Authentication and validation of key genes in the treatment of atopic dermatitis with Runfuzhiyang powder: combined RNA-seq, bioinformatics analysis, and experimental research.

Background: Atopic dermatitis (AD) is inflammatory disease. So far, therapeutic mechanism of Runfuzhiyang powder on AD remains to be studied. This study aimed to mine key biomarkers to explore potential molecular mechanism for AD incidence and Runfuzhiyang powder treatment.

Titanium carbide sealed cadmium sulfide quantum dots on carbon, oxygen-doped boron nitride for enhanced and durable photochemical carbon dioxide reduction.

Despite great efforts that have been made, photocatalytic carbon dioxide (CO) reduction still faces enormous challenges due to the sluggish kinetics or disadvantageous thermodynamics. Herein, cadmium sulfide quantum dots (CdS QDs) were loaded onto carbon, oxygen-doped boron nitride (BN) and encapsulated by titanium carbide (TiC, MXene) layers to construct a ternary composite. The uniform distribution of CdS QDs and the tight interfacial interaction among the three components could be achieved by adjusting the loading amounts of CdS QDs and MXene.

Niobium Modification of CeO Tuning Electron Density of Nickel-Ceria Interfacial Sites for Enhanced CO Methanation.

CO methanation has attracted considerable attention as a promising strategy for recycling CO and generating valuable methane. This study presents a niobium-doped CeO-supported Ni catalyst (Ni/NbCe), which demonstrates remarkable performance in terms of CO conversion and CH selectivity, even when operating at a low temperature of 250 °C. Structural analysis reveals the incorporation of Nb species into the CeO lattice, resulting in the formation of a Nb-Ce-O solid solution.

Revealing electrocatalytic CN coupling for urea synthesis with metal-free electrocatalyst.

Urea is ubiquitous in agriculture and industry, but its production consumes a lot of energy. The conversion of nitrogen (N) and carbon dioxide (CO) into urea via an electrocatalytic CN coupling reaction under ambient conditions would be a major boon to sustainable development. However, designing a metal - free catalyst with high activity and selectivity for urea remains a major challenge.

Construction adsorption and photocatalytic interfaces between C, O co-doped BN and Pd-Cu alloy nanocrystals for effective conversion of CO to CO.

Photocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide (CO) into fuels is an auspicious route to alleviate the energy and environmental crisis brought by the continuous depletion of fossil fuels. The CO adsorption state on the surface of photocatalytic materials plays a significant role in its efficient conversion. The limited CO adsorption capacity of conventional semiconductor materials inhibit their photocatalytic performances.

Boosting CO methanation on ceria supported transition metal catalysts via chelation coupled wetness impregnation.

The incipient wetness impregnation (IWI) method is widely used in the preparation of supported transition metal catalysts for its high throughput and cost-effective synthesis, yet suffers from poor metal-support interaction, restricting its further application at an industrial scale. Herein, a universal strategy of chelation coupled impregnation (CCI) is presented. The as-prepared Ni/CeO(CCI) showed superior catalytic performance for CO conversion (84.

Engineering of anatase/rutile TiO heterophase junction via in-situ phase transformation for enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen evolution.

Constructing effective interphase boundary is one of the efficient approaches for improving photocatalytic performances of semiconductor materials. In this work, an anatase/rutile-TiO (AR-TiO) heterophase junction with appropriate carbon content was successfully fabricated via an in-situ phase transformation process. The phase transformation started from the inner core of the nanoparticles and the area of phase interface between anatase and rutile was carefully controlled by regulating the activation temperature.

Controllable synthesis of nitrogen-doped carbon containing Co and CoFe nanoparticles as effective catalysts for electrochemical oxygen conversion.

Sufficient and well-distributed active sites and highly conductive carbon matrix are two important factors to achieve highly efficient electrocatalysts. In this study, we report an adjusted metal-organic frameworks (MOF)-based route for the preparation of nitrogen-doped Fe/Co bimetallic electrocatalysts. With suitable Fe/Co molar ratio (Fe/Co = 1/4.

Hierarchically porous carbon derived from potassium-citrate-loaded poplar catkin for high performance supercapacitors.

A simple one-step preparation of biomass derived carbon materials with hierarchical pore structure for supercapacitor application is proposed. Briefly, potassium citrate is loaded onto poplar catkin, a forestry and agricultural residue, for carbonization at different temperature (750-900 ℃). With the confined effect of poplar catkin and pore-forming role of potassium compounds, interconnected carbon networks combining of macropores, small mesopores and micropores are obtained.

Dramatic enhancement of photocatalytic H evolution over hydrolyzed MOF-5 coupled ZnCdS heterojunction.

MOF-5 has been criticized for its poor water stability, which results in complete damage of its traditional functionality. Therefore, there are very few researches about the further application of hydrolyzed MOF-5 (h-M). However, in this work, the h-M can function as both superior support and semiconductor for photocatalytic reaction after a water-based process.