Ceria has emerged as a fascinating and lucrative material in bio-application,for instance,disease treatment,bioimaging and drug delivery due to its abilities of transforming oxidation states between Ce4+and Ce3+and sc...Ceria has emerged as a fascinating and lucrative material in bio-application,for instance,disease treatment,bioimaging and drug delivery due to its abilities of transforming oxidation states between Ce4+and Ce3+and scavenging free radicals,which can produce biological effect,such as being potentially antioxidant towards reactive oxygen species.Recently,many studies about one dimension（ID） CeO2nanomaterials have received much attention because of the unique properties of their length and aspect ratio.We highlight here current research activities focused on the bio-application of 1D ceria nanomaterials.The synthesis methods of 1D cerium oxide nanomaterials were introduced.Several synthesis routes,including template,hydrothermal,sonochemical and other methods,were then discussed with examples developed by recent research.The differences among these methods were also analyzed.This review provides a comprehensive introduction to the synthesis of 1D ceria,its potential applications in biological fields and perspectives on this exciting realm.展开更多
Pt nanoparticles(PtNPs)as active species have always been considered as one of the best semiconductor materials for photocatalytic hydrogen production.In this study,a Schottky heterojunction has been successfully cons...Pt nanoparticles(PtNPs)as active species have always been considered as one of the best semiconductor materials for photocatalytic hydrogen production.In this study,a Schottky heterojunction has been successfully constructed by evenly loading ultrafine PtNPs onto a triazine-based covalent organic frameworks(COFs).This strategy maintained the high activity of these ultra-small PtNPs while maximizing the utilization of the Pt active sites.The fabricated PtNPs@covalent triazine-based framework-1(CTF-1)composite accomplished a significantly high rate of hydrogen evolution(20.0 mmol·g^(−1)·h^(−1),apparent quantum efficiency(AQE)=7.6%,atλ=450 nm)with 0.40 wt.%Pt loading,giving rise to a 44-fold-increase in the efficiency of the photocatalytic hydrogen production compared to the pristine CTF-1.Theoretical calculations revealed that the strong electron transfer(Q(Pt)=−0.726 qe,in the analysis of Bader charge,Q(Pt)is the charge quantity transferred from Pt cluster to CTF-1,and qe is the unit of charge transfer quantity)between PtNPs and CTF-1 triggers a strong interaction,which makes PtNPs being firmly attached to the structure of CTF-1,thereby enabling high stability and excellent hydrogen production efficiency.Importantly,the hydrogen binding free energy(ΔGH*)of PtNPs@CTF-1 is much lower than that of the unmodified CTF-1,leading to a much lower intermediate state and hence a significant improvement in photocatalytic performance.The overall findings of this work provide a new platform to incorporate metallic NPs into COFs for the design and fabrication of highly efficient photocatalysts.展开更多
Rare-earth doped titania single-crystalline hollow nanoparticles of 20 nm are constructed via a simple sol-gel process. Amphiphilic ABA tri-block copolymers played a key role in assisting the formation of hollow struc...Rare-earth doped titania single-crystalline hollow nanoparticles of 20 nm are constructed via a simple sol-gel process. Amphiphilic ABA tri-block copolymers played a key role in assisting the formation of hollow structure, for which a hollow nanostructure growth mechanism is proposed. By introducing rare earth into the synthesis process, the as-prepared nanoparticles exhibit near-infrared light absorption properties. Photo-decomposition efficiency of Orange II azo dye can be successfully evaluated when using Yb3+-doped Ti O2 hollow nanoparticles as photocatalysts; it is more than two times higher than the pure Ti O2 hollow nanoparticles. The hollow nanostructured Yb3+-doped Ti O2 samples are exploited as photoanodes in N719- sensitized solar cells and prove able to improve the photoelectric conversion efficiency by measuring the solar cell parameters of dye-sensitized solar cells(DSSCs) under simulative sunlight.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.21201133 and 51272186)
文摘Ceria has emerged as a fascinating and lucrative material in bio-application,for instance,disease treatment,bioimaging and drug delivery due to its abilities of transforming oxidation states between Ce4+and Ce3+and scavenging free radicals,which can produce biological effect,such as being potentially antioxidant towards reactive oxygen species.Recently,many studies about one dimension（ID） CeO2nanomaterials have received much attention because of the unique properties of their length and aspect ratio.We highlight here current research activities focused on the bio-application of 1D ceria nanomaterials.The synthesis methods of 1D cerium oxide nanomaterials were introduced.Several synthesis routes,including template,hydrothermal,sonochemical and other methods,were then discussed with examples developed by recent research.The differences among these methods were also analyzed.This review provides a comprehensive introduction to the synthesis of 1D ceria,its potential applications in biological fields and perspectives on this exciting realm.
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.22271022 and 21701016)the Science and Technology Development Planning of Jilin Province(No.YDZJ202201ZYTS342)+1 种基金the China Scholarship Council(CSC No.201802335014)Partial support from the Robert A.Welch Foundation(B-0027)(S.M.)and Researchers Supporting Program(No.RSP-2024R55)at King Saud University,Riyadh,Saudi Arabia is also acknowledged.
文摘Pt nanoparticles(PtNPs)as active species have always been considered as one of the best semiconductor materials for photocatalytic hydrogen production.In this study,a Schottky heterojunction has been successfully constructed by evenly loading ultrafine PtNPs onto a triazine-based covalent organic frameworks(COFs).This strategy maintained the high activity of these ultra-small PtNPs while maximizing the utilization of the Pt active sites.The fabricated PtNPs@covalent triazine-based framework-1(CTF-1)composite accomplished a significantly high rate of hydrogen evolution(20.0 mmol·g^(−1)·h^(−1),apparent quantum efficiency(AQE)=7.6%,atλ=450 nm)with 0.40 wt.%Pt loading,giving rise to a 44-fold-increase in the efficiency of the photocatalytic hydrogen production compared to the pristine CTF-1.Theoretical calculations revealed that the strong electron transfer(Q(Pt)=−0.726 qe,in the analysis of Bader charge,Q(Pt)is the charge quantity transferred from Pt cluster to CTF-1,and qe is the unit of charge transfer quantity)between PtNPs and CTF-1 triggers a strong interaction,which makes PtNPs being firmly attached to the structure of CTF-1,thereby enabling high stability and excellent hydrogen production efficiency.Importantly,the hydrogen binding free energy(ΔGH*)of PtNPs@CTF-1 is much lower than that of the unmodified CTF-1,leading to a much lower intermediate state and hence a significant improvement in photocatalytic performance.The overall findings of this work provide a new platform to incorporate metallic NPs into COFs for the design and fabrication of highly efficient photocatalysts.
基金financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(21201133,51272186)
文摘Rare-earth doped titania single-crystalline hollow nanoparticles of 20 nm are constructed via a simple sol-gel process. Amphiphilic ABA tri-block copolymers played a key role in assisting the formation of hollow structure, for which a hollow nanostructure growth mechanism is proposed. By introducing rare earth into the synthesis process, the as-prepared nanoparticles exhibit near-infrared light absorption properties. Photo-decomposition efficiency of Orange II azo dye can be successfully evaluated when using Yb3+-doped Ti O2 hollow nanoparticles as photocatalysts; it is more than two times higher than the pure Ti O2 hollow nanoparticles. The hollow nanostructured Yb3+-doped Ti O2 samples are exploited as photoanodes in N719- sensitized solar cells and prove able to improve the photoelectric conversion efficiency by measuring the solar cell parameters of dye-sensitized solar cells(DSSCs) under simulative sunlight.
