Xuemin Li、Zhengkai Guo、Tao He2013-01-01Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
The chromium doped titanium dioxide (Cr-TiO2) has been synthesized using a hydrothermal method. The as-prepared samples have been characterized by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), high resolution TEM (HR-TEM), XPS valence band spectroscopy, UV-vis…
TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar CellsAdvanced Photocatalysis TechniquesCatalytic Processes in Materials Science
Yongmin Zhang、Zonglin Chu、Cécile A. Dreiss 等 6 位作者2013-01-01Soft Matter
A CO2-switchable wormlike micellar system was fabricated using N-erucamidopropyl-N,N-dimethylamine without any hydrotropes. Its viscoelasticity varies by five orders of magnitude when cyclically bubbling CO2 and air at ambient temperature and pressure without the need for heating, reflecting changes in aggregate morph…
Advanced Polymer Synthesis and CharacterizationSurfactants and Colloidal SystemsPickering emulsions and particle stabilization
Saifuddin Nomanbhay、Refal Hussain、Kumaran Palanisamy2013-01-01Journal of Sustainable Bioenergy Systems
Lignocellulosic materials are promising alternative feedstocks for bioethanol production. However, the recalcitrant nature of lignocellulosic biomass necessitates an efficient pretreatment pretreatment step to improve the yield of fermentable sugars and maximizing the enzymatic hydrolysis efficiency. Microwave pretrea…
Biofuel production and bioconversionAdvanced Cellulose Research StudiesCatalysis for Biomass Conversion
Bingbing Shi、Peng Zhang、Tai‐Bao Wei 等 6 位作者2013-01-01Chemical Communications
A simple 4-amino-3-hydroxynaphthalene-1-sulfonic acid is demonstrated to fluorescently sense CN(-) in water based on the mechanism of supramolecular self-assembly. This work provides a novel approach for the selective recognition of CN(-) anions. The detection limit of the sensor towards CN(-) is 3.2 × 10(-7) M, and o…
Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniquesMolecular Sensors and Ion DetectionLuminescence and Fluorescent Materials
Chen Shifu、Lei Ji、Tang Wenming 等 4 位作者2013-01-01Dalton Transactions
Development of semiconductor photocatalysts with simultaneous high photooxidation and photoreduction performance is always a hot topic in the photocatalytic field. In this article, a highly active Z-scheme NaNbO3/WO3 photocatalyst was prepared by a facile ball milling method, even though either NaNbO3 or WO3 exhibited…
Advanced Photocatalysis TechniquesGas Sensing Nanomaterials and SensorsTransition Metal Oxide Nanomaterials
Takashi Hisatomi、Chisato Katayama、Yosuke Moriya 等 8 位作者2013-01-01Energy & Environmental Science
BaNbO2N was activated for photocatalytic sacrificial water oxidation and reduction by modifying the starting material for nitridation and loading appropriate cocatalysts. Addition of BaCO3 to the Ba5Nb4O15 precursor improved the crystallinity and uniformity of BaNbO2N as a nitridation product, leading to higher oxygen…
Advanced Photocatalysis TechniquesPerovskite Materials and ApplicationsElectronic and Structural Properties of Oxides
Hansoo Lee、Geun-Il Park、Jae‐Won Lee 等 9 位作者2013-01-01Science and Technology of Nuclear Installations
Pyroprocessing technology has been actively developed at Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) to meet the necessity of addressing spent fuel management issue. This technology has advantages over aqueous process such as less proliferation risk, treatment of spent fuel with relatively high heat and radioactivi…
Nuclear Materials and PropertiesMolten salt chemistry and electrochemical processesNuclear materials and radiation effects
Qin-qin Xiong、J.P. Tu、Xinhui Xia 等 6 位作者2013-01-01Nanoscale
A Fe2O3@NiO core/shell nanorod array on carbon cloth was prepared with the aid of hydrothermal synthesis combined with subsequent chemical bath deposition. The resultant array structure is composed of Fe2O3 nanorods as the core and interconnected ultrathin NiO nanoflakes as the shell. As an anode material for lithium-…
Advancements in Battery MaterialsSupercapacitor Materials and FabricationAdvanced battery technologies research
Ming‐Li Ma、Can Ji、Shuang‐Quan Zang2013-01-01Dalton Transactions
A series of novel lanthanide metal-organic frameworks, namely, {[Ln2(L)2]·(H2O)3·(Me2NH2)2}n (Ln = La (1), Ce (2), Pr (3), Nd (4), Sm (5), Eu (6), Gd (7), Tb (8), Ho (9), Er (10)), have been synthesized with hydro(solvo)thermal conditions based on a flexible multicarboxylic acid (H4L = 5-(3,5-dicarboxybenzyloxy)isopht…
Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and ApplicationsMolecular Sensors and Ion DetectionLanthanide and Transition Metal Complexes
Dejan‐Krešimir Bučar、Graeme M. Day、Iván Halász 等 9 位作者2013-01-01Chemical Science
Cocrystals are modular multicomponent solids with exceptional utility in synthetic chemistry and materials science. A variety of methods exist for the preparation of cocrystals, yet, some promising cocrystal phases have proven to be intractable synthetic targets. We describe a strategy for the synthesis of the pharmac…
Crystallography and molecular interactionsEnergetic Materials and CombustionCrystallization and Solubility Studies
Mai Nguyen、Phong D. Tran、Stevin S. Pramana 等 8 位作者2013-01-01Nanoscale
We reported herein a facile and scalable preparation process for MoS(2)-decorated Zn(x)Cd(1-x)S hybrid photocatalysts for hydrogen generation. Zn(x)Cd(1-x)S nanopowder was first prepared from commercially available precursors employing a solution based process. MoS(2) hydrogen evolution reaction catalyst was then load…
Advanced Photocatalysis TechniquesChalcogenide Semiconductor Thin FilmsCopper-based nanomaterials and applications
Peng Wang、Jiao Zhao、Xiaobo Li 等 6 位作者2013-01-01Chemical Communications
Encapsulation of Pt nanoparticles (NPs) in zeolitic imidazolate frameworks (ZIFs) was achieved via assembly of ZIF nanostructures around the pre-formed "unprotected" NPs. Ptn@ZIF-8 showed efficient size-selective hydrogenation ability due to the uniform microporous structure.
Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and ApplicationsCatalysis and Hydrodesulfurization StudiesCovalent Organic Framework Applications
Marco Filice、Marzia Marciello、M. P. Morales 等 4 位作者2013-01-01Chemical Communications
The straightforward synthesis of novel enzyme-metalNP nanobiohybrids in aqueous medium was developed. These new nanobiohybrids were excellent multivalent catalysts combining both activities in various sets of synthetic reactions even at ultra-low concentrations (ppb amount).
Enzyme Catalysis and ImmobilizationNanocluster Synthesis and ApplicationsNanomaterials for catalytic reactions
Tiancheng Han、Jiajun Zhao、Yuan Tao 等 6 位作者2013-01-01Energy & Environmental Science
Three-dimensional devices capable of efficiently harvesting light energy or microwave radiation from arbitrary directions are still challenging to make due to the stringent requirement of inhomogeneous and extreme material parameters. This usually requires the use of metamaterials and results in time-consuming and com…
Metamaterials and Metasurfaces ApplicationsAdvanced Thermoelectric Materials and DevicesThermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies
Salah Abdul-Jabbar Jassim、Abubaker A. Rashid Ali Zumaila、Gassan Abdella Ali Al Waly2013-01-01Results in Physics
CdS thin films were deposited onto glass substrates at three different temperatures (20, 100 and 200 °C) by vacuum thermal evaporation at 10−5 Torr using pure crystal as evaporated targets. The effects of substrate temperature on structural, electrical and optical properties were studied. Structural analysis using X-r…
Quantum Dots Synthesis And PropertiesChalcogenide Semiconductor Thin FilmsSemiconductor materials and interfaces
Ya Yang、Hulin Zhang、Jun Chen 等 6 位作者2013-01-01Energy & Environmental Science
Electrochemical cells (ECs) are devices that convert chemical energy into electricity through spontaneous oxidation–reduction reactions that occur separately at two electrodes through the transport of protons in the electrolyte solution and the flow of electrons in the external circuit. A triboelectric nanogenerator (…
Supercapacitor Materials and FabricationAdvanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting MaterialsConducting polymers and applications
Guo‐Ping Yang、Lei Hou、Lu‐Fang Ma 等 4 位作者2013-01-01CrystEngComm
Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) have become a rapidly expanding research topic in the fields of synthetic chemistry and materials science in recent years. Entanglement is often considered to be an important phenomenon in MOFs. Currently, a large number of entangled metal–organic frameworks (EMOFs) have been yielded an…
Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and ApplicationsMagnetism in coordination complexesX-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
Zhibin Li、Joaquı́n Martı́nez-Triguero、Patricia Concepción 等 5 位作者2013-01-01Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
Nano-SAPO-34 molecular sieves synthesized in a microwave environment with 20 nm crystal size showed a longer lifetime than SAPO-34 prepared by the conventional hydrothermal method in the reaction of methanol to olefins. It has been found that silicon distribution strongly affects the lifetime and selectivity. Thus, si…
Zeolite Catalysis and SynthesisMesoporous Materials and CatalysisChemical Synthesis and Characterization
Uk Sim、Tae‐Youl Yang、Joonhee Moon 等 12 位作者2013-01-01Energy & Environmental Science
Carbon-based catalysts have been attracting attention in renewable energy technologies due to the low cost and high stability, but their insufficient activity is still a challenging issue. Here, we suggest that monolayer graphene can be used as a catalyst for solar-driven hydrogen evolution reaction on Si-photocathode…
Electrocatalysts for Energy ConversionAdvanced Photocatalysis TechniquesGraphene research and applications
Christos L. Chochos、Nikos Tagmatarchis、Vasilis G. Gregoriou2013-01-01RSC Advances
The demand for further optimization of the photovoltaic efficiency has stimulated an intensive research effort both for new low-band-gap polymeric materials as electron donors and for new efficient electron-accepting materials. As regards the latter, less attention has been observed on the optimization of the electron…
Organic Electronics and PhotovoltaicsPerovskite Materials and ApplicationsConducting polymers and applications