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.     

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.     

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。     

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。     

Regulation of carbon distribution to construct high-sulfur-content cathode in lithium-sulfur batteries

Lithium-sulfur(Li-S)battery is regarded as one of the most promising next-generation energy storage systems due to the ultra-high theoretical energy density of 2600 Wh kg^-1.To address the insulation nature of sulfur,nanocarbon composition is essential to afford acceptable cycling capacity but inevitably sacrifices the actual energy density under working conditions.Therefore,rational structural design of the carbon/sulfur composite cathode is of great significance to realize satisfactory electrochemical performances with limited carbon content.Herein,the cathode carbon distribution is rationally regulated to construct high-sulfur-content and high-performance Li-S batteries.Concretely,a double-layer carbon(DLC)cathode is prepared by fabricating a surface carbon layer on the carbon/sulfur composite.The surface carbon layer not only provides more electrochemically active surfaces,but also blocks the polysulfide shuttle.Consequently,the DLC configuration with an increased sulfur content by nearly 10 wt%renders an initial areal capacity of 3.40 mAh cm^-2 and capacity retention of 83.8%during 50 cycles,which is about two times than that of the low-sulfur-content cathode.The strategy of carbon distribution regulation affords an effective pathway to construct advanced high-sulfur-content cathodes for practical high-energy-density Li-S batteries.     

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.     

Confined Ni-In intermetallic alloy nanocatalyst with excellent coking resistance for methane dry reforming

Carbon dioxide and methane are two main greenhouse gases which are contributed to serious global warming.Fortunately,dry reforming of methane(DRM),a very important reaction developed decades ago,can convert these two major greenhouse gases into value-added syngas or hydrogen.The main problem retarding its industrialization is the seriously coking formation upon the nickel-based catalysts.Herein,a series of confined indium-nickel(In-Ni)intermetallic alloy nanocatalysts(In_xNi@SiO₂)have been prepared and displayed superior coking resistance for DRM reaction.The sample containing 0.5 wt.%of In loading(In_0.5Ni@SiO₂)shows the best balance of carbon deposition resistance and DRM reactivity even after 430 h long term stability test.The boosted carbon resistance can be ascribed to the confinement of core–shell structure and to the transfer of electrons from Indium to Nickel in In-Ni intermetallic alloys due to the smaller electronegativity of In.Both the silica shell and the increase of electron cloud density on metallic Ni can weaken the ability of Ni to activate C–H bond and decrease the deep cracking process of methane.The reaction over the confined InNi intermetallic alloy nanocatalyst was conformed to the Langmuir-Hinshelwood(L-H)mechanism revealed by in situ diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy(in-situ DRIFTS).This work provides a guidance to design high performance coking resistance catalysts for methane dry reforming to efficiently utilize these two main greenhouse gases.     

(Nd1-xYx)3Fe27.31Ti1.69化合物的结构与磁性研究

制备了(Nd1-xYx)3Fe27.31Ti1.69(0≤x≤0.6)系列化合物,通过X射线衍射和磁性测量等手段研究了它们的结构和磁性.这些化合物均为Nd3(Fe,Ti)29型结构,A2/m空间群.化合物晶胞体积随Y含量增加而单调减少,居里温度Tc随Y含量增加略有降低,说明化合物的居里温度主要由Fe-Fe之间的交换相互作用所决定.温度为5K时,饱和磁化强度Ms随Y含量的增加而单调降低,与一个简单的稀释模型预期结果一致.所得化合物在低温下均发生自旋重取向,自旋重取向温度Tsr随Y含量增加而单调降低,从x=0时的232K减小到x=0.6时的121K.基于磁晶各向异性的研究结果确定了所得化合物的自旋相图.     

xLi[Li1/3Mn2/3]O2-(1-x)LiNi5/12Mn5/12Co2/12O2(0≤x≤0.8)的结构与电化学性能

采用喷雾干燥法制备了xLi[Li_1/3Mn_2/3]O₂-(1-x)LiNi_5/12Mn_5/12Co_2/12O₂(0≤x≤0.8)系列富锂层状固溶体正极材料, 并通过X射线衍射(XRD)、高分辨透射电子显微镜(HRTEM)、X射线光电子能谱(XPS)、电化学阻抗测试(EIS)以及充放电测试等多种手段研究了样品组分中Li₂MnO₃ 含量变化对材料结构及电化学性能的影响.研究发现, 材料的微观结构随着Li₂MnO₃含量的增加而逐渐发生转变.当x≤0.2时, 样品的微观结构与其母体材料LiNi_5/12Mn_5/12Co_2/12O₂相似; 而当x≥0.4时, 样品的微观结构与Li₂MnO₃有很高的相似性.当x=0.3时, 材料表现出两相共存的特征.HRTEM结果显示, 随着Li₂MnO₃含量的增加, 样品中过渡金属原子的排列逐渐由长程有序转变为长程无序而短程有序, 并且在高Li₂MnO₃含量的样品中观察到了金属阳离子混排的现象.充放电测试结果表明, 当x≤0.6时, 材料的放电比容量随着x的增加而增加; 当x>0.6时, 其放电比容量则随着x的增加而下降; 当x=0.6时, 放电比容量最高, 室温及高温(50℃)下分别为260 和304 mA·h/g.EIS研究结果表明, 这种微观结构上由有序向无序的转变会导致材料电荷转移阻抗的增加, 进而影响材料的电化学性能.     

Correlation of crystal structure, dielectric properties and lattice vibration spectra of (Ba(1-x)Sr(x))(Zn(1/3)Nb(2/3))O3 solid solutions

(Ba(1-x)Sr(x))(Zn(1/3)Nb(2/3))O(3) (BSZN) (x = 0.0, 0.50, 0.60, 0.65, 0.70, 1.0) solid solutions were synthesized by a conventional solid-state sintering technique. Vibration spectra (Raman spectroscopy and Fourier transform far-infrared reflection spectroscopy, FTIR) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) were employed to evaluate the crystal structures and phonon modes of these solid solutions. Dielectric constants (ε(r)) and temperature coefficient of capacitances (τ(c)) were examined to reveal the correlation of the dielectric properties and the crystal structures. The results show that with the increase in Sr(2+) content, the lattice structures of ceramics turn gradually from disordered cubic structure to ordered structure because antiphase tilting of the oxygen octahedra occurs where x≥ 0.65, which is the main reason for the phase transitions and variation of crystal structure. The appearance of the phase transitions is associated with variation of the symmetry structure, from cubic (Pm ?3m, where x = 0) to pseudocubic (I4/mcm, where 0.65 ≤x < 1.0) and then to hexagonal (P ?3ml, where x = 1.0). New phonon modes appear at around 250 cm(-1) in Raman spectra where x≥ 0.65, and there is also a different phonon mode appearing at 156 cm(-1) in the FTIR spectra at the same x range. The appearance of the new phonon modes is the characteristic of ceramics whose oxygen octahedra have tilted with Sr(2+) concentration where x≥ 0.65. The Raman shifts are related to the rigidity of the oxygen octahedra, while the widths of peaks are correlated with τ(c). The FTIR spectra were subjected to the Kramers-Kronig analysis, and the imaginary part of the dielectric constant was analyzed in detail.     

微波水热法对CoxNi(1-x)Fe2O催化活性的影响

到目前，人们已利用微波水热法合成了一些物质的超细粉体，但有关微波水热法合成粉体的催化性能研究仍没有见报导，这里，我们首次报导了在微波辐射下湿法合成的CoxNi（1-x）Fe2O4（0≤x≤1）粉体对催化分解H2O2有较高活性．微波辐射下合成CoxNi（1-x）Fe2O4催化剂的实验装置如     

LiNi1-xAlxO2(x=0～1.0)固溶体结构的XRD研究

利用溶胶凝胶法制备了新型锂离子二次电池正极材料LiNi_1-xAl_xO₂(x=0,0.1～1.0)固溶体,X射线衍射结果表明,在0≤x≤1范围内,材料均为具有α-NaFeO₂型结构的LiNi_1-xAl_xO₂固溶体单相.随着Al固溶量的增加,晶胞参数发生变化,a轴缩短,c/a比增大,晶胞体积V₀减小,材料的层状属性更加明显.     

纳晶稀土复合氧化物Dy1-xSrxCoO3-y I. 荧光特性及其机理研究

研究了在紫外(UV)激发下纳晶Dy1-xSrxCoO3-y(0.0≤x≤1.0)的荧光特性及其发光机理。结果表明, 纳晶Dy1-xSrxCoO3-y的荧光为量子限域型光致发光, 这源于纳晶的尺寸量子化效应, 其发光机理为量子限域模型。Dy^3^+的自身浓度猝灭机理为电隅极-电四极相互作用。纳晶电偶极跃迁的振子强度为3.256×10^-^6～41.00×10^-^6, 摩尔消光系数为0.8581-10.82。     

含Eu(DBM)_3·H_2O纳米微晶的光学树脂的制备及性能研究

稀土β二酮的配合物因其具有Antenna效应,发光强度明显增强;而且它的激光性质也被证实[1] ,是应用价值极大的配合物.稀土配合物与高分子的复合,获得了兼具二者优良性能的功能材料,有很好的应用前景.通常二者的复合多采用直接掺杂、机械共混和熔融等方法.但由于二者的相容性较差,并且存在着浓度淬灭现象,使获得高稀土含量、分散均匀的聚合物发光材料非常困难.以往,杨柏小组分别采用直接掺杂和原位复合的方法制备了含稀土配合物的光学树脂[2 ,3 ] ,但稀土配合物含量受到限制.本文在文献[4,5 ]的基础上,采用化学沉淀的方法,制备了30～30 0nmEu…     

Phase Evolution and Magnetic Properties of Sn_(1-2x)Fe_xNb_xO_2(0.45≤x≤0.50)

Sn1-2xFexNbxO2(0.45≤x≤0.50) samples were prepared at 1000 ℃ via a simple chemical co-precipitation method.The effects of the concentrations of Sn doped on the structures and magnetic properties of the samples have been investigated.A systematic variation from monoclinic to orthorhombic FeNbO4 structure was observed with increasing Sn content.The phase evolutions were observed from monoclinic structure with x=0.50 to the coexistence of monoclinic and orthorhombic structures with x=0.48,0.47,0.46,and then to orthorhombic structure with x=0.45.Antiferromagnetic behavior was observed for all the samples,and the magnetic ordering temperatures decrease with increasing Sn concentration,which further indicated the sequence of phase transitions.The results suggest that the incorporation of Sn can stabilize the orthorhombic FeNbO4.     

LaMn1-xMgxO3钙钛矿的低温磁性

采用乙二胺四乙酸-柠檬酸联合溶胶凝胶法合成了B位掺镁的简单钙钛矿纯相样品LaMn1-xMgxO3(x=0~0.50). Mg在钙钛矿B位的掺杂和调节Mn3+/Mn4+的摩尔比强烈地影响样品的磁性行为. x≤0.08时, 样品低温下表现弱的铁磁性; x≥0.18时, 随着Mg掺杂引入的Mn4+离子间的反铁磁性超交换作用与Mn3+-Mn4+离子间的铁磁性双交换作用使样品在低温下呈现自旋玻璃态. 随着Mg2+掺杂量的增加, 样品的磁有序温度与自旋凝固温度单调降低.     

光催化剂Bi1-xGdxVO4的制备和表征及其光催化分解水

通过高温固相法合成了不同组分的光催化剂Bi1-xGdxVO4(x=0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.5, 0.7, 0.9, 1.0), 并用X射线衍射(XRD)、紫外-可见漫反射光谱(DRS)、比表面积分析(BET)、扫描电子显微镜(SEM)对催化剂Bi1-xGdxVO4进行了表征和分析. XRD结果表明, 在Bi1-xGdxVO4中存在两种结构, 当0.3≤x≤1.0时, Bi1-xGdxVO4为四方晶系硅酸锆型结构; 当x=0时, 为单斜晶系白钨矿结构BiVO4; 当0相似文献