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He J, Zou L, Yang L, Shi G, Li J, Huang R, Liu X, Dong S, Yang X. Mechanisms underlying the nucleation processes of mesoporous ceria nanoparticles. NANOSCALE 2024. [PMID: 39238321 DOI: 10.1039/d4nr01632g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/07/2024]
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Mesoporous ceria nanoparticles featuring ordered pores (O-MCNs) have much greater potential than their counterparts featuring interparticle pores (I-MCNs) due to their uniform pore size and interconnected framework structures. However, current methods can only synthesize I-MCNs and fail to achieve O-MCNs. Understanding the mechanisms underlying the formation of pores in I-MCNs can spark ideas for designing new methods to realize the synthesis of O-MCNs. In this study, the details of an established I-MCN synthetic method using 1-octadecene (ODE) and ethanol as a mixed solvent, Ce(NO3)3·6H2O as a precursor and trioctylphosphine oxide (TOPO) as a ligand were explored. The results revealed that six groups of molecules were generated ahead of ceria crystal nucleation, and these molecules played different roles in the formation of I-MCNs. Four steps, namely, ceria crystal nucleation, small ceria nanoparticle formation, small ceria nanoparticle assembly, and I-MCN growth, were involved in the formation of the I-MCNs. The assembly of small ceria nanoparticles driven by the fusion of the (200) plane leaving behind unoccupied spaces was the major reason for the formation of pores in the I-MCNs. These findings provided very useful information for the future design of new methods to achieve O-MCNs.
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- Jian He
- School of Biomedical Engineering and Medical Imaging, Army Medical University, Chongqing 400038, China.
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- School of Biomedical Engineering and Medical Imaging, Army Medical University, Chongqing 400038, China.
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- School of Biomedical Engineering and Medical Imaging, Army Medical University, Chongqing 400038, China.
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- School of Biomedical Engineering and Medical Imaging, Army Medical University, Chongqing 400038, China.
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- School of Biomedical Engineering and Medical Imaging, Army Medical University, Chongqing 400038, China.
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- School of Biomedical Engineering and Medical Imaging, Army Medical University, Chongqing 400038, China.
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- School of Biomedical Engineering and Medical Imaging, Army Medical University, Chongqing 400038, China.
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- School of Biomedical Engineering and Medical Imaging, Army Medical University, Chongqing 400038, China.
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- School of Biomedical Engineering and Medical Imaging, Army Medical University, Chongqing 400038, China.
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Zhao Y, Zhu L, Kang Y, Shen CH, Liu X, Jiang D, Fu L, Guselnikova O, Huang L, Song X, Asahi T, Yamauchi Y. Nanoengineering Multilength-Scale Porous Hierarchy in Mesoporous Metal-Organic Framework Single Crystals. ACS NANO 2024; 18:22404-22414. [PMID: 39108023 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.4c07119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/21/2024]
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Developing a reliable method for constructing mesoporous metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) with single-crystalline forms remains a challenging task despite numerous efforts. This study presents a solvent-mediated assembly method for fabricating zeolitic imidazolate framework (ZIF) single-crystal nanoparticles with a well-defined micro-mesoporous structure using polystyrene-block-poly(ethylene oxide) diblock copolymer micelles as a soft-template. The precise control of particle sizes, ranging from 85 to 1200 nm, is achieved by regulating nucleation and crystal growth rates while maintaining consistent pore diameters in mesoporous nanoparticles and a rhombohedral dodecahedron morphology. Furthermore, this study presents a robust platform for nanoarchitecturing to prepare hierarchically porous materials (e.g., core-shell and hollow structures), including microporous ZIF@mesoporous ZIF, hollow mesoporous ZIF, and mesoporous ZIF@mesoporous ZIF. Such a multimodal pore design, ranging from microporous to microporous/mesoporous and further micro-/meso-/macroporous, provides significant evidence for the future possibility of the structural design of MOFs.
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- Yingji Zhao
- Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University, 3-4-1 Okubo, Shinjuku, Tokyo 169-8555, Japan
- Department of Materials Process Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan
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- Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University, 3-4-1 Okubo, Shinjuku, Tokyo 169-8555, Japan
- Department of Materials Process Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan
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- International Center for Materials Nanoarchitechtonics, National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan
- Nanozyme Laboratory in Zhongyuan, Henan Academy of Innovations in Medical Science, Zhengzhou, Henan 451163, China
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- Department of Materials Process Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan
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- Department of Materials Process Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan
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- Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University, 3-4-1 Okubo, Shinjuku, Tokyo 169-8555, Japan
- Department of Materials Process Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan
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- International Center for Materials Nanoarchitechtonics, National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan
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- International Center for Materials Nanoarchitechtonics, National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan
- Centre of Electrochemical and Surface Technology, Viktor Kaplan Straße 2, 2700 Wiener Neustadt, Austria
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- State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, No. 388, Lumo Road, Hongshan District, Wuhan 430074, P. R. China
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- International Center for Materials Nanoarchitechtonics, National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan
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- Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University, 3-4-1 Okubo, Shinjuku, Tokyo 169-8555, Japan
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- Department of Materials Process Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Yonsei University, Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 03722, South Korea
- Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN), The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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Kang Y, Li S, Cretu O, Kimoto K, Zhao Y, Zhu L, Wei X, Fu L, Jiang D, Wan C, Jiang B, Asahi T, Zhang D, Li H, Yamauchi Y. Mesoporous amorphous non-noble metals as versatile substrates for high loading and uniform dispersion of Pt-group single atoms. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2024; 10:eado2442. [PMID: 38905333 PMCID: PMC11192073 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.ado2442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2024] [Accepted: 05/14/2024] [Indexed: 06/23/2024]
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Atomically dispersed Pt-group metals are promising as nanocatalysts because of their unique geometric structures and ultrahigh atomic utilization. However, loading isolated Pt-group metals in single-atom alloys (SAAs) with distinctive bimetallic sites is challenging. In this study, we present amorphous mesoporous Ni boride (Ni-B) as an ideal substrate to uniformly disperse Pt atoms with tunable loadings (1.7 to 12.2 wt %). The effect of the morphology, composition, and crystal phase of the Ni-B host on the growth and dispersion of Pt atoms is discussed. The resulting amorphous Pt-Ni-B mesoporous nanospheres exhibit superior electrocatalytic H2 evolution performance in acidic media. This strategy holds the potential to synthesize a diverse library of mesoporous amorphous Pt-group SAAs, by leveraging functional amorphous nanostructured 3d transition-metal borides as substrates, thereby proposing a comprehensive strategy to control atomically dispersed Pt-group metals.
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- Yunqing Kang
- Nanozyme Laboratory in Zhongyuan, Henan Academy of Innovations in Medical Science, Zhengzhou 451163, Henan, China
- Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan
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- The Education Ministry Key Lab of Resource Chemistry, Joint International Research Laboratory of Resource Chemistry, Shanghai Frontiers Science Center of Biomimetic Catalysis, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234, China
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- Electron Microscopy Group, Center for Basic Research on Materials, NIMS, Namiki 1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan
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- Electron Microscopy Group, Center for Basic Research on Materials, NIMS, Namiki 1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan
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- Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University, 3-4-1 Okubo, Shinjuku, Tokyo 169-8555, Japan
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- Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University, 3-4-1 Okubo, Shinjuku, Tokyo 169-8555, Japan
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- Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University, 3-4-1 Okubo, Shinjuku, Tokyo 169-8555, Japan
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- Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan
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- Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University, 3-4-1 Okubo, Shinjuku, Tokyo 169-8555, Japan
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- Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan
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- The Education Ministry Key Lab of Resource Chemistry, Joint International Research Laboratory of Resource Chemistry, Shanghai Frontiers Science Center of Biomimetic Catalysis, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234, China
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- Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University, 3-4-1 Okubo, Shinjuku, Tokyo 169-8555, Japan
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- The Education Ministry Key Lab of Resource Chemistry, Joint International Research Laboratory of Resource Chemistry, Shanghai Frontiers Science Center of Biomimetic Catalysis, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234, China
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- The Education Ministry Key Lab of Resource Chemistry, Joint International Research Laboratory of Resource Chemistry, Shanghai Frontiers Science Center of Biomimetic Catalysis, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234, China
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- Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN) and School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
- Department of Materials Process Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464–8603, Japan
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Wan C, Li R, Wang J, Cheng DG, Chen F, Xu L, Gao M, Kang Y, Eguchi M, Yamauchi Y. Silica Confinement for Stable and Magnetic Co-Cu Alloy Nanoparticles in Nitrogen-Doped Carbon for Enhanced Hydrogen Evolution. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202404505. [PMID: 38598471 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202404505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2024] [Revised: 04/02/2024] [Accepted: 04/10/2024] [Indexed: 04/12/2024]
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Ammonia borane (AB) with 19.6 wt % H2 content is widely considered a safe and efficient medium for H2 storage and release. Co-based nanocatalysts present strong contenders for replacing precious metal-based catalysts in AB hydrolysis due to their high activity and cost-effectiveness. However, precisely adjusting the active centers and surface properties of Co-based nanomaterials to enhance their activity, as well as suppressing the migration and loss of metal atoms to improve their stability, presents many challenges. In this study, mesoporous-silica-confined bimetallic Co-Cu nanoparticles embedded in nitrogen-doped carbon (CoxCu1-x@NC@mSiO2) were synthesized using a facile mSiO2-confined thermal pyrolysis strategy. The obtained product, an optimized Co0.8Cu0.2@NC@mSiO2 catalyst, exhibits enhanced performance with a turnover frequency of 240.9 molH2 ⋅ molmetal ⋅ min-1 for AB hydrolysis at 298 K, surpassing most noble-metal-free catalysts. Moreover, Co0.8Cu0.2@NC@mSiO2 demonstrates magnetic recyclability and extraordinary stability, with a negligible decline of only 0.8 % over 30 cycles of use. This enhanced performance was attributed to the synergistic effect between Co and Cu, as well as silica confinement. This work proposes a promising method for constructing noble-metal-free catalysts for AB hydrolysis.
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- Chao Wan
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Anhui University of Technology, Ma'anshan, 243002, China
- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, 866 Yuhangtang Road, Hangzhou, 310058, China
- Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0044, Japan
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Anhui University of Technology, Ma'anshan, 243002, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Anhui University of Technology, Ma'anshan, 243002, China
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- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, 866 Yuhangtang Road, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, 866 Yuhangtang Road, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Anhui University of Technology, Ma'anshan, 243002, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China
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- Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0044, Japan
- Nanozyme Laboratory in Zhongyuan, Henan Academy of Innovations in Medical Science Zhengzhou, Henan, 451163, China
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- Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University, 3-4-1 Okubo, Shinjuku, Tokyo, 169-8555, Japan
- Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN), The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, 4072, Australia
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- Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN), The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, 4072, Australia
- Department of Materials Process Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Nagoya, 464-8603, Japan
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul, 03722, South Korea
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Wang Z, Peng L, Zhu P, Wang W, Yang C, Hu HY, Wu Q. Electron Redistribution in Iridium-Iron Dual-Metal-Atom Active Sites Enables Synergistic Enhancement for H 2O 2 Decomposition. ACS NANO 2024; 18:2885-2897. [PMID: 38236146 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.3c07223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2024]
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Developing efficient heterogeneous H2O2 decomposition catalysts under neutral conditions is of great importance in many fields such as clinical therapy, sewage treatment, and semiconductor manufacturing but still suffers from low intrinsic activity and ambiguous mechanism understanding. Herein, we constructed activated carbon supported with an Ir-Fe dual-metal-atom active sites catalyst (IrFe-AC) by using a facile method based on a pulsed laser. The electron redistribution in Ir-Fe dual-metal-atom active sites leads to the formation of double reductive metal active sites, which can strengthen the metal-H2O2 interaction and boost the H2O2 decomposition performance of Ir-Fe dual-metal-atom active sites. Ir-Fe dual-metal-atom active sites show a high second-order reaction rate constant of 3.53 × 106 M-1·min-1, which is ∼106 times higher than that of Fe3O4. IrFe-AC is effective in removing excess intracellular reactive oxygen species, protecting DNA, and reducing inflammation under oxidative stress, indicating its therapeutic potential against oxidative stress-related diseases. This study could advance the mechanism understanding of H2O2 decomposition by heterogeneous catalysts and provide guidance for the rational design of high-performance catalysts for H2O2 decomposition.
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- Zhiwei Wang
- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Ecological Remediation and Carbon Sequestration, Guangdong Provincial Engineering Research Center for Urban Water Recycling and Environmental Safety, Institute of Environment and Ecology, Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, People's Republic of China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Ecological Remediation and Carbon Sequestration, Guangdong Provincial Engineering Research Center for Urban Water Recycling and Environmental Safety, Institute of Environment and Ecology, Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, People's Republic of China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Ecological Remediation and Carbon Sequestration, Guangdong Provincial Engineering Research Center for Urban Water Recycling and Environmental Safety, Institute of Environment and Ecology, Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, People's Republic of China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Ecological Remediation and Carbon Sequestration, Guangdong Provincial Engineering Research Center for Urban Water Recycling and Environmental Safety, Institute of Environment and Ecology, Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Materials Research, Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, People's Republic of China
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- Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Microorganism Application and Risk Control, Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control State Key Joint Laboratory, Beijing Laboratory for Environmental Frontier Technologies, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, People's Republic of China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Ecological Remediation and Carbon Sequestration, Guangdong Provincial Engineering Research Center for Urban Water Recycling and Environmental Safety, Institute of Environment and Ecology, Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, People's Republic of China
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Kumar L, Antil B, Kumar A, Das MR, López-Estrada O, Siahrostami S, Deka S. Experimental and Computational Insights into the Overall Water Splitting Reaction by the Fe-Co-Ni-P Electrocatalyst. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2023; 15:54446-54457. [PMID: 37970629 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c11947] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2023]
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Nonprecious transition-metal phosphides (TMPs) are versatile materials with tunable electronic and structural properties that could be promising as catalysts for energy conversion applications. Despite the facts, TMPs are not explored thoroughly to understand the chemistry behind their rich catalytic properties for the water splitting reaction. Herein, spiky ball-shaped monodispersed TMP nanoparticles composed of Fe, Co, and Ni are developed and used as efficient electrocatalysts for hydrogen and oxygen evolution reaction (HER, OER), and overall water splitting in alkaline medium; and their surface chemistry was explored to understand the reaction mechanism. The optimized Fe0.5CoNi0.5P catalyst shows attractive activities of HER and OER with low overpotentials and Tafel slopes, and with high mass activities, turnover frequencies, and exchange current densities. When applied to overall water splitting, the electrolyzer Fe0.5CoNi0.5P||Fe0.5CoNi0.5P cell can reach a 10 mA cm-2 current density at cell voltages of only 1.52 and 1.56 V in 1.0 M and 30 wt % KOH, respectively, much lower than those of commercial IrO2||Pt/C. The optimized electrolyzer with sizable numbers of chemically active sites exhibits superior durability up to 70 h and 5000 cycles in 1.0 M KOH and can attain a current density as high as 1000 mA cm-2, showing a class of efficient bifunctional electrocatalysis. Experimental and density functional theory-based mechanistic analyses reveal that surface reconstruction takes place in the presence of KOH to form the TMP precatalyst, which results in high coverage of oxygen active species for the OER with a low apparent activation energy (Ea) for conversion of *OOH to O2. These also evidenced the thermoneutral adsorption of H* for the efficient HER half-reaction.
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- Lakshya Kumar
- Nanochemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi, North campus, Delhi 110007, India
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- Nanochemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi, North campus, Delhi 110007, India
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- Nanochemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi, North campus, Delhi 110007, India
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- Advanced Materials Group, Materials Sciences and Technology Division, CSIR-North East Institute of Science and Technology, Jorhat 785006, Assam, India
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, British Columbia V5A 1S6, Canada
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- Nanochemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi, North campus, Delhi 110007, India
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Yun Q, Ge Y, Shi Z, Liu J, Wang X, Zhang A, Huang B, Yao Y, Luo Q, Zhai L, Ge J, Peng Y, Gong C, Zhao M, Qin Y, Ma C, Wang G, Wa Q, Zhou X, Li Z, Li S, Zhai W, Yang H, Ren Y, Wang Y, Li L, Ruan X, Wu Y, Chen B, Lu Q, Lai Z, He Q, Huang X, Chen Y, Zhang H. Recent Progress on Phase Engineering of Nanomaterials. Chem Rev 2023. [PMID: 37962496 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.3c00459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2023]
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As a key structural parameter, phase depicts the arrangement of atoms in materials. Normally, a nanomaterial exists in its thermodynamically stable crystal phase. With the development of nanotechnology, nanomaterials with unconventional crystal phases, which rarely exist in their bulk counterparts, or amorphous phase have been prepared using carefully controlled reaction conditions. Together these methods are beginning to enable phase engineering of nanomaterials (PEN), i.e., the synthesis of nanomaterials with unconventional phases and the transformation between different phases, to obtain desired properties and functions. This Review summarizes the research progress in the field of PEN. First, we present representative strategies for the direct synthesis of unconventional phases and modulation of phase transformation in diverse kinds of nanomaterials. We cover the synthesis of nanomaterials ranging from metal nanostructures such as Au, Ag, Cu, Pd, and Ru, and their alloys; metal oxides, borides, and carbides; to transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) and 2D layered materials. We review synthesis and growth methods ranging from wet-chemical reduction and seed-mediated epitaxial growth to chemical vapor deposition (CVD), high pressure phase transformation, and electron and ion-beam irradiation. After that, we summarize the significant influence of phase on the various properties of unconventional-phase nanomaterials. We also discuss the potential applications of the developed unconventional-phase nanomaterials in different areas including catalysis, electrochemical energy storage (batteries and supercapacitors), solar cells, optoelectronics, and sensing. Finally, we discuss existing challenges and future research directions in PEN.
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- Qinbai Yun
- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering & Energy Institute, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- Institute of Sustainability for Chemicals, Energy and Environment, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, 627833, Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
- Hong Kong Branch of National Precious Metals Material Engineering Research Center (NPMM), City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
- Hong Kong Branch of National Precious Metals Material Engineering Research Center (NPMM), City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, China
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- Institute of Molecular Aggregation Science, Department of Chemistry, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Optoelectronic Sciences, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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- Institute of Molecular Aggregation Science, Department of Chemistry, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Optoelectronic Sciences, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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- Department of Chemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Chemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic Electronics and Information Displays & Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biosensors, Institute of Advanced Materials, School of Chemistry and Life Sciences, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing 210023, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
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- Department of Applied Physics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), School of Flexible Electronics (SoFE), Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech), Nanjing 211816, China
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- Department of Chemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
- Hong Kong Branch of National Precious Metals Material Engineering Research Center (NPMM), City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
- Shenzhen Research Institute, City University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen 518057, China
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Xu C, Shi Y, Zou X, Xu H, Zeng L, Li Z, Huang Q. Elaborate tree-like Cu-Ag clusters from green electrodeposition for efficiently electrocatalyzing CO 2 conversion into syngas. Dalton Trans 2023; 52:16018-16026. [PMID: 37850314 DOI: 10.1039/d3dt02861e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2023]
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The electrocatalytic carbon dioxide reduction (CO2RR) is one of the emerging technologies that can effectively transform carbon dioxide (CO2) into valuable products. Electrocatalysts deriving from green synthesis methods will significantly help to establish a new green carbon cycle. Herein, a green electrodeposition method without additional reducing agents was used to synthesize Cu-Ag bimetallic catalysts, and it is shown that the combination of Cu and Ag obviously affects the morphology of the Cu-Ag catalysts, resulting in the formation of elaborate tree-like Cu-Ag clusters. An as-deposited Cu-Ag/carbon fiber (Cu-Ag/CF) catalyst exhibits high activity, selectivity and stability toward the CO2RR; in particular, the elaborate dendritic Cu-Ag/CF can efficiently reduce CO2 to syngas with high selectivity (Faradaic efficiency (FE) > 95%) at a low onset potential (-0.5 V). This work provides a rational strategy to overcome the significantly different reaction capacities during the reduction of Ag+ and Cu2+, leading to the formation of a controlled morphology of Cu-Ag, which is favourable for the design and development of highly efficient Cu or Ag catalysts via green methods for electrocatalyzing the CO2RR.
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- Cuiping Xu
- College of Chemistry & Materials Science, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China.
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- College of Chemistry & Materials Science, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China.
- Fujian Province-Indonesia Marine Food Joint Research and Development Center, Fuqing 350300, China
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- College of Chemistry & Materials Science, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China.
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- College of Chemistry & Materials Science, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China.
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- College of Chemistry & Materials Science, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China.
- College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China
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- College of Chemistry & Materials Science, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China.
- Fujian Province-Indonesia Marine Food Joint Research and Development Center, Fuqing 350300, China
- College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China
- Fujian Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China
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- College of Chemistry & Materials Science, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China.
- Fujian Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China
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Raj G, Nandan R, Kumar K, Gorle DB, Mallya AB, Osman SM, Na J, Yamauchi Y, Nanda KK. High entropy alloying strategy for accomplishing quintuple-nanoparticles grafted carbon towards exceptional high-performance overall seawater splitting. MATERIALS HORIZONS 2023; 10:5032-5044. [PMID: 37649459 DOI: 10.1039/d3mh00453h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/01/2023]
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High entropy alloys (HEAs), a novel class of material, have been explored in terms of their excellent mechanical properties. Seawater electrolysis is a step towards sustainable production of carbon-neutral fuels such as H2, O2, and industrially demanding Cl2. Herein, we report a practically viable FeCoNiMnCr HEA nanoparticles system grafted on a conductive carbon matrix for promising seawater electrolysis. The comprehensive kinetics analysis of the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), oxygen evolution reaction (OER), and chlorine evolution reaction (CER) confirms the effectiveness of our system. As an electrocatalyst, HEAs grafted on carbon black show trifunctionality with promising kinetics, selectivity and enduring performance, towards seawater splitting. We optimize high entropy alloy decorated/grafted carbon black (HEACB) catalysts, studying their synthesis temperature to scrutinize the effect of alloy formation variation on the catalysis efficacy. During the catalysis, selectivity between two mutually competing reactions, CER and OER, in the electrochemical catalysis of seawater is controlled by the reaction media pH. We employ Mott-Schottky measurements to probe the band structure of the intrinsically induced metal-semiconductor junction in the HEACB catalyst, where the carrier density and flat band potential are optimized. The HEACB sample provides promising results towards overall seawater electrolysis with a net half-cell potential of about 1.65 V with good stability, which strongly implies its broad practical applicability.
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- Gokul Raj
- Materials Research Centre, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore-560012, Karnataka, India.
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- Materials Research Centre, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore-560012, Karnataka, India.
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- Materials Research Centre, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore-560012, Karnataka, India.
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- Materials Research Centre, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore-560012, Karnataka, India.
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- Micro Nano Characterization Facility, Centre for Nano Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore-560012, India
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- Chemistry Department, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Materials Architecturing Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), 5 Hwarang-ro 14-gil, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 02792, Republic of Korea.
- Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN), The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
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- Chemistry Department, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
- Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN), The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
- Department of Materials Process Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan
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- Materials Research Centre, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore-560012, Karnataka, India.
- Institute of Physics (IOP), Bhubaneshwar-751005, India
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Wan C, Li G, Wang J, Xu L, Cheng DG, Chen F, Asakura Y, Kang Y, Yamauchi Y. Modulating Electronic Metal-Support Interactions to Boost Visible-Light-Driven Hydrolysis of Ammonia Borane: Nickel-Platinum Nanoparticles Supported on Phosphorus-Doped Titania. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202305371. [PMID: 37291046 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202305371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2023] [Revised: 06/06/2023] [Accepted: 06/07/2023] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Ammonia borane (AB) is a promising material for chemical H2 storage owing to its high H2 density (up to 19.6 wt %). However, the development of an efficient catalyst for driving H2 evolution through AB hydrolysis remains challenging. Therefore, a visible-light-driven strategy for generating H2 through AB hydrolysis was implemented in this study using Ni-Pt nanoparticles supported on phosphorus-doped TiO2 (Ni-Pt/P-TiO2 ) as photocatalysts. Through surface engineering, P-TiO2 was prepared by phytic-acid-assisted phosphorization and then employed as an ideal support for immobilizing Ni-Pt nanoparticles via a facile co-reduction strategy. Under visible-light irradiation at 283 K, Ni40 Pt60 /P-TiO2 exhibited improved recyclability and a high turnover frequency of 967.8 molH 2 ${{_{{\rm H}{_{2}}}}}$ molPt -1 min-1 . Characterization experiments and density functional theory calculations indicated that the enhanced performance of Ni40 Pt60 /P-TiO2 originated from a combination of the Ni-Pt alloying effect, the Mott-Schottky junction at the metal-semiconductor interface, and strong metal-support interactions. These findings not only underscore the benefits of utilizing multipronged effects to construct highly active AB-hydrolyzing catalysts, but also pave a path toward designing high-performance catalysts by surface engineering to modulate the electronic metal-support interactions for other visible-light-induced reactions.
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- Chao Wan
- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Chemical Engineering Manufacture Technology, Zhejiang University, 866 Yuhangtang Road, 310058, Hangzhou, China
- Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki, 305-0044, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Anhui University of Technology, 59 Hudong Road, 243002, Ma'anshan, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Anhui University of Technology, 59 Hudong Road, 243002, Ma'anshan, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Anhui University of Technology, 59 Hudong Road, 243002, Ma'anshan, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Anhui University of Technology, 59 Hudong Road, 243002, Ma'anshan, China
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- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Chemical Engineering Manufacture Technology, Zhejiang University, 866 Yuhangtang Road, 310058, Hangzhou, China
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- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Chemical Engineering Manufacture Technology, Zhejiang University, 866 Yuhangtang Road, 310058, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Materials Process Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, 464-8603, Nagoya, Japan
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- Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki, 305-0044, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Department of Materials Process Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, 464-8603, Nagoya, Japan
- School of Chemical Engineering and Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN), The University of Queensland, QLD 4072, Brisbane, Australia
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Wang Z, Xu S, Mao Q, Deng K, Xu Y, Wang H, Yu H, Wang L. Polyethylenimine-Ethylenediamine-Induced Pd Metallene toward Alkaline Oxygen Reduction. Inorg Chem 2023; 62:13537-13543. [PMID: 37540794 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c01975] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/06/2023]
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Designing two-dimensional (2D) materials functionalized with organic molecules is an effective tactic to enhance catalytic performances for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). Herein, we synthesize Pd metallene with in situ modification of polyethylenimine-ethylenediamine (Pd@PEI-EDA metallene), in which PEI-EDA serves as both the structure-directing agent and modifier. Pd@PEI-EDA metallene has ample active sites and tuneable electronic structures due to ultrathin nanosheets with abundant wrinkles and interfacial structure. In contrast with commercial Pd/C and Pt/C, Pd@PEI-EDA metallene displays preferable catalytic ORR performance under alkaline conditions. This work offers an in situ interface engineering tactic for the preparation of 2D polymer-metal electrocatalysts to boost the ORR performance.
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- Ziqiang Wang
- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green-Chemical Synthesis Technology, College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green-Chemical Synthesis Technology, College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green-Chemical Synthesis Technology, College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green-Chemical Synthesis Technology, College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green-Chemical Synthesis Technology, College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green-Chemical Synthesis Technology, College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green-Chemical Synthesis Technology, College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green-Chemical Synthesis Technology, College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, P. R. China
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Kang Y, Masud MK, Guo Y, Zhao Y, Nishat ZS, Zhao J, Jiang B, Sugahara Y, Pejovic T, Morgan T, Hossain MSA, Li H, Salomon C, Asahi T, Yamauchi Y. Au-Loaded Superparamagnetic Mesoporous Bimetallic CoFeB Nanovehicles for Sensitive Autoantibody Detection. ACS NANO 2023; 17:3346-3357. [PMID: 36744876 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.2c07694] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Construction of a well-defined mesoporous nanostructure is crucial for applying nonnoble metals in catalysis and biomedicine owing to their highly exposed active sites and accessible surfaces. However, it remains a great challenge to controllably synthesize superparamagnetic CoFe-based mesoporous nanospheres with tunable compositions and exposed large pores, which are sought for immobilization or adsorption of guest molecules for magnetic capture, isolation, preconcentration, and purification. Herein, a facile assembly strategy of a block copolymer was developed to fabricate a mesoporous CoFeB amorphous alloy with abundant metallic Co/Fe atoms, which served as an ideal scaffold for well-dispersed loading of Au nanoparticles (∼3.1 nm) via the galvanic replacement reaction. The prepared Au-CoFeB possessed high saturation magnetization as well as uniform and large open mesopores (∼12.5 nm), which provided ample accessibility to biomolecules, such as nucleic acids, enzymes, proteins, and antibodies. Through this distinctive combination of superparamagnetism (CoFeB) and biofavorability (Au), the resulting Au-CoFeB was employed as a dispersible nanovehicle for the direct capture and isolation of p53 autoantibody from serum samples. Highly sensitive detection of the autoantibody was achieved with a limit of detection of 0.006 U/mL, which was 50 times lower than that of the conventional p53-ELISA kit-based detection system. Our assay is capable of quantifying differential expression patterns for detecting p53 autoantibodies in ovarian cancer patients. This assay provides a rapid, inexpensive, and portable platform with the potential to detect a wide range of clinically relevant protein biomarkers.
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- Yunqing Kang
- Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University, 3-4-1 Okubo, Shinjuku, Tokyo 169-8555, Japan
- JST-ERATO Yamauchi Materials Space-Tectonics Project, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan
- JST-ERATO Yamauchi Materials Space-Tectonics Project, Kagami Memorial Research Institute for Materials Science and Technology, Waseda University, 2-8-26 Nishiwaseda, Shinjuku, Tokyo 169-0051, Japan
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- JST-ERATO Yamauchi Materials Space-Tectonics Project, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan
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- Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University, 3-4-1 Okubo, Shinjuku, Tokyo 169-8555, Japan
- JST-ERATO Yamauchi Materials Space-Tectonics Project, Kagami Memorial Research Institute for Materials Science and Technology, Waseda University, 2-8-26 Nishiwaseda, Shinjuku, Tokyo 169-0051, Japan
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- Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University, 3-4-1 Okubo, Shinjuku, Tokyo 169-8555, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Life Sciences, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet 3114, Bangladesh
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- The Education Ministry Key Lab of Resource Chemistry and Joint International Research Laboratory of Resource Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234, China
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- The Education Ministry Key Lab of Resource Chemistry and Joint International Research Laboratory of Resource Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234, China
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- Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University, 3-4-1 Okubo, Shinjuku, Tokyo 169-8555, Japan
- JST-ERATO Yamauchi Materials Space-Tectonics Project, Kagami Memorial Research Institute for Materials Science and Technology, Waseda University, 2-8-26 Nishiwaseda, Shinjuku, Tokyo 169-0051, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon 97239, United States
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon 97239, United States
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- The Education Ministry Key Lab of Resource Chemistry and Joint International Research Laboratory of Resource Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234, China
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- Exosome Biology Laboratory, Centre for Clinical Diagnostics, University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4029, Australia
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- Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University, 3-4-1 Okubo, Shinjuku, Tokyo 169-8555, Japan
- JST-ERATO Yamauchi Materials Space-Tectonics Project, Kagami Memorial Research Institute for Materials Science and Technology, Waseda University, 2-8-26 Nishiwaseda, Shinjuku, Tokyo 169-0051, Japan
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- JST-ERATO Yamauchi Materials Space-Tectonics Project, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan
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Kang Y, Tang Y, Zhu L, Jiang B, Xu X, Guselnikova O, Li H, Asahi T, Yamauchi Y. Porous Nanoarchitectures of Nonprecious Metal Borides: From Controlled Synthesis to Heterogeneous Catalyst Applications. ACS Catal 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c03480] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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- Yunqing Kang
- Department of Life Science and Medical Bioscience, School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Waseda University, 3-4-1 Okubo, Shinjuku, Tokyo169-8555, Japan
- International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki305-0044, Japan
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- International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki305-0044, Japan
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- Department of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering, School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Waseda University, 3-4-1 Okubo, Shinjuku, Tokyo169-8555, Japan
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- The Education Ministry Key Lab of Resource Chemistry and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Functional Materials, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai200234, China
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- International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki305-0044, Japan
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- International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki305-0044, Japan
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- The Education Ministry Key Lab of Resource Chemistry and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Functional Materials, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai200234, China
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- Department of Life Science and Medical Bioscience, School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Waseda University, 3-4-1 Okubo, Shinjuku, Tokyo169-8555, Japan
- Department of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering, School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Waseda University, 3-4-1 Okubo, Shinjuku, Tokyo169-8555, Japan
- Kagami Memorial Research Institute for Materials Science and Technology, Waseda University, 2-8-26 Nishiwaseda, Shinjuku, Tokyo169-0051, Japan
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- International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki305-0044, Japan
- Department of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering, School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Waseda University, 3-4-1 Okubo, Shinjuku, Tokyo169-8555, Japan
- Kagami Memorial Research Institute for Materials Science and Technology, Waseda University, 2-8-26 Nishiwaseda, Shinjuku, Tokyo169-0051, Japan
- Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN) and School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland4072, Australia
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Wu J, Hou M, Chen Z, Hao W, Pan X, Yang H, Cen W, Liu Y, Huang H, Menezes PW, Kang Z. Composition Engineering of Amorphous Nickel Boride Nanoarchitectures Enabling Highly Efficient Electrosynthesis of Hydrogen Peroxide. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2022; 34:e2202995. [PMID: 35736517 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202202995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2022] [Revised: 05/18/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Developing advanced electrocatalysts with exceptional two electron (2e- ) selectivity, activity, and stability is crucial for driving the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) to produce hydrogen peroxide (H2 O2 ). Herein, a composition engineering strategy is proposed to flexibly regulate the intrinsic activity of amorphous nickel boride nanoarchitectures for efficient 2e- ORR by oriented reduction of Ni2+ with different amounts of BH4 - . Among borides, the amorphous NiB2 delivers the 2e- selectivity close to 99% at 0.4 V and over 93% in a wide potential range, together with a negligible activity decay under prolonged time. Notably, an ultrahigh H2 O2 production rate of 4.753 mol gcat -1 h-1 is achieved upon assembling NiB2 in the practical gas diffusion electrode. The combination of X-ray absorption and in situ Raman spectroscopy, as well as transient photovoltage measurements with density functional theory, unequivocally reveal that the atomic ratio between Ni and B induces the local electronic structure diversity, allowing optimization of the adsorption energy of Ni toward *OOH and reducing of the interfacial charge-transfer kinetics to preserve the OO bond.
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- Jie Wu
- Institute of Functional Nano and Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, P. R. China
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- College of Engineering, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, 050024, P. R. China
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- Institute of Functional Nano and Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, P. R. China
- Department of Chemistry: Metalorganics and Inorganic Materials, Technische Universität Berlin, Straße des 17 Juni 135, Sekr. C2, 10623, Berlin, Germany
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, P. R. China
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- Institute of New Energy and Low Carbon Technology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry: Metalorganics and Inorganic Materials, Technische Universität Berlin, Straße des 17 Juni 135, Sekr. C2, 10623, Berlin, Germany
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- College of Science, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200093, P. R. China
- Institute of New Energy and Low Carbon Technology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, P. R. China
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- Institute of Functional Nano and Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, P. R. China
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- Institute of Functional Nano and Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry: Metalorganics and Inorganic Materials, Technische Universität Berlin, Straße des 17 Juni 135, Sekr. C2, 10623, Berlin, Germany
- Material Chemistry Group for Thin Film Catalysis - CatLab, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Albert-Einstein-Str. 15, 12489, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Functional Nano and Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, P. R. China
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Kang Y, Guo Y, Zhao J, Jiang B, Guo J, Tang Y, Li H, Malgras V, Amin MA, Nara H, Sugahara Y, Yamauchi Y, Asahi T. Soft Template-Based Synthesis of Mesoporous Phosphorus- and Boron-Codoped NiFe-Based Alloys for Efficient Oxygen Evolution Reaction. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2022; 18:e2203411. [PMID: 35863911 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202203411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Controlling the morphology, composition, and crystalline phase of mesoporous nonnoble metal catalysts is essential for improving their performance. Herein, well-defined P- and B-codoped NiFe alloy mesoporous nanospheres (NiFeB-P MNs) with an adjustable Ni/Fe ratio and large mesopores (11 nm) are synthesized via soft-template-based chemical reduction and a subsequent phosphine-vapor-based phosphidation process. Earth-abundant NiFe-based materials are considered promising electrocatalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) because of their low cost and high intrinsic catalytic activity. The resulting NiFeB-P MNs exhibit a low OER overpotential of 252 mV at 10 mA cm-2 , which is significantly smaller than that of B-doped NiFe MNs (274 mV) and commercial RuO2 (269 mV) in alkaline electrolytes. Thus, this work highlights the practicality of designing mesoporous nonnoble metal structures and the importance of incorporating P in metallic-B-based alloys to modify their electronic structure for enhancing their intrinsic activity.
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- Yunqing Kang
- Department of Life Science and Medical Bioscience, School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Waseda University, 3-4-1 Okubo, Shinjuku, Tokyo, 169-8555, Japan
- International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0044, Japan
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- Kagami Memorial Research Institute for Materials Science and Technology, Waseda University, 2-8-26 Nishiwaseda, Shinjuku, Tokyo, 169-0051, Japan
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- The Education Ministry Key Lab of Resource Chemistry and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Functional Materials, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, 200234, China
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- The Education Ministry Key Lab of Resource Chemistry and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Functional Materials, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, 200234, China
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- International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0044, Japan
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- International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0044, Japan
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- The Education Ministry Key Lab of Resource Chemistry and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Functional Materials, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, 200234, China
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- International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0044, Japan
- Aix Marseille Université, Université de Toulon, CNRS, IM2NP, UMR 7334, Campus de St. Jérôme, Marseille, 13397, France
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, Taif, 21944, Saudi Arabia
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- International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0044, Japan
- Kagami Memorial Research Institute for Materials Science and Technology, Waseda University, 2-8-26 Nishiwaseda, Shinjuku, Tokyo, 169-0051, Japan
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- Kagami Memorial Research Institute for Materials Science and Technology, Waseda University, 2-8-26 Nishiwaseda, Shinjuku, Tokyo, 169-0051, Japan
- Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Waseda University, 3-4-1 Okubo, Shinjuku, Tokyo, 169-8555, Japan
- Department of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering, School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Waseda University, 3-4-1 Okubo, Shinjuku, Tokyo, 169-8555, Japan
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- International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0044, Japan
- Kagami Memorial Research Institute for Materials Science and Technology, Waseda University, 2-8-26 Nishiwaseda, Shinjuku, Tokyo, 169-0051, Japan
- Department of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering, School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Waseda University, 3-4-1 Okubo, Shinjuku, Tokyo, 169-8555, Japan
- Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN) and School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, 4072, Australia
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- Department of Life Science and Medical Bioscience, School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Waseda University, 3-4-1 Okubo, Shinjuku, Tokyo, 169-8555, Japan
- Kagami Memorial Research Institute for Materials Science and Technology, Waseda University, 2-8-26 Nishiwaseda, Shinjuku, Tokyo, 169-0051, Japan
- Department of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering, School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Waseda University, 3-4-1 Okubo, Shinjuku, Tokyo, 169-8555, Japan
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Mo M, Tang J, Zou L, Xun Y, Guan H. Improvement and regeneration of Co–B amorphous alloy nanowires for the selective hydrogenation of cinnamaldehyde. RSC Adv 2022; 12:33099-33107. [DOI: 10.1039/d2ra05595c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2022] [Accepted: 11/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
Abstract
Co–B amorphous alloy nanowires exhibited the improvement of catalytic hydrogenation activity and cycling life by plasma treatment.
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Affiliation(s)
- Min Mo
- School of Physics and Chemistry, Hunan First Normal University, Changsha 410205, China
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- School of Physics and Chemistry, Hunan First Normal University, Changsha 410205, China
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- School of Physics and Chemistry, Hunan First Normal University, Changsha 410205, China
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- School of Physics and Chemistry, Hunan First Normal University, Changsha 410205, China
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- School of Physics and Chemistry, Hunan First Normal University, Changsha 410205, China
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