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Jin L, Cheng C, Guo C, Wabaidur SM, Zhong Y, Hu Y. One-Step Decoration of Subnanometer MoO x Clusters on Bi 11VO 19 Nanotubes for Visible-Light-Driven Water Oxidation. CHEMSUSCHEM 2024:e202400450. [PMID: 38660929 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202400450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2024] [Revised: 04/19/2024] [Accepted: 04/23/2024] [Indexed: 04/26/2024]
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For the sluggish reaction kinetics due to a four-electron transfer process, water oxidation is always a major obstacle to solar splitting of water to hydrogen. It remains a tough challenge to develop efficient nonnoble-metal photocatalysts for water oxidation. Herein, we decorate the host photocatalyst of Bi11VO19 nanotubes with the coatalyst of subnanometer MoOx clusters (denoted as Bi11VO19/MoOx hetero-nanotubes) via a one-step cation-exchange solvothermal reaction using Na2V6O16 nanowires as the hard template. It is observed that the morphology and microstructure of Bi11VO19/MoOx hetero-nanotubes vary with the dosage of Mo source and polyvinylpyrrolidone, as well as with the solvent composition. The optimized Bi11VO19/MoOx hetero-nanotubes significantly enhance the photooxidation of water to oxygen with visible light, delivering an oxygen production rate of 790 μmol g-1 h-1, which is 12 times that of bare Bi11VO19 nanotubes. In situ X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and (photo)electrochemical characterization suggest that the enhanced photoactivity may be caused by the decorated cocatalyst of MoOx clusters, which extracts electrons from Bi11VO19 nanotubes, leaving an abundance of holes for water photooxidation. This work demonstrates a potential strategy to develop photocatalysts for energy conversion by constructing Bi11VO19-based nanostructures.
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- Linfeng Jin
- Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Catalysis Materials, Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, 321004, China
- Department of Physics, College of Physics and Electronic Information Engineering, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, 321004, China
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- Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Catalysis Materials, Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, 321004, China
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- Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Catalysis Materials, Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, 321004, China
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- Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Catalysis Materials, Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, 321004, China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou, 311300, China
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Deng Y, Yan W, Guo Y, Wang Q, Bi Y, Dong C, Fan L. Highly sensitive and selective photoelectrochemical aptasensing of di-2-ethylhexyl phthalate based on graphene quantum dots decorated TiO 2 nanotube arrays. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2022; 426:128107. [PMID: 34971987 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.128107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2021] [Revised: 11/29/2021] [Accepted: 12/16/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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A photoelectrochemical (PEC) sensing platform for di-2-ethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP) was constructed using graphene quantum dots decorated TiO2 nanotube arrays (GQDs-decorated TiO2 NTs) as the transducer species and the anti-DEHP aptamer as the biological recognition element. GQDs were synthesized using the alkali-mediated hydrothermal method, and then anchored onto the TiO2 NTs uniformly and intimately via pronounced electrostatic interaction. Coupling GQDs with TiO2 NTs not only enhanced visible-light absorption, but promoted charge separation and transportation, exhibiting excellent photocurrent response, and PEC activity. Various means were conducted to explore morphologies, optical, structural and PEC properties of the materials. As an identification unit, the anti-DEHP aptamer molecules were immobilized on GQDs-decorated TiO2 NTs using a cross-linking coupling method. The developed PEC sensing platform exhibits excellent sensing behavior for DEHP, and provides a low detection limit of 0.1 ng/L, high selectivity and stability. Meanwhile, its application in real environmental samples was evaluated and satisfying results were achieved. Thus, the established sensing platform provides a promising tool to detect DEHP in the environment.
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- Yuan Deng
- Institute of Environmental Science, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030006, PR China
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- Analytical Instrumentation Center and State Key Laboratory of Coal Conversion, Institute of Coal Chemistry, CAS, Taiyuan 030001, PR China
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- Institute of Environmental Science, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030006, PR China
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- Analytical Instrumentation Center and State Key Laboratory of Coal Conversion, Institute of Coal Chemistry, CAS, Taiyuan 030001, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory for Oxo Synthesis & Selective Oxidation, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, Lanzhou 730000, PR China
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- Institute of Environmental Science, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030006, PR China.
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- Institute of Environmental Science, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030006, PR China.
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Ratnayake SP, Ren J, Colusso E, Guglielmi M, Martucci A, Della Gaspera E. SILAR Deposition of Metal Oxide Nanostructured Films. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2021; 17:e2101666. [PMID: 34309208 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202101666] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2021] [Revised: 05/17/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Methods for the fabrication of thin films with well controlled structure and properties are of great importance for the development of functional devices for a large range of applications. SILAR, the acronym for Successive Ionic Layer Adsorption and Reaction, is an evolution and combination of two other deposition methods, the Atomic Layer Deposition and Chemical Bath Deposition. Due to a relative simplicity and low cost, this method has gained increasing interest in the scientific community. There are, however, several aspects related to the influence of the many parameters involved, which deserve further deepening. In this review article, the basis of the method, its application to the fabrication of thin films, the importance of experimental parameters, and some recent advances in the application of oxide films are reviewed. At first the fundamental theoretical bases and experimental concepts of SILAR are discussed. Then, the fabrication of chalcogenides and metal oxides is reviewed, with special emphasis to metal oxides, trying to extract general information on the effect of experimental parameters on structural, morphological and functional properties. Finally, recent advances in the application of oxide films prepared by SILAR are described, focusing on supercapacitors, transparent electrodes, solar cells, and photoelectrochemical devices.
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- RMIT University, School of Science, Melbourne, VIC, 3001, Australia
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- Università di Padova and INSTM, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale, Via Marzolo 9, Padova, 35131, Italy
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- Università di Padova and INSTM, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale, Via Marzolo 9, Padova, 35131, Italy
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- Università di Padova and INSTM, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale, Via Marzolo 9, Padova, 35131, Italy
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Synergistic effects of α-Fe2O3-TiO2 and Na2S2O8 on the performance of a non-thermal plasma reactor as a novel catalytic oxidation process for dimethyl phthalate degradation. Sep Purif Technol 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2020.117185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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CTAB-assisted solvothermal construction of hierarchical Bi2MoO6/Bi5O7Br with improved photocatalytic performances. Sep Purif Technol 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2020.116775] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Shao Z, Zhang Y, Yang X, Zhong M. Au-Mediated Charge Transfer Process of Ternary Cu 2O/Au/TiO 2-NAs Nanoheterostructures for Improved Photoelectrochemical Performance. ACS OMEGA 2020; 5:7503-7518. [PMID: 32280894 PMCID: PMC7144151 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.0c00299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2020] [Accepted: 03/18/2020] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Based on a facile three-step preparation method, Cu2O/Au/TiO2-NAs ternary heterojunction nanocomposites have been successfully synthesized by electrodepositing a Cu2O layer on the surface of Au nanoparticles (NPs) decorated highly ordered TiO2 nanotube arrays (NAs). The structure, surface morphology, chemical composition, and optical and intrinsic defects properties of the as-prepared samples are characterized by transmission and scanning electron microscopy (TEM and SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), UV-vis light absorbance spectra, Raman scattering, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). Simultaneously, the Cu2O/Au/TiO2-NAs ternary nanohybrids exhibited progressively improved photoelectrocatalytic (PEC) performance compared with the dual Cu2O/TiO2-NAs type-II nanoheterojunctions, confirming by the photocurrent density versus testing time curve (amperometric I-t curve), open-circuit potential versus testing time curve (V oc-t curve), and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) measurements, which were mainly ascribed to the synergistic effect of reduced interfacial charge transfer resistance and boosted energetic charge carriers generation associated with embedding Au NPs. Furthermore, the self-consistent charge transfer mechanism of Z-scheme and interband transitions mediated with Au NPs for Cu2O/Au/TiO2-NAs triple nanocomposites is proposed, which was evaluated by nanosecond time-resolved transient photoluminescence (NTRT-PL) spectra excited by 266 and 400 nm, respectively. Following this scheme, UV-vis light photocatalytic activities of Cu2O/Au/TiO2-NAs ternary nanohybrids were elaborated toward photodegradation of methyl orange (MO) in aqueous solution, and the photodegradation rate of optimum triple nanocomplex was found to be 90%.
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- Zhufeng Shao
- College of New Energy, Bohai University, Jinzhou, Liaoning, 121000 China
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- College of New Energy, Bohai University, Jinzhou, Liaoning, 121000 China
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- College of New Energy, Bohai University, Jinzhou, Liaoning, 121000 China
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Wang Q, Li H, Yu X, Jia Y, Chang Y, Gao S. Morphology regulated Bi2WO6 nanoparticles on TiO2 nanotubes by solvothermal Sb3+ doping as effective photocatalysts for wastewater treatment. Electrochim Acta 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2019.135167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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