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- Department of Chemistry, Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences (IASBS), Zanjan 45137-66731, Iran. .,Research Center for Basic Sciences and Modern Technologies (RBST), Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences (IASBS), Zanjan 45137-66731, Iran
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- Department of Chemistry, Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences (IASBS), Zanjan 45137-66731, Iran.
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Synthesis of Hollow Mesoporous Silica Nanospheroids with O/W Emulsion and Al(III) Incorporation and Its Catalytic Activity for the Synthesis of 5-HMF from Carbohydrates. Catalysts 2023. [DOI: 10.3390/catal13020354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Controlling the particle size as well as porosity and shape of silica nanoparticles is always a big challenge while tuning their properties. Here, we designed a cost-effective, novel, green synthetic method for the preparation of perforated hollow mesoporous silica nanoparticles (PHMS-1) using a very minute amount of cationic surfactant in o/w-type (castor oil in water) emulsion at room temperature. The grafting of Al(III) through post-synthetic modification onto this silica framework (PHMS-2, Si/Al ~20 atomic percentage) makes this a very efficient solid acid catalyst for the conversion of monosaccharides to 5-HMF. Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET) surface area for the pure silica and Al-doped mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs) were found to be 866 and 660 m2g−1, respectively. Powder XRD, BET and TEM images confirm the mesoporosity of these materials. Again, the perforated hollow morphology was investigated using scanning electron microscopic analysis. Al-doped hollow MSNs were tested for acid catalytic-biomass conversion reactions. Our results show that PHMS-2 has much higher catalytic efficiency than contemporary aluminosilicate frameworks (83.7% of 5-HMF yield in 25 min at 160 °C for fructose under microwave irradiation).
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Hu YL, Sun ZG. Environmentally sustainable synthesis of cyclic carbonates from epoxides and CO 2 promoted by MCM-41 supported dual imidazolium ionic liquids catalysts. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL REACTOR ENGINEERING 2023. [DOI: 10.1515/ijcre-2022-0210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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A type of MCM-41 supported dual imidazolium ionic liquids have been synthesized and efficiently used as catalysts in the sustainable chemical conversion of CO2 and epoxides into cyclic carbonates. It was shown that the highest efficiency was achieved in the cycloaddition of a variety of epoxides and CO2 in the presence of the MCM-41@DILSCN solid catalyst under mild conditions. More interestingly, the catalyst was stable, very active, robust, and displayed good recyclability without significant loss of catalytic activity after six consecutive cycles during the process. Overall, the present protocol of synthesizing cyclic carbonates under solvent free conditions using MCM-41@DILSCN is promising for industrial applications.
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- Yu Lin Hu
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering , Anshun University , Anshun 561000 , P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering , Anshun University , Anshun 561000 , P. R. China
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Qasim M, Clarkson AN, Hinkley SFR. Green Synthesis of Carbon Nanoparticles (CNPs) from Biomass for Biomedical Applications. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24021023. [PMID: 36674532 PMCID: PMC9863453 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24021023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2022] [Revised: 12/19/2022] [Accepted: 12/21/2022] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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In this review, we summarize recent work on the "green synthesis" of carbon nanoparticles (CNPs) and their application with a focus on biomedical applications. Recent developments in the green synthesis of carbon nanoparticles, from renewable precursors and their application for environmental, energy-storage and medicinal applications are discussed. CNPs, especially carbon nanotubes (CNTs), carbon quantum dots (CQDs) and graphene, have demonstrated utility as high-density energy storage media, environmental remediation materials and in biomedical applications. Conventional fabrication of CNPs can entail the use of toxic catalysts; therefore, we discuss low-toxicity manufacturing as well as sustainable and environmentally friendly methodology with a focus on utilizing readily available biomass as the precursor for generating CNPs.
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- Muhammad Qasim
- Department of Anatomy, Brain Health Research Centre and Brain Research New Zealand, University of Otago, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand
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- Department of Anatomy, Brain Health Research Centre and Brain Research New Zealand, University of Otago, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand
- Correspondence: (A.N.C.); (S.F.R.H.); Tel.: +64-3-279-7326 (A.N.C.); +64-4-463-0052 (S.F.R.H)
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- Ferrier Research Institute, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington 5012, New Zealand
- Correspondence: (A.N.C.); (S.F.R.H.); Tel.: +64-3-279-7326 (A.N.C.); +64-4-463-0052 (S.F.R.H)
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Phosphonic acid tagged carbon quantum dots encapsulated in SBA-15 as a novel catalyst for the preparation of N-heterocycles with pyrazolo, barbituric acid and indole moieties. Sci Rep 2022; 12:20812. [PMID: 36460684 PMCID: PMC9718821 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-24553-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2022] [Accepted: 11/16/2022] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Herein, we have presented a new insight for the synthesis of a hybrid heterogeneous catalyst. For this purpose, phosphonic acid tagged carbon quantum dots of CQDs-N(CH2PO3H2)2 encapsulated and assembled in channels of SBA-15 using a post-modification strategy. The mesoporous catalyst of functionalized carbon quantum dots (CQDs) was characterized by several techniques. CQDs-N(CH2PO3H2)2/SBA-15 as an excellent catalyst was applied for the preparation of novel pyrazolo[4',3':5,6]pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidine derivatives by using pyrazole, barbituric acid and indole moieties at 100 °C under the solvent-free condition. The present work shows that a significant increase in the catalytic activity can be achieved by a rational design of mesoporous SBA-15 modified with CQDs for the synthesis of biological active candidates. The synthesized compounds did not convert to their corresponding pyridines via an anomeric-based oxidation mechanism.
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Ramaripa PS, Modibane KD, Makgopa K, Seerane OA, Maubane-Nkadimeng MS, Makhado E, Hato MJ, Ramoroka ME, Molapo KM, Balakrishnan D, Iwuoha EI. Fabrication, characterization, and photovoltaic performance of titanium dioxide/metal-organic framework composite. JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jpap.2022.100142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/14/2022] Open
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Biobased Kapok Fiber Nano-Structure for Energy and Environment Application: A Critical Review. MOLECULES (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 27:molecules27228107. [PMID: 36432208 PMCID: PMC9699385 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27228107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2022] [Revised: 11/08/2022] [Accepted: 11/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The increasing degradation of fossil fuels has motivated the globe to turn to green energy solutions such as biofuel in order to minimize the entire reliance on fossil fuels. Green renewable resources have grown in popularity in recent years as a result of the advancement of environmental technology solutions. Kapok fiber is a sort of cellulosic fiber derived from kapok tree seeds (Ceiba pentandra). Kapok Fiber, as a bio-template, offers the best alternatives to provide clean and renewable energy sources. The unique structure, good conductivity, and excellent physical properties exhibited by kapok fiber nominate it as a highly favored cocatalyst for deriving solar energy processes. This review will explore the role and recent developments of KF in energy production, including hydrogen and CO2 reduction. Moreover, this work summarized the potential of kapok fiber in environmental applications, including adsorption and degradation. The future contribution and concerns are highlighted in order to provide perspective on the future advancement of kapok fiber.
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Zhang R, Wang ZW, Yang ZD, Bai FQ. Novel quadrilateral-pore 2D-COFs as visible-light driven catalysts evaluated by the descriptor of integrated p z-orbital population. NANOSCALE 2022; 14:15713-15723. [PMID: 36156669 DOI: 10.1039/d2nr03706h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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In the past few decades, strategies for designing new two-dimensional covalent organic framework (2D-COF) structures have been limited to the shape of positive hexagonal pores, and the underlying relationship between their structure and electronic properties still remains unclear. Herein, novel 2D-COFs with C, N and H elements confined to the quadrilateral-pore skeleton based on first-principles calculations and the topological assembly of different benzene-based building blocks were designed and studied. These 2D-COFs enriched the topology types and can offer an ideal platform for band engineering aimed at spontaneously driving the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) under visible light irradiation. The approach for regulating pore structures on nodes, linkers and linkages can effectively tune band gaps, and thus the 2D-COF, consisting of benzene building blocks and imine linkages, has the optimal activity for the photocatalytic HER under common visible light conditions. Furthermore, the integrated pz-orbital population was found to evaluate the photocatalytic activity efficiently. We demonstrate that the pz-orbital population is in linear relationship with the intensity of H+ adsorption, indicating that the total contribution of the pz-orbital electrons can be an efficient descriptor for screening suitable 2D-COF structures for use as photocatalysts for the HER. Therefore, this work presents a new strategy for designing novel quadrilateral-pore 2D-COFs as visible-light photocatalysts and provides an important insight into the relationship between catalytic activity and the population of activated electrons.
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- Rui Zhang
- International Joint Research Laboratory of Nano-Micro Architecture Chemistry, Institute of Theoretical Chemistry and College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130023, People's Republic of China.
- School of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Harbin University of Science and Technology, Harbin 150080, People's Republic of China.
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- International Joint Research Laboratory of Nano-Micro Architecture Chemistry, Institute of Theoretical Chemistry and College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130023, People's Republic of China.
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- School of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Harbin University of Science and Technology, Harbin 150080, People's Republic of China.
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- International Joint Research Laboratory of Nano-Micro Architecture Chemistry, Institute of Theoretical Chemistry and College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130023, People's Republic of China.
- Key Laboratory of Physics and Technology for Advanced Batteries (Ministry of Education), Jilin University, Changchun 130023, People's Republic of China
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Beijing 100013, People's Republic of China
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Li K, Qin Y, Li ZG, Guo TM, An LC, Li W, Li N, Bu XH. Elastic properties related energy conversions of coordination polymers and metal–organic frameworks. Coord Chem Rev 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2022.214692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Amardeep A, Shende RC, Gandharapu P, Wani MS, Mukhopadhyay A. Faceted Antimony Particles with Interiors Reinforced with Reduced Graphene Oxide as High-Performance Anode Material for Sodium-Ion Batteries. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2022; 14:45296-45307. [PMID: 36173298 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c11165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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The attainment of "true reinforcement" in a composite and harnessing of the associated beneficial effects have been demonstrated here through the development of faceted crystalline Sb particles having the interiors reinforced with reduced graphene oxide (rGO). Such a unique and "near-ideal" micro/nanocomposite architecture has been achieved via a facile/cost-effective route by facilitating heterogeneous nucleation/growth of Sb-oxide particles on/around dispersed rGO sheets upon incorporation of the same directly into the precursor suspension, followed by the reduction of Sb-oxide to Sb, in intimate contact with the rGO, during the subsequent single heat-treatment step. As a potential anode material for Na-ion batteries, the as-developed Sb/rGO composite exhibits a reversible Na-storage capacity of ∼550 mAh/g (@ 0.2 A/g) and a fairly high first cycle Coulombic efficiency (CE) of ∼79%, with the good reversibility being attributed to the coarse particle size of Sb and encompassing of rGO sheets inside the Sb particles. Furthermore, despite the coarse particle size, the Sb/rGO-based electrode exhibits outstanding cyclic stability, with negligible capacity fade up to 150 cycles (viz., ∼97% capacity retention), and rate capability, with >86% capacity being obtained upon raising the current density from 0.1 to 2 A/g, resulting in a capacity of ∼490 mAh/g, even at 2 A/g.
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- Amardeep Amardeep
- High Temperature and Energy Materials Laboratory, Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400076, India
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- High Temperature and Energy Materials Laboratory, Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400076, India
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- High Temperature and Energy Materials Laboratory, Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400076, India
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- High Temperature and Energy Materials Laboratory, Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400076, India
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- High Temperature and Energy Materials Laboratory, Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400076, India
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Zheng S, Tian Y, Ouyang J, Shen Y, Wang X, Luan J. Carbon nanomaterials for drug delivery and tissue engineering. Front Chem 2022; 10:990362. [PMID: 36171994 PMCID: PMC9510755 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2022.990362] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2022] [Accepted: 08/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Carbon nanomaterials are some of the state-of-the-art materials used in drug-delivery and tissue-engineering research. Compared with traditional materials, carbon nanomaterials have the advantages of large specific surface areas and unique properties and are more suitable for use in drug delivery and tissue engineering after modification. Their characteristics, such as high drug loading and tissue loading, good biocompatibility, good targeting and long duration of action, indicate their great development potential for biomedical applications. In this paper, the synthesis and application of carbon dots (CDs), carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and graphene in drug delivery and tissue engineering are reviewed in detail. In this review, we discuss the current research focus and existing problems of carbon nanomaterials in order to provide a reference for the safe and effective application of carbon nanomaterials in drug delivery and tissue engineering.
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- Shaolie Zheng
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
- *Correspondence: Xiaoyu Wang, ; Jian Luan,
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- College of Sciences, Northeastern University, Shenyang, China
- *Correspondence: Xiaoyu Wang, ; Jian Luan,
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Xie D, Jiang Y, Li K, Yang X, Zhang Y. Pickering Emulsions Stabilized by Mesoporous Nanoparticles with Different Morphologies in Combination with DTAB. ACS OMEGA 2022; 7:29153-29160. [PMID: 36033667 PMCID: PMC9404459 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.2c03215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2022] [Accepted: 07/28/2022] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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The morphology of nanoparticles plays a significant role in the properties and applications of Pickering emulsions. Oil-in-water (O/W) Pickering emulsions were prepared using spherical, rod-like, and thread-like mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNPs) in combination with the cationic surfactant dodecyltrimethylammonium bromide (DTAB) as a stabilizer. The effects of nanoparticle morphology on the stability and stimuli-responsive properties of Pickering emulsions were investigated. For spherical and rod-like MSNP systems, stable Pickering emulsions were obtained at DTAB concentrations above 0.2 mmol·L-1. Stable Pickering emulsions containing thread-like MSNPs were produced at lower DTAB concentrations of approximately 0.1 mmol·L-1. The droplets with thread-like MSNPs were extremely large with an average diameter around 700 μm at DTAB concentrations of 0.1-0.3 mmol·L-1, which were approximately 20 times larger than those of conventional droplets. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images showed that all three types of MSNPs were located at the O/W interfaces. Irrespective of the morphology of the MSNPs, all the stable Pickering emulsions retained their original appearance for more than 6 months. By adding NaOH and HCl alternatively, the Pickering emulsions containing spherical and rod-like MSNPs could be switched between unstable and stable states more than 60 times. The Pickering emulsions containing thread-like MSNPs, by contrast, could have their droplet size switched between large and small more than 10 times without any obvious phase separation. The high anisotropy of thread-like MSNPs contributed to the low interface curvature of the droplets. This study revealed the relationship between the morphology of MSNPs and the characteristics of Pickering emulsions. These results enrich our knowledge about the formulation of Pickering emulsions and expand their applications.
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Vosmerikov AA, Vosmerikova LN, Barbashin YE, Vosmerikov AV. Aromatization of Propane over Zn-Containing Zeolites with a Micro-Mesoporous Structure. KINETICS AND CATALYSIS 2022. [DOI: 10.1134/s0023158422040127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Chen YH, Han DM, Zhang Q. Seed-induced synthesis of hierarchical architectures of ZSM-5 nanocrystalline aggregates by the solid state crystallization. ADV POWDER TECHNOL 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.apt.2022.103666] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022]
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Uddin MK, Abd Malek NN, Jawad AH, Sabar S. Pyrolysis of rubber seed pericarp biomass treated with sulfuric acid for the adsorption of crystal violet and methylene green dyes: an optimized process. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHYTOREMEDIATION 2022; 25:393-402. [PMID: 35786072 DOI: 10.1080/15226514.2022.2086214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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In this study, the biomass of rubber seed pericarp was first treated with sulfuric acid and then its activated carbon was formed by the pyrolysis process. As produced acid-treated activated carbon of chosen biomass was then used for the adsorption of crystal violet (CV) and methylene green (MG) from the colored aqueous solution. The adsorbent was exposed to several characterization methods to know its structural and morphological behaviors before and after CV and MG adsorption. The adsorbent was found to be mesoporous having a surface area of 59.517 m2/g. The effect of pH, time, and concentration was assessed while various isotherm and kinetics models were employed to know the adsorption insight. The optimum conditions were at pH 8, within 30 min, 50 mg/L concentration, and 0.06 gm dose. The adsorption data (the maximum adsorption capacity for CV and MG were found to be 302.7 and 567.6 mg/g, respectively) was validated by fitting in a response surface statistical methodology and the positive interactions between the studied factors were found. The adsorption was mainly belonging to the electrostatic attraction of the dye molecules. The study proves that the used adsorbent is economical and an excellent source of treating wastewater.
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- Mohammad Kashif Uddin
- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Zulfi Campus, Majmaah University, Al-Majmaah, Saudi Arabia
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- Faculty of Applied Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam, Malaysia
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- Chemical Sciences Programme, School of Distance Education (SDE), Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia
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Antunes MM, Silva AF, Fernandes A, Valente AA. γ-Valerolactone synthesis from α-angelica lactone and levulinic acid over biobased multifunctional nanohybrid catalysts. Catal Today 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cattod.2021.08.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Sharma V, Agrawal A, Singh O, Goyal R, Sarkar B, Gopinathan N, Gumfekar SP. A Comprehensive Review on the Synthesis Techniques of Porous Materials for Gas Separation and Catalysis. CAN J CHEM ENG 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/cjce.24507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Vikrant Sharma
- Department of Chemical Engineering Indian Institute of Technology Ropar India
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- CSIR‐Indian Institute of Petroleum Dehradun India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Gaziabad India
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- CSIR‐Indian Institute of Petroleum Dehradun India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Gaziabad India
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- CSIR‐Indian Institute of Petroleum Dehradun India
- Department of Chemical Engineering Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee India
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- CSIR‐Indian Institute of Petroleum Dehradun India
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- Department of Chemical Engineering Indian Institute of Technology Ropar India
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- Department of Chemical Engineering Indian Institute of Technology Ropar India
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Yang RX, Jan K, Chen CT, Chen WT, Wu KCW. Thermochemical Conversion of Plastic Waste into Fuels, Chemicals, and Value-Added Materials: A Critical Review and Outlooks. CHEMSUSCHEM 2022; 15:e202200171. [PMID: 35349769 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202200171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2022] [Revised: 03/27/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Plastic waste is an emerging environmental issue for our society. Critical action to tackle this problem is to upcycle plastic waste as valuable feedstock. Thermochemical conversion of plastic waste has received growing attention. Although thermochemical conversion is promising for handling mixed plastic waste, it typically occurs at high temperatures (300-800 °C). Catalysts can play a critical role in improving the energy efficiency of thermochemical conversion, promoting targeted reactions, and improving product selectivity. This Review aims to summarize the state-of-the-art of catalytic thermochemical conversions of various types of plastic waste. First, general trends and recent development of catalytic thermochemical conversions including pyrolysis, gasification, hydrothermal processes, and chemolysis of plastic waste into fuels, chemicals, and value-added materials were reviewed. Second, the status quo for the commercial implementation of thermochemical conversion of plastic waste was summarized. Finally, the current challenges and future perspectives of catalytic thermochemical conversion of plastic waste including the design of sustainable and robust catalysts were discussed.
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- Ren-Xuan Yang
- Department of Plastics Engineering, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA 01851, USA
- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei, 10607, Taiwan
- Institute of Environmental Engineering and Management, National Taipei University of Technology, No.1 Sec. 3, Chung-Hsiao E. Rd., Taipei, 106344, Taiwan
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- Department of Plastics Engineering, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA 01851, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei, 10607, Taiwan
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- Department of Plastics Engineering, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA 01851, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei, 10607, Taiwan
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Md Rahim SAN, Lee CS, Abnisa F, Wan Daud WMA, Aroua MK, Cognet P, Pérès Y. Activated carbon-based electrodes for two-steps catalytic/ electrocatalytic reduction of glycerol in Amberlyst-15 mediator. CHEMOSPHERE 2022; 295:133949. [PMID: 35157890 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.133949] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2021] [Revised: 02/09/2022] [Accepted: 02/09/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Redox mediators supply an effective way to promote electrons (and protons) transport between the electrode and substrate without being in direct physical contact with the electrode. Here, the carbon-based electrodes with Amberlyst-15 as the redox mediator were used in the electrocatalytic reduction to investigate their ability to indirectly convert glycerol into 1,2-propanediol. The process aims to study the influence of different activated carbon compositions (60%, 70%, 80%, and 90% of total weight) in the activated carbon composite (ACC) electrodes on the electrochemical properties, reaction mechanisms, and selectivity of the yielded products. Their electrochemical behavior and physicochemical properties were determined by cyclic voltammetry (CV) and chronoamperometry (CA), followed by FESEM-EDX for the selected ACC electrode. Electroactive surface area (EASA) plays a role in glycerol mass transport and electrons transfer. EASA of 60ACC, 70ACC, 80ACC, and 90ACC (geometrical surface area of 0.50 cm2) were 19.62, 24.50, 36.74 and 30.83 cm2, respectively. With the highest EASA, 80ACC enhanced the mass transport and electrons transfer process that eventually improved its electrocatalytic activity. It outperformed other ACC electrodes by generating Amberlyst-15 radicals (A-15•-) with high current density at low potential (-0.5 V vs. Ag/AgCl). A-15•- served as the electron-donor for the homogeneous redox reaction with glycerol in delivering highly reactive glycerol radical for further intermediates development and generated 1,2-propanediol at -2.5 V vs. Ag/AgCl (current density of -0.2018 A cm-2). High activated carbon content portrayed a dominant role in controlling EASA and favored consecutive acetol-1,2-propanediol production through the C-O bond breakage. From the galvanostatic electrolysis, 1,2-propanediol selectivity was higher on 80ACC (88.6%) compared to 60ACC (61.4%), 70ACC (70.4%) and 90ACC (72.5%). Diethylene glycol formation was found to be the side reaction but preferred low activated carbon percentage in 60ACC and 70ACC.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, King Abdulaziz University, Rabigh, 21911, Saudi Arabia.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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- Centre for Carbon Dioxide Capture and Utilisation (CCDCU), School of Engineering and Technology, Sunway University, Bandar Sunway, 47500, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia; Department of Engineering, Lancaster University, Lancaster, LA1 4YW, UK; Sunway Materials Smart Science & Engineering Research Cluster (SMS2E), Sunway University, No. 5 Jalan Universiti, Bandar Sunway, 47500 Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia.
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- Laboratoire de Génie Chimique, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, INP, UPS, Toulouse, France
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- Laboratoire de Génie Chimique, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, INP, UPS, Toulouse, France
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Sheng Q, Zhong X, Shang Q, Dong Y, Zhao J, Du Y, Xie Y. Triazine-Based Conjugated Microporous Polymers With Different Linkage Units for Visible Light–Driven Hydrogen Evolution. Front Chem 2022; 10:854018. [PMID: 35402380 PMCID: PMC8990882 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2022.854018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2022] [Accepted: 02/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Conjugated microporous polymers (CMPs), as a kind of two-dimensional material, have attracted extensive attention due to their advantages in visible light–driven photocatalytic splitting of water for hydrogen evolution. However, improving the microstructure and electronic structure of the material to enhance their photocatalytic performance for hydrogen evolution remains a challenge. We designed and reported two analogous CMPs including CMP-1 and CMP-2 that contain triazine and dibenzothiophene-S,S-dioxide units, which were prepared by Pd-catalyzed Suzuki-Miyaura coupling reaction. The main difference of two CMPs is that the triazine units are connected to benzene unit (CMP-1) or thiophene unit (CMP-2). Both of the CMPs exhibit excellent light capture capability, and compared with CMP-2, CMP-1 has faster separation rates and lower recombination rates for the charge carriers (electron/hole), and then, a higher hydrogen evolution rate was obtained from water decomposition reaction. We find the H2 production rate of CMP-1 can be up to 9,698.53 μmol g−1h −1, which is about twice of that of CMP-2. This work suggests that molecular design is a potent method to optimize the photocatalytic performance toward hydrogen evolution of the CMPs.
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- Qiannan Sheng
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng, China
- *Correspondence: Jinsheng Zhao, ; Yuchang Du, ; Yu Xie,
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- Key Laboratory of Jiangxi University for Applied Chemistry and Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry and Bioengineering, Yichun University, Yichun, China
- *Correspondence: Jinsheng Zhao, ; Yuchang Du, ; Yu Xie,
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- College of Environment and Chemical Engineering, Nanchang Hangkong University, Nanchang, China
- *Correspondence: Jinsheng Zhao, ; Yuchang Du, ; Yu Xie,
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Rashed AE, Nasser A, Elkady MF, Matsushita Y, El-Moneim AA. Fe Nanoparticle Size Control of the Fe-MOF-Derived Catalyst Using a Solvothermal Method: Effect on FTS Activity and Olefin Production. ACS OMEGA 2022; 7:8403-8419. [PMID: 35309432 PMCID: PMC8928532 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.1c05927] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2021] [Accepted: 01/25/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The design of a highly active Fe-supported catalyst with the optimum particle and pore size, dispersion, loading, and stability is essential for obtaining the desired product selectivity. This study employed a solvothermal method to prepare two Fe-MIL-88B metal-organic framework (MOF)-derived catalysts using triethylamine (TEA) or NaOH as deprotonation catalysts. The catalysts were analyzed using X-ray diffraction, N2-physisorption, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, H2 temperature-programed reduction, and thermogravimetric analysis and were evaluated for the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis performance. It was evident that the catalyst preparation in the presence of TEA produces a higher MOF yield and smaller crystal size than those produced using NaOH. The pyrolysis of MOFs yielded catalysts with different Fe particle sizes of 6 and 35 nm for the preparation in the presence of TEA and NaOH, respectively. Also, both types of catalysts exhibited a high Fe loading (50%) and good stability after 100 h reaction time. The smaller particle size TEA catalyst showed higher activity and higher olefin yield, with 94% CO conversion and a higher olefin yield of 24% at a lower reaction temperature of 280 °C and 20 bar at H2/CO = 1. Moreover, the smaller particle size TEA catalyst exhibited higher Fe time yield and CH4 selectivity but with lower chain growth probability (α) and C5+ selectivity.
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- Ahmed E. Rashed
- Basic
and Applied Science Institute, Egypt-Japan
University of Science and Technology, New Borg El-Arab 21934, Egypt
- Environmental
Sciences Department, Faculty of Science, Alexandria University, Alexandria 21511, Egypt
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- Chemical
Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria University, Alexandria 11432, Egypt
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- Chemical
and Petroleum Engineering Department, Egypt-Japan
University of Science and Technology, New Borg El-Arab 21934, Egypt
- Fabrication
Technology Department, Advanced Technology and New Materials Research
Institute (ATNMRI), City of Scientific Research
and Technological Applications, Alexandria 21934, Egypt
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- Basic
and Applied Science Institute, Egypt-Japan
University of Science and Technology, New Borg El-Arab 21934, Egypt
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Wang J, Wang Y, Chen Y. Inverse Design of Materials by Machine Learning. MATERIALS 2022; 15:ma15051811. [PMID: 35269043 PMCID: PMC8911677 DOI: 10.3390/ma15051811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2021] [Revised: 02/13/2022] [Accepted: 02/24/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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It is safe to say that every invention that has changed the world has depended on materials. At present, the demand for the development of materials and the invention or design of new materials is becoming more and more urgent since peoples' current production and lifestyle needs must be changed to help mitigate the climate. Structure-property relationships are a vital paradigm in materials science. However, these relationships are often nonlinear, and the pattern is likely to change with length scales and time scales, posing a huge challenge. With the development of physics, statistics, computer science, etc., machine learning offers the opportunity to systematically find new materials. Especially by inverse design based on machine learning, one can make use of the existing knowledge without attempting mathematical inversion of the relevant integrated differential equation of the electronic structure but by using backpropagation to overcome local minimax traps and perform a fast calculation of the gradient information for a target function concerning the design variable to find the optimizations. The methodologies have been applied to various materials including polymers, photonics, inorganic materials, porous materials, 2-D materials, etc. Different types of design problems require different approaches, for which many algorithms and optimization approaches have been demonstrated in different scenarios. In this mini-review, we will not specifically sum up machine learning methodologies, but will provide a more material perspective and summarize some cut-edging studies.
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- Jia Wang
- School of Space and Environment, Beihang University, Beijing 102206, China;
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Risk Perception and Prevention, Beijing 100081, China
- Correspondence:
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China;
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Zhang M, Cao A, Zhang H, Zhao Y, Su X, Wang L, Wu R, Yang C. Urchin-like hybrid nanostructures of CuO x/Fe 2O 3 from Cu-mediated pyrolysis of Fe-MOFs for catalytic reduction of organic pollutants. NANOSCALE 2022; 14:1826-1833. [PMID: 35037928 DOI: 10.1039/d1nr06142a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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MOFs have been widely used as templates to design and construct catalysis materials, such as LDH, metal oxides, and carbon. Herein, we developed a Cu-mediated pyrolysis protocol for the synthesis of urchin-like CuOx/Fe2O3 hybrid nanostructures using Fe-MOFs as the precursor. The hierarchical hybrids were composed of an inner CuOx-dispersed Fe2O3 octahedral matrix covered with radially grown Fe2O3 nanorods. This novel hierarchical hybrid nanostructure was generated likely due to the difference in the inward contraction rates between the Cu and Fe species during pyrolysis. Given the structural and compositional benefits, the urchin-like CuOx/Fe2O3 hybrids exhibited outstanding catalytic activity for the chemical reduction of 4-nitrophenol (4-NP) and dyes. Besides, CuOx/Fe2O3 was found to be highly catalytic in the reduction of 4-NP even after 30 consecutive runs, manifesting outstanding durability for continuous operation.
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- Min Zhang
- Ministry Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Fine Chemicals, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046, China.
- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Fuzhou 350002, China
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- Ministry Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Fine Chemicals, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046, China.
- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Fuzhou 350002, China
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- Ministry Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Fine Chemicals, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046, China.
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- Ministry Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Fine Chemicals, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046, China.
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- Engineering and Technology Research Center for Environmental Nanomaterials, School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, China.
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- Ministry Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Fine Chemicals, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046, China.
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- Ministry Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Fine Chemicals, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046, China.
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- Ministry Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Fine Chemicals, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046, China.
- Xinjiang De'an Environmental Protection Technologies Inc, Urumqi 830046, China
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Gao T, Duan P, Zhang Q, Yuan S. Application of One-Dimensional Nanomaterials in Catalysis at the Single-Molecule and Single-Particle Scale. Front Chem 2022; 9:812287. [PMID: 34976957 PMCID: PMC8718916 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2021.812287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2021] [Accepted: 11/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The morphology of nanomaterials has a great influence on the catalytic performance. One-dimensional (1D) nanomaterials have been widely used in the field of catalysis due to their unique linear morphology with large specific surface area, high electron-hole separation efficiency, strong light absorption capacity, plentiful exposed active sites, and so on. In this review, we summarized the recent progress of 1D nanomaterials by focusing on the applications in photocatalysis and electrocatalysis. We highlighted the advanced characterization techniques, such as scanning tunneling microscopy (STM), atomic force microscopy (AFM), surface photovoltage microscopy (SPVM), single-molecule fluorescence microscopy (SMFM), and a variety of combined characterization methods, which have been used to identify the catalytic action of active sites and reveal the mechanism of 1D nanomaterials. Finally, the challenges and future directions of the research on the catalytic mechanism of single-particle 1D nanomaterials are prospected. To our best knowledge, there is no review on the application of single-molecule or single-particle characterization technology to 1D nanomaterial catalysis at present. This review provides a systematic introduction to the frontier field and opens the way for the 1D nanomaterial catalysis.
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- Tengyang Gao
- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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- International Collaborative Laboratory of 2D Materials for Optoelectronics Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Microscale Optoelectronics, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.,College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China
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Li X, Huang J, Feng L, He D, Liu Z, Li G, Zhang N, Feng Y, Cao L. Molybdenum and cobalt co-doped VC nanoparticles encapsulated in nanocarbon as efficient electrocatalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction. Inorg Chem Front 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d1qi01313k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Molybdenum and cobalt co-doped VC nanoparticles encapsulated in nanocarbon (Mo, Co-VC@C) are successfully synthesized via a one-pot calcination route, exhibiting excellent electrocatalytic HER performance.
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- Xiaoyi Li
- School of Material Science and Engineering, International S&T Cooperation Foundation of Shaanxi Province, Xi'an Key Laboratory of Green Manufacture of Ceramic Materials, Key Laboratory of Auxiliary Chemistry and Technology for Chemical Industry, Ministry of Education, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an 710021, P. R. China
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- School of Material Science and Engineering, International S&T Cooperation Foundation of Shaanxi Province, Xi'an Key Laboratory of Green Manufacture of Ceramic Materials, Key Laboratory of Auxiliary Chemistry and Technology for Chemical Industry, Ministry of Education, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an 710021, P. R. China
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- School of Material Science and Engineering, International S&T Cooperation Foundation of Shaanxi Province, Xi'an Key Laboratory of Green Manufacture of Ceramic Materials, Key Laboratory of Auxiliary Chemistry and Technology for Chemical Industry, Ministry of Education, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an 710021, P. R. China
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- School of Material Science and Engineering, International S&T Cooperation Foundation of Shaanxi Province, Xi'an Key Laboratory of Green Manufacture of Ceramic Materials, Key Laboratory of Auxiliary Chemistry and Technology for Chemical Industry, Ministry of Education, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an 710021, P. R. China
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- Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK
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- State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, P. R. China
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- School of Material Science and Engineering, International S&T Cooperation Foundation of Shaanxi Province, Xi'an Key Laboratory of Green Manufacture of Ceramic Materials, Key Laboratory of Auxiliary Chemistry and Technology for Chemical Industry, Ministry of Education, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an 710021, P. R. China
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- School of Material Science and Engineering, International S&T Cooperation Foundation of Shaanxi Province, Xi'an Key Laboratory of Green Manufacture of Ceramic Materials, Key Laboratory of Auxiliary Chemistry and Technology for Chemical Industry, Ministry of Education, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an 710021, P. R. China
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- School of Material Science and Engineering, International S&T Cooperation Foundation of Shaanxi Province, Xi'an Key Laboratory of Green Manufacture of Ceramic Materials, Key Laboratory of Auxiliary Chemistry and Technology for Chemical Industry, Ministry of Education, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an 710021, P. R. China
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Duan L, Wang C, Zhang W, Ma B, Deng Y, Li W, Zhao D. Interfacial Assembly and Applications of Functional Mesoporous Materials. Chem Rev 2021; 121:14349-14429. [PMID: 34609850 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.1c00236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Functional mesoporous materials have gained tremendous attention due to their distinctive properties and potential applications. In recent decades, the self-assembly of micelles and framework precursors into mesostructures on the liquid-solid, liquid-liquid, and gas-liquid interface has been explored in the construction of functional mesoporous materials with diverse compositions, morphologies, mesostructures, and pore sizes. Compared with the one-phase solution synthetic approach, the introduction of a two-phase interface in the synthetic system changes self-assembly behaviors between micelles and framework species, leading to the possibility for the on-demand fabrication of unique mesoporous architectures. In addition, controlling the interfacial tension is critical to manipulate the self-assembly process for precise synthesis. In particular, recent breakthroughs based on the concept of the "monomicelles" assembly mechanism are very promising and interesting for the synthesis of functional mesoporous materials with the precise control. In this review, we highlight the synthetic strategies, principles, and interface engineering at the macroscale, microscale, and nanoscale for oriented interfacial assembly of functional mesoporous materials over the past 10 years. The potential applications in various fields, including adsorption, separation, sensors, catalysis, energy storage, solar cells, and biomedicine, are discussed. Finally, we also propose the remaining challenges, possible directions, and opportunities in this field for the future outlook.
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- Linlin Duan
- Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Shanghai Key Lab of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, P.R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Shanghai Key Lab of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, P.R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Shanghai Key Lab of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, P.R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Shanghai Key Lab of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, P.R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Shanghai Key Lab of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, P.R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Shanghai Key Lab of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, P.R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Shanghai Key Lab of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, P.R. China
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Heteroatoms-doped hierarchical porous carbons: Multifunctional materials for effective methylene blue removal and cryogenic hydrogen storage. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2021.127554] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Comparisons of visible-light driven photocatalytic CO2 conversion performances over mesoporous CdSxSe1–x with different molecular compositions. J CO2 UTIL 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcou.2021.101671] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Yang R, Mei L, Fan Y, Zhang Q, Zhu R, Amal R, Yin Z, Zeng Z. ZnIn 2 S 4 -Based Photocatalysts for Energy and Environmental Applications. SMALL METHODS 2021; 5:e2100887. [PMID: 34927932 DOI: 10.1002/smtd.202100887] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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As a fascinating visible-light-responsive photocatalyst, zinc indium sulfide (ZnIn2 S4 ) has attracted extensive interdisciplinary interest and is expected to become a new research hotspot in the near future, due to its nontoxicity, suitable band gap, high physicochemical stability and durability, ease of synthesis, and appealing catalytic activity. This review provides an overview on the recent advances in ZnIn2 S4 -based photocatalysts. First, the crystal structures and band structures of ZnIn2 S4 are briefly introduced. Then, various modulation strategies of ZnIn2 S4 are outlined for better photocatalytic performance, which includes morphology and structure engineering, vacancy engineering, doping engineering, hydrogenation engineering, and the construction of ZnIn2 S4 -based composites. Thereafter, the potential applications in the energy and environmental area of ZnIn2 S4 -based photocatalysts are summarized. Finally, some personal perspectives about the promises and prospects of this emerging material are provided.
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- Ruijie Yang
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 999077, P. R. China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 999077, P. R. China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 999077, P. R. China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 999077, P. R. China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Organic Pollution Prevention and Control, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Shenzhen, 518055, P. R. China
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- Particles and Catalysis Research Group, School of Chemical Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, 2052, Australia
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- Research School of Chemistry, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, 2601, Australia
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 999077, P. R. China
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Du H, Jiang M, Ma X, Yan P, Conrad Zhang Z. Study on wax-free liquid fuels synthesis from H2-deficient syngas over Co-Mn/meso-ZSM-5 catalyst. Catal Today 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cattod.2020.06.063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Muir B, Sobczyk M, Bajda T. Fundamental features of mesoporous functional materials influencing the efficiency of removal of VOCs from aqueous systems: A review. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2021; 784:147121. [PMID: 34088064 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.147121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2020] [Revised: 03/26/2021] [Accepted: 04/09/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are harmful contaminants that are emitted into the environment as a result of various commercial, industrial, and domestic practices. Their presence in water leads to pollution and poses a huge threat to the ecological environment and human health. They are typically released into the environment through a spill or inappropriate disposal which allows the chemicals to get absorbed into the ground or enter the sewage system. Thus far, several treatment methods have been developed to remove VOCs from water, including steam stripping or air stripping, ion exchange, filtration, adsorption, and application of various types of sorbents. Due to their cost-effectiveness and efficiency, the use of mesoporous materials, especially those synthesized from coal fly ash (FA), is recognized as the most promising strategy for slowing down the impact of VOCs. This study is believed to be the first to assess the advances made in improving the adsorption of VOCs by different functional mesoporous materials (FA, zeolites, mesoporous silica, metal organic frameworks). The impact associated with the properties of these materials is carefully summarized in this paper, in regard to their solid-state characteristics, material synthesis method, and surface modification. In addition, their chemical and physical interactions in solution, the reaction kinetics, and the influence of temperature and pH are described in detail. The aim of this work was to compare the sorption properties of the materials synthesized from FA with more complex mesoporous materials. This overview provides a comprehensive understanding of VOC removal from water systems using various functional materials, as well as helps in identifying the materials that may play a key role in the future.
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- Barbara Muir
- AGH University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Geology, Geophysics and Environmental Protection, al. A. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Kraków, Poland.
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- AGH University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Geology, Geophysics and Environmental Protection, al. A. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Kraków, Poland
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- AGH University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Geology, Geophysics and Environmental Protection, al. A. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Kraków, Poland
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Krishnapriya R, Nizamudeen C, Saini B, Mozumder MS, Sharma RK, Mourad AHI. MOF-derived Co 2+-doped TiO 2 nanoparticles as photoanodes for dye-sensitized solar cells. Sci Rep 2021; 11:16265. [PMID: 34381114 PMCID: PMC8358052 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-95844-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2021] [Accepted: 07/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Facile synthesis and application of nano-sized semiconductor metal oxides for optoelectronic devices have always affected fabrication challenges since it involves multi-step synthesis processes. In this regard, semiconductor oxides derived directly from metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) routes have gained a great deal of scientific interest owing to their high specific surface area, regular and tunable pore structures. Exploring the application potential of these MOF-derived semiconductor oxides systems for clean energy conversion and storage devices is currently a hot topic of research. In this study, titanium-based MIL-125(Ti) MOFs were used as a precursor to synthesize cobalt-doped TiO2-based dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) for the first time. The thermal decomposition of the MOF precursor under an air atmosphere at 400 °C resulted in mesoporous anatase-type TiO2 nanoparticles (NPs) of uniform morphology, large surface area with narrow pore distribution. The Co2+ doping in TiO2 leads to enhanced light absorption in the visible region. When used as photoanode in DSSCs, a good power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 6.86% with good photocurrent density (Jsc) of 13.96 mA cm-2 was obtained with the lowest recombination resistance and the longest electron lifetime, which is better than the performance of the pristine TiO2-based photoanode.
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- R Krishnapriya
- Mechanical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, United Arab Emirate University, Al Ain 15551, UAE
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur, Jodhpur, 342037, Rajasthan, India
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- Mechanical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, United Arab Emirate University, Al Ain 15551, UAE
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur, Jodhpur, 342037, Rajasthan, India
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- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, College of Engineering, United Arab Emirate University, Al Ain, 15551, UAE
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur, Jodhpur, 342037, Rajasthan, India
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- Mechanical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, United Arab Emirate University, Al Ain 15551, UAE.
- National Water and Energy Centre, United Arab Emirate University, Al Ain, 15551, UAE.
- On Leave From Mechanical Design Department, Faculty of Engineering, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt.
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Verma P, Kondo Y, Kuwahara Y, Kamegawa T, Mori K, Raja R, Yamashita H. Design and application of photocatalysts using porous materials. CATALYSIS REVIEWS 2021. [DOI: 10.1080/01614940.2021.1948302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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- Priyanka Verma
- Division of Materials and Manufacturing Science, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
- School of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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- Division of Materials and Manufacturing Science, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- Division of Materials and Manufacturing Science, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
- Elements Strategy Initiative for Catalysts & Batteries ESICB, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
- Jst, Presto, Saitama, Japan
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- Division of Materials and Manufacturing Science, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka Prefecture University, Sakai, Osaka, Japan
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- Division of Materials and Manufacturing Science, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
- Elements Strategy Initiative for Catalysts & Batteries ESICB, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- School of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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- Division of Materials and Manufacturing Science, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
- Elements Strategy Initiative for Catalysts & Batteries ESICB, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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Wang HN, Zou YH, Sun HX, Chen Y, Li SL, Lan YQ. Recent progress and perspectives in heterogeneous photocatalytic CO2 reduction through a solid–gas mode. Coord Chem Rev 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2021.213906] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Khan ME. State-of-the-art developments in carbon-based metal nanocomposites as a catalyst: photocatalysis. NANOSCALE ADVANCES 2021; 3:1887-1900. [PMID: 36133084 PMCID: PMC9418201 DOI: 10.1039/d1na00041a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2021] [Accepted: 02/09/2021] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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The rapid progress of state-of-the-art carbon-based metals as a catalyst is playing a central role in the research area of chemical and materials engineering for effective visible-light-induced catalytic applications. Numerous admirable catalysts have been fabricated, but significant challenges persist to lower the cost and increase the action of catalysts. The development of carbon-based nanostructured materials (i.e., activated carbon, carbon nitride, graphite, fullerenes, carbon nanotubes, diamond, graphene, etc.) represents an admirable substitute to out-of-date catalysts. Significant efforts have been made by researchers toward the improvement of various carbon-based metal nanostructures as catalysts. Moreover, incredible development has been achieved in several fields of catalysis, such as visible-light-induced catalysis, electrochemical performance, energy storage, and conversion, etc. This review gives an overview of the up-to-date developments in the strategy of design and fabrication of carbon-based metal nanostructures as photo-catalysts by means of several methods within the green approach, including chemical synthesis, in situ growth, solution mixing, and hydrothermal approaches. Moreover, the photocatalytic effects of the resulting carbon-based nanostructure classifications are similarly deliberated relative to their eco-friendly applications, such as photocatalytic degradation of organic dye pollutants.
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- Mohammad Ehtisham Khan
- Department of Chemical Engineering Technology, College of Applied Industrial Technology (CAIT), Jazan University Jazan 45971 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Recent progress in conjugated microporous polymers for clean energy: Synthesis, modification, computer simulations, and applications. Prog Polym Sci 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.progpolymsci.2021.101374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Wang J, Pan M, Yuan J, Liu G, Zhu L. Capillary Action-Inspired Nanoengineering of Spheres-on-Sphere Microspheres with Hollow Core and Hierarchical Shell. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2021; 13:14669-14678. [PMID: 33739827 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c22273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The current syntheses of spheres-on-sphere (SOS) microsphere, which possesses both hollow cavity and hierarchical structure, mainly rely on complicated routes and template removal. In this study, a one pot nanoengineering strategy inspired by the automatic transport behavior of water in plants is successfully developed to fabricate SOS microsphere in tandem with a traditional soft template method in the preparation of hollow structure. Amphiphilic siloxane oligomers generated in situ from methyltriethoxylsilane (MTES) under acidic conditions are anchored on the surface of soft template St monomer droplets, sequentially completing hydrolysis-polycondensation and forming a mesoporous polysilsesquioxane (PSQ) shell. Then, the St monomers located in cavity migrate outward under the combined action of capillary force stemming from mesoporous and osmotic pressure generating from inside-outside of the PSQ shell and polymerize on the outside of the hollow PSQ shell, in which residual siloxane oligomers further anchor on the polystyrene (PS) surface to reduce the surface energy of the system, finally resulting in the successful formation of SOS particles. To reduce thermal insulation coefficient of the material, the PS phase in SOS particles is removed to obtain the particles with multiscale hollow structure (SOS-MH), which have more hollow cavities to encapsulate more air. The presence of a much hollow structure in SOS-MH particles enables the thermal conductivity of polyacrylonitrile (PAN)/SOS-MH composite fibrous membranes (0.0307 W m-1 K-1) to decrease by about 40% compared to that of pure PAN fibrous films (0.0520 W m-1 K-1) at the same thickness of 1 mm, and the material also has moisture resistance due to the existence of a hierarchical shell.
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- Institute of Polymer Science and Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300130, PR China
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- Institute of Polymer Science and Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300130, PR China
- Hebei Key Laboratory of Functional Polymers, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300130, PR China
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- Institute of Polymer Science and Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300130, PR China
- Hebei Key Laboratory of Functional Polymers, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300130, PR China
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- Institute of Polymer Science and Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300130, PR China
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- Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106-7202, United States
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Nemiwal M, Subbaramaiah V, Zhang TC, Kumar D. Recent advances in visible-light-driven carbon dioxide reduction by metal-organic frameworks. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2021; 762:144101. [PMID: 33360464 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2020] [Revised: 11/21/2020] [Accepted: 11/22/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have emerged as promising materials and have attracted researchers due to their unique chemical and physical properties-design flexibility, tuneable pore channels, a high surface-to-volume ratio that allow their distinct application in diverse research fields-gas storage, gas separation, catalysis, adsorption, drug delivery, ion exchange, sensing, etc. The rapidly growing CO2 in the atmosphere is a global concern due to the excessive use of fossil fuels in the current era. CO2 is the prime cause of global warming and should be ameliorated either through adsorption or conversion into value-added products to protect the environment and mankind. Nowadays, MOFs are exploited as a photocatalyst for applications of CO2 reduction. Since the use of semiconductors limits the use of visible light for photocatalytic reduction of CO2, MOFs are promising options. The current review describes recent development in the application of MOFs as host, composites, and their derivatives in photocatalytic reduction of CO2 to CO and different organic chemicals (HCOOH, CH3OH, CH4). Efficient charge separation and visible light absorption by incorporation of active sites for efficient photocatalysis have been discussed. The selection of material for high CO2 uptake and potential strategies for the rational design and development of high-performance catalysts are outlined. Major challenges and future perspectives have also been discussed at the last of the review.
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- Meena Nemiwal
- Department of Chemistry, Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur 302017, India
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur 302017, India
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- Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Peter Kiewit Institute, Omaha, NE 68182-0178, USA
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- School of Chemical Sciences, Central University of Gujarat, Gandhinagar 382030, India.
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Zou YH, Wang HN, Meng X, Sun HX, Zhou ZY. Self-assembly of TiO 2/ZIF-8 nanocomposites for varied photocatalytic CO 2 reduction with H 2O vapor induced by different synthetic methods. NANOSCALE ADVANCES 2021; 3:1455-1463. [PMID: 36132871 PMCID: PMC9417959 DOI: 10.1039/d0na00814a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2020] [Accepted: 01/11/2021] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Photoreduction of carbon dioxide (CO2) provides an effective perspective for solving the energy crisis and environmental problems. Herein, two types of composite photocatalysts (TiO2/ZIF-8) based on ZIF-8 and TiO2 have been designed and synthesized with the help of the grinding method and the solid-synthesis method. Both composite photocatalysts are employed for the photocatalytic reduction of CO2. In composite photocatalysts prepared by the grinding method, ZIF-8 particles are distributed on the surface of TiO2, and provide extra available spaces for storing CO2, which is beneficial for improving their photoreduction performances. As a result, an enhanced CO formation rate of 21.74 μmol g-1 h-1 with a high selectivity of 99% is obtained for this family of composite photocatalysts via the solid-gas mode without photosensitizers and sacrificial agents. For comparison, the other family of composite photocatalysts synthesized via the solid-synthesis method possesses structures similar to ZIF-8, where TiO2 is encapsulated inside the framework of ZIF-8. This structural feature obstructs the contact between the active sites of TiO2 and CO2, and leads to lower activities. The best CO formation rate of this family is only 10.67 μmol g-1 h-1 with 90% selectivity. Both the structural features of the two families of photocatalysts are described to explain their differences in photoreduction performances. The experimental finding reveals that different synthetic approaches indeed result in diversified structures and varied photocatalytic performances. This work affords a new scalable and efficient approach for the rational design of efficient photocatalysts in the area of artificial photosynthesis.
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- Yan-Hong Zou
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University of Technology Zibo 255049 People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University of Technology Zibo 255049 People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University of Technology Zibo 255049 People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University of Technology Zibo 255049 People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University of Technology Zibo 255049 People's Republic of China
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He Y, Li C, Chen X, Rao H, Shi Z, Feng S. Critical Aspects of Metal-Organic Framework-Based Materials for Solar-Driven CO 2 Reduction into Valuable Fuels. GLOBAL CHALLENGES (HOBOKEN, NJ) 2021; 5:2000082. [PMID: 33552555 PMCID: PMC7857132 DOI: 10.1002/gch2.202000082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2020] [Revised: 11/08/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Photoreduction of CO2 into value-added fuels is one of the most promising strategies for tackling the energy crisis and mitigating the "greenhouse effect." Recently, metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have been widely investigated in the field of CO2 photoreduction owing to their high CO2 uptake and adjustable functional groups. The fundamental factors and state-of-the-art advancements in MOFs for photocatalytic CO2 reduction are summarized from the critical perspectives of light absorption, carrier dynamics, adsorption/activation, and reaction on the surface of photocatalysts, which are the three main critical aspects for CO2 photoreduction and determine the overall photocatalytic efficiency. In view of the merits of porous materials, recent progress of three other types of porous materials are also briefly summarized, namely zeolite-based, covalent-organic frameworks based (COFs-based), and porous semiconductor or organic polymer based photocatalysts. The remarkable performance of these porous materials for solar-driven CO2 reduction systems is highlighted. Finally, challenges and opportunities of porous materials for photocatalytic CO2 reduction are presented, aiming to provide a new viewpoint for improving the overall photocatalytic CO2 reduction efficiency with porous materials.
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- Yiqiang He
- State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative ChemistryJilin UniversityChangchun130012P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative ChemistryJilin UniversityChangchun130012P. R. China
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- School of EngineeringRMIT UniversityCarltonVIC3053Australia
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- State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative ChemistryJilin UniversityChangchun130012P. R. China
- International Center of Future ScienceJilin UniversityChangchun130012P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative ChemistryJilin UniversityChangchun130012P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative ChemistryJilin UniversityChangchun130012P. R. China
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