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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.

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.

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.

Facile co-sintering process to fabricate sustainable antifouling silver nanoparticles (AgNPs)-enhanced tight ceramic ultrafiltration membranes for protein separation (2019)
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Zou, D., Drioli, E., Chen, X., Ke, X., Qiu, M., & Fan, Y. (2020). Facile co-sintering process to fabricate sustainable antifouling silver nanoparticles (AgNPs)-enhanced tight ceramic ultrafiltration membranes for protein separation. Journal of membrane science, 593, Article 117402. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2019.117402

Protein separation in chemical industry applications using tight ceramic ultrafiltration (UF) membranes with multilayer asymmetric structures is hindered by challenges in their fabrication and fouling phenomenon. In this study, a facile co-sintering... Read More about Facile co-sintering process to fabricate sustainable antifouling silver nanoparticles (AgNPs)-enhanced tight ceramic ultrafiltration membranes for protein separation.

Continuous and complete conversion of high concentration p-nitrophenol in a flow-through membrane reactor (2019)
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Miao, J., Lu, J., Jiang, H., Liu, Y., Xing, W., Ke, X., & Chen, R. (2019). Continuous and complete conversion of high concentration p-nitrophenol in a flow-through membrane reactor. AIChE Journal, 65(9), Article e16692. https://doi.org/10.1002/aic.16692

Here, we report on a green and effective method for the continuous and complete conversion of high concentrations of p-nitrophenol (PNP) using a flow-through membrane reactor and less NaBH4. The catalytic membrane was successfully fabricated by loadi... Read More about Continuous and complete conversion of high concentration p-nitrophenol in a flow-through membrane reactor.

Role of Mineral Nutrients in Plant-Mediated Synthesis of Three-Dimensional Porous LaCoO3 (2019)
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Wang, K., Huang, J., Li, W., Huang, J., Sun, D., Ke, X., & Li, Q. (2019). Role of Mineral Nutrients in Plant-Mediated Synthesis of Three-Dimensional Porous LaCoO3. Industrial & engineering chemistry research, 58(20), 8555-8564. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.9b00951

With the assistance of plant extracts, the facile synthesis of three-dimensional (3D) porous LaCoO3 perovskite is reported at a lower calcination temperature of 500 °C. The formation mechanism is carefully studied by investigating the different roles... Read More about Role of Mineral Nutrients in Plant-Mediated Synthesis of Three-Dimensional Porous LaCoO3.

Sustainable and scalable in-situ synthesis of hydrochar-wrapped Ti3AlC2-derived nanofibers as adsorbents to remove heavy metals (2019)
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Dong, X., Wang, Y., Jia, M., Niu, Z., Cai, J., Yu, X., …Zhang, X. (2019). Sustainable and scalable in-situ synthesis of hydrochar-wrapped Ti3AlC2-derived nanofibers as adsorbents to remove heavy metals. Bioresource technology : biomass, bioenergy, biowastes, conversion technologies, biotransformations, production technologies, 282, 222-227. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2019.03.010

To ensure a sustainable future, it is imperative to efficiently utilize abundant biomass to produce such as platform chemicals, transport fuels, and other raw materials; hydrochar is one of the promising candidates derived by hydrothermal carbonizati... Read More about Sustainable and scalable in-situ synthesis of hydrochar-wrapped Ti3AlC2-derived nanofibers as adsorbents to remove heavy metals.

Recent developments on catalytic membrane for gas cleaning (2019)
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Chen, J., Zhong, Z., Xia, Y., Ke, X., & Xing, W. (2019). Recent developments on catalytic membrane for gas cleaning. Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering, 27(6), 1391-1402. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cjche.2019.02.001

© 2019 Elsevier B.V. Catalytic membrane, a novel membrane separation technology that combines catalysis and separation, exhibits significant potential in gas purification such as formaldehyde, toluene and nitrogen oxides (NOx). The catalytic membrane... Read More about Recent developments on catalytic membrane for gas cleaning.

Co2N nanoparticles embedded N-doped mesoporous carbon as efficient electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction (2018)
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Guo, D., Tian, Z., Wang, J., Ke, X., & Zhu, Y. (2019). Co2N nanoparticles embedded N-doped mesoporous carbon as efficient electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction. Applied Surface Science, 473, 555-563. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2018.12.204

Co-N-C electrocatalysts have attracted great attention in electrocatalytic ORR (oxygen reduction reaction) field. In this work, we propose to prepare Co 2 N nanoparticles embedded N-doped mesoporous carbon by a facile method including in situ copolym... Read More about Co2N nanoparticles embedded N-doped mesoporous carbon as efficient electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction.

Design and fabrication of whisker hybrid ceramic membranes with narrow pore size distribution and high permeability via co-sintering process (2018)
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Zou, D., Ke, X., Qiu, M., Chen, X., & Fan, Y. (2018). Design and fabrication of whisker hybrid ceramic membranes with narrow pore size distribution and high permeability via co-sintering process. Ceramics international, 44(17), 21159-21169. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2018.08.161

Ceramic microfiltration membranes (MF) with narrow pore size distribution and high permeability are widely used for the preparation of ceramic ultrafiltration membranes (UF) and in wastewater treatment. In this work, a whisker hybrid ceramic membrane... Read More about Design and fabrication of whisker hybrid ceramic membranes with narrow pore size distribution and high permeability via co-sintering process.

In situ growth of ultrathin Co-MOF nanosheets on Α-Fe2O3 hematite nanorods for efficient photoelectrochemical water oxidation (2018)
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Zhang, Q., Wang, H., Dong, Y., Yan, J., Ke, X., Wu, Q., & Xue, S. (2018). In situ growth of ultrathin Co-MOF nanosheets on Α-Fe2O3 hematite nanorods for efficient photoelectrochemical water oxidation. Solar Energy, 171, 388-396. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2018.06.086

Efficient charge transport is an important factor in photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting. The charge transfer at the semiconductor/electrolyte interface is of great importance, especially for the complex water oxidation reaction. In this study... Read More about In situ growth of ultrathin Co-MOF nanosheets on Α-Fe2O3 hematite nanorods for efficient photoelectrochemical water oxidation.

Shaping metal-organic framework materials with a honeycomb internal structure (2018)
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Zhang, Y., Cai, J., Zhang, D., Ke, X., & Zhang, L. (2018). Shaping metal-organic framework materials with a honeycomb internal structure. Chemical communications : Chem comm / the Royal Society of Chemistry, 54(30), 3775-3778. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8cc01289j

© 2018 The Royal Society of Chemistry. A self-assembly technology allows metal-organic framework materials to constitute a honeycomb internal structure while being shaped into millimeter-scale spheres. The ZIF-8 load is up to 83 wt% through solidific... Read More about Shaping metal-organic framework materials with a honeycomb internal structure.

Tuning catalytic selectivity in cascade reactions by light irradiation (2018)
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Zhang, X., Yao, J., & Ke, X. (2018). Tuning catalytic selectivity in cascade reactions by light irradiation. Catalysis Letters, 148(4), 1124-1129. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10562-018-2320-9

Selectivity of cascade redox reactions: the reduction of nitrobenzene to azoxybenzene and then to azobenzene and the oxidation of benzyl alcohol to benzaldehyde and then to benzoic acid, is discovered to be tuneable via light irradiation over plasmon... Read More about Tuning catalytic selectivity in cascade reactions by light irradiation.

Recent development of plasmon-mediated photocatalysts and their potential in selectivity regulation (2017)
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Zhang, X., Ke, X., & Yao, J. (2018). Recent development of plasmon-mediated photocatalysts and their potential in selectivity regulation. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 6(5), 1941-1966. https://doi.org/10.1039/c7ta10375a

Solar energy for chemical production with high product selectivity under ambient conditions has attracted considerable attention. The development of photocatalytic nanomaterials as antennas to absorb light irradiation plays a pivotal role. Hence, cat... Read More about Recent development of plasmon-mediated photocatalysts and their potential in selectivity regulation.

Controllable synthesis of zeolitic imidazolate frameworks with rod-like or delta-shaped morphologies at oil-water interface (2017)
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Zhang, Y., Zhao, Y., Ke, X., & Zhang, L. (2017). Controllable synthesis of zeolitic imidazolate frameworks with rod-like or delta-shaped morphologies at oil-water interface. Materials letters, 206, 233-236. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2017.07.002

Zeolitic imidazolate framework (ZIF-8) has attracted extensive application in gas adsorption, membrane separation and catalysis. It has been demonstrated that the morphology is crucial for the physical and chemical properties. In this work, ZIF-8 cry... Read More about Controllable synthesis of zeolitic imidazolate frameworks with rod-like or delta-shaped morphologies at oil-water interface.

Continuous fabrication of calcium sulfate whiskers with adjustable aspect ratio in microdroplets (2017)
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Qi, Y., Zeng, C., Wang, C., Ke, X., & Zhang, L. (2017). Continuous fabrication of calcium sulfate whiskers with adjustable aspect ratio in microdroplets. Materials letters, 194, 231-233. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2017.02.066

Hemi-hydrate and anhydrous CaSO₄ whiskers with adjustable aspect ratio were continuously synthesized by the reactive crystallization of CaCl₂ to K₂ S₂ O₈ in microdroplets. The effects of solvent and reactive temperature were examined, with SEM and XR... Read More about Continuous fabrication of calcium sulfate whiskers with adjustable aspect ratio in microdroplets.

Elaboration and characterization of nanoplate structured alpha-Fe2O3 films by Ag3PO4 (2016)
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Ke, X., Ren, Y., Wang, H., Wu, Q., Xue, S., & Zhang, C. (2016). Elaboration and characterization of nanoplate structured alpha-Fe2O3 films by Ag3PO4. Solar Energy, 135, 274-283. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2016.06.007

A new strategy for surface treatment of hematite nanoplates for efficient photoelectrochemical (PEC) performances is proposed. Silver orthophosphate (Ag₃PO₄) has been adopted to mediate the formation of α-Fe₂O₃ films. Phosphate ions in Ag₃PO₄ is foun... Read More about Elaboration and characterization of nanoplate structured alpha-Fe2O3 films by Ag3PO4.

Comparing the contribution of visible-light irradiation, gold nanoparticles, and titania supports in photocatalytic nitroaromatic coupling and aromatic alcohol oxidation (2016)
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Zhao, J., Ke, X., Liu, H., Huang, Y., Chen, C., Bo, A., …Zhu, H. (2016). Comparing the contribution of visible-light irradiation, gold nanoparticles, and titania supports in photocatalytic nitroaromatic coupling and aromatic alcohol oxidation. Particle and Particle Systems Characterization, 33(9), 628-634. https://doi.org/10.1002/ppsc.201600049

Under visible-light irradiation, gold nanoparticles (Au NPs) supported by titania (TiO₂) nanofibers show excellent activity and high selectivity for both reductive coupling of nitroaromatics to corresponding azobenzene or azoxylbenzene and selective... Read More about Comparing the contribution of visible-light irradiation, gold nanoparticles, and titania supports in photocatalytic nitroaromatic coupling and aromatic alcohol oxidation.

CO preferential oxidation in a novel Au@ZrO₂ flow-through catalytic membrane reactor with high stability and efficiency (2016)
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Zhu, F., Zhang, Y., Gu, X., Chen, C., Jin, W., & Ke, X. (2016). CO preferential oxidation in a novel Au@ZrO₂ flow-through catalytic membrane reactor with high stability and efficiency. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 41(31), 13513-13520. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2016.05.210

CO preferential oxidation (CO-PROX) achieves much interest as a strategy to remove trace CO in reformed gases for hydrogen utilization. Herein, we reported a novel Au@ZrO₂ catalytic membrane reactor by embedding gold nano-particles in ZrO₂ hollow fib... Read More about CO preferential oxidation in a novel Au@ZrO₂ flow-through catalytic membrane reactor with high stability and efficiency.

Surface plasmon-enhanced zeolite catalysis under light irradiation and its correlation with molecular polarity of reactants (2014)
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Zhang, X., Du, A., Zhu, H., Jia, J., Wang, J., & Ke, X. (2014). Surface plasmon-enhanced zeolite catalysis under light irradiation and its correlation with molecular polarity of reactants. Chemical communications : Chem comm / the Royal Society of Chemistry, 50(90), 13893-13895. https://doi.org/10.1039/c4cc03225j

Enhanced catalytic performance of zeolites via the plasmonic effect of gold nanoparticles has been discovered to be closely correlated with the molecular polarity of reactants. The intensified polarised electrostatic field of Na+ in NaY plays a criti... Read More about Surface plasmon-enhanced zeolite catalysis under light irradiation and its correlation with molecular polarity of reactants.

Plasmonic nanostructures to enhance catalytic performance of zeolites under visible light (2014)
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Zhang, X., Ke, X., Du, A., & Zhu, H. (2014). Plasmonic nanostructures to enhance catalytic performance of zeolites under visible light. Scientific reports, 4(1), Article 3805. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep03805

Light absorption efficiency of heterogeneous catalysts has restricted their photocatalytic capability for commercially important organic synthesis. Here, we report a way of harvesting visible light efficiently to boost zeolite catalysis by means of p... Read More about Plasmonic nanostructures to enhance catalytic performance of zeolites under visible light.