Photocatalysis, which performed under mild conditions by utilizing solar energy, has become a desirable technology to convert methane into highly valuable chemicals, such as methanol, ethane, and other hydrocarbons. H...Photocatalysis, which performed under mild conditions by utilizing solar energy, has become a desirable technology to convert methane into highly valuable chemicals, such as methanol, ethane, and other hydrocarbons. However, pristine photocatalysts still suffer from the low utilization efficiency of solar light and the high recombination rate of photogenerated charge carriers, which exhibit the low activity and selectivity for photocatalytic methane conversion. Loading cocatalysts on photocatalysts is an attractive strategy to manipulate the products' yield and selectivity of photocatalytic methane conversion due to the enhanced charge carrier separation efficiency, extended light absorption and promoted reactant adsorption/desorption kinetics. This review discusses the recent achievements of the cocatalysts for photocatalytic methane conversion reactions. Moreover, the challenges and perspectives for the development of efficient cocatalysts are presented. This review provides considerable guidelines for the design and construction of efficient cocatalysts for photocatalytic methane conversion reactions.展开更多
Bulk poly-m-phenylene isophthalamide （PMIA） can achieve flexibility upon dissolution by a LiCI/dimethylacetamide co-solvent, but remains hydrophobic despite the occasional emergence of cis amide groups providing a w...Bulk poly-m-phenylene isophthalamide （PMIA） can achieve flexibility upon dissolution by a LiCI/dimethylacetamide co-solvent, but remains hydrophobic despite the occasional emergence of cis amide groups providing a weak negative charge. In this study, based on the significant surface differences between PMIA membranes processed by nanofiber electrospinning and casting, a series of chemical analyses, in-situ Au nanoparticle depositions, and dye-adsorption experiments revealed that more cisconfiguration amide groups appeared on the surface of the electrospun PMIA membrane than on that of the cast membrane. Based on this surface difference, a strategy was proposed to improve the dyeing properties of PMIA by reversibly changing the cisltrans configurations of electrospun and cast membranes. The reversible chain-segment switch mechanism is a novel method for tuning the macroscale properties of polymer materials based on inherent molecular characteristics.展开更多
基金financially supported from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (22209084)the Yongjiang Talent Project (2021A-142-G)+2 种基金the Natural Science Foundation of Ningbo (2021J066)the starting-up funding of Ningbo University (422109273)K.C.Wong Magna Fund in Ningbo University。
文摘Photocatalysis, which performed under mild conditions by utilizing solar energy, has become a desirable technology to convert methane into highly valuable chemicals, such as methanol, ethane, and other hydrocarbons. However, pristine photocatalysts still suffer from the low utilization efficiency of solar light and the high recombination rate of photogenerated charge carriers, which exhibit the low activity and selectivity for photocatalytic methane conversion. Loading cocatalysts on photocatalysts is an attractive strategy to manipulate the products' yield and selectivity of photocatalytic methane conversion due to the enhanced charge carrier separation efficiency, extended light absorption and promoted reactant adsorption/desorption kinetics. This review discusses the recent achievements of the cocatalysts for photocatalytic methane conversion reactions. Moreover, the challenges and perspectives for the development of efficient cocatalysts are presented. This review provides considerable guidelines for the design and construction of efficient cocatalysts for photocatalytic methane conversion reactions.
基金We thank the National Natural Science Foundation of China （Grant Nos. 51471153 and 51372227） and the 521 Talent Project of Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Science and Technology Department of Zhejiang Province Foundation （No. 2017C37017） for providing financial support.
文摘Bulk poly-m-phenylene isophthalamide （PMIA） can achieve flexibility upon dissolution by a LiCI/dimethylacetamide co-solvent, but remains hydrophobic despite the occasional emergence of cis amide groups providing a weak negative charge. In this study, based on the significant surface differences between PMIA membranes processed by nanofiber electrospinning and casting, a series of chemical analyses, in-situ Au nanoparticle depositions, and dye-adsorption experiments revealed that more cisconfiguration amide groups appeared on the surface of the electrospun PMIA membrane than on that of the cast membrane. Based on this surface difference, a strategy was proposed to improve the dyeing properties of PMIA by reversibly changing the cisltrans configurations of electrospun and cast membranes. The reversible chain-segment switch mechanism is a novel method for tuning the macroscale properties of polymer materials based on inherent molecular characteristics.
