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Huang L, Wu H, Cai G, Wu S, Li D, Jiang T, Qiao B, Jiang C, Ren F. Recent Progress in the Application of Ion Beam Technology in the Modification and Fabrication of Nanostructured Energy Materials. ACS NANO 2024; 18:2578-2610. [PMID: 38214965 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.3c07896] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2024]
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The development of green, renewable energy conversion and storage systems is an urgent task to address the energy crisis and environmental issues in the future. To achieve high performance, stable, and safe operation of energy conversion and storage systems, energy materials need to be modified and fabricated through rationalization. Among various modification and fabrication strategies, ion beam technology has been widely used to introduce various defects/dopants into energy materials and fabricate various nanostructures, where the structure, composition, and property of prefabricated materials can be further accurately tailored to achieve better performance. In this paper, we review the recent progress in the application of ion beam technology in material modification and fabrication, focusing on nanostructured energy materials for energy conversion and storage including photo- (electro-) water splitting, batteries (solar cells, fuel cells, and metal-ion batteries), supercapacitors, thermoelectrics, and hydrogen storage. This review first provides a brief basic overview of ion beam technology and describes the classification and technological advantages of ion beam technology in the modification and fabrication of materials. Then, modification of energy materials by ion beams is reviewed mainly concerning doping and defect introduction. Fabrication of energy materials is also discussed mainly in terms of heterojunctions, nanoparticles, nanocavities, and other nanostructures. In particular, we emphasize the advantages of ion beam technology in improving the performance of energy materials. Finally, we point out our understanding of challenges and future perspectives in applying ion beam technology for the modification and fabrication of energy materials.
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- Liqiu Huang
- School of Physics and Technology, Center for Ion Beam Application, Hubei Key Laboratory of Nuclear Solid Physics, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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- School of Physics and Technology, Center for Ion Beam Application, Hubei Key Laboratory of Nuclear Solid Physics, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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- School of Physics and Technology, Center for Ion Beam Application, Hubei Key Laboratory of Nuclear Solid Physics, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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- School of Physics and Technology, Center for Ion Beam Application, Hubei Key Laboratory of Nuclear Solid Physics, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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- School of Physics and Technology, Center for Ion Beam Application, Hubei Key Laboratory of Nuclear Solid Physics, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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- School of Physics and Technology, Center for Ion Beam Application, Hubei Key Laboratory of Nuclear Solid Physics, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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- School of Physics and Technology, Center for Ion Beam Application, Hubei Key Laboratory of Nuclear Solid Physics, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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- School of Physics and Technology, Center for Ion Beam Application, Hubei Key Laboratory of Nuclear Solid Physics, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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- School of Physics and Technology, Center for Ion Beam Application, Hubei Key Laboratory of Nuclear Solid Physics, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
- Center for Electron Microscopy, and MOE Key Laboratory of Artificial Micro- and Nano-Structures, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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Liu G, Wang H, Xu C, Fang Q, Wang H, Xu Y, Sang M, Xuan S, Hao L. A MXene@AgAu@PDA nanoplatform loaded with AgAu nanocages for enhancing catalytic activity and antibacterial performance. J Mater Chem B 2023; 11:10678-10691. [PMID: 37909648 DOI: 10.1039/d3tb01755a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2023]
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With the rapid development of social industrialization, environmental problems seriously threaten people's health, especially water pollution. Therefore, there is an urgent need to construct a multifunctional nanoplatform for different scenarios. Two-dimensional MXene@AgAu@PDA nanosheets loaded with AgAu bimetallic nanocages have been prepared by a one-step method. First, the in situ generated MXene@Ag is used as an auxiliary template, and then HAuCl4 and dopamine are added for in situ redox-oxidizing polymerization reactions to obtain AgAu catalytic nanocages and the protective polydopamine (PDA) layer which can improve the stability and biocompatibility. MXene and PDA have excellent photothermal conversion ability while hollow AgAu nanocages have strong absorption in the near-infrared region and a local surface plasmonic resonance effect. In comparison to the catalytic reaction rates under dark and room temperature conditions, the catalytic kinetic rate of MXene@AgAu@PDA nanosheets under near-infrared irradiation increases from 0.13 to 0.69 min-1 mg-1. Density functional theory (DFT) is used to study the electron transfer behavior between AgAu nanocages and MXene nanosheets, and the mechanism of the enhanced catalytic reaction rate is analyzed. Besides, due to its Ag ions and photothermal coupling antibacterial properties, 40 μg mL-1 MXene@AgAu@PDA nanosheets inactivates nearly all E. coli and S. aureus after irradiation with near-infrared light for 6 min.
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- Guanghui Liu
- School of Materials Engineering, Jinling Institute of Technology, Nanjing, 211169, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Mechanical Behavior and Design of Materials, Department of Modern Mechanics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230027, P. R. China
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- School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Anhui University, Hefei, 230601, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Metabolism and Regulation for Major Diseases of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, School of Food and Biological Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, 230009, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Mechanical Behavior and Design of Materials, Department of Modern Mechanics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230027, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Mechanical Behavior and Design of Materials, Department of Modern Mechanics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230027, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Mechanical Behavior and Design of Materials, Department of Modern Mechanics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230027, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Mechanical Behavior and Design of Materials, Department of Modern Mechanics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230027, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Engineering, Jinling Institute of Technology, Nanjing, 211169, P. R. China
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Liu Y, Tao Y, Lu Z, Teng J, Hao W, Lin J, Li G. NaCl template-assisted construction of a CoP-MoP heterostructured electrocatalyst for electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction. Dalton Trans 2023; 52:11631-11637. [PMID: 37551580 DOI: 10.1039/d3dt00686g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/09/2023]
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The electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR) to ammonia is a promising technology to store renewable energy and mitigate greenhouse gas emissions. However, it usually suffers from low ammonia yield and selectivity because of the lack of efficient electrocatalysts. Herein, we report that the construction of metal phosphide heterojunctions is an efficient strategy for NRR activity enhancement. A CoP-MoP heterojunction electrocatalyst, which is fabricated by a facile NaCl template-assisted strategy, exhibits a favorable ammonia yield rate of 77.8 μg h-1 mgcat-1 (38.9 μg h-1 cm-2) and a high faradaic efficiency of 11.16% at -0.50 V versus the reversible hydrogen electrode. The high NRR electrocatalytic activity can be attributed to the electronic coupling effects and interfacial synergistic effects of CoP and MoP at the heterojunction interface, which accelerates the electron transfer rate. Moreover, Mo doping changes the d-band centers of metal sites on the CoP surface, which is conducive to N2 adsorption and promotes N2* adsorption in the competition of occupying active sites, thus inhibiting the HER. This work manifests the high potential of phosphide electrocatalysts and opens an alternative route toward NRR electrocatalysis.
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- Yunni Liu
- Department of Chemistry, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, P. R. China.
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- School of Materials and Chemistry, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, P. R. China.
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- College of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University of Electric Power, Shanghai 200090, P. R. China
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- College of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University of Electric Power, Shanghai 200090, P. R. China
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- School of Materials and Chemistry, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, P. R. China.
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- Department of Chemistry, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, P. R. China.
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- School of Materials and Chemistry, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, P. R. China.
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A significant challenge in the development of functional materials is understanding the growth and transformations of anisotropic colloidal metal nanocrystals. Theory and simulations can aid in the development and understanding of anisotropic nanocrystal syntheses. The focus of this review is on how results from first-principles calculations and classical techniques, such as Monte Carlo and molecular dynamics simulations, have been integrated into multiscale theoretical predictions useful in understanding shape-selective nanocrystal syntheses. Also, examples are discussed in which machine learning has been useful in this field. There are many areas at the frontier in condensed matter theory and simulation that are or could be beneficial in this area and these prospects for future progress are discussed.
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- Kristen A Fichthorn
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Department of Physics The Pennsylvania State University University Park, Pennsylvania 16803 United States
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Jin H, Xu Z, Hu ZY, Yin Z, Wang Z, Deng Z, Wei P, Feng S, Dong S, Liu J, Luo S, Qiu Z, Zhou L, Mai L, Su BL, Zhao D, Liu Y. Mesoporous Pt@Pt-skin Pt 3Ni core-shell framework nanowire electrocatalyst for efficient oxygen reduction. Nat Commun 2023; 14:1518. [PMID: 36934107 PMCID: PMC10024750 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-37268-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2022] [Accepted: 03/09/2023] [Indexed: 03/20/2023] Open
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The design of Pt-based nanoarchitectures with controllable compositions and morphologies is necessary to enhance their electrocatalytic activity. Herein, we report a rational design and synthesis of anisotropic mesoporous Pt@Pt-skin Pt3Ni core-shell framework nanowires for high-efficient electrocatalysis. The catalyst has a uniform core-shell structure with an ultrathin atomic-jagged Pt nanowire core and a mesoporous Pt-skin Pt3Ni framework shell, possessing high electrocatalytic activity, stability and Pt utilisation efficiency. For the oxygen reduction reaction, the anisotropic mesoporous Pt@Pt-skin Pt3Ni core-shell framework nanowires demonstrated exceptional mass and specific activities of 6.69 A/mgpt and 8.42 mA/cm2 (at 0.9 V versus reversible hydrogen electrode), and the catalyst exhibited high stability with negligible activity decay after 50,000 cycles. The mesoporous Pt@Pt-skin Pt3Ni core-shell framework nanowire configuration combines the advantages of three-dimensional open mesopore molecular accessibility and compressive Pt-skin surface strains, which results in more catalytically active sites and weakened chemisorption of oxygenated species, thus boosting its catalytic activity and stability towards electrocatalysis.
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- Hui Jin
- International School of Materials Science and Engineering (ISMSE), Nanostructure Research Centre, State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- International School of Materials Science and Engineering (ISMSE), Nanostructure Research Centre, State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- International School of Materials Science and Engineering (ISMSE), Nanostructure Research Centre, State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- International School of Materials Science and Engineering (ISMSE), Nanostructure Research Centre, State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- International School of Materials Science and Engineering (ISMSE), Nanostructure Research Centre, State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- International School of Materials Science and Engineering (ISMSE), Nanostructure Research Centre, State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- International School of Materials Science and Engineering (ISMSE), Nanostructure Research Centre, State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- International School of Materials Science and Engineering (ISMSE), Nanostructure Research Centre, State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- International School of Materials Science and Engineering (ISMSE), Nanostructure Research Centre, State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- International School of Materials Science and Engineering (ISMSE), Nanostructure Research Centre, State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- International School of Materials Science and Engineering (ISMSE), Nanostructure Research Centre, State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- International School of Materials Science and Engineering (ISMSE), Nanostructure Research Centre, State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- International School of Materials Science and Engineering (ISMSE), Nanostructure Research Centre, State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- International School of Materials Science and Engineering (ISMSE), Nanostructure Research Centre, State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- International School of Materials Science and Engineering (ISMSE), Nanostructure Research Centre, State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, China
- Laboratory of Inorganic Materials Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Namur, 61 rue de Bruxelles, B-5000, Namur, Belgium
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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, PR China
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- International School of Materials Science and Engineering (ISMSE), Nanostructure Research Centre, State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, China.
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Yang A, Wen T, Hao B, Meng Y, Zhang X, Wang T, Meng J, Liu J, Wang J, Xu H. Biodistribution and Toxicological Effects of Ultra-Small Pt Nanoparticles Deposited on Au Nanorods (Au@Pt NRs) in Mice with Intravenous Injection. Int J Nanomedicine 2022; 17:5339-5351. [DOI: 10.2147/ijn.s386476] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2022] [Accepted: 11/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Candreva A, Parisi F, Bartucci R, Guzzi R, Di Maio G, Scarpelli F, Aiello I, Godbert N, La Deda M. Synthesis and Characterization of Hyper‐Branched Nanoparticles with Magnetic and Plasmonic Properties. ChemistrySelect 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.202201375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Angela Candreva
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Technologies University of Calabria 87036 Rende CS Italy
- CNR-NANOTEC Istituto di Nanotecnologia U.O.S Cosenza (CS) 87036 Rende Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Technologies University of Calabria 87036 Rende CS Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Technologies University of Calabria 87036 Rende CS Italy
- Department of Physics Molecular Biophysics Laboratory University of Calabria 87036 Rende CS Italy
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- CNR-NANOTEC Istituto di Nanotecnologia U.O.S Cosenza (CS) 87036 Rende Italy
- Department of Physics Molecular Biophysics Laboratory University of Calabria 87036 Rende CS Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Technologies University of Calabria 87036 Rende CS Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Technologies University of Calabria 87036 Rende CS Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Technologies University of Calabria 87036 Rende CS Italy
- CNR-NANOTEC Istituto di Nanotecnologia U.O.S Cosenza (CS) 87036 Rende Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Technologies University of Calabria 87036 Rende CS Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Technologies University of Calabria 87036 Rende CS Italy
- CNR-NANOTEC Istituto di Nanotecnologia U.O.S Cosenza (CS) 87036 Rende Italy
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Yang S, Zheng Y, He G, Zhang M, Li H, Wang Y, Chen H. From flat to deep concave: an unusual mode of facet control. Chem Commun (Camb) 2022; 58:6128-6131. [PMID: 35506632 DOI: 10.1039/d2cc01221a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Au particles with rhombic dodecahedron outlines and deep cavities are obtained by epitaxial growth from a triangular nanoplate. An unusual "wrapping" growth that combines ligand-promoted facet-selective growth and site-specific deposition is proposed. Such a templateless growth not only allows the extreme defect-tolerance, but also broadens the synthetic control at the nanoscale.
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- Shenghao Yang
- Institute of Advanced Synthesis (IAS), and School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Centre for Advanced Materials, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, 211816, China.
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- Institute of Advanced Synthesis (IAS), and School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Centre for Advanced Materials, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, 211816, China.
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- Research Institute of Zhejiang University-Taizhou, Taizhou, 318000, China
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- Institute of Advanced Synthesis (IAS), and School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Centre for Advanced Materials, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, 211816, China.
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- Institute of Advanced Synthesis (IAS), and School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Centre for Advanced Materials, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, 211816, China.
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- Institute of Advanced Synthesis (IAS), and School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Centre for Advanced Materials, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, 211816, China.
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- Institute of Advanced Synthesis (IAS), and School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Centre for Advanced Materials, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, 211816, China.
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Wu Z, Liao T, Wang S, Mudiyanselage JA, Micallef AS, Li W, O'Mullane AP, Yang J, Luo W, Ostrikov K, Gu Y, Sun Z. Conversion of Catalytically Inert 2D Bismuth Oxide Nanosheets for Effective Electrochemical Hydrogen Evolution Reaction Catalysis via Oxygen Vacancy Concentration Modulation. NANO-MICRO LETTERS 2022; 14:90. [PMID: 35362783 PMCID: PMC8975907 DOI: 10.1007/s40820-022-00832-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2022] [Accepted: 03/01/2022] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Oxygen vacancies (Vo) in electrocatalysts are closely correlated with the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) activity. The role of vacancy defects and the effect of their concentration, however, yet remains unclear. Herein, Bi2O3, an unfavorable electrocatalyst for the HER due to a less than ideal hydrogen adsorption Gibbs free energy (ΔGH*), is utilized as a perfect model to explore the function of Vo on HER performance. Through a facile plasma irradiation strategy, Bi2O3 nanosheets with different Vo concentrations are fabricated to evaluate the influence of defects on the HER process. Unexpectedly, while the generated oxygen vacancies contribute to the enhanced HER performance, higher Vo concentrations beyond a saturation value result in a significant drop in HER activity. By tunning the Vo concentration in the Bi2O3 nanosheets via adjusting the treatment time, the Bi2O3 catalyst with an optimized oxygen vacancy concentration and detectable charge carrier concentration of 1.52 × 1024 cm-3 demonstrates enhanced HER performance with an overpotential of 174.2 mV to reach 10 mA cm-2, a Tafel slope of 80 mV dec-1, and an exchange current density of 316 mA cm-2 in an alkaline solution, which approaches the top-tier activity among Bi-based HER electrocatalysts. Density-functional theory calculations confirm the preferred adsorption of H* onto Bi2O3 as a function of oxygen chemical potential (∆μO) and oxygen partial potential (PO2) and reveal that high Vo concentrations result in excessive stability of adsorbed hydrogen and hence the inferior HER activity. This study reveals the oxygen vacancy concentration-HER catalytic activity relationship and provides insights into activating catalytically inert materials into highly efficient electrocatalysts.
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- Ziyang Wu
- School of Mechanical, Medical and Process Engineering, Queensland University of Technology, 2 George Street, Brisbane, QLD, 4000, Australia
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- School of Mechanical, Medical and Process Engineering, Queensland University of Technology, 2 George Street, Brisbane, QLD, 4000, Australia.
- Centre for Materials Science, Queensland University of Technology, 2 George Street, Brisbane, QLD, 4000, Australia.
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- School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Queensland University of Technology, 2 George Street, Brisbane, QLD, 4000, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Physics, Queensland University of Technology, 2 George Street, Brisbane, QLD, 4000, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Physics, Queensland University of Technology, 2 George Street, Brisbane, QLD, 4000, Australia
- Central Analytical Research Facility, Queensland University of Technology, 2 George Street, Brisbane, QLD, 4000, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Physics, Queensland University of Technology, 2 George Street, Brisbane, QLD, 4000, Australia
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- Centre for Materials Science, Queensland University of Technology, 2 George Street, Brisbane, QLD, 4000, Australia
- School of Chemistry and Physics, Queensland University of Technology, 2 George Street, Brisbane, QLD, 4000, Australia
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- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai, 201620, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai, 201620, People's Republic of China
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- Centre for Materials Science, Queensland University of Technology, 2 George Street, Brisbane, QLD, 4000, Australia
- School of Chemistry and Physics, Queensland University of Technology, 2 George Street, Brisbane, QLD, 4000, Australia
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- School of Mechanical, Medical and Process Engineering, Queensland University of Technology, 2 George Street, Brisbane, QLD, 4000, Australia
- Centre for Materials Science, Queensland University of Technology, 2 George Street, Brisbane, QLD, 4000, Australia
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- Centre for Materials Science, Queensland University of Technology, 2 George Street, Brisbane, QLD, 4000, Australia.
- School of Chemistry and Physics, Queensland University of Technology, 2 George Street, Brisbane, QLD, 4000, Australia.
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Ruan YC, Xie YM, Chen XL, Dong L, Zhang FF, Yang TT, Luo XF, Cheng MY, Yin PF, Dong CK, Lin K, Li DJ, Liu H, Du XW. Exposing Cu(100) Surface via Ion-Implantation-Induced Oxidization and Etching for Promoting Hydrogen Evolution Reaction. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2022; 38:2993-2999. [PMID: 35212548 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.2c00083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Metallic materials with unique surface structure have attracted much attention due to their unique physical and chemical properties. However, it is hard to prepare bulk metallic materials with special crystal faces, especially at the nanoscale. Herein, we report an efficient method to adjust the surface structure of a Cu plate which combines ion implantation technology with the oxidation-etching process. The large number of vacancies generated by ion implantation induced the electrochemical oxidation of several atomic layers in depth; after chemical etching, the Cu(100) planes were exposed on the surface of the Cu plate. As a catalyst for acid hydrogen evolution reaction, the Cu plate with (100) planes merely needs 273 mV to deliver a current density of 10 mA/cm2 because the high-energy (100) surface has moderate hydrogen adsorption and desorption capability. This work provides an appealing strategy to engineer the surface structure of bulk metallic materials and improve their catalytic properties.
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- Yi-Chen Ruan
- Institute of New-Energy Materials, Key Laboratory of Advanced Ceramics and Machining Technology of Ministry of Education Institution, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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- Institute of New-Energy Materials, Key Laboratory of Advanced Ceramics and Machining Technology of Ministry of Education Institution, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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- Institute of New-Energy Materials, Key Laboratory of Advanced Ceramics and Machining Technology of Ministry of Education Institution, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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- College of Physics and Materials Science, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin 300387, China
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- Institute of New-Energy Materials, Key Laboratory of Advanced Ceramics and Machining Technology of Ministry of Education Institution, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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- Institute of New-Energy Materials, Key Laboratory of Advanced Ceramics and Machining Technology of Ministry of Education Institution, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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- Institute of New-Energy Materials, Key Laboratory of Advanced Ceramics and Machining Technology of Ministry of Education Institution, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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- Institute of New-Energy Materials, Key Laboratory of Advanced Ceramics and Machining Technology of Ministry of Education Institution, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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- Institute of New-Energy Materials, Key Laboratory of Advanced Ceramics and Machining Technology of Ministry of Education Institution, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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- Institute of New-Energy Materials, Key Laboratory of Advanced Ceramics and Machining Technology of Ministry of Education Institution, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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- Institute of New-Energy Materials, Key Laboratory of Advanced Ceramics and Machining Technology of Ministry of Education Institution, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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- College of Physics and Materials Science, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin 300387, China
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- Institute of New-Energy Materials, Key Laboratory of Advanced Ceramics and Machining Technology of Ministry of Education Institution, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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- Institute of New-Energy Materials, Key Laboratory of Advanced Ceramics and Machining Technology of Ministry of Education Institution, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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Maruyama J, Nakajima D, Maruyama S, Takenaka S, Mizuhata H, Yoshida A, Kawaguchi M. Graphitic Carbon Materials with Various Nanostructures Decorated with Fe-N-C Catalytically Active Sites for Air Electrodes. Electrocatalysis (N Y) 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s12678-022-00716-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Meng F, Aihaiti A, Li X, Zhang W, Qin Y, Zhu N, Zhang M. Functional graphene paper from smart building to sensor application. Biosens Bioelectron 2022; 203:114031. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2022.114031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2021] [Revised: 01/17/2022] [Accepted: 01/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Zhang Z, Wang Y, Guan J, Zhang T, Li P, Yin H, Duan L, Niu Z, Liu J. Direct Conversion of Solid g-C3N4 into Metal-ended N-doped Carbon Nanotubes for Rechargeable Zn-Air Batteries. Inorg Chem Front 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d2qi00010e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Developing low-cost and bifunctional electrocatalysts with activity for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is great desirable for metal-air battery. Herein, we demonstrate an approach to realize...
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Zeng Y, Zhang S, Yin L, Dai Y. Electrocatalytic degradation of pesticide micropollutants in water by high energy pulse magnetron sputtered Pt/Ti anode. CHINESE CHEM LETT 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2022.01.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Chen Y, Liu Z, Qiu X, Liu X. Individual concave twin ZnO microdisks with optical resonances. Chem Commun (Camb) 2021; 58:116-119. [PMID: 34881753 DOI: 10.1039/d1cc05332a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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We synthesized concave twin ZnO microdisks, whose outer surfaces are entirely enclosed by high-energy facets. Different from hexagonal planar WGM microdisks, individual concave twin ZnO microdisks show Fabry-Pérot resonances and anisotropic photoluminescence properties at room temperature.
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- Yumin Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou 350002, China. .,CAS Key Laboratory of Standardization and Measurement for Nanotechnology, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing 100190, P. R. China. .,Center for Excellence in Regional Atmospheric Environment, Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Standardization and Measurement for Nanotechnology, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing 100190, P. R. China.
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Standardization and Measurement for Nanotechnology, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing 100190, P. R. China. .,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Standardization and Measurement for Nanotechnology, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing 100190, P. R. China. .,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
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Starukh H, Koštejn M, Matějka V, Praus P. Graphitic Carbon Nitride as a Platform for the Synthesis of Silver Nanoclusters. NANOSCALE RESEARCH LETTERS 2021; 16:166. [PMID: 34817713 PMCID: PMC8613329 DOI: 10.1186/s11671-021-03621-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2021] [Accepted: 11/04/2021] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Graphitic carbon nitride (CN) synthetized by the thermal polycondensation of melamine at 550 °C for 4 h was further exfoliated by heating at 500 °C for 3 h. Silver cations were adsorbed on the exfoliated graphitic carbon nitride (CNE) and then reduced by sodium borohydride forming silver nanoclusters (NCs) with a size of less than 1 nm. The NCs were located on the CNE surface and did not change the CNE properties except for its pore size distribution and thereby specific surface area (SSA). The Ag NCs were able to collect the photoinduced electrons of CNE and thus reduce their recombination with the holes. It was also documented by the increase in the CNE photocatalytic activity in terms of the degradation of antibiotic Ofloxacin. This study demonstrates the ability of CNE to serve as a platform for a simple and fast synthesis of Ag NCs without any stabilizing compounds.
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- Halyna Starukh
- Institute of Environmental Technology, CEET, VSB-Technical University of Ostrava, 17. listopadu 15, 70800, Ostrava-Poruba, Czech Republic
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Materials Science and Technology, VSB-Technical University of Ostrava, 17. listopadu 15, 708 00, Ostrava-Poruba, Czech Republic
- Chuiko Institute of Surface Chemistry of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, General Naumov Street 17, Kyiv, 03164, Ukraine
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- Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals, Czech Academy of Science, Rozvojová 1, 165 02, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Materials Science and Technology, VSB-Technical University of Ostrava, 17. listopadu 15, 708 00, Ostrava-Poruba, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Environmental Technology, CEET, VSB-Technical University of Ostrava, 17. listopadu 15, 70800, Ostrava-Poruba, Czech Republic.
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Materials Science and Technology, VSB-Technical University of Ostrava, 17. listopadu 15, 708 00, Ostrava-Poruba, Czech Republic.
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Du G, Chen Q, Jin H, Xie S, Kuang Q, Xie Z. Concave nano-octahedral alloys: wet chemical synthesis of bimetallic Pt-Pd nanocrystals with high-index { hhl} Facets. Dalton Trans 2021; 50:12083-12087. [PMID: 34519755 DOI: 10.1039/d1dt02305e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Concave morphologies provide noble metal nanocrystals (NCs) with unique performances due to large specific surface areas, high curves, hot spots, and elevated energy facets. As a result, concave morphologies have attracted considerable attention in many areas. However, most NCs with concave shapes are currently made of a single metal, leaving plenty of room for easy wet chemical synthesis and structural analysis of unique concave structures, especially bimetallic compounds. In this work, concave octahedral Pt-Pd alloy NCs with high-index {hhl} faces were synthesized using glycine as a coordination molecule and polyvinylpyrrolidone as the surfactant and reducing agent. The high-index facets coupled with the synergistic and electronic effects between Pt and Pd provided concave octahedral Pt-Pd alloy NCs with excellent activity and stability toward the electrooxidation of formic acid when compared to their convex counterparts and commercial Pt black.
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- Guifen Du
- Instrumental Analysis Center, Huaqiao University, Xiammen 361021, Fujian, China.,State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, and Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, Fujian, China
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- College of Chemical Engineering and State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Chemistry Synthesis Technology, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, Zhejiang, China
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- College of Chemical Engineering and State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Chemistry Synthesis Technology, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, Zhejiang, China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Huaqiao University, Xiammen 361021, Fujian, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, and Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, Fujian, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, and Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, Fujian, China
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