Electrocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide (CO2ER) in rechargeable Zn–CO2 battery still remains a great challenge. Herein, a highly efficient CO2ER electrocatalyst composed of coordinatively unsaturated single‐atom copper coordinated with nitrogen sites anchored into graphene matrix (Cu–N2/GN) is reported. Benefitting from the unsaturated coordination environment and atomic dispersion, the ultrathin Cu–N2/GN nanosheets exhibit a high CO2ER activity and selectivity for CO production with an onset potential of −0.33 V and the maximum Faradaic efficiency of 81% at a low potential of −0.50 V, superior to the previously reported atomically dispersed Cu–N anchored on carbon materials. Experimental results manifest the highly exposed and atomically dispersed Cu–N2 active sites in graphene framework where the Cu species are coordinated by two N atoms. Theoretical calculations demonstrate that the optimized reaction free energy for Cu–N2 sites to capture CO2 promote the adsorption of CO2 molecules on Cu–N2 sites; meanwhile, the short bond lengths of Cu–N2 sites accelerate the electron transfer from Cu–N2 sites to *CO2, thus efficiently boosting the *COOH generation and CO2ER performance. A designed rechargeable Zn–CO2 battery with Cu–N2/GN nanosheets deliver a peak power density of 0.6 mW cm−2, and the charge process of battery can be driven by natural solar energy.
A strong association was observed between the presence of high binding to AT1R and AMR in recipients whose sera contained no antibody to donor HLA or MICA. Assessing the AT1R antibody status along with the HLA-DSA provides additional information to determine the immunologic risk for recipients.
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and graphene, and materials based on these, are largely used in multidisciplinary fields. Many techniques have been put forward to synthesize them. Among all kinds of approaches, the low-temperature plasma approach is widely used due to its numerous advantages, such as highly distributed active species, reduced energy requirements, enhanced catalyst activation, shortened operation time and decreased environmental pollution. This tutorial review focuses on the recent development of plasma synthesis of CNTs and graphene based materials and their electrochemical application in fuel cells.
Single-crystalline
Pd nanocrystals enclosed by {111} or {100} facets with controllable
sizes were synthesized and originally employed as catalysts in the
aerobic oxidation of 5-hydroxymethyl-2-furfural (HMF). The experimental
results indicated that the particle size and exposed facet of Pd nanocrystals
could obviously influence their catalytic performance. The size-dependent
effect of Pd nanocrystals in this reaction could only be derived from
the different Pd dispersions. Therefore, the facet effect of Pd nanocrystals
was first investigated in this work through experimental and theoretical
approaches. It was found that Pd-NOs enclosed by {111} facets were
more efficient than Pd-NCs enclosed by {100} facets for the aerobic
oxidation of HMF, especially for the oxidation step from 5-hydroxymethyl-2-furancarboxylic
acid (HMFCA) toward 5-formyl-2-furancarboxylic acid (FFCA). The TOF
value of Pd-NOs(6 nm) was 2.6 times as high as that of Pd-NCs(7 nm)
and 5.2 times higher than that of commercial Pd/C catalyst for HMF
oxidation. Through density functional theory (DFT) calculations, the
notably enhanced catalytic performance of Pd-NOs could be mainly attributed
to the lower energy barrier in the alcohol oxidation step (from HMFCA
to FFCA) and higher selectivity for O2 hydrogenation to
produce peroxide.
Polyacrylamide (PAM) grafted graphene oxide (denoted as PAM/GO) was synthesized by the plasma-induced polymerization technique and applied as an adsorbent for the simultaneous removal of radionuclides from radioactive wastewater. The interactions of PAM/GO with the radionuclides U(vi), Eu(III) and Co(II) were studied, along with their sorption kinetics. The results indicated that radionuclide sorption on PAM/GO was affected by the solution pH and ionic strength. The maximum sorption capacities of U(VI), Eu(III) and Co(II) on PAM/GO (0.698, 1.245 and 1.621 mmol g(-1), respectively) at pH = 5.0 ± 0.1 and T = 295 K were much higher than those of radionuclides on GO and other adsorbents. The thermodynamic data (ΔH(0), ΔS(0) and ΔG(0)) calculated from the temperature-dependent sorption isotherms suggested that the sorption of radionuclides on PAM/GO was a spontaneous and endothermic process. These results indicate that PAM/GO is a promising material for the control of radionuclide pollution.
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