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Efficiently coupled glucose oxidation for high-value D-glucaric acid with ultradurable hydrogen via Mn(III) in acidic solution
The electrooxidation of the alcohol and aldehyde molecules instead of water coupled with H2 production has been proven to be effective for producing high-value fine chemicals under alkaline conditions. It is also...
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Water-soluble Cu30 nanoclusters as a click chemistry catalyst for living cell labeling via azide-alkyne cycloaddition
Cu(I)-catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloadditions (CuAAC) have gained increasing interest in the selective labeling of living cells and organisms with biomolecules. However, their application is constrained either b...
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Large-scale preparation of high-performance boron nitride/aramid nanofiber dielectric composites
Dielectric polymers featuring high thermal conductivity, excellent mechanical, and stable dielectric properties over a broad temperature range have attracted extensive scientific attention. In this work, a lar...
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Boron doped graphdiyne: A metal-free peroxidase mimetic nanozyme for antibacterial application
The abuse of conventional antibiotics leads to increasing bacterial resistance. Nanozyme is a new kind of ultra-efficient and safe nanomaterial with intrinsic enzyme-like activities, showing remarkable potenti...
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A facile route to construct NiTiO3/Bi4NbO8Cl heterostructures for enhanced photocatalytic water purification
NiTiO3/Bi4NbO8Cl heterostructure photocatalysts were successfully synthesized by a mechanical mixing method. The crystal structure, morphology, optical properties and energy band structures of all samples were de...
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2D/2D WO3·H2O/g-C3N4 heterostructured assemblies for enhanced photocatalytic water decontamination via strong interfacial contact
A strong interfacial contact of heterostructured photocatalysts plays a key role in charges migration, thus promoting photocatalytic performance. Benefiting from the unique two-dimensional (2D) morphology and ...
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Embedding ultrasmall Ag nanoclusters in Luria-Bertani extract via light irradiation for enhanced antibacterial activity
Ultrasmall silver nanoclusters (Ag NCs) with rich surface chemistry and good biocompatibility are promising in antibacterial application, however, further development of Ag NCs for practical settings has been ...
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Open AccessFabrication of CdTe QDs/BiOI-Promoted TiO2 Hollow Microspheres with Superior Photocatalytic Performance Under Simulated Sunlight
Hollow and heterostructured architectures are recognized as an effective approach to improve photocatalytic performance. In this work, ternary TiO2/CdTe/BiOI with hollow structure was constructed via a step-by-st...
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Facile fabrication of hierarchical BiVO4/TiO2 heterostructures for enhanced photocatalytic activities under visible-light irradiation
BiVO4/TiO2 nanocomposites were fabricated by a facile wet-chemical process, followed by the synthesis of TiO2 hierarchical spheres via hydrothermal method. The BiVO4/TiO2 nanocomposites were characterized by X-ra...
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Effects of Gd3+ modifications on the photoelectrochemical properties of TiO2-based dye-sensitized solar cells
In this paper, TiO2 particles (~30 nm) modified with Gd2O3-coating layer (~2 nm) for dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) were fabricated via the hydrothermal method. Among the solar cells based on the Gd3+-doped T...
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Synthesis and higher catalytic property of the novel bimetallic Ni–Fe/SiO2 microspheres with mesoporous structure
Bimetallic catalyst Ni–Fe/SiO2 microspheres were obtained by reducing bimetallic (Ni,Fe2+)3Si2O5(OH)4 microspheres with controllable morphology structure in situ under the hydrogen atmosphere at 650 °C, which are...
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Preparation of Gd-doped TiO2 hollow spheres with enhanced photocatalytic performance
Using (C16H36O4)Ti, Gd2O3 and HNO3 as raw materials, TiO2 and TiO2:Gd3+ hollow spheres with different Gd dopant concentrations of 0.25, 0.5, 1, 1.5 and 2 mol% were obtained with the assistance of the carbon spher...
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Synthesis and characterization of TiO2/WO3 composite nanotubes for photocatalytic applications
TiO2/WO3 composite nanotubes were synthesized in an anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) template by a sol–gel method. The prepared nanotubes were characterized by transmission electron microscopy, scanning electron micro...
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Flower-like Se nanorods synthesized via carbamide-assisted hydrothermal routes
Flower-like Se nanostructures consisting of clusters of nanorods with width of 40–100 nm and length of several 100 nm have been synthesized via a carbamide-assisted hydrothermal method. The optimal clusters ar...
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One-step synthesis of porous palladium nanostructures by H2+He arc plasma method
Porous palladium nanostructures were prepared on a copper sheet previously fixed over the plasma high-temperature area by H2+He arc plasma method. However, dispersed palladium nanoparticles with diameters in 50–9...