Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Xiang Chen, Xinyue Xu, Yuwen Cheng, He Liu, Dongdong Li, Yumin Da, Yongtao Li, Dongming Liu, Wei Chen
Summary: The study presents a facile strategy to enhance the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) activity of Ni-based materials through doping and interfacial modulation. Experimental and theoretical results demonstrate that this strategy can effectively tune the binding energies of OER intermediates and reduce the energy barrier, leading to significantly improved OER activity.
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Fuguang Liu, Zhonghan Feng, Xinyue Zhang, Liang Cui, Jingquan Liu
Summary: Ru@Fe-Ni(OH)2/NF catalyst with excellent activity and stability was prepared using a one-step hydrothermal method.
JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Ting-Ting Yin, Hou-Ming Xu, Xiao-Long Zhang, Xiaozhi Su, Lei Shi, Chao Gu, Shi-Kui Han
Summary: Phase-selective Ni(OH)2 ultrathin nanosheets with a thickness of 0.9 nm were synthesized through a binary-soft-template-mediated colloidal synthesis, and the incorporation of Mn played a crucial role. These ultrathin nanosheets exhibited an unsaturated coordination environment, favorable electronic structures, in situ phase transition, and active site evolution confined by the ultrathin framework, enabling efficient and robust oxygen evolution reaction (OER) electrocatalysis.
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Nan Zhang, Yang Hu, Li An, Qingyu Li, Jie Yin, Jianyi Li, Rui Yang, Min Lu, Sen Zhang, Pinxian Xi, Chun-Hua Yan
Summary: In this study, NiO/NiS2 and Fe-NiO/NiS2 catalyst models were constructed to investigate the effect of Fe doping. Fe-NiO/NiS2 exhibited a low overpotential, attributed to the accumulation of hydroxyl groups on the surface of materials after Fe doping, promoting the formation of highly active NiOOH. Furthermore, Fe bonded with S in the bulk was found to alleviate the oxidation corrosion of Ni-S bonds, providing long-term durability to Fe-NiO/NiS2.
ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Fangqing Wang, Yangyang Zhang, Jingqian Zhang, Wenhao Yuan, Ying Li, Jing Mao, Caichi Liu, Cong Chen, Hui Liu, Shijian Zheng
Summary: The study presents a self-supported heterostructure electrocatalyst composed of Ni3S2 nanosheet arrays decorated with Ag nanoparticles grown on nickel foam (Ag/Ni3S2/NF), exhibiting excellent activity and stability for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) in alkaline media. The synergy among multiple components boosts the intrinsic OER activity, while the enhanced Ni-O bonding contributes to the superior durability, providing potential applications in large-scale alkaline water splitting.
ACS SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY & ENGINEERING
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Sang-Yeon Lee, Hyun-Jung Oh, MinJoong Kim, Hyun-Seok Cho, Yong-Kul Lee
Summary: The activation and degradation mechanisms of NiFe layered double hydroxide (NiFe-LDH) and hierarchical Fe-doped Ni (OH)2/Ni were investigated using in situ X-ray absorption near edge structure (XANES) spectroscopy and cyclic voltammetry (CV). The degradation of NiFe-LDH was confirmed by CV and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) due to the redox irreversibility of Ni(OH)2/NiOOH. In contrast, the hierarchical Fe-doped Ni(OH)2/Ni exhibited both high activity and stability in alkaline OER. In situ XANES analysis revealed that the phase of Ni remained as Ni2+ in Fe-ANi, while it changed to Ni3.6+ in NiFe-LDH, contributing to the durable OER performance of Fe-ANi.
APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Fangxin Mao, Junshan Zhang, Hai Feng Wang, Peng Fei Liu, Hua Gui Yang
Summary: This study develops a heterogeneous Fe-doped Ni(OH)(2) catalyst through a simple electrodeposition method, which exhibits excellent performance and stability for alkaline oxygen evolution reaction (OER). The heterogeneous catalyst provides sufficient active sites at low overpotential and maintains stable operation at high current density.
CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Chi Zhang, Zhuohong Xie, Yi Liang, Dingding Meng, Zheng Wang, Xin He, Weiye Qiu, Mei Chen, Ping Liang, Zhonghua Zhang
Summary: Fe-doped beta-Ni(OH)(2) nanoplates with decorated Fe2O3 nanoparticles were successfully synthesized via a facile hydrothermal process. These nanoplates exhibited improved oxygen evolution activity in alkaline solutions, showing potential as efficient OER catalysts through microstructural modification and Fe-doping.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Ruike Guo, Wei Shi, Wenzhu Liu, Xin Yang, Yu Xie, Tong Yang, Jiafu Xiao
Summary: This study successfully designed a novel type of ultralow noble metals doped hollow Ni (OH) (2) nanocage electrocatalysts, showing remarkable OER activity and outstanding performance. The catalyst modifies the electronic structure of Ni (OH) (2) and provides more exposed active sites, contributing to its remarkable OER performance.
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Yayin Li, Mengwei Yuan, Han Yang, Kefan Shi, Zemin Sun, Huifeng Li, Caiyun Nan, Genban Sun
Summary: Oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is the rate-limiting step in water-splitting. By regulating the electronic structure and spin state density of Ni-sites, Ni-MOF with transition metals showed high catalytic activities for OER. This work provides a new reference for understanding the catalytic mechanism and designing spin electrocatalysts.
APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Hui-Ke Jin, W. M. H. Natori, F. Pollmann, J. Knolle
Summary: Recently, the authors have obtained exact results for the spin 3/2 model, and have found gapped and gapless quantum spin liquids. They have used an SO(6) Majorana representation of spin 3/2 to find an exact representation of the conserved plaquette fluxes, similar to the S=1/2 case. Their parton mean-field theory description is in quantitative agreement with numerical simulations and is further confirmed by the addition of a [001] single ion anisotropy. In the presence of a weak [111] anisotropy, they discuss an emergent chiral quantum spin liquid within a perturbation theory.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Shuowen Bo, Qizheng An, Xiuxiu Zhang, Hui-juan Wang, Juguang Han, Weiren Cheng, Qinghua Liu
Summary: The spin states of active sites play a crucial role in the oxygen evolution reaction (OER). This study proposes a strategy to engineer the spin state of Co ions in sulfide spinel catalysts using Nd-evoked valence electronic adjustment. The optimized catalyst exhibits outstanding electrocatalytic properties, and in situ synchrotron radiation infrared spectra confirm the accumulation of key reaction intermediates.
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Yawen Hao, Gaohui Du, Yi Fan, Lina Jia, Di Han, Wenqi Zhao, Qingmei Su, Bingshe Xu
Summary: Ni-doped CoFe2O4 hollow nanocubes are synthesized as OER catalysts, which show improved efficiency and stability compared to noble metals, providing new insights for the design and composition modulation of metal oxide catalysts.
APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Haibin Wang, Xiaoqiang Du, Xiaoshuang Zhang, Lu Li
Summary: In this study, a series of M-doped Co3O4 materials were grown on a Ni foam substrate, and it was found that doping with Ce significantly enhanced the water and urea oxidation performance, while doping with Ni and Fe reduced the performance. The experimental results suggest that the improved activity of the Ce-doped electrode can be attributed to faster electron transport capacity, higher exposure to active sites, and improved conductivity. This work provides a new approach to enhance the electrocatalytic activity of catalysts through doping strategy.
JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Xiaoyun Chen, Huizhi Sun, Dong-Hau Kuo, Adugna Boke Abdeta, Osman Ahmed Zelekew, Yuanbo Guo, Jubin Zhang, Zhanhui Yuan, Jinguo Lin
Summary: The study found that (Mo,Ni)(S,O)(3-x) with a suitable amount of oxygen vacancy defects could evolve 587.5 μmol/h H-2 under visible-light irradiation. This research successfully converted an oxidation photocatalyst into a reduction one, promoting effective separation, interface transfer, and reactions of photo-carriers while reducing charge build-up to prevent photo-corrosion during photocatalytic water decomposition.
APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Yiyan Fan, Shiqing Q. Deng, Tianyu Li, Qinghua Zhang, Shuai Xu, Hao Li, Chuanrui Huo, Jiaou Wang, Lin Gu, Kuijuan Jin, Oswaldo Dieguez, Er-Jia Guo, Jun Chen
Summary: By utilizing interphase strain, we are able to achieve a ferromagnetic state and a room-temperature polar state in EuO secondary phase-tunned EuTiO3 thin films. Our work demonstrates the feasibility and effectiveness of interphase strain engineering in simultaneously improving ferroelectric and ferromagnetic properties.
CHINESE CHEMICAL LETTERS
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Yan Yang, Jiaju Fu, Yixin Ouyang, Tang Tang, Yun Zhang, Li-Rong Zheng, Qing-Hua Zhang, Xiao-Zhi Liu, Jinlan Wang, Jin-Song Hu
Summary: The electronically asymmetric Cu-Cu/Cu-N-C interface site enhances the adsorption of *CO intermediates and lowers the reaction barrier of C-C coupling in electrochemical CO2 reduction (ECR), enabling efficient C-C coupling at low overpotential. The high-density Cu/CuNC interface sites (ER-Cu/CuNC) catalyst boosts the electrocatalytic CO2-to-ethanol conversion with a Faradaic efficiency toward C2+ of 60.3% (FEethanol of 55%) at a low overpotential of -0.35 V. These findings provide new insights into the efficient conversion of CO2 to C2+ products.
NATIONAL SCIENCE REVIEW
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Lianlian Mao, Yu-Cheng Huang, Hao Deng, Fanqi Meng, Yanming Fu, Yiqing Wang, Mingtao Li, Qinghua Zhang, Chung-Li Dong, Lin Gu, Shaohua Shen
Summary: A surface modification strategy is developed to sequentially deposit ultrathin CoOx overlayer and Ni single atoms on Ti-doped alpha-Fe2O3 nanorods. The collaboration of CoOx overlayer and Ni single atoms improves the photo-electrochemical performance for water splitting, with a photocurrent density over three times that of Ti:Fe2O3. The passivation effect of CoOx overlayer reduces surface carrier recombination, while the catalysis effect of Ni single atoms accelerates water oxidation kinetics.
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Yu Yang, Tingting Hu, Yixin Bian, Fanqi Meng, Shilong Yu, Hai Li, Qinghua Zhang, Lin Gu, Xisheng Weng, Chaoliang Tan, Ruizheng Liang
Summary: This study reports the coupling of Lactobacillus acidophilus (LA) probiotics with 2D CoCuMo layered-double-hydroxide (LDH) nanosheets (LA&LDH) as a tumor microenvironment-responsive platform for precise NIR-II PDT. The CoCuMo-LDH nanosheets loaded on LA can be transformed from crystalline into amorphous form under low pH and high glutathione conditions, boosting its photodynamic activity. The research demonstrates that probiotics can serve as a highly efficient tumor-targeting platform for precise NIR-II PDT.
ADVANCED MATERIALS
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Hongyu Guo, Lu Li, Yan Chen, Wenshu Zhang, Changshuai Shang, Xiaoqing Cao, Menggang Li, Qinghua Zhang, Hao Tan, Yan Nie, Lin Gu, Shaojun Guo
Summary: Strain engineering is used to regulate the binding of intermediates and modify catalytic behavior on nanocatalysts. In this study, Pd-based nanooctahedrons coated with two Ir overlayers were constructed and subject to different treatments to achieve different surface strains. It is shown that the catalytic performances of these nanocatalysts display a volcano-shaped curve against strains toward the hydrogen evolution reaction. Specifically, o-Pd/Ir-1.7% NPs exhibit superior catalytic performance, making it one of the most active electrocatalysts reported to date.
ADVANCED MATERIALS
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Shan Li, Yilin Wang, Mingdi Yang, Shuai Xu, Mingxuan Liu, Qiang Li, Jun Miao, Er-Jia Guo, Kuijuan Jin, Lin Gu, Qinghua Zhang, Jinxia Deng, Xin Chen, Xianran Xing
Summary: A room-temperature ferroelectric SrZrO3 thin film with a low dielectric constant was reported in this study, induced by compressive strain from the SrTiO3 substrate. The presence of an out-of-phase boundary structure allows SrZrO3 with a large lattice mismatch to grow epitaxially on SrTiO3 substrates. Compressive strain induces an orthorhombic-to-monoclinic phase transition, which is the origin of the ferroelectricity. Our work demonstrates a method to design novel ferroelectrics from conventional non-ferroelectric materials and has significant importance for robust, stable, and lead-free ferroelectric applications.
CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Shengjie Wei, Yucheng Jin, Chunlin Lv, Chao Lian, Zheng Chen, Xiao Liang, Qinghua Zhang, Xin Chen, Dongdong Qi, Zhi Li
Summary: Optimization of geometric configuration of metal catalytic sites and enhancement of their catalytic activity are highly significant. In this study, isolated single Zn-N-4 sites on N-doped carbon (Zn-CN) were synthesized by pyrolyzing zeolite imidazole framework-8 (ZIF-8) at different temperatures. The catalytic activities of Zn-CN catalysts exhibited a volcano-like trend with increasing pyrolysis temperatures, and the optimal catalyst, Zn-CN-900, showed outstanding activity surpassing commercial 20 wt.% Pd/C and 20 wt.% Pt/C, indicating its potential as a substitute for noble metal-based catalysts. X-ray absorption near-edge structure (XANES) measurements and density functional theory (DFT) calculation revealed the gradual transformation from tetrahedral ZnN4 sites in ZIF-8 to planar ZnN4 sites above 700 ?, with maximum planar ZnN4 sites in Zn-CN-900. The stronger adsorption between reactants and planar ZnN4 sites facilitated the activation of reactants compared to tetrahedral ZnN4 sites. This work provides valuable insights into the rational design of efficient catalysts by optimizing the geometric configuration of catalytic sites.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Gaoxin Zhang, Lingling Meng, Jiehong Guo, Xiaoling Guan, Mei Liu, Xu Han, Yingming Li, Qinghua Zhang, Guibin Jiang
Summary: This study assessed the potential associations between serum concentrations of NBFR and OPFR and type 2 diabetes. Significant positive associations were found between serum concentrations of certain flame retardants and type 2 diabetes after adjusting for various covariates. These findings suggest that exposure to NBFRs and OPFRs may contribute to the development of type 2 diabetes.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Boqin Song, Tianping Ying, Xianxin Wu, Wei Xia, Qiangwei Yin, Qinghua Zhang, Yanpeng Song, Xiaofan Yang, Jiangang Guo, Lin Gu, Xiaolong Chen, Jiangping Hu, Andreas P. Schnyder, Hechang Lei, Yanfeng Guo, Shiyan Li
Summary: The recently discovered kagome metals AV(3)Sb(5) (A = Cs, Rb, K) exhibit intriguing phenomena including charge density wave (CDW) with time-reversal symmetry breaking and possible unconventional superconductivity. In this study, we observe a non-monotonic evolution of CDW temperature (T-CDW) with flake thickness reduction towards the atomic limit, and the superconducting transition temperature (T-c) features an inverse variation with T-CDW. We propose that the weakening of electron-phonon coupling and crossover to dominantly electronic interactions contribute to the non-monotonic thickness dependence of T-CDW.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Zhe Jiang, Xuerui Liu, Xiao-Zhi Liu, Shuang Huang, Ying Liu, Ze-Cheng Yao, Yun Zhang, Qing-Hua Zhang, Lin Gu, Li-Rong Zheng, Li Li, Jianan Zhang, Youjun Fan, Tang Tang, Zhongbin Zhuang, Jin-Song Hu
Summary: An interfacial assembly strategy has been developed to construct single-atom binary Fe/Co-Nx sites with a high accessible site density, which leads to increased power densities in fuel cells and Zn/air batteries.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Haotian Zhang, Haoran Guo, Yanyan Li, Qinghua Zhang, Lirong Zheng, Lin Gu, Rui Song
Summary: This study explores the potential relationship between structure and activity caused by guest doping elements in bimetallic NiCo layered double hydroxide for oxygen evolution reaction (OER). The optimized Fe-doped NiCo-LDH shows promising electrocatalytic performance with high current density and long-term stability. In situ electrochemical Raman spectroscopy and ab-initio molecular dynamics simulations reveal the dynamic structure evolution and thermodynamic stability of activated Fe-(NiCo)OOH phase.
ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Yunhe Bai, Yuanzhao Li, Jianli Luan, Ruixuan Liu, Wenyu Song, Yang Chen, Peng-Fei Ji, Qinghua Zhang, Fanqi Meng, Bingbing Tong, Lin Li, Yuying Jiang, Zongwei Gao, Lin Gu, Jinsong Zhang, Yayu Wang, Qi-Kun Xue, Ke He, Yang Feng, Xiao Feng
Summary: This study realized quantized anomalous Hall resistivity in MBE-grown MnBi2Te4 thin films by controlling the chemical potential and top gating. Post-annealing can increase the temperature for quantization but also increase the residual longitudinal resistivity.
NATIONAL SCIENCE REVIEW
(2023)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Lei Lu, Lixin Que, Yunlong Xu, Jun Cao, Jingjing Wang, Yingying Zheng, Lei Shi, Wenwu Zhong, Chaorong Li, Jiaqi Pan
Summary: The transparent AgInS2 quantum dots/NiO/Ti3+-TiO2 orderly nanoarray pn junction is successfully synthesized by a hydrothermal-solid reduction-chemical-sputtering method. The obtained AgInS2 QDs/NiO/Ti3+-TiO2 exhibits a transmittance of about 85% and a photovoltaic conversion efficiency of about 1.21%, with stable output for a duration of 6 months' cycle. These features are mainly attributed to the synergism of AgInS2 QDs and Ti3+/O-v, which can efficiently optimize the carrier kinetic equilibrium while sustaining good transparency. In addition, the TiO2 nanoarrays with orderly array interval can increase the solar efficiency and enhance the photovoltaic stability.
JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY C
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Changchun Ye, Zhenghui Pan, Qinghua Zhang, Fang Yin, Yanan Wang, Yifei Li, Guangxu Chen, Jia Li, Yongcai Qiu, Geoffrey I. N. Waterhouse, Lin Gu, Zhang Lin, Lin Guo
Summary: A facile synthesis route for heterostructured metal oxides via quenching-induced structural transformation was developed. Multiple quenching triggered the transformation from NiMoO4 to NiFe2O4, creating a novel heterostructure, and the pre-quenching generated disordered defect structure can promote subsequent quenching regulation.
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
(2024)