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Lan H, Wang J, Cheng L, Yu D, Wang H, Guo L. The synthesis and application of crystalline-amorphous hybrid materials. Chem Soc Rev 2024; 53:684-713. [PMID: 38116613 DOI: 10.1039/d3cs00860f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2023]
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Crystalline-amorphous hybrid materials (CA-HMs) possess the merits of both pure crystalline and amorphous phases. Abundant dangling bonds, unsaturated coordination atoms, and isotropic structural features in the amorphous phase, as well as relatively high electronic conductivity and thermodynamic structural stability of the crystalline phase simultaneously take effect in CA-HMs. Furthermore, the atomic and bandgap mismatch at the CA-HM interface can introduce more defects as extra active sites, reservoirs for promoted catalytic and electrochemical performance, and induce built-in electric field for facile charge carrier transport. Motivated by these intriguing features, herein, we provide a comprehensive overview of CA-HMs on various aspects-from synthetic methods to multiple applications. Typical characteristics of CA-HMs are discussed at the beginning, followed by representative synthetic strategies of CA-HMs, including hydrothermal/solvothermal methods, deposition techniques, thermal adjustment, and templating methods. Diverse applications of CA-HMs, such as electrocatalysis, batteries, supercapacitors, mechanics, optoelectronics, and thermoelectrics along with underlying structure-property mechanisms are carefully elucidated. Finally, challenges and perspectives of CA-HMs are proposed with an aim to provide insights into the future development of CA-HMs.
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- Hao Lan
- School of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Bio-Inspired Smart Interfacial Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, Beihang University, Beijing, China.
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- School of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Bio-Inspired Smart Interfacial Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, Beihang University, Beijing, China.
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- School of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Bio-Inspired Smart Interfacial Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, Beihang University, Beijing, China.
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- School of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Bio-Inspired Smart Interfacial Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, Beihang University, Beijing, China.
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- School of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Bio-Inspired Smart Interfacial Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, Beihang University, Beijing, China.
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- School of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Bio-Inspired Smart Interfacial Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, Beihang University, Beijing, China.
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Liu S, Song R, Wang S, Shi W, Zhou Q, Zhang Y, Huo C, Deng S, Lin S. Rapid construction of Co/CoO/CoCH nanowire core/shell arrays for highly efficient hydrogen evolution reaction. Chem Commun (Camb) 2023; 59:14181-14184. [PMID: 37961832 DOI: 10.1039/d3cc04591a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2023]
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The Co/CoO/CoCH (P-CoCH) nanowire core/shell arrays were prepared by a one step hydrothermal method and rapid reduction of cobalt carbonate hydroxide (CoCH) in Ar/H2 plasma for the first time. The rapid reduction process endows the P-CoCH with a unique porous structure, larger electrochemical active surface area and abundant activity sites. Therefore, the as-prepared P-CoCH nanowire core/shell arrays show superior HER performance with a low overpotential of 69 mV and a small Tafel slope of 47 mV dec-1 at a current density of 10 mA cm-2. In addition, the P-CoCH electrocatalyst demonstrates an excellent cycling stability without any obvious decay after 24 h continuous operation at 100 mA cm-2 current density. This study might provide a new insight into the rapidly construction of efficient HER Co-based electrocatalysts and beyond.
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- Sihan Liu
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, and State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China Sea, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, P. R. China.
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, and State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China Sea, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, P. R. China.
- CNOOC (Hainan) New Energy Co. Ltd, Haikou, 570311, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, and State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China Sea, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, P. R. China.
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, and State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China Sea, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, P. R. China.
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, and State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China Sea, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, P. R. China.
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, and State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China Sea, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, P. R. China.
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, and State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China Sea, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, P. R. China.
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, and State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China Sea, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, P. R. China.
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, and State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China Sea, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, P. R. China.
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Peng D, Yang Y, Que M, Ding Y, Wu M, Deng X, He Q, Ma X, Li X, Qiu H. Partially oxidized MoS 2 nanosheets with high water-solubility to enhance the peroxidase-mimic activity for sensitive detection of glutathione. Anal Chim Acta 2023; 1250:340968. [PMID: 36898817 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2023.340968] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2023] [Revised: 02/07/2023] [Accepted: 02/10/2023] [Indexed: 02/17/2023]
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Surface oxidation engineering is an effective strategy to construct nanomaterials with enhanced biocatalytic activity. In this study, a facile one-pot oxidation strategy was proposed to synthesize partially oxidized molybdenum disulfide nanosheets (ox-MoS2 NSs), which exhibit good water solubility and can be used as an excellent peroxidase substitute. Under the oxidation process, Mo-S bonds are partially broke and S atoms are replaced by excess oxygen atoms, and the released abundant heat and gases efficiently expended the interlayer distance and weaken the van der Waals forces between adjacent layers. Porous ox-MoS2 NSs can be easily exfoliated by further sonication, and the nanosheets exhibits excellent water dispersibility and no obvious sediment appear even after store for months. Benefiting from the desirable affinity property with enzyme substrates, optimized electronic structure and prominent electron transfer efficiency, the ox-MoS2 NSs exhibit enhanced peroxidase-mimic activity. Furthermore, the ox-MoS2 NSs catalyzed 3,3',5,5'-tetramethylbenzidine (TMB) oxidation reaction could be inhibited by the redox reaction that take place between glutathione (GSH) as well as the direct interaction between GSH and ox-MoS2 NSs. Thus, a colorimetric sensing platform was constructed for GSH detection with good sensitivity and stability. This work provides a facile strategy for engineering structure of nanomaterials and improving enzyme-mimic performance.
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- Dong Peng
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Gannan Normal University, Ganzhou, 341000, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Gannan Normal University, Ganzhou, 341000, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Gannan Normal University, Ganzhou, 341000, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Gannan Normal University, Ganzhou, 341000, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Gannan Normal University, Ganzhou, 341000, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Gannan Normal University, Ganzhou, 341000, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Gannan Normal University, Ganzhou, 341000, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Gannan Normal University, Ganzhou, 341000, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Gannan Normal University, Ganzhou, 341000, China.
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Gannan Normal University, Ganzhou, 341000, China; CAS Key Laboratory of Chemistry of Northwestern Plant Resources and Key Laboratory for Natural Medicine of Gansu Province, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, 730000, China.
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Jin Y, Zhang M, Song L, Zhang M. Research Advances in Amorphous-Crystalline Heterostructures Toward Efficient Electrochemical Applications. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2023; 19:e2206081. [PMID: 36526597 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202206081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2022] [Revised: 11/25/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Interface engineering of heterostructures has proven a promising strategy to effectively modulate their physicochemical properties and further improve the electrochemical performance for various applications. In this context related research of the newly proposed amorphous-crystalline heterostructures have lately surged since they combine the superior advantages of amorphous- and crystalline-phase structures, showing unusual atomic arrangements in heterointerfaces. Nonetheless, there has been much less efforts in systematic analysis and summary of the amorphous-crystalline heterostructures to examine their complicated interfacial interactions and elusory active sites. The critical structure-activity correlation and electrocatalytic mechanism remain rather elusive. In this review, the recent advances of amorphous-crystalline heterostructures in electrochemical energy conversion and storage fields are amply discussed and presented, along with remarks on the challenges and perspectives. Initially, the fundamental characteristics of amorphous-crystalline heterostructures are introduced to provide scientific viewpoints for structural understanding. Subsequently, the superiorities and current achievements of amorphous-crystalline heterostructures as highly efficient electrocatalysts/electrodes for hydrogen evolution reaction, oxygen evolution reaction, supercapacitor, lithium-ion battery, and lithium-sulfur battery applications are elaborated. At the end of this review, future outlooks and opportunities on amorphous-crystalline heterostructures are also put forward to promote their further development and application in the field of clean energy.
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- Yachao Jin
- Institute of Energy Supply Technology for High-end Equipment, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Atmospheric Environment and Equipment Technology, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment Monitoring and Pollution Control, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210044, P. R. China
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- Institute of Energy Supply Technology for High-end Equipment, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Atmospheric Environment and Equipment Technology, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment Monitoring and Pollution Control, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210044, P. R. China
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- Institute of Energy Supply Technology for High-end Equipment, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Atmospheric Environment and Equipment Technology, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment Monitoring and Pollution Control, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210044, P. R. China
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- Institute of Energy Supply Technology for High-end Equipment, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Atmospheric Environment and Equipment Technology, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment Monitoring and Pollution Control, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210044, P. R. China
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Zou J, Lin Y, Yang C. Covalency triggers high catalytic activity of amorphous molybdenum oxides for oxidative desulfurization. Sci China Chem 2023. [DOI: 10.1007/s11426-022-1534-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/21/2023]
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Rashidi M, Ghasemi F. Thermally oxidized MoS2-based hybrids as superior electrodes for supercapacitor and photoelectrochemical applications. Electrochim Acta 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2022.141379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Zhai W, Sakthivel T, Chen F, Du C, Yu H, Dai Z. Amorphous materials for elementary-gas-involved electrocatalysis: an overview. NANOSCALE 2021; 13:19783-19811. [PMID: 34846414 DOI: 10.1039/d1nr06764h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Given the critical demands on energy conversion, storage, and transportation, tremendous interest has been devoted to the field of material development related to energy harvesting, recently. As the only route towards energy utilization, the carriers with the characteristics of low carbon are regarded as the future choice, e.g., hydrogen and ammonia. To this end, electrocatalysis provides a green way to access these substances. However, the unfulfilled conversion efficiency is the bottleneck for practical application. In this review, the promising characteristics of amorphous materials and the amorphous-induced electrocatalytic enhancement (AIEE) were emphasized. In the beginning, the characteristics of amorphous materials are briefly summarized. The basic mechanism of heterogeneous electrocatalytic reactions is illustrated, including the hydrogen/oxygen evolution and oxygen/nitrogen reduction. In the third part, the electrocatalytic performance of amorphous materials is discussed in detail, and the mechanism of AIEE is highlighted. In the last section of this review, the challenges and outlook for the development of amorphous enhanced electrocatalysis are presented.
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- Wenfang Zhai
- College of Electrical Engineering and Automation, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin 541000, PR China
- State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, Shaanxi, PR China.
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- State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, Shaanxi, PR China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710129, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710129, China
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710129, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710129, China
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710129, China.
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- College of Electrical Engineering and Automation, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin 541000, PR China
- State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, Shaanxi, PR China.
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Zhang L, Jin Z, Tsubaki N. MoP@MoO 3 S-scheme heterojunction in situ construction with phosphating MoO 3 for high-efficient photocatalytic hydrogen production. NANOSCALE 2021; 13:18507-18519. [PMID: 34730159 DOI: 10.1039/d1nr05452j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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As important artificial photosynthesis, the construction of core-shell heterojunction materials is considered to be one of the effective strategies for designing highly active photocatalysts. Here, the Step-scheme (S-scheme) heterojunction photocatalyst is firmly grown by in situ phosphating. The calcination method uses MoO3 nanoparticles as the substrate, and the surface of MoO3 is phosphatized and etched gradually from the outside to the inside using the phosphine gas. The introduced phosphorus atoms can replace MoO3 oxygen atoms to form Mo-P bonds to generate molybdenum phosphide. The interface interaction dominated by chemical bonds has a stronger interface interaction force, which can promote the interface charge transfer leading to optimizing the MoP@MoO3 core-shell composite material, adjusting the quality of sodium hypophosphite, and phosphating MoO3 to varying degrees, producing the best hydrogen production H2 evolution rate is 10 000.02 μmol h-1 g-1. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations and a series of experiments were used to determine the S-scheme charge transfer mechanism in MoP@MoO3. This design provides a new idea for the introduction of surface-active sites and the construction of mixed anion photocatalysts. At the same time, a new design scheme is provided for the in situ construction of S-scheme interface heterojunction materials.
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- Lijun Zhang
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, University of Toyama, Gofuku 3190, Toyama 930-8555, Japan.
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, North Minzu University, Yinchuan 750021, P.R.China.
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, University of Toyama, Gofuku 3190, Toyama 930-8555, Japan.
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Cao S, Zhou L, Liu C, Zhang H, Zhao Y, Zhao Y. Pillararene-based self-assemblies for electrochemical biosensors. Biosens Bioelectron 2021; 181:113164. [PMID: 33744670 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2021.113164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2021] [Revised: 03/06/2021] [Accepted: 03/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The ingenious design and synthesis of novel macrocycles bring out renewed vigor of supramolecular chemistry in the past decade. As an intriguing class of macrocycles, pillararene and pillararene-based functional materials that are constructed through the noncovalent bond self-assembly approach have been undergoing a rapid growth, benefiting from their unique structures and physiochemical properties. This review elaborates recent significant advances of electrochemical studies based on pillararene systems. Fundamental electrochemical behavior of pillar[n]arene[m]quinone and pillararene-based self-assemblies as well as their applications in electrochemical biosensors are highlighted. In addition, the advantages and functions of pillararene self-assembly systems resulted from the unique molecular architectures are analyzed. Finally, current challenges and future development tendency in this burgeoning field are discussed from the viewpoint of both fundamental research and applications. Overall, this review not only manifests the main development vein of pillararene-based electrochemical systems, but also conquers a solid foundation for their further bioelectrochemical applications.
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- Shuai Cao
- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710049, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710049, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710049, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710049, China.
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710049, China.
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- Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, 637371, Singapore.
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