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.     

Gaussian与Aspen Plus在化工原理课程设计中的应用*

在化工原理课程设计中将某药厂委托的科研项目“二甲硫醚、甲醇和水分离设计项目”转化为典型教学案例,结合现代计算机辅助技术,引入量化计算软件Gaussian和化工模拟软件Aspen Plus分别从微观和宏观上进行萃取精馏分离共沸物的设计。通过Gaussian软件,基于密度泛函理论证实了待分离体系中已有的组分水可改变二甲硫醚与甲醇二元共沸物的相对挥发度,消除2者之间的共沸。继而采用Aspen Plus软件对待分离混合液进行萃取精馏工艺模拟与优化,最后开展工业设计与设备选型。上述实际案例的设计过程,创造性地使用了混合液已有的组分作为萃取剂,通过萃取精馏工艺实现共沸物的分离,弥补了传统萃取精馏因引入萃取剂导致产品携带少量第三组分的缺点,极大地激发了学生学习的兴趣,丰富了课程教学内容,将复杂的萃取精馏过程讲解透彻,促进教学质量的提升,增强学生的工程设计能力,学生多次参加全国大学生化工设计竞赛并取得了优异成绩。     

工科化学类研究生材料热力学课程教学体系改革研究

"材料热力学"是哈尔滨工业大学化学化工、材料科学与工程等相关专业的研究生学位课。通过精选教材、调整教学内容、探讨材料热力学课程课堂教学与前沿科研成果有机结合的教学模式,融汇基础与前沿,优化热力学教学内容中基础知识和科研成果的最佳结合途径,改变学生应试教育的学习方式,培养学生的创新兴趣、多元化思维及科研素质,全面提高学生的综合能力和独立工作能力。     

专业认证背景下材料现代测试技术课程教学探讨

基于"能力导向"的工程教育认证标准,分析了材料类专业认证背景下材料现代测试技术课程教学中的问题,提出以工程实践应用为主线的教学模式,强化以工程实例和科研项目为载体的案例教学,设计合理复杂的工程问题,开展项目式、讨论式和启发式等多元教学方法,采用"小班化"的实践教学方式,现代化的教学工具和多元化的评价考核方式,实现理论教学和实践教学的有机结合,提高学生的分析问题和解决问题能力、创新思维能力、工程能力,管理能力,团队合作与人际沟通能力。     

以大型仪器为依托构建本科生科研素质培养的新模式

本文以江汉大学高分子材料与工程专业本科教学为例,提出以大型仪器为依托构建本科生科研素质培养的新模式。借助于大型仪器在本科生科研素质培养中的优势作用,采用建立在线资料库、大型仪器模拟仿真、大型仪器操作实训、组建学生科研团队和建立多元化考核评价体系等措施,进一步激发学生的学习兴趣,培养学生的自主学习能力、独立思考能力、团队协作能力和创新能力。通过转变学习方式和方法,提升学生的学习和科学研究等方面的综合能力,为高素质、有特色的应用型技术人才的培养提供一定的参考。     

工科非化学类专业物理化学的教学设计与实践

Based on the situation of China University of Petroleum (East China) and the students' training characteristics, we have explored the reasonable teaching design on the basis of combining the theory and features of physical chemistry course with the practices, to facilitate chemical knowledge acquisition in non-chemical engineering majors. Teaching reforms such as using a variety of teaching methods and evaluation modes were employed in oil & gas storage and transportation engineering major, which has received significant teaching results.     

基于"产学研用"背景下的仪器分析课程教学机制研究

"产学研用"是高等教育实现人才培养目标的重要途径。本文在"产学研用"教学一体化背景下,为提高仪器分析课程教学效果,强化课程对学生专业能力、科研能力和解决企业实际问题的能力培养,在分析目前课程教学存在问题的基础上,对仪器分析"产学研用"教学机制、教学方法、资源共享平台建设、教学团队建设、教学考核等问题进行一体化建设探索,以期通过"产学研用"教学建设促进人才培养质量进一步提升,并对高校培养人才与企业实际需求人才的有效衔接问题提供一定的解决思路。     

研究性与系统性相结合的有机合成实验教学实践

为了培养学生的创新能力和实践能力,使学生较全面地掌握有机合成实验理论知识和实验技能,开展了有机合成实验研究性和系统性结合的教学探索和实践。在课程建设和教学过程中,贯彻以学生为主体的教学改革思路与方法。从教学内容和模式、授课方式、考核方式等多个教学环节进行探索研究,科教融合,结合实际课堂教学,倡导启发式教学方法。研究型教学模式的实施有效地调动了学生自主研究性学习的积极性,有利于提高学生的综合实践能力,促进实验教学与科学研究的衔接。     

大类培养模式下非化学化工专业有机化学教学改革

针对非化学化工专业学生在学习有机化学时出现的"有机化学无用论、乏味论和繁难论"等现象,对有机化学课程教学的各个环节(包括绪论设置、新课导入、课堂教学内容编排、教学手段、考核方式)进行改革探索,旨在为"促进非化学化工专业有机化学教学改革,提高学生学习效率"提供相应的研究思路和方法.     

化学电源制造工程研究生校内实践课程创新性教学探索

如何培养专业硕士的实践和创新能力是高等教育工作者不断探索的问题。本文以哈尔滨工业大学化学电源制造工程实践课程为例,针对该课程存在的问题,从教学手段、教学内容、教师队伍和评价体系四个方面进行课程改革。构建了研究生课内外全方位自主学习的教学体系,对有效利用实践课程提升学生的工程实践、创新及科研能力进行有益的探索。     

《聚合物合成工艺学》的课堂教学改革与实践初探

《聚合物合成工艺学》是高分子本科专业开设的一门专业必修课,对于培养学生运用理论知识解决实际工业生产问题的兴趣和能力,以及利用所学知识进行创新创业发展都具有十分重要的作用。由于当前聚合物材料的发展十分迅速,聚合物合成工艺的发展也日新月异,因此根据聚合物合成工艺学的课程特点,结合课堂教学的经验,作者对如何提高学生兴趣、提高教学质量及培养学生的工程实践能力,在教学内容、教学方法等方面提出不同的方法和改革。