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Ma C, Wang T, Li F, Guan H, Chen W, Zhang L, Zheng Y, Wang C, Tang Q, Chen W. Polyoxometalates-Based Semi-flexible Metal-Semiconductor Triboelectric Nanogenerators for Low Frequency and Small Amplitude Mechanical Energy Harvesting. Chemistry 2021; 27:10115-10122. [PMID: 34101277 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202100719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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The development of high-performance and low-cost durable triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) is essential for converting mechanical energy into electrical energy. Many organic polymer friction materials used widely have thermal stability problems, which makes TENGs with semiconductors as friction materials stand out. Here, we report a semi-flexible TENG based on metal and TiO2 modified by polyoxometalates (POMs) as pure inorganic friction materials. Six different POMs are firstly selected to modify the friction materials of TENGs, and the output performance of TENGs with different POMs-modified semiconductors and different metals as friction materials are tested. Compared with the unmodified TENGs, the open-circuit voltage (VOC ) of the optimal Ag-K6 P2 Mo18 O62 (P2 Mo18 )/TiO2 TENG device is increased by more than 4 times, which is mainly attributed to the strong electron-accepting and storage capabilities of POMs. This study has demonstrated that TENGs modified by POMs have potential application prospects and provided a new method for increasing the electrical output of TENGs.
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- Chunhui Ma
- Key Laboratory of Polyoxometalate and Reticular Material Chemistry of Ministry of Education, Department of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin, 130024, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Polyoxometalate and Reticular Material Chemistry of Ministry of Education, Department of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin, 130024, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Polyoxometalate and Reticular Material Chemistry of Ministry of Education, Department of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin, 130024, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Polyoxometalate and Reticular Material Chemistry of Ministry of Education, Department of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin, 130024, P. R. China.,Center for Advanced Analytical Science, c/o School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510006, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Polyoxometalate and Reticular Material Chemistry of Ministry of Education, Department of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin, 130024, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Polyoxometalate and Reticular Material Chemistry of Ministry of Education, Department of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin, 130024, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Polyoxometalate and Reticular Material Chemistry of Ministry of Education, Department of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin, 130024, P. R. China
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- Northeast Normal University Library, Changchun, 130024, P. R. China
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- Centre for Advanced Optoelectronic Functional Materials Research and Key Laboratory of UV-Emitting Materials and Technology Ministry of Education, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, 130024, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Polyoxometalate and Reticular Material Chemistry of Ministry of Education, Department of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin, 130024, P. R. China
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Zhao J, Wang C, Li Y, Chen C, Na P. Different paths lead to the same destination: The mechanism of photocatalytic oxidation of As(III) by polyoxometalates. MOLECULAR CATALYSIS 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mcat.2021.111421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Yu L, Hao W, Li Z, Ren X, Yang H, Ma H. Synthesis of ZnO core/shell hollow microspheres to boost light harvesting capability in quantum dots-sensitized solar cell. Chem Phys Lett 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2020.138283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Li J, Wu D, Wang C, Liu D, Chen W, Wang X, Wang E. Interfacial self-assembly engineering for constructing a 2D flexible superlattice polyoxometalate/rGO heterojunction for high-performance photovoltaic devices. Dalton Trans 2020; 49:3766-3774. [PMID: 31774092 DOI: 10.1039/c9dt03840j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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2D materials have strong intermolecular van der Waals forces, and 2D superlattice heterostructures have exhibited many dramatic photo-electrochemical properties for energy conversion and storage. Herein, based on the excellent properties of reduced graphene and superlattice structures, we constructed a 2D flexible superlattice polyoxometalate/rGO heterojunction with enhanced electron-hole separation via interfacial self-assembly engineering to further fabricate DSSCs based on the heterojunction-modified photoanode, which exhibited good electron transport properties. Selecting two kinds of Dawson POMs (P2W15V3, P2W18 and the corresponding heteropoly blue) as the research object, the polyoxometalate superlattice structure was obtained by the self-assembly strategy, and characterized by IR, UV-Vis, XRD, EDX and XPS. The TEM and AFM results indicated that the monolayer POM superlattice structure and superlattice polyoxometalate/rGO heterojunction were successfully obtained. The superlattice P2W18(HPB)/rGO heterojunction was introduced into the DSSCs photoanode, and electrochemical tests indicated that the superlattice polyoxometalate/rGO heterojunction improved the electron-hole separation rate, inhibited the electron recombination, and improved the photoelectric conversion efficiency to 8.09%. The 2D superlattice heterojunction remarkably improved the electrochemical performances of the energy storage and conversion systems.
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- Jianping Li
- Key Laboratory of Polyoxometalate Science of Ministry of Education, Department of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin 130024, China.
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Zhang H, Wang T, Chen W. Polyoxometalate modified all-weather solar cells for energy harvesting. Electrochim Acta 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2019.135215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Shaikh JS, Shaikh NS, Mali SS, Patil JV, Beknalkar SA, Patil AP, Tarwal NL, Kanjanaboos P, Hong CK, Patil PS. Quantum Dot Based Solar Cells: Role of Nanoarchitectures, Perovskite Quantum Dots, and Charge-Transporting Layers. CHEMSUSCHEM 2019; 12:4724-4753. [PMID: 31347771 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.201901505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2019] [Revised: 07/22/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Quantum dot solar cells (QDSCs) are attractive technology for commercialization, owing to various advantages, such as cost effectiveness, and require relatively simple device fabrication processes. The properties of semiconductor quantum dots (QDs), such as band gap energy, optical absorption, and carrier transport, can be effectively tuned by modulating their size and shape. Two types of architectures of QDSCs have been developed: 1) photoelectric cells (PECs) fabricated from QDs sensitized on nanostructured TiO2 , and 2) photovoltaic cells fabricated from a Schottky junction and heterojunction. Different types of semiconductor QDs, such as a secondary, ternary, quaternary, and perovskite semiconductors, are used for the advancement of QDSCs. The major challenge in QDSCs is the presence of defects in QDs, which lead to recombination reactions and thereby limit the overall performance of the device. To tackle this problem, several strategies, such as the implementation of a passivation layer over the QD layer and the preparation of core-shell structures, have been developed. This review covers aspects of QDSCs that are essential to understand for further improvement in this field and their commercialization.
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- Jasmin S Shaikh
- Thin Film Materials Laboratory, Department of Physics, Shivaji University, Kolhapur, 416004, India
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- School of Materials Science and Innovation, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Polymer Energy Materials Laboratory, School of Advanced Chemical Engineering, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, 61186, South Korea
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- Polymer Energy Materials Laboratory, School of Advanced Chemical Engineering, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, 61186, South Korea
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- Thin Film Materials Laboratory, Department of Physics, Shivaji University, Kolhapur, 416004, India
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- The School of Nanoscience and Technology, Shivaji University, Kolhapur, 416004, India
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- Thin Film Materials Laboratory, Department of Physics, Shivaji University, Kolhapur, 416004, India
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- School of Materials Science and Innovation, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Polymer Energy Materials Laboratory, School of Advanced Chemical Engineering, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, 61186, South Korea
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- Thin Film Materials Laboratory, Department of Physics, Shivaji University, Kolhapur, 416004, India
- The School of Nanoscience and Technology, Shivaji University, Kolhapur, 416004, India
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Chen L, Chen WL, Wang XL, Li YG, Su ZM, Wang EB. Polyoxometalates in dye-sensitized solar cells. Chem Soc Rev 2019; 48:260-284. [PMID: 30451261 DOI: 10.1039/c8cs00559a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 158] [Impact Index Per Article: 31.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) are the third generation of photovoltaic cells developed by Grätzel and O'Regan. They have the characteristics of low cost, simple manufacturing process, tunable optical properties, and higher photoelectric conversion efficiency (PCE). With an ever increasing energy crisis, there is an urgent need to develop highly efficient, environmentally benign, and energy-saving cell materials. Polyoxometalates (POMs), a kind of molecular inorganic quasi-semiconductor, are promising candidates for use in different parts of DSSCs due to their excellent photosensitivity, redox, and catalytic properties, as well as their relative stability. Following a brief introduction to the development of DSSCs and the potential virtues of POMs in DSSCs, we attempt to make some generalizations about the energy level regulation of POMs that is the underlying theoretical basis for their application in DSSCs, and then we summarize the research progress of POMs in DSSCs in recent years. This is organized in terms of the properties of POMs, namely, electron acceptor, photosensitivity, redox and catalysis, based on the accumulation of our research into POMs over many years. Meanwhile, in view of the fact that the properties of POMs depend primarily on their electronic structural diversity, we keep this point in mind throughout the article with a view to revealing their structure-property relationships. Finally we provide a short summary and remarks on the future outlook. This review may be of interest to synthetic chemists devoted to designing POMs with specific structures, and researchers engaged in the extension of POMs to photoelectric materials.
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- Li Chen
- Key Laboratory of Polyoxometalate Science of Ministry of Education, Department of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130024, P. R. China.
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Dong Y, Chen L, Chen W, Zheng X, Wang X, Wang E. rGO Functionalized with a Highly Electronegative Keplerate-Type Polyoxometalate for High-Energy-Density Aqueous Asymmetric Supercapacitors. Chem Asian J 2018; 13:3304-3313. [DOI: 10.1002/asia.201801018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2018] [Revised: 08/22/2018] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Yina Dong
- Key Laboratory of Polyoxometalate Science of Ministry of Education; Department of Chemistry; Northeast Normal University; Changchun Jilin 130024 China
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- Key Laboratory of Polyoxometalate Science of Ministry of Education; Department of Chemistry; Northeast Normal University; Changchun Jilin 130024 China
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- Key Laboratory of Polyoxometalate Science of Ministry of Education; Department of Chemistry; Northeast Normal University; Changchun Jilin 130024 China
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- Key Laboratory of Polyoxometalate Science of Ministry of Education; Department of Chemistry; Northeast Normal University; Changchun Jilin 130024 China
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- Key Laboratory of Polyoxometalate Science of Ministry of Education; Department of Chemistry; Northeast Normal University; Changchun Jilin 130024 China
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- Key Laboratory of Polyoxometalate Science of Ministry of Education; Department of Chemistry; Northeast Normal University; Changchun Jilin 130024 China
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Wang X, Chen L, Chen W, Li Y, Wang E. A strategy for utilizing hollow polyoxometalate nanocrystals to improve the efficiency of photovoltaic cells. INORG CHEM COMMUN 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.inoche.2018.07.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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