Publications by authors named "Chaohu Xiao"

Developing adsorbent materials for the efficient removal of multiple organic pollutants in water is of importance technological significance. In the present work, a kind of conjugated microporous polymer (CMP) with a hollow sphere structure was constructed by applying SiO nanoparticles as a template and 1,3,5-triethynylbenzene (TEB) and 2,7-dibromocarbazole (27-DBCZ) as building blocks via the Sonogashira-Hagihara cross-coupling reaction. In order to further improve the dispersibility of the as-resulting CMPs in water, hydrophilic CMPs (H-S-CMPs) were obtained by a sulfonation modification.

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  • Conjugated microporous polymers (CMPs) are effective in photocatalysis due to their unique structures; this study introduces a hollow sphere variant modified with acetylcysteine and combined with titanium dioxide for enhanced performance.
  • A composite membrane made from these materials shows excellent hydrophilicity and photocatalytic properties, achieving a 90% degradation rate of tetracycline and high bactericidal rates against E. coli and S. aureus under visible light.
  • The hollow sphere structure and the role of titanium dioxide facilitate efficient photocatalytic reactions, with key reactive substances identified as crucial for the degradation process, highlighting the potential of CMPs in future photocatalyst development.
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Water is the lifeblood of everything on earth, nourishing and nurturing all forms of life, while also contributing to the development of civilization. However, with the rapid development of economic construction, especially the accelerated process of modern industrialization, the pollution of oily sewage is becoming increasingly serious, affecting the ecological balance and human health. The efficient elimination of pollutants in sewage is, therefore, particularly urgent.

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The degradation of organic dye from waterbodies is of great significance for clean production and environmental remediation. Herein, two porphyrin-based conjugated microporous polymers (CMPs) loaded with nanoscale zerovalent iron (named as Por-CMPs-1-2@nZVI) were successfully fabricated by Sonogashira-Hagihara coupling reactions and the liquid-phase method. The as-synthesized Por-CMPs-1-2@nZVI composites were characterized by various means of analysis, and it was confirmed that Por-CMPs-1-2 loaded with nZVI had good photocatalytic performance.

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Solar-driven interface evaporation is promising to alleviate the fresh water scarcity in an economical and sustainable way. However, most of currently reported photothermal conversion materials (PMs) are time-consuming costly, inefficient, or complex preparation process, which causes low utilization efficiency, and difficult to be practical for large-scale application. To solve this problem, a facile and green strategy for preparing hydrogel evaporator (SiO-PILs/starch) by grafting poly(ionic liquid)s onto silica and doping it with starch is proposed.

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The application of photothermal materials in seawater desalination, wastewater treatment have been widely studied, however, there are relatively few studies that combine photothermal effects and solar-driven photocatalysis and exhibit efficient solar-driven water evaporation performance and excellent photocatalytic ability. Form the perspective of practical application, it is of great significance to combine photothermal effect with solar-driven photocatalysis to develop environment-friendly evaporator with low cost, simple preparation process and ability of seawater desalination, wastewater treatment and photodegradation of organic dyes. In this paper, a novel multifunctional MXene/polypyrrole (PPy) coated melamine foam (MF) named as MF-MXene/PPy was successfully prepared by simple impregnation and in-situ polymerization.

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The capture and elimination of anions and cations from water have attracted a great deal of attention and are quite vital for clean production and environmental remediation. In this work, we present the synthesis of four porphyrin (Por)-based conjugated microporous polymers (CMPs, namely, Por-CMP-1-4), which were produced through a Sonogashira-Hagihara linked response using porphyrin and acetylene aromatic compounds as building blocks and used as absorbents to eliminate metal ions from water. The as-synthesized Por-CMP-1-4 exhibit an amorphous porous structure and outstanding caloric and physicochemical properties.

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Although the evaporation efficiency of photothermal materials (PMs) in pure water and brine solutions has been extensively studied, there few research on the performance in complex oily wastewater. Herein, a new monolithic solar steam generator derived from kapok fiber-based MXene composite aerogel (named as KFs-MXene) was fabricated by dipping the aerogels (KFs) which composed of kapok fiber and sodium alginate (SA) as substrates in the suspension of MXene. Benefitting from the outstanding light absorption (about 97%), better thermal insulation (thermal conductivity, 0.

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Solar steam generation (SSG) devices have emerged as one of the promising technologies for seawater desalination to meet the worldwide demand for clean water. Herein, we fabricated a new monolithic SSG system derived from waste coffee grounds (CG) through a simple carbonization followed by a freeze-drying process (named as CCGA). The as-prepared CCGA possesses a porous structure with superhydrophilic, abundant porosity (81.

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Solar steam generation (SSG) is one of the promising technologies for seawater desalination and contaminated water purification. However, SSG devices are always restricted by poor insulation performance, insufficient solar spectrum absorption and serious salt-fouling. Here, a double-layered novel SSG system was fabricated by using poly(ionicliquid)s gels with hollow SiO microspheres in-situ doping to enhance the thermal insulation of lower layer, and co-modified the top surface by polypyrrole (PPy) and silver particles to strengthen the solar absorption capability.

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Solar steam generation has been considered as one of the most promising strategies for production of fresh water using renewable solar energy. Herein, we prepared a polymer porous foam (HPSS) by a facile hydrothermal method. The HPSS presents a superhydrophilic wettability, an interpenetrating macroporous structure, and low thermal conductivity, which can well satisfy the criteria as an ideal candidate for photothermal materials.

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Direct solar desalination with excellent solar photothermal efficiency, lower cost, and extended generator device lifetime is beneficial to increase potable water supplies. To address fundamental challenges in direct solar desalination, herein, we present a new and facile method for the scalable fabrication of the polymer porous foam (VMP) as salt-resistant photothermal materials, which was synthesized through a one-step hydrothermal method using styrene and 1-vinyl-3-ethylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate as monomers and ,'-methylenebisacrylamide as the cross-linking agent. The as-resulted VMP shows excellent mechanical properties which could have a compression strain of 30%, resulting in its superior processability for practical operation.

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In the title compound, C19H15N3O, the benzimidazole ring system makes dihedral angles of 44.36 (7) and 75.67 (7)° with the pyridine and benzene rings, respectively.

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A one-dimensional Ag(I) coordination complex, catena-poly[[silver(I)-μ-{2-[2-(pyridin-4-yl)-1H-benzimidazol-1-ylmethyl]phenol-κ(2)N(2):N(3)}] perchlorate monohydrate], {[Ag(C19H15N3O)]ClO4·H2O}n, was synthesized by the reaction of 2-[2-(pyridin-4-yl)-1H-benzimidazol-1-ylmethyl]phenol (L) with silver perchlorate. In the complex, the L ligands are arranged alternately and link Ag(I) cations through one benzimidazole N atom and the N atom of the pyridine ring, leading to an extended zigzag chain structure. In addition, the one-dimensional chains are extended into a three-dimensional supramolecular architecture via O-H···O hydrogen-bond interactions and π-π stacking interactions.

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The whole mol-ecule of the title compound, C(20)H(18)N(4)O(4), is generated by an inversion center. The benzimidazole ring mean plane make a dihedral angle of 89.4 (8)° with the plane passing through the acetate group (COO).

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In the title complex, [Ni(C₆H₆N₃O)(NCS)(C₆H₇N₃O)(H₂O)] or [Ni(mpko)(SCN)(mpkoH)(H₂O)] [where mpkoH = 1-(pyrazin-2-yl)ethanone oxime], the Ni(II) cation is in a slightly distorted octa-hedral geometry, being coordinated in the equatorial plane by four N atoms from two different mpkoH ligands, one of which is deprotonated, and by one N atom from a thio-cyanate anion and one O atom from a water mol-ecule in the axial positions. There is an intra-molecular O-H⋯O hydrogen bond involving the oxime units of the two ligands. In the crystal, a three-dimensional supra-molecular architecture is formed by O-H⋯O and O-H⋯N hydrogen bonds.

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The central Co(II) ion in the title complex, [Co(C(16)H(19)N(5))(2)](NO(3))(2), is located on a twofold rotation axis and has a slightly distorted octa-hedral coordination sphere. It is bonded to six N atoms from two 2-[bis-(3,5-dimethyl-1H-pyrazol-1-yl)meth-yl]pyridine ligands. In the crystal, mol-ecules are linked by weak C-H⋯O inter-actions.

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In the mononuclear title complex, [Cu(C(16)H(19)N(5))(2)](NO(3))(2), the Cu(II) ion is located on a twofold rotation axis and is six-coordinated by six N atoms from two 2-[bis-(3,5-dimethyl-1H-pyrazol-1-yl)meth-yl]pyridine ligands, forming a distorted octa-hedral geometry. In the crystal, mol-ecules are linked by weak C-H⋯O inter-actions.

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