Photocatalytically Renewable Micro‐electrochemical Sensor for Real‐Time Monitoring of Cells

Electrode fouling and passivation is a substantial and inevitable limitation in electrochemical biosensing, and it is a great challenge to efficiently remove the contaminant without changing the surface structure and electrochemical performance. Herein, we propose a versatile and efficient strategy based on photocatalytic cleaning to construct renewable electrochemical sensors for cell analysis. This kind of sensor was fabricated by controllable assembly of reduced graphene oxide (RGO) and TiO₂ to form a sandwiching RGO@TiO₂ structure, followed by deposition of Au nanoparticles (NPs) onto the RGO shell. The Au NPs‐RGO composite shell provides high electrochemical performance. Meanwhile, the encapsulated TiO₂ ensures an excellent photocatalytic cleaning property. Application of this renewable microsensor for detection of nitric oxide (NO) release from cells demonstrates the great potential of this strategy in electrode regeneration and biosensing.     

杂多蓝在可见光照射下对TiO2的光敏作用研究

利用磷钨酸、硅钨酸经光还原后制得的杂多蓝对Pt/TiO₂进行了光敏化. 所制备的催化剂在可见光区对光催化还原水产氢反应具有较高活性. 当以丙三醇为电子给体时, 该催化剂在可见光区(650～700 nm)制氢反应的表观量子效率最高可达3.4%.     

镶嵌铂的纳米管钛酸制备及其可见光光催化活性

通过在真空条件下将氯铂酸的乙醇溶液引入到钛酸纳米管内,再经过热处理制备了镶嵌铂的纳米管钛酸(简写为PNTA).X射线光电子能谱(XPS)表明氯铂酸大部分转变成Pt⁰和PtO,顺磁共振谱(ESR)表明在PNTA中生成了束缚单电子的氧空位,在紫外-可见扩散漫散射谱(DRS)谱上表现出对可见光有吸收能力.丙烯的可见光光催化氧化实验结果表明:在可见光激发下(λ>420nm),PNTA对丙烯的光催化去除反应具有活性.     

络合剂作用下光催化氧化纳米铁氧化物的生成及机理

进行了空气氧化Fe(OH)₂悬浮液, 络合剂(乙二胺、草酸、柠檬酸)作用下光催化氧化制备FeOOH的研究. 结果表明: 在室光下, 一定量乙二胺、草酸、柠檬酸的加入有利于纯γ-FeOOH的生成; 且随光强的增强, γ-FeOOH的晶化性降低. 机理分析表明: 可见光存在下, 络合剂的加入, 不仅使中间物绿锈GR(II)结晶度变差, 溶解加快; 而且络合剂与Fe^2＋形成的配合物可吸收部分可见光, 生成强氧化型的自由基, 使反应初期Fe^2＋快速氧化为Fe^3＋, 快的氧化速度利于生成低晶化度的γ-FeOOH.     

BiOCI-ovl坡缕石复合可见光催化剂的制备及其对醇类的选择性氧化研究

采用简单的一步水热法,制备了一系列BiOCl-ov/坡缕石（PGS）复合材料x B/P（x是复合材料中BiOCl-ov的摩尔含量）.通过扫描电子显微镜（SEM）、粉末X射线衍射（XRD）、X射线光电子能谱（XPS）、N₂吸附-脱附、红外光谱（FT-IR）、紫外-可见漫反射光谱（UV-Vis DRS）、荧光光谱（PL）和电化学阻抗谱（EIS）对复合光催化剂的结构、形貌和光学性质以及电化学性质做了详细的表征.研究了催化剂在可见光条件下对芳香醇的选择性氧化的催化性能,结果表明,以所得复合材料为催化剂,在可见光照射下,苯甲醇转化率达到了78%,产物苯甲醛的选择性达到了86%,且催化剂的光稳定性良好.     

原位合成CoPc/SnO2的键合特性及可见光光催化活性

报道了酞菁钴(CoPc)分子原位自组装于纳米SnO2颗粒表面, CoPc大环分子与SnO2表面形成Co—O轴向相互作用, 测定了原位合成方法(标记为i)制备的CoPc/SnO2(i)与浸渍法(标记为d)制备CoPc/SnO2(d)间的结合特性, 并进行了可见光光催化表征及CoPc敏化机理探讨. 结果表明, 在结合位点数相当的情况下, CoPc/SnO2(i)结合常数比CoPc/SnO2(d)的高两个数量级, 前者的光催化效率亦比后者高32.5%(光照150 min), 且CoPc/SnO2(i)光催化稳定性较高(重复十次循环使用). 其CoPc敏化SnO2的机理为, 由于敏化剂与半导体之间存在的强相互作用, 不仅增强了光生电荷在CoPc的LUMO与SnO2半导体导带间的导入效率及光生电荷对的分离效率, 而且提高了敏化剂的负载稳定性与循环光催化效率的持续性.     

Fabrication of AgI/MIL‐53(Fe) Composites with Enhanced Photocatalytic Activity for Rhodamine B Degradation under Visible Light Irradiation

AgI/MIL‐53(Fe) composites were fabricated through a simple solution method, and their photocatalytic activities on Rhodamine B (RhB) degradation were investigated. The results demonstrated that the introduction of AgI into the MIL‐53(Fe) was beneficial to the enhanced visible light response. Under visible light irradiation, almost 100 % RhB was bleached over AgI/MIL‐53(Fe) composites after 180 min. The promising photocatalytic performance was ascribed to three points: the existence of AgI helped to generate easily the electrons and holes in the composites; an intimate interfacial contact between MIL‐53 (Fe) and AgI offered the path for the charge carries transport; MIL‐53 (Fe) could fast transfer the excited electrons due to its inherent nature. Thus, these results were responsible for the effective inhibition of charge carrier recombination, resulting in an improved photocatalytic activity.     

溴染料敏化担载Pt石墨烯催化可见光制氢、氘和氦

3He是理想的核聚变燃料,但是地球上3He的储量十分有限,大约只有500 kg.我们报道了在可见光光照条件下,溴染料敏化担载Pt石墨烯催化水还原为氢气过程中伴生少量氘和氦的实验现象.结果表明在温和条件下自水中的质子生产氘和氦的是可能的.     

Ag/N-TiO2/SBA-15光催化剂的制备及其可见光催化还原CO2

以钛酸四正丁酯(TB),羧基改性的SBA-15 (COOH/SBA-15),尿素和AgNO3为原料,利用溶剂热及焙烧处理制得Ag/N-TiO₂/SBA-15催化剂. 采用X 射线衍射(XRD),低温N2吸脱附,X 射线光电子能谱(XPS),紫外-可见漫反射光谱(UV-vis DRS),荧光(PL)光谱,电感耦合等离子体原子发射光谱(ICP)和元素分析(EA)等表征. 结果显示：Ag/N-TiO₂/SBA-15样品具有介孔结构,TiO₂以单一的锐钛矿晶型均匀的分散在载体表面,Ag以单质形态沉积在TiO₂表面,N则掺入到TiO₂晶格中,并以取代N(O-Ti-N)和间隙N(Ti-O-N)两种方式共存. Ag/N-TiO₂/SBA-15催化剂中单质Ag既可以捕获光生电子提高量子效率,又促进了TiO₂对可见光的吸收. N掺杂拓宽了TiO₂吸收光谱的吸收范围,并且适量的N掺杂有助于光生电荷的分离,提高了光催化效率. 以光催化还原CO₂为探针反应,考察了催化剂在可见光下的催化活性. 结果表明：Ag/N-TiO₂/SBA-15系列催化剂均表现出了可见光催化还原CO₂性能,发现当Ag的质量分数为2%,N与Ti的物质的量比为3时,催化剂光催化活性最佳,产物甲醇产量高达45.7 μmol·g^-1·h^-1.     

Turn‐On Luminescent Probes for the Real‐Time Monitoring of Endogenous Hydroxyl Radicals in Living Cells

The utilization of semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) as optical labels for biosensing and biorecognition has made substantial progress. However, the development of a suitable QD‐based luminescent probe that is capable of detecting individual reactive oxygen species (ROS) represents a great challenge, mainly because the fluorescence of QDs is quenched by a wide variety of ROS. To overcome this limitation, a novel QD‐based turn‐on luminescent probe for the specific detection of ^.OH has been designed, and its application in monitoring the endogenous release of ^.OH species in living cells is demonstrated. Metal citrate complexes on the surfaces of the QDs can act as electron donors, injecting electrons into the LUMO of the QDs, while ^.OH can inject holes into the HOMO of the QDs. Accordingly, electron–hole pairs are produced, which could emit strong luminescence by electron–hole recombination. Importantly, this luminescent probe does not respond to other ROS.