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Zhu ZS, Wang Y, Duan X, Wang P, Zhong S, Ren S, Xu X, Gao B, Vongsvivut JP, Wang S. Atomic-Level Engineered Cobalt Catalysts for Fenton-Like Reactions: Synergy of Single Atom Metal Sites and Nonmetal-Bonded Functionalities. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2024:e2401454. [PMID: 38685794 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202401454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2024] [Revised: 03/12/2024] [Indexed: 05/02/2024]
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Single atom catalysts (SACs) are atomic-level-engineered materials with high intrinsic activity. Catalytic centers of SACs are typically the transition metal (TM)-nonmetal coordination sites, while the functions of coexisting non-TM-bonded functionalities are usually overlooked in catalysis. Herein, the scalable preparation of carbon-supported cobalt-anchored SACs (CoCN) with controlled Co─N sites and free functional N species is reported. The role of metal- and nonmetal-bonded functionalities in the SACs for peroxymonosulfate (PMS)-driven Fenton-like reactions is first systematically studied, revealing their contribution to performance improvement and pathway steering. Experiments and computations demonstrate that the Co─N3C coordination plays a vital role in the formation of a surface-confined PMS* complex to trigger the electron transfer pathway and promote kinetics because of the optimized electronic state of Co centers, while the nonmetal-coordinated graphitic N sites act as preferable pollutant adsorption sites and additional PMS activation sites to accelerate electron transfer. Synergistically, CoCN exhibits ultrahigh activity in PMS activation for p-hydroxybenzoic acid oxidation, achieving complete degradation within 10 min with an ultrahigh turnover frequency of 0.38 min-1, surpassing most reported materials. These findings offer new insights into the versatile functions of N species in SACs and inspire rational design of high-performance catalysts in complicated heterogeneous systems.
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- Zhong-Shuai Zhu
- School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia
- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, P. R. China
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- School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia
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- Shandong Key Laboratory of Water Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Qingdao, 266237, P. R. China
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- Shandong Key Laboratory of Water Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Qingdao, 266237, P. R. China
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- Infrared Microspectroscopy (IRM) Beamline, ANSTO Australian Synchrotron, Clayton, VIC, 3168, Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia
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Zhang F, Zhang H, Jia Z, Chen S, Li S, Li J, Zan WY, Wang Q, Li Y. Nickel Single Atom Density-Dependent CO 2 Efficient Electroreduction. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024; 20:e2308080. [PMID: 38032165 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202308080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2023] [Revised: 11/07/2023] [Indexed: 12/01/2023]
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The transition metal-nitrogen-carbon (M─N─C) with MNx sites has shown great potential in CO2 electroreduction (CO2RR) for producing high value-added C1 products. However, a comprehensive and profound understanding of the intrinsic relationship between the density of metal single atoms and the CO2RR performance is still lacking. Herein, a series of Ni single-atom catalysts is deliberately designed and prepared, anchored on layered N-doped graphene-like carbon (x Ni1@NG-900, where x represents the Ni loading, 900 refers to the temperature). By modulating the precursor, the density of Ni single atoms (DNi) can be finely tuned from 0.01 to 1.19 atoms nm-2. The CO2RR results demonstrate that the CO faradaic efficiency (FECO) predominantly increases from 13.4% to 96.2% as the DNi increased from 0 to 0.068 atoms nm-2. Then the FECO showed a slow increase from 96.2% to 98.2% at -0.82 V versus reversible hydrogen electrode (RHE) when DNi increased from 0.068 to 1.19 atoms nm-2. The theoretical calculations are in good agreement with experimental results, indicating a trade-off relationship between DNi and CO2RR performance. These findings reveal the crucial role of the density of Ni single atoms in determining the CO2RR performance of M─N─C catalysts.
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- Fengwei Zhang
- Institute of Crystalline Materials, Institute of Molecular Science, Key Lab of Materials for Energy Conversion and Storage of Shanxi Province, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, 030006, P. R. China
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- Institute of Crystalline Materials, Institute of Molecular Science, Key Lab of Materials for Energy Conversion and Storage of Shanxi Province, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, 030006, P. R. China
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- Department of Power Engineering, School of Energy, Power and Mechanical Engineering, North China Electric Power University, Baoding, 071003, P. R. China
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- National Key Laboratory of High Efficiency and Low Carbon Utilization of Coal, Institute of Coal Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Taiyuan, 030001, P. R. China
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- Institute of Crystalline Materials, Institute of Molecular Science, Key Lab of Materials for Energy Conversion and Storage of Shanxi Province, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, 030006, P. R. China
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- Institute of Crystalline Materials, Institute of Molecular Science, Key Lab of Materials for Energy Conversion and Storage of Shanxi Province, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, 030006, P. R. China
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- Institute of Crystalline Materials, Institute of Molecular Science, Key Lab of Materials for Energy Conversion and Storage of Shanxi Province, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, 030006, P. R. China
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- National Key Laboratory of High Efficiency and Low Carbon Utilization of Coal, Institute of Coal Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Taiyuan, 030001, P. R. China
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- Institute of Crystalline Materials, Institute of Molecular Science, Key Lab of Materials for Energy Conversion and Storage of Shanxi Province, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, 030006, P. R. China
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Yu J, Zhang X, Jiang R, He W, Xu M, Xu X, Xiang Q, Yin C, Xiang Z, Ma C, Liu Y, Li X, Lu C. Iron-Based Catalysts with Oxygen Vacancies Obtained by Facile Pyrolysis for Selective Hydrogenation of Nitrobenzene. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2024; 16:8603-8615. [PMID: 38332505 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c14353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/10/2024]
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The development of preparation strategies for iron-based catalysts with prominent catalytic activity, stability, and cost effectiveness is greatly significant for the field of catalytic hydrogenation but still remains challenging. Herein, a method for the preparation of iron-based catalysts by the simple pyrolysis of organometallic coordination polymers is described. The catalyst Fe@C-2 with sufficient oxygen vacancies obtained in specific coordination environment exhibited superior nitro hydrogenation performance, acid resistance, and reaction stability. Through solvent effect experiments, toxicity experiments, TPSR, and DFT calculations, it was determined that the superior activity of the catalyst was derived from the contribution of sufficient oxygen vacancies to hydrogen activation and the good adsorption ability of FeO on substrate molecules.
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- Jiaxin Yu
- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Chemistry Synthesis Technology, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310032, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Chemistry Synthesis Technology, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310032, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Chemistry Synthesis Technology, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310032, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Chemistry Synthesis Technology, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310032, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Chemistry Synthesis Technology, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310032, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Chemistry Synthesis Technology, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310032, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Chemistry Synthesis Technology, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310032, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Chemistry Synthesis Technology, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310032, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Chemistry Synthesis Technology, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310032, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Chemistry Synthesis Technology, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310032, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Chemistry Synthesis Technology, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310032, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Chemistry Synthesis Technology, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310032, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Chemistry Synthesis Technology, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310032, People's Republic of China
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Chen G, Ma J, Gong W, Li J, Li Z, Long R, Xiong Y. Recent progress of heterogeneous catalysts for transfer hydrogenation under the background of carbon neutrality. NANOSCALE 2024; 16:1038-1057. [PMID: 38126462 DOI: 10.1039/d3nr05207a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2023]
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Under the background of carbon neutrality, the direct conversion of greenhouse CO2 to high value added fuels and chemicals is becoming an important and promising technology. Among them, the generation of liquid C1 products (formic acid and methanol) has made great progress; nevertheless, it encounters the problem of how to use it efficiently to solve the overcapacity issue. In this review, we suggest that the catalytic transfer hydrogenation using formic acid and methanol as the hydrogen sources is a critical and potential route for the substitution for the fossil fuel-derived H2 to generate essential bulk and fine chemicals. We mainly focus on summarizing the recent progress of heterogeneous catalysts in such reactions, including thermal- and photo-catalytic processes. Finally, we also propose some challenges and opportunities for this development.
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- Guangyu Chen
- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, School of Nuclear Science and Technology, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, P. R. China.
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, School of Nuclear Science and Technology, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, P. R. China.
- Suzhou Institute for Advanced Research, University of Science and Technology of China, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, P. R. China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, School of Nuclear Science and Technology, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, P. R. China.
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, School of Nuclear Science and Technology, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, P. R. China.
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, School of Nuclear Science and Technology, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, P. R. China.
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, School of Nuclear Science and Technology, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, P. R. China.
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, School of Nuclear Science and Technology, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, P. R. China.
- Suzhou Institute for Advanced Research, University of Science and Technology of China, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, P. R. China
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Han Y, Ye K, Huang Y, Wu Z, Hu P, Zhang G. Leveraging Interlayer Interaction in M-N-C Catalysts for Enhanced Activity in Oxygen Reduction Reactions. J Phys Chem Lett 2023; 14:9900-9908. [PMID: 37903101 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c02385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2023]
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Atomically dispersed metal-nitrogen-carbon (M-N-C) materials are deemed promising catalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in fuel cells. Yet the multilayer nature of M-N-C has been largely neglected in computational analysis. To bridge the gap, we conducted a first-principles investigation using bilayer M-N-C models (TMNx/G-TMNy/G, TM = Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, G = graphene, x, y = 3 or 4), where the TMs on the top serves as the active center. While in-plane TMN4 at the bottom has a minimal impact on the ORR, out-of-plane TMN3 substantially influences the adsorption free energy of OH through a strong interlayer bonding interaction. By leveraging interlayer interactions, we appreciably lowered the overpotential of selected TMN4 (TM = Co, Ni, Cu) and achieved a minimum of 0.40 V on CoN4/G-CuN3/G. Constant potential calculations revealed weak dependence of OH binding energy on external voltage and obtained results comparable to constant charge calculation. This study provided new physical insight into modulating naturally occurring multilayer M-N-C catalysts.
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- Yulan Han
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT9 5AG, U.K
- Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026 China
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- Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026 China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT9 5AG, U.K
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- School of Information, Guizhou University of Finance and Economics, Guiyang 550025, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT9 5AG, U.K
- School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China
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- Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026 China
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Wan T, Wang G, Guo Y, Fan X, Zhao J, Zhang X, Qin J, Fang J, Ma J, Long Y. Special direct route for efficient transfer hydrogenation of nitroarenes at room temperature by monatomic Zr tuned α-Fe2O3. J Catal 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcat.2022.09.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Cobalt nitride enabled benzimidazoles production from furyl/aryl bio-alcohols and o-nitroanilines without an external H-source. Front Chem Sci Eng 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s11705-022-2174-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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Selective Reduction of Nitroarenes Catalyzed by In-Situ Generated Nanoscale Hematite. Catal Letters 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s10562-022-04084-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Liu H, Li Y, Djitcheu X, Liu L. Recent advances in single-atom catalysts for thermally driven reactions. Chem Eng Sci 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2022.117654] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Zhang Z, Li H, Wu D, Zhang L, Li J, Xu J, Lin S, Datye AK, Xiong H. Coordination structure at work: Atomically dispersed heterogeneous catalysts. Coord Chem Rev 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2022.214469] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Zhang G, Tang F, Wang X, Wang L, Liu YN. Atomically Dispersed Co–S–N Active Sites Anchored on Hierarchically Porous Carbon for Efficient Catalytic Hydrogenation of Nitro Compounds. ACS Catal 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c01113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Guangji Zhang
- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Micro & Nano Materials Interface Science, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410083, P. R. China
- Henan Province Industrial Technology Research Institute of Resources and Materials, School of Material Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, Henan, P. R. China
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan, Hunan 411105, P. R. China
- Foshan Green Intelligent Manufacturing Research Institute of Xiangtan University, Foshan 528010, Guangdong, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, Henan, P. R. China
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- Henan Province Industrial Technology Research Institute of Resources and Materials, School of Material Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, Henan, P. R. China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Micro & Nano Materials Interface Science, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410083, P. R. China
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