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Zeolites for the separation of ethylene, ethane, and ethyne
The cost-effective separation of ethylene (C2H4), ethyne (C2H2), and ethane (C2H6) poses a significant challenge in the contemporary chemical industry. In contrast to the energy-intensive high-pressure cryogenic ...
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Mechanism of interfacial effects in sodium-ion storage devices
Rechargeable sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) are considered as the next-generation secondary batteries. The performance of SIB is determined by the behavior of its electrode surface and the electrode–electrolyte i...
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Zeolite-confined Fe-site Catalysts for the Hydrogenation of CO2 to Produce High-value Chemicals
Zeolite-confined Fe-site catalysts (ZFCs) have emerged as superior materials for sustainably producing high-value chemicals through CO2 hydrogenation, owing to their adaptable framework, customizable composition,...
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Removal of Anionic Dyes from Aqueous Solution with Layered Cationic Aluminum Oxyhydroxide
It is highly desired yet challenged to find an adsorbent with low cost and excellent performance in the removal of organic dyes from aqueous solution. Here we reported that a layered cationic aluminum oxyhydro...
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Atomically Dispersed Fe-N4 Sites and Fe3C Particles Catalyzing Polysulfides Conversion in Li-S Batteries
Lithium-sulfur(Li-S) batteries have been puzzled by the “shuttle effect”. In the recent years, catalytic materials present a huge potential for solving this problem. However, the exploitation for catalytic act...
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Synthesis of Pure Silica Zeolites
Pure silica zeolite has become an important porous material in the chemical industry due to its excellent stability and hydrophobicity. However, there are still some problems in the synthesis process of pure si.....
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Open AccessElectron donation of non-oxide supports boosts O2 activation on nano-platinum catalysts
Activation of O2 is a critical step in heterogeneous catalytic oxidation. Here, the concept of increased electron donors induced by nitrogen vacancy is adopted to propose an efficient strategy to develop highly a...
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Open AccessDefect Engineering on Carbon-Based Catalysts for Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction
The main construction methods of carbon-based nanomaterials (CBN) with different defects are systematically introduced.
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Open AccessCollective excitation of plasmon-coupled Au-nanochain boosts photocatalytic hydrogen evolution of semiconductor
Localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) offers a valuable opportunity to improve the efficiency of photocatalysts. However, plasmonic enhancement of photoconversion is still limited, as most of metal-semico...
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Influence of fluoride ions on the structure-directing effect of organic amine in the synthesis of aluminophosphate open-frameworks
The crystallization behavior of the initial mixture with the composition of Al2O3:4.0P2O5:3.0 diethylene-triamine(DETA):xHF:153H2O was investigated at 180 °C, where 0⩽x⩽3. If x⩽1.8, three-dimensional open-framewo...
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Structure-directing effect on synthesis of layered aluminophosphates with same topology
Three layered aluminophosphates(UiO-15, APDAP12-150 and APDAP-150) with same topology were crystallized from an initial mixture with a molar composition of Al2O3:1.5P2O5:5.5R:227H2O, where R is ethylene-diamine, ...
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Open AccessTemperature-dependence of the influence of the position-2-methyl group on the structure-directing effect of piperazine in the synthesis of open-framework aluminophosphates
The temperature-dependence of the influence of the position-2-methyl group on the structure-directing effect of piperazine in the synthesis of open-framework aluminophosphates was investigated. By heating the ...
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Open AccessOrigin of the structure-directing effect resulting in identical topological open-framework materials
In the synthesis of zeolites and related crystalline materials with open-frameworks, a single structure is obtained in the presence of many different templates, known as the “one-structure/multiple-templates” ...
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Open AccessSynthesis of chiral polymorph A-enriched zeolite Beta with an extremely concentrated fluoride route
Chiral zeolitic materials with intrinsically chiral frameworks are highly desired because they can combine both shape selectivity and enantioselectivity. In the field of zeolite, the synthesis of chiral polymo...
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Au nanoparticle decorated N-containing polymer spheres: additive-free synthesis and remarkable catalytic behavior for reduction of 4-nitrophenol
We demonstrated a simple, one-step route for assembling Au nanoparticles (NPs) on N-containing polymer nanospheres through in situ reductive growth process.Using resorcinol–melamine–formaldehyde resin nanosphe...
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Syntheses and electrochemical properties of polyoxometalate salts with Dawson structure
Two new solid hybrid molecular materials [PyPS]H6P2W17VO62 and [PyPS]H8P2W15V3O62 have been synthesized from 1-(3-sulfonic group) propyl-pyridine ionic liquid cation and tungstovanadophosphoric anion with the Daw...
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Reversible phase transformation-type electrolyte based on Dawson-type POM and simple quaternary ammonium salt
A novel kind of organic–inorganic material, (TOAMe)7[In(H2O)P2W17O61] (TOAMe = trioctylmethylammonium), is synthesized as white oily product from polyoxometalate-type ionic liquid with Dawson structure and simple...
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The structure-directing effect of n-propylamine in the crystallization of open-framework aluminophosphates
Using n-propylamine as a template, deioned water and secondary-butanol (butan-2-ol) as solvents, a three-dimensional (3D) open-framework aluminophosphate [C3NH10]·[HAl3P3O13] (1) and a two-dimensional layered alu...
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Open AccessSynthesis, characterization and properties of ruthenium-substituted polyoxometallic acid H6Ru(H2O)FeW11O39·18H2O with Keggin structure
The ruthenium-substituted polyoxometallic acid H6[Ru(H2O)FeW11O39]·18H2O was synthesized by stepwise acidification and stepwise addition of solutions of the component elements, and an ion-exchange-cooling method....
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Open AccessSynthesis and conductivity of substituted heteropoly acid with Dawson structure H7[Ga(H2O)P2W17O61]·18H2O
A new solid high-proton conductor, H7[Ga(H2O)P2W17O61]·18H2O, a substituted heteropoly acid with Dawson structure, has been synthesized by the degradation/ion-exchange/freezing method. The product was characteriz...
