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Wu L, Li Y, Liu GQ, Yu SH. Polytypic metal chalcogenide nanocrystals. Chem Soc Rev 2024. [PMID: 39212091 DOI: 10.1039/d3cs01095c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/04/2024]
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By engineering chemically identical but structurally distinct materials into intricate and sophisticated polytypic nanostructures, which often surpass their pure phase objects and even produce novel physical and chemical properties, exciting applications in the fields of photovoltaics, electronics and photocatalysis can be achieved. In recent decades, various methods have been developed for synthesizing a library of polytypic nanocrystals encompassing IV, III-V and II-VI polytypic semiconductors. The exceptional performances of polytypic metal chalcogenide nanocrystals have been observed, making them highly promising candidates for applications in photonics and electronics. However, achieving high-precision control over the morphology, composition, crystal structure, size, homojunctions, and periodicity of polytypic metal chalcogenide nanostructures remains a significant synthetic challenge. This review article offers a comprehensive overview of recent progress in the synthesis and control of polytypic metal chalcogenide nanocrystals using colloidal synthetic strategies. Starting from a concise introduction on the crystal structures of metal chalcogenides, the subsequent discussion delves into the colloidal synthesis of polytypic metal chalcogenide nanocrystals, followed by an in-depth exploration of the key factors governing polytypic structure construction. Subsequently, we provide comprehensive insights into the physical properties of polytypic metal chalcogenide nanocrystals, which exhibit strong correlations with their applications. Thereafter, we emphasize the significance of polytypic nanostructures in various applications, such as photovoltaics, photocatalysis, transistors, thermoelectrics, stress sensors, and the electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution. Finally, we present a summary of the recent advancements in this research field and provide insightful perspectives on the forthcoming challenges, opportunities, and future research directions.
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- Liang Wu
- Department of Chemistry, New Cornerstone Science Laboratory, Institute of Biomimetic Materials & Chemistry, Division of Nanomaterials & Chemistry, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China.
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- Department of Chemistry, New Cornerstone Science Laboratory, Institute of Biomimetic Materials & Chemistry, Division of Nanomaterials & Chemistry, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China.
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- Department of Chemistry, New Cornerstone Science Laboratory, Institute of Biomimetic Materials & Chemistry, Division of Nanomaterials & Chemistry, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China.
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- Department of Chemistry, New Cornerstone Science Laboratory, Institute of Biomimetic Materials & Chemistry, Division of Nanomaterials & Chemistry, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China.
- Department of Chemistry, Institute of Innovative Materials, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology of China, Shenzhen 518055, China.
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Han Z, Dong Q, Chen G, Dong H, Zhou R. Interface Cd-N bond bridge accelerating charge separation to the enhanced visible light driven hydrogen production from water splitting on polyaniline@Cd-Zn-S photocatalyst. Sep Purif Technol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2022.121839] [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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Wang L, Li X, Xiong S, Lin H, Xu Y, Jiao Y, Chen J. Plant polyphenols induced the synthesis of rich oxygen vacancies Co 3O 4/Co@N-doped carbon hollow nanomaterials for electrochemical energy storage and conversion. J Colloid Interface Sci 2021; 600:58-71. [PMID: 34004430 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2021.05.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2021] [Revised: 04/24/2021] [Accepted: 05/03/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Reasonable hollow structure design and oxygen vacancy defects control play an important role in the optimization of electrochemical energy storage and electrocatalytic properties. Herein, a plant polyphenol tannic acid was used to etch Co-based zeolitic imidazolate framework (ZIF-67) followed by calcination to prepare a porous Co3O4@Co/NC hollow nanoparticles (Co3O4@Co/NC-HN) with rich oxygen vacancy defects. Owing to the metal-phenolic networks (MPNs), rich oxygen vacancy defects and the synergistic effect between Co3O4 and Co/NC, the box-like Co3O4@Co/NC-HN nanomaterials with large specific surface areas exhibit excellent supercapacitor performance and electrocatalytic activity. As expected, Co3O4@Co/NC-HN shows high specific capacity (273.9 mAh g-1 at 1 A g-1) and remarkable rate performance. Moreover, the assembled Hybrid supercapacitor (HSC, Co3O4@Co/NC-HN//Active carbon) device obtained a maximum energy density of 57.8 Wh kg-1 (800 W kg-1) and exhibited superior cycle stability of 92.6% after 4000 cycles. Notably, as an electrocatalyst, the nanocomposites exhibit small overpotential and Tafel slope. These results strongly demonstrate that both unique hollow structure and abundant oxygen vacancies designed from plant polyphenols provide superiorities for the synthesis of efficient and green multifunctional electrode materials for energy storage and conversion.
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- Lingdan Wang
- College of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, China
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- College of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, China
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- College of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, China
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- College of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, China
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- College of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, China.
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- College of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, China.
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- College of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, China.
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Zhu Y, Qiu F, Rong J, Zhang T, Mao K, Yang D. Covalent laccase immobilization on the surface of poly(vinylidene fluoride) polymer membrane for enhanced biocatalytic removal of dyes pollutants from aqueous environment. Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces 2020; 191:111025. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2020.111025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2019] [Revised: 04/05/2020] [Accepted: 04/06/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Sun S, Zhang X, Cui J, Yang Q, Liang S. Twin engineering of photocatalysts: a minireview. Catal Sci Technol 2020. [DOI: 10.1039/d0cy00917b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Recent advances in twin engineering of photocatalysts have been highlighted in this mini-review, which is beneficial for the rational design and construction of novel highly-active photocatalysts.
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- Shaodong Sun
- Engineering Research Center of Conducting Materials and Composite Technology
- Ministry of Education
- Shaanxi Engineering Research Center of Metal-based Heterogeneous Materials and Advanced Manufacturing Technology
- Shaanxi Province Key Laboratory for Electrical Materials and Infiltration Technology
- School of Materials Science and Engineering
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- Engineering Research Center of Conducting Materials and Composite Technology
- Ministry of Education
- Shaanxi Engineering Research Center of Metal-based Heterogeneous Materials and Advanced Manufacturing Technology
- Shaanxi Province Key Laboratory for Electrical Materials and Infiltration Technology
- School of Materials Science and Engineering
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- Engineering Research Center of Conducting Materials and Composite Technology
- Ministry of Education
- Shaanxi Engineering Research Center of Metal-based Heterogeneous Materials and Advanced Manufacturing Technology
- Shaanxi Province Key Laboratory for Electrical Materials and Infiltration Technology
- School of Materials Science and Engineering
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- Engineering Research Center of Conducting Materials and Composite Technology
- Ministry of Education
- Shaanxi Engineering Research Center of Metal-based Heterogeneous Materials and Advanced Manufacturing Technology
- Shaanxi Province Key Laboratory for Electrical Materials and Infiltration Technology
- School of Materials Science and Engineering
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- Engineering Research Center of Conducting Materials and Composite Technology
- Ministry of Education
- Shaanxi Engineering Research Center of Metal-based Heterogeneous Materials and Advanced Manufacturing Technology
- Shaanxi Province Key Laboratory for Electrical Materials and Infiltration Technology
- School of Materials Science and Engineering
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Hayat A, Shaishta N, Mane SKB, Khan J, Hayat A. Rational Ionothermal Copolymerization of TCNQ with PCN Semiconductor for Enhanced Photocatalytic Full Water Splitting. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2019; 11:46756-46766. [PMID: 31762261 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b15537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Photocatalytic full water splitting remains the perfect way to generate oxygen (O2) and hydrogen (H2) gases driven by sunlight to address the future environmental issues as well as energy demands. Owing to its exceptional properties, polymeric carbon nitride (PCN) has been one of the most widely investigated semiconductor photocatalysts. Nevertheless, blank PCN characteristically displays restrained photocatalytic performance due to high-density defects in its framework that may perhaps perform the part of the recombination midpoint for photoproduced electron-hole pairs. Therefore, to overcome this problem, a simple approach to introduce 7,7,8,8-tetracyanoquinodimethane (TCNQ) with an electron-withdrawing characteristic modifier into the pristine PCN framework by the ionothermal method to enhance its optical, conductive, and photocatalytic properties has been undertaken. Results show that such integration of TCNQ results in the delocalization of the π-conjugated structure; significant changes in its chemical electronic configuration, band gap, and surface area; and enhanced production of electrons under visible light. As a result of this facile integration, our best sample (CNU-TCNQ9.0) produced a hydrogen evolution rate (HER) of 164.6 μmol h-1 for H2 and an oxygen evolution rate (OER) of 14.8 μmol h-1 for O2, which were found to be 2.4- and 2.6-fold greater than those produced with pure carbon nitride (CNU) sample, respectively. Hence, this work provides a reasonable alternative method to synthesize and design novel CNU-TCNQ backbone photocatalyst for organic photosynthesis, CO2 reduction, hydrogen evolution, etc.
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- Asif Hayat
- College of Chemistry , Fuzhou University , Fuzhou 350 002 , P. R. China
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- Department of Post-Graduate Studies and Research in Chemistry , Gulbarga University , Gulbarga 585106 , India
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- Department of Post-Graduate Studies and Research in Chemistry , Gulbarga University , Gulbarga 585106 , India
- School of Chemistry , Sun Yat-sen University , Guangzhou 510 275 , P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry , Sun Yat-sen University , Guangzhou 510 275 , P. R. China
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- Department of Physics , Quaid Azam University , Islamabad 45320 , Pakistan
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Rong J, Xu J, Qiu F, Fang Y, Zhang T, Zhu Y. 2D metal-organic frameworks-derived preparation of layered CuS@C as an efficient and stable electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution reaction. Electrochim Acta 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2019.134856] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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