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.     

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。     

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.     

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.     

稀土元素的电分析化学研究(Ⅵ)——钐-罗丹明B-氯化铵体系的极谱研究

在单扫示波极谱仪上,罗丹明B在氯化铵底液中(0.4M)的导数波(-1.45V,SCE)是一个吸附波,加入Sm³⁺能降低它的波高,二苯胍(1×10^-4M)的存在使罗丹明B(8.4×10^-5M)的波形稳定,Sm³⁺浓度为3×10^-7-2×10^-3M时,浓度与波峰的降低呈线性关系。在直流极谱仪上,在有二氧六圜存在的氯化铵底液中,钐(Ⅲ)-罗丹明B络合物在-1.7V(SCE)有一个吸附还原波。在最佳条件下(0.1M氯化铵,4.2×10^-5M罗丹明B和10%二氧六圜,pH=5.0),在浓度为2×10^-5-2×10^-5M范围内,波高与Sm³⁺浓度有正比关系。比较了稀土-罗丹明B在二氧六圜中的极谱波,销比钐灵敏,铒最灵敏;但是罗丹明B的吸附波妨碍了在它后面的络合物波的灵敏度进一步提高。     

溶液中钪与草酸离子的配位作用

提钪工艺中常使草酸钪溶于过量草酸铵溶液中。但文献中有关钪与草酸离子配位作用的报导甚少。等用分光光度法测定了ScC₂O₄⁺配离子的稳定常数,而J·Stary则用分配法测定了SC(C₂O₄)₃^3-配离子的稳定常数,这些工作都没有对溶液中可能生成各级配离子进行研究。     

铜(II)-铬(VI)复合均匀胶体粒子的制备

报导在尿素存在下通过均相沉淀法由硝酸铜和重铬酸铵制备复合均匀胶体粒子的结果．研究了一些实验参数对其组成、形态和粒子大小的影响．确定了胶体粒子的制备条件．结果观测到，由硝酸铜和重铬酸铵溶液形成了球形的多刺的粒子，它的组成为水含铅酸铜．     

PVC膜四氯络铁(Ⅲ)阴离子电极的研制

Cattrall等_[1]曾报导用Allqat 336S的四氯络铁(Ⅲ)酸盐为电活性物质制成铂基PVC膜涂层电极,并用于测定铁矿石中的铁含量_[2]。惜所用季铵盐碳链较短,检测下限欠佳。本文报导用长键季铵盐作活性物质,以制备其内导体系为溶液接触型的PVC膜四氯络铁(Ⅲ)阴离子选择电极的研究结果。     

Purification and Characterization of Two Thermostable Glucoamylases Produced from Aspergillus niger B-30

Two thermostable glucoamylases were produced from Aspergillus niger B-30 by submerged fermentation. The two glucoamylases GAM-1 and GAM-2 were purified by ammonium sulfate precipitation, diethylaminoethylcellulose fast flow(DEAE FF) and Superdex G-75 gel filtration columns. The molecular weights of GAM-1 and GAM-2 were determined as 9.72×10⁴ and 7.83×10⁴ by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE), while the molecular weights of GAM-1 and GAM-2 were determined to be 8.05×10⁴ and 7.04×10⁴ by matrix assisted laser desorption ionizationtime-of-flight(MALDI-TOF) mass spectrometry, respectively. Both the enzymes were glycosylated, with 10.4% and 11.4% carbohydrate content, respectively. The optimal pH and temperature were 4.0―4.6 and 70 ℃ for both. The two glucoamylases were maintained 100% relative activity after incubation at 60 ℃ for 120 min. After the hydrolysis of starch for 120 min, glucose was the only product, confirming that the two enzymes were of high efficiency towards starch. The GAM-2 exhibited higher catalytic activity towards oligosaccharides such as maltose than GAM-1, and the kinetic analysis shows that the affinity of GAM-2 to starch was lower than that of GAM-1. The high thermostability and effectiveness make the two glucoamylases potentially attractive for biotechnological application.     

壳聚糖季铵盐-Zn(Ⅱ)催化磷酸双酯与质粒DNA水解动力学

采用壳聚糖与缩水甘油三甲基氯化铵反应制备了壳聚糖季铵盐(HTACC), 研究了其Zn(Ⅱ)配合物HTACC-Zn(Ⅱ)催化DNA的模拟底物对硝基苯酚磷酸双酯(BNPP)水解的动力学过程及其对质粒DNA的催化裂解. 结果表明, HTACC-Zn(Ⅱ)对BNPP的水解反应具有良好的催化活性, 其表观一级速率常数可达到6.7×10-6 s-1, 为BNPP自发水解时的6.0×104倍; 同时, HTACC-Zn(Ⅱ)还能够有效催化质粒DNA(pUC19)的裂解, 使DNA分子由超螺旋结构裂解为开环和线型结构.     

PVC膜电极的研究(Ⅰ)——铋(Ⅲ)氯络阴离子选择性电极的研制

近几年,已有人研究过铋(Ⅲ)涂丝电极,该电极在10^-4-10^-1M铋(Ⅲ)浓度范围有近似线性的响应,斜率为36.5mV/pBi。本文以季铵盐7402-BiCl₄^-缔合物为电活性物质,以苯二甲酸二壬酯为增塑剂,研制成功了铋(Ⅲ)PVC膜电极。     

咪唑钴(III)配合物还原动力学机理研究

配合物间的电子转移反应是近代化学中重要的一类反应［‘，’J，对于大多数反应来说，由于前驱配合物离子对形成常数较小，难以独立分离出各基元步骤动力学参数问；给研究带来困难问．为了丰富电子转移反应研究内容，寻找更多可供详细研究的反应体系，在前文报导［Fe（CN）6p还原高位阻［Co（tmen）3p”的反应动力学研究基础上＊，本文进一步合成了含有生物体系中常见配体咪哩（IInll）的Co仰）配合物［Co（NH。）。（ImH）］（CIO小和t，an。－［Co（NH。）（en）。（IInH）］（C104）。，再以［Fe（CN）6p为还原剂，考察了两C…     

Thiocyanate ion selective electrode based on bis(N-3-methylphenyl salicylidenaminato)copper(Ⅱ) ionophore

In this work a PVC membrane electrode based on bis(N-3-methyl phenyl salicylidenaminato)copper(II)as ionophore was prepared.The electrode was tested by inorganic anions and showed good selectivity for thiocyanate ion.This sensor showed Nerstian behavior with a slope of a-59.3 mV per decade at 25℃.The proposed electrode exhibited a wide linear range from 1.0 × 10~(-6) mol/L to 1.0× 10~(-1) mol/L with a detection limit of 5.0×10~(-7) mol/L.The electrode response was independent of pH in the range of 4.0-10.0.The response time is about 9-21s,and the electrode can be used for over 60 days without considerable deterioration.The prepared sensor was applied as an indicator electrode in potentiometric titration of SCN with Ag~+ ion and to determine the thiocyanate in samples of urine and saliva.     

稀土元素的电分析化学研究(Ⅴ)——钇-罗丹明B-二苯胍体系的示波极谱研究

本文探讨了Y³⁺与碱性染料罗丹明B络合物的极谱行为。在NH₄Cl底液中,二苯胍存在下,罗丹明B在-1.50伏(SCE)附近有一个大而稳定的极谱吸附还原波,Y³⁺使示波导数波降低。在最佳实验条件下,在1×10^-7-1×10^-6M的范围内Y³⁺浓度与波高降低有良好线性关系。重稀土行为相似,可能用于测定重稀土总量。通过i-t曲线,循环伏安图、比较dc、dpp、示波极谱常规波和导数波,研究了体系的还原机理。Y³⁺与罗丹明B和二苯胍可能形成离子缔合络合物,强烈吸附并占据滴汞表面。络合物在罗丹明B还原波后还原,致使罗丹明B本身的波降低。在dc和示波常规波中。两波不能分开,在dpp中因电压扫描慢,无良好线性关系。只有在示波导数波上表现为一种灵敏的极谱波。