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Qin Y, Chen H, Luo Y, Zhang J, Zhou K, Leng Y, Zheng J, Chen Z. Platinum single atom on CsPbBr 3 nanocrystals as electrocatalyst boosts electrochemical sensing of ascorbic acid. Talanta 2024; 277:126396. [PMID: 38897004 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2024.126396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2024] [Revised: 06/05/2024] [Accepted: 06/07/2024] [Indexed: 06/21/2024]
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Monitoring ascorbic acid (AA) levels in human body can provide valuable clues for disease diagnosis. Anchoring noble metal single atoms on perovskite substrate is a promising strategy to design electrocatalysts with outstanding electrocatalytic performance. Herein, we design an electrochemical method for detecting AA by utilizing Pt single atoms-doped CsPbBr3 nanocrystals (Pt SA/CsPbBr3 NCs) fixed on a glassy carbon electrode as an electrochemical catalyst. The uncharged 3,5,3',5'-tetramethylbenzidine (TMB) undergoes oxidation to form the positively charged oxidized TMB (oxTMB) owing to the exceptional electrochemical catalytic performance of Pt SA/CsPbBr3 NCs. Subsequently, the target AA reduces oxTMB to TMB, which is then electrocatalytically oxidized to oxTMB, producing significant oxidation current. In this way, such characteristic provides a sensitive electrochemical strategy for AA detection, achieving a concentration range of 50-fold with the detection limit of 0.0369 μM. The developed electrochemical method also successfully generates accurate detection response of AA in complex sample media (urine). Overall, this approach is expected to offer a novel way for early disease diagnosis.
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- Yuanlong Qin
- Department of Chemistry, Capital Normal University, Beijing, 100048, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Capital Normal University, Beijing, 100048, China
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- Beijing Sunwise Information Technology Ltd. Beijing, 100086, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Capital Normal University, Beijing, 100048, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Capital Normal University, Beijing, 100048, China
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- School of Mathematics and Physics, Anqing Normal University, Anqing, 246133, China.
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- Department of Chemistry, Capital Normal University, Beijing, 100048, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Capital Normal University, Beijing, 100048, China.
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Liu Q, Li H, Wang X, He J, Luo X, Wang M, Liu J, Liu Y. Synthesis and Properties of Size-Adjustable CsPbBr 3 Nanosheets for Potential Photocatalysis. MATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2024; 17:2563. [PMID: 38893827 PMCID: PMC11173759 DOI: 10.3390/ma17112563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2024] [Revised: 05/08/2024] [Accepted: 05/13/2024] [Indexed: 06/21/2024]
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Amidst the rapid advancements in the fields of photovoltaics and optoelectronic devices, CsPbBr3 nanosheets (NSs) have emerged as a focal point of research due to their exceptional optical and electronic properties. This work explores the application potential of CsPbBr3 NSs in photonic and catalytic domains. Utilizing an optimized hot-injection method and a ZnBr2-assisted in situ passivation strategy, we successfully synthesized CsPbBr3 NSs with controlled dimensions and optical characteristics. Comprehensive characterization revealed that the nucleation environment and thickness significantly influenced the structure and optical performance of the materials. The results indicate that the optimized synthesis method enables control over the lateral dimensions of the nanoparticles, ranging from 9.1 ± 0.06 nm to 334.5 ± 4.40 nm, facilitating the tuning of the excitation wavelength from 460 nm (blue) to 510 nm (green). Further analyses involving photoresponse and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy demonstrated the substantial potential of these NSs in applications such as photocatalysis and energy conversion.
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, International School of Materials Science and Engineering (ISMSE), Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China; (Q.L.); (H.L.); (X.W.); (J.H.); (X.L.); (M.W.); (J.L.)
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Li H, He J, Wang X, Liu Q, Luo X, Wang M, Liu J, Liu C, Liu Y. Synthesis of Size-Adjustable CsPbBr 3 Perovskite Quantum Dots for Potential Photoelectric Catalysis Applications. MATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2024; 17:1607. [PMID: 38612121 PMCID: PMC11012633 DOI: 10.3390/ma17071607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2024] [Revised: 03/25/2024] [Accepted: 03/26/2024] [Indexed: 04/14/2024]
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As a direct band gap semiconductor, perovskite has the advantages of high carrier mobility, long charge diffusion distance, high defect tolerance and low-cost solution preparation technology. Compared with traditional metal halide perovskites, which regulate energy band and luminescence by changing halogen, perovskite quantum dots (QDs) have a surface effect and quantum confinement effect. Based on the LaMer nucleation growth theory, we have synthesized CsPbBr3 QDs with high dimensional homogeneity by creating an environment rich in Br- ions based on the general thermal injection method. Moreover, the size of the quantum dots can be adjusted by simply changing the reaction temperature and the concentration of Br- ions in the system, and the blue emission of strongly confined pure CsPbBr3 perovskite is realized. Finally, optical and electrochemical tests suggested that the synthesized quantum dots have the potential to be used in the field of photocatalysis.
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- International School of Materials Science and Engineering (ISMSE), State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China; (H.L.); (J.H.); (X.W.); (Q.L.); (X.L.); (M.W.); (J.L.); (C.L.)
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Patra A, Jagadish K, Ravishankar N, Pradhan N. Epitaxial Heterostructures of CsPbBr 3 Perovskite Nanocrystals with Post-transition Metal Bismuth. NANO LETTERS 2024; 24:1710-1716. [PMID: 38266494 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c04513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2024]
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The facet chemistry of halide perovskite nanocrystals plays a key role in designing nanoscale epitaxial heterostructures. However, despite significant successes achieved in designing these nanocrystals, their heterostructures with several leading transition metals could not be established yet. Herein, the possible heterostructures of metals beyond transition metals are explored and the epitaxial combinations of soft CsPbBr3 nanocrystals with the post-transition metal Bi(0) are reported. These heterostructures are built with interfacing facets having hexagonal atomic configurations of both the rhombicuboctahedron CsPbBr3 and octahedral Bi(0). A high reaction temperature and the presence of alkylamine kept Bi(III) in reduced form and helped in sustaining these CsPbBr3-Bi(0) heteronanocrystals. Since understanding of and synthesis optimization of metal-halide perovskite heterostructures are limited, this finding adds a new fundamental insight in designing ionic and nonionic materials heterojunctions. Furthermore, oxidation and sulfidation of Bi(0) are studied, and the possible oxide/sulfide heterostructures with CsPbBr3 are discussed.
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- Avijit Patra
- School of Materials Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata 700032, India
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- Materials Research Centre, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India
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- Materials Research Centre, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India
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- School of Materials Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata 700032, India
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Song W, Chong KC, Qi G, Xiao Y, Chen G, Li B, Tang Y, Zhang X, Yao Y, Lin Z, Zou Z, Liu B. Unraveling the Transformation from Type-II to Z-Scheme in Perovskite-Based Heterostructures for Enhanced Photocatalytic CO 2 Reduction. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:3303-3314. [PMID: 38271212 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c12073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2024]
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The ability to create perovskite-based heterostructures with desirable charge transfer characteristics represents an important endeavor to render a set of perovskite materials and devices with tunable optoelectronic properties. However, due to similar material selection and band alignment in type-II and Z-scheme heterostructures, it remains challenging to obtain perovskite-based heterostructures with a favorable electron transfer pathway for photocatalysis. Herein, we report a robust tailoring of effective charge transfer pathway in perovskite-based heterostructures via a type-II to Z-scheme transformation for highly efficient and selective photocatalytic CO2 reduction. Specifically, CsPbBr3/TiO2 and CsPbBr3/Au/TiO2 heterostructures are synthesized and then investigated by ultrafast spectroscopy. Moreover, taking CsPbBr3/TiO2 and CsPbBr3/Au/TiO2 as examples, operando experiments and theoretical calculations confirm that the type-II heterostructure could be readily transformed into a Z-scheme heterostructure through establishing a low-resistance Ohmic contact, which indicates that a fast electron transfer pathway is crucial in Z-scheme construction, as further demonstrated by CsPbBr3/Ag/TiO2 and CsPbBr3/MoS2 heterostructures. In contrast to pristine CsPbBr3 and CsPbBr3/TiO2, the CsPbBr3/Au/TiO2 heterostructure exhibits 5.4- and 3.0-fold enhancement of electron consumption rate in photocatalytic CO2 reduction. DFT calculations and in situ diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy unveil that the superior CO selectivity is attributed to the lower energy of *CO desorption than that of hydrogenation to *HCO. This meticulous design sheds light on the modification of perovskite-based multifunctional materials and enlightens conscious optimization of semiconductor-based heterostructures with desirable charge transfer for catalysis and optoelectronic applications.
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- Wentao Song
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 4, Singapore 117585, Singapore
- Joint School of National University of Singapore and Tianjin University, International Campus of Tianjin University, Binhai New City, Fuzhou 350207, China
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 4, Singapore 117585, Singapore
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 4, Singapore 117585, Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore 117543, Singapore
- Joint School of National University of Singapore and Tianjin University, International Campus of Tianjin University, Binhai New City, Fuzhou 350207, China
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- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore 117543, Singapore
- Joint School of National University of Singapore and Tianjin University, International Campus of Tianjin University, Binhai New City, Fuzhou 350207, China
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 4, Singapore 117585, Singapore
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 4, Singapore 117585, Singapore
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 4, Singapore 117585, Singapore
- Joint School of National University of Singapore and Tianjin University, International Campus of Tianjin University, Binhai New City, Fuzhou 350207, China
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- Eco-materials and Renewable Energy Research Center (ERERC), College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University, No. 22 Hankou Road, Nanjing 210093, China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Nano Technology, National Laboratory of Solid-State Microstructures, Department of Physics, Nanjing University, No. 22 Hankou Road, Nanjing 210093, China
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 4, Singapore 117585, Singapore
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- Eco-materials and Renewable Energy Research Center (ERERC), College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University, No. 22 Hankou Road, Nanjing 210093, China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Nano Technology, National Laboratory of Solid-State Microstructures, Department of Physics, Nanjing University, No. 22 Hankou Road, Nanjing 210093, China
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 4, Singapore 117585, Singapore
- Joint School of National University of Singapore and Tianjin University, International Campus of Tianjin University, Binhai New City, Fuzhou 350207, China
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Feng J, Mak CH, Yu L, Han B, Shen HH, Santoso SP, Yuan M, Li FF, Song H, Colmenares JC, Hsu HY. Structural Modification Strategies, Interfacial Charge-Carrier Dynamics, and Solar Energy Conversion Applications of Organic-Inorganic Halide Perovskite Photocatalysts. SMALL METHODS 2024; 8:e2300429. [PMID: 37381684 DOI: 10.1002/smtd.202300429] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2023] [Revised: 05/17/2023] [Indexed: 06/30/2023]
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Over the past few decades, organic-inorganic halide perovskites (OIHPs) as novel photocatalyst materials have attracted intensive attention for an impressive variety of photocatalytic applications due to their excellent photophysical (chemical) properties. Regarding practical application and future commercialization, the air-water stability and photocatalytic performance of OIHPs need to be further improved. Accordingly, studying modification strategies and interfacial interaction mechanisms is crucial. In this review, the current progress in the development and photocatalytic fundamentals of OIHPs is summarized. Furthermore, the structural modification strategies of OIHPs, including dimensionality control, heterojunction design, encapsulation techniques, and so on for the enhancement of charge-carrier transfer and the enlargement of long-term stability, are elucidated. Subsequently, the interfacial mechanisms and charge-carrier dynamics of OIHPs during the photocatalytic process are systematically specified and classified via diverse photophysical and electrochemical characterization methods, such as time-resolved photoluminescence measurements, ultrafast transient absorption spectroscopy, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy measurements, transient photocurrent densities, and so forth. Eventually, various photocatalytic applications of OIHPs, including hydrogen evolution, CO2 reduction, pollutant degradation, and photocatalytic conversion of organic matter.
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- Jianpei Feng
- School of Energy and Environment & Department of Materials Science and Engineering & Centre for Functional Photonics (CFP), City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, 999077, China
- Shenzhen Research Institute of City University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, 518057, P. R. China
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- School of Energy and Environment & Department of Materials Science and Engineering & Centre for Functional Photonics (CFP), City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, 999077, China
- Shenzhen Research Institute of City University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, 518057, P. R. China
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- School of Energy and Environment & Department of Materials Science and Engineering & Centre for Functional Photonics (CFP), City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, 999077, China
- Shenzhen Research Institute of City University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, 518057, P. R. China
- Key Laboratory for Water Quality and Conservation of the Pearl River Delta, Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental Research at Greater Bay, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510006, P. R. China
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- Materials Institute of Atomic and Molecular Science, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an, 710021, P. R. China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, 3800, Australia
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- Chemical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Widya Mandala Surabaya Catholic University, Surabaya, East Java, 60114, Indonesia
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Materials Chemistry (Ministry of Education), Renewable Energy Conversion and Storage Center (RECAST), College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430074, P. R. China
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- Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics (WNLO) and School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430074, P. R. China
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- School of Energy and Environment & Department of Materials Science and Engineering & Centre for Functional Photonics (CFP), City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, 999077, China
- Shenzhen Research Institute of City University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, 518057, P. R. China
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Chen F, Li Z, Jiang Y, Li Z, Zeng R, Zhong Z, Li MD, Zhang JZ, Luo B. Photocatalytic CO 2 Reduction Coupled with Oxidation of Benzyl Alcohol over CsPbBr 3@PANI Nanocomposites. J Phys Chem Lett 2023:11008-11014. [PMID: 38047753 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c02766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/05/2023]
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Herein, we successfully prepare conductive polyaniline (PANI)-encapsulated CsPbBr3 perovskite nanocrystals (PNCs) that demonstrate much improved photocatalytic performance and stability toward the CO2 reduction reaction (CRR) coupled with oxidation of benzyl alcohol (BA) to benzaldehyde. Due to the acid-base interaction between CO2 and PANI, CO2 molecules are selectively adsorbed on PANI in the form of carbamate. As a result, the rate of production of CO (rCO) reaches 26.1 μmol g-1 h-1 with a selectivity of 98.1%, which is in good agreement with the rate of oxidation (∼27.0 μmol g-1 h-1) of BA. Such a high reduction/oxidation rate is enabled by the fast electron transfer (∼2.2 ps) from PNCs to PANI, as revealed by femtosecond transient absorption spectroscopy. Moreover, because of the benefit of the encapsulation of PANI, no significant decrease in rCO is observed in a 10 h CRR test. This work offers insight into how to simultaneously achieve improved photocatalytic performance and stability of CsPbX3 PNCs.
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- Fuwei Chen
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory for Preparation and Application of Ordered Structural Materials of Guangdong Province, Shantou University, Shantou 515063, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory for Preparation and Application of Ordered Structural Materials of Guangdong Province, Shantou University, Shantou 515063, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory for Preparation and Application of Ordered Structural Materials of Guangdong Province, Shantou University, Shantou 515063, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory for Preparation and Application of Ordered Structural Materials of Guangdong Province, Shantou University, Shantou 515063, P. R. China
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, State Key Laboratory of Featured Metal Materials and Life-cycle Safety for Composite Structures, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Guangdong Technion-Israel Institute of Technology (GTIIT), Shantou 515063, P. R. China
- Technion-Israel Institute of Technology (IIT), Haifa 32000, Israel
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory for Preparation and Application of Ordered Structural Materials of Guangdong Province, Shantou University, Shantou 515063, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Cruz, California 95064, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory for Preparation and Application of Ordered Structural Materials of Guangdong Province, Shantou University, Shantou 515063, P. R. China
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Behera RK, Jagadish K, Shyamal S, Pradhan N. Pt-CsPbBr 3 Perovskite Nanocrystal Heterostructures: All Epitaxial. NANO LETTERS 2023; 23:8050-8056. [PMID: 37646499 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c01997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/01/2023]
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Designing heterostructures of soft ionic nanocrystals with metallic or covalent nanostructures having epitaxial junctions in solution poses several fundamental challenges. Hence, in spite of large successes in developing lead halide perovskite nanocrystals, the chemistry of formation of their facet-directive epitaxial growth of noble metals cannot be explored yet. To address this, herein, epitaxial heterostructures of orthorhombic CsPbBr3 and cubic Pt in multiple directional approaches are reported. Appropriate facets of perovskite nanocrystals and high-temperature reaction are the key parameters for obtaining such nanocrystal heterostructures. Interfacial planes at the junctions having ideal lattice matching helped in establishing the epitaxial relations of (110) of orthorhombic (space group Pbnm) CsPbBr3 with {020} of cubic Pt and again (011) of CsPbBr3 with {111} of Pt. These results provided strong fundamental insights that ionic halide perovskite nanostructures and materials having different crystal phases can be placed in a single building block with continuous sublattice structures.
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- Rakesh Kumar Behera
- School of Materials Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata 700032, India
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- Materials Research Centre, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India
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- School of Materials Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata 700032, India
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- School of Materials Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata 700032, India
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Endo K, Saruyama M, Teranishi T. Location-selective immobilisation of single-atom catalysts on the surface or within the interior of ionic nanocrystals using coordination chemistry. Nat Commun 2023; 14:4241. [PMID: 37454144 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-40003-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2022] [Accepted: 07/06/2023] [Indexed: 07/18/2023] Open
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Single-atom catalysts dispersed on support materials show excellent heterogeneous catalytic properties that can be tuned using the interactions between the single atoms and the support. Such interactions depend on whether the single atoms are located on the surface or within the interior of the support. However, little is known about immobilising single atoms on the surface or within the interior of supports deliberately and selectively. Herein, such location-selective placement of single atoms is achieved through the choice of metal complex precursor, solvent, and workup procedure. Using CdSe nanoplatelets as a support, a cis-[PtCl2(SO(CH3)2)2] precursor in an aprotic solvent exclusively attaches single Pt atoms on the surface of the support. In contrast, a [PtCl4]2- precursor in a protic solvent followed by amine treatment places 60% of the single Pt atoms inside the support by cation substitution. The surface-adsorbed single Pt atoms show higher stability in photocatalytic hydrogen evolution than the substituted ones, and the preclusion of substitution as internal Pt maximises the activity. Thus, this study provides a viable strategy for the structurally precise synthesis and design of single-atom catalysts.
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- Kenichi Endo
- Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto, 611-0011, Japan
- Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Heisenbergstr. 1, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto, 611-0011, Japan
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- Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto, 611-0011, Japan.
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Guggisberg D, Yakunin S, Neff C, Aebli M, Günther D, Kovalenko MV, Dirin DN. Colloidal CsPbX 3 Nanocrystals with Thin Metal Oxide Gel Coatings. CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS : A PUBLICATION OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 2023; 35:2827-2834. [PMID: 37063595 PMCID: PMC10100534 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.2c03562] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2022] [Revised: 03/07/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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Lead halide perovskite (LHP) nanocrystals (NCs) have gathered much attention as light-emitting materials, particularly owing to their excellent color purity, band gap tunability, high photoluminescence quantum yield (PLQY), low cost, and scalable synthesis. To enhance the stability of LHP NCs, bulky strongly bound organic ligands are commonly employed, which counteract the extraction of charge carriers from the NCs and hinder their use as photoconductive materials and photocatalysts. Replacing these ligands with a thin coating is a complex challenge due to the highly dynamic ionic lattice, which is vulnerable to the commonly employed coating precursors and solvents. In this work, we demonstrate thin (<1 nm) metal oxide gel coatings through non-hydrolytic sol-gel reactions. The coated NCs are readily dispersible and highly stable in short-chain alcohols while remaining monodisperse and exhibiting high PLQY (70-90%). We show the successful coating of NCs in a wide range of sizes (5-14 nm) and halide compositions. Alumina-gel-coated NCs were chosen for an in-depth analysis, and the versatility of the approach is demonstrated by employing zirconia- and titania-based coatings. Compact films of the alumina-gel-coated NCs exhibit electronic and excitonic coupling between the NCs, leading to two orders of magnitude longer photoluminescence lifetimes (400-700 ns) compared to NCs in solution or their organically capped counterparts. This makes these NCs highly suited for applications where charge carrier delocalization or extraction is essential for performance.
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- Dominic Guggisberg
- Department
of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH
Zürich, Zürich CH-8093, Switzerland
- Laboratory
for Thin Films and Photovoltaics, Empa -
Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Dübendorf CH-8600, Switzerland
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- Department
of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH
Zürich, Zürich CH-8093, Switzerland
- Laboratory
for Thin Films and Photovoltaics, Empa -
Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Dübendorf CH-8600, Switzerland
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- Department
of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH
Zürich, Zürich CH-8093, Switzerland
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- Department
of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH
Zürich, Zürich CH-8093, Switzerland
- Laboratory
for Thin Films and Photovoltaics, Empa -
Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Dübendorf CH-8600, Switzerland
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- Department
of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH
Zürich, Zürich CH-8093, Switzerland
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- Department
of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH
Zürich, Zürich CH-8093, Switzerland
- Laboratory
for Thin Films and Photovoltaics, Empa -
Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Dübendorf CH-8600, Switzerland
- NCCR
Catalysis, Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry
and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, Zürich CH-8093, Switzerland
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- Department
of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH
Zürich, Zürich CH-8093, Switzerland
- Laboratory
for Thin Films and Photovoltaics, Empa -
Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Dübendorf CH-8600, Switzerland
- NCCR
Catalysis, Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry
and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, Zürich CH-8093, Switzerland
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Chen S, Yin H, Liu P, Wang Y, Zhao H. Stabilization and Performance Enhancement Strategies for Halide Perovskite Photocatalysts. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2023; 35:e2203836. [PMID: 35900361 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202203836] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2022] [Revised: 07/15/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Solar-energy-powered photocatalytic fuel production and chemical synthesis are widely recognized as viable technological solutions for a sustainable energy future. However, the requirement of high-performance photocatalysts is a major bottleneck. Halide perovskites, a category of diversified semiconductor materials with suitable energy-band-enabled high-light-utilization efficiencies, exceptionally long charge-carrier-diffusion-length-facilitated charge transport, and readily tailorable compositional, structural, and morphological properties, have emerged as a new class of photocatalysts for efficient hydrogen evolution, CO2 reduction, and various organic synthesis reactions. Despite the noticeable progress, the development of high-performance halide perovskite photocatalysts (HPPs) is still hindered by several key challenges: the strong ionic nature and high hydrolysis tendency induce instability and an unsatisfactory activity due to the need for a coactive component to realize redox processes. Herein, the recently developed advanced strategies to enhance the stability and photocatalytic activity of HPPs are comprehensively reviewed. The widely applicable stability enhancement strategies are first articulated, and the activity improvement strategies for fuel production and chemical synthesis are then explored. Finally, the challenges and future perspectives associated with the application of HPPs in efficient production of fuels and value-added chemicals are presented, indicating the irreplaceable role of the HPPs in the field of photocatalysis.
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- Shan Chen
- Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Anhui University, Hefei, 230039, P. R. China
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- Institute of Solid State Physics, Hefei Institutes of Physical ScienceChinese Academy of Sciences, 230031, Hefei, P. R. China
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- Centre for Catalysis and Clean Energy, Gold Cost Campus, Griffith University, Queensland, 4222, Australia
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- Centre for Catalysis and Clean Energy, Gold Cost Campus, Griffith University, Queensland, 4222, Australia
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- Centre for Catalysis and Clean Energy, Gold Cost Campus, Griffith University, Queensland, 4222, Australia
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Miroshnichenko AS, Neplokh V, Mukhin IS, Islamova RM. Silicone Materials for Flexible Optoelectronic Devices. MATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 15:8731. [PMID: 36556538 PMCID: PMC9780939 DOI: 10.3390/ma15248731] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2022] [Revised: 12/02/2022] [Accepted: 12/05/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Polysiloxanes and materials based on them (silicone materials) are of great interest in optoelectronics due to their high flexibility, good film-forming ability, and optical transparency. According to the literature, polysiloxanes are suggested to be very promising in the field of optoelectronics and could be employed in the composition of liquid crystal devices, computer memory drives organic light emitting diodes (OLED), and organic photovoltaic devices, including dye synthesized solar cells (DSSC). Polysiloxanes are also a promising material for novel optoectronic devices, such as LEDs based on arrays of III-V nanowires (NWs). In this review, we analyze the currently existing types of silicone materials and their main properties, which are used in optoelectronic device development.
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- Anna S. Miroshnichenko
- Institute of Chemistry, Saint Petersburg State University, 7/9 Universitetskaya Emb., St. Petersburg 199034, Russia
- ChemBio Cluster, ITMO University, 49 Kronverksky Pr., St. Petersburg 197101, Russia
- Laboratory of Renewable Energy Sources, St. Petersburg Academic University, 8/3 Khlopina Str., St. Petersburg 194021, Russia
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- Institute of Chemistry, Saint Petersburg State University, 7/9 Universitetskaya Emb., St. Petersburg 199034, Russia
- ChemBio Cluster, ITMO University, 49 Kronverksky Pr., St. Petersburg 197101, Russia
- High School of Engineering Physics, The Great St. Petersburg Polytechnical University, 29 Polytechnicheskaya Str., St. Petersburg 195251, Russia
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- Institute of Chemistry, Saint Petersburg State University, 7/9 Universitetskaya Emb., St. Petersburg 199034, Russia
- ChemBio Cluster, ITMO University, 49 Kronverksky Pr., St. Petersburg 197101, Russia
- Laboratory of Renewable Energy Sources, St. Petersburg Academic University, 8/3 Khlopina Str., St. Petersburg 194021, Russia
- High School of Engineering Physics, The Great St. Petersburg Polytechnical University, 29 Polytechnicheskaya Str., St. Petersburg 195251, Russia
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- Institute of Chemistry, Saint Petersburg State University, 7/9 Universitetskaya Emb., St. Petersburg 199034, Russia
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Bai ZJ, Tian S, Zeng TQ, Chen L, Wang BH, Hu B, Wang X, Zhou W, Pan JB, Shen S, Guo JK, Xie TL, Li YJ, Au CT, Yin SF. Cs 3Bi 2Br 9 Nanodots Stabilized on Defective BiOBr Nanosheets by Interfacial Chemical Bonding: Modulated Charge Transfer for Photocatalytic C( sp3)–H Bond Activation. ACS Catal 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c04652] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Zhang-Jun Bai
- Advanced Catalytic Engineering Research Center of the Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha410082, P. R. China
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- Advanced Catalytic Engineering Research Center of the Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha410082, P. R. China
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- Advanced Catalytic Engineering Research Center of the Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha410082, P. R. China
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- Advanced Catalytic Engineering Research Center of the Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha410082, P. R. China
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- Advanced Catalytic Engineering Research Center of the Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha410082, P. R. China
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- Advanced Catalytic Engineering Research Center of the Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha410082, P. R. China
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- Advanced Catalytic Engineering Research Center of the Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha410082, P. R. China
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- Advanced Catalytic Engineering Research Center of the Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha410082, P. R. China
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- Advanced Catalytic Engineering Research Center of the Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha410082, P. R. China
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- Advanced Catalytic Engineering Research Center of the Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha410082, P. R. China
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- Advanced Catalytic Engineering Research Center of the Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha410082, P. R. China
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- Advanced Catalytic Engineering Research Center of the Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha410082, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jishou University, Jishou, Hunan416000, China
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou350002, P. R. China
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- Advanced Catalytic Engineering Research Center of the Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha410082, P. R. China
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Wu X, Xu R, Li X, Zeng R, Luo B. Amino Acid-Assisted Preparation of Homogeneous PbS/CsPbBr 3 Nanocomposites for Enhanced Photoelectrocatalytic CO 2 Reduction. THE JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C 2022; 126:15744-15751. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.2c05413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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- Xudong Wu
- Department of Chemistry and Key Laboratory for Preparation and Application of Ordered Structural Materials of Guangdong Province, Shantou University, Shantou, Guangdong Province 515063, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry and Key Laboratory for Preparation and Application of Ordered Structural Materials of Guangdong Province, Shantou University, Shantou, Guangdong Province 515063, P. R. China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong Province 515041, P. R. China
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, MOE Key Laboratory of New Processing Technology for Non-ferrous Metals and Materials, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Processing for Non-ferrous Metals and Featured Materials, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi Province 530004, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry and Key Laboratory for Preparation and Application of Ordered Structural Materials of Guangdong Province, Shantou University, Shantou, Guangdong Province 515063, P. R. China
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Li Y, Yan K, Cao Y, Ge X, Zhou X, Yuan W, Chen D, Duan X. Mechanistic and Atomic-Level Insights into Semihydrogenation Catalysis to Light Olefins. ACS Catal 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c03750] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Yurou Li
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim 7491, Norway
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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Pan Q, Hu J, Fu J, Lin Y, Zou C, Di D, Wang Y, Zhang Q, Cao M. Ultrahigh Stability of Perovskite Nanocrystals by Using Semiconducting Molecular Species for Displays. ACS NANO 2022; 16:12253-12261. [PMID: 35913128 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.2c03062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The instability of perovskite nanocrystals (NCs) to moisture, heat, and blue light severely hinders their commercial applications in quantum dot displays. Here, organic semiconducting molecules are introduced onto CsPbBr3 NCs, and the as-obtained CsPbBr3 NCs have a high photoluminescent quantum yield (PLQY) of 82% and extremely high stability in harsh commercial accelerated operational stability tests (such as high temperature (85 °C) and high humidity (85%)). The products can survive and maintain more than 80% of the initial PL intensity value under high temperature, high humidity, and long-term blue light irradiation for hundreds to thousands of hours. They are among the most stable perovskite NCs and even superior to those encapsulated by inert shells and commercial green-emissive CdSe@ZnS quantum dots (QDs). The mechanism of the exceptional stability has been proposed, mainly including the strong interaction and moderate photocarrier transfer between the quasi type II heterostructure formed by the molecule and CsPbBr3. By using these stable CsPbBr3 NCs, a QD-enhanced liquid crystal display prototype has been successfully fabricated with a wide color gamut. This work provides understandings on the functionality of ligands in perovskite fields and a promising prospect in perovskite-based display technologies.
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- Qi Pan
- Institute of Functional Nano and Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, Soochow University, 199 Ren'ai Road, Suzhou, 215123, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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- Suzhou Xingshuo Nanotech Co., Ltd. (Mesolight), 99 Jinjihu Road, Suzhou, 215123, Jiangsu, People's Republic of 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, 199 Ren'ai Road, Suzhou, 215123, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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- Suzhou Xingshuo Nanotech Co., Ltd. (Mesolight), 99 Jinjihu Road, Suzhou, 215123, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, College of Optical Science and Engineering, International Research Center for Advanced Photonics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, College of Optical Science and Engineering, International Research Center for Advanced Photonics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China
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- Suzhou Xingshuo Nanotech Co., Ltd. (Mesolight), 99 Jinjihu Road, Suzhou, 215123, Jiangsu, People's Republic of 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, 199 Ren'ai Road, Suzhou, 215123, Jiangsu, People's Republic of 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, 199 Ren'ai Road, Suzhou, 215123, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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Sun H, Tang R, Huang J. Considering single-atom catalysts as photocatalysts from synthesis to application. iScience 2022; 25:104232. [PMID: 35521535 PMCID: PMC9065725 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2022.104232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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With the ever-increased greenhouse effect and energy crisis, developing novel photocatalysts to realize high-efficient solar-driven chemicals/fuel production is of great scientific and practical significance. Recently, single-atom photocatalysts (SAPs) are promising catalysts with maximized metal dispersion and tuneable coordination environments. SAPs exhibit boosted photocatalytic performance by enhancing optical response, facilitating charge carrier transfer behaviors or directly manipulating surface reaction processes. In this regard, this article systematically reviews the state-of-the-art progress in the development and application of SAPs, especially the mechanism and performance of SAPs on various reaction processes. Some future challenges and potential research directions over SAPs are outlined at the final stage.
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- Haoyue Sun
- School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Sydney Nano Institute, The University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
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- School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Sydney Nano Institute, The University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
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- School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Sydney Nano Institute, The University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
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ConspectusSingle-atom catalysts (SACs), in which surface metal atoms are isolated on the surface of a support, have received a tremendous amount of attention recently because this structure would utilize precious metals fully, without occluding atoms inside nanoparticles, and enable unique surface reactions which typical nanoparticle catalysts cannot induce. Various synthesis methods and characterization techniques have been reported that yield enhanced activity and selectivity. The single-atom structures were realized on various supports such as metal oxide/carbide/nitride, porous materials derived from zeolite or metal-organic frameworks, and carbon-based materials. Additionally, when the metal atoms are isolated on other metal nanoparticles, this material is denoted as a single-atom alloy (SAA). The single-atom structure, however, cannot catalyze the surface reaction that necessitates ensemble sites, where several metal atoms are located nearby. Very recently, ensemble catalysts, in which all of the metal atoms are exposed at the surface with neighboring metal atoms, have been reported, overcoming the limitation of single-atom catalysts. We call all of these materials (SACs, SAAs, and ensemble catalyst) heterogeneous atomic catalysts, indicating that the surface metal atomic structure is intentionally controlled. To use these atomic catalysts for practical applications, high durability should be guaranteed, which has received relatively less attention.In this Account, we discuss recent examples of heterogeneous atomic catalysts with high durability. Structural stability, indicating whether the surface atomic structure is thermodynamically stable, should be carefully considered. Typically, metal atoms are immobilized on a highly defective support, stabilizing both the metal atom and the support. The surface metal atoms might become destabilized upon the adsorption of chemical intermediates. This transient behavior should be carefully monitored; density functional theory (DFT) calculations are particularly useful in estimating this stability. Aside from structural stability, the catalyst performance can be degraded significantly by poisoning with impurities. If the single-atom sites are susceptible to impurities with stronger adsorption, the surface reaction would not occur efficiently, leading to a decrease in activity without structure degradation. A long-term durability test should be performed for target reactions. Heterogeneous atomic catalysts have been used for various electrochemical, photocatalytic, and thermal reactions. Although electricity, light, and heat are just different forms of energy, the specific conditions which the catalyst should satisfy are different. Whereas precious metal atoms are mostly used as surface-active sites, the properties of the support are different depending on the type of reaction. For example, the support should have high conductivity for electrochemical reactions, it should be able to absorb light for photocatalytic reactions, and it should be durable at high temperature in the presence of steam for thermal reactions. Highly durable heterogeneous atomic catalysts are certainly possible with a great potential for practical applications. These new catalysts can accelerate the current paradigm shift toward more sustainable chemical production.
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- Sangyong Shin
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon 34141, South Korea
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon 34141, South Korea
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon 34141, South Korea
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon 34141, South Korea
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon 34141, South Korea
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Zhang H, Liu W, Cao D, Cheng D. Carbon-Based Material-Supported Single-Atom Catalysts for Energy Conversion. iScience 2022; 25:104367. [PMID: 35620439 PMCID: PMC9127225 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2022.104367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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In recent years, single-atom catalysts (SACs) with unique electronic structure and coordination environment have attracted much attention due to its maximum atomic efficiency in the catalysis fields. However, it is still a great challenge to rationally regulate the coordination environments of SACs and improve the loading of metal atoms for SACs during catalysis progress. Generally, carbon-based materials with excellent electrical conductivity and large specific surface area are widely used as catalyst supports to stabilize metal atoms. Meanwhile, carbon-based material-supported SACs have also been extensively studied and applied in various energy conversion reactions, such as hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), oxygen evolution reaction (OER), oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), carbon dioxide reduction reaction (CO2RR), and nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR). Herein, rational synthesis methods and advanced characterization techniques were introduced and summarized in this review. Then, the theoretical design strategies and construction methods for carbon-based material-supported SACs in electrocatalysis applications were fully discussed, which are of great significance for guiding the coordination regulation and improving the loading of SACs. In the end, the challenges and future perspectives of SACs were proposed, which could largely contribute to the development of single atom catalysts at the turning point.
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- Huimin Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Organic-Inorganic Composites, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic-Inorganic Composites, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic-Inorganic Composites, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, People’s Republic of China
- Corresponding author
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic-Inorganic Composites, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, People’s Republic of China
- Corresponding author
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Synergetic metal-semiconductor interaction: Single-atomic Pt decorated CdS nano-photocatalyst for highly water-to-hydrogen conversion. J Colloid Interface Sci 2022; 621:160-168. [PMID: 35461131 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2022.04.053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2022] [Revised: 04/02/2022] [Accepted: 04/07/2022] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Solar driven water-to-hydrogen conversion is a promising technology for the typical sustainable production mode, so increasing efforts are being devoted to exploit high-performance photocatalytic materials. Cadmium sulfide (CdS) is widely used to prepare highly active photocatalysts owing to its merits of broadband-light harvesting and feasible band structure. However, the slow photo-carriers' migration in CdS body structure generally results in high-frequency carriers recombination, which leads to unsatisfied photoactivity. Metallic single-atom surface decoration is an effective method to build the strong metal-support interaction for promotion of photo-carriers' migration. Herein, a simple light-induced reduction procedure was proposed to decorate single-atomic Pt on the surface of CdS nanoparticles for highly photocatalytic HER activity. Research showed that the synergetic metal (Pt)-semiconductor (CdS) interaction significantly promoted the body-to-surface (BTS) photo-carriers' migration of CdS, thereby the high light-to-fuel conversion efficiency (AQY500 nm = 25.70%) and 13.5-fold greater simulated sunlight driven HER rate of bare CdS was achieved by this CdS-Pt nano-photocatalyst. Based on the photo-electrochemical analysis and density functional theory calculations, the remarkably improved HER photoactivity can be attributed to the enhanced light-harvesting, promoted BTS electron migration and reduced reaction energy barriers. This study provides a facile procedure to obtain CdS based photocatalyst with metallic single-atom sites for high-performance HER photocatalysis.
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Xue C, Zhou X, Li X, Yang N, Xin X, Wang Y, Zhang W, Wu J, Liu W, Huo F. Rational Synthesis and Regulation of Hollow Structural Materials for Electrocatalytic Nitrogen Reduction Reaction. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2022; 9:e2104183. [PMID: 34889533 PMCID: PMC8728834 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202104183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2021] [Revised: 10/21/2021] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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The electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR) is known as a promising mean of nitrogen fixation to mitigate the energy crisis and facilitate fertilizer production under mild circumstances. For electrocatalytic reactions, the design of efficient catalysts is conducive to reducing activation energy and accelerating lethargic dynamics. Among them, hollow structural materials possess cavities in their structures, which can slack off the escape rate of N2 and reaction intermediates, prolong the residence time of N2 , enrich the reaction intermediates' concentration, and shorten electron transportation path, thereby further enhancing their NRR activity. Here, the basic synthetic strategies of hollow structural materials are introduced first. Then, the recent breakthroughs in hollow structural materials as NRR catalysts are reviewed from the perspective of intrinsic, mesoscopic, and microscopic regulations, aiming to discuss how structures affect and improve the catalytic performance. Finally, the future research directions of hollow structural materials as NRR catalysts are discussed. This review is expected to provide an outlook for optimizing hollow structural NRR catalysts.
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- Cong Xue
- Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) and Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM)Nanjing Tech University30 South Puzhu RoadNanjing211816China
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- Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) and Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM)Nanjing Tech University30 South Puzhu RoadNanjing211816China
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- Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) and Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM)Nanjing Tech University30 South Puzhu RoadNanjing211816China
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- Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) and Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM)Nanjing Tech University30 South Puzhu RoadNanjing211816China
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- Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) and Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM)Nanjing Tech University30 South Puzhu RoadNanjing211816China
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- Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) and Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM)Nanjing Tech University30 South Puzhu RoadNanjing211816China
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- Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) and Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM)Nanjing Tech University30 South Puzhu RoadNanjing211816China
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- Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) and Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM)Nanjing Tech University30 South Puzhu RoadNanjing211816China
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- Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) and Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM)Nanjing Tech University30 South Puzhu RoadNanjing211816China
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- Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) and Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM)Nanjing Tech University30 South Puzhu RoadNanjing211816China
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Fu N, Liang X, Li Z, Li Y. Single Atom Sites Catalysts based on High Specific Surface Area Supports. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:17417-17438. [DOI: 10.1039/d2cp00736c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Catalysis is the heart of modern chemical industry. Supports with high specific surface area are crucial for the fabrication of efficient catalysts with elevated metal dispersion. Single atom sites catalysts...
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Zhang W, Fu Q, Luo Q, Sheng L, Yang J. Understanding Single-Atom Catalysis in View of Theory. JACS AU 2021; 1:2130-2145. [PMID: 34977885 PMCID: PMC8715482 DOI: 10.1021/jacsau.1c00384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2021] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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In the past decade, isolated single atoms have been successfully dispersed on various substrates, with their potential applications being intensively investigated in different reactions. While the essential target of research in single-atom catalysis is the precise synthesis of stable single-atom catalysts (SACs) with clear configurations and impressive catalytic performance, theoretical investigations have also played important roles in identifying active sites, revealing catalytic mechanisms, and establishing structure-activity relationships. Nevertheless, special attention should still be paid in theoretical works to the particularity of SACs. In this Perspective, we will summarize the theoretical progress made on the understanding of the rich phenomena in single-atom catalysis. We focus on the determination of local structures of SACs via comparison between experiments and simulations, the discovery of distinctive catalytic mechanisms induced by multiadsorption, synergetic effects, and dynamic evolutions, to name a few, the proposal of criteria for theoretically designing SACs, and the extension of original concepts of single-atom catalysis. We hope that this Perspective will inspire more in-depth thinking on future theoretical studies of SACs.
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- Wenhua Zhang
- Hefei
National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Synergetic
Innovation Centre of Quantum Information & Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
- Department
of Material Science and Technology of China, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Hefei
National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Synergetic
Innovation Centre of Quantum Information & Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Institutes
of Physical Science and Information Technology, Anhui University, Hefei, Anhui 230601, China
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- Department
of Chemical Physics, University of Science
and Technology, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Hefei
National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Synergetic
Innovation Centre of Quantum Information & Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
- Department
of Chemical Physics, University of Science
and Technology, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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Zhong Q, Cao M, Zhang Q. Encapsulation of lead halide perovskite nanocrystals (NCs) at the single-particle level: strategies and properties. NANOSCALE 2021; 13:19341-19351. [PMID: 34787165 DOI: 10.1039/d1nr05478c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
Abstract
Lead halide perovskite NCs (APbX3, A = formamidinium (FA), methylammonium (MA) or Cs; X = Cl, Br, I or their mixture) have attracted unprecedented attention due to their excellent photophysical properties and wide application prospects. However, the inherent ionic structure of APbX3 NCs makes them very sensitive to external conditions such as water and oxygen, resulting in poor stability. As a feasible strategy, encapsulation is considered to be effective in improving the stability. In this minireview, we focus on single-particle-level coating, which not only can improve the stability but also maintain the nano effect of the original NCs. This review summarizes the fundamental information on APbX3 NCs and the necessity of single-particle-level coating. Subsequently, a variety of heterostructures at the single-particle level are introduced in detail. Then, their applications are summarized. Moreover, we discuss the challenges and prospects of the single-particle-level heterostructures based on APbX3 NCs.
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Affiliation(s)
- Qixuan Zhong
- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Soochow University, No. 199 Ren'ai Road, Suzhou 215123, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China.
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- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Soochow University, No. 199 Ren'ai Road, Suzhou 215123, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China.
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- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Soochow University, No. 199 Ren'ai Road, Suzhou 215123, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China.
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