Two Birds with One Stone: Impedance-Voltage Dual-Mode Low Humidity Sensor Based on LiBr-MOF-801 with High Response.

Dual-mode humidity sensors have received wide attention in recent years due to their great potential in multifunction applications. Herein, following a "two birds with one stone" strategy, a dual-mode and self-powered low humidity sensor based on LiBr-MOF-801 with high response and power generation is proposed. The optimized LiBr-MOF-801-based sensor exhibits impedance-voltage dual-mode sensitivity in the low humidity range of 0-23% relative humidity (RH) with high response (57.

Synthesis of dual-functional CuO nanotubes for high-efficiently photoelectrochemical and colorimetric sensing of HO.

Among one-dimensional nanostructures, copper oxide nanotubes (CuO NTs) have aroused wide attention due to their prominent performance in electronic, optical and energy conversion devices. However, the lack of suitable synthetic methods limits its large-scale production and broad application. Here, a new method for preparing well-dispersed CuO NTs with simple operation, mild conditions and low cost was established by integrating the synergy effect of H corrosion with the protection of CHCOO and surfactant.

Oxygen-rich bismuth oxychloride BiOCl materials: construction, characterization, and sonocatalytic degradation performance.

In this study, a series of oxygen-rich bismuth oxychloride BiOCl samples were prepared at different calcination temperatures and characterized by X-ray diffraction patterns, UV-Vis diffuse reflectance spectra, scanning electron microscope, X-ray energy dispersion spectroscope, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and photoluminescence spectroscopy. The calcination temperature greatly affected microstructures and band structures of as-prepared samples, further influencing sonocatalytic degradation efficiencies over dye Rhodamine B. Some dependant factors such as ultrasonic power, catalyst dosage, pH value, initial concentration of Rhodamine B, and reaction temperature were systematically investigated and the robust sample BiOCl-550 with a favorable microstructure and band structure provided the best sonocatalytic removal efficiency around 90% at the optimal condition.

A visible-light-driven heterojuncted composite WO/BiOCl: Synthesis, characterization, and improved photocatalytic performance.

Novel visible-light-driven WO/BiOCl heterojuncted photocatalysts with different mass ratios were successfully fabricated by a facile hydrothermal process and were characterized by XRD, UV-Vis DRS, SEM, TEM, HRTEM, XPS, BET, Raman, PL, and ESR techniques. The original morphology of BiOCl was maintained after the addition of WO nanoparticles and the specific surface area values of WBx composites were obviously enlarged. The intimate contact of both components in HRTEM confirmed the generation of smooth phase interface.

An improbable monometallic cluster entrapped in a popular fullerene cage: YCN@C(s)(6)-C82.

Since the first proposal that fullerenes are capable of hosting atoms, ions, or clusters by the late Smalley in 1985, tremendous examples of endohedral metallofullerenes (EMFs) have been reported. Breaking the dogma that monometallofullerenes (mono-EMFs) always exist in the form of M@C2n while clusterfullerenes always require multiple (two to four) metal cations to stabilize a cluster that is unstable as a single moiety, here we show an unprecedented monometallic endohedral clusterfullerene entrapping an yttrium cyanide cluster inside a popular C82 cage--YCN@C(s)(6)-C82. X-ray crystallography and (13)C NMR characterization unambiguously determine the cage symmetry and the endohedal cyanide structure, unexpectedly revealing that the entrapped YCN cluster is triangular.

A series of inorganic solid nitrogen sources for the synthesis of metal nitride clusterfullerenes: the dependence of production yield on the oxidation state of nitrogen and counter ion.

A series of nitrogen-containing inorganic solid compounds with variable oxidation states of nitrogen and counter ions have been successfully applied as new inorganic solid nitrogen sources toward the synthesis of Sc-based metal nitride clusterfullerenes (Sc-NCFs), including ammonium salts [(NH4)xH(3-x)PO4 (x = 0-2), (NH4)2SO4, (NH4)2CO3, NH4X (X = F, Cl), NH4SCN], thiocyanate (KSCN), nitrates (Cu(NO3)2, NaNO3), and nitrite (NaNO2). Among them, ammonium phosphates ((NH4)xH(3-x)PO4, x = 1-3) and ammonium thiocyanate (NH4SCN) are revealed to behave as better nitrogen sources than others, and the highest yield of Sc-NCFs is achieved when NH4SCN was used as a nitrogen source. The optimum molar ratio of Sc2O3:(NH4)3PO4·3H2O:C and Sc2O3:NH4SCN:C has been determined to be 1:2:15 and 1:3:15, respectively.

Azide addition to an endohedral metallofullerene: formation of azafulleroids of Sc3N@I(h)-C80.

The reaction of an organic azide with an endohedral metallofullerene has been investigated for the first time. Isomeric [5,6]- and [6,6]-azafulleroids can be obtained from the thermal reaction of Sc(3)N@I(h)-C(80) with 4-isopropoxyphenyl azide, while photoirradiation leads exclusively to the [6,6]-azafulleroid. An unprecedented thermal interconversion between the two isomeric azafulleroids has also been discovered.

Titanium/yttrium mixed metal nitride clusterfullerene TiY2N@C80: synthesis, isolation, and effect of the group-III metal.

Titanium/yttrium mixed metal nitride clusterfullerene (MMNCF) TiY(2)N@C(80) has been successfully synthesized, representing the first Ti-containing non-scandium MMNCF. TiY(2)N@C(80) has been isolated by multistep HPLC and characterized by various spectroscopies in combination with DFT computations. The electronic absorption property of TiY(2)N@C(80) was characterized by UV-vis-NIR spectroscopy, indicating the resemblance to that of TiSc(2)N@C(80) with broad shoulder absorptions.

Urea as a new and cheap nitrogen source for the synthesis of metal nitride clusterfullerenes: the role of decomposed products on the selectivity of fullerenes.

By using urea as the new nitrogen source, for the first time, Sc-based metal nitride clusterfullerenes (NCFs), Sc(3)N@C(2n) (2n=80, 78, 70, 68), have been synthesized successfully. The optimum molar ratio of Sc(2)O(3)/CO(NH(2))(2)/C for the synthesis of Sc NCFs is 1:3:15. The yield of Sc(3)N@C(80)(I(h) +D(5h)) per gram of Sc(2)O(3), using CO(NH(2))(2) as the new nitrogen source, was quantitatively compared to those obtained when using the reported nitrogen sources, including N(2), NH(3), and guanidinium thiocyanate.

Fullerenes encaging metal clusters--clusterfullerenes.

Clusterfullerenes represent a novel branch of endohedral fullerenes, which are characterized by a robust fullerene cage with metal clusters encaged in its hollow. Since the discovery of nitride clusterfullerenes (NCFs) in 1999, the family of clusterfullerenes has been significantly expanded within the past decade, with new members including carbide clusterfullerenes (CCFs), hydrocarbide clusterfullerenes (HCCFs), oxide clusterfullerenes (OCFs), sulfide clusterfullerenes (SCFs), and carbonitride clusterfullerenes (CNCFs). We first present the classification of clusterfullerenes and list all the clusterfullerenes reported to date.

Synthesis, isolation, and addition patterns of trifluoromethylated D5h and I(h) isomers of Sc3N@C80: Sc3N@D5h-C80(CF3)18 and Sc3N@I(h)-C80(CF3)14.

Sc(3)N@D(5h)-C(80) and Sc(3)N@I(h)-C(80) were trifluoromethylated with CF(3)I at 400 °C, affording mixtures of CF(3) derivatives. After separation with HPLC, the first multi-CF(3) derivative of Sc(3)N@D(5h)-C(80), Sc(3)N@D(5h)-C(80)(CF(3))(18), and three new isomers of Sc(3)N@I(h)-C(80)(CF(3))(14) were investigated by X-ray crystallography. The Sc(3)N@D(5h)-C(80)(CF(3))(18) molecule is characterized by a large number of double C-C bonds and benzenoid rings within the D(5h)-C(80) cage and a fully different position of the Sc(3)N unit compared to that in the pristine Sc(3)N@D(5h)-C(80).