The new design of the photocatalytic reactor is crucial to study for improving compatibility and scaling up the operation. A compatible loop photocatalytic reactor has been designed and used for rhodamine B decomposition. The photocatalysts were either ZnO or Fe-ZnO immobilized onto fiberglass cloth. The ZnO catalyst exhibited high crystallinity with or without Fe as the dopant. The crystallite size increased with the presence of Fe in the lattices. Most of the crystal parameters matched the standard ZnO data, and the cluster size was comparable to most reported studies. Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy (DRS) analysis confirmed the photon absorption shifted to the visible light range. The Fe dopant decreased the ZnO bandgap, and SEM-EDS confirmed the catalysts adhered to the fiberglass surface. The volume, thickness of the substrate solution, and reaction temperature influenced the photocatalytic-degradation rate. The photocatalytic degradation rate was higher under sunlight than ultraviolet irradiation. The reaction rate was lower in the batch reactor than in the loop reactor. The photocatalytic reaction almost completely mineralized RhB and changed the red solution to colorless. The immobilized photocatalyst has been reused more than 50 times without significantly decreasing the catalytic activity. 相似文献
Based on high specific surface area, high porosity of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and excellent visible light response of CdS, the CdS/Cd-MOF nanocomposites were constructed by in-situ sulfurization to form CdS using Cd-MOF as precursor and the CdS loading was controlled by the dose of thioacetamide. Under the irradiation of simulated sunlight, the degradation rate of methylene blue (MB) by 10 mg MOF/CdS-6 (mass ratio of MOF to thioacetamide is 6:1) was 91.9% in 100 min, which was higher than that of pure Cd-MOF (62.3%) and pure CdS (67.5%). This is attributed to the larger specific surface area of the composite catalysts, which provides more active sites. Meanwhile, the loading of CdS obviously broadens the light response range of Cd-MOF and improves the utilization of visible light. The Mott-Schottky model experiment shows that the formed type-II heterojunction between Cd-MOF and CdS can effectively inhibit the recombination of photogenerated electrons and holes. Meanwhile, the photocurrent intensity of MOF/CdS-6 is 8 times and 2.5 times of that of pure Cd-MOF and CdS. In addition, MOF/CdS-6 showed good photocatalytic performance after five cycles, showing excellent stability and reusability. 相似文献
Science China Chemistry - A light-induced, nickel-catalyzed three-component arylsulfonation of 1,3-enynes in the absence of photocatalyst is reported. This methodology exhibited mild conditions,... 相似文献
Present study offers great prospects for the adsorption of anti-inflammatory celecoxib molecule (CXB) over the surface of zinc oxide (Zn12O12) and magnesium oxide (Mg12O12) nanoclusters in several environments by performing robust theoretical calculations. Density functional theory (DFT), time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) and molecular docking calculations have been extensively carried out to predict the foremost optimum site of CXB adsorption. It has been observed that the CXB molecule prefers to be adsorbed by its SO2 site on the Zn-O and Mg-O bonds of the Zn12O12 and Mg12O12 nanoclusters instead of NH2 and NH sites, where electrostatic interactions dominate over the bonding characteristics of the conjugate complexes. Furthermore, the presence of interactions between the CXB molecule and nanoclusters has also been evidenced by the UV–Vis absorption spectra and IR spectra. Molecular docking analysis has revealed that both adsorption states including CXB/Zn12O12 and CXB/Mg12O12 have good inhibitory potential against protein tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) and Interleukin-1 (IL-1), and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2). Hence they might be explored as efficient TNF-α, IL-1, and HER2 inhibitors. Hence from the study, it can be anticipated that these nanoclusters can behave as an appropriate biomedical carrier for the CXB drug delivery. 相似文献
Side-chain engineering has been demonstrated as an effective method for fine-tuning the optical, electrical, and morphological properties of organic semiconductors toward efficient organic solar cells (OSCs). In this work, three isomeric non-fullerene small molecule acceptors (SMAs), named BTP-4F-T2C8, BTP-4F-T2EH and BTP-4F-T3EH, with linear and branched alkyl chains substituted on the α or β positions of thiophene as the side chains, were synthesized and systematically investigated. The results demonstrate that the size and substitution position of alkyl side chains can greatly affect the electronic properties, molecular packing as well as crystallinity of the SMAs. After blending with donor polymer D18-Cl, the prominent device performance of 18.25% was achieved by the BTP-4F-T3EH-based solar cells, which is higher than those of the BTP-4F-T2EH-based (17.41%) and BTP-4F-T2C8-based (15.92%) ones. The enhanced performance of the BTP-4F-T3EH-based devices is attributed to its stronger crystallinity, higher electron mobility, suppressed biomolecular recombination, and the appropriate intermolecular interaction with the donor polymer. This work reveals that the side chain isomerization strategy can be a practical way in tuning the molecular packing and blend morphology for improving the performance of organic solar cells.
Based on the free-energy average method, an area-weighted effective potential is derived for rectangular corrugated nano-pore. With the obtained potential, classical density functional theory is employed to investigate the structural and thermodynamic properties of confined Lennard-Jones fluid in rectangular corrugated slit pores. Firstly, influence of pore geometry on the adsorptive potential is calculated and analyzed. Further, thermodynamic properties including excess adsorption, solvation force, surface free energy and thermodynamic response functions are systematically investigated. It is found that pore geometry can largely modulate the structure of the confined fluids, which in turn influences other thermodynamic properties. In addition, the results show that different geometric elements have different influences on the confined fluids. The work provides an effective route to investigate the effect of roughness on confined fluids. It is expected to shed light on further understanding about interfacial phenomena near rough walls, and then provide useful clues for the design and characterization of novel materials. 相似文献
Supramolecular optical chemosensors are useful tools in analytical chemistry for the visualization of molecular recognition information. One advantage is that they can be utilized for array systems to detect multiple analytes. However, chemosensor arrays have been evaluated mainly in the solution phase, which limits a wide range of practical applications. Thus, appropriate solid support materials such as polymer gels and papers are required to broaden the scope of the application of chemosensors as on-site analytical tools. In this review, we summarize the actual approaches for the fabrication of solid-state chemosensor arrays combined with powerful data processing techniques and portable digital recorders for real-world applications. 相似文献
Russian Chemical Bulletin - Oxidation of methane with a hydrogen-air mixture at 70 °C and a partial pressure of methane of 30 atm was studied. Water-soluble glutathione-stabilized nanoclusters... 相似文献
Photocatalytic reduction of CO2 is one important approach to alleviate greenhouse gas emission and energy crisis, which has gained huge attention in the past decades. However, the lack of understanding complex reaction mechanism impedes new catalysts design. It is also very difficult to understand the mechanism by using only experimental approaches. For this concern, theoretical calculations can effectively supplement the experimental deficiency and thus play an important role. Recently theoretical calculations have been performed on adsorption, migration and reduction of CO2 molecule on the photocatalyst surface, leading to useful information that have contributed greatly to this field. This review summarizes recent advances in first-principles calculations about CO2 photoreduction over various semiconductor photocatalysts like metal oxides, sulfides and g-C3N4. The methods, models, adsorption and reaction pathways have been discussed in detail. The perspective about future investigation on the photocatalytic reduction of CO2 using first principles calculations is also presented. 相似文献