Characterizing the Role of Iodine Doping in Improving Photovoltaic Performance of Dye‐Sensitized Hierarchically Structured ZnO Solar Cells

We report two novel types of hierarchically structured iodine‐doped ZnO (I? ZnO)‐based dye‐sensitized solar cells (DSCs) using indoline D205 and the ruthenium complex N719 as sensitizers. It was found that iodine doping boosts the efficiencies of D205 I? ZnO and N719 I? ZnO DSCs with an enhancement of 20.3 and 17.9 %, respectively, compared to the undoped versions. Transient absorption spectra demonstrated that iodine doping impels an increase in the decay time of I? ZnO, favoring enhanced exciton life. Mott–Schottky analysis results indicated a negative shift of the flat‐band potential (V_fb) of ZnO, caused by iodine doping, and this shift correlated with the enhancement of the open circuit voltage (V_oc). To reveal the effect of iodine doping on the effective separation of e^?‐h⁺ pairs which is responsible for cell efficiency, direct visualization of light‐induced changes in the surface potential between I? ZnO particles and dye molecules were traced by Kelvin probe force microscopy. We found that potential changes of iodine‐doped ZnO films by irradiation were above one hundred millivolts and thus significantly greater. In order to correlate enhanced cell performance with iodine doping, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, incident‐photon‐current efficiency, and cyclic voltammetry investigations on I? ZnO cells were carried out. The results revealed several favorable features of I? ZnO cells, that is, longer electron lifetime, lower charge‐transfer resistance, stronger peak current, and extended visible light harvest, all of which serve to promote cell performance.     

3,4-Dinitrobenzamide Functionalized CdTe/ZnTe Quantum Dots as a Nanoprobe for Imaging Glutathione S-Transferase in Living Cells

A novel fluorescent nanoprobe for glutathione S‐transferase (GST) has been developed by incorporating 3,4‐dinitrobenzamide (a specific substrate of GST) onto CdTe/ZnTe quantum dots. The probe itself displays a low background signal due to the strong quenching effect of the electron‐withdrawing unit of 3,4‐dinitrobenzamide on the quantum dots. However, GST can efficiently catalyze the nucleophilic substitution of reduced glutathione on the p‐nitro group of the nanoprobe, leading to a large fluorescence enhancement. Most notably, this enhancement shows high selectivity and sensitivity towards GST instead of the other biological substances. With this nanoprobe, a simple fluorescence imaging method for intracellular GST has been established, and its applicability has been successfully demonstrated for imaging GST in different living cells, which reveals that A549 cells express GST about 3 times higher than NIH‐3T3 and Hela cells.     

Deep extractive desulfurization of diesel fuels by FeCl3/ionic liquids

The extractive desulfurization of dibenzothiophene（DBT）,benzothiophene（BT）,and 4,6-dimethyldi-benzothiophene （4,6-DMDBT） in model oil was carried out using anhydrous FeCl₃ and 1-methyl-3-octylimidazolium chloride system（[Omim|Cl·2FeCl₃）.This new system exhibited high extractive efficiency and the sulfur removal of DBT in model oil(V_IL/V_oil=1/20) could reach 99.4%at room temperature for 30 min,which was obviously superior to single[Omim]Cl as extractant（22.9%）.When the[Omim|CI·2FeCl₃ was used,the S-removal of 4,6-DMDBT and BT could also be up to 99.3%and 96.2%, respectively.Moreover,the ionic liquid could be recycled five times without a significant decrease in extractive ability.     

Enantiomeric separations of four basic drugs containing N-alkyl groups by a RP-HPLC system using SBE-β-CD as chiral mobile phase additive

The chiral separations of four pharmaceutical racemates which contain N-alkyl groups were satisfactorily resolved using SBE-β-CD as a chiral mobile phase additive(CMPA)in a RP-HPLC system(the resolution is 2.701 for ondansetron hydrochloride,1.996 for sulpiride,1.293 for clenbuterol hydrochloride and 0.816 for omeprazole).In addition,the effects of different parameters such as CD type and CD concentration were investigated.The separation mechanism arises through the combination of several potential interactions,including electrostatic interactions as well as hydrogen bonding interactions and hydrophobic inclusion interactions,which allow for the SBE-β-CD–drug complexation with strong stereoselectivity and stability.The resolution also relates to the number and location of N atoms in the enantiomers.This method will be applicable to the isolation of various types of biologically important enantiomers containing N-alkyl groups.     

Theoretical Study on the Hydrogen Bonding Interactions in Complexes of 5‐Hydroxytryptamine with Water

The energies, geometries and harmonic vibrational frequencies of 1:1 5‐hydroxytryptamine‐water (5‐HT‐H₂O) complexes are studied at the MP2/6‐311++G(d,p) level. Natural bond orbital (NBO), quantum theory of atoms in molecules (QTAIM) analyses and the localized molecular orbital energy decomposition analysis (LMO‐EDA) were performed to explore the nature of the hydrogen‐bonding interactions in these complexes. Various types of hydrogen bonds (H‐bonds) are formed in these 5‐HT‐H₂O complexes. The intermolecular C4H5^5‐HT···O^w H‐bond in HTW3 is strengthened due to the cooperativity, whereas no such cooperativity is found in the other 5‐HT‐H₂O complexes. H‐bond in which nitrogen atom of amino in 5‐HT acted as proton donors was stronger than other H‐bonds. Our researches show that the hydrogen bonding interaction plays a vital role on the relative stabilities of 5‐HT‐H₂O complexes.     

Copper(II)‐Catalyzed Tandem Synthesis of Substituted 3‐Methyleneisoindolin‐1‐ones

An efficient strategy for the synthesis of a variety of 3‐methyleneisoindolin‐1‐ones has been developed. The reaction proceeded from coupling of 2‐iodobenzamides (or 2‐bromobenzamides) and terminal alkynes via Cu(OAc)₂·H₂O/2,2′‐biimidazole catalyzed in DMF at 60°C and subsequent additive cyclization produced substituted 3‐methyleneisoindolin‐1‐ones in good to excellent yields.     

Se掺杂WO3·0.5 H2O/g-C3N4光电催化剂的析氢反应性能

以二氰二胺、硒粉和钨酸钠为前驱体,采用一锅法成功制备出Se掺杂WO₃·0.5 H₂O/g-C₃N₄(Se/WCN)催化剂。并采用X射线衍射仪(XRD)、场发射扫描电子显微镜(FE-SEM)和 X 射线光电子能谱(XPS)对样品的物相结构、形貌及化学组成进行表征。与原始的 WO₃和 g-C₃N₄相比,Se/WCN 催化剂的起始电位降到了-0.75 V(vs RHE),电流密度高达 70 mA·cm^-2,表现出更高的电催化活性。而光照后,Se/WCN 的催化性能进一步提升,起始电位从-0.75 V(vs RHE)降至-0.65 V(vs RHE),电荷转移电阻由371.4 Ω减小到310.0 Ω。     

超声波辅助萃取同位素稀释质谱法测定聚氯乙烯中6种邻苯二甲酸酯

采用超声波辅助萃取同位素稀释质谱法测定聚氯乙烯中6种邻苯二甲酸酯的含量。以四氢呋喃为溶剂对样品进行超声波辅助提取后,加入甲醇对聚合物进行沉淀,取上清液,经冷冻离心后进行气相色谱一质谱分析,并采用氘代邻苯二甲酸酯为内标,单点校正法定量。该方法应用于中、日、韩计量比对的样品测定中,两天进行的6次测定结果相对标准偏差为0．7％～3．0％。最终比对结果显示3个国家的数据取得很好的一致性,除DEP相对标准偏差为2．4％以外,其它5种邻苯二甲酸酯相对标准偏差为0．7％～1．2％,测定结果的相对扩展不确定度为1．8％～4．9％,证明该方法准确、可靠。     

石墨炉原子吸收法测定PU材料中的铬

采用微波消解技术进行样品前处理,建立了石墨炉原子吸收法测定PU材料中铬含量的方法。在波长429.0 nm下,利用石墨炉程序升温测定,狭缝设为0.5 nm,塞曼效应作为背景校正。标准工作曲线线性良好,相关系数r=0.9986,方法检出限为0.051μg/L,测定结果的相对标准偏差为3.78%,加标回收率为92%～120%(n=6)。该方法简便、可行,适用于PU材料中铬的测定。     

二苯乙烯基蒽衍生物:聚集诱导发光性质、机理及应用

与传统的发光分子相比,具有聚集诱导发光(AIE)性质的分子,在聚集态或固态条件下,由于独特的分子结构和聚集态结构,表现出显著增强的荧光发射,因而在光电器件、生物化学检测等领域展现出广阔的应用前景。本文总结了二苯乙烯基蒽(DSA)及其衍生物的AIE性质,分析了DSA类分子AIE现象的机理,如分子内转动受限、扭曲的分子结构及分子间聚集结构等,同时介绍了此类分子在固态发光、刺激-响应材料,以及生物检测和生物成像等方面的应用。