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Cu-based nanocrystals on ZnO for uranium photoreduction: Plasmon-assisted activity and entropy-driven stability

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APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL
卷 288, 期 -, 页码 -

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DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2021.119978

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Cu-based alloys; Plasmonic catalysis; Entropy-driven stability; Photoreduction; Uranium

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  1. National Natural Science Foundation of China [51801235, 21976147]
  2. Sichuan Science and Technology Program [2020JDJQ0060, 2020YFG0160, 2020YFG0191]
  3. Innovation-Driven Project of Central South University [2018CX004]
  4. Start-up Funding of Central South University [502045005]
  5. Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [WK2310000066, WK2060190081]
  6. Users with Excellence Program of Hefei Science Center CAS [2019HSC-UE004]

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In this study, highly active and stable photocatalysts (CCNCI/ZnO) were successfully constructed to efficiently expand the response region of sunlight, leading to a U(VI) enrichment capacity of up to 2405.3 mg/g within 60 minutes. The enhanced stability of CCNCI/ZnO during photocatalysis was attributed to the enhanced entropy of the Cu80Co5Ni5Cd5In5 nanocrystals. Mechanistic studies revealed that hot electrons generated by Cu80Co5Ni5Cd5In5 nanocrystals in CCNCI/ZnO under visible light efficiently reduced U(VI) over the photocatalyst, contributing to its remarkable performance in U(VI) enrichment.
Photoreduction of soluble U(VI) into insoluble U(IV) servers as a novel and efficient approach for U(VI) enrichment, where semiconductors are generally applied as the photocatalysts. Unfortunately, only a part of sunlight is utilized during the photoreduction process, significantly limiting the treatment performance for U(VI). Herein, we successfully constructed highly active and stable photocatalysts for the photo-assisted treatment of U (VI) by depositing Cu80Co5Ni5Cd5In5 nanocrystals on porous ZnO (CCNCI/ZnO) to efficiently expand the response region of sunlight. Impressively, the U(VI) enrichment capacity of CCNCI/ZnO was up to 2405.3 mg/g within 60 min. Moreover, CCNCI/ZnO exhibited excellent stability during photocatalysis due to the enhanced entropy of Cu80Co5Ni5Cd5In5 nanocrystals. Further mechanistic studies indicated that Cu80Co5Ni5Cd5In5 nanocrystals in CCNCI/ZnO generated hot electrons under visible light, followed by the transformation of hot electrons to porous ZnO via the Schottky barrier. Hot carriers efficiently reduced U(VI) over CCNCI/ZnO, contributing to the remarkable performance during U(VI) enrichment.

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Search for the chiral magnetic effect in Au plus Au collisions at ?sNN=27 GeV with the STAR forward event plane detectors

B. E. Aboona, J. Adam, L. Adamczyk, J. R. Adams, I. Aggarwal, M. M. Aggarwal, Z. Ahammed, D. M. Anderson, E. C. Aschenauer, J. Atchisona, V. Bairathi, W. Baker, J. G. Ball Cap, K. Barish, R. Bellwied, P. Bhagat, A. Bhasin, S. Bhatta, J. Bielciko, J. Bielcikova, J. D. Brandenburg, X. Z. Cai, H. Caines, M. Calderon de la Barca Sanchezi, D. Cebrai, J. Ceskao, I. Chakaberia, P. Chaloupka, B. K. Chan, Z. Chang, D. Chen, J. Chen, J. H. Chen, Z. Chen, J. Cheng, Y. Cheng, S. Choudhury, W. Christie, X. Chu, H. J. Crawford, M. Csanad, G. Dale-Gau, A. Das, M. Daugherity, I. M. Deppnert, A. Dhamija, L. Di Carlobi, L. Didenko, P. Dixitw, X. Dong, J. L. Drachenberg, E. Duckworth, J. C. Dunlop, J. Engelage, G. Eppley, S. Esumi, O. Evdokimovm, A. Ewigleben, O. Eyser, R. Fatemi, S. Fazio, C. J. Feng, Y. Feng, E. Finch, Y. Fisyak, F. A. Flor, C. Fu, C. A. Gagliardi, T. Galatyuk, F. Geurts, N. Ghimire, A. Gibson, K. Gopal, X. Gou, D. Grosnick, A. Gupta, W. Guryn, A. Hamedd, Y. Han, S. Harabasz, M. D. Harastyi, J. W. Harris, H. Harrison, W. He, X. H. He, Y. He, N. Herrmann, L. Holub, C. Hu, Q. Hu, Y. Hu, H. Huang, H. Z. Huangj, S. L. Huang, T. Huang, X. Huang, Y. Huang, Y. Huang, T. J. Humanic, D. Isenhower, M. Isshiki, W. W. Jacobs, A. Jalotra, C. Jena, A. Jentsch, Y. Ji, J. Jia, C. Jin, X. Ju, E. G. Judd, S. Kabana, M. L. Kabir, S. Kagamaster, D. Kalinkin, K. Kang, D. Kapukchyan, K. Kauder, H. W. Ke, D. Keane, M. Kelsey, Y. V. Khyzhniak, D. P. Kikola, B. Kimelman, D. Kincses, I. Kisel, A. Kiselev, A. G. Knospe, H. S. Ko, K. Kosarzewski, L. Kramarik, L. Kumar, S. Kumar, R. Kunnawalkam Elayavalli, R. Lacey, J. M. Landgraf, J. Lauret, A. Lebedev, J. H. Lee, Y. H. Leung, N. Lewis, C. Li, C. Li, W. Li, X. Li, Y. Li, Y. Li, Z. Li, X. Liang, Y. Liang, R. Licenik, T. Lin, M. A. Lisa, C. Liu, F. Liu, H. Liu, H. Liu, L. Liu, T. Liu, X. Liu, Y. Liu, Z. Liu, T. Ljubicic, W. J. Llope, O. Lomicky, S. Longacre, E. Loyd, T. Lu, S. Lukow, F. Luo, L. Ma, R. Ma, Y. G. Ma, N. Magdy, D. Mallick, S. Margetis, C. Markert, H. S. Matis, J. A. Mazer, G. McNamara, K. Mi, S. Mioduszewski, B. Mohanty, I. Mooney, A. Mukherjee, M. I. Nagy, A. S. Nain, J. D. Nam, Md. Nasim, D. Neff, J. M. Nelson, D. B. Nemes, M. Nie, T. Niida, R. Nishitani, T. Nonaka, A. S. Nunes, G. Odyniec, A. Ogawa, S. Oh, K. Okubo, B. S. Page, R. Pak, J. Pan, A. Pandav, A. K. Pandey, T. Pani, A. Paul, B. Pawlik, D. Pawlowska, C. Perkins, J. Pluta, B. R. Pokhrel, M. Posik, T. Protzman, V. Prozorova, N. K. Pruthi, M. Przybycien, J. Putschke, Z. Qin, H. Qiu, A. Quintero, C. Racz, S. K. Radhakrishnan, N. Raha, R. L. Ray, R. Reed, H. G. Ritter, C. W. Robertson, M. Robotkova, M. A. Rosales Aguilar, D. Roy, P. Roy Chowdhury, L. Ruan, A. K. Sahoo, N. R. Sahoo, H. Sako, S. Salur, S. Sato, W. B. Schmidke, N. Schmitz, F. -J. Seck, J. Seger, R. Seto, P. Seyboth, N. Shah, P. V. Shanmuganathan, M. Shao, T. Shao, M. Sharma, N. Sharma, R. Sharma, S. R. Sharma, A. I. Sheikh, D. Y. Shen, K. Shen, S. S. Shi, Y. Shi, Q. Y. Shou, F. Si, J. Singh, S. Singha, P. Sinha, M. J. Skoby, N. Smirnov, Y. Sohngen, Y. Song, B. Srivastava, T. D. S. Stanislaus, M. Stefaniak, D. J. Stewart, B. Stringfellow, Y. Su, A. A. P. Suaide, M. Sumbera, C. Sun, X. Sun, Y. Sun, Y. Sun, B. Surrow, Z. W. Sweger, P. Szymanski, A. Tamis, A. H. Tang, Z. Tang, T. Tarnowsky, J. H. Thomas, A. R. Timmins, D. Tlusty, T. Todoroki, C. A. Tomkiel, S. Trentalange, R. E. Tribble, P. Tribedy, T. Truhlar, B. A. Trzeciak, O. D. Tsai, C. Y. Tsang, Z. Tu, T. Ullrich, D. G. Underwood, I. Upsal, G. Van Buren, J. Vanek, I. Vassiliev, V. Verkest, F. Videbaek, S. A. Voloshin, F. Wang, G. Wang, J. S. Wang, X. Wang, Y. Wang, Y. Wang, Y. Wang, Z. Wang, J. C. Webb, P. C. Weidenkaff, G. D. Westfall, D. Wielanek, H. Wieman, G. Wilks, S. W. Wissink, R. Witt, J. Wu, J. Wu, X. Wu, Y. Wu, B. Xi, Z. G. Xiao, W. Xie, H. Xu, N. Xu, Q. H. Xu, Y. Xu, Y. Xu, Z. Xu, Z. Xu, G. Yan, Z. Yan, C. Yang, Q. Yang, S. Yang, Y. Yang, Z. Ye, Z. Ye, L. Yi, K. Yip, Y. Yu, H. Zbroszczyk, W. Zha, C. Zhang, D. Zhang, J. Zhang, S. Zhang, X. Zhang, Y. Zhang, Y. Zhang, Y. Zhang, Z. J. Zhang, Z. Zhang, Z. Zhang, F. Zhao, J. Zhao, M. Zhao, C. Zhou, J. Zhou, S. Zhou, Y. Zhou, X. Zhu, M. Zurek, M. Zyzak

Summary: This study presents a low-energy search for the Chiral Magnetic Effect (CME) in Au+Au collisions at RHIC and finds consistency between CME and flow-driven background hypothesis based on the definition of event planes and centrality range. This work opens up a possible roadmap for future CME exploration with high-statistics data from RHIC.

PHYSICS LETTERS B (2023)

Article Oncology

Association of modifiable lifestyle with colorectal cancer incidence and mortality according to metabolic status: prospective cohort study

Peng Xie, Siqing Wu, Zichong Kuo, Huidong Tian, Qiangsheng He, Yanfei Li, Ningning Mi, Linmin Hu, Haitong Zhao, Wenjing Li, Bin Xia, Jinqiu Yuan, Kehu Yang, Changhua Zhang, Yulong He

Summary: This study aimed to investigate the individual and joint effects of modifiable healthy lifestyle and metabolic health status on colorectal cancer incidence and mortality. The results showed that adherence to a healthy lifestyle could substantially reduce the burden of colorectal cancer, and behavioral lifestyle changes should be encouraged for colorectal cancer prevention even in participants with metabolic syndrome.

FRONTIERS IN ONCOLOGY (2023)

Article Medicine, General & Internal

How about the evidence assessment tools used in education and management systematic reviews?

Hui Lan, Xuan Yu, Zhe Wang, Ping Wang, Yajia Sun, Zijun Wang, Renfeng Su, Ling Wang, Junxian Zhao, Yue Hu, Shouyuan Wu, Mengjuan Ren, Kehu Yang, Xingrong Liu, Yaolong Chen

Summary: This study aims to examine the usage of evidence assessment tools in systematic reviews of management and education. The results show that only 34.8% of the systematic reviews used evidence assessment tools, with a total of 66 different tools being utilized. "Risk of Bias" and its updated version were the most frequently used tools. The study also highlights the need for improved understanding and reporting of evidence assessment tools among researchers and users.

FRONTIERS IN MEDICINE (2023)

Article Chemistry, Physical

Enhancing catalytic activity of zeolitic octahedral metal oxides through zinc incorporation for ethane oxidative dehydrogenation

Bolun Yu, Denan Li, Qianqian Zhu, Shufan Yao, Lifeng Zhang, Yanshuo Li, Zhenxin Zhang

Summary: This study successfully improved the catalytic activity of a zeolitic octahedral metal oxide by incorporating a single zinc species into its micropore. The zinc incorporation achieved a high ethane conversion rate and ethylene selectivity. Mechanism study showed that the isolated zinc site played a crucial role in activating oxygen and ethane, as well as stabilizing intermediates and transition states.

APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY (2024)

Article Chemistry, Physical

Unveiling the synergistic effect between the metallic phase and bridging S species over MoS2 for highly efficient nitrogen fixation

Ruoqi Liu, Hao Fei, Jian Wang, Ting Guo, Fangyang Liu, Zhuangzhi Wu, Dezhi Wang

Summary: This work successfully synthesized a high-performing S-enriched MoS2 catalyst for electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR), demonstrating high activity and selectivity. The synergistic effect of the 1T phase and bridging S22- species was shown to play a positive role in NRR performances, and DFT calculations revealed the mechanism behind the improved performance.

APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY (2024)

Article Chemistry, Physical

Polymethylhydrosiloxane-modified gas-diffusion cathode for more efficient and durable H2O2 electrosynthesis in the context of water treatment

Pan Xia, Lele Zhao, Xi Chen, Zhihong Ye, Zhihong Zheng, Qiang He, Ignasi Sires

Summary: This study presents a modified gas-diffusion electrode (GDE) for highly efficient and stable H2O2 electrosynthesis by using trace polymethylhydrosiloxane (PMHS). DFT calculations provide an in-depth understanding of the roles of PMHS functional groups.

APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY (2024)

Article Chemistry, Physical

Boron-doped rGO electrocatalyst for high effective generation of hydrogen peroxide: Mechanism and effect of oxygen-enriched air

Kwangchol Ri, Songsik Pak, Dunyu Sun, Qiang Zhong, Shaogui Yang, Songil Sin, Leliang Wu, Yue Sun, Hui Cao, Chunxiao Han, Chenmin Xu, Yazi Liu, Huan He, Shiyin Li, Cheng Sun

Summary: Different B-doped rGO catalysts were synthesized and their 2e- oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) performance was investigated. It was found that the 2e- ORR selectivity of B-doped rGO was influenced by the B content and oxygen mass transfer conditions. The synthesized catalyst exhibited high 2e- ORR selectivity and was capable of degrading organic pollutants continuously.

APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY (2024)

Article Chemistry, Physical

Oxygen vacancies-modified S-scheme heterojunction of Bi-doped La2Ti2O7 and La-doped Bi4Ti3O12 to improve the NO gas removal avoiding NO2 product

Li Lv, Lin Lei, Qi-Wen Chen, Cheng-Li Yin, Huiqing Fan, Jian-Ping Zhou

Summary: Monoclinic phase La2Ti2O7 and orthorhombic phase Bi4Ti3O12 are widely used in photocatalysis due to their layered crystal structure. The electronic structures of these phases play a crucial role in their photocatalytic activity. Heat treatment in a nitrogen atmosphere introduces more oxygen vacancies into the S-scheme heterojunction, leading to enhanced NO removal efficiency.

APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY (2024)

Article Chemistry, Physical

Understanding the synergistic effect of hydrated electron generation from argon plasma catalysis over Bi2O3/CeO2 for perfluorooctanoic acid dehalogenation: Mechanism and DFT study

Choe Earn Choong, Minhee Kim, Jun Sup Lim, Young June Hong, Geon Joon Lee, Keun Hwa Chae, In Wook Nah, Yeomin Yoon, Eun Ha Choi, Min Jang

Summary: In this study, the synergistic effect between argon-plasma-system (AP) and catalysts in promoting the production of reactive species for water remediation was investigated. By altering the oxygen vacancies concentration of CeO2/Bi2O3 catalyst, the production of hydrated electrons was stimulated for PFOA removal. The results showed that the built-in electric field in the Bi/Ce0.43 interface enhanced electron migration and eaq- generation, leading to improved PFOA removal efficiency.

APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY (2024)

Article Chemistry, Physical

Ru clusters anchored on N-doped porous carbon-alumina matrix as efficient catalyst toward primary amines via reductive amination

Yushan Wu, Di Xu, Yanfei Xu, Xin Tian, Mingyue Ding

Summary: Efficient synthesis of primary amines from carbonyl compounds was achieved via reductive amination using Ru@NC-Al2O3 as a catalyst, exhibiting high activity and selectivity under mild conditions.

APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY (2024)

Article Chemistry, Physical

Efficient 1O2 production from H2O2 over lattice distortion controlled spinel ferrites

Yilan Jiang, Peifang Wang, Tingyue Chen, Keyi Gao, Yiran Xiong, Yin Lu, Dionysios D. Dionysiou, Dawei Wang

Summary: By controlling the content of Co and Ni in Co1-xNixFe2O4, the production of O-1(2) from H2O2 can be regulated. NiFe2O4, with the lowest lattice distortion degree, can efficiently produce O-1(2) as the dominant reactive oxygen species. The system also exhibits significant resistance to water matrix interference.

APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY (2024)

Article Chemistry, Physical

Tailoring the Mo-N/Mo-O configuration in MoO2/Mo2N heterostructure for ampere-level current density hydrogen production

Shuai Feng, Donglian Li, Hao Dong, Song Xie, Yaping Miao, Xuming Zhang, Biao Gao, Paul K. Chu, Xiang Peng

Summary: In this study, MoO2/Mo2N heterostructures were prepared by regulating the coordination of Mo atoms. The electrocatalyst exhibits high current density and excellent stability for hydrogen evolution reaction.

APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY (2024)

Article Chemistry, Physical

Spin state-tailored tetrahedral and octahedral cobalt centers on millimetric Co-Al oxide catalysts as dual sites for synergistic peroxymonosulfate activation

Jia-Cheng E. Yang, Min -Ping Zhu, Daqin Guan, Baoling Yuan, Darren Delai Sun, Chenghua Sun, Ming-Lai Fu

Summary: This study successfully modulated the electron configuration and spin state of millimetric metal catalysts by adjusting the support curvature radius. The electronic structure-oriented spin catalysis was found to affect the degradation of pollutants, providing new insights for the design and production of highly active, reusable, and stable catalysts.

APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY (2024)

Article Chemistry, Physical

Cu nanocrystals coupled with poly (heptazine imide) for synergistically enhanced photocatalytic CH3SH elimination: Facet engineering strengthened electron pump effect

Tao Zhong, Su Tang, Wenbin Huang, Wei Liu, Huinan Zhao, Lingling Hu, Shuanghong Tian, Chun He

Summary: In this study, a highly efficient photocatalyst for the elimination of CH3SH was developed by engineering different crystal facets and coupling them with PHI. Cu (111)/PHI exhibited the highest elimination efficiency and showed good stability and reusability. The enhanced surface electron pump effect and effective adsorption mechanisms were revealed through comprehensive characterizations and DFT calculations.

APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY (2024)

Article Chemistry, Physical

NiSn intermetallic nanoparticles with geometrically isolated Ni sites for selective C-O cleavage of furfural

Feifei Yang, Tianyu Zhang, Jiankang Zhao, Wei Zhou, Nicole J. Libretto, Jeffrey T. Miller

Summary: A Ni3Sn intermetallic nano particle was found to have geometrically isolated Ni sites that could selectively cleave C-O bonds in biomass derivatives. This nano particle showed high activity and selectivity towards 2-methylfuran, unlike Ni nanoparticles that produced other unwanted products derived from the aromatic rings.

APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL (2024)

Article Chemistry, Physical

Nickel-facilitated in-situ surface reconstruction on spinel Co3O4 for enhanced electrochemical nitrate reduction to ammonia

Lulu Qiao, Di Liu, Anquan Zhu, Jinxian Feng, Pengfei Zhou, Chunfa Liu, Kar Wei Ng, Hui Pan

Summary: This study reveals that surface evolution plays a crucial role in enhancing the electrocatalytic performance of transition metal oxides for electrochemical nitrate reduction reaction (e-NO3RR). Incorporating nickel into Co3O4 can promote surface reconstruction and improve the adsorption of intermediates and reduce energy barriers, leading to enhanced catalytic performance. The reconstructed cobalt-nickel hydroxides (CoyNi1_y(OH)2) on the catalyst's surface serve as the active phase.

APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL (2024)

Article Chemistry, Physical

Unraveling the discriminative mechanisms for peroxy activation via atomically dispersed Fe-N5 sites for tunable water decontamination

Xinyu Song, Yang Shi, Zelin Wu, Bingkun Huang, Xinhao Wang, Heng Zhang, Peng Zhou, Wen Liu, Zhicheng Pan, Zhaokun Xiong, Bo Lai

Summary: This study explores the discriminative activities and mechanisms for activation of O-O bond in peroxy compounds via single-atom catalysts (SACs) with higher coordination numbers (M-N5). The atomic catalyst (Fe-SAC) with Fe-N5 as the active center was constructed, effectively activating peroxymonosulfate (PMS), peroxydisulfate (PDS), and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2). The study demonstrates the degradation efficiencies of acyclovir are related to the O-O bond length in different peroxy compounds, and reveals the discriminative mechanisms for activation of O-O bond in different Fenton-like systems.

APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL (2024)

Article Chemistry, Physical

Fe-Mn oxycarbide anchored on N-doped carbon for enhanced Fenton-like catalysis: Importance of high-valent metal-oxo species and singlet oxygen

Yangzhuo He, Hong Qin, Ziwei Wang, Han Wang, Yuan Zhu, Chengyun Zhou, Ying Zeng, Yicheng Li, Piao Xu, Guangming Zeng

Summary: A dual-metal-organic framework (MOF) assisted strategy was proposed to construct a magnetic Fe-Mn oxycarbide anchored on N-doped carbon for peroxymonosulfate (PMS) activation. The FeMn@NC-800 catalyst exhibited superior activity with almost 100% degradation of sulfamethazine (SMZ) in 30 minutes. The study provided insights for the rational design of high-performance heterogeneous catalysts and proposed a novel nonradical-based catalytic oxidation for environmental cleaning.

APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL (2024)