表面官能团化增强碳纳米笼超级电容器性能

以具有多级孔结构、高比表面积、良好导电性等特征的碳纳米笼（CNCs）为前体,采用硝酸氧化法在CNCs表面引入含氧官能团。以CNCs为超级电容器电极材料,在相同电流密度下,官能团化样品的比电容显著高于纯CNCs;在1A·g^-1下比电容最高可达到255F·g^-1,比纯CNCs的188F·g^-1增加了34%,这表明表面含氧官能团化能够显著提高CNCs的超级电容器比电容。在100A·g^-1的大电流密度下,硝酸氧化后CNCs的比电容保持在111~167F·g^-1,表明具有良好的耐大电流充放电性能。在10A·g^-1的电流密度下循环10000圈后,CNC-6M样品的比电容由196F·g^-1下降到176F·g^-1,样品的比电容仍保留90%,具有良好的循环稳定性。表面含氧官能团化CNCs所表现出的这种优异的超级电容器性能归因于CNCs的多尺度分级孔结构、高比表面积、良好的导电性、表面亲水性含氧官能团化带来的浸润性提高和引入的赝电容。     

Zinc Porphyrins with a Pyridine‐Ring‐Anchoring Group for Dye‐Sensitized Solar Cells

Anchoring groups are extremely important in controlling the performance of dye‐sensitized solar cells (DSCs). The design and characterization of sensitizers with new anchoring groups, in particular non‐carboxylic acid groups, has become a recent focus of DSC research. Herein, new donor? π? acceptor zinc? porphyrin dyes with a pyridine ring as an anchoring group have been designed and synthesized for applications in DSCs. Photophysical and electrochemical investigations demonstrated that the pyridine ring worked effectively as an anchoring group for the porphyrin sensitizers. DSCs that were based on these new porphyrins showed an overall power‐conversion efficiency of about 4.0 % under full sunlight (AM 1.5G, 100 mW cm^?2).     

Rate and Product Studies in the Solvolyses of Two Cyclic Phosphorochloridate Esters

Kinetic and product studies of the solvolyses of acyclic phosphorochloridates are extended to two cyclic diesters, 2-chloro-1,3,2-dioxaphospholane-2-oxide (1) and 2-chloro-5,5-dimethyl-1,3,2-dioxaphosphorinane-2-oxide (2). Slightly faster solvolyses are observed for 1 than for the acyclic dimethyl phosphorochloridate (3), and 2 solvolyzes somewhat slower than 3. An extended Grunwald–Winstein equation treatment shows similar sensitivities to changes in solvent nucleophilicity and solvent ionizing power for 1, 2, and 3, and a concerted S_N2 attack is proposed in each case. Product studies for the solvolyses of 2 in aqueous alcohols are presented.

     

A benzothiazole-based receptor-immobilised silica nanoparticle as chemosensor for Hg2+

Fluorogenic benzothiazole-based receptor has been easily immobilised onto filter paper and silica nanoparticle by sol-gel reaction. The sensing ability of the benzothiazole-immobilised thin layer filter paper chromatography (TLC-1) was evaluated on the basis of fluorescent changes caused by metal ions that were dropped onto the TLC plate. The TLC-1 exhibited a high affinity and selectivity for Hg²⁺ over other competing metal ions. Therefore, the TLC-1 holds promise as a portable sensor for the detection of Hg²⁺ in aqueous solution. Furthermore, the adsorption capacity of a column packed with SiO₂-1 was evaluated by the application of metal ions under various experimental conditions, such as pH, flow rate and concentration. The SiO2-1 column removed 98% of Hg²⁺ from drinking water containing 10 ppb of Hg²⁺. The adsorption capacity of the SiO₂-1 column was not strongly affected by pH and flow rates.     

SYNTHESES AND BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES OF 1,2,4-TRIAZOLO-[3,4-B][1,3,4]THIADIAZOLE DITHIOPHOSPHATES

In this article, we incorporated the organic phosphorus group on to a triazolothiadiazole ring to prepare the title compounds fused 1,2,4-triazolo[3,4-b][1,3,4]thiadiazole heterocyclic compounds. From the results on biological activities, we found that most compounds showed weak activities, and thus the structures need to be further optimized for improved activity.     

Hollow Polydimethylsiloxane Beads with a Porous Structure for Cell Encapsulation

Based on a water‐in‐oil‐in‐water emulsion system, porous and hollow polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) beads containing cells using a simple fluidic device with three flow channels are fabricated. Poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) in the PDMS oil phase is served as a porogen for pore development. The feasibility of the porous PDMS beads prepared with different PEG concentrations (10, 20, and 30 wt%) for cell encapsulation in terms of pore size, protein diffusion, and cell proliferation inside the PDMS beads is evaluated. The PDMS beads prepared with PEG 30 wt% are exhibited a highly porous structure and facilitated fast diffusion of protein from the core domain to the outer phase, eventually leading to enhanced cell proliferation. The results clearly indicate that hollow PDMS beads with a porous structure could provide a favorable microenvironment for cell survival due to the large porous structure.