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Żółtowska S, Bielan Z, Zembrzuska J, Siwińska-Ciesielczyk K, Piasecki A, Zielińska-Jurek A, Jesionowski T. Modification of structured bio‑carbon derived from spongin-based scaffolds with nickel compounds to produce a functional catalyst for reduction and oxidation reactions: Potential for use in environmental protection. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2021; 794:148692. [PMID: 34225146 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2021] [Revised: 05/27/2021] [Accepted: 06/22/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Three different 3D fibrous-like NiO/Ni(OH)2/Ni‑carbonized spongin-based materials were prepared via a simple sorption-reduction method. Depending on the support used, the catalysts were composed of carbon, nickel oxide, nickel hydroxide and zero-valent nickel, with the surface content of the nickel-containing phase in the range 15.2-26.0 wt%. Catalytic studies showed promising activity in the oxidation of phenolic compounds in water and in the reduction of 4-nitrophenol. The oxidation efficiency depends on the substrate used and ranges from 80% for phenol at pH 2 to 99% for 4-chlorophenoxyacetic acid (4-CPA) and methylchlorophenoxypropionic acid (MCPP). In the reduction reaction, all catalysts exhibited superior activity, with rate constants in the range 0.648-1.022 min-1. The work also includes a detailed investigation of reusability and kinetic studies.
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- Sonia Żółtowska
- Poznan University of Technology, Faculty of Chemical Technology, Institute of Chemical Technology and Engineering, Berdychowo 4, PL-60965 Poznan, Poland
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- Gdansk University of Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, Department of Process Engineering and Chemical Technology, Narutowicza 11/12, PL-80233 Gdansk, Poland
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- Poznan University of Technology, Faculty of Chemical Technology, Institute of Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Berdychowo 4, PL-60965 Poznan, Poland
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- Poznan University of Technology, Faculty of Chemical Technology, Institute of Chemical Technology and Engineering, Berdychowo 4, PL-60965 Poznan, Poland
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- Poznan University of Technology, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Management, Institute of Materials Science and Engineering, Jana Pawla II 24, PL-60965 Poznan, Poland
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- Gdansk University of Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, Department of Process Engineering and Chemical Technology, Narutowicza 11/12, PL-80233 Gdansk, Poland
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- Poznan University of Technology, Faculty of Chemical Technology, Institute of Chemical Technology and Engineering, Berdychowo 4, PL-60965 Poznan, Poland.
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The objective of this article is to provide an overview on the current development of micro- and nanoporous fiber processing and manufacturing technologies. Various methods for making micro- and nanoporous fibers including co-electrospinning, melt spinning, dry jet-wet quenching spinning, vapor deposition, template assisted deposition, electrochemical oxidization, and hydrothermal oxidization are presented. Comparison is made in terms of advantages and disadvantages of different routes for porous fiber processing. Characterization of the pore size, porosity, and specific area is introduced as well. Applications of porous fibers in various fields are discussed. The emphasis is put on their uses for energy storage components and devices including rechargeable batteries and supercapacitors.
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Comparative study of chitosan and silk fibroin staple microfibers on removal of chromium (VI): Fabrication, kinetics and thermodynamic studies. Carbohydr Polym 2020; 234:115861. [DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2020.115861] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2019] [Revised: 12/19/2019] [Accepted: 01/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Singh S, Cortes G, Kumar U, Sakthivel TS, Niemiec SM, Louiselle AE, Azeltine-Bannerman M, Zgheib C, Liechty KW, Seal S. Silk fibroin nanofibrous mats for visible sensing of oxidative stress in cutaneous wounds. Biomater Sci 2020; 8:5900-5910. [DOI: 10.1039/d0bm01325k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Amplex red infused silk mats in visible detection of oxidative stress in the cutaneous wound over time.
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Liu J, Wei L, Cao C, Zhang F, Lang F, Wang H, Yang H, Shen J. Salt-induced silk gel-derived N and trace Fe co-doped 3D porous carbon as an oxygen reduction catalyst in microbial fuel cells. NANOSCALE 2019; 11:13431-13439. [PMID: 31281907 DOI: 10.1039/c9nr03778k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Inexpensive and high-efficiency oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) catalysts play a significant role in achieving practical applications of microbial fuel cells (MFCs). Hence, herein, novel nitrogen (N) and trace iron (Fe) co-doped three-dimensional (3D) porous carbon (NFex-C) was synthesized as an excellent ORR catalyst from an interesting salt-induced silk gel, which was beneficial to the spontaneously formation of porosity and boosted the ORR activity. Among the series of NFex-C, NFe0.5-C (1.20% N-ORR/C, 0.07 at% Fe) possessed a higher specific surface area (538.94 m2 g-1) and pore volume (2.158 cm3 g-1). Note that NFe0.5-C exhibited a significantly higher positive initial potential (0.274 V vs. Ag/AgCl) and half-wave potential (0.095 V vs. Ag/AgCl) than other catalysts and commercial Pt/C (20 wt%); this implied that it possessed prominent ORR catalytic activity. In the MFC tests, the output-voltage and maximum power density of NFe0.5-C were enhanced to 517.37 ± 7.87 mV and 605.35 ± 15.39 mW m-2, respectively. Moreover, NFe0.5-C (0.15 $ g-1) exhibits excellent anti-poisoning ability and is thousands of times cheaper than commercial Pt/C (20 wt%, 220.04 $ g-1); therefore, NFe0.5-C should be a prospective catalyst to substitute precious commercial Pt/C in MFCs and even for application in other types of fuel cells.
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- Jianting Liu
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Key Laboratory of Green Printing, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhongguancun North First Street 2, Beijing 100190, PR China. and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, PR China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Key Laboratory of Green Printing, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhongguancun North First Street 2, Beijing 100190, PR China.
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Key Laboratory of Green Printing, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhongguancun North First Street 2, Beijing 100190, PR China. and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, PR China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Key Laboratory of Green Printing, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhongguancun North First Street 2, Beijing 100190, PR China. and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, PR China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Key Laboratory of Green Printing, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhongguancun North First Street 2, Beijing 100190, PR China. and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, PR China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Key Laboratory of Green Printing, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhongguancun North First Street 2, Beijing 100190, PR China. and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, PR China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Key Laboratory of Green Printing, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhongguancun North First Street 2, Beijing 100190, PR China.
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Key Laboratory of Green Printing, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhongguancun North First Street 2, Beijing 100190, PR China.
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Zhang Z, Yang S, Li H, Zan Y, Li X, Zhu Y, Dou M, Wang F. Sustainable Carbonaceous Materials Derived from Biomass as Metal-Free Electrocatalysts. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2019; 31:e1805718. [PMID: 30589116 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201805718] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Although carbon is the second most abundant element in the biosphere, a large proportion of the available carbon resources in biomass from agriculture, stock farming, ocean fisheries, and other human activities is currently wasted. The use of sustainable carbonaceous materials as an alternative to precious metals in electrocatalysis is a promising pathway for transforming sustainable biomass resources into sustainable energy-conversion systems. The development of rational syntheses of metal-free carbonaceous catalysts derived from sustainable biomass has therefore become a topic of significant interest in materials chemistry. However, great efforts are still required to develop methods that are low cost, scalable, and environmentally friendly and which afford carbonaceous materials having an electrocatalytic performance comparable to, or even better than, existing precious metal catalysts. Herein, recent achievements in developing metal-free carbonaceous catalysts based on biomass are reviewed and discussed and the critical issues which still need to be addressed are highlighted. The focus is on representative synthesis and optimization strategies applicable to different kinds of biomass, as well as studies of the physicochemical structure and electrochemical performance of the resulting metal-free carbonaceous catalysts. Finally, some guidelines for the future development of this important area are provided.
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- Zhengping Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Process and Technology for Materials, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, P. R. China
- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Process and Technology for Materials, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, P. R. China
- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Process and Technology for Materials, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, P. R. China
- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Process and Technology for Materials, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, P. R. China
- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-Inspired Smart Interfacial Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry, Beihang University, Beijing, 100083, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-Inspired Smart Interfacial Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry, Beihang University, Beijing, 100083, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Process and Technology for Materials, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, P. R. China
- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Process and Technology for Materials, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, P. R. China
- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, P. R. China
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Zhu W, Zhang X, Yin Y, Qin Y, Zhang J, Wang Q. In-situ electrochemical activation of carbon fiber paper for the highly efficient electroreduction of concentrated nitric acid. Electrochim Acta 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2018.08.127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Li C, Zhao T, Yassin Hussain Abdalkarim S, Wu Y, Lu M, Li Y, Gao J, Yao J. Fe2
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-N-doped Honeycomb-like Porous Carbon Derived from Nature Silk Sericin as Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Evolution Reaction. Z Anorg Allg Chem 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/zaac.201800325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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- Changqing Li
- Institute of Fiber based New Energy Materials; The Key laboratory of Advanced Textile Materials and Manufacturing Technology of Ministry of Education; Zhejiang Sci-Tech University; 310018 Hangzhou P. R. China
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- Institute of Fiber based New Energy Materials; The Key laboratory of Advanced Textile Materials and Manufacturing Technology of Ministry of Education; Zhejiang Sci-Tech University; 310018 Hangzhou P. R. China
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- Institute of Fiber based New Energy Materials; The Key laboratory of Advanced Textile Materials and Manufacturing Technology of Ministry of Education; Zhejiang Sci-Tech University; 310018 Hangzhou P. R. China
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- Institute of Fiber based New Energy Materials; The Key laboratory of Advanced Textile Materials and Manufacturing Technology of Ministry of Education; Zhejiang Sci-Tech University; 310018 Hangzhou P. R. China
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- Institute of Fiber based New Energy Materials; The Key laboratory of Advanced Textile Materials and Manufacturing Technology of Ministry of Education; Zhejiang Sci-Tech University; 310018 Hangzhou P. R. China
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- Institute of Fiber based New Energy Materials; The Key laboratory of Advanced Textile Materials and Manufacturing Technology of Ministry of Education; Zhejiang Sci-Tech University; 310018 Hangzhou P. R. China
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- Institute of Fiber based New Energy Materials; The Key laboratory of Advanced Textile Materials and Manufacturing Technology of Ministry of Education; Zhejiang Sci-Tech University; 310018 Hangzhou P. R. China
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- Institute of Fiber based New Energy Materials; The Key laboratory of Advanced Textile Materials and Manufacturing Technology of Ministry of Education; Zhejiang Sci-Tech University; 310018 Hangzhou P. R. China
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Gu L, Jiang Y, Hu J. Facile Preparation of Highly Stretchable and Recovery Peptide-Polyurethane/Ureas. Polymers (Basel) 2018; 10:E637. [PMID: 30966671 PMCID: PMC6403790 DOI: 10.3390/polym10060637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2018] [Revised: 06/04/2018] [Accepted: 06/05/2018] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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In this work, a new class of highly stretchable peptide-polyurethane/ureas (PUUs) were synthesized containing short β-sheet forming peptide blocks of poly(γ-benzyl-l-glutamate)-b-poly(propylene glycol)-b-poly(γ-benzyl-l-glutamate) (PBLG-b-PPG-b-PBLG), isophorone diisocyanate as the hard segment, and polytetramethylene ether glycol as the soft phase. PBLG-b-PPG-b-PBLG with short peptide segment length (<10 residues) was synthesized by amine-initiated ring opening polymerization of γ-benzyl-l-glutamate-N-carboxyanhydrides (BLG-NCA), which shows mixed α-helix and β-sheet conformation, where the percent of β-sheet structure was above 48%. Morphological studies indicate that the obtained PUUs show β-sheet crystal and nanofibrous structure. Mechanical tests reveal the PUUs display medium tensile strength (0.25⁻4.6 MPa), high stretchability (>1600%), human-tissue-compatible Young's modulus (226⁻513 KPa). Furthermore, the shape recovery ratio could reach above 85% during successive cycles at high strain (500%). In this study, we report a facile synthetic method to obtain highly stretchable and recovery peptide-polyurethane/urea materials, which will have various potential applications such as wearable and implantable electronics, and biomedical devices.
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- Lin Gu
- Key Laboratory of Marine Materials and Related Technologies, Key Laboratory of Marine Materials and Protective Technologies of Zhejiang Province, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo 315201, China.
- Institute of Textiles & Clothing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong 999077, China.
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- Institute of Textiles & Clothing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong 999077, China.
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- Institute of Textiles & Clothing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong 999077, China.
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Liu Q, Liu Y, He H, Wang F, Yao D, He F, Liu H, Fan Y. Silk fibroin scavenges hydroxyl radicals produced from a long-term stored water-soluble fullerene system. J Mater Chem B 2018; 6:769-780. [DOI: 10.1039/c7tb02774e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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In this study, we find that silk fibroin as an antioxidant is capable of scavenging OH˙ and accelerating the degradation of water-soluble fullerene, which provides further insight into the application of WSF in intratracheal instillation and inhalation.
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- Qiang Liu
- Key Laboratory for Biomechanics and Mechanobiology of Ministry of Education
- School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering
- Beihang University
- Beijing 100083
- People's Republic of China
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- Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Beijing
- China
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- Key Laboratory for Biomechanics and Mechanobiology of Ministry of Education
- School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering
- Beihang University
- Beijing 100083
- People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for Biomechanics and Mechanobiology of Ministry of Education
- School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering
- Beihang University
- Beijing 100083
- People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for Biomechanics and Mechanobiology of Ministry of Education
- School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering
- Beihang University
- Beijing 100083
- People's Republic of China
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- National Center for Nanoscience and Technology
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Beijing
- China
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- Key Laboratory for Biomechanics and Mechanobiology of Ministry of Education
- School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering
- Beihang University
- Beijing 100083
- People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for Biomechanics and Mechanobiology of Ministry of Education
- School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering
- Beihang University
- Beijing 100083
- People's Republic of China
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Zhang M, Zhang MM, Wei YS, Dong XY, Zang SQ. Facile Synthesis of a Heteroatoms′ Quaternary-Doped Porous Carbon as an Efficient and Stable Metal-Free Catalyst for Oxygen Reduction. ChemistrySelect 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.201701020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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- Mei Zhang
- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering; Zhengzhou University; Zhengzhou 450001 China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering; Zhengzhou University; Zhengzhou 450001 China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering; Zhengzhou University; Zhengzhou 450001 China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering; Zhengzhou University; Zhengzhou 450001 China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering; Zhengzhou University; Zhengzhou 450001 China
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Fu P, Zhou L, Sun L, Huang B, Yuan Y. Nitrogen-doped porous activated carbon derived from cocoon silk as a highly efficient metal-free electrocatalyst for the oxygen reduction reaction. RSC Adv 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c7ra00433h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Nitrogen-doped porous activated carbon (PAC) has been fabricated via a facile heat-treatment and chemical activation of cocoon silk. The prepared PAC exhibits excellent ORR catalytic activity.
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- Peng Fu
- Institute of Natural Medicine and Green Chemistry
- School of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry
- Guangdong University of Technology
- Guangzhou
- P. R. China
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- Institute of Natural Medicine and Green Chemistry
- School of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry
- Guangdong University of Technology
- Guangzhou
- P. R. China
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- Institute of Natural Medicine and Green Chemistry
- School of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry
- Guangdong University of Technology
- Guangzhou
- P. R. China
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- Institute of Natural Medicine and Green Chemistry
- School of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry
- Guangdong University of Technology
- Guangzhou
- P. R. China
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Integrated Agro-environmental Pollution Control and Management
- Guangdong Institute of Eco-Environmental Science and Technology
- P. R. China
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