Correlated oxides and related heterostructures are intriguing for developing future multifunctional devices by exploiting their exotic properties, but their integration with other materials, especially on Si-based pla...
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Since 1952,Huazhong University of Science and technology(HUST)was founded,or even further back,the German doctor Erich Paulun founded Tongji Medical University(TMU)in Shanghai in *** 2000,the former HUST and the forme...
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Since 1952,Huazhong University of Science and technology(HUST)was founded,or even further back,the German doctor Erich Paulun founded Tongji Medical University(TMU)in Shanghai in *** 2000,the former HUST and the former TMU merged to form the new HUST with another two ***,around 55,000 fulltime students,more than.
Constructing of hetero/homojunctions is widely recognized as the most promising approach for enhancing the gas sensing performance of semiconductor materials. While direct evidence of the junction performance is rarel...
Constructing of hetero/homojunctions is widely recognized as the most promising approach for enhancing the gas sensing performance of semiconductor materials. While direct evidence of the junction performance is rarely reported. Here, we fabricated Mn-doped TiO 2 /TiO 2 bilayer homojunction thin films using a two-step hydrothermal method and applied them to the room-temperature detection of nitrogen dioxide (NO 2 ). The homojunction not only demonstrated excellent sensing performance, with a high response value (23.3) and a fast response time (5 s), but also good repeatability and stability. The sensing performance of the homojunction under back-to-back bias, reverse bias, and forward bias was measured, enabled by the specially designed bilayer structure. The back-to-back bias provided the optimal performance, followed by the reverse bias, and then forward bias. This suggests that all the junctions within the structure contribute to the sensing performance, with the reverse bias being the primary contributor. The barrier heights in air and in the presence of NO 2 were calculated, and the sensing mechanism was accordingly elucidated.
Whole-cell biocatalysis, owing to its high enantioselectivity, environment friendly and mild reaction condition, show a great prospect in chemical, pharmaceutical and fuel industry. However, several problems still lim...
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Whole-cell biocatalysis, owing to its high enantioselectivity, environment friendly and mild reaction condition, show a great prospect in chemical, pharmaceutical and fuel industry. However, several problems still limit its wide applications, mainly concerning the low productivity and poor stability. Although the biocatalyst encapsulated in the most-commonly-used alginate hydrogels demonstrate enhanced stability, it still suffers from low biocatalytic productivity, long-term reusability and poor mass diffusion control. In this work, hybrid [email protected] @SiO 2 microcapsules with controlled porosity are designed to encapsulate yeast cells for the asymmetric biosynthesis of ( S )− 1-phenylethonal from acetophenone. The hybrid microcapsules are formed by the ionic cross-linking of alginate, the polymerization of dopamine monomers and the protamine-assisted colloidal packing of uniform-sized silica nanoparticles. Alginate provides the encapsulated cells with highly biocompatible environment. Polydopamine enables to stimulate the biocatalytic productivity of the encapsulated yeast cells. Silica shells can not only regulate the mass diffusion in biocatalysis but also enhance the long-term mechanical and chemical stability of the microcapsules. The morphology, structure, chemical composition, stability and molecular accessibility of the hybrid microcapsules are investigated in detail. The viability and asymmetric bioreduction performance of the cells encapsulated in microcapsules are evaluated. The 24 h product yield of the cells encapsulated in the hybrid microcapsules shows 1.75 times higher than that of the cells encapsulated in pure alginate microcapsules. After 6 batches, the 24 h product yield of the cells encapsulated in the hybrid microcapsules is well maintained and 2 times higher than that of the cells encapsulated in pure alginate microcapsules. Therefore, the hybrid microcapsules designed in this study enable to enhance the asymmetric biocatalytic activity,
Developing large-scale monolithic perovskite/silicon tandem devices based on industrial Czochralski silicon wafers will likely have to adopt double-side textured architecture, given their optical benefits and low manu...
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Developing large-scale monolithic perovskite/silicon tandem devices based on industrial Czochralski silicon wafers will likely have to adopt double-side textured architecture, given their optical benefits and low manufacturing costs. However, the surface engineering strategies that are widely used in solution-processed perovskites to regulate the interface properties are not directly applicable to micrometric textures. Here, we devise a surface passivation strategy by dynamic spray coating (DSC) fluorinated thiophenethylammonium ligands, combining the advantages of providing conformal coverage and suppressing phase conversion on textured surfaces. From the viewpoint of molecular engineering, theoretical calculation and experimental results demonstrate that introducing trifluoromethyl group provide more effective surface passivation through strong interaction and energy alignment by forming a dipole layer. Consequently, the DSC treatment of this bifunctional molecule enables the tandem cells based on industrial silicon wafers to achieve a certified stabilized power conversion efficiency of 30.89 %. In addition, encapsulated devices display excellent operational stability by retaining over 97 % of their initial performance after 600 h continuous illumination.
Metallene is considered as an emerging family of electrocatalysts due to its atomically layered structure and unique surface stress. Here we propose a strategy to modulate the Bader charge transfer (BCT) between Pd su...
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Metallene is considered as an emerging family of electrocatalysts due to its atomically layered structure and unique surface stress. Here we propose a strategy to modulate the Bader charge transfer (BCT) between Pd surface and oxygenated intermediates via p - d electronic interaction by introducing single-atom p -block metal (M=In, Sn, Pb, Bi) into Pd metallene nanosheets towards efficient oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). X-ray absorption and photoelectron spectroscopy suggests that doping p -block metals could facilitate electron transfer to Pd sites and thus downshift the d -band center of Pd and weaken the adsorption energy of O intermediates. Among them, the developed Bi−Pd metallene shows extraordinarily high ORR mass activity of 11.34 A mg Pd −1 and 0.86 A mg Pd −1 at 0.9 V and 0.95 V in alkaline solution, respectively, representing the best Pd-based ORR electrocatalysts ever reported. In the cathode of a Zinc-air battery, Bi−Pd metallene could achieve an open-circuit voltage of 1.546 V and keep stable for 760 h at 10 mA cm −2 . Theoretical calculations suggest that the BCT between Pd surface and *OO intermediates greatly affects the bond length between them ( d Pd-*OO ) and Bi doping could appropriately reduce the amount of BCT and stretch the d Pd-*OO, thus enhancing the ORR activity.
Introducing hierarchical microstructure on the soft material surface can effectively improve the sensitivity of the pressure sensor, however, the high sensitivity generates only at a low pressure range because of the ...
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Perovskite and spinel structures are widely found in ferroelectric and magnetic oxides, respectively, making their combination important for multiferroic composites. In this study, the (111) interface between perovski...
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Perovskite and spinel structures are widely found in ferroelectric and magnetic oxides, respectively, making their combination important for multiferroic composites. In this study, the (111) interface between perovskite-type BiFeO3 and spinel-type NiFe2O4, has been systematically investigated at the atomic scale combining aberration-corrected scanning transmission electron microscopy and first-principles calculations. The atomic terminations at the interface were determined to be the BiO3 layer on the BiFeO3 side and the tetrahedral Fe layer on the NiFe2O4 side. The lattice mismatch between BiFeO3 and NiFe2O4 is primarily accommodated by the first and second BiO3 layers inside BiFeO3, indicating a stand-off of misfit dislocations in BiFeO3. A metallic interface is formed between the two insulating phases, with the BiO3 and tetrahedral Fe layer coupled antiferromagnetically across the interface. The magnetic moment in NiFe2O4 and the ferroelectric polarization in BiFeO3 drop slightly at the interface and return to the bulk values within two atomic layers from the interface.
Research has shown the presence of aluminum phases can accelerate thaumasite formation. This study examines the thaumasite-ettringite solid solutions to investigate the effect of Al phases on the types and morphologie...
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In recent years, machine learning potentials (MLPs) have become indispensable tools in physics, chemistry, and materials science, driving the development of software packages for molecular dynamics (MD) simulations an...
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