In this work, visible light response CeO2/CdS decorated cotton fabrics as durable and facile recyclable composite photocatalysts were fabricated for photo-degradation of methylene blue (MB). First of all, amino-functionalized CeO2/CdS heterojunctions were synthesized through a fast, efficient and low-cost co-precipitation method. Subsequently, the as-prepared CeO2/CdS heterojunctions were immobilized on aldehyde-functionalized cotton fabric surfaces as composite photocatalysts via "amine-aldehyde" chemical reaction. The surface microstructure and chemical composition of the CeO2/CdS decorated cotton fabric (CeO2/CdS-CF) were characterized by SEM, FTIR and XPS, respectively. The results showed that CeO2/CdS heterojunctions were successfully anchored and uniformly distributed on the surface of cotton fabric. Since the CeO2/CdS heterostructure with efficient photo-generated charge transfer and separation, the as-prepared CeO2/CdS-CF exhibited excellent photocatalytic activity, degrading MB under simulated sunlight irradiation with a degradation efficiency of 93.8% within 90 min. In addition, the degradation efficiency remained above 90.3% even after five successive degradation cycles, indicating the outstanding stability and recyclability of the obtained CeO2/CdS-CF. This work opened up a facile preparation way for the fabrication of durable and recyclable composite photocatalysts, and has a promising application in treating dye contaminated wastewater.
The electronic properties of hydrogenated nanocrystalline silicon (nc-Si:H) were studied using drive-level capacitance profiling (DLCP) to obtain defect density profiles as well as transient photocapacitance (TPC) and transient photocurrent (TPI) spectroscopies to study the spectra of defect related optical transitions. These measurements were performed on a series of n–i–p solar cell devices with intrinsic layer thickness of roughly 1 μm. The nc-Si:H intrinsic layers were deposited using RF or MVHF glow discharge with various hydrogen dilution profiles predominantly on specular stainless steel substrates (SS/n+/i nc-Si:H/p+/ITO), but also on textured back reflectors (SS/Ag/ZnO/n+/i nc-Si:H/p+/ITO) in some cases. Crystallite fractions were estimated using Raman spectroscopy. The electronic properties determined by our measurements could be correlated with variations in structural device parameters and with the degree of hydrogen dilution profiling during growth. We also found, depending on the growth conditions, that the devices exhibited markedly different behaviors after prolonged light exposure (100 h using light at 610 nm and 500 mW/cm2 intensity). We discuss one specific microscopic mechanism that may be responsible for the light-induced changes that we have observed. 相似文献
A collection of 29 cultivable fungal strains isolated from deep-sea sediments of the Gulf of Mexico were cultivated under the “one strain, many compounds” approach to explore their chemical diversity and antimicrobial potential. From the 87 extracts tested, over 50% showed antimicrobial activity, and the most active ones were those from cultures grown at 4 °C in darkness for 60 days (resembling deep-sea temperature). PCA analysis of the LC-MS data of all the extracts confirmed that culture temperature is the primary factor in the variation of the 4462 metabolite features, accounting for 21.3% of the variation. The bioactivity-guided and conventional chemical studies of selected fungal strains allowed the identification of several active and specialized metabolites. Finally, metabolomics analysis by GNPS molecular networking and manual dereplication revealed the biosynthetic potential of these species to produce interesting chemistry. This work uncovers the chemical and biological study of marine-derived fungal strains from deep-sea sediments of the Gulf of Mexico. 相似文献
We report a Raman characterization of the α borophene polymorph by scanning tunneling microscopy combined with tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. A series of Raman peaks were discovered, which can be well related with the phonon modes calculated based on an asymmetric buckled α structure. The unusual enhancement of high-frequency Raman peaks in TERS spectra of α borophene is found and associated with its unique buckling when landed on the Ag(111) surface. Our paper demonstrates the advantages of TERS, namely high spatial resolution and selective enhancement rule, in studying the local vibrational properties of materials in nanoscale. 相似文献