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Engineering of core@double-shell Mo@MoO3@PS particles in PVDF composites towards improved dielectric performances. JOURNAL OF POLYMER RESEARCH 2023. [DOI: 10.1007/s10965-023-03494-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/19/2023]
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An R, Chen X, Fang Q, Meng Y, Li X, Cao Y. Structure-activity relationship of Cu-based catalysts for the highly efficient CO 2 electrochemical reduction reaction. Front Chem 2023; 11:1141453. [PMID: 36846850 PMCID: PMC9947715 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2023.1141453] [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: 01/10/2023] [Accepted: 01/30/2023] [Indexed: 02/11/2023] Open
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Electrocatalytic carbon dioxide reduction (CO2RR) is a relatively feasible method to reduce the atmospheric concentration of CO2. Although a series of metal-based catalysts have gained interest for CO2RR, understanding the structure-activity relationship for Cu-based catalysts remains a great challenge. Herein, three Cu-based catalysts with different sizes and compositions (Cu@CNTs, Cu4@CNTs, and CuNi3@CNTs) were designed to explore this relationship by density functional theory (DFT). The calculation results show a higher degree of CO2 molecule activation on CuNi3@CNTs compared to that on Cu@CNTs and Cu4@CNTs. The methane (CH4) molecule is produced on both Cu@CNTs and CuNi3@CNTs, while carbon monoxide (CO) is synthesized on Cu4@CNTs. The Cu@CNTs showed higher activity for CH4 production with a low overpotential value of 0.36 V compared to CuNi3@CNTs (0.60 V), with *CHO formation considered the potential-determining step (PDS). The overpotential value was only 0.02 V for *CO formation on the Cu4@CNTs, and *COOH formation was the PDS. The limiting potential difference analysis with the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) indicated that the Cu@CNTs exhibited the highest selectivity of CH4 among the three catalysts. Therefore, the sizes and compositions of Cu-based catalysts greatly influence CO2RR activity and selectivity. This study provides an innovative insight into the theoretical explanation of the origin of the size and composition effects to inform the design of highly efficient electrocatalysts.
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- Runzhi An
- College of Biological, Chemical Science and Engineering, Jiaxing University, Jiaxing, Zhejiang, China
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- College of Biological, Chemical Science and Engineering, Jiaxing University, Jiaxing, Zhejiang, China
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- College of Biological, Chemical Science and Engineering, Jiaxing University, Jiaxing, Zhejiang, China
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- College of Biological, Chemical Science and Engineering, Jiaxing University, Jiaxing, Zhejiang, China,College of Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green-Chemical Synthesis Technology, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China
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- College of Biological, Chemical Science and Engineering, Jiaxing University, Jiaxing, Zhejiang, China,*Correspondence: Xi Li, ; Yongyong Cao,
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- College of Biological, Chemical Science and Engineering, Jiaxing University, Jiaxing, Zhejiang, China,*Correspondence: Xi Li, ; Yongyong Cao,
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Wang F, Meng Y, Chen X, Zhang L, Li G, Shen Z, Wang Y, Cao Y. Effect of nickel-based electrocatalyst size on electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction: A density functional theory study. J Colloid Interface Sci 2022; 615:587-596. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2022.02.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2021] [Revised: 01/17/2022] [Accepted: 02/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Zhang X, Gong M, Dai Y, Wen B. Construction of one-dimensional MoO2/NC heteronanowires for microwave absorption. RSC Adv 2022; 12:5157-5163. [PMID: 35425555 PMCID: PMC8981422 DOI: 10.1039/d1ra09074g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2021] [Accepted: 01/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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A combination of a special micro–nanostructure and multiple components has been proven as an effective strategy to strengthen the microwave attenuation capacity. In this work, one-dimensional MoO2/N-doped carbon (NC) nanowires with a heterostructure have been successfully prepared by utilizing mild in situ chemical oxidative polymerization and pyrolysis treatment. After compounding them with a thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) matrix, the flexible composites exhibit tunable wave absorbing performance by modulating the filler loading of MoO2/NC heteronanowires. Experimental results demonstrate that the minimum reflection loss value of the MoO2/NC–TPU hybrid is up to −35.0 dB at 8.37 GHz under a thickness of only 2.3 mm with 40 wt% filler amounts. Moreover, the effective absorption bandwidth enables 3.26 GHz to be achieved (8.49–11.75 GHz) when the thickness changes to 2.0 mm, covering almost the whole X-band. Meanwhile, when the filler loading becomes 30 wt%, dual-absorption peaks appear. The relevant absorption mechanism is mainly attributed to the dielectric loss including strong dipolar/interfacial polarizations, Debye relaxation loss and multiple reflection and scattering. A combination of a special micro–nanostructure and multiple components has been proven as an effective strategy to strengthen the microwave attenuation capacity.![]()
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- Xiaojuan Zhang
- College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Beijing Technology and Business University, Beijing 100048, PR China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Beijing Technology and Business University, Beijing 100048, PR China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Beijing Technology and Business University, Beijing 100048, PR China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Beijing Technology and Business University, Beijing 100048, PR China
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