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Wei Chen Xiaojie Li Fei Wang Shaghraf Javaid Yingping Pang Jiayi Chen Zongyou Yin Shaobin Wang Yunguo Li Guohua Jia 《Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)》2020,16(12)
For the first time, colloidal gold (Au)–ZnSe hybrid nanorods (NRs) with controlled size and location of Au domains are synthesized and used for hydrogen production by photocatalytic water splitting. Au tips are found to grow on the apices of ZnSe NRs nonepitaxially to form an interface with no preference of orientation between Au(111) and ZnSe(001). Density functional theory calculations reveal that the Au tips on ZnSe hybrid NRs gain enhanced adsorption of H compared to pristine Au, which favors the hydrogen evolution reaction. Photocatalytic tests reveal that the Au tips on ZnSe NRs effectively enhance the photocatalytic performance in hydrogen generation, in which the single Au‐tipped ZnSe hybrid NRs show the highest photocatalytic hydrogen production rate of 437.8 µmol h?1 g?1 in comparison with a rate of 51.5 µmol h?1 g?1 for pristine ZnSe NRs. An apparent quantum efficiency of 1.3% for hydrogen evolution reaction for single Au‐tipped ZnSe hybrid NRs is obtained, showing the potential application of this type of cadmium (Cd)‐free metal–semiconductor hybrid nanoparticles (NPs) in solar hydrogen production. This work opens an avenue toward Cd‐free hybrid NP‐based photocatalysis for clean fuel production. 相似文献
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Au NPs@MoS2 Sub‐Micrometer Sphere‐ZnO Nanorod Hybrid Structures for Efficient Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution with Excellent Stability
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Shaohui Guo Xuanhua Li Jinmeng Zhu Tengteng Tong Bingqing Wei 《Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)》2016,12(41):5692-5701
MoS2 shows promising applications in photocatalytic water splitting, owing to its uniquely optical and electric properties. However, the insufficient light absorption and lack of performance stability are two crucial issues for efficient application of MoS2 nanomaterials. Here, Au nanoparticles (NPs)@MoS2 sub‐micrometer sphere‐ZnO nanorod (Au NPs@MoS2‐ZnO) hybrid photocatalysts have been successfully synthesized by a facile process combining the hydrothermal method and seed‐growth method. Such photocatalysts exhibit high efficiency and excellent stability for hydrogen production via multiple optical‐electrical effects. The introduction of Au NPs to MoS2 sub‐micrometer spheres forming a core–shell structure demonstrates strong plasmonic absorption enhancement and facilitates exciton separation. The incorporation of ZnO nanorods to the Au NPs@MoS2 hybrids further extends the light absorption to a broader wavelength region and enhances the exciton dissociation. In addition, mutual contacts between Au NPs (or ZnO nanorods) and the MoS2 spheres effectively protect the MoS2 nanosheets from peeling off from the spheres. More importantly, efficiently multiple exciton separations help to restrain the MoS2 nanomaterials from photocorrosion. As a result, the Au@MoS2‐ZnO hybrid structures exhibit an excellent hydrogen gas evolution (3737.4 μmol g?1) with improved stability (91.9% of activity remaining) after a long‐time test (32 h), which is one of the highest photocatalytic activities to date among the MoS2 based photocatalysts. 相似文献
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Poly(N-vinylpyrrolidine)-silica hybrid shell coated cadmium selenide / cadmium sulphide and cadmium selenide / zinc sulfide nanoparticles were synthesized by combining the organometallic and single “step” modified Stober method. The synthesized nanoparticles were characterized by atomic force microscopy (AFM), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, and a spectrofluorometer. Concluding, this report has provided important insights into the design of new water-soluble polymer silica hybrid shell coated quantum dots nanoparticles for biomedical, analytical and catalytic applications. 相似文献
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《Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)》2017,29(22)
Hydrogen generation via photocatalysis‐driven water splitting provides a convenient approach to turn solar energy into chemical fuel. The development of photocatalysis system that can effectively harvest visible light for hydrogen generation is an essential task in order to utilize this technology. Herein, a kind of cadmium free Zn–Ag–In–S (ZAIS) colloidal quantum dots (CQDs) that shows remarkably photocatalytic efficiency in the visible region is developed. More importantly, a nanocomposite based on the combination of 0D ZAIS CQDs and 2D MoS2 nanosheet is developed. This can leverage the strong light harvesting capability of CQDs and catalytic performance of MoS2 simultaneously. As a result, an excellent external quantum efficiency of 40.8% at 400 nm is achieved for CQD‐based hydrogen generation catalyst. This work presents a new platform for the development of high‐efficiency photocatalyst based on 0D–2D nanocomposite. 相似文献
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Enhanced Solar‐to‐Hydrogen Generation with Broadband Epsilon‐Near‐Zero Nanostructured Photocatalysts
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Yi Tian Francisco Pelayo García de Arquer Cao‐Thang Dinh Gael Favraud Marcella Bonifazi Jun Li Min Liu Xixiang Zhang Xueli Zheng Md. Golam Kibria Sjoerd Hoogland David Sinton Edward H. Sargent Andrea Fratalocchi 《Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)》2017,29(27)
The direct conversion of solar energy into fuels or feedstock is an attractive approach to address increasing demand of renewable energy sources. Photocatalytic systems relying on the direct photoexcitation of metals have been explored to this end, a strategy that exploits the decay of plasmonic resonances into hot carriers. An efficient hot carrier generation and collection requires, ideally, their generation to be enclosed within few tens of nanometers at the metal interface, but it is challenging to achieve this across the broadband solar spectrum. Here the authors demonstrate a new photocatalyst for hydrogen evolution based on metal epsilon‐near‐zero metamaterials. The authors have designed these to achieve broadband strong light confinement at the metal interface across the entire solar spectrum. Using electron energy loss spectroscopy, the authors prove that hot carriers are generated in a broadband fashion within 10 nm in this system. The resulting photocatalyst achieves a hydrogen production rate of 9.5 µmol h?1 cm?2 that exceeds, by a factor of 3.2, that of the best previously reported plasmonic‐based photocatalysts for the dissociation of H2 with 50 h stable operation. 相似文献
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Xianglin Xiang Bicheng Zhu Bei Cheng Jiaguo Yu Hongjin Lv 《Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)》2020,16(26)
Herein, oil‐soluble CdS quantum dots (QDs) are first prepared through a solvent‐thermal process. Then, oil‐soluble CdS QDs are changed into water‐soluble QDs via ligand exchange using mercaptopropionic acid as capping agent at pH 13. The photocatalytic performance is investigated under the visible light irradiation using glycerol as sacrificial agent and Sn2+ as cocatalyst. No H2‐production activity is observed for oil‐soluble CdS QDs. Water‐soluble CdS QDs exhibit significantly enhanced hydrogen evolution rate. When the concentration of cocatalyst Sn2+ increases to 0.2 × 10?3 m , the rate of hydrogen evolution reaches 1.61 mmol g?1 h?1, which is 24 times higher than that of the pristine water‐soluble CdS QDs. The enhanced H2‐production efficiency is attributed to the adsorption of Sn2+ ions on the surface of CdS QDs that are further reduced to Sn atoms by photogenerated electrons. The in situ generated Sn atoms serve as photocatalytic cocatalyst for efficient hydrogen generation. 相似文献
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Self‐Assembled Au/CdSe Nanocrystal Clusters for Plasmon‐Mediated Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution
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Run Shi Yinhu Cao Yanjun Bao Yufei Zhao Geoffrey I. N. Waterhouse Zheyu Fang Li‐Zhu Wu Chen‐Ho Tung Yadong Yin Tierui Zhang 《Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)》2017,29(27)
Plasmon‐mediated photocatalytic systems generally suffer from poor efficiency due to weak absorption overlap and thus limited energy transfer between the plasmonic metal and the semiconductor. Herein, a near‐ideal plasmon‐mediated photocatalyst system is developed. Au/CdSe nanocrystal clusters (NCs) are successfully fabricated through a facile emulsion‐based self‐assembly approach, containing Au nanoparticles (NPs) of size 2.8, 4.6, 7.2, or 9.0 nm and CdSe quantum dots (QDs) of size ≈3.3 nm. Under visible‐light irradiation, the Au/CdSe NCs with 7.2 nm Au NPs afford very stable operation and a remarkable H2‐evolution rate of (10× higher than bare CdSe NCs). Plasmon resonance energy transfer from the Au NPs to the CdSe QDs, which enhances charge‐carrier generation in the semiconductor and suppresses bulk recombination, is responsible for the outstanding photocatalytic performance. The approach used here to fabricate the Au/CdSe NCs is suitable for the construction of other plasmon‐mediated photocatalysts. 相似文献
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Amorphous Molybdenum Sulfide/Carbon Nanotubes Hybrid Nanospheres Prepared by Ultrasonic Spray Pyrolysis for Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution
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Zhifeng Ye Jia Yang Bo Li Lei Shi Hengxing Ji Li Song Hangxun Xu 《Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)》2017,13(21)
Developing cost‐effective electrocatalysts with high activity and stability for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) plays an important role in modern hydrogen economy. Amorphous molybdenum sulfide (MoSx ) has recently emerged as one of the most promising alternatives to Pt‐based catalysts in HER, especially in acidic electrolytes. Here this study reports a simple ultrasonic spray pyrolysis method to synthesize hybrid HER catalysts composed of MoSx firmly attached on entangled carbon nanotube nanospheres (MoSx /CNTs). This synthetic process is fast, continuous, highly durable, and amenable to high‐volume production with high yields and exceptional quality. The MoSx /CNTs hybrid catalyst prepared at 300 °C exhibits a low overpotential of 168 mV at the current density of 10 mA cm?2 with a small Tafel slope of 36 mV dec?1. Electrochemical measurements and X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy analyses reveal that the CNT network not only promotes the charge transfer in corresponding HER process but also enhances the stability of the active sites in MoSx . This work demonstrates that ultrasonic spray pyrolysis is a reliable and versatile approach for synthesizing amorphous MoSx‐based HER catalysts. 相似文献
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From UV to Near‐Infrared Light‐Responsive Metal–Organic Framework Composites: Plasmon and Upconversion Enhanced Photocatalysis
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The exploitation of photocatalysts that harvest solar spectrum as broad as possible remains a high‐priority target yet grand challenge. In this work, for the first time, metal–organic framework (MOF) composites are rationally fabricated to achieve broadband spectral response from UV to near‐infrared (NIR) region. In the core–shell structured upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs)‐Pt@MOF/Au composites, the MOF is responsive to UV and a bit visible light, the plasmonic Au nanoparticles (NPs) accept visible light, whereas the UCNPs absorb NIR light to emit UV and visible light that are harvested by the MOF and Au once again. Moreover, the MOF not only facilitates the generation of “bare and clean” Au NPs on its surface and realizes the spatial separation for the Au and Pt NPs, but also provides necessary access for catalytic substrates/products to Pt active sites. As a result, the optimized composite exhibits excellent photocatalytic hydrogen production activity (280 µmol g?1 h?1) under simulated solar light, and the involved mechanism of photocatalytic H2 production under UV, visible, and NIR irradiation is elucidated. Reportedly, this is an extremely rare study on photocatalytic H2 production by light harvesting in all UV, visible, and NIR regions. 相似文献
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硫化铜量子点作为一种p型半导体纳米晶,具有很强的表面等离子体共振效应、低的毒性以及独特的光学和电学性能,在光催化、生物技术、光电转换材料领域受到了极大关注。由于单分散的硫化铜量子点的制备过程复杂,效率较低,并且纯的硫化铜量子点电导率较低,这极大地限制了其在能量存储器件方面的应用。此外,由于硫化铜量子点复杂的能带结构和独特的p型半导体特性,针对硫化铜量子点的光学性能调控尚不成熟。基于此,本文综述了硫化铜量子点在制备方面的研究现状与取得的进展,介绍了硫化铜量子点的能带结构、晶体结构,及其在量子点敏化太阳能电池、光催化降解污染物、肿瘤细胞诊断与治疗等方面的研究进展,并对硫化铜量子点或Cu系量子点更进一步的研究、开发应用提出了几点建议。 相似文献
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Sensitive Detection of Carcinoembryonic Antigen Using Stability‐Limited Few‐Layer Black Phosphorus as an Electron Donor and a Reservoir
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Jian Peng Youqun Lai Yuanyuan Chen Jun Xu Liping Sun Jian Weng 《Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)》2017,13(15)
The instability of few‐layer black phosphorus (FL‐BP) hampers its further applications. Here, it can be demonstrated that the instability of FL‐BP can also be the advantage for application in biosensor. First, gold nanoparticle/FL‐BP (BP‐Au) hybrid is facilely synthesized by mixing Au precursor with FL‐BP. BP‐Au shows outstanding catalytic activity (K = 1120 s?1 g?1) and low activation energy (17.53 kJ mol?1) for reducing 4‐nitrophenol, which is attributed to the electron‐reservoir and electron‐donor properties of FL‐BP, and synergistic interaction of Au nanoparticles and FL‐BP. Oxidation of FL‐BP after catalytic reaction is further confirmed by transmission electron microscope, X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and zeta potentials. Second, the catalytic activity of BP‐Au can be reversibly switched from “inactive” to “active” upon treatment with antibody and antigen in solution, thus providing a versatile platform for label‐free colorimetric detection of biomarkers. The sensor shows a wide detection range (1 pg mL?1 to –10 µg mL?1), high sensitivity (0.20 pg mL?1), and selectivity for detecting carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA). Finally, the biosensor has been used to detect CEA in colon and breast cancer clinical samples with satisfactory results. Therefore, the instability of BP can also be the advantage for application in detecting cancer biomarker in clinic. 相似文献
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Nanoconfined Nickel@Carbon Core–Shell Cocatalyst Promoting Highly Efficient Visible‐Light Photocatalytic H2 Production
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Ke Zhang Jingrun Ran Bicheng Zhu Huanxin Ju Jiaguo Yu Li Song Shi‐Zhang Qiao 《Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)》2018,14(38)
The realization of large‐scale solar hydrogen (H2) production relies on the development of high‐performance and low‐cost photocatalysts driven by sunlight. Recently, cocatalysts have demonstrated immense potential in enhancing the activity and stability of photocatalysts. Hence, the rational design of highly active and inexpensive cocatalysts is of great significance. Here, a facile method is reported to synthesize Ni@C core–shell nanoparticles as a highly active cocatalyst. After merging Ni@C cocatalyst with CdS nanorod (NR), a tremendously enhanced visible‐light photocatalytic H2‐production performance of 76.1 mmol g?1 h?1 is achieved, accompanied with an outstanding quantum efficiency of 31.2% at 420 nm. The state‐of‐art characterizations (e.g., synchrotron‐based X‐ray absorption near edge structure) and theoretical calculations strongly support the presence of pronounced nanoconfinement effect in Ni@C core–shell nanoparticles, which leads to controlled Ni core size, intimate interfacial contact and rapid charge transfer, optimized electronic structure, and protection against chemical corrosion. Hence, the combination of nanoconfined Ni@C with CdS nanorod leads to significantly improved photocatalytic activity and stability. This work not only for the first time demonstrates the great potential of using highly active and inexpensive Ni@C core–shell structure to replace expensive Pt in photocatalysis but also opens new avenues for synthesizing cocatalyst/photocatalyst hybridized systems with excellent performance by introducing nanoconfinement effect. 相似文献
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Incorporating Nitrogen‐Doped Graphene Quantum Dots and Ni3S2 Nanosheets: A Synergistic Electrocatalyst with Highly Enhanced Activity for Overall Water Splitting
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Jing‐Jing Lv Jun Zhao Hua Fang Li‐Ping Jiang Ling‐Ling Li Jing Ma Jun‐Jie Zhu 《Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)》2017,13(24)
A noble‐metal‐free electrocatalyst is fabricated via in situ formation of nanocomposite of nitrogen‐doped graphene quantum dots (NGQDs) and Ni3S2 nanosheets on the Ni foam (Ni3S2‐NGQDs/NF). The resultant Ni3S2‐NGQDs/NF can serve as an active, binder‐free, and self‐supported catalytic electrode for direct water splitting, which delivers a current density of 10 mA cm?2 at an overpotential of 216 mV for oxygen evolution reaction and 218 mV for hydrogen evolution reaction in alkaline media. This bifunctional electrocatalyst enables the construction of an alkali electrolyzer with a low cell voltage of 1.58 V versus reversible hydrogen electrode (RHE) at 10 mA cm?2. The experimental results and theoretical calculations demonstrate that the synergistic effects of the constructed active interfaces are the key factor for excellent performance. The nanocomposite of NGQDs and Ni3S2 nanosheets can be promising water splitting electrocatalyst for large‐scale hydrogen generation or other energy storage and conversion applications. 相似文献
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Carbon‐Quantum‐Dots‐Loaded Ruthenium Nanoparticles as an Efficient Electrocatalyst for Hydrogen Production in Alkaline Media
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Weidong Li Yuan Liu Min Wu Xiaolei Feng Simon A. T. Redfern Yuan Shang Xue Yong Tanglue Feng Kaifeng Wu Zhongyi Liu Baojun Li Zhimin Chen John S. Tse Siyu Lu Bai Yang 《Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)》2018,30(31)
Highly active, stable, and cheap Pt‐free catalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) are facing increasing demand as a result of their potential use in future energy‐conversion systems. However, the development of HER electrocatalysts with Pt‐like or even superior activity, in particular ones that can function under alkaline conditions, remains a significant challenge. Here, the synthesis of a novel carbon‐loaded ruthenium nanoparticle electrocatalyst (Ru@CQDs) for the HER, using carbon quantum dots (CQDs), is reported. Electrochemical tests reveal that, even under extremely alkaline conditions (1 m KOH), the as‐formed Ru@CQDs exhibits excellent catalytic behavior with an onset overpotential of 0 mV, a Tafel slope of 47 mV decade?1, and good durability. Most importantly, it only requires an overpotential of 10 mV to achieve the current density of 10 mA cm?2. Such catalytic characteristics are superior to the current commercial Pt/C and most noble metals, non‐noble metals, and nonmetallic catalysts under basic conditions. These findings open a new field for the application of CQDs and add to the growing family of metal@CQDs with high HER performance. 相似文献
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Zijian Zhang Yongfa Zhu Xianjie Chen Hanjie Zhang Jun Wang 《Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)》2019,31(7)
A full‐spectrum (300–700 nm) responsive porphyrin supramolecular photocatalyst with a theoretical solar spectrum efficiency of 44.4% is successfully constructed. For the first time, hydrogen and oxygen evolution (40.8 and 36.1 µmol g?1 h?1) is demonstrated by a porphyrin photocatalyst without the addition of any cocatalysts. The strong oxidizing performance also presents an efficient photodegradation activity that is more than ten times higher than that of g‐C3N4 for the photodegradation of phenol. The high photocatalytic reduction and oxidation activity arises from a strong built‐in electric field due to molecular dipoles of electron‐trapping groups and the nanocrystalline structure of the supramolecular photocatalyst. The appropriate band structure of the supramolecular photocatalyst adjusted via the highest occupied molecular orbital and lowest unoccupied molecular orbital energy levels of the porphyrin gives rise to thermodynamic driving potential for H2 and O2 evolution under visible light irradiation. Controlling the energy band structure of photocatalysts via the ordered assembly of structure‐designed organic molecules could provide a novel approach for the design of organic photocatalysts in energy and environmental applications. 相似文献
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Spontaneous Formation of Noble‐ and Heavy‐Metal‐Free Alloyed Semiconductor Quantum Rods for Efficient Photocatalysis
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Dechao Chen Huayang Zhang Yunguo Li Yingping Pang Zongyou Yin Hongqi Sun Lai‐Chang Zhang Shaobin Wang Martin Saunders Emily Barker Guohua Jia 《Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)》2018,30(39)
Quasi‐1D cadmium chalcogenide quantum rods (QRs) are benchmark semiconductor materials that are combined with noble metals to constitute QR heterostructures for efficient photocatalysis. However, the high toxicity of cadmium and cost of noble metals are the main obstacles to their widespread use. Herein, a facile colloidal synthetic approach is reported that leads to the spontaneous formation of cadmium‐free alloyed ZnSxSe1?x QRs from polydisperse ZnSe nanowires by alkylthiol etching. The obtained non‐noble‐metal ZnSxSe1?x QRs can not only be directly adopted as efficient photocatalysts for water oxidation, showing a striking oxygen evolution capability of 3000 µmol g?1 h?1, but also be utilized to prepare QR‐sensitized TiO2 photoanodes which present enhanced photo‐electrochemical (PEC) activity. Density functional theory (DFT) simulations reveal that alloyed ZnSxSe1?x QRs have highly active Zn sites on the (100) surface and reduced energy barrier for oxygen evolution, which in turn, are beneficial to their outstanding photocatalytic and PEC activities. 相似文献
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Rui Guo Rutian Li Xiaolin Li Leyang Zhang Xiqun Jiang Baorui Liu 《Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)》2009,5(6):709-717
An effective and facile approach to prepare gold‐nanoparticle‐encapsulated alginic acid‐poly[2‐(diethylamino)ethyl methacrylate] monodisperse hybrid nanospheres (ALG–PDEA–Au) is developed by using monodisperse ALG–PDEA nanospheres as a precursor nanoparticulate reaction system. This approach utilizes particle‐interior chemistry, which avoids additional reductant or laborious separation process and, moreover, elegantly ensures that all the gold nanoparticles are located inside the hybrid nanospheres and every nanosphere is loaded with gold nanoparticles. These obtained ALG–PDEA–Au hybrid nanospheres have not only uniform size, similar surface properties, and good biocompatibility but also unique optical properties provided by the embedded gold nanoparticles. It is demonstrated that negatively charged ALG–PDEA–Au hybrid nanospheres can be internalized by human colorectal LoVo cancer cells and hence act as novel optical‐contrast reagents in tumor‐cell imaging by optical microscopy. Moreover, these hybrid nanospheres can also serve as biocompatible carriers for the loading and delivery of an anti‐cancer drug doxorubicin. In vitro cell viability tests reveal that drug‐loaded ALG–PDEA–Au hybrid nanospheres exhibit similar tumor cell inhibition to the free drug doxorubicin. Therefore, the obtained hybrid nanospheres successfully combine two functions, that is, cell imaging and drug delivery, into one single system, and may be of great application potential in other biomedical‐related areas. 相似文献
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Yuval Ben‐Shahar Francesco Scotognella Nir Waiskopf Ilka Kriegel Stefano Dal Conte Giulio Cerullo Uri Banin 《Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)》2015,11(4):462-471
Hybrid semiconductor–metal nanoparticles are interesting materials for use as photocatalysts due to their tunable properties and chemical processibility. Their function in the evolution of hydrogen in photocatalytic water splitting is the subject of intense current investigation. Here, the effects of the surface coatings on the photocatalytic function are studied, with Au‐tipped CdS nanorods as a model hybrid nanoparticle system. Kinetic measurements of the hydrogen evolution rate following photocatalytic water reduction are performed on similar nanoparticles but with different surface coatings, including various types of thiolated alkyl ligands and different polymer coatings. The apparent hydrogen evolution quantum yields are found to strongly depend on the surface coating. The lowest yields are observed for thiolated alkyl ligands. Intermediate values are obtained with L‐glutathione and poly(styrene‐co‐maleic anhydride) polymer coatings. The highest efficiency is obtained for polyethylenimine (PEI) polymer coating. These pronounced differences in the photocatalytic efficiencies are correlated with ultrafast transient absorption spectroscopy measurements, which show a faster bleach recovery for the PEI‐coated hybrid nanoparticles, consistent with faster and more efficient charge separation. These differences are primarily attributed to the effects of surface passivation by the different coatings affecting the surface trapping of charge carriers that compete with effective charge separation required for the photocatalysis. Further support of this assignment is provided from steady‐state emission and time‐resolved spectral measurements, performed on related strongly fluorescing CdSe/CdS nanorods. The control and understanding of the effect of the surface coating of the hybrid nanosystems on the photocatalytic processes is of importance for the potential application of hybrid nanoparticles as photocatalysts. 相似文献
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Metal‐Free 2D/2D Phosphorene/g‐C3N4 Van der Waals Heterojunction for Highly Enhanced Visible‐Light Photocatalytic H2 Production
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Jingrun Ran Weiwei Guo Hailong Wang Bicheng Zhu Jiaguo Yu Shi‐Zhang Qiao 《Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)》2018,30(25)
The generation of green hydrogen (H2) energy using sunlight is of great significance to solve the worldwide energy and environmental issues. Particularly, photocatalytic H2 production is a highly promising strategy for solar‐to‐H2 conversion. Recently, various heterostructured photocatalysts with high efficiency and good stability have been fabricated. Among them, 2D/2D van der Waals (VDW) heterojunctions have received tremendous attention, since this architecture can promote the interfacial charge separation and transfer and provide massive reactive centers. On the other hand, currently, most photocatalysts are composed of metal elements with high cost, limited reserves, and hazardous environmental impact. Hence, the development of metal‐free photocatalysts is desirable. Here, a novel 2D/2D VDW heterostructure of metal‐free phosphorene/graphitic carbon nitride (g‐C3N4) is fabricated. The phosphorene/g‐C3N4 nanocomposite shows an enhanced visible‐light photocatalytic H2 production activity of 571 µmol h?1 g?1 in 18 v% lactic acid aqueous solution. This improved performance arises from the intimate electronic coupling at the 2D/2D interface, corroborated by the advanced characterizations techniques, e.g., synchrotron‐based X‐ray absorption near‐edge structure, and theoretical calculations. This work not only reports a new metal‐free phosphorene/g‐C3N4 photocatalyst but also sheds lights on the design and fabrication of 2D/2D VDW heterojunction for applications in catalysis, electronics, and optoelectronics. 相似文献