Miniaturized electrochemical sensors and their point-of-care applications

Most of the current analytical methods depend largely on laboratory-based analytical techniques that require expensive and bullky equipment,potentially incur costly testing,and involve lengthy detection processes.With increasing requirements for point-of-care testing(POCT),more attention has been paid to miniaturized analytical devices.Miniaturized electrochemical(MEC)sensors,including different material-based MEC sensors(such as DNA-,paper-,and screen electrode-based),have been in strong demand in analytical science due to their easy operation,portability,high sensitivity,as well as their short analysis time.They have been applied for the detection of trace amounts of target through measuring changes in electrochemical signal,such as current,voltage,potential,or impedance,due to the oxidation/reduction of chemical/biological molecules with the help of electrodes and electrochemical units.MEC sensors present great potential for the detection of targets including small organic molecules,metal ions,and biomolecules.In recent years,MEC sensors have been broadly applied to POCT in various fields,including health care,food safety,and environmental monitoring,owing to the excellent advantages of electrochemical(EC)technologies.This review summarized the state-of-the-art advancements on various types of MEC sensors and their applications in POCT.Furthermore,the future perspectives,opportunities,and challenges in this field are also discussed.     

Machine Learning towards Screening Solid-state Lithium Ion Conductors

Machine learning is an emerging method to discover new materials with specific characteristics.An unsupervised machine learning research is highlighted to discover new potential lithium ionic conductors by screening and clustering lithium compounds,providing inspirations for the development of solid-state electrolytes and practical batteries.     

等浓度的氯化铵和硫酸铵溶液哪个pH高

有中学化学参考资料题:0.10 mol/L的NH4Cl和(NH4)2SO4溶液哪个pH值高?这似乎是个中学生可做的简单题目,仔细考虑不是如此.如果简单地认为盐酸和硫酸都是强酸,而硫酸是二元酸,硫酸铵溶液中铵盐浓度为0.20 mol/L,那么NH4Cl溶液pH高,那是不妥的.硫酸是二元酸,第一个氢离子能完全电离,第二个氢离子部分电离,如此考虑情况怎么样呢?是不是答案发生变化?这要通过计算来说明.     

Surface defect-rich ceria quantum dots anchored on sulfur-doped carbon nitride nanotubes with enhanced charge separation for solar hydrogen production

Designing defect-engineered semiconductor heterojunctions can effectively promote the charge carrier separation.Herein,novel ceria(CeO2) quantum dots(QDs) decorated sulfur-doped carbon nitride nanotubes(SCN NTs) were synthesized via a thermal polycondensation coupled in situ depositionprecipitation method without use of template or surfactant.The structure and morphology studies indicate that ultrafine CeO2 QDs are well distributed inside and outside of SCN NTs offering highly dispersed active sites and a large contact interface between two components.This leads to the promoted formation of rich Ce³⁺ ion and oxygen vacancies as confirmed by XPS.The photocatalytic performance can be facilely modulated by the content of CeO2 QDs introduced in SCN matrix while bare CeO2 does not show activity of hydrogen production.The optimal catalyst with 10% of CeO2 loading yields a hydrogen evolution rate of 2923.8 μmol h-1 g-1 under visible light,remarkably higher than that of bare SCN and their physical mixtures.Further studies reveal that the abundant surface defects and the created 0 D/1 D junctions play a critical role in improving the separation and transfer of charge carriers,leading to superior solar hydrogen production and good stability.     

Superfast and solvent-free core-shell assembly of sulfur/carbon active particles by hail-inspired nanostorm technology for high-energy-density Li-S batteries

The demand on low-carbon emission fabrication technologies for energy storage materials is increasing dramatically with the global interest on carbon neutrality.As a promising active material for metal-sulfur batteries,sulfur is of great interest due to its high-energy-density and abundance.However,there is a lack of industry-friendly and low-carbon fabrication strategies for high-performance sulfur-based active particles,which,however,is in critical need by their practical success.Herein,based on a hail-inspired sulfur nano-storm(HSN)technology developed in our lab,we report an energy-saving,solvent-free strategy for producing core-shell sulfur/carbon electrode particles(CNT@AC-S)in minutes.The fabrication of the CNT@AC-S electrode particles only involves low-cost sulfur blocks,commercial carbon nanotubes(CNT)and activated carbon(AC)micro-particles with high specific surface area.Based on the above core-shell CNT@AC-S particles,sulfur cathode with a high sulfur-loading of 9.2 mg cm^-2 delivers a stable area capacity of 6.6 mAh cm^-2 over 100 cycles.Furthermore,even for sulfur cathode with a super-high sulfur content(72 wt%over the whole electrode),it still delivers a high area capacity of 9 mAh cm^-2 over50 cycles in a quasi-lean electrolyte condition.In a nutshell,this study brings a green and industryfriendly fabrication strategy for cost-effective production of rationally designed S-rich electrode particles.     

Enhanced efficiency and stability in Sn-based perovskite solar cells with secondary crystallization growth

The conversion efficiencies reported for Tin(Sn)halide-based perovskite solar cells(PSCs)fall a large gap behind those of lead halide-based PSCs,mainly because of poor film quality of the former.Here we report an efficient strategy based on a simple secondary crystallization growth(SCG)technique to improve film quality for tin halide-based PSCs by applying a series of functional amine chlorides on the perovskite surface.They were discovered to enhance the film crystallinity and suppress the oxidation of Sn²⁺remarkably,hence reduce trap state density and non-irradiative recombination in the absorber films.Furthermore,the SCG film holds the band levels matching better with carrier transport layers and herein favoring charge extraction at the device interfaces.Consequently,a champion device efficiency of 8.07% was achieved alo ng with significant enhancements in VOC and JSC,in contrast to 5.35% of the control device value.Moreover,the SCG film-based devices also exhibit superior stability comparing with the control one.This work explicitly paves a novel and general strategy for developing high performance lead-free PSCs.     

Unraveling the stabilization mechanism of solid electrolyte interface on ZnSe by rGO in sodium ion battery

Transition metal selenides have been widely studied as anode materials of sodium ion batteries(SIBs),however,the investigation of solid-electrolyte-interface(SEI)on these materials,which is critical to the electrochemical performance of SIBs,remains at its infancy.Here in this paper,ZnSe@C nanoparticles were prepared from ZIF-8 and the SEI layers on these electrodes with and without reduced graphene oxide(rGO)layers were examined in details by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopies at varied charged/discharged states.It is observed that fast and complicated electrolyte decomposition reactions on ZnSe@C leads to quite thick SEI film and intercalation of solvated sodium ions through such thick SEI film results in slow ion diffusion kinetics and unstable electrode structure.However,the presence of rGO could efficiently suppress the decomposition of electrolyte,thus thin and stable SEI film was formed.ZnSe@C electrodes wrapped by rGO demonstrates enhanced interfacial charge transfer kinetics and high electrochemical performance,a capacity retention of 96.4%,after 1000 cycles at 5 A/g.This study might offer a simple avenue for the designing high performance anode materials through manipulation of SEI film.     

CXN天然沸石的研究2: 吸附性质

采用N~2,NH~3,CO~2,乙烯,丙烯,水,甲醇,乙醇,丙醇等作为吸附剂,研究了由我国CXN天然沸石改性制得的H-STI和Na-STI沸石的吸附性质,H-STI和Na-STI沸石的BET表面积及微孔孔体积约为420m^2/g和0.20m^3/g。根据NH~3和CO~2在H-STI沸石上的吸附等温线计算得到它们的吸附热分别为44.8和26.5kJ/mol。乙烯,丙烯,甲醇,乙醇,丙醇等在Na-STI沸石上的吸附等温线表明该沸石对有机分子的吸附具有链长选择性。在低分压下水相对于甲醇的吸附量表明沸石具有一定的疏水性质。     

常温常湿条件下Au/MeO~x催化剂上CO氧化性能

利用共沉淀法制备了Au/MeO~x催化剂(Me=Al,Co,Cr,Cu,Fe,Mn,Ni,Zn)。在常温常湿条件下,考察了不同氧化物负载的金基催化剂的CO氧化性能。结果表明,氧化物种类对催化剂的活性和稳定性均有较大的影响。Cu,Mn,Cr等氧化物负载的金基催化剂的活性较差,而Zn,Fe,Co,Ni,Al等金属氧化物负载的金基催化剂可将CO完全氧化,又具有一定的稳定性,在相同反应条件下,CO完全转化时的稳定性顺序为Au/ZnO>Au/α-Fe~2O~3>Au/Co~3O~4>Au/γ-Al~2O~3≈Au/NiO。还发现水对Au/MnO~x催化剂的活性和稳定性有负作用,而对180℃焙烧制备的Au/ZnO-180催化剂的活性和稳定性均有明显的湿度增强作用。     

Boost oxygen reduction reaction performance by tuning the active sites in Fe-N-P-C catalysts

Cost-effective atomically dispersed Fe-N-P-C complex catalysts are promising to catalyze the oxygen reduction reaction(ORR)and replace Pt catalysts in fuel cells and metal-air batteries.However,it remains a challenge to increase the number of atomically dispersed active sites on these catalysts.Here we report a highly efficient impregnation-pyrolysis method to prepare effective ORR electrocatalysts with large amount of atomically dispersed Fe active sites from biomass.Two types of active catalyst centers were identified,namely atomically dispersed Fe sites and Fe_xP particles.The ORR rate of the atomically dispersed Fe sites is three orders of magnitude higher than it of Fe_xP particles.A linear correlation between the amount of the atomically dispersed Fe and the ORR activity was obtained,revealing the major contribution of the atomically dispersed Fe to the ORR activity.The number of atomically dispersed Fe increases as the Fe loading increased and reaching the maximum at 1.86 wt%Fe,resulting in the maximum ORR rate.Optimized Fe-N-P-C complex catalyst was used as the cathode catalyst in a homemade Zn-air battery and good performance of an energy density of 771 Wh kgZn^-1,a power density of 92.9 m W cm^-2 at 137 m A cm^-2 and an excellent durability were exhibited.     

Two New Inorganic-organic Hybrid Compounds Constructed from Different Polymolybdates and Transition Metal-amine Subunits

Two new polyoxometalate(POM)-based hybrid compounds, [Cu(en)][H₄Mo₄O₁₆]_0.5(1)(en=ethylene- diamine) and [Ag(3-C₅H₆N₂)₂][H₂PMo₁₂O₄₀](2)(3-C₅H₆N₂=3-aminopyridine), containing different transition metal-amine subunits were hydrothermally synthesized and characterized by elemental analyses, infrared spectroscopy and single-crystal X^-ray diffraction. For compound 1, each [H₄Mo₄O₁₆]^4-(Mo₄O₁₆) cluster was linked to four neighboring Mo₄O₁₆ clusters through four [Cu(en)]²⁺ subunits to yield a (2,4)-connected 2D layer, which was further extended to a 3D supramolecular network via hydrogen bonding interactions. For compound 2, the adjacent [H₂PMo₁₂O₄₀]^- clusters were bridged by [Ag(3-C₅H₆N₂)₂]⁺ subunits to generate a 1D chain. The electrochemical behaviors and the photocatalytic activities of compounds 1 and 2 were studied in detail.     

Synthesis, structures and oxygen atom transfer catalysis of oxo-bridged molybdenum(V) complexes with heterocyclic bidentate ligands (N,X) X = S, Se

The dinuclear μ-oxomolybdenum(V) complexes [Mo₂O₃(PyS)₄] (1), [Mo₂O₃(PySe)₄] (2) and [Mo₂O₃(4-CF₃-PymS)₄] (3) were obtained by similar reactions of the [MoO₂Cl₂(DME)] precursor with the corresponding heterocyclic bidentate (N,X) ligands, X = S, Se, where PyS, PySe and 4-CF₃-PymS are the anions of pyridine-2-thione, pyridine-2-selenolato and 4-trifluoromethyl-2-pyrimidinthiol, respectively. All compounds were characterized by elemental analysis, IR, NMR, EI-MS spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction. The crystal structures of 1–3 all include the common [Mo₂O₃]⁴⁺ core. Compounds 1 and 2 are isostructural. The catalytic oxo-transfer properties of the molybdenum(V) compounds 1 and 2 were studied by the use of PPh₃ in DMSO with a considerably higher catalytic activity for the thionato containing complex 1 than for its selenolato containing analogue 2.     

A localized molecular orbital study on the bonding of> Mo3S4]2Mo> and> Mo3S4]CuI> versus (C6H6)2Cr and C6H6Cr(CO)3

The energy-localized CNDO/2 molecular orbitais have been calculated for the clusters containing molybdenum, > {Mo₃S₄₂Mo}⁸⁺ and> Mo₃S₄]CuI> ⁴⁺, versus the prototype arene-metal sandwich (C₆H₆)₂Cr and half-sandwich complexes C₆H₆Cr(CO)₃. The bonding characteristics of these compounds are described from a localization bonding viewpoint. There are two typical M-arene and M-[Mo₃S₄] bondings. One is formed by electron donation from the three-center two-electron π-bonds in the arene or [Mo₃S₄]⁴⁺ ligands into the vacant hybrid orbitais of the “stranger” metal atom. In the other M-arene or M-[Mo₃S₄] bond there is very little donation by the lone electron pair occupying the d AOs of the “stranger” metal atom to the arene or [Mo₃S₄]⁴⁺ ligands. The analogy of the ligand [Mo₃S₄]⁴⁺ in the clusters studied with the ligand benzene is also briefly discussed.     

Ionothermal Synthesis and Characterization of Two Polyoxometalate-based Supramolecules

Two novel 3D supramolecular architectures with hexamolybdate and phosphotungstate anions were synthesized under ionothermal conditions. The structures were named as[Cu^I(L1)₂]₂L2[Mo₆O₁₉](1) and[Cu^I(L3)₂]_2.5· H_0.5[PW₁₂O₄₀]·H₂O(2)(L1=2,2'-bipyridine, L2=4,4'-bipyridine, L3=2,2'-biimidazole) and characterized via Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy(FTIR) and FT-Raman spectroscopy analyses. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis revealed that the two compounds crystallized in the space group P and were constructed through hydrogen bonding.     

Synthesis and X-ray structure of the Mo(VI) species Mo4O12(C12H30N4S2)2(C3H7ON)n (n ≈ 2)

Dissolution of Mo₂O₅((CH₃)₂NCH₂CH₂NHCH₂CH₂S)₂ in dimethylformamide results in the formation of a species without coordinated sulphur, as indicated by ⁹⁵Mo NMR spectroscopy. Subsequent crystallization of this solution yielded the compound Mo₄O₁₂(C₁₂H₃₀N₄S₂)₂(C₃H₇ON)₂ which X-ray crystallography shows to consist of a novel Mo₄O₁₂ core, containing an eight-membered Mo₄O₄ ring with the two pairs of diagonal molybdenum atoms linked by disulphido-containing groups.     

Third-order Optical Nonlinearities of a Series of Compounds Derived from a Keplerate Type Molybdenum-oxide-based Polyoxometalate

Abstract By reacting the unique Keplerate type molybdenum-oxide based polyoxometalate （NH4）42·[MoI320372·（CH3COO）30（H2O）y2]·ca.300H2·ca. 10CH3COONH4（1） with tetramethylammonium bromide, a new derivative （NH4）26[TMA]16{MoI32O372（H2O）72（CH3COO）30}·ca.7NH4CH3COO·ca.189H2O（2, TMA=tetramethylammonium） was prepared. Compound 2 was characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy（FTIR）, UV-Vis, elemental and thermogravimetric analyses. By the well-established Z-scan technique, investigations on the nonlinear opti- cal（NLO） properties of the series of compounds derived from the Keplerate type molybdenum-oxide-based poly- oxometalate, namely, the newly prepared compound 2, the three previously reported compounds, included compound 1, （NH4hs（TBA）24{Mo132O372（H2O）72（CH3COO）30}·ca.7NH4CH3COO·ca. 173H2O（3, TBA=tetrabutylammonium） and （DODA）40（NH4）2[（H2O）nMo132O372（CH3COO）3o（H20）72]（4, DODA=dimethyldioctadecylammonium）, reveal that the third-order nonlinearity[x（3）] values of compounds 1, 2 and 3 in the DMF/H2O solution and compound 4 in chloro- form are almost the same, which indicates that the counter cations with different length of alkyl chains show ignora- ble impacts on the NLO susceptibility. In other words, the remarkable third-order nonlinearities[x（3）≈10 19 m2/V2] mainly come from the [MoI32O372（CH3COO）30（H2O）72]42 anions. This fact reveals that the applications of the NLO active polyoxometalates in various environments（such as hydrophilic, hydrophobic, polar, apolar, etc.） can be achieved by simply varying cations to meet the demands in the design of diverse devices. Keywords Keplerate type polyoxometalate; Nonlinear optical property; Z-Scan technique; Self-defocusing; Reverse saturable absorption     

The reaction of cis dioxobis(2,4 pentanedionato)molybdenum (VI) and 2,2′ pyridylbenzoxazole (L), a novel route to β[Mo8O26]

MoO₂(C₅H₇O₂)₂, where C₅H₇O₂ is 2,4-pentanedione (acac), reacts with 2-2′ pyridylbenzoxazole in acetone to give a product with stoichiometry, Mo₃C₂₄H₁₆N₆O₁₂. This product dissolves readily in dimethylformamide to give a brown solution which on standing for several weeks yielded crystals. An X-ray structure determination showed these crystals to contain uncoordinated 2-2′pyridylbenzoxazole and [(CH₃)₂NH₂]₄⁺[Mo₈O₂₆]⁴⁻.     

Synthesis and Structure of Hetropolyoxometal-supported Transition Metal Complexes

The chemistry of metal-oxo compounds has been extensively and intensively studied for over a hundred years because of their theoritical importance and practical application^[1]. Recent advance has afforded a study of inorganic or organometallic complexes containing metal-oxo anions^[2]. Herein, the synthesis and structural characterization of two heteropolyoxomolybdnum-supported transition metal complexes (H₂bpy)_0.5Ni(H₂O)₅[Mo₅P₂O₂₃]Ni(Hbpy)(H₂O)₄ (1) and (H₂bpy)_0.5Co(H₂O)₅[Mo₅P₂O₂₃]Co(Hbpy) (H₂O)₄(2) are reported.     

氨基酸修饰的手性多酸的电子结构和光学活性的理论研究

采用密度泛函理论(DFT)方法研究了L-O₂CCHCH₃NH₃(L-Alanine)修饰的手性多酸[Se^ⅣMo₆O₂₁(L-alanine)₃]^2-, [Sb^ⅢMo₆O₂₁(L-alanine)₃]^3-及[Bi^ⅢMo₆O₂₁(L-alanine)₃]^3-的几何结构、电子结构以及紫外-可见(UV-Vis)谱和电子圆二色(ECD)谱.通过对电荷转移跃迁性质的分析, 探讨了多酸中杂原子对手性光学性质的影响.结果表明, 杂原子(Se, Sb, Bi)对多酸的几何结构影响较大, 且对该类体系的UV-Vis谱的吸收峰的强度和峰形都有显著的影响.其ECD谱的转动吸收方向和强度以及吸收峰位和峰形也因杂原子的不同而发生明显变化.低能区UV-Vis谱和ECD谱的产生主要源自多酸中氧原子的p轨道到Mo原子d轨道的电荷转移跃迁, 而对于高能区的UV-Vis谱和ECD谱的产生, 则主要为多酸中杂原子以及与杂原子直接相连的氧原子p轨道到Mo原子d轨道的电荷转移跃迁.     

Two New Alkaline Metal Borates with Supramolecular Framework Constructed from 1D {B5}/{B6} Helical Chains

Two new alkaline metal borates containing 1D{B5}/{B6}oxoboron helical chains,namely Na0.5[B5O8(OH)2]0.5[B5O6(OH)2]0.5·0.5H3O(1)and NaKCs[B6O9(OH)3](2)were synthesized under solvothermal conditions.Compound 1 contains the interesting alternative left-and right-handed helical{[B5O8(OH)2][B5O6(OH)2]}2-({B5}-1 and{B5}-2)1D chains and compound 2 possesses the similar[B6O11(OH)3]7-({B6})chains.Their 1D chains are further assembled into 2D layers and 3D supramolecular frameworks through O-H…O hydrogen bonds.In addition,the UV cutoff edge of compounds 1 and 2 is both below 190 nm.