Article
Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Linxia Wang, Yali Dong, Jiayan Zhang, Feifei Tao, Jingjing Xu
Summary: A p-n heterojunction made up of NiO nanosheets and g-C3N4 nanowires has been fabricated for the photocatalytic conversion of CO2 to CO and CH4. It shows improved photocatalytic activity due to its broadened light response range and the formation of the p-n junction, which inhibits rapid recombination of electrons and holes. The NiO/g-C3N4 photocatalyst exhibits considerable stability for CO2 reduction.
JOURNAL OF SOLID STATE CHEMISTRY
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Wei He, Liang Liu, Tingting Ma, Huimin Han, Jiajing Zhu, Yingpei Liu, Zheng Fang, Zhao Yang, Kai Guo
Summary: By synthesizing CoFe2O4/g-C3N4 p-n heterojunction photocatalysts, the formation of heterojunction and unique morphology enhanced electron transfer and charge separation, leading to a significant improvement in photocatalytic efficiency. In a self-designed acousto-optic microreactor, the removal efficiency for fluoroquinolone antibiotics was greatly improved.
APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL
(2022)
Article
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Weichao Li, Liexing Zhou, Linkun Xie, Kunyong Kang, Juan Xu, Xijuan Chai
Summary: The study successfully fabricated a composite material consisting of g-C3N4 nanolayer/N, Gd, and Fe co-doped TiO2, and demonstrated that adjusting the amount of g-C3N4 nanosheets can enhance the photocatalytic performance of the composites.
ADVANCED COMPOSITES AND HYBRID MATERIALS
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Gang Zhao, Songyuan Li, Xinhang Sun, Jiale Zheng, Junhui Liu, Mingju Huang
Summary: In this study, CsPb2Br5 particles were successfully grown on g-C3N4 in an aqueous solution to construct p-n heterojunctions, which improved the photoelectrochemical and photocatalytic performance. The enhancement is attributed to the effective promotion of carrier separation and transfer by p-n heterojunctions, and the use of ligand-free materials that do not hinder charge transfer. The successful synthesis of ligand-free CsPb2Br5/g-C3N4 p-n heterojunction extends the application of perovskite materials in the fields of photoelectrochemistry and photocatalysis.
SOLID STATE SCIENCES
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Chemical
Lei Hao, Peng Ju, Yu Zhang, Chengjun Sun, Kunpeng Dou, Dankui Liao, Xiaofan Zhai, Zhaoxia Lu
Summary: A novel plate-on-plate hollow structured BiOBr/Bi2MoO6 p-n heterojunction with rich oxygen vacancies (OVs) was constructed using an in-situ ion exchange method. The introduction of Bi2MoO6 significantly affected the crystal growth and photocatalytic activity of BM PHs, leading to enhanced photocatalytic antibacterial performance under visible light irradiation. The highly efficient photocatalytic performance can be attributed to the synergistic effects of the fabricated p-n heterojunction combined with massive OVs.
SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Paria Hemmati-Eslamlu, Aziz Habibi-Yangjeh, Alireza Khataee
Summary: In this study, anchoring spinel NiCr2O4 nanoparticles over tubular g-C3N4 (TGC) and the formation of a type II heterojunction were successfully achieved. The binary photocatalyst exhibited superior visible-light degradation performance and high stability, making it suitable for environmental applications.
JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Xiaowan Gong, Jianhong Ye, Yiqiao Wang, Shuping Su, Shaobo Chen, Yu Xie, Zheyuan Fan, Yun Ling, Jinsheng Zhao
Summary: Forming CN/Cu2O composite photocatalysts by growing Cu2O in situ on C3N4 can enhance the photocatalytic performance of carbon nitride, with significantly improved efficiency of photocatalysis.
APPLIED CATALYSIS A-GENERAL
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Anuradha Chowdhury, Sridharan Balu, Harikrishnan Venkatesvaran, Shih-Wen Chen, Thomas C. -K. Yang
Summary: This study demonstrates the synthesis of a low-cost and robust CuFe2O4/P-g-C3N4 composite for environmental remediation applications. The composite exhibits high photocatalytic activity and effectively degrades pollutants.
SURFACES AND INTERFACES
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Chemical
Yanqing Cong, Yanan Li, Xiaoran Wang, Xing Wei, Lin Chi, Shi-Wen Lv
Summary: The study successfully prepared a double p-n heterojunction based on a g-C3N4@NiO/Ni@MIL-101 ternary composite, which showed improved absorption capacity for visible light. The formation of double p-n heterojunction effectively inhibited the recombination of photogenerated electrons and holes. By utilizing the significant Fermi level differences and established internal electric fields, the composite exhibited excellent photocatalytic performance in the degradation of emerging pollutants.
SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Jie-Yinn Tang, Chen-Chen Er, Xin Ying Kong, Boon-Junn Ng, Yi-Hao Chew, Lling-Lling Tan, Abdul Rahman Mohamed, Siang-Piao Chai
Summary: This study presents an interface engineering strategy to co-integrate isotype and p-n heterojunctions, enabling the fabrication of g-C3N4/g-C3N4 nanohybrids. The coherent boundary between the two phases of g-C3N4 allows for intimate 2D interfacial contact through pi-pi stacking interactions. The resulting composite exhibits strong redox ability, efficient exciton dissociation, and desirable optoelectronic characteristics, highlighting the significance of interface engineering for photocatalytic enhancement.
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
(2023)
Article
Materials Science, Paper & Wood
Wenjun Li, Hui Zhang, Wendou Chen, Limeng Yang, Hailiang Wu, Ningtao Mao
Summary: This study demonstrated the recycling and efficient utilization of powdered photocatalysts by loading them on supporting materials. The construction of a g-C3N4-TiO2 heterojunction on cotton fibers improved photocatalytic performance, with the cotton increasing the energy band gap of the nanocomposites. The self-cleaning experiments showed the modified cotton fabrics could effectively remove organic contaminants multiple times.
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Ajay Kumar, Kajal Sharma, Manita Thakur, Deepak Pathania, Arush Sharma
Summary: This study reports the fabrication of a novel LaFeO3/Cl-g-C3N4/RGO (LCCR) heterojunction with enormous photocatalytic activity. The LCCR nano-heterojunction demonstrates excellent photocatalytic activity due to reduced charge recombination rate. The photocatalytic potential of LCCR was tested for the photo degradation of aceclofenac drug and various operational parameters have been investigated. The results show promising potential for treating pharmaceutical effluents.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Jiayou Liu, Xiaoxiang Huang, Lizhen Hu, Penglei Liu, Liuhu Jia, Keiko Sasaki, Zhongchao Tan, Hesheng Yu
Summary: This study successfully synthesized a photocatalysis-adsorption heterojunction for eco-friendly removal of nitric oxide (NO), simultaneously addressing the issues of secondary air pollution and catalyst deactivation. The composite material exhibited high efficiency in NO removal, low emissions of NO2, and negligible catalyst deactivation. Furthermore, the heterojunction efficiently removed NO from real flue gases and SO2-rich flue gases.
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Yuzhen Li, Zhaoxin Sun, Sufang Wang, Runbin Duan, Shaojie Wang, Shuo Li, Borong Lan, Lizhen Gao
Summary: In this study, a ternary heterojunction photocatalyst was successfully prepared and showed excellent performance in the degradation of tetracycline under visible light. It exhibited high stability and reusability, and a possible photodegradation mechanism was proposed based on the experimental results.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Xiaolan Zeng, Shuang Shu, Yu Meng, Hongjun Wang, Yan Wang
Summary: The g-C3N4/Cu, N-TiO2 heterojunction photocatalysts were successfully prepared and characterized in this study. The synthesized photocatalyst exhibited excellent degradation performance for sulfamethazine (SMZ) under simulated sunlight irradiation. This research is of great importance for the elimination of sulfonamide antibiotics from wastewater treatment.
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
(2023)
Article
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Wei Tan, Xiaohai Wu, Wenren Liu, Fanggui Ye, Shulin Zhao
Summary: This study successfully constructed hierarchical porous structures in COFs and modified thiol groups, improving the adsorption capacity for cationic dyes. The new adsorbent showed better adsorption performance and detection sensitivity compared to microporous COFs under experimental conditions.
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Changzhi Hu, Yuhao Xiong, Ling Liang, Weiyuan Zuo, Fanggui Ye, Shulin Zhao
Summary: Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have been widely used as nanozymes in biosensing. However, they suffer from the issues of easy agglomeration and low conductivity. To address these problems, researchers have developed a ligand exchange method with polydopamine (PDA) to synthesize MOF PDA-MIL-88B, which exhibits enhanced peroxidase-like activity and can be used for glucose detection.
DALTON TRANSACTIONS
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Analytical
Yuhao Xiong, Linjing Su, Fanggui Ye, Shulin Zhao
Summary: This study describes the development of a homogeneous nonredox-type nanozyme-based colorimetric sensor using the intrinsic phosphatase-like activity of CeO2. Various colorimetric detection platforms were constructed, and these sensors are not affected by interference from endogenous reductants, making them highly promising for use in food safety and bioassay applications.
ANALYTICA CHIMICA ACTA
(2022)
Article
Biophysics
Ling Liang, Yuhao Xiong, Yan Duan, Weiyuan Zuo, Li Liu, Fanggui Ye, Shulin Zhao
Summary: A colorimetric sensing platform for monitoring creatinine (CR) was developed based on the regulation effect of CR on the peroxidase-mimicking activity of the MoO3-Cu2+ system. Experimental results showed that this sensing strategy can be successfully applied to the analysis of CR in human serum samples.
BIOSENSORS & BIOELECTRONICS
(2022)
Article
Biochemical Research Methods
Wei Tan, Li Zhu, Longfei Tian, Hongfeng Zhang, Rongfei Peng, Kuncai Chen, Shulin Zhao, Fanggui Ye
Summary: In this study, a cationic hierarchical porous covalent organic framework (C-H-COF) was customized and showed good adsorption selectivity for PFASs. By combining C-H-COF with UPLC-MS/MS, a sensitive analytical method for detecting PFASs was established. The hierarchical porous structure of C-H-COF accelerated the mass transfer of analytes, improving the efficiency of detection.
JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY A
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Analytical
Fengping Liu, Lianguo Geng, Fanggui Ye, Shulin Zhao
Summary: A dual-signal strategy using nanocomposites has potential in cancer biomarker determination. By preparing MnO@C nanocomposite and loading AuNPs, a sandwich-type aptasensor was constructed for dual-signal electrochemical sensing of cancer biomarkers. This technology enables sensitive and accurate measurements, which can be applied in early disease diagnosis.
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Y. Xiong, L. Su, F. Ye, S. Zhao
Summary: A phosphatase-mimicking nanozyme CeO2 with ultra-small structure and excellent dispersibility has been successfully synthesized, which can effectively dephosphorylate NADP(H) and inhibit the biosynthesis of GSH in non-redox biological applications.
MATERIALS TODAY CHEMISTRY
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
L. Liang, Y. Duan, Y. Xiong, W. Zuo, F. Ye, S. Zhao
Summary: This study presents a synergistic strategy to enhance the efficiency of Cu-Fenton reactions at near-neutral pH by introducing MoO3 cocatalyst and creatinine assistant. The introduced CuCr2/MoO3 cocatalytic system exhibits excellent activity, facilitating the rate-limiting step of Cu-Fenton reactions and enabling efficient decomposition of H2O2 for ROS generation. This system shows great potential in Cu2+ detection, ROS-based chemodynamic therapy, and sterilization.
MATERIALS TODAY CHEMISTRY
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Yuhao Xiong, Linjing Su, Zhi Zhang, Shulin Zhao, Fanggui Ye
Summary: The development of innovative nanozymes with superior enzyme-mimicking activities for colorimetric sensor applications has attracted substantial attention in recent years. However, their low catalytic activities have made sensitive colorimetric detection challenging. The construction of a more efficient nanozyme-based catalytic system would be expected to improve the detection sensitivities of colorimetric sensors.
ACS SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY & ENGINEERING
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Analytical
Yuhui Zhu, Xueting Fang, Xiaofei Lv, Meijun Lu, Hui Xu, Shengqiang Hu, Shulin Zhao, Fanggui Ye
Summary: In this work, a novel sandwich-type aptasensor was developed using single aptamer-functionalized magnetic nanoparticles as a specific recognition unit to target cancer cells and a bimetallic MOFs-based nanozymes as a colorimetric signal amplification unit. Such a novel construction strategy achieved simple, sensitive, and specific detection of the target cancer cells, which will inspire the development of biosensors.
Article
Biophysics
Ling Liang, Yuting Jiang, Fengping Liu, Shuishi Li, Jia Wu, Shulin Zhao, Fanggui Ye
Summary: Most current redox-type nanozyme-based colorimetric sensing platforms are susceptible to interference from the reductant when using chromogenic probe, and the unstable H2O2 used in the peroxidase-like nanozyme-based systems is prone to difficulty in sensing signal reproducibility, while peroxidase-like nanozyme with oxidase-mimicking activity is easy to bring background interference by O2. Therefore, constructing a COF oxidase-like nanozyme-based controllable sensing system that integrates self-reporting, self-correcting, and light-responsive functions can avoid these affects. The study provides new insights to avoid interference and opens avenues to construct versatile COF nanozyme-based sensors.
BIOSENSORS & BIOELECTRONICS
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Analytical
Shuishi Li, Yanyan Cheng, Ling Liang, Shulin Zhao, Fanggui Ye
Summary: A general strategy for synthesizing multiple M-PA polyhedral networks using ZIF-67 as a template by etching and cation exchange was reported. The prepared M-PA displayed hollow structure and excellent enzyme-like activity, and was used for assessing antioxidant capacity.
MICROCHEMICAL JOURNAL
(2023)
Article
Spectroscopy
Yuan Qin, Shuishi Li, Ling Liang, Shulin Zhao, Fanggui Ye
Summary: This article reports a new nanozyme-based colorimetric sensor platform for the detection of DFO. The platform utilizes FeNiCo-LDH with a 3D hollow and mesoporous structure, which provides more active sites and faster mass transfer. The established method showed promising results for the detection of DFO in urine samples and can be a useful tool for the clinical medication of thalassemia patients.
SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA PART A-MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Yan Duan, Ling Liang, Fanggui Ye, Shulin Zhao
Summary: In this study, a dual-functional Ce-based metal-organic framework@polydopamine (Ce-MOF@PDA) composite was designed and evaluated for treating iron overload (IO) and oxidative stress injury caused by β-thalassemia. Ce-MOF@PDA showed the ability to scavenge reactive oxygen species (ROS) and eliminate iron overload, reducing tissue damage caused by oxidative stress. The results suggest that Ce-MOF@PDA nanozyme is a promising therapeutic nanomedicine for treating thalassemia IO.
Article
Materials Science, Biomaterials
Shuishi Li, Ling Liang, Longfei Tian, Jia Wu, Yuhui Zhu, Yuan Qin, Shulin Zhao, Fanggui Ye
Summary: A new co-catalytic method was proposed to enhance the catalytic activity of MOF nanozymes by introducing Mo as a co-catalyst. The MoCu-2MI nanozyme exhibited higher peroxidase-like activity than pure Cu-2MI, confirming the crucial co-catalytic role of Mo. Furthermore, a biosensor platform combined with MoCu-2MI and cholesterol oxidase enabled the one-step colorimetric detection of cholesterol.
JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY B
(2023)
