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Bioinspired triboelectric droplet sensor for ammonia monitoring

Nature Communications
Gas sensors with fast response are in high demand for environmental and health applications. Conventional solid-state sensing materials are inherently constrained by response delays arising from chemical bond transformations, posing significant ...
Tao Liu, Xuedi Li, Huanjie He, Kang Yu, Song Zhang, Ziyi Ye, Xue Cui, Bin Luo, Yanhua Liu, Mingchao Chi, Jinlong Wang, Chenchen Cai, Shuangfei Wang, Shuangxi Nie   +13 more
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Improvement in calcified anaerobic granular sludge performance by exogenous acyl-homoserine lactones

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2021
Given the high content of Ca2+ in waste paper recycling wastewater, the anaerobic granular sludge (AnGS) undergoes calcification during wastewater treatment and affects the treatment efficiency.
Meiling Li, Yueru Wu, Zhiwei Wang, Wencai Fu, Wenhao Dang, Yongli Chen, Yi Ning, Shuangfei Wang   +7 more
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Synergistic Solar Interfacial Evaporation and Photocatalysis Enabled by a Hierarchical Porous Hydrogel Reactor

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A tree‐inspired hydrogel interfacial reactor couples solar evaporation with photocatalysis for simultaneous desalination and waste water treatment. The bilayer design achieves 2.14 kg·m−2·h−1 evaporation rate with 79% dye degradation under one sun, demonstrating that photothermal heating and evaporation induced pollutant enrichment create a self ...
Yan Zhao, Xiaolong Ma, Zihong Wu, Muhammad Amjad, Dongsheng Wen   +4 more
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Methane Production Reduced by Lignin Derivatives in Pulping Wastewater: Inhibition of Free Hydrolase

Fermentation
The lignin derivatives generated during pulping might be responsible for the suboptimal performance of anaerobic reactors during the treatment of pulping wastewater. However, the exact mechanisms by which these derivatives exert influence remain unclear.
Jinxu Lei, Zhihong Xu, Yong Chen, Guo Yu, Zexiang Liu, Shuangfei Wang, Jian Zhang, Kelin Li, Li Xie   +8 more
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Mechanistic Control of C─H Bond Activation and C─C Coupling in Light‐Driven Methane Conversion to C2+ Products over Multifunctional Photocatalysts

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Methane photocatalytic activation under mild conditions remains a formidable challenge in the synthesis of solar fuels. In this review, we emphasize the growing importance of multifunctional materials and hybrid systems within a unified mechanistic framework that integrates selective C─H bond activation, formation and control of intermediates, C─C ...
Di Hu, Yuheng Jiang, Vitaly V. Ordomsky, Bastian Mei, Zhiyong Tang, Andrei Y. Khodakov   +5 more
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Entropy-Driven Cellulosic Elastomer Self-Assembly for Mechanical Energy Harvesting and Self-Powered Sensing

Nano-Micro Letters
Highlights It systematically discusses the contribution of entropy-driven approaches to the design of self-assembled structures and performance regulation in cellulosic elastomers.
Pinle Zhang, Yingping He, Huancheng Huang, Neng Xiong, Xinyue Nong, Xinke Yu, Shuangfei Wang, Xinliang Liu   +7 more
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Zr-MOF/MXene composite for enhanced photothermal catalytic CO2 reduction in atmospheric and industrial flue gas streams

Carbon Capture Science & Technology
In this study, a novel composite was engineered by integrating Zr-MOF (NH2-UIO-66) with MXene layers through electrostatic self-assembly. Under simulated sunlight and at 80 °C, this composite material achieved nearly complete conversion of low ...
Yang Meng, Feng Yue, Shuo Zhang, Lingji Zhang, Cong Li, Mengke Shi, Yongpeng Ma, Mario Berrettoni, Xiaojing Zhang, Hongzhong Zhang   +9 more
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Bismuth‐Based Photocatalysts for Water Remediation: Design Strategies, Mechanisms, and Challenges

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This review highlights representative design strategies for bismuth‐based semiconductor photocatalysts in solar‐driven water purification. Emphasis is placed on electronic structure regulation, oxygen‐vacancy engineering, and interfacial coupling to enable efficient full‐spectrum light utilization, improved charge separation, and selective oxidation in
Shan Liu, Yi Zhao, Liming Cai, Simin Long, Jing Kang, Jingkai Lin, Jimin Shen, Zhonglin Chen, Shaobin Wang, Huayang Zhang   +9 more
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Catalytically Enhanced Near Room‐Temperature Hydrogen Sensing Using Pd‐ZnO Colloidal Crystals

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Pd‐decorated ZnO colloidal crystal monolayers demonstrate excellent performance across a wide hydrogen concentration range at 33°C, with high selectivity and reproducible device fabrication. The sensors show strong responses even at low‐ppm H2 concentrations and an ultra‐low detection limit of 82 ppb, indicating their suitability for diverse hydrogen ...
Hamidah Alluhaybi, Samuel J. Ippolito, Chung Kim Nguyen, Durairaj Mahendiran, Michelle J. S. Spencer, Edwin L. H. Mayes, Billy James Murdoch, Jason Choi, Shamali De Silva, James Tardio, Adrian Trinchi, Ahmad E. Kandjani, Mohammad Al Kobaisi, Ylias Sabri   +13 more
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Micro/Nano-Reconfigurable Robots for Intelligent Carbon Management in Confined-Space Life-Support Systems

Nano-Micro Letters
Highlights The micro/nano-reconfigurable robots for life-support systems were fabricated by CO₂-capturing molecular hunters, temperature-sensitive molecular switches, and solar photothermal conversion/magnetically-driven dual function engines.
Wei Lu, Rimei Chen, Lianlong Zhan, Qin Xiang, Renting Huang, Lei Wang, Shuangfei Wang, Hui He   +7 more
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