Langmuir,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: April 14, 2025
A
straightforward,
single-stage
hydrothermal
approach
was
utilized
to
synthesize
a
unique
CuO@rGO-MoS2
nanocomposite,
featuring
nest-mimicking
architecture.
It
has
highly
efficient
heterogeneous
catalyzed
property
that
can
catalyze
and
activate
the
peroxymonosulfate
(PMS)
by
means
of
radical
(•OH,
SO4•-,
O2•-)
nonradical
(1O2)
pathways
generate
ROS
for
rapid
degradation
organic
dye
rhodamine
B
(Rh.B).
Graphene
oxide,
which
high
specific
surface,
serves
as
an
excellent
carrier
achieves
homogeneous
dispersion
main
catalyst
component
gives
series
oxygen-containing
functional
groups
become
active
centers
route
activation.
Through
experimental
DFT
calculation,
it
revealed
MoS2
cocatalyst
accelerated
redox
cycle
Cu
center
during
activation
PMS
via
catalysis,
further
enhancing
catalytic
activity
nanocomposites.
And
thus
CuO@rGO-MoS2/PMS
system
with
bird's-nest
like
structure
Rh.B
in
short
period,
decomposition
efficiency
reaches
99%
within
30
min
duration
reaction.
Besides,
this
exhibits
resistance
environmental
interference,
demonstrating
commendable
across
broad
pH
spectrum
(pH
5-11)
levels
common
interfering
ions
(Cl-,
NO3-,
SO42-,
etc.).
To
conclude,
study
tried
propose
validate
design
idea
based
on
selecting
appropriate
catalysts,
cocatalysts,
carriers
achieve
improved
performance
stability
synthesized
catalysts
strategy
have
shown
good
performances
real
wastewater.
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
16(20), P. 26257 - 26271
Published: May 10, 2024
Molybdenum
disulfide
(MoS2)-based
materials
for
piezocatalysis
are
unsatisfactory
due
to
their
low
actual
piezoelectric
coefficient
and
poor
electrical
conductivity.
Herein,
1T/3R
phase
MoS2
grown
in
situ
on
multiwalled
carbon
nanotubes
(MWCNTs)
was
proposed.
MoS2@MWCNTs
exhibited
the
interwoven
morphology
of
thin
nanoflowers
tubes,
response
4.07
times
higher
than
that
via
piezoresponse
force
microscopy
(PFM)
characterization.
superior
activity
with
a
91%
degradation
rate
norfloxacin
(NOR)
after
actually
working
24
min
(as
rhodamine
B,
reached
100%
within
18
min)
by
pulse-mode
ultrasonic
vibration-triggered
piezocatalysis.
It
found
removing
pollutants
attributed
synergistic
effect
free
radicals
(•OH
O2•–)
nonfree
radical
(1O2,
key
role)
pathways,
together
innergenerated-H2O2
promoting
rate.
1O2
can
be
generated
electron
transfer
energy
pathways.
The
presence
oxygen
vacancies
(OVs)
induced
transformation
O2
triplet
transfer.
fast
charge
heterostructure
coexistence
sulfur
OVs
enhanced
carrier
separation
resulting
prominent
effect.
This
work
opens
up
new
avenues
development
efficient
piezocatalysts
utilized
environmental
purification.
Ultrasonics Sonochemistry,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
103, P. 106770 - 106770
Published: Jan. 18, 2024
Designing
catalysts
that
can
effectively
make
use
of
renewable
energy
benefits
to
solve
the
current
challenges
environmental
pollution
and
increasing
demands.
Piezo-photocatalysis
utilize
solar
natural
vibration-energy
has
emerged
as
a
“green”
technique.
In
this
work,
we
fabricated
BiFeO3/C
nano
composites
harvest
vibration
energies
degrade
organic
pollutants.
The
incorporated
carbon
quantum
dots
bring
about
more
efficient
visible
light
absorbance
separation
photoinduced
electron-hole
pairs.
piezoelectric
polarization
further
suppresses
recombination
own
higher
reaction
rates
in
piezo-photocatalysis
BiFeO3/C-0.12
shows
highest
degradation
efficiency
(k-value
0.0835
min−1).
ACS Applied Nano Materials,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
7(10), P. 11794 - 11802
Published: May 6, 2024
Reasonable
adjustment
of
the
exposed
crystal
facets
has
been
proven
to
be
an
effective
strategy
improve
activity
catalyst.
However,
crystal-facet-dependent
piezoactivity
is
rarely
investigated.
In
this
work,
BiFeO3
with
highly
(012)
or
(110)
were
synthesized
by
adjusting
volume
ratio
solvent
and
reaction
time.
Ethylene
glycol
was
used
as
a
structure-directing
agent
for
synthesis
nanosheets
(BiFeO3–NS)
facets.
BiFeO3–NS
shows
obvious
higher
piezoelectric
catalytic
hydrogen
evolution
rate
than
that
nanoparticles
(BiFeO3–NP)
addition,
constant
piezocatalytic
degradation
rhodamine
B
(RhB)
2-fold
increase
BiFeO3–NP.
A
variety
controlled
experiments
have
performed.
It
revealed
these
two
nanomaterials
exhibit
comparable
specific
surface
areas
adsorption
capacity.
possesses
narrowed
bandgap
compared
The
enhanced
can
attributed
its
built-in
electric
field,
strong
carrier
mobility,
charge
separation
efficiency.
This
study
provides
alternative
perspective
catalysis
in
engineering.