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Transmission of sodium chloride in PDMS membrane during Pervaporation based on polymer relaxation (2022)
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Zuo, C., Xu, S., Ding, X., Jin, W., Xing, W., & Ke, X. (2022). Transmission of sodium chloride in PDMS membrane during Pervaporation based on polymer relaxation. Journal of membrane science, 659, Article 120812. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2022.120812

Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) composite membrane is used for treating pharmaceutical wastewater containing NaCl and solvent. In this study, the influence of feed concentrations of NaCl and isobutanol, process temperature and membrane microstructures on... Read More about Transmission of sodium chloride in PDMS membrane during Pervaporation based on polymer relaxation.

Bidentate ligand modification strategy on supported Ni nanoparticles for photocatalytic selective hydrogenation of alkynes (2022)
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Wang, J., Wang, M., Li, X., Gu, X., Kong, P., Wang, R., …Zheng, Z. (2022). Bidentate ligand modification strategy on supported Ni nanoparticles for photocatalytic selective hydrogenation of alkynes. Applied catalysis. B, Environmental, 313, Article 121449. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2022.121449

The design of selective and stable non-precious metal catalysts for hydrogenation of alkyne is highly desirable. In this study, L-lysine modification strategy is applied to support Ni nanoparticles, which greatly improves the stability and photocatal... Read More about Bidentate ligand modification strategy on supported Ni nanoparticles for photocatalytic selective hydrogenation of alkynes.

Potential photo-switching sorbents for CO2 capture – A review (2022)
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Qiao, Y., Bailey, J. J., Huang, Q., Ke, X., & Wu, C. (2022). Potential photo-switching sorbents for CO2 capture – A review. Renewable & sustainable energy reviews, 158, Article 112079. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2022.112079

Porous materials with photochromic units are currently under investigation as light allows for environmentally friendly and highly energy-efficient control for gas separation and storage, chemical sensing, and drug delivery. In the application of pho... Read More about Potential photo-switching sorbents for CO2 capture – A review.

Pyrolyzing soft template-containing poly(ionic liquid) into hierarchical N-doped porous carbon for electroreduction of carbon dioxide (2021)
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Sun, M., Bian, Z., Cui, W., Zhao, X., Dong, S., Ke, X., …Wang, J. (2022). Pyrolyzing soft template-containing poly(ionic liquid) into hierarchical N-doped porous carbon for electroreduction of carbon dioxide. Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering, 43, 192-201. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cjche.2021.07.020

Heteroatom-doped carbon materials have demonstrated great potential in the electrochemical reduction reaction of CO2 (CO2RR) due to their versatile structure and function. However, rational structure control remains one challenge. In this work, we re... Read More about Pyrolyzing soft template-containing poly(ionic liquid) into hierarchical N-doped porous carbon for electroreduction of carbon dioxide.

Transmission of butanol isomers in pervaporation based on series resistance model (2021)
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Zuo, C., Hindley, J., Ding, X., Gronnow, M., Xing, W., & Ke, X. (2021). Transmission of butanol isomers in pervaporation based on series resistance model. Journal of membrane science, 638, Article 119702. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2021.119702

Pervaporation (PV) has shown great potential in the separation of butanol aqueous solutions due to their economic and environmental benefits. This work applies polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) composite membrane to separate four butanol isomers (n-butanol... Read More about Transmission of butanol isomers in pervaporation based on series resistance model.

Amine or Azo functionalized hypercrosslinked polymers for highly efficient CO2 capture and selective CO2 capture (2021)
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Qiao, Y., Zhan, Z., Yang, Y., Liu, M., Huang, Q., Tan, B., …Wu, C. (2021). Amine or Azo functionalized hypercrosslinked polymers for highly efficient CO2 capture and selective CO2 capture. Materials Today Communications, 27, Article 102338. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtcomm.2021.102338

Hypercrosslinked polymers (HCPs) are very promising for large-scale applications due to their easy preparation, high thermal stability, and good capability of CO2 capture. Currently, many amine-functionalized porous materials are prepared through two... Read More about Amine or Azo functionalized hypercrosslinked polymers for highly efficient CO2 capture and selective CO2 capture.

Hydroxyl-group-modified polymeric carbon nitride with the highly selective hydrogenation of nitrobenzene toN-phenylhydroxylamine under visible light (2021)
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Pei, L., Tan, H., Liu, M., Wang, R., Gu, X., Ke, X., …Zheng, Z. (2021). Hydroxyl-group-modified polymeric carbon nitride with the highly selective hydrogenation of nitrobenzene toN-phenylhydroxylamine under visible light. Green chemistry : an international journal and green chemistry resource : GC, 23(10), 3612-3622. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1gc00325a

Regulating the surface properties of catalysts to control the selectivity of a reaction is a fascinating approach. Bulk polymeric carbon nitride exhibits a poorN-phenylhydroxylamine yield in nitrobenzene reduction reaction mainly due to the uncontrol... Read More about Hydroxyl-group-modified polymeric carbon nitride with the highly selective hydrogenation of nitrobenzene toN-phenylhydroxylamine under visible light.

Aqueous-Phase Cellulose Hydrolysis over Zeolite HY Nanocrystals Grafted on Anatase Titania Nanofibers (2020)
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Shan, L., Yan, J., Wang, Y., Ke, X., Cai, J., Yu, S., …Zhang, X. (2021). Aqueous-Phase Cellulose Hydrolysis over Zeolite HY Nanocrystals Grafted on Anatase Titania Nanofibers. Catalysis Letters, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10562-020-03402-w

© 2020, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature. Acid-catalyzed aqueous-phase hydrolysis of cellulose was investigated over zeolite HY nanocrystals grafted on anantase titania nanofibres (HY-TiO2). H-exchanged NaY zeolite nanocr... Read More about Aqueous-Phase Cellulose Hydrolysis over Zeolite HY Nanocrystals Grafted on Anatase Titania Nanofibers.

Complex emulsions for shape control based on mass transfer and phase separation (2020)
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Zhang, F., Jiang, L., Zeng, C., Wang, C., Wang, J., Ke, X., & Zhang, L. (2020). Complex emulsions for shape control based on mass transfer and phase separation. Soft matter, 16(25), 5981-5989. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0sm00862a

Complex emulsions are used to fabricate new morphologies of multiple Janus droplets, evolving from non-engulfing to complete engulfing core/shell configuration. The produced droplets contain an aqueous phase of dextran (DEX) solution and an oil phase... Read More about Complex emulsions for shape control based on mass transfer and phase separation.

An overview of Cu-based heterogeneous electrocatalysts for CO2 reduction (2020)
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Zhao, J., Xue, S., Barber, J., Zhou, Y., Meng, J., & Ke, X. (2020). An overview of Cu-based heterogeneous electrocatalysts for CO2 reduction. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 8(9), 4700-4734. https://doi.org/10.1039/c9ta11778d

The electrochemical (EC) reduction of CO2 is a promising approach for value-added fuel or chemical production. Cu-based electrodes have been extensively used as a ‘star’ material for CO2 reduction to hydrocarbons. This review mainly focuses on the re... Read More about An overview of Cu-based heterogeneous electrocatalysts for CO2 reduction.