高选择性和稳定性SnO2纳米催化剂上 CO2电化学还原为甲酸

作为最重要的还原产品,甲酸是 CO2还原中非常有价值的液体燃料.已有研究报道, Sn类金属电极对甲酸生成有很好的催化活性,所用电解液均为 KHCO3溶液(0.5 mol/L),但多数研究没有对其电解液条件的影响给出清晰解释.一般而言,电解液 pH值会影响 H2O和 CO2还原的电极电势,酸性环境有利于氢析出,碱性环境则不利于甲酸形成.在中性偏碱性环境, CO2电解可以提供维持氧化物稳定性的可能性.同时,电解质浓度也极大地影响甲酸形成.研究表明,当在固定床反应器中使用 Sn颗粒电极,在 KHCO3溶液(0.5 mol/L)中甲酸的法拉第效率比 K2CO3溶液(0.1 mol/L)的法拉第效率更大.我们研究组通过简单的水热自组装法成功制备了一种纳米结构 SnO2催化剂.其中 SnO2-50纳米催化剂由三维多级结构组成,为纳米颗粒和微米球的聚集体,其中含有直径为500 nm?1μm的高度多孔结构.该催化剂负载气体扩散电极用于 CO2电化学还原,表现出优异的 CO2还原催化活性和甲酸选择性.与其他文献报道相比,该电极具有明显的低过电位(?0.56 V vs. SHE).经研究发现,这与甲酸形成由传质和电荷传递过程控制有关,同时 CO2还原强烈依赖于电解液条件.此外,催化剂的电化学性能和甲酸选择性强烈依赖于电解液浓度.在0.5 mol/L KHCO3电解液中,当电解液浓度为0.1?0.5 mol/L时,催化性能随电解液浓度增加而提高,同时在电解液浓度为0.5 mol/L时催化性能达到最佳,获得56%的甲酸法拉第效率,这主要是由于 HCO3?直接参与反应的结果.在电解液浓度较低时,甲酸的形成由传质控制,而在电解液浓度较高时,甲酸的形成则由电荷传递控制.
　　同时我们发现在形成甲酸过程中,电解液 pH值对 CO2电化学还原过程有很大影响.为了研究电解液pH值影响,重点考察了pH值分别为6,7,8.3和9时的电位值,其原因是酸性过高有利于氢气形成,碱度过高不利于甲酸形成.结果表明,pH =8.3的电解液为 CO2还原的最佳电解液条件.此外,在最负的电势下,电解液pH=8.3时,阴极电流密度比其他电解液都大,几乎是pH=6的电解液的2倍.此时在中性偏碱性环境下, CO2还原可以提供维持氧化物稳定性的可能性.当电解液 pH增加到9.0时,甲酸产量及法拉第效率略有下降,可能是碱性环境不利于甲酸形成.
　　同时,对 SnO2-50纳米催化剂经28 h电解后的甲酸法拉第效率的衰减机制进行了深入研究.结果表明,随着电解时间延长,甲酸法拉第效率衰减.电解时间为1?28 h时,法拉第效率和甲酸产量均保持平稳下降趋势,28 h后法拉第效率由初始的56%降至24%.有文献报道,甲酸法拉第效率随电解时间的改变主要是由于阳极上甲酸的氧化或阴极上杂质的污染.为了证明阴极电解后的状态,我们对 SnO2-50/GDL阴极电解前后的 XPS谱进行了分析.结果发现,法拉第效率的下降是由于痕量氟离子沉积到 SnO2-50/GDL电极表面,这些痕量氟离子可能来自反应槽,阻碍电极表面 CO2电化学还原为甲酸.     

Trace H2O2‐Assisted High‐Capacity Tungsten Oxide Electrochromic Batteries with Ultrafast Charging in Seconds

A recent technological trend in the field of electrochemical energy storage is to integrate energy storage and electrochromism functions in one smart device, which can establish efficient user–device interactions based on a friendly human‐readable output. This type of newly born energy storage technology has drawn tremendous attention. However, there is still plenty of room for technological and material innovation, which would allow advancement of the research field. A prototype Al‐tungsten oxide electrochromic battery with interactive color‐changing behavior is reported. With the assistance of trace amount of H₂O₂, the battery exhibits a specific capacity almost seven times that for the reported electrochromic batteries, up to 429 mAh g^?1. Fast decoloration of the reduced tungsten oxide affords a very quick charging time of only eight seconds, which possibly comes from an intricate combination of structure and valence state changes of tungsten oxide. This unique combination of features may further advance the development of smart energy storage devices with suitability for user–device interactions.     

Protecting‐group‐free palladium‐catalyzed hydroxylation,C–O and C–N coupling of chiral 6‐bromo‐ and 6,6’‐dibromo‐ 1,1’‐binaphthols

A straightforward, protecting‐group‐free protocol for the synthesis of chiral 6‐substituted and 6,6’‐disubstituted binols (binol = 1,1’‐bi‐2‐naphthol) by palladium‐catalyzed hydroxylation, C–N and C–O coupling of chiral 6‐bromo‐ and 6,6’ ‐dibromo‐1,1’‐binaphthols is developed. The protecting group free palladium‐catalyzed hydroxylation, C–O and C–N cross‐coupling protocol affords a straightforward and general method for the synthesis of chiral 6‐substituted and 6,6’‐disubstituted binols with good yields, avoiding the tedious procedures of introduction and removal of protecting groups. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Illuminate Proteins and Peptides by Elemental Tag for HPLC-ICP-MS Detection

Abstract

High-performance liquid chromatography–inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (HPLC-ICP-MS) is becoming a significant complementary technique of HPLC–molecular mass spectrometry for proteins and peptides quantification. However, the naturally occurring heteroelements inside proteins and peptides, such as sulfur, phosphor, and selenium, are not sensitive enough in ICP-MS for low-abundance proteins and peptides, due to their low ionization efficiency or polyatomic spectral interference. In order to make the low-abundance proteins and peptides “visible” by HPLC-ICP-MS, a foreign elemental tag can be employed. The foreign elemental tags are highly sensitive in ICP-MS and almost absent in common biological matrices, which leads to significantly low limits of detection. This review summarizes the major applications of elemental tags in combination with HPLC-ICP-MS detection. The organic mercury tags, iodine tags, ferrocene tags, and macrocyclic metal chelate complex tags are discussed in detail. The recent development of HPLC-ICP-MS in combination with elemental tags demonstrates the great potential in sensitive and accurate proteins and peptides quantification.     

A photo-sensitizable phage for multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii therapy and biofilm ablation

Antibiotic abuse causes the emergence of bacterial resistance. Photodynamic antibacterial chemotherapy (PACT) has great potential to solve serious bacterial resistance, but it suffers from the inefficient generation of ROS and the lack of bacterial targeting ability. Herein, a unique cationic photosensitizer (NB) and bacteriophage (ABP)-based photodynamic antimicrobial agent (APNB) is developed for precise bacterial eradication and efficient biofilm ablation. Thanks to the structural modification of the NB photosensitizer with a sulfur atom, it displays excellent reactive oxygen species (ROS)-production ability. Moreover, specific binding to pathogenic microorganisms can be provided by bacteriophages. The developed APNB has multiple functions, including bacteria targeting, near-infrared fluorescence imaging and combination therapy (PACT and phage therapy). Both in vitro and in vivo experiments prove that APNB can efficiently treat A. baumannii infection. Particularly, the recovery from A. baumannii infection after APNB treatment is faster than that with ampicillin and polymyxin B in vivo. Furthermore, the strategy of combining bacteriophages and photosensitizers is employed to eradicate bacterial biofilms for the first time, and it shows the excellent biofilm ablation effect as expected. Thus, APNB has huge potential in fighting against multidrug-resistant bacteria and biofilm ablation in practice.

APNB for multidrug-resistant A. Baumannii therapy and biofilms ablation.     

培养基碳源对固定化酵母细胞催化乙酰基三甲基硅烷不对称还原反应的影响

 尽管含芳香基等较大取代基团的底物能被生物转化为高对映体纯手性有机硅醇,但生物催化其他底物还原反应的产物收率及对映体选择性均较低. 作者筛选到一株能高效催化羰基/羟基不对称转化的酵母菌株,探讨了用固定化酵母细胞高效催化乙酰基三甲基硅烷不对称还原制1-三甲基硅乙醇的可能性,系统研究了培养基碳源及其浓度对该反应的影响. 发现在水/正己烷两相体系中,固定化酵母细胞能催化乙酰基三甲基硅烷不对称还原成1-三甲基硅乙醇. 可通过调节培养基碳源的种类及其浓度在一定程度上控制反应的产物收率及对映体选择性. 以最适碳源(3.0%麦芽汁)培养的酵母细胞催化该反应的产物收率和对映体过量值分别为91.3%和72.8%,远高于文献报道值.     

Opposite ESIPT characteristic of two AIE-active isomers with different linkage sites

In this work, we report two isomers composed of 1-phenyl-1H-phenanthro[9,10-d]imidazole (PI), hydroxyl and tetraphenylethylene (TPE), abbreviated as m-PITPE and p-PITPE. It is found that they exhibit similar aggregation-induced emission (AIE) behavior but totally different excited-state intramolecular proton transfer (ESIPT) characteristic, as a result of the different linkage sites of PI on TPE moiety. Theoretical calculations and their different experimental responses to F^? demonstrate that only the para-linkage isomer displays ESIPT. In m-PITPE with meta-linkage, the electron cloud distribution only locates at the TPE part in the singlet excited (S₁) states, which results in the localized excited state without ESIPT characteristic.     

Antimicrobial polymers containing melamine derivatives. I. Preparation and characterization of chloromelamine‐based cellulose

A reactive melamine derivative, 2‐amino‐4‐chloro‐6‐hydroxy‐s‐triazine (ACHT), was synthesized through the controlled hydrolysis of 2‐amino‐4,6‐dichloro‐s‐triazine. The reaction was characterized with Fourier transform infrared study and elemental analysis. ACHT could react with cotton cellulose at room temperature with a cold‐pad‐batch treatment process. Upon chlorination reactions, the amino group of covalently bound ACHT could be transformed into an N‐halamine structure, providing potent, durable, and rechargeable antimicrobial activities against both gram‐negative and gram‐positive bacteria. The chlorination mechanism and the structure–property relationship of the treated samples were further examined. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 42: 3818–3827, 2004     

研究二元样条空间维数的Blossoming方法

本文综述了研究二元样条的Ｂｌｏｓｓｏｍｉｎｇ方法．成功地重建了平面上贯穿剖分的维数公式．而且利用这种方法，对定义在Ｍｏｒｇａｎ－Ｓｃｏｔ剖分上样条空间的维数取得了一些新的结果．