A polymeric hydrogel electrocatalyst for direct water oxidation

Z Pei, H Tan, J Gu, L Lu, X Zeng, T Zhang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Metal-free electrocatalysts represent a main branch of active materials for oxygen evolution
reaction (OER), but they excessively rely on functionalized conjugated carbon materials …

Dye-sensitized solar cells with 13% efficiency achieved through the molecular engineering of porphyrin sensitizers

S Mathew, A Yella, P Gao, R Humphry-Baker… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
Dye-sensitized solar cells have gained widespread attention in recent years because of their
low production costs, ease of fabrication and tunable optical properties, such as colour and …

Hematite (α-Fe2O3) with Various Morphologies: Ionic Liquid-Assisted Synthesis, Formation Mechanism, and Properties

J Lian, X Duan, J Ma, P Peng, T Kim, W Zheng - ACS nano, 2009 - ACS Publications
The α-Fe2O3 with various morphologies has been successfully synthesized via an ionic
liquid-assisted hydrothermal synthetic method. The samples are characterized by X-ray …

Stabilization of Fe− Pd nanoparticles with sodium carboxymethyl cellulose for enhanced transport and dechlorination of trichloroethylene in soil and groundwater

F He, D Zhao, J Liu, CB Roberts - Industrial & Engineering …, 2007 - ACS Publications
This study reports a new strategy for stabilizing palladized iron (Fe− Pd) nanoparticles with
sodium carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) as a stabilizer. Compared to nonstabilized Fe− Pd …

In situ FTIR-ATR examination of poly (acrylic acid) adsorbed onto hematite at low pH

LJ Kirwan, PD Fawell, W van Bronswijk - Langmuir, 2003 - ACS Publications
The adsorption of water-soluble polymers (eg, flocculants, coagulants) onto mineral particles
is typically characterized by “trains” of adsorbed polymer segments with “loops” and “tails” of …

Systematic comparison of the size, surface characteristics and colloidal stability of zero valent iron nanoparticles pre-and post-grafted with common polymers

CM Cirtiu, T Raychoudhury, S Ghoshal… - Colloids and Surfaces A …, 2011 - Elsevier
This study systematically examines the effect of four common polymers on the size, surface
chemistry, colloidal stability, and sedimentation behaviour of nanoparticles of zero valent …

Degradation of soil-sorbed trichloroethylene by stabilized zero valent iron nanoparticles: effects of sorption, surfactants, and natural organic matter

M Zhang, F He, D Zhao, X Hao - Water research, 2011 - Elsevier
Zero valent iron (ZVI) nanoparticles have been studied extensively for degradation of
chlorinated solvents in the aqueous phase, and have been tested for in-situ remediation of …

Characteristics of two types of stabilized nano zero-valent iron and transport in porous media

YH Lin, HH Tseng, MY Wey, MD Lin - Science of the Total Environment, 2010 - Elsevier
Nano-scale zero-valent iron (NZVI) has been shown to be suitable for remediating
contaminated aquifers. However, they usually aggregate rapidly and result in a very limited …

Immobilization of As (III) in soil and groundwater using a new class of polysaccharide stabilized Fe–Mn oxide nanoparticles

B An, D Zhao - Journal of hazardous materials, 2012 - Elsevier
A new class of stabilized Fe–Mn binary oxide nanoparticles was prepared with a water-
soluble starch or carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) as a stabilizer. The nanoparticles were …

Modeling the IR spectra of aqueous metal carboxylate complexes: Correlation between bonding geometry and stretching mode wavenumber shifts

CCR Sutton, G da Silva… - Chemistry–A European …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
A widely used principle is that shifts in the wavenumber of carboxylate stretching modes
upon bonding with a metal center can be used to infer if the geometry of the bonding is …