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Shi J, Yang ZX, Nie J, Huang T, Huang GF, Huang WQ. Regioselective super-assembly of Prussian blue analogue. J Colloid Interface Sci 2024; 667:44-53. [PMID: 38615622 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2024.04.065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2024] [Revised: 04/09/2024] [Accepted: 04/10/2024] [Indexed: 04/16/2024]
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The construction of high-asymmetrical structures demonstrates significant potential in improving the functionality and distinctness of nanomaterials, but remains a considerable challenge. Herein, we develop a one-pot method to fabricate regioselective super-assembly of Prussian blue analogue (PBA) -- a PBA anisotropic structure (PBA-AS) decorated with epitaxial modules--using a step-by-step epitaxial growth on a rapidly self-assembled cubic substrate guided by thiocyanuric acid (TCA) molecules. The epitaxial growth units manifest as diverse geometric shapes, which are predominantly concentrated on the {100}, {111}, or {100}+{111} crystal plane of the cubic substrate. The crystal plane and morphology of epitaxial module can be regulated by changing the TCA concentration and reaction temperature, enabling a high level of controllability over specific assembly sites and structures. To illustrate the advantage of the asymmetrical structure, phosphated PBA-AS demonstrates improved performance in the oxygen evolution reaction compared to simple phosphated PBA nanocube. This method offers valuable insights for designing asymmetrical nanomaterials with intricate architectures and versatile functionalities.
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- Jinghui Shi
- Department of Applied Physics, School of Physics and Electronics, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, PR China
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- Department of Applied Physics, School of Physics and Electronics, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, PR China
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- Department of Applied Physics, School of Physics and Electronics, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, PR China
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- Department of Applied Physics, School of Physics and Electronics, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, PR China
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- Department of Applied Physics, School of Physics and Electronics, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, PR China.
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- Department of Applied Physics, School of Physics and Electronics, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, PR China.
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Jia G, Zhang Y, Yu JC, Guo Z. Asymmetric Atomic Dual-Sites for Photocatalytic CO 2 Reduction. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2024:e2403153. [PMID: 39039977 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202403153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2024] [Revised: 06/25/2024] [Indexed: 07/24/2024]
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Atomically dispersed active sites in a photocatalyst offer unique advantages such as locally tuned electronic structures, quantum size effects, and maximum utilization of atomic species. Among these, asymmetric atomic dual-sites are of particular interest because their asymmetric charge distribution generates a local built-in electric potential to enhance charge separation and transfer. Moreover, the dual sites provide flexibility for tuning complex multielectron and multireaction pathways, such as CO2 reduction reactions. The coordination of dual sites opens new possibilities for engineering the structure-activity-selectivity relationship. This comprehensive overview discusses efficient and sustainable photocatalysis processes in photocatalytic CO2 reduction, focusing on strategic active-site design and future challenges. It serves as a timely reference for the design and development of photocatalytic conversion processes, specifically exploring the utilization of asymmetric atomic dual-sites for complex photocatalytic conversion pathways, here exemplified by the conversion of CO2 into valuable chemicals.
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- Guangri Jia
- Department of Chemistry and HKU-CAS Joint Laboratory on New Materials, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, 999077, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry and HKU-CAS Joint Laboratory on New Materials, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, 999077, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong SAR, 999077, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry and HKU-CAS Joint Laboratory on New Materials, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, 999077, P. R. China
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Kosasang S, Ma N, Impeng S, Bureekaew S, Namiki Y, Tsujimoto M, Saothayanun T, Yamada H, Horike S. Prussian Blue Analogue Glasses for Photoinduced CO 2 Conversion. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:17793-17800. [PMID: 38913361 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c03149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/25/2024]
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Crystal-to-glass transformation is a powerful approach to modulating the chemical and physical properties of crystals. Here we demonstrate that the glass transformation of cobalt hexacyanoferrate crystals, one of the Prussian blue analogues, increased the concentration of open metal sites and altered the electronic state while maintaining coordination geometries and short-range ordering in the structure. The compositional and structural changes were characterized by X-ray absorption fine structure, energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, and X-ray total scattering. The changes contribute to the flat band potential of the glass becoming closer to the redox potential of CO2 reduction. The valence band energy of the glass also shifts, resulting in lower band gap energy. Both the increased open metal sites and the optimal electronic structure upon vitrification enhance photocatalytic activity toward CO2-to-CO conversions (9.9 μmol h-1 CO production) and selectivity (72.4%) in comparison with the crystalline counterpart (3.9 μmol h-1 and 42.8%).
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- Soracha Kosasang
- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa-Oiwakecho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Center for Membrane Separations, Adsorption, Catalysis &; Spectroscopy (cMACS), KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200 F Box 2454, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- National Nanotechnology Center (NANOTEC), National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA), Pathum Thani 12120, Thailand
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, School of Energy Science and Engineering, Vidyasirimedhi Institute of Science and Technology, Rayong 21210, Thailand
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- Department of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Katsura, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan
- Frontier Research Center, POLA Chemical Industries, Inc., Kashio-cho, Totsuka-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 244-0812, Japan
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- Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences, Institute for Advanced Study, Kyoto University, Yoshida-Honmachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, School of Energy Science and Engineering, Vidyasirimedhi Institute of Science and Technology, Rayong 21210, Thailand
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- Diffraction and Scattering Division, Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute (JASRI), Sayo, Hyogo 679-5198, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa-Oiwakecho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
- Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences, Institute for Advanced Study, Kyoto University, Yoshida-Honmachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Molecular Science and Engineering, Vidyasirimedhi Institute of Science and Technology, Rayong 21210, Thailand
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Wang Y, Liu J, Jiang N, Yang J, Yang C, Liu Y. Highly Crystalline Multivariate Prussian Blue Analogs via Equilibrium Chelation Strategy for Stable and Fast Charging Sodium-Ion Batteries. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024:e2403211. [PMID: 38958082 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202403211] [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: 06/17/2024] [Indexed: 07/04/2024]
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Prussian blue analogs (PBAs) have been widely recognized as superior cathode materials for sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) owing to numerous merits. However, originating from the rapid crystal growth, PBAs still suffer from considerable vacancy defects and interstitial water, making the preparation of long-cycle-life PBAs the greatest challenge for its practical application. Herein, a novel equilibrium chelation strategy is first proposed to synthesize a high crystallinity (94.7%) PBAs, which is realized by modulating the chelating potency of strong chelating agents via "acid effect" to achieve a moderate chelating effect, forcefully breaking through the bottleneck of poor cyclic stability for PBAs cathodes. Impressively, the as-prepared highly crystalline PBAs represent an unprecedented level of electrochemical performance including ultra-long lifespan (10000 cycles with 86.32% capacity maintenance at 6 A g-1), excellent rate capability (82.0 mAh g-1 at 6 A g-1). Meanwhile, by pairing with commercial hard carbon, the as-prepared PBAs-based SIBs exhibit high energy density (350 Wh kg-1) and excellent capacity retention (82.4% after 1500 cycles), highlighting its promising potential for large-scale energy storage applications.
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- Yichao Wang
- Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200050, China
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- Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200050, China
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- Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200050, China
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- Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200050, China
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- Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200050, China
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- Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200050, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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Li X, Wu XT, Xu Q, Zhu QL. Hierarchically Ordered Pore Engineering of Metal-Organic Framework-Based Materials for Electrocatalysis. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2024; 36:e2401926. [PMID: 38631691 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202401926] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2024] [Revised: 04/01/2024] [Indexed: 04/19/2024]
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Ordered pore engineering that embeds uniform pores with periodic alignment in electrocatalysts opens up a new avenue for achieving further performance promotion. Hierarchically ordered porous metal-organic frameworks (HOP-MOFs) possessing multilevel pores with ordered distribution are the promising precursors for the exploration of ordered porous electrocatalysts, while the scalable acquisition of HOP-MOFs with editable components and adjustable pore size regimes is critical. This review presents recent progress on hierarchically ordered pore engineering of MOF-based materials for enhanced electrocatalysis. The synthetic strategies of HOP-MOFs with different pore size regimes, including the self-assembly guided by reticular chemistry, surfactant, nanoemulsion, and nanocasting, are first introduced. Then the applications of HOP-MOFs as the precursors for exploring hierarchically ordered porous electrocatalysts are summarized, selecting representatives to highlight the boosted performance. Especially, the intensification of molecule and ion transport integrated with optimized electron transfer and site exposure over the hierarchically ordered porous derivatives are emphasized to clarify the directional transfer and integration effect endowed by ordered pore engineering. Finally, the remaining scientific challenges and an outlook of this field are proposed. It is hoped that this review will guide the hierarchically ordered pore engineering of nanocatalysts for boosting the catalytic performance and promoting the practical applications.
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- Xiaofang Li
- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Fuzhou, 350002, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Fuzhou, 350002, China
- Fujian Science and Technology Innovation Laboratory for Optoelectronic Information of China, Fuzhou, 350108, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Micro/Nano-Porous Functional Materials (SKLPM), Department of Chemistry and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Fuzhou, 350002, China
- Fujian Science and Technology Innovation Laboratory for Optoelectronic Information of China, Fuzhou, 350108, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, 310018, China
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Li Y, Pei Z, Luan D, Lou XWD. Triple-Phase Photocatalytic H 2O 2 Production on a Janus Fiber Membrane with Asymmetric Hydrophobicity. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:3343-3351. [PMID: 38261381 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c12465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2024]
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Photocatalytic O2 reduction is an intriguing approach to producing H2O2, but its efficiency is often hindered by the limited solubility and mass transfer of O2 in the aqueous phase. Here, we design and fabricate a two-layered (2L) Janus fiber membrane photocatalyst with asymmetric hydrophobicity for efficient photocatalytic H2O2 production. The top layer of the membrane consists of superhydrophobic polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) fibers with a dispersed modified carbon nitride (mCN) photocatalyst. Amphiphilic Nafion (Naf) ionomer is sprayed onto this layer to modulate the microenvironment and achieve moderate hydrophobicity. In contrast, the bottom layer consists of bare PTFE fibers with high hydrophobicity. The elaborate structural configuration and asymmetric hydrophobicity feature of the optimized membrane photocatalyst (designated as 2L-mCN/F-Naf; F, PTFE) allow most mCN to be exposed with gas-liquid-solid triple-phase interfaces and enable rapid mass transfer of gaseous O2 within the hierarchical membrane, thus increasing the local O2 concentration near the mCN photocatalyst. As a result, the optimized 2L-mCN/F-Naf membrane photocatalyst shows remarkable photocatalytic H2O2 production activity, achieving a rate of 5.38 mmol g-1 h-1 under visible light irradiation.
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- Yunxiang Li
- School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Nanyang Technological University, 62 Nanyang Drive, Singapore 637459, Singapore
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- School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Nanyang Technological University, 62 Nanyang Drive, Singapore 637459, Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong 999077, China
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong 999077, China
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Jeong S, Shin W, Park M, Lee JU, Lim Y, Noh K, Lee JH, Jun YW, Kwak M, Cheon J. Hydrogel Magnetomechanical Actuator Nanoparticles for Wireless Remote Control of Mechanosignaling In Vivo. NANO LETTERS 2023; 23:5227-5235. [PMID: 37192537 PMCID: PMC10614426 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c01207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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As a new enabling nanotechnology tool for wireless, target-specific, and long-distance stimulation of mechanoreceptors in vivo, here we present a hydrogel magnetomechanical actuator (h-MMA) nanoparticle. To allow both deep-tissue penetration of input signals and efficient force generation, h-MMA integrates a two-step transduction mechanism that converts magnetic anisotropic energy to thermal energy within its magnetic core (i.e., Zn0.4Fe2.6O4 nanoparticle cluster) and then to mechanical energy to induce the surrounding polymer (i.e., pNiPMAm) shell contraction, finally delivering forces to activate targeted mechanoreceptors. We show that h-MMAs enable on-demand modulation of Notch signaling in both fluorescence reporter cell lines and a xenograft mouse model, demonstrating its utility as a powerful in vivo perturbation approach for mechanobiology interrogation in a minimally invasive and untethered manner.
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- Sumin Jeong
- Center for Nanomedicine, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
- Department of Chemistry, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Nanomedicine, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Nanomedicine, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
- Department of Nano Biomedical Engineering (NanoBME), A dvanced Science Institute, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Nanomedicine, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Nanomedicine, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
- Department of Chemistry, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Nanomedicine, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
- Department of Nano Biomedical Engineering (NanoBME), A dvanced Science Institute, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Nanomedicine, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
- Department of Nano Biomedical Engineering (NanoBME), A dvanced Science Institute, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Nanomedicine, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
- Department of Nano Biomedical Engineering (NanoBME), A dvanced Science Institute, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
- Department of Otolaryngology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Helen Diller Family Cancer Comprehensive Center (HDFCCC), University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Center for Nanomedicine, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
- Department of Nano Biomedical Engineering (NanoBME), A dvanced Science Institute, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Nanomedicine, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
- Department of Chemistry, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
- Department of Nano Biomedical Engineering (NanoBME), A dvanced Science Institute, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
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Zhang H, Zhang T, Zhang X. Perspective and Prospects for Ordered Functional Materials. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2023; 10:e2300193. [PMID: 36890653 PMCID: PMC10161115 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202300193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2023] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Many functional materials are approaching their performance limits due to inherent trade-offs between essential physical properties. Such trade-offs can be overcome by engineering a material that has an ordered arrangement of structural units, including constituent components/phases, grains, and domains. By rationally manipulating the ordering with abundant structural units at multiple length scales, the structural ordering opens up unprecedented opportunities to create transformative functional materials, as amplified properties or disruptive functionalities can be realized. In this perspective article, a brief overview of recent advances in the emerging ordered functional materials across catalytic, thermoelectric, and magnetic materials regarding the fabrication, structure, and property is presented. Then the possibility of applying this structural ordering strategy to highly efficient neuromorphic computing devices and durable battery materials is discussed. Finally, remaining scientific challenges are highlighted, and the prospects for ordered functional materials are made. This perspective aims to draw the attention of the scientific community to the emerging ordered functional materials and trigger intense studies on this topic.
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- Hai‐Tian Zhang
- School of Materials Science and EngineeringBeihang UniversityBeijing100191China
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- School of Materials Science and EngineeringBeihang UniversityBeijing100191China
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- State Key Laboratory of Metastable Materials Science and TechnologyYanshan UniversityQinhuangdao066004China
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Li S, He J, Qiao S, Zhang X, Liu B. Self-Assembled Tetratic Crystals by Orthogonal Colloidal Force. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2023:e2300642. [PMID: 36932933 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202300642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2023] [Revised: 02/17/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Bonding simple building blocks to create crystalline materials with design has been sophisticated in the molecular world, but this is still very challenging for anisotropic nanoparticles or colloids, because the particle arrangements, including position and orientation, cannot be manipulated as expected. Here biconcave polystyrene (PS) discs to present a shape self-recognition route are used, which can control both the position and orientation of particles during self-assembly by directional colloidal forces. An unusual but very challenging two-dimensional (2D) open superstructure-tetratic crystal (TC)-is achieved. The optical properties of the 2D TCs are studied by the finite difference time domain method, showing that the PS/Ag binary TC can be used to modulate the polarization state of the incident light, for example, converting the linearly polarized light into left-handed or right-handed circularly polarized light. This work paves an important way for self-assembling many unprecedented crystalline materials.
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- Shanshan Li
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
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- National Physical Experiment Teaching Demonstration Center, Department of Physics, School of Physical Science and Engineering, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, 100044, P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100149, P. R. China
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- National Physical Experiment Teaching Demonstration Center, Department of Physics, School of Physical Science and Engineering, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, 100044, P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100149, P. R. China
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Song L, Qi Y, Zhang S. Design and Self-Assembly of Polyhedron Particles to Construct Iridescent Structural Colors. ACS Macro Lett 2022; 11:1362-1365. [PMID: 36416205 DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.2c00555] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Polyhedron particles exhibit unique physical properties in constructing novel materials. Here, the polystyrene (PS) polyhedron particles were fabricated via dispersion polymerization, and their morphologies can be controlled by tuning the divinylbenzene (DVB) content and polarity of the reaction medium. The possible formation mechanism is the asymmetric distribution of cross-linked networks during the phase separation process. In addition, the large-scale iridescent structural colors based on polyhedrons were obtained and further explored their applications in smart displays. This presented method guides the fabrication of anisotropic particles and their further assembly to construct novel materials.
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- Liujun Song
- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
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Recent advances and perspectives in cobalt-based heterogeneous catalysts for photocatalytic water splitting, CO2 reduction, and N2 fixation. CHINESE JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/s1872-2067(21)63939-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Meng X, Li R, Yang J, Xu S, Zhang C, You K, Ma B, Guan H, Ding Y. Hexanuclear ring cobalt complex for photochemical CO2 to CO conversion. CHINESE JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/s1872-2067(22)64144-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Guo S, Song C, Liu F, Zeng D, Yuan H, Liu X, Jiang H, Cheng GJ. Bionic Optical Leaf for Photoreduction of CO 2 from Noble Metal Atom Mediated Graphene Nanobubble Arrays. ACS NANO 2022; 16:1909-1918. [PMID: 35040624 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.1c04597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The reduction of CO2 to useful chemicals by solar irradiation has been of great interest in recent years to tackle the greenhouse effect. Compared with inorganic metal oxide particles, carbonaceous materials, such as graphene, are excellent in light absorption; however, they lack in activity and selectivity because of the challenge to manipulate the band gap and optimize the electron-hole separation, which drives the photoreduction process. In this work, inspired by the delicate natural plant leaf structure, we fabricated orderly stacked graphene nanobubble arrays with nitrogen dopant for the coordination of noble metal atoms to mimic the natural photoreduction process in plant leaves. This graphene metamaterial not only mimics the optical structure of leaf cells, which scatter and absorb light efficiently, but also drives the CO2 reduction via nitrogen coordinated metal atoms as the chlorophyll does in plants. Our characterizations show that the band gap of nitrogen-doped graphene could be precisely tailored via substitution with different noble metal atoms on the doped site. The noble atoms coordinated on the doped site of graphene metamaterial not only enlarge the light absorption volume but also maximize the utilization of noble metals. The bionic optical leaf metamaterial coordinated with Au atoms exhibits high CO productivity up to 11.14 mmol gcat-1 h-1 and selectivity to 95%, standing as one of the best catalysts among the carbonaceous and metal-based catalysts reported to date. This catalyst also maintained a high performance at low temperatures, manifesting potential applications of this bionic catalyst at polar regions to reduce greenhouse gases.
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- Shuailong Guo
- The Institute of Technological Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, Hubei, China
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- The Institute of Technological Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, Hubei, China
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- The Institute of Technological Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, Hubei, China
- School of Power and Mechanical Engineering, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, Hubei, China
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- School of Electrical Engineering and Automation, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, Hubei, China
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- The Institute of Technological Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, Hubei, China
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- School of Industrial Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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- The Institute of Technological Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, Hubei, China
- Hubei Yangtze Memory Laboratories, Wuhan 430205, Hubei, China
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- The Institute of Technological Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, Hubei, China
- School of Industrial Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
- School of Materials Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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Wang W, Xi Y, Yang C, Byun J, Cheng J, Wang S, Wang X. Incorporation of metal active sites on porous polycarbazoles for photocatalytic CO2 reduction. ChemCatChem 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/cctc.202101872] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Wenyan Wang
- Fuzhou University College of Chemistry CHINA
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- Fuzhou University College of Chemistry CHINA
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- Fuzhou University College of Chemistry CHINA
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- Korea Institute of Science and Technology water cycle research center KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
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- Fuzhou University College of Chemistry CHINA
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- Fuzhou University Chemistry 523 Gongye Rd, Gulou 350000 Fuzhou CHINA
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Li X, Shang Y, Yan D, Guo L, Huang S, Yang HY. Topotactic Epitaxy Self-Assembly of Potassium Manganese Hexacyanoferrate Superstructures for Highly Reversible Sodium-Ion Batteries. ACS NANO 2022; 16:453-461. [PMID: 34978811 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.1c07231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The cycle stability and voltage retention of a Na2Mn[Fe(CN)6] (NMF) cathode for sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) has been impeded by the huge distortion from NaMnII[FeIII(CN)6] to MnIII[FeIII(CN)6] caused by the Jahn-Teller (JT) effect of Mn3+. Herein, we propose a topotactic epitaxy process to generate K2Mn[Fe(CN)6] (KMF) submicron octahedra and assemble them into octahedral superstructures (OSs) by tuning the kinetics of topotactic transformation. As the SIB cathode, the self-assembly behavior of KMF improves the structural stability and decreases the contact area with the electrolyte, thereby inhibiting the transition metal in the KMF cathode from dissolving in the electrolyte. More importantly, the KMF partly transforms into NMF with Na+ de/intercalation, and the existing KMF acts as a stabilizer to disrupt the long-range JT order of NMF, thereby suppressing the overall JT distortion. As a result, the electrochemical performances of KMF cathodes outperform NMF with a highly reversible phase transition and outstanding cycling performance, and 80% capacity retention after 1500/1300 cycles at 0.1/0.5 A g-1. This work not only promotes creative synthetic methodologies but also promotes to explore the relationship between Jahn-Teller structural deformation and cycle stability.
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- Xiaoxia Li
- Pillar of Engineering Product Development, Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore 487372, Singapore
- School of Physics, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, P. R. China
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- Pillar of Engineering Product Development, Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore 487372, Singapore
- Faculty of Materials and Manufacturing, Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Materials, Education Ministry of China, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, P. R. China
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- Pillar of Engineering Product Development, Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore 487372, Singapore
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- Pillar of Engineering Product Development, Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore 487372, Singapore
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- Key Laboratory of Catalysis and Energy Materials Chemistry of Ministry of Education, Hubei Key Laboratory of Catalysis and Materials Science, South-Central University for Nationalities, Wuhan 430074, China
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- Pillar of Engineering Product Development, Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore 487372, Singapore
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Wang L, Shi S, Luo Z, Qu N, Liu B. Hierarchical, Highly Open Microtubes and Columnar Liquid Crystals Self‐Assembled from Symmetrical and Asymmetrical Colloidal Rings. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202112507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- Linna Wang
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100149 China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100149 China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100149 China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100149 China
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Shen Z, Huang J, Chen J, Li Y. Phase Segregation via Etching-Induced Cation Migration in CoSx-ZnS Nanoarchitectures for Solar Hydrogen Evolution. Catal Sci Technol 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d1cy02158c] [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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Low charge carrier mobility limits the development of highly efficient semiconductor-based photocatalysis. Heterointerface engineering is a promising approach to spatially separate the photoexcited charge carriers and thus enhance photocatalytic activity....
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Zhang T, Han X, Nguyen NT, Yang L, Zhou X. TiO2-based photocatalysts for CO2 reduction and solar fuel generation. CHINESE JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/s1872-2067(21)64045-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Meng X, Yang J, Zhang C, Fu Y, Li K, Sun M, Wang X, Dong C, Ma B, Ding Y. Light-Driven CO2 Reduction over Prussian Blue Analogues as Heterogeneous Catalysts. ACS Catal 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.1c04415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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- Xiangyu Meng
- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalysis of Gansu Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalysis of Gansu Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalysis of Gansu Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalysis of Gansu Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalysis of Gansu Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- Sinopec Beijing Research Institute of Chemical Industry, Beijing 100029, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalysis of Gansu Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalysis of Gansu Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalysis of Gansu Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
- State Key Laboratory for Oxo Synthesis and Selective Oxidation, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, P. R. China
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Wang L, Shi S, Luo Z, Qu N, Liu B. Hierarchical, Highly Open Microtubes and Columnar Liquid Crystals Self-Assembled from Symmetrical and Asymmetrical Colloidal Rings. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 61:e202112507. [PMID: 34800076 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202112507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The use of simple building blocks to produce hierarchical and porous structured materials is highly desired. Rings are simple colloidal particles but unique for their internal cavities. Here we report the self-assembly (SA) of colloidal rings with tunable asymmetry mediated by a depletion force and demonstrate that a variety of porous colloidal superstructures from microtubes, flexible chains, (plastic) crystals to highly open liquid crystals (LCs) can be formed along the predesigned SA paths. In particular, the SA is staged in binary or ternary systems. Large rings first form complex ring-in-ring and ring-in-ring-in-ring assemblies by capturing smaller rings, which, as new building blocks, can further form multi-walled microtubes and open columnar LCs. Moreover, a plastic columnar LC with alternating intracolumnar stacking is found from asymmetrical rings. The SA with colloidal rings opens a new avenue to construct hierarchical and porous ordered metamaterials.
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- Linna Wang
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100149, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100149, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100149, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100149, China
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Zeng R, Lian K, Su B, Lu L, Lin J, Tang D, Lin S, Wang X. Versatile Synthesis of Hollow Metal Sulfides via Reverse Cation Exchange Reactions for Photocatalytic CO 2 Reduction. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:25055-25062. [PMID: 34490697 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202110670] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Herein, we explore a general Cu2-x S nanocube template-assisted and reverse cation exchange-mediated growth strategy for fabricating hollow multinary metal sulfide. Unlike the traditional cation exchange method controlled by the metal sulfide constant, the introduction of tri-n-butylphosphine (TBP) can reverse cation exchange to give a series of hollow metal sulfides. A variety of hollow multinary metal sulfide cubic nanostructures has been demonstrated while preserving anisotropic shapes to the as-synthesized templates, including binary compounds (CdS, ZnS, Ag2 S, PbS, SnS), ternary compound (CuInS2 , Znx Cd1-x S), and quaternary compound (single-atom platinum anchored Znx Cd1-x S; Znx Cd1-x S-Pt1 ). Experimental and density functional theory (DFT) calculations show that the hollow metal sulfide semiconductors obtained could significantly improve the separation and migration of photogenerated electron-hole pairs. Owing to the efficient charge transfer, the Znx Cd1-x S-Pt1 exhibited outstanding photocatalytic performance of CO2 to CO, with the highest CO generation rate of 75.31 μmol h-1 .
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- Ruijin Zeng
- Key Laboratory for Analytical Science of Food Safety and Biology (MOE & Fujian Province), State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, Department of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350108, China
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- Key Laboratory for Analytical Science of Food Safety and Biology (MOE & Fujian Province), State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, Department of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350108, China
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- Key Laboratory for Analytical Science of Food Safety and Biology (MOE & Fujian Province), State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, Department of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350108, China
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- Key Laboratory for Analytical Science of Food Safety and Biology (MOE & Fujian Province), State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, Department of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350108, China
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- Key Laboratory for Analytical Science of Food Safety and Biology (MOE & Fujian Province), State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, Department of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350108, China
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- Key Laboratory for Analytical Science of Food Safety and Biology (MOE & Fujian Province), State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, Department of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350108, China
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- Key Laboratory for Analytical Science of Food Safety and Biology (MOE & Fujian Province), State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, Department of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350108, China
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- Key Laboratory for Analytical Science of Food Safety and Biology (MOE & Fujian Province), State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, Department of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350108, China
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Zeng R, Lian K, Su B, Lu L, Lin J, Tang D, Lin S, Wang X. Versatile Synthesis of Hollow Metal Sulfides via Reverse Cation Exchange Reactions for Photocatalytic CO
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Reduction. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202110670] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- Ruijin Zeng
- Key Laboratory for Analytical Science of Food Safety and Biology (MOE & Fujian Province) State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment Department of Chemistry Fuzhou University Fuzhou 350108 China
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- Key Laboratory for Analytical Science of Food Safety and Biology (MOE & Fujian Province) State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment Department of Chemistry Fuzhou University Fuzhou 350108 China
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- Key Laboratory for Analytical Science of Food Safety and Biology (MOE & Fujian Province) State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment Department of Chemistry Fuzhou University Fuzhou 350108 China
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- Key Laboratory for Analytical Science of Food Safety and Biology (MOE & Fujian Province) State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment Department of Chemistry Fuzhou University Fuzhou 350108 China
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- Key Laboratory for Analytical Science of Food Safety and Biology (MOE & Fujian Province) State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment Department of Chemistry Fuzhou University Fuzhou 350108 China
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- Key Laboratory for Analytical Science of Food Safety and Biology (MOE & Fujian Province) State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment Department of Chemistry Fuzhou University Fuzhou 350108 China
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- Key Laboratory for Analytical Science of Food Safety and Biology (MOE & Fujian Province) State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment Department of Chemistry Fuzhou University Fuzhou 350108 China
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- Key Laboratory for Analytical Science of Food Safety and Biology (MOE & Fujian Province) State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment Department of Chemistry Fuzhou University Fuzhou 350108 China
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Lin X, Xie Z, Su B, Zheng M, Dai W, Hou Y, Ding Z, Lin W, Fang Y, Wang S. Well-defined Co 9S 8 cages enable the separation of photoexcited charges to promote visible-light CO 2 reduction. NANOSCALE 2021; 13:18070-18076. [PMID: 34677567 DOI: 10.1039/d1nr04812k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Exploring affordable cocatalysts with high performance for boosting charge separation and CO2 activation is an effective strategy to reinforce CO2 photoreduction efficiency. Herein, well-defined Co9S8 cages are exploited as a nonprecious promoter for visible-light CO2 reduction. The Co9S8 cages are prepared via a multistep strategy with ZIF-67 particles as the precursor and fully characterized by physicochemical techniques. The hollow Co9S8 cocatalyst with a high surface area and profuse catalytically active centers is discovered to accelerate separation and transfer of light-induced charges, and strengthen concentration and activation of CO2 molecules. In a hybrid photosensitized system, these Co9S8 cages efficiently promote the deoxygenative reduction of CO2 to generate CO, with a high yield rate of 35 μmol h-1 (i.e., 35 mmol h-1 g-1). Besides, this cocatalyst is also of high stability for the CO2 photoreduction reaction. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations reveal that the Ru(bpy)32+ photosensitizer is strongly absorbed on the Co9S8 (311) surface through forming four Co-C bonds, which can serve as the "bridges" to ensure quick electron transfer from the excited photosensitiser to the active Co9S8 cocatalyst, thus promoting the separation of photoexcited charges for ehannced CO2 reduction performance.
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- Xiahui Lin
- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fujian, Fuzhou, 350002, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fujian, Fuzhou, 350002, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fujian, Fuzhou, 350002, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fujian, Fuzhou, 350002, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fujian, Fuzhou, 350002, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fujian, Fuzhou, 350002, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fujian, Fuzhou, 350002, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fujian, Fuzhou, 350002, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fujian, Fuzhou, 350002, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fujian, Fuzhou, 350002, China.
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Hollow and substrate-supported Prussian blue, its analogs, and their derivatives for green water splitting. CHINESE JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/s1872-2067(21)63833-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Diao Y, Jung S, Kouhnavard M, Woon R, Yang H, Biswas P, D’Arcy JM. Single PEDOT Catalyst Boosts CO 2 Photoreduction Efficiency. ACS CENTRAL SCIENCE 2021; 7:1668-1675. [PMID: 34729410 PMCID: PMC8554841 DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.1c00712] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Atmospheric pollution demands the development of solar-driven photocatalytic technologies for the conversion of CO2 into a fuel; state-of-the-art cocatalyst systems demonstrate conversion efficiencies currently unattainable by a single catalyst. Here, we upend the status quo demonstrating that the nanofibrillar conducting polymer poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) is a record-breaking single catalyst for the photoreduction of CO2 to CO. This high catalytic efficiency stems from a highly conductive nanofibrillar structure that significantly enhances surface area, CO2 adsorption and light absorption. Moreover, the polymer's band gap is optimized via chemical doping/dedoping treatments using hydrochloric acid, ammonia hydroxide, and hydrazine. The hydrazine-treated PEDOT catalyst exhibits 100% CO yield under a stable regime (>10 h) with a maximum rate of CO evolution (3000 μmol gcat -1 h-1) that is 2 orders of magnitude higher than the top performing single catalyst and surpassed only by three other cocatalyst systems. Nanofibrillar PEDOT provides a new direction for designing the next generation of high-efficiency photoreduction catalysts.
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- Yifan Diao
- Institute
of Materials Science & Engineering, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
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- Department
of Energy, Environment & Chemical Engineering, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
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- Department
of Energy, Environment & Chemical Engineering, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
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- Institute
of Materials Science & Engineering, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
- Department
of Energy, Environment & Chemical Engineering, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
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- Institute
of Materials Science & Engineering, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
- Department
of Chemistry, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
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Wang R, Yang P, Wang S, Wang X. Distorted carbon nitride nanosheets with activated n → π* transition and preferred textural properties for photocatalytic CO2 reduction. J Catal 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcat.2021.08.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Kong H, Zhang W, Shi G, Cui Z, Fu P, Liu M, He Y, Qiao X, Pang X. General Route to Colloidal Nanocrystal Clusters with Precise Hierarchical Control via Star-like Nanoreactors. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2021; 37:10461-10468. [PMID: 34431681 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.1c01286] [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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A colloidal nanocrystal cluster (CNC) is a hierarchical nanostructure formed by clustering several nanocrystals into one nano-ensemble, which may exhibit unique optical or catalytic properties different from individual nanocrystals owing to the mutual interactions among neighboring component nanocrystals. However, there is still no universal synthetic route that could be applicable to diverse material compositions with precisely controlled hierarchical structures (i.e., nanocrystal number density, component nanocrystal size, and overall diameter of the CNC) up to now. Herein, a general and novel synthetic strategy was reported for crafting a wide range of inorganic CNCs (i.e., noble metal, semiconductor, and metal oxide) via utilizing amphiphilic star-like poly(4-vinylpyridine)-block-polystyrene diblock copolymers as nanoreactors prepared by sequential atom transfer radical polymerization. The hierarchical structure of rationally designed CNCs could be readily tailored by varying the P4VP molecular weight of star-like nanoreactors and the parameter optimization during the CNC preparation process, which was inaccessible by conventional synthetic methods.
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- Huimin Kong
- Henan Joint International Research Laboratory of Living Polymerizations and Functional Nanomaterials, Henan Key Laboratory of Advanced Nylon Materials and Application, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- Henan Joint International Research Laboratory of Living Polymerizations and Functional Nanomaterials, Henan Key Laboratory of Advanced Nylon Materials and Application, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- Henan Joint International Research Laboratory of Living Polymerizations and Functional Nanomaterials, Henan Key Laboratory of Advanced Nylon Materials and Application, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- Henan Joint International Research Laboratory of Living Polymerizations and Functional Nanomaterials, Henan Key Laboratory of Advanced Nylon Materials and Application, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- Henan Joint International Research Laboratory of Living Polymerizations and Functional Nanomaterials, Henan Key Laboratory of Advanced Nylon Materials and Application, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- Henan Joint International Research Laboratory of Living Polymerizations and Functional Nanomaterials, Henan Key Laboratory of Advanced Nylon Materials and Application, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- Henan Joint International Research Laboratory of Living Polymerizations and Functional Nanomaterials, Henan Key Laboratory of Advanced Nylon Materials and Application, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- Henan Joint International Research Laboratory of Living Polymerizations and Functional Nanomaterials, Henan Key Laboratory of Advanced Nylon Materials and Application, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
- College of Materials Engineering; Henan International Joint Laboratory of Rare Earth Composite Materials, Henan University of Engineering, Zhengzhou 451191, P. R. China
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- Henan Joint International Research Laboratory of Living Polymerizations and Functional Nanomaterials, Henan Key Laboratory of Advanced Nylon Materials and Application, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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Liang Q, Zhao S, Li Z, Wu Z, Shi H, Huang H, Kang Z. Converting Organic Wastewater into CO Using MOFs-Derived Co/In 2O 3 Double-Shell Photocatalyst. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2021; 13:40754-40765. [PMID: 34423971 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c12800] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The photocatalytic conversion of organic wastewater into value-added chemicals is a promising strategy to solve the environmental issue and energy crisis. Herein, Co/In2O3 nanotubes with a double-shell structure, as a highly efficient photocatalyst, are synthesized by a one-step calcination method. The Co/In2O3 heterostructure shows an outstanding photocatalytic CO2 reduction performance of 4902 μmol h-1 g-1. Notably, these Co/In2O3 photocatalysts also achieve CO2 self-generation and in situ reduction conversion in acid organic wastewater (phenol solution), in which the high CO2 (47.5 μmol h-1 g-1) and CO (0.9 μmol h-1 g-1) evolution rates are demonstrated under solar irradiation. Transient photovoltage (TPV) tests demonstrate that Co nanoparticles on Co/In2O3 double-shell heterostructure serve as the CO2 reduction sites for the effective capture and stabilization of the photogenerated electrons.
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- Qian Liang
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalytic Materials and Technology, School of Petrochemical Engineering, Changzhou University, Changzhou 213164, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalytic Materials and Technology, School of Petrochemical Engineering, Changzhou University, Changzhou 213164, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalytic Materials and Technology, School of Petrochemical Engineering, Changzhou University, Changzhou 213164, China
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- Institute of Functional Nano and Soft Materials Laboratory (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- Institute of Functional Nano and Soft Materials Laboratory (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- Institute of Functional Nano and Soft Materials Laboratory (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- Institute of Functional Nano and Soft Materials Laboratory (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
- Macao Institute of Materials Science and Engineering, Macau University of Science and Technology, Taipa 999078, Macau SAR, China
- Institute of Advanced Materials, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130024, China
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Liu Y, Wang J, Imaz I, Maspoch D. Assembly of Colloidal Clusters Driven by the Polyhedral Shape of Metal-Organic Framework Particles. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:12943-12947. [PMID: 34383504 PMCID: PMC8391935 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c05363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Control of the assembly
of colloidal particles into discrete or
higher-dimensional architectures is important for the design of myriad
materials, including plasmonic sensing systems and photonic crystals.
Here, we report a new approach that uses the polyhedral shape of metal–organic-framework
(MOF) particles to direct the assembly of colloidal clusters. This
approach is based on controlling the attachment of a single spherical
polystyrene particle on each face of a polyhedral particle via colloidal
fusion synthesis, so that the polyhedral shape defines the final coordination
number, which is equal to the number of faces, and geometry of the
assembled colloidal cluster. As a proof of concept, we assembled six-coordinated
(6-c) octahedral and 8-c cubic clusters using cubic ZIF-8 and octahedral
UiO-66 core particles. Moreover, we extended this approach to synthesize
a highly coordinated 12-c cuboctahedral cluster from a rhombic dodecahedral
ZIF-8 particle. We anticipate that the synthesized colloidal clusters
could be further evolved into spherical core–shell MOF@polystyrene
particles under conditions that promote a higher fusion degree, thus
expanding the methods available for the synthesis of MOF–polymer
composites.
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- Yang Liu
- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC, and Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193 Barcelona, Spain
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC, and Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193 Barcelona, Spain
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC, and Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193 Barcelona, Spain
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC, and Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193 Barcelona, Spain.,ICREA, Pg. Lluís Companys 23, Barcelona, 08010, Spain
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Niu P, Pan Z, Wang S, Wang X. Cobalt Phosphide Cocatalysts Coated with Porous N‐doped Carbon Layers for Photocatalytic CO
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Reduction. ChemCatChem 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/cctc.202100748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Pingping Niu
- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment College of Chemistry Fuzhou University Fuzhou 350116 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment College of Chemistry Fuzhou University Fuzhou 350116 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment College of Chemistry Fuzhou University Fuzhou 350116 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment College of Chemistry Fuzhou University Fuzhou 350116 P. R. China
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Han Q, Li L, Gao W, Shen Y, Wang L, Zhang Y, Wang X, Shen Q, Xiong Y, Zhou Y, Zou Z. Elegant Construction of ZnIn 2S 4/BiVO 4 Hierarchical Heterostructures as Direct Z-Scheme Photocatalysts for Efficient CO 2 Photoreduction. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2021; 13:15092-15100. [PMID: 33759514 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c21266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The ZnIn2S4/BiVO4 heterostructures were elegantly designed through assembling ZnIn2S4 nanosheets onto the surface of BiVO4 decahedrons. This composite photocatalyst exhibits efficient photocatalytic conversion of CO2 into CO with a detectable amount of CH4 in the presence of water vapor. An electron spin-resonance spectroscopy (ESR) technique and density function theory (DFT) calculation affirm the direct Z-scheme structure in ZnIn2S4/BiVO4. The larger surface photovoltage (SPV) change and the longer liquid photoluminescence (PL) lifetime of the heterostructure, compared to the individual ZnIn2S4 and BiVO4 components, demonstrate that the Z-scheme structure can effectively promote the recombination of the photogenerated holes in the valence band (VB) of the ZnIn2S4 nanosheet with the electrons in the conduction band (CB) of the decahedral BiVO4 and lead to the abundant electrons surviving in the CB of ZnIn2S4 and holes in the VB of BiVO4, thus enhancing photocatalytic CO2 reduction performance. This study may make a potential contribution to the rational construction and deep understanding of the underlying mechanism of direct Z-schemes for advanced photocatalytic activity.
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- Qiutong Han
- Key Laboratory of Modern Acoustics (MOE), Institute of Acoustics, School of Physics, National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210093, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Modern Acoustics (MOE), Institute of Acoustics, School of Physics, National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210093, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Modern Acoustics (MOE), Institute of Acoustics, School of Physics, National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210093, P. R. China
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- College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Modern Acoustics (MOE), Institute of Acoustics, School of Physics, National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210093, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Modern Acoustics (MOE), Institute of Acoustics, School of Physics, National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210093, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Modern Acoustics (MOE), Institute of Acoustics, School of Physics, National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210093, P. R. China
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- Faculty of Informatics and Engineering, The University of Electro-Communications, Tokyo 182-8585, Japan
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Modern Acoustics (MOE), Institute of Acoustics, School of Physics, National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210093, P. R. China
- School of Science and Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen), Shenzhen, Guangzhou 518172, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Modern Acoustics (MOE), Institute of Acoustics, School of Physics, National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210093, P. R. China
- School of Science and Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen), Shenzhen, Guangzhou 518172, P. R. China
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High selective photocatalytic CO 2 conversion into liquid solar fuel over a cobalt porphyrin-based metal-organic framework. Photochem Photobiol Sci 2021; 20:391-399. [PMID: 33721280 DOI: 10.1007/s43630-021-00027-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2020] [Accepted: 02/16/2021] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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In the present study, porphyrin-based metal-organic framework (Co/PMOF) was synthesized and characterized by different spectra analyses. The photoluminescence properties of porphyrin and Co/PMOF revealed that the photoluminescence of Co/PMOF was quenched compared to the porphyrin, indicating that the lifetime of photo-generated charge carriers in Co/PMOF is longer than porphyrin. The prepared Co/PMOF was applied as an efficient photocatalyst for CO2 photoconversion to formate in the presence of triethanolamine (TEOA) as a sacrificial agent under visible-light irradiation. The photoreaction results showed that 23.21 µmol HCOO- was produced over Co/PMOF during the 6 h photocatalytic reaction under visible illumination, showing much better activity than the porphyrin, 4.56 µmol HCOO-. No other products were detected, suggesting that this reaction over Co/PMOF has high selectivity. Co/PMOF reusability and stability were examined through recycling tests and there were no remarkable losses of photoactivity even after three cycles of photoreaction. Moreover, FTIR measurement and UV-Vis spectra demonstrated no notable changes in Co/PMOF structure. As a result, superior photocatalytic behavior of Co/PMOF was implied for CO2 photoreduction which highlights the great potential of assembly porphyrin and cobalt into MOFs for CO2 photoreduction.
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Niu P, Pan Z, Wang S, Wang X. Tuning Crystallinity and Surface Hydrophobicity of a Cobalt Phosphide Cocatalyst to Boost CO 2 Photoreduction Performance. CHEMSUSCHEM 2021; 14:1302-1307. [PMID: 33491914 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202002755] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2020] [Revised: 01/16/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Photocatalytic CO2 conversion is a promising method to yield carbon fuels, but it remains challenging to regulate catalytic materials for enhanced reaction efficiency and tunable product selectivity. This study concerns the development of a facile and efficient thermal post-treatment method to improve the crystallinity and surface hydrophobicity of a cobalt phosphide (CoP) cocatalyst, which promotes the separation and transfer of photoexcited charge carriers, reinforces CO2 chemisorption, and weakens the H2 O affinity. Compared with pristine CoP, the optimal CoP-600 cocatalyst displays a 3.5-fold enhancement in activity and a 2.3-fold increase in selectivity for the reduction of CO2 to CO with a high rate of 68.1 μmol h-1 .
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- Pingping Niu
- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350116, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350116, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350116, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350116, P. R. China
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Zhuang G, Fang Q, Wei J, Yang C, Chen M, Lyu Z, Zhuang Z, Yu Y. Branched In 2O 3 Mesocrystal of Ordered Architecture Derived from the Oriented Alignment of a Metal-Organic Framework for Accelerated Hydrogen Evolution over In 2O 3-ZnIn 2S 4. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2021; 13:9804-9813. [PMID: 33601886 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c19806] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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It is fascinating yet challenging to assemble anisotropic nanowires into ordered architectures of high complexity and intriguing functions. We exploited a facile strategy involving oriented etching of a metal-organic fragment (MOF) to advance the rational design of highly ordered nanostructures. As a proof of concept, a microscale MIL-68(In) single crystal was etched with a K3[Co(CN)6] solution to give a microtube composed of aligned MIL-68(In) nanorods. Annealing such a MIL-68(In) microtube readily created an unprecedented branched In2O3 mesocrystal by assembly of In2O3 nanorods aligned in order. The derived ordered-In2O3-ZnIn2S4 is more efficient in catalyzing visible-light-driven H2 evolution (8753 μmol h-1 g-1) outperforming the disordered-In2O3-ZnIn2S4 counterpart (2700 μmol h-1 g-1) as well as many other state-of-the-art ZnIn2S4-based photocatalysts. The ordered architecture significantly boosts the short-range electron transfer in an In2O3-ZnIn2S4 heterojunction but has a negligible impact on the long-range electron transfer among In2O3 mesocrystals. The density functional theory (DFT) calculation reveals that the oriented etching is achieved by the selective binding of the [Co(CN)6]3- etchant on the (110) plane of MIL-68(In), which can drag the In atoms out of the framework in order. Our findings could broaden the technical sense toward advanced photocatalyst design and impose scientific impacts on unveiling how ordered photosystems operate.
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- Guoxin Zhuang
- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Fuzhou University, New Campus, Minhou, Fujian 350108, China
- Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials Technologies (Fuzhou University), Fujian Province University, Fuzhou 350108, China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Fuzhou University, New Campus, Minhou, Fujian 350108, China
- Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials Technologies (Fuzhou University), Fujian Province University, Fuzhou 350108, China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Fuzhou University, New Campus, Minhou, Fujian 350108, China
- Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials Technologies (Fuzhou University), Fujian Province University, Fuzhou 350108, China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Fuzhou University, New Campus, Minhou, Fujian 350108, China
- Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials Technologies (Fuzhou University), Fujian Province University, Fuzhou 350108, China
- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871 China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Fuzhou University, New Campus, Minhou, Fujian 350108, China
- Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials Technologies (Fuzhou University), Fujian Province University, Fuzhou 350108, China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Fuzhou University, New Campus, Minhou, Fujian 350108, China
- Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials Technologies (Fuzhou University), Fujian Province University, Fuzhou 350108, China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Fuzhou University, New Campus, Minhou, Fujian 350108, China
- Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials Technologies (Fuzhou University), Fujian Province University, Fuzhou 350108, China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Fuzhou University, New Campus, Minhou, Fujian 350108, China
- Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials Technologies (Fuzhou University), Fujian Province University, Fuzhou 350108, China
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Amorphous CoO coupled carbon dots as a spongy porous bifunctional catalyst for efficient photocatalytic water oxidation and CO2 reduction. CHINESE JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/s1872-2067(20)63646-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Yang P, Wang R, Zhuzhang H, Titirici MM, Wang X. Photochemical Construction of Nitrogen-Containing Nanocarbons for Carbon Dioxide Photoreduction. ACS Catal 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.0c03607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Pengju Yang
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, P.R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350116, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350116, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350116, P. R. China
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- School of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London, London E1 4NS, U.K
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SE7 2AZ, U.K
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350116, P. R. China
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Zhang P, Luan D, Lou XWD. Fabrication of CdS Frame-in-Cage Particles for Efficient Photocatalytic Hydrogen Generation under Visible-Light Irradiation. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2020; 32:e2004561. [PMID: 32815207 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202004561] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The design of advanced structures for semiconductor photocatalysts is an effective approach to enhance their performance toward solar-to-chemical energy conversion. Hollow and frame-like structures show advantageous features for photocatalytic reactions with enlarged surface area, shortened charge-transfer distance, promoted light-absorption ability, and enhanced mass-transfer capability. Here, a facile two-step sulfidation strategy is developed to fabricate unique CdS frame-in-cage particles for photocatalytic hydrogen generation. Cd-based Prussian blue analog (Cd-PBA) cubes are first converted to Cd-PBA cube-in-CdS cage particles, which are further transformed to CdS frame-in-cage particles. Benefiting from the novel frame-in-cage structure, the obtained CdS photocatalyst exhibits high activity under visible-light irradiation with the hydrogen generation rate of 13.6 mmol h-1 g-1 , which is much enhanced compared with those of the CdS cubes and cages.
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- Peng Zhang
- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 62 Nanyang Drive, Singapore, 637459, Singapore
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 62 Nanyang Drive, Singapore, 637459, Singapore
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 62 Nanyang Drive, Singapore, 637459, Singapore
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Yang H, Yang D, Wang X. POM‐Incorporated CoO Nanowires for Enhanced Photocatalytic Syngas Production from CO
2. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202004563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Haozhou Yang
- Key Lab of Organic Optoelectronics and Molecular Engineering Department of Chemistry Tsinghua University Beijing 100084 China
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- Key Lab of Organic Optoelectronics and Molecular Engineering Department of Chemistry Tsinghua University Beijing 100084 China
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- Key Lab of Organic Optoelectronics and Molecular Engineering Department of Chemistry Tsinghua University Beijing 100084 China
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Gao W, Wang L, Gao C, Liu J, Yang Y, Yang L, Shen Q, Wu C, Zhou Y, Zou Z. Exquisite design of porous carbon microtubule-scaffolding hierarchical In 2O 3-ZnIn 2S 4 heterostructures toward efficient photocatalytic conversion of CO 2 into CO. NANOSCALE 2020; 12:14676-14681. [PMID: 32617544 DOI: 10.1039/c9nr10959e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Porous carbon microtubule (PCMT)-scaffolding semiconductor heterostructures were exquisitely designed through the in situ growth of ZnIn2S4 (ZIS) ultrathin nanosheets onto In2O3 nanoparticle layers generated on the surface PCMT (abbreviated as PCMT@In2O3/ZIS) toward the efficient photocatalytic conversion of CO2 into CO. The pronounced photocatalytic performance for CO2 photoreduction into CO is attributed to a synergistic effect of the following factors: (1) the multistage hopping of the charge carriers among In2O3, ZIS, and PCMT greatly reduces the charge recombination in In2O3 and ZIS. (2) The mesoporous feature of the PCMT renders the large surface area and abundant active sites to accumulate the local concentration of CO2 in the heterostructures. (3) The existence of a large amount of carbon defects in PCMT promotes the activity of the absorbed CO2 molecules. (4) The tubular structures with two open ends of PCMT may favor the fast diffusion of the reactants and products, and the optical absorption can also be increased by multi-light scattering/reflection in the interior void. (5) The unique fabrication route leads to an intimate and tight contact among PCMT, In2O3, and ZIS, which is also favorable for the charge migration. This work makes a contribution to the development of a complex hollow photocatalysis system for artificial photosynthesis.
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- Wa Gao
- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, School of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, P. R. China.
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Shang Y, Li X, Song J, Huang S, Yang Z, Xu ZJ, Yang HY. Unconventional Mn Vacancies in Mn–Fe Prussian Blue Analogs: Suppressing Jahn-Teller Distortion for Ultrastable Sodium Storage. Chem 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chempr.2020.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Yang H, Yang D, Wang X. POM‐Incorporated CoO Nanowires for Enhanced Photocatalytic Syngas Production from CO
2. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:15527-15531. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.202004563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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- Haozhou Yang
- Key Lab of Organic Optoelectronics and Molecular Engineering Department of Chemistry Tsinghua University Beijing 100084 China
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- Key Lab of Organic Optoelectronics and Molecular Engineering Department of Chemistry Tsinghua University Beijing 100084 China
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- Key Lab of Organic Optoelectronics and Molecular Engineering Department of Chemistry Tsinghua University Beijing 100084 China
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