金属有机框架(MOFs)基光催化剂的设计及其在太阳能燃料生产和污染物降解领域的研究进展

金属有机骨架(MOFs)具有较高的比表面积,丰富的金属/有机物种,较大的孔体积以及结构和成分可调节的特性,因此在太阳能燃料生产和污染物的光降解领域具有广泛的应用.根据其结构特点,研究者们主要从有机配体和孔道结构两方面对MOFs进行调控:(1)对有机配体进行修饰,如将杂原子、羟基、卤素原子、金属离子、生物大分子等引入MOFs结构;(2)将无机纳米粒子引入MOFs孔道内,如将贵金属、金属氧化物、多金属氧酸盐等纳米粒子封装在MOFs的孔道内.这些策略可有效增强MOFs的导电性、稳定性等,并进一步提高MOFs基催化剂的光催化性能.本文首先概述了四种经典MOFs类型,即UiO,ZIF,MIL和PCN系列的结构特点和催化性能.其次,总结了在设计MOFs基光催化材料过程中,根据不同类型MOFs特点着重考虑的五方面因素,即稳定性、能带结构、吸附作用、选择性和电导性.再次,讨论了提高MOFs基光催化剂活性的策略,如助催化剂修饰、构建异质结、配体或金属中心修饰和缺陷工程.最后,总结了MOFs基光催化材料在催化还原CO₂、分解水制氢和降解有机污染物反应中的应用进展及影响其催化性能的主要因素.尽管MOFs基光催化材料研究已经取得了令人瞩目的进展,但对MOFs基光催化剂进行可控设计制备仍然存在挑战.如何实现纳米MOFs基光催化材料的制备与规模化生产、可调缺陷MOFs基光催化材料的精准设计、开发高稳定性的MOFs基光催化材料等仍需进一步探索.因此,未来需要从MOFs的纳米化合成、复合材料界面结构的精准调控、催化活性机制与稳定性关系等方面对MOFs基光催化材料进行深入的研究.     

Photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants by MOFs based materials: A review

Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are currently popular porous materials with research and application value in various fields. Aiming at the application of MOFs in photocatalysis, this paper mainly reviews the main synthesis methods of MOFs and the latest research progress of MOFs-based photocatalysts to degrade organic pollutants in water, such as organic dyes, pharmaceuticals and personal care products, and other organic pollutants. The main characteristics of different synthesis methods of MOFs, the main design strategies of MOFs-based photocatalysts, and the excellent performance of photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants are summarized. At the end of this paper, the practical application of MOFs, the current limitations of MOFs, the synthesis methods of MOFs, and the future development trend of MOFs photocatalysts are explained.     

用于电解水制氢的过渡金属有机骨架基催化剂

金属有机骨架(MOFs)材料因具有无机和有机的杂合性质、高度有序的多孔性、结构可修饰性、比表面积大和孔隙率高等特点,在催化领域具有广阔的应用前景。本文从氢能的开发利用角度出发,在纯MOFs、MOFs复合及衍生材料三个方面对近十年来过渡金属MOFs基催化剂在电解水制氢方面的重要研究进展进行了综述,着重针对材料的合成进行了探讨,以及在基础研究和产业应用的角度指出当前过渡金属MOFs基制氢催化剂面临的挑战和机遇,对其应用前景进行展望。     

Recent Advances of Metal-Organic Frameworks-based Nanozymes for Bio-applications

Artificial nanoenzymes with enzyme-like catalytic activity have gradually become an alternative to natural enzymes due to their low production cost, high stability, and good tolerance. In recent years, various enzyme mimics have emerged with the rapid development of nano-teclnology. Metal-organic frameworks(MOFs) are a novel class of porous inorganic-organic hybrid materials made from metal ions/clusters and organic ligands, and MOFs-based nanozymes show great prospect in biosensing, biocatalysis, biomedical imaging, and therapeutic applications, due to unique properties, such as high specific surface area, high porosity, tunable morphology, and excellent biocatalytic properties. In this paper, the recent progresses concerning MOFs-based nanozymes are systematically summarized, including the synthesis, design strategies and related applications, which are divided into two major categories, namely, MOFs structured nanoenzymes and MOFs composite structured nanoenzymes. Meanwhile, the applications of various classifications of MOFs research are introduced. At the end, current challenges and future perspectives of MOFs-based nanozymes are also discussed. It is highly expected that this review on this important area can provide a meaningful guidance for tumor therapy, biosensing and other aspects.     

One-dimensional HKUST-1 nanobelts from Cu nanowires

The controllable synthesis of one-dimensional(1D) structural morphology of metal-organic frameworks(MOFs) is significant for its application in catalysis,sense and gas separation.In this communication,we report a simple and moderate synthetic strategy to obtain uniform HKUST-1 nanobelts(NBs) by using copper nanowires(Cu NWs) as a metal source as well as a template.The control experiments showed that synergy between metal dissolution rate and crystal formation plays a key role in the formation of nanobelts.Our study represents an attractive synthetic strategy of 1 D MOFs-based material for applications.     

金属有机骨架及其衍生材料在电解水和锌-空气电池中的应用

电解水和锌-空气电池(ZABs)技术为解决能源危机、实现碳中和目标开辟了一条新的途径。然而,这些技术的实际应用在很大程度上受到析氢反应(HER)、析氧反应(OER)以及氧还原反应(ORR)缓慢动力学的限制。因此,迫切需要开发高效、稳定的电催化剂有效降低反应过电位,加快电催化反应进程。金属有机骨架(MOFs)由于其灵活可调的组成和精确可控的结构,已成为催化领域研究最广泛的材料之一。本文聚焦于MOFs基电催化剂的制备策略和结构特性,主要介绍它们在电解水和ZABs方面近期的研究进展,并对该领域存在的问题和发展趋势进行了总结和展望。     

金属-有机骨架材料的改性方法及其光催化制氢应用

能源问题一直是关乎人类命运的重要问题,光催化制氢被认为是有望解决这一问题的潜在途径之一.金属有机框架(MOFs)由于其多孔、高比表面积、带隙可调等特性,在光催化制氢方面得到了广泛关注.我们综述了近些年来在金属-有机骨架材料光催化制氢领域的各种改性方法 ,包括修饰有机连接配体、修饰金属中心、金属纳米粒子沉积、染料敏化与其他功能材料结合等.概括了改性后的MOFs光催化制氢性能,指出了MOFs基光催化制氢存在的问题和可能的解决思路,并展望了MOFs基光催化制氢剂的绿色未来.     

Recent developments in the use of metal oxides for photocatalytic degradation of pharmaceutical pollutants in water—a review

In recent years, metal oxide semiconductors have been explored as photocatalysts for the degradation of organic contaminants in water/wastewater. The uniqueness of these oxide materials is in their ability to harness energy in the UV/Vis range, their relative ease of synthesis, low cost, and their general high surface ratio to mass, etc. Thus, these materials have consequently drawn much profound interest in environment applications, particularly pharmaceutical drugs for photocatalytic degradation. Furthermore, the non-toxic nature of most metal oxide semiconductors means they are convenient for water treatment works, resulting in safe drinking water for humans and safe environments for aquatic mammals. Pharmaceuticals are emerging pollutants that are increasingly being found in water systems. They have been detrimental to the human and animal health. In this article, pharmaceutical drugs abatement from water via photocatalysis process using oxide-based advanced metals such as TiO₂, ZnO, Fe₂O₃,WO₃, and Bi₂WO₆ is discussed. Degradation of various drugs at laboratory scale have been assessed and examples cited. Various approaches to metal oxides modifications and synthesis methods to improve degradation efficiency have also been discussed. Effects of experimental/operational parameters in the degradation process have been compiled and compared. Finally, a short preview of degradation of pharmaceuticals pilot scales is also highlighted.     

Two-dimensional MOF Cu-BDC nanosheets/ILs@silica core-shell composites as mixed-mode stationary phase for high performance liquid chromatography

Here, silica microspheres were decorated with two-dimensional metal–organic frameworks (2D MOFs) nanosheets and ionic liquids, and evaluated as the mixed-mode stationary phase for chromatographic separation. The ionic liquids were used to assist the synthesis of 2D MOFs nanosheets, and also acted as adhesives among the nanosheets and silica. In contrast with the 2D MOFs-based column without ionic liquids and commercial columns, the prepared column exhibited enhanced chromatographic separation performance for partially hydrophilic compounds such as alkaloids, sulfonamides and antibiotics, etc. In addition to excellent chromatographic repeatability and stability, it has also been verified that the composites could be easily and repeatedly prepared. The relative standard deviation of the retention time of the same type of analyte between the three batches of materials was ranging from 0.21% to 1.7%. In short, these results indicated that the synthesized composites were promising separation material for liquid chromatography, which made it possible to broaden the application of 2D MOFs in the field of chromatography.     

金属有机骨架及其衍生材料在电解水和锌-空气电池中的应用

电解水和锌-空气电池(ZABs)技术为解决能源危机、实现碳中和目标开辟了一条新的途径。然而,这些技术的实际应用在很大程度上受到析氢反应(HER)、析氧反应(OER)以及氧还原反应(ORR)缓慢动力学的限制。因此,迫切需要开发高效、稳定的电催化剂有效降低反应过电位,加快电催化反应进程。金属有机骨架(MOFs)由于其灵活可调的组成和精确可控的结构,已成为催化领域研究最广泛的材料之一。本文聚焦于MOFs基电催化剂的制备策略和结构特性,主要介绍它们在电解水和ZABs方面近期的研究进展,并对该领域存在的问题和发展趋势进行了总结和展望。     

Water Adsorption and Transport on Oxidized Two-Dimensional Carbon Materials

Studies on the adsorption and transport of water molecules with oxidized two-dimensional (2 D) carbon materials have attracted increasing interest owing to their wide range of applications, such as sensing, energy conversion, and membrane separation. In this contribution, the interaction between water molecules and oxidized 2 D carbon materials (i.e., graphene oxide and graphdiyne oxide) is discussed, the influence of water adsorption and transport on the physicochemical properties of 2 D carbon materials is presented, and the recent progress on oxidized 2 D carbon material-based proton conduction, electricity generation, water transport, and humidity sensing is highlighted. The opportunities and challenges in these research fields are discussed, especially the structural stability and chemical modification of 2 D carbon materials.     

提升二维材料的电催化析氢和光催化析氢性能的策略

世界能源危机问题和环境问题日益突出,寻找低廉、易得且能够替代化石的清洁能源是目前研究的热点.氢气具有可再生性、安全、高能量密度、环境友好型等优点,因而成为替代化石燃料的首选.在众多途径中,电催化产氢和光催化产氢是目前应用较广且比较成熟的方法,其工艺过程简单、无污染,但由于效率较低或生产成本较高等因素,其大规模应用受到一定的限制.因此,开发高效的析氢催化剂意义重大.迄今为止,贵金属铂是公认的最好的析氢催化剂,但其稀有性和价格高阻碍了大规模的商业应用.因此,寻找高效、稳定、价格合理的析氢催化剂迫在眉睫.近年来,已研究和设计了很多析氢催化材料,其中,二维材料以其独特的物理化学性质(如电子在二维空间内快速移动、超薄结构、较大的比表面积等)引起了科学家的兴趣.但实际研究的二维材料的析氢性能与理论值相比还有很大的差距.因此,提高二维材料的导电性、增加活性位点、提高光电催化剂的循环稳定性是提升其性能的关键.本文综述了四种二维材料(二硫化钼、石墨烯、过渡金属碳氮化物、黑磷)在析氢方面的最新研究进展,包括(1)二维材料的合成方法,(2)二维材料析氢性能,(3)析氢催化机理.并从三个方面总结了提升二维材料析氢性能的策略:(1)缺陷位工程,(2)异质结策略,(3)金属及非金属杂原子掺杂.在提高二维材料的策略方面,本文着重讨论了d带理论、状态密度和费米能级,为更多二维析氢催化材料的制备提供了有效的指导.最后,本文分析了二维催化剂领域目前面临的问题和挑战,展望了未来的发展趋势.     

Efficient detection of CO2 by nanocomposites: Environmental and energy technologies

Nanocomposite materials have received much attention from scientists and engineers interested in the detection and photoreduction of CO₂ compounds. Their interest is due in large part to the unique properties of these materials, including their high degree of photoactivity, thermal stability, high surface area, and malleability. In the present review, we focus on several nanocomposite types used for the detection and photochemical reduction of CO₂: titania-based nanocomposites, chalcogenide-based nanocomposites, LDHs-based nanocomposites, and MOFs-based nanocomposites. More specifically, trends in green synthesis nanocomposites, methods for detecting CO₂ compounds, and the photoreduction of those compounds are summarized in this paper. Several modified approaches to nanocomposite materials have been discussed to achieve optimum results. Generally, we find that the presence of functional active groups, doping metal, and other semiconductor materials act as catalysts, significantly enhancing the photoreduction properties of nano-materials. Moreover, we will also discuss additional challenges, especially in regard to large-scale industrial applications. In our discussion, we will highlight the use of nanocomposite-based materials in the detection and photoreduction of CO₂. It is hoped that our findings will serve as a reference and inspiration for academic researchers and industrial professionals.     

The carbon nanotubes-based materials and their applications for organic pollutant removal:A critical review

The carbon nanotubes(CNTs) as the emerging materials for organic pollutant removal have gradually become a burgeoning research field.Herein,a mini-review of CNTs-based materials curre ntly studies for organic pollutant elimination is presented.This review summarizes the preparation methods of CNTsbased materials.CNTs-based materials can be used as adsorbents to remove organic pollutants in wastewater.The adsorption mechanisms mainly include surface diffusio n,pore diffusion and adsorption reaction.Most importantly,an in-depth overview of CNTs-based materials currently available in advanced oxidation processes(AOPs) applications for wastewater treatment is proposed.CNTs-based materials can catalyze different oxidants(e.g.,hydrogen peroxide(H_2 O_2),persulfates(PMS/PDS),ozone(O_3) and ferrate/permanganate(Fe(Ⅵ)/Mn(Ⅶ)) to generate more reactive oxygen species(ROS) for organic pollutant elimination.Moreover,the possible reaction mechanisms of removing organic pollutants by CNTs-based materials are summarized systematically and discussed in detail.Finally,application potential and future research directions of CNTs-based materials in the environmental remediation field are proposed.     

功能化金属有机骨架材料去除饮用水污染物的研究进展

金属有机骨架(MOFs)材料是一类以过渡金属为中心、含杂原子的有机物为配体、通过配位作用形成的周期性网络多孔晶体材料。与其他的多孔材料相比,MOFs配体种类繁多,比表面积极大,孔径大小可调控且具有特殊(饱和或不饱和)的金属位点,在气体存储、催化、吸附与分离等领域有广阔的应用前景。近年来,功能化MOFs对污染物的富集和去除成为学者关注的热点。这是由于通过对MOFs进行功能化修饰,能够改变MOFs的孔径大小、表面带电性质等物化性质,从而实现对目标物更高效的吸附。该文综述了近年来功能化MOFs对饮用水污染物吸附的研究进展,包括饮用水污染物的类型及危害、功能化MOFs的制备方法以及去除饮用水污染物的应用,并对今后的发展前景进行了展望。     

Recent advances on electroactive CNT-based membranes for environmental applications: The perfect match of electrochemistry and membrane separation

Global climate change, growing population, and environmental pollution underscore the need for a greater focus on providing advanced water treatment technologies. Although electrochemical based-processes are becoming promising solutions, they still face challenges owing to mass transport and upscaling which hinder the exploitation of this technology. Electrode design and reactor configuration are key factors for achieving operational improvements. The electroactive membrane has proven to be a breakthrough technology integrating electrochemistry and membrane separation with an enhanced mass transport by convection. In this review article, we discuss recent progress in environmental applications of electroactive membranes with particular focus on those composed of carbon nanotubes (CNT) due to their intriguing physicochemical properties. Their applications in degradation of refractory contaminants, detoxification and sequestration of toxic heavy metal ions, and membrane fouling alleviations are systematically reviewed. We then discuss the existing limitations and opportunities for future research. The development of advanced electroactive systems depends on interdisciplinary collaborations in the areas of materials, electrochemistry, membrane development, and environmental sciences.     

Two-dimensional transition metal chalcogenide nanomaterials for cancer diagnosis and treatment

For more than a decade, the exfoliation of graphene and other layered materials has led to a tremendous amount of research in two-dimensional (2D) materials, among which 2D transition metal chalcogenides (TMCs) nanomaterials have attracted much attention in a wide range of applications including photoelectric devices, lithium-ion batteries, catalysis, and energy conversion and storage owing to their unique photoelectric physical properties. With such large specific surface area, strong near-infrared (NIR) absorption and abundant chemical element composition, 2D TMCs nanomaterials have become good candidates in biomedical imaging and cancer treatment. This review systematically summarizes recent progress on 2D TMCs nanomaterials, which includes their synthesis methods and applications in cancer treatment. At the end of this review, we also highlight the future prospects and challenges of 2D TMCs nanomaterials. It is expected that this work can provide the readers with a detailed overview of the synthesis of 2D TMCs and inspire more novel functional biomaterials based on 2D TMCs for cancer treatment in the future.     

Metal-organic frameworks for electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide: The role of metal centers

Direct electrochemical reduction of CO_2 into valuable chemicals and fuel is one of the most promising approaches to address the current energy crisis and lower CO_2 emission. Recently, numerous metal-organic framework(MOF) and their derived materials have extensively been developed as electrocatalysts for CO_2 reduction owing to their unique structure including porosity, large specific surface area, and tunable chemical structures. In this review, the recent progress of MOF-based electrocatalysts for CO_2 reduction was summarized and discussed. Detailed discussions mainly focus on the synthesis and mechanism of pristine MOFs and MOF-derived materials for electrocatalytic CO_2 reduction. These examples are expected to provide clues to rational design and synthesis of stable and high-performance MOFs-based electrocatalysts for CO_2 reduction.     

Application of BaTiO3-based catalysts for piezocatalytic,photocatalytic and piezo-photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants and bacterial disinfection in wastewater: A comprehensive review

The coupling of piezocatalysis and photocatalysis known as piezo-photocatalysis has attracted a lot of attention as one of the most effective advanced oxidation process (AOPs) for wastewater treatment, especially for the degradation of organic pollutants and disinfection of microbes. To advance this technology, there’s a need to develop lead free piezoelectric materials to drive both piezocatalytic and photocatalytic process to prevent secondary pollution due to lead toxicity. Hence, barium titanate (BaTiO₃) has been widely used as lead free piezoelectric material for several applications including water splitting, bacterial disinfection, and wastewater treatment due to its exceptional optical and piezoelectric properties. This work presents a comprehensive review on the application of BaTiO₃ as a promising lead-free piezo-photocatalyst for the catalytic degradation of organic pollutants and bacterial disinfection from aqueous solution. This review article details the optical and piezoelectric properties, modification strategies, and synthetic methods of BaTiO₃. Furthermore, the application of BaTiO₃ as a preferred piezo-photocatalyst for wastewater treatment and a future perspective is presented.     

MOFs基材料在光催化CO2还原中的应用

系统总结了金属有机框架(MOFs)基材料在光催化还原CO₂中的最新研究进展, 其中包括MOFs直接作为光催化剂和作为复合光催化2个主要部分, 讨论了MOFs基光催化剂在催化还原CO₂方面展现出的独特优势, 并对MOFs基光催化剂的结构稳定性与CO₂转化效率等问题进行讨论与分析, 对未来发展趋势进行了展望.