Showing papers in "Journal of Colloid and Interface Science in 2020"

TL;DR: Given the appealing merits of heterogeneous photocatalytic disinfection of viruses, there is no doubt that this technology will be an impressively active research field and a source of comfort and confidence to humans in battling against viruses.

TL;DR: The electrode, CuO-rGR/1M3OIDTFB/CPE showed remarkable sensitivities towards the determination of the analytes, and well defined and clearly separated oxidation peaks were obtained during their simultaneous analysis in a buffer solution at pH 7.4.

TL;DR: The present study aims at the synthesis of environmentally benign corrosion inhibitor, namely 2-amino-4-(5-hydroxy-3-methyl-1H-pyrazole-4-yl)-4H-chromene- 3-carbonitrile (PCP), and corrosion inhibition evaluation for N80 steel in 15% HCl.

TL;DR: It is found that nanocomposite through suitable calcination temperature (M-A-800) with large surface area and appropriate micropore/mesopore ratio could strengthen separation and migration rates of photo-generated charge, resulting in the improvement of visible light photocatalytic activity of tetracycline.

TL;DR: Investigate of the inhibitory layer and the potential mechanism was conceptually evaluated using DFT, MD simulations, radial distribution function (RDF) and mean square displacement (MSD) and the best fit for Langmuir isotherm.

TL;DR: Plant polyphenol tannic acid with abundant catechol groups and hydrophilic Jeffamine containing amino groups were used in a layer-by-layer (LBL) process to fabricate composite nanofiltration (NF) membranes, which exhibited excellent anti-fouling and long-term performance.

TL;DR: Under mild conditions and using ethanol as a hole scavenger, theNCN/BMO (30%) nanocomposite showed the maximum capability for ammonia generation by 3271 µmol/L g, which is 1.9 and 9.2 times higher than the NCN and BMO components, respectively.

TL;DR: The high stability shown by the BN/BCN composite opens a new path for designing of significant BN based Z-scheme photocatalyst for prevention of environmental issues.

TL;DR: This work indicates that the as-prepared NiCo/CoNiO2@C hybrid composites accompanied with excellent electromagnetic wave absorption performance could act as a promising absorber to deal with the increasingly serious electromagnetic pollution.

TL;DR: The improved antimicrobial and dye degradation activities of Ag/ZnO-NCs were attributed due to more ROS formation, as Ag particles on the surface of ZnO are in support of electron transfer, which could improve ROS formation by one-electron reduction of oxygen.

TL;DR: The improved photocatalytic performance of T-MCr-60 is ascribed to strong interfacial contact between (0 0 1) facets, (1 0-1) facet, and MIL-101 and the synergistic effects of two heterojunctions promoting efficient charge transfer.

TL;DR: The NiFe2O4-NiCo-LDH@rGO composite could provide a prospective notion constructing bifunctional materials with hollow-cube hierarchical structure in the field of supercapacitors and electrochemical sensors.

TL;DR: The Schottky junction forming between ZIS and Ti3C2, and hierarchical M@TiO2 could be served as advantageous platform and efficient cocatalyst to construct MXene-based photocatalyst with rapid charge transfer channels are revealed.

TL;DR: The 1D flower-like ZSCNC nanochains with strong absorption, broad absorption bandwidth (almost the entire Ku band) and thin layer has a good application prospect for the absorption of electromagnetic waves in Ku band.

TL;DR: Porous NVP/reduced graphene oxide hollow spheres (NVP/rGO HSs) are constructed via a spray drying strategy, and galvanostatic intermittent titration technique demonstrates that the Na+ diffusion coefficient of N VP/r GO HSs is an order of magnitude larger than the pristine NVP.

TL;DR: Nitrogen (N) doped zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles were derived via one-step controllable pyrolysis of zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 (Zif-8) precursors under 550 °C by a facile microwave hydrothermal method.

TL;DR: Two quinoxaline-based propanones were tested as inhibitors of mild steel corrosion in 1 M HCl and adsorbed film of the inhibitor molecules protected the steel from direct exposure to acidic ions, suggesting higher corrosion inhibition efficiency of Mt-3-PZPP compared to Cl-4-PQPP.

TL;DR: It was found that toluene was converted to benzaldehyde and benzoic acid, eventually forming CO2 and H2O, and the 10Ag-U catalyst showed excellent catalytic performance due to higher lattice oxygen and surface Ag0 content.

TL;DR: This work indicated that developing a 2D/1D heterostructure photocatalyst offers a cracking approach to enhance the photocatalytic property of semiconductor-based catalysts for pollutant removal and the generation of clean energy.

TL;DR: It was found that appropriate Ce doping amount was beneficial for the generation of high-quality 3D meso-macroporous structure, good MW absorbing ability, high active oxygen species concentration and strong interaction between Ce and carbon spheres templated LaCo0.5O3, resulting in the high MW catalytic activity.

TL;DR: The simplicity, low-cost, tunable mechanical properties, short blood clotting time, and cytocompatibility of the hydrogels composed of Gel-SH, GelMA, and PD-LAP highlight its potential as hemostat sealants.

TL;DR: PtRuPd nanospheres synthesized by a facile hexadecylpyridinium chloride-mediated one-pot aqueous method with ascorbic acid as the reducing agent displayed high-efficient catalytic activity and durability for ethylene glycol oxidation reaction (EGOR) and oxygen reduction reaction (ORR).

TL;DR: It is found that the introduction of the graphene has a significant effect on increasing the pyridinic-N ratio and enhancing the structural stability of HGPC-A in comparison to the pristine PVA/PANI hydrogel-derived carbon materials (HPC- A).

TL;DR: T trimetallic PtRhCo petal-assembled alloyed nanoflowers (PtRhCo PAANFs) were fabricated via a one-pot solvothermal method, which showed remarkable enlargement in specific activity and mass activity over PtRh0.25Co nanodentrites (NDs) and PtRh1.5Co NDs, coupling with the superior activity and durability for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) in the alkaline electrolyte.

TL;DR: It was observed that most nanoparticles were mechanistically irreversibly adsorbed on the surface of quartz sample, and this wettability shift thus may increase CO2 storage capacities and containment security.

TL;DR: In this paper, Magnetic Zeolite composite (Ze/Fe0) was selected as the ideal adsorbent for treating cesium contaminated waters in a lab-scale continuous treatment system (LSCTS).

TL;DR: This work demonstrated a novel way to fabricate membranes with high antifouling and self-cleaning ability for water treatment by using an external magnetic field to arrange the magnetic TiO2@Ni particles (MNPs) onto the polymeric polyether sulfone (PES) membrane surface.

TL;DR: A combination of a hydrothermal KOH activation and successive pyrolysis of biomass reed flowers is proposed to prepare a bimodal porous carbon (BPC) material with high specific surface area and plenty spaces for sulfur impregnating which presents a great potential as a sulfur carrier material for Li-S battery applications.

TL;DR: The enhanced photo-catalytic reaction follows Type-II p-n hetero junction charge transfer mechanism and thus, paves a new way to design MOF based heterojunction photocatalyst for diverse photo catalytic performance.

TL;DR: The intense interaction between mesoporous CuO NPs and porous g-C3N4 confirms the durability of the CuO/g-C 3N4 heterostructures during recyclability for five times.