11-苄硒基十一羧酸铵盐的双重刺激响应性质

合成了一种对氧化还原(Redox)和CO_2/N_2具有双重刺激响应的表面活性剂11-苄硒基十一羧酸铵盐(BSeUA),分别利用傅里叶红外光谱、核磁共振和电喷雾质谱等手段研究了BSeUA在Redox和CO_2/N_2刺激响应前后的分子结构变化特征。结果表明,在过氧化氢和水合肼交替作用下,BSeUA分子中二价硒醚基团(-Se-)与相应的四价硒亚砜基团(-Se=O)之间可以氧化还原可逆互变,在CO_2和N_2交替作用下,BSeUA分子中羧酸根(-COO-)与相应的羧酸(-COOH)之间可以可逆互变,从而实现BSeUA对Redox和CO_2/N_2具有双重刺激响应。分别在Redox和CO_2/N_2刺激作用下,由BSeUA稳定的乳液可以在破乳和再乳化2种状态下开关可逆循环至少5次,且乳液粒径和稳定性未发生明显变化。     

pH-sensitive carbon dots for the visualization of regulation of intracellular pH inside living pathogenic fungal cells

In this paper, the pH-sensitive carbon dots were synthesized by simple one-pot hydrothermal treatment of threonine. The fluorescence of the as-synthesized carbon dots was featured by pH dependence, with the intensity decreasing as pH increases. The carbon dots can be readily internalized into plant pathogenic fungal cells for imaging with dose dependence. Moreover, intracellular pH regulation, a kind of physiological functions of living fungal cells, was visually expressed as the variation of fluorescence intensity of the internalized carbon dots. A transient reduction of the intracellular pH tightly regulated by living fungal cells under basic external condition can be presented as a gradual increase in fluorescence intensity of the carbon dots. On the contrary, the fluorescence of the carbon dots distributed in apple tissue infected by the fungal cells was soon quenched by the basic buffer because there was no intracellular pH regulation in the dead cells.     

Photocurable ceramic/monomer feedstocks containing terpene crystals as sublimable porogen for UV curing-assisted 3D plotting

This study presents a novel strategy to construct ceramic structures comprised of microporous filaments using photocurable ceramic/monomer feedstocks containing terpene crystals as sublimable porogens for UV curing-assisted 3D plotting technique. The biphasic calcium phosphate (BCP) feedstock, composed of frozen terpene crystals surrounded by BCP/UDMA walls, could be favorably extruded through a fine nozzle and then effectively photopolymerized by UV light. Thus, green filaments with high shape retention could be obtained. In addition, a number of pores could be created in BCP filaments after removing terpene crystals via freeze-drying and the porosity could be tailored by adjusting terpene content in BCP feedstocks. This approach allowed for the construction of dual-scale porous structures comprising microporous filaments in a periodic pattern, with tailored overall porosities and compressive strengths. Several types of self-supporting structures were also successfully constructed using our approach.     

Preparation and electrocatalytic properties of spinel CoxFe3-xO4 nanoparticles

The catalysts are often used in fuel cells and metal-air batteries to speed up electrochemical reactions. In this study, we prepared CoFe₂O₄ nanoparticles with mainly inverse spinel structure and FeCo₂O₄ nanoparticles with mainly spinel structure as bifunctional catalysts by hydrothermal method. After annealing at 350 °C, pure CoFe₂O₄ and FeCo₂O₄ nanoparticles with uniform size distribution have been obtained. The CoFe₂O₄ nanoparticles showed high current density of 5.5 mA/cm² at −0.8 V in the ORR test. It's low Tafel slope of 83.0 mV/dec further confirmed the excellent ORR catalytic properties of CoFe₂O₄ nanoparticles. Furthermore, the CoFe₂O₄ nanoparticles also showed good OER properties with satisfied current density of 35.7 mV/cm² at l.0 V and low OER Tafel slope of 71.0 mV/dec. Both the ORR and OER properties of CoFe₂O₄ nanoparticles showed good time stability which were compared with FeCo₂O₄ nanoparticles. These results indicated that CoFe₂O₄ nanoparticles with mainly inverse spinel structure had better electrocatalytic performance than FeCo₂O₄ nanoparticles with mainly spinel structure. The CoFe₂O₄ nanoparticles with mainly inverse spinel structure show a significant potential application in rechargeable battery.     

Influence of dispersants on coal-water slurry prepared from the solid residue of plasma pyrolysis of coal

This work presents the influence of dispersants on coal-water slurry (CWS), which was prepared from the solid residue of plasma pyrolysis of coal. The effects of dispersant type, solid concentration, dispersant content, and temperature on the rheological properties of CWS are examined. A suitable empirical model regarding the relation between viscosity and temperature is proposed. Through the sedimentation experiment of CWS, dispersants are found to significantly promote the stability of CWS.     

四氨酯化合物的合成及其对液体双酚A环氧树脂的流变控制及固化性能的影响

利用羟基(-OH)和异氰酸酯基(-NCO)的简易反应合成了含4个氨酯键(-NHCOO-),两端基为十六碳烷链(-C16H33)的四氨酯化合物,并用作液体双酚A环氧的流变改性剂。利用傅里叶红外(FTIR)、差示量热扫描仪(DSC)、偏光显微镜和扫描电镜(SEM)对四氨酯化合物及其环氧复配物进行了表征分析。通过流变仪、动态力学分析仪(DMA)及万能试验机等对环氧复配物的流变性及其固化物性能进行了研究。结果表明,四氨酯化合物借助氢键作用和范德华力可在液体环氧基体中自组装形成合适及可控的分子聚集体形态,从而实现对液体环氧复配物流变性的有效控制。5%的四氨酯化合物可使环氧复配物拥有与含10%工业用气相二氧化硅(RY200)的环氧复配物一样的触变性。同时,四氨酯化合物的相变特性使其环氧复配物的流变性具有热可逆性。另外,环氧固化性能受四氨酯化合物影响较小。     

Electrodeposited Pt nanorods on a novel flowered-like nanostructured NiCo alloy as an electrocatalyst for methanol oxidation

For the first time, a novel system of Pt nanorods supported on nano flowered-like structure NiCo alloy has been successfully electro-synthesized onto a glassy carbon electrode for the electrocatalytic oxidation of methanol. The electrodeposited system has been characterized using scanning electron microscope (SEM), energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), and X-ray diffraction (XRD). The electrocatalytic efficiency of the electro-fabricated system of Pt/NiCo/GCE have been confirmed by cyclic voltammetric (CV) and current-time methods. It is discovered that the electrodeposited nano flowered NiCo alloy substrate has a great effect on the electrocatalytic properties of the electrodeposited Pt nanorods. The electrocatalytic efficiency of the new system for methanol oxidation reaction (MOR) is found to be 174 A/g_Pt. The effect of electrodeposition time for NiCo alloy has been studied. Also, the effect of pH, temperature, and concentration for the electrodeposition of Pt catalyst on the electrocatalytic properties of the Pt/NiCo/GCE have been studied for detection the optimum conditions. The mechanism of the electrocatalytic oxidation of methanol has been discussed. Furthermore, the stability and the corrosion resistance test of the Pt/NiCo/GCE system have been investigated by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), Tafel plot and current-time methods.     

Ultrathin MoSSe alloy nanosheets anchored on carbon nanotubes as advanced catalysts for hydrogen evolution

The activity of transition metal dichalcogenides (TMD) toward hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) derives from the active sites at the edges, but the basal surface still remain catalytic insert. Herein, ultrathin MoSSe alloy nanosheets array on multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) to form a core shell structure via a simple solvothermal process. These three-dimensional (3D) MoSSe hybrids show a high activity in hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) with a small Tafel slope of 38 mV dec⁻¹ and a low overpotential of 102 mV at 10 mA cm⁻². In addition, their HER activity remains remarkably stable without significant decay after 100 h polarization. Such superior catalytic HER activity springs from the 3D hierarchical heterostructure, which is abundant of catalytic edge sites, and the alloy effect between S and Se, which will create huge defects and strain to form vacancy sites on the basal plane. This strategy may open a new avenue toward the development of nonprecious high-performance HER catalysts.     

Facile fabrication of a binary NiCo phosphide with hierarchical architecture for efficient hydrogen evolution reactions

Exploring and designing efficient non-noble catalysts formed by element doping and nanostructure modification for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) is of critical importance with respect to sustainable resources. Herein, we have prepared a three-dimensional binary NiCo phosphide with hierarchical architecture (HA) composed of NiCoP nanosheets and nanowires grown on carbon cloth (CC) via a facile hydrothermal method followed by oxidation and phosphorization. Due to its unique hierarchical nanostructure, the NiCoP HA/CC electrocatalyst exhibits excellent performance and good working stability for the HER in both acidic and alkaline conditions. The obtained NiCoP HA/CC shows excellent HER activity with a low potential of 74 and 89 mV at 10 mA cm⁻², a small Tafel slope of 77.2 and 99.8 mV dec⁻¹ and long-term stability up to 24 h in acidic and alkaline electrolyte, respectively. NiCoP HA/CC, a non-noble metal material, is a promising electrocatalyst to replace noble metal-based electrocatalysts for the HER.     

Sol-gel synthesis of ternary conducting polymer hydrogel for application in all-solid-state flexible supercapacitor

In this contribution, we reported the preparation of a novel conducting polymer hydrogel (CPH) by a sol-gel method, which was subsequently employed to fabricate a flexible all-solid-state supercapacitor device. Taking advantage of the synergistic effects of the different components in the conducting polymer hydrogel and the merits of the proposed synthesis strategies, the prepared supercapacitor device with CPH as electrode exhibited high area-normalized capacitance (2.2 F cm⁻²), high gravimetric capacitance (1573.6 F g⁻¹) as well as high energy density of 0.18 mWh cm⁻² (or 128.7 Wh Kg⁻¹) at 0.08  mW cm⁻² (or 55.1 W kg⁻¹). This study did not only represent a novel all-solid-state, high performance, flexible supercapacitor with potential applications in flexible energy-related devices, but also developed a new method for enhancing capacitances and mechanical stability of all-solid-state flexible supercapacitor.