Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Wen Yao, Anqian Hu, Jieting Ding, Nanshu Wang, Ze Qin, Xianfeng Yang, Kui Shen, Liyu Chen, Yingwei Li
Summary: An etching-functionalization strategy was developed to construct a tannic-acid-functionalized MOF with a unique hollow-wall and 3D-ordered macroporous structure. This MOF can be further used as a precursor for the synthesis of cobalt supported on oxygen/nitrogen co-doped carbon composites with H-3DOM structures and hydrophilic surface. The resulting catalyst exhibits high electrocatalytic activity in the oxygen reduction reaction.
ADVANCED MATERIALS
(2023)
Article
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Tao Wang, Xueying Jia, Chang Lv, Lvlv Ji, Yujie Wei, Zhicheng Zhang, Yinhu Gao, Sheng Wang
Summary: In this study, polyester fabric coated with 3D hierarchically structured rutile TiO2 nanowires (THNWP) was fabricated using a hydrothermal method, leading to improved photocatalytic activities and antibacterial properties. The unique 3D hierarchical nanostructures, combined with monofilament, create outstanding superamphiphobicity on the fabric surface after fluorination treatment, with air-pockets being a crucial factor in achieving high liquid repellency down to a minimal surface tension of 23.4 mN m(-1).
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
(2021)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Yvonne Gmach, Daniel Van Opdenbosch
Summary: In this study, a method for preparing cellulose monoliths with a three-dimensional macroscopic pattern and structural anisotropy at the cellulose fiber level was presented. This was achieved by rheotactic growth of bacterial cellulose over a 3D-printed dissolvable template.
MATERIALS RESEARCH EXPRESS
(2023)
Article
Energy & Fuels
Zihan Meng, Neng Chen, Shichang Cai, Rui Wang, Weibin Guo, Haolin Tang
Summary: The study focuses on a 3D hierarchical porous bifunctional oxygen electrocatalyst synthesized using both soft and hard templates, showing superior performance in oxygen reduction reaction, oxygen evolution reaction, and rechargeable zinc-air battery applications.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENERGY RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Analytical
I. G. Alhindawy, D. A. Tolan, E. A. Elshehy, W. A. El-Said, S. M. Abdelwahab, H. I. Mira, T. Taketsugu, V. P. Utgikar, A. M. El-Nahas, A. O. Youssef
Summary: This paper reports the synthesis of hierarchically structured mesoporous silica as a pH-dependent sensor for the detection and adsorption of strontium ions from radioactive strontium-contaminated water. The designed sensor based on cubical mesoporous silica monoliths enabled the detection of harmful strontium ions from drinking water. The surface-coating process created a unique pH-dependent colorant sensor. The synthesized silica sensor showed remarkable changes in color and absorbance intensity at a pH value of 10.3 for strontium ions.
Article
Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Binhang Wang, Tianyu Wu, Guangrui Chen, Xinyao Liu, Wen Li, Qingxia He, Dong-Sheng Li, Bu Yuan Guan, Yunling Liu
Summary: Using a multistep molecule/ion-exchange strategy, Fe,Ni-doped CoSe/N-doped carbon nanoparticles with tunable pore structures and compositions were synthesized, showing enhanced electrocatalytic performance for oxygen evolution.
INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
(2021)
Article
Operations Research & Management Science
Maroua Ghram, Hela Moalla Frikhahela
Summary: Organizing criteria into a hierarchy tree can reduce confusion in decision-making, and the ARAS-H method allows detailed analysis of partial pre-orders for alternatives at different levels, providing solutions for each subset of criteria.
RAIRO-OPERATIONS RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Zhengzheng Yang, Zhi Chen, Yumeng Huang, Na Zhang, Yunxiang Li, Huangwei Zhang
Summary: In this study, a hierarchically porous ceria-zirconia composite with micrometer scaled macroporous structure, CZ-8, was developed for enhancing catalyst-soot contact efficiency and soot catalytic combustion performance. The CZ-8 catalyst showed definite micrometer scaled macroporous (0.5-5.0 mu m) and interconnected mesoporous (-20 nm) structure. Compared to conventional mesoporous ceria-zirconia catalysts, the CZ-8 catalyst allowed the entry of filamentous diesel soot particulate into micrometer-scaled pores, improving contact efficiency, and facilitating oxygen-soot contact through mesopores. The CZ-8 catalyst displayed a significantly lower light-off temperature and better soot catalytic combustion performance, suggesting the promising potential of hierarchically porous structures in controlling diesel exhaust particulate emissions.
MOLECULAR CATALYSIS
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Shouchao Zhong, Xingxiao Li, Yue Wang, Dong Han, Jing Peng, Yan Hao, Long Zhao, Jiuqiang Li, Maolin Zhai
Summary: A novel quaternary phosphonium-grafted hierarchically macro-/mesoporous silica material, HPS-C-P, showed high adsorption capacity for ReO4- with good radiation resistance and cyclic adsorption performance. It exhibited extremely high adsorption selectivity towards ReO4- in the presence of competitive anions, providing a new method for selectively removing Re from an aqueous solution even in a radiation environment.
ACS SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY & ENGINEERING
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Applied
Sheng Zhou, Jiayi Qin, Xueru Zhao, Jing Yang
Summary: This study presents a high-performance electrocatalyst CoFe/3D-NLG with superior ORR/OER activities, achieved by a 3D hierarchically porous graphene framework with pyridinic-nitrogen-cobalt active sites. The catalyst structure enhances reversible oxygen electrocatalysis performance, outperforming state-of-the-art noble-metal electrocatalysts, and demonstrates excellent performance in rechargeable Zn-air batteries.
CHINESE JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Applied
Yucang Liang, Xin Ning, Yanzhong Zhen, Yantu Zhang
Summary: In this study, a hierarchically structured catalyst Pd/Al-MIL-53@HOOC-SBA-15 was prepared and applied in the Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling reaction. The catalyst exhibited high catalytic performance and reusability.
MICROPOROUS AND MESOPOROUS MATERIALS
(2022)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Gao-Chen Yang, Qi-Yun Pan, Peng Yang, Yi-Si Liu, Yue Du, Kai Wang
Summary: A hierarchically macro/mesoporous phosphotungstic acid (HPW)/TiO2 composite was fabricated and applied as a catalyst in fuel oil desulfurization. The composite showed excellent catalytic performance with high removal rate and good catalytic activity stability.
Article
Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Jieru Wang, Ruiqin Gao, Qinggang Huang, Xiaojie Yin, Mu Lin, Shiwei Cao, Desheng Chen, Fangli Fan, Xiaolei Wu, Zhi Qin, Zhijun Guo, Jing Bai, Jian Chu, Wei Tian, Cunmin Tan, Bolin Li, Nianwei Cheng, Zimeng Jia
Summary: The HMMA material synthesized has hierarchical macro-/mesoporous structures with large surface area and high absorption capacity for Mo ions. The absorption mechanism involves strong interactions between Mo ions, hydroxyl groups on the surface of γ-Al2O3, and adjacent aluminum atoms. A Mo-99 generator prepared using HMMA showed high Tc-99m recovery rate for potential application in nuclear medicine.
APPLIED RADIATION AND ISOTOPES
(2021)
Article
Energy & Fuels
Cehuang Fu, Shuiyun Shen, Ruofei Wu, Xiaohui Yan, Guofeng Xia, Junliang Zhang
Summary: A facile strategy is proposed to synthesize a mesoporous Li4Ti5O12/C nanocomposite embedded in a graphene matrix as a lithium-ion battery anode. The hierarchical structure of the composite, consisting of a Li4Ti5O12 core, a phenolic-resin-based carbon shell, and a porous rGO frame, provides a high surface area and high electric conductivity, leading to greatly improved rate capability compared to conventional LTO electrodes.
FRONTIERS IN ENERGY
(2022)
Proceedings Paper
Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
Roberta Hunt, Kim Steenstrup Pedersen
Summary: We introduce a new dataset containing images of pinned insects with a known phylogeny, which can be used for clustering and deep hierarchical metric learning. This is the first dataset specifically created for generating phylogenetic trees. We also provide benchmarks for deep metric learning using state-of-the-art methods.
COMPUTER VISION - ACCV 2022, PT V
(2023)
Article
Food Science & Technology
Qiong-Qiong Yang, Wo-Qi Cai, Zhi-Xuan Wang, Yu Li, Yu Zhang, Xiaoling Lin, Bao-Lian Su, Harold Corke, Bo-Bo Zhang
Summary: In this study, lecithin was complexed with polyvinylpyrrolidone K30 (PVPK30) to enhance the stability and bioaccessibility of curcumin. The curcumin-loaded nanocomplexes exhibited uniform sizes (-120 nm), low polydispersity (-0.22), and negative zeta potential (--45 mV). Molecular dynamics simulation study revealed that lecithin and PVPK30 stabilized curcumin through hydrogen bonds, 7C-7C interactions, and hydrophobic interactions. The study provides a new way for curcumin and other hydrophobic compounds with excellent stability and bioaccessibility.
LWT-FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Electrochemistry
Yan Peng, Liang Wu, Chao-Fan Li, Bi-Cheng Luo, Xiang-Yu Feng, Zhi-Yi Hu, Yu Li, Bao-Lian Su
Summary: One-pot K+ and PO43- co-doping is used to improve the electrochemical performance of Li-rich Mn-based oxides as cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries, resulting in enhanced cycling stability and rate performance.
ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA
(2023)
Article
Electrochemistry
Yu-Xin Guo, Mian Yang, Zhan Liu, Xiao-Yu Yang, Yu Xiao, Xiao-Yun Li, Cui-Fang Ye, Yu Li, Jin-Ping Liu, Bao-Lian Su, Li -Hua Chen, Yi -Long Wang
Summary: This study presents a new strategy to enhance the intrinsic activity of MoSx-based materials for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) by electrochemically oxidizing carbon cloth (CC) followed by mild acidification. By balancing the loading amounts and intrinsic activity of MoSx, highly active defect MoV sites (DMSs) are achieved, leading to efficient HER. The optimal MoSx/CC exhibits excellent HER activity accompanied by reliable stability.
ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Thomas L. Madanu, Sebastien R. Mouchet, Olivier Deparis, Jing Liu, Yu Li, Bao-Lian Su
Summary: This study demonstrates the ability to transfer slow photons generated from an inverse opal photonic structure to photocatalytically active BiVO4 nanoparticles in order to enhance visible light photoconversion. By tuning the slow photon frequencies through varying the structural periodicity of the inverse opal and the light incidence angle, the photocatalytic activity of BiVO4 was significantly improved. The results suggest new possibilities for utilizing the slow photon effect in photocatalytic energy-related applications and photovoltaics.
JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Myriam Neumann, Thierry Arnould, Bao-Lian Su
Summary: Type 1 diabetes mellitus is an autoimmune disease characterized by the destruction of insulin-producing β-cells, leading to chronic hyperglycemia. Current treatments have limitations, and this review discusses the potential solution of using stem cell-derived β-cells encapsulated within a protective matrix. The article provides an extensive overview of different stem cell sources and encapsulation methods, aiming to overcome the limitations and improve glycemic control in diabetes.
JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Applied
Ya-Wen Tian, Yong Yu, Liang Wu, Min Yan, Wen-Da Dong, Chen-Yang Wang, Hemdan S. H. Mohamed, Zhao Deng, Li-Hua Chen, Tawfique Hasan, Yu Li, Bao-Lian Su
Summary: In this study, a bioinspired 3D urchin-like N-doped Murray's carbon nanos-tructure (N-MCN) with a protective shell has been designed as an effective sulfur host for high-performance Li-S batteries. The hierarchical structure of the material improves electrolyte diffusion, facilitates electron/ion transfer, and provides strong chemisorption for active species, resulting in the confinement of polysulfides. The obtained electrode demonstrates high capacity at high current densities after long cycles.
JOURNAL OF ENERGY CHEMISTRY
(2023)
Editorial Material
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Bao-Lian Su
NATIONAL SCIENCE REVIEW
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Thomas Lourdu Madanu, Laroussi Chaabane, Sebastien R. Mouchet, Olivier Deparis, Bao-Lian Su
Summary: Inverse opal (IO) photonic structures have been used to manipulate light for enhanced light harvesting in photocatalysis. However, the limited wavelength range of slow photons hinders efficient energy capture. To overcome this, we synthesized bilayer IO TiO2@BiVO4 structures with different pore sizes in each layer, allowing for precise control of multi-spectral slow photons and optimal light utilization in visible light photocatalysis. This concept achieved significantly higher photocatalytic efficiencies compared to non-structured and monolayer IO photocatalysts, demonstrating its potential for improving light harvesting in other applications.
JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Chenyu Wang, Manman Yuan, Wenhua Shi, Xiaofang Liu, Liang Wu, Zhi-Yi Hu, Lihua Chen, Yu Li, Bao-Lian Su
Summary: The carbon nanotubes (CNTs) interconnected yolk-shell silicon/carbon anodes (YS-Si@CoNC) were prepared via the chelation competition induced polymerization (CCIP) approach. The YS-Si@CoNC anode exhibited improved performance with enhanced capacity and reversible specific capacity. The internal voids adequately alleviated the volumetric expansion and the CNTs and carbon shells provided an efficient conducting matrix to enhance the diffusion of electrons and lithium-ions. This research presents a convenient way of designing Si/C anode materials with a yolk-shell structure for high-performance LIBs.
JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
(2023)
Review
Chemistry, Applied
Yang Ding, Chunhua Wang, Lang Pei, Qinan Mao, Sateesh Bandaru, Runtian Zheng, Soumyajit Maitra, Meijiao Liu, Li-Hua Chen, Bao-Lian Su, Jiasong Zhong
Summary: This review comprehensively summarizes the recent advances in Mn4+ doped phosphors, discusses several strategies for improving emission, and deeply explores the relationship between structure tailoring, enhanced luminescence performance, and targeted device efficiency.
JOURNAL OF ENERGY CHEMISTRY
(2023)
Editorial Material
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Zaiku Xie, Buxing Han, Yuhan Sun, Bao-Lian Su, Junlin Yang, Xinhe Bao, Mingyuan He
NATIONAL SCIENCE REVIEW
(2023)
Editorial Material
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Xikun Zhang, Pengcheng Xing, Thomas Madanu, Jing Li, Jie Shu, Bao-Lian Su
Summary: This perspective discusses the fundamental benefits and drawbacks of aqueous batteries and the challenges involved in developing this battery technology from laboratory scale to industrial applications.
NATIONAL SCIENCE REVIEW
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Lang Pei, Zhenggang Luo, Xusheng Wang, Zhanfeng Ma, Yuhang Nie, Jiasong Zhong, Ding Yang, Sateesh Bandaru, Bao-Lian Su
Summary: In this study, a novel S-scheme heterojunction photocatalyst was synthesized for efficient CO2-to-syngas conversion. The photocatalyst showed remarkable activity and selectivity in the conversion of CO2 to syngas, even without the use of sacrifice reagents or additional cocatalysts.
JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Shen Yu, Zhan Liu, Jia-Min Lyu, Chun-Mu Guo, Yi-Long Wang, Zhi-Yi Hu, Yu Li, Ming-Hui Sun, Li-Hua Chen, Bao-Lian Su
Summary: The catalytic oxidative desulfurization (ODS) technique is effective for removing sulfur compounds from fuels. A new material called Meso-Ti-MIL-125, synthesized using a facile intraparticle ripening method, shows excellent ODS catalytic performance with higher surface area and mesoporous volume compared to conventional Ti-MIL-125. This synthetic strategy could be applied to other crystalline materials for industrial production.
DALTON TRANSACTIONS
(2023)
Review
Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Yang Ding, Chunhua Wang, Lang Pei, Soumyajit Maitra, Qinan Mao, Runtian Zheng, Meijiao Liu, Yun Hau Ng, Jiasong Zhong, Li-Hua Chen, Bao-Lian Su
Summary: Photocatalysis is a highly promising technology for solving environmental problems. The g-C3N4 photocatalyst has drawn significant attention due to its stability, light response, low cost, and environmental-friendly properties. However, the pristine g-C3N4 suffers from recombination of charge carriers, lack of active sites, and limited visible light harvesting, resulting in unsatisfactory photocatalytic performance. Heterostructured C3N4 photocatalysts have emerged as a research focus in environmental fields, offering enhanced dissociation of electron-hole pairs, broader visible light response, and improved photoredox capability. The developments and strategies for constructing efficient C3N4-based heterostructures are critically reviewed, providing valuable insights for readers and inspiring new concepts in heterostructure engineering. Furthermore, the challenges and opportunities in fabricating large-scale and commercial heterostructured C3N4 photocatalysts are discussed for future directions in this field.
INORGANIC CHEMISTRY FRONTIERS
(2023)