Article
Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Shijie Li, Mingjie Cai, Yanping Liu, Junlei Zhang, Chunchun Wang, Shaohong Zang, Youji Li, Peng Zhang, Xin Li
Summary: This study investigates the performance of C3N5/Bi2WO6 photocatalyst with S-scheme heterojunction in water decontamination, and finds that it exhibits higher activity and more structural defects than single C3N5 and Bi2WO6, leading to improved charge separation and generation of more active species.
INORGANIC CHEMISTRY FRONTIERS
(2022)
Review
Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Jianlong Wang, Shizong Wang
Summary: This review systematically analyzes and summarizes the recent advances in graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4)-based composites, including preparation, characterization, modification, and environmental application. The focus is on the modification mechanisms and environmental applications. Concluding remarks and perspectives for further study are provided.
COORDINATION CHEMISTRY REVIEWS
(2022)
Review
Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Shadpour Mallakpour, Elham Nikkhoo, Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain
Summary: Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have gained attention for their adjustable pore sizes, large surface area, and various functionalities, making them suitable for applications in energy storage, CO2 adsorption, catalysis, drug storage, and release.
COORDINATION CHEMISTRY REVIEWS
(2022)
Review
Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Hui Xu, Yitao Zhao, Qing Wang, Guangyu He, Haiqun Chen
Summary: Single-atom catalysts offer high reactivity and selectivity, but are susceptible to sintering and agglomerating. Introducing appropriate supports can optimize the local coordination environment and electronic properties, preventing sintering.
COORDINATION CHEMISTRY REVIEWS
(2022)
Review
Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Reddicherla Umapathi, Seyed Majid Ghoreishian, Sonam Sonwal, Gokana Mohana Rani, Yun Suk Huh
Summary: Due to over application of synthetic pesticides, pesticide residues pose an increasing threat to ecosystems and human health. Electrochemical sensor and biosensor platforms have emerged as powerful analytical methods for detecting pesticide residues, offering advantages such as synergistic aspects, systematic fabrication procedure, ease of detection, sensitivity, and selectivity. Additionally, portable electrochemical devices have been developed for on-site detection of pesticide residues.
COORDINATION CHEMISTRY REVIEWS
(2022)
Review
Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Yingtang Zhou, Reza Abazari, Jing Chen, Muhammad Tahir, Anuj Kumar, Riyadh Ramadhan Ikreedeegh, Ekta Rani, Harishchandra Singh, Alexander M. Kirillov
Summary: MOFs have gained attention as versatile electro- and photoelectrocatalytic platforms, offering advantages such as high surface area, porosity, and structural tunability. Bimetallic MOFs and their composites show improved electrical conductivity and electrochemical activity, making them promising for sustainable energy conversion.
COORDINATION CHEMISTRY REVIEWS
(2022)
Review
Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Hani Nasser Abdelhamid, Aji P. Mathew
Summary: Cellulose-MOFs (CelloMOFs) are hybrid materials that combine cellulosic materials with metal-organic frameworks, offering a range of properties for applications in water remediation, air purification, gas storage, sensing/biosensing, and biomedicine. Their potential includes efficient adsorption for removing contaminants in water, catalytic applications for organic pollutants, air purification by removing greenhouse gases, and biomedical applications such as antibacterial and drug delivery. This review provides a synthesis, characterization, and overview of the applications of CelloMOFs materials, highlighting challenges and future prospects for researchers and scientists.
COORDINATION CHEMISTRY REVIEWS
(2022)
Review
Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Tao Chen, Kaifu Yu, Changxue Dong, Xin Yuan, Xiang Gong, Jie Lian, Xin Cao, Mingzhe Li, Li Zhou, Baowei Hu, Rong He, Wenkun Zhu, Xiangke Wang
Summary: Nuclear energy is a promising energy source to replace traditional fossil fuels due to its high energy density and carbon-free emission. However, the limited storage of uranium ore and uranium-containing wastewater pose challenges to the sustainable development of nuclear energy. Therefore, extracting and recycling uranium from seawater and wastewater is necessary for the sustainable development of nuclear energy and environmental protection.
COORDINATION CHEMISTRY REVIEWS
(2022)
Review
Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Vasudha Hasija, Shilpa Patial, Pankaj Raizada, Aftab Aslam Parwaz Khan, Abdullah M. Asiri, Quyet Van Le, Van-Huy Nguyen, Pardeep Singh
Summary: This review discusses the strategic synthesis, advanced characterization, and catalytic applications of COF-based SACs, highlighting the potential of COFs for fulfilling the prerequisites of SACs formation and their performance in catalytic energy-related applications. It also presents a critical discussion on the strategic synthesis of COF-based SACs and the challenges, foresighted ideas, and future perspectives for COF-based SACs.
COORDINATION CHEMISTRY REVIEWS
(2022)
Review
Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Huihui Yan, Xikun Zhang, Zhengwei Yang, Maoting Xia, Chiwei Xu, Yiwen Liu, Haoxiang Yu, Liyuan Zhang, Jie Shu
Summary: This review discusses the electrolyte strategies for rechargeable aqueous zinc ion batteries (AZIBs), including diverse electrolytes, concentration choices, and flexible hydrogel electrolytes, as well as prospects for biocompatible or biodegradable bio-electrolytes as potential candidates.
COORDINATION CHEMISTRY REVIEWS
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Teng Yan, Xiaojie Zhang, Hua Liu, Zhiliang Jin
Summary: Photocatalytic hydrogen evolution can convert intermittent and dispersive solar energy into hydrogen with high energy density. This experiment modifies the performance of the catalyst by introducing cocatalyst and morphology control, and has reference significance for the design of efficient and environmentally friendly photocatalysts.
CHINESE JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL CHEMISTRY
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Jing Zou, Guodong Liao, Jizhou Jiang, Zhiguo Xiong, Saishuai Bai, Haitao Wang, Pingxiu Wu, Peng Zhang, Xin Li
Summary: A novel isotype step-scheme heterojunction with rich defects and catalytically active sites is successfully developed by polymerizing N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF) and urea with sulfur (S) powder. The simultaneous introduction of S-doping and defects greatly improves the separation, transfer, and recombination efficiency of photo-excited electron-hole pairs.
CHINESE JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL CHEMISTRY
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Liang Qin, Fenglan Liang, Yan Li, Jiana Wu, Shiyuan Guan, Meiyin Wu, Shiling Xie, Manshi Luo, Deyun Ma
Summary: A hydrostable 2D Zn-based MOF with good water and thermal stability was synthesized and characterized. It showed potential for controlled drug release and exhibited low cytotoxicity towards cells and zebrafish.
Review
Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Kazem Nejati, Mehdi Dadashpour, Tohid Gharibi, Hassan Mellatyar, Abolfazl Akbarzadeh
Summary: Metal nanoparticles, especially gold nanoparticles, have unique physicochemical properties that make them valuable for biomedical applications such as biosensing, cancer therapy, and drug delivery. Their large surface area allows for functionalization with biological molecules, making them a promising carrier for targeted drug delivery.
JOURNAL OF CLUSTER SCIENCE
(2022)
Review
Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Abebe Reda Woldu, Zanling Huang, Pengxiang Zhao, Liangsheng Hu, Didier Astruc
Summary: The article provides a brief overview of CO2RR and discusses recent advances in improving the activity and selectivity of Cu-based nanomaterials for CO2 reduction to multi-carbon products. It reviews different types of Cu nanoparticles, Cu nanocrystals with low- and high-index facets, and other Cu-based nanostructures for CO2RR. The aim of the review is to offer new insights and prospects for future research on CO2RR selectivity using Cu-based catalysts.
COORDINATION CHEMISTRY REVIEWS
(2022)
Review
Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Yingjie Du, Xiaotong Jia, Le Zhong, Yi Jiao, Zhijin Zhang, Ziyuan Wang, Yuxiao Feng, Muhammad Bilal, Jiandong Cui, Shiru Jia
Summary: This review presents the contemporary advances in the development of enzyme@MOF composites with different dimensionalities. The synthesis strategies, interaction between enzymes and MOFs, and potential applications are discussed. This work provides helpful insights into the fundamental research and applications of enzyme@MOF composites.
COORDINATION CHEMISTRY REVIEWS
(2022)
Review
Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Subhasree Panda, Kalim Deshmukh, Jayaraman Theerthagiri, Sivakumar Manickam, S. K. Khadheer Pasha, Myong Yong Choi
Summary: With the advancement of technology, there has been an increasing demand for high-capacity energy storage devices with durability, low production cost, and flexibility. MXene, as the most prominent material today, has a wide range of applications in the field of energy storage. This article reviews the recent advances of MXene for fabricating electrochemical energy storage devices using supercapacitors as its power source, and discusses its structure, synthesis methods, unique properties, and their effect on electrochemical performance. The article also highlights the recent progress in MXene composite-based supercapacitors.
COORDINATION CHEMISTRY REVIEWS
(2022)
Review
Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Hongda Liu, Min Cheng, Yang Liu, Gaoxia Zhang, Ling Li, Li Du, Bo Li, Sa Xiao, Guangfu Wang, Xiaofeng Yang
Summary: UiO-66, a water-resistant zirconium-based metal-organic framework, shows excellent environmental resistances and can be used in photocatalytic applications. The photoresponse range and charge separation efficiency of UiO-66 can be significantly improved by rational design and adjustment. This review provides an overview of the modification and design of UiO-66 and its applications in various fields, highlighting the reaction mechanisms.
COORDINATION CHEMISTRY REVIEWS
(2022)
Review
Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Yanqun Tang, Wenhan Guo, Ruqiang Zou
Summary: The development of advanced energy storage systems, such as supercapacitors with ideal capacity and durability, is crucial for mitigating intermittency issues associated with natural energy resources. By leveraging the synergistic effects of electrode materials, asymmetric supercapacitors are able to achieve a large voltage window while overcoming traditional supercapacitors' energy storage limitations.
COORDINATION CHEMISTRY REVIEWS
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Haijun Chen, Jie Liang, Kai Dong, Luchao Yue, Tingshuai Li, Yongsong Luo, Zhesheng Feng, Na Li, Mohamed S. Hamdy, Abdulmohsen Ali Alshehri, Yan Wang, Xuping Sun, Qian Liu
Summary: In this study, a hybrid catalyst of TiO2 and juncus effusus-derived carbon microtubes with a three-dimensional cross-linked hollow tubular structure is proposed for efficient electrocatalytic conversion of N-2 to NH3 at ambient conditions. The catalyst shows a high NH3 yield and faradaic efficiency in 0.1M Na2SO4, along with superior electrochemical and structural stability.
INORGANIC CHEMISTRY FRONTIERS
(2022)