结构化学Pub Date : 2026-04-01Epub Date: 2025-12-22DOI: 10.1016/j.cjsc.2025.100849
Peijie Ma , Jiawei Song , Pan Zhang , Yaning Hu , Yuan-Zi Xu , Kaiwen Wang , Rui Zhang , Kun Zheng
{"title":"Interfacial anchoring versus surface exposure: Tuning IrOx–Co3O4 interaction for stable industrial water splitting","authors":"Peijie Ma , Jiawei Song , Pan Zhang , Yaning Hu , Yuan-Zi Xu , Kaiwen Wang , Rui Zhang , Kun Zheng","doi":"10.1016/j.cjsc.2025.100849","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cjsc.2025.100849","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Developing efficient and durable electrocatalysts that minimize or eliminate Ir usage is essential for large-scale hydrogen production through proton exchange membrane water electrolysis. In this work, two IrO<sub><em>x</em></sub>–Co<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub> catalysts with distinct interfacial configurations were constructed to clarify the effect of structural coupling on activity and stability. The embedded IrO<sub><em>x</em></sub>–Co<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub> was prepared via a galvanic replacement-induced embedding process, while the surface-exposed IrO<sub><em>x</em></sub>–Co<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub> was obtained through photo-reduction deposition. Structural analyses confirm the formation of strong Co–O–Ir linkages in embedded IrO<sub><em>x</em></sub>–Co<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub>, in contrast to discrete surface IrO<sub><em>x</em></sub> nanoparticles in the exposed sample. Electrochemical measurements show that exposed–IrO<sub><em>x</em></sub> delivers a lower overpotential of ≈ 331 mV at 10 mA cm<sup>−2</sup> but suffers from fast Ir dissolution, whereas embedded IrO<sub><em>x</em></sub> maintains stable operation with a voltage of 1.78 V at 1 A cm<sup>−2</sup> for over 200 h in a PEM cell. <em>In-situ</em> Raman and DEMS results reveal that embedded IrO<sub><em>x</em></sub> follows a dominating classical adsorbate-evolution mechanism (AEM), while exposed IrO<sub><em>x</em></sub>–Co<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub> involves a lattice-oxygen-mediated mechanism (LOM), leading to its inferior stability. This work highlights that strengthening Co–O–Ir interface effectively suppresses Ir loss and provides a general strategy for designing robust Ir-based catalysts for acidic water electrolysis.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":10151,"journal":{"name":"结构化学","volume":"45 4","pages":"Article 100849"},"PeriodicalIF":10.3,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147614759","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
结构化学Pub Date : 2026-04-01Epub Date: 2025-12-30DOI: 10.1016/j.cjsc.2025.100857
Juan Zhu , Jingxiang Xia , Wei Luo
{"title":"Oxophilic support mediated interfacial water reconstruction on RuO2 for high-efficiency proton exchange membrane electrolysis","authors":"Juan Zhu , Jingxiang Xia , Wei Luo","doi":"10.1016/j.cjsc.2025.100857","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cjsc.2025.100857","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The development of highly efficient and stable RuO<sub>2</sub>-based electrocatalysts as promising alternatives to IrO<sub>2</sub> for acidic oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is crucial for the practical application of proton exchange membrane water electrolyzers (PEMWEs). Although considerable efforts have been devoted to breaking the scaling relationship of adsorbate evolution mechanism (AEM) pathway through modulating the electronic structure of catalysts and the binding energies of reaction intermediate species, limited attention has been paid to the role of interfacial water structure at the interface between catalyst and electrolyte. Here, we anchored RuO<sub>2</sub> onto oxophilic MoO<sub>3</sub> nanosheet, and realized an optimized connectivity of hydrogen-bond network in the electric double layer (EDL). Through advanced <em>in-situ</em> spectroscopies, we demonstrate that the reconstructed interfacial water molecules can accelerate the dissociation and the follow-up proton transport across the interface, promoting a high-proton-flux interface that ensures simultaneous enhancement of both activity and stability. Consequently, the obtained RuO<sub>2</sub>/MoO<sub>3</sub> heterojunction exhibits remarkable activity and stability in acidic OER (with an overpotential of 235 mV at a current density of 100 mA cm<sup>−2</sup> and excellent long-term durability of 420 h at 10 mA cm<sup>−2</sup>). When evaluated in a PEMWE device, it requires only 1.63 V to achieve a current density of 1.0 A cm<sup>−2</sup> and shows no significant voltage degradation over 500 h of continuous operation at a current density of 100 mA cm<sup>−2</sup>.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":10151,"journal":{"name":"结构化学","volume":"45 4","pages":"Article 100857"},"PeriodicalIF":10.3,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147614703","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
结构化学Pub Date : 2026-04-01Epub Date: 2026-01-02DOI: 10.1016/j.cjsc.2025.100862
Zhenyu Ji , Yucheng Xiao , Yunzhe Zhou , Ting Zhao , Lingna Yang , Cheng Chen , Mingyan Wu , Maochun Hong
{"title":"A stable Zr-MOF with trap-and-flow channels for efficient natural gas purification","authors":"Zhenyu Ji , Yucheng Xiao , Yunzhe Zhou , Ting Zhao , Lingna Yang , Cheng Chen , Mingyan Wu , Maochun Hong","doi":"10.1016/j.cjsc.2025.100862","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cjsc.2025.100862","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Separating natural gas to obtain high-purity CH<sub>4</sub> is of great significance for tackling pressing energy crises and mitigating environmental issues. However, the low C<sub>3</sub>H<sub>8</sub> and C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>6</sub> capture efficiency of current adsorbents frequently results in inadequate CH<sub>4</sub> purification. In this work, we have successfully constructed a dual-pore Zr-MOF (FJI-W60), in which the larger channels facilitate rapid molecular diffusion, while the smaller pores can create strong interactions with C<sub>3</sub>H<sub>8</sub> and C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>6</sub> molecules. These significant features collectively ensure the highly efficient adsorption of C<sub>3</sub>H<sub>8</sub> and C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>6</sub>. Static and dynamic adsorption experiments reveal that FJI-W60 exhibits high uptake capacity and rapid adsorption kinetics for both C<sub>3</sub>H<sub>8</sub> and C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>6</sub>. The practical breakthrough experiments validate the outstanding CH<sub>4</sub> purification performance of FJI-W60. At 298 K, 8.6 mol kg<sup>−1</sup> of high-purity can be obtained from the 5/10/85 C<sub>3</sub>H<sub>8</sub>/C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>6</sub>/CH<sub>4</sub> (V/V/V) mixture, which exceeds most CH<sub>4</sub>-purification materials.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":10151,"journal":{"name":"结构化学","volume":"45 4","pages":"Article 100862"},"PeriodicalIF":10.3,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147614764","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
结构化学Pub Date : 2026-04-01Epub Date: 2025-12-24DOI: 10.1016/j.cjsc.2025.100850
Jialiang Zhu, Yuan Zhong, Bingqing Xu, Gen Zhang
{"title":"Multiscale interfacial engineering of halide electrolytes for high-performance all-solid-state lithium batteries","authors":"Jialiang Zhu, Yuan Zhong, Bingqing Xu, Gen Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.cjsc.2025.100850","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cjsc.2025.100850","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Halide solid electrolytes (HSEs) for all-solid-state lithium batteries (ASSLBs) have garnered significant research interest from academia and industry, owing to their intrinsic high safety, satisfying ionic conductivity, wide electrochemical window, and favorable mechanical properties. However, interfacial instability at the whole battery system level remains a critical challenge hindering their practical implementation at a large scale. Rational electrolyte designs and explorations require a coherent perspective to address the interface problems with systematic discussions on improvement strategies. This review provides a systematic examination of interfacial engineering across multiple scales, bridging fundamental material properties, electrode-electrolyte interfaces, multi-component composite structures, and scalable manufacturing. With a particular emphasis on the complex interactions at HSE interfaces, we discuss innovative strategies to enhance interfacial stability of electrode/electrolyte. This review aims to deepen the fundamental understanding of interfacial chemistry and accelerate the development of halide-based ASSLBs, thereby facilitating their deployment in next-generation energy storage systems.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":10151,"journal":{"name":"结构化学","volume":"45 4","pages":"Article 100850"},"PeriodicalIF":10.3,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147614765","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Unconventional configuration of excimer in luminescent aggregates uncovered by in situ photo-difference electron density","authors":"Long-Qi Yang , Xiao-Ming Jiang , Fa-Kun Zheng , Guo-Cong Guo","doi":"10.1016/j.cjsc.2025.100846","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cjsc.2025.100846","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Excimers host an important role in nature and modern industrial applications; however, a precise understanding regarding their configuration remains elusive owing to the difficulty in observing their formation <em>in situ</em>. Here we present an experimental scheme enabling <em>in-situ</em> visualization of structural evolution of molecules through photo-difference electron density. Application to pyrene crystals revealed an unanticipated excimer formation pathway. By observing the photo-induced molecular shift and rotation, we discovered the unconventional T-shaped configuration of pyrene excimers, which consists of more closely adjacent nonparallel molecules tending towards a perpendicular orientation, rather than the conventional sandwich configuration formed by adjacent parallel molecules. The results help demystify the molecular orientation and configuration associated with excimer discovered decades ago, and shed light on revealing fundamental mechanism of excimers in the fields of biomolecule detection, photovoltaics, and organic electronics.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":10151,"journal":{"name":"结构化学","volume":"45 4","pages":"Article 100846"},"PeriodicalIF":10.3,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147614766","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
结构化学Pub Date : 2026-04-01Epub Date: 2026-01-07DOI: 10.1016/j.cjsc.2025.100861
Dequan Li , Shanshan Fan , Wenjing Liu , Zhonge Luo , Mingpeng Chen , Congcong Shen , Wangwei Liao , Bo Li , Mao Zhang , Yuewen Wu , Boxue Wang , Feng Liu , Huachuan Sun , Tong Zhou , Qingju Liu
{"title":"Constructing trimetallic catalyst via sequential ion-exchange for enhanced ampere-level water oxidation","authors":"Dequan Li , Shanshan Fan , Wenjing Liu , Zhonge Luo , Mingpeng Chen , Congcong Shen , Wangwei Liao , Bo Li , Mao Zhang , Yuewen Wu , Boxue Wang , Feng Liu , Huachuan Sun , Tong Zhou , Qingju Liu","doi":"10.1016/j.cjsc.2025.100861","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cjsc.2025.100861","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Electrocatalytic water splitting has emerged as a promising route for sustainable hydrogen production. However, the sluggish oxygen evolution reaction (OER) severely restricts its overall efficiency. Herein, a trimetallic electrocatalyst was rationally designed and synthesized via a sequential ion-exchange strategy. The as-prepared Fe/NiCoO<sub>2</sub>, featuring the multi-metallic electronic synergy and unique hierarchical architecture, provides high intrinsic activity, abundant active sites, and efficient mass diffusion. Benefiting from these compositional and structural merits, the electrode delivers ultralow overpotentials of 248 and 353 mV at current densities of 10 and 500 mA cm<sup>−2</sup>, respectively, with a small Tafel slope of 39.15 mV dec<sup>−1</sup>. Furthermore, Fe/NiCoO<sub>2</sub> exhibits exceptional long-term stability over 200 h under high current densities of 500 mA cm<sup>−2</sup>, outperforming the benchmark noble-metal-based catalysts. <em>In-situ</em> Raman spectroscopy reveals that the initial Fe/NiCoO<sub>2</sub> undergoes self-reconstruction into Fe/NiCoOOH during the OER process. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations certify that the incorporation of Fe into NiCoO<sub>2</sub> effectively tunes the 3d-orbital electron distribution, which optimizes the adsorption energies of oxygen-containing intermediates and enhances charge transfer kinetics. This study provides a promising strategy for designing noble-metal-free catalysts with tailored nanostructures and multi-active site configurations to facilitate efficient industrial-scale water oxidation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":10151,"journal":{"name":"结构化学","volume":"45 4","pages":"Article 100861"},"PeriodicalIF":10.3,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147614700","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
结构化学Pub Date : 2026-04-01Epub Date: 2025-12-19DOI: 10.1016/j.cjsc.2025.100848
Xiaoyu Song , Xinghua Liu , Lei Xu , Aochi Liu , Xiangyu Meng , Yuening Wang , Mingjian Zhang , Guangcheng Xi , Jie Lin , Xiaotian Wang , Gengchen Xie
{"title":"Sub-nanoscale oxygen-defect-rich MoO3−x: A versatile platform for label-free ultrasensitive SERS biodetection","authors":"Xiaoyu Song , Xinghua Liu , Lei Xu , Aochi Liu , Xiangyu Meng , Yuening Wang , Mingjian Zhang , Guangcheng Xi , Jie Lin , Xiaotian Wang , Gengchen Xie","doi":"10.1016/j.cjsc.2025.100848","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cjsc.2025.100848","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Although surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) technology has been widely applied in fields such as environmental pollutant monitoring and early cancer diagnosis, the design of universal substrates to enable high-sensitivity detection across multiple scenarios remains a pressing problem to be solved. In this study, an innovative defect engineering strategy was employed to successfully develop a SERS substrate based on molybdenum oxide sub-nanowires (MoO<sub>3</sub><sub>−</sub><sub><em>x</em></sub> Sub-NWs) with a high oxygen vacancy (Vo) concentration. This substrate uniquely combines the gradient defect states induced by Vo and the quantum confinement effect generated by the one-dimensional sub-nanostructure, thereby achieving the synergy of chemical enhancement and electromagnetic enhancement. Experimental results demonstrate that the substrate exhibits an enhancement factor as high as 7.8 × 10<sup>7</sup> for rhodamine 6G, achieves a LOD of 10<sup>−11</sup> M for dyes such as methyl orange, and enables effective detection of various environmental pollutants including polychlorinated phenols, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, and polystyrene microspheres. In terms of biomedical applications, based on the PCA-LDA model, the method achieves a three-category classification accuracy of 92.22% for hepatocellular carcinoma cells (HepG2), esophageal cancer cells (TE-1), and white blood cells (WBC), a discrimination accuracy of 90% for esophageal cancer subtypes (TE-1 and KYSE), and an ROC curve AUC value of 0.97. This study provides a new paradigm for the development of high-performance universal SERS substrates and possesses significant application value in the fields of environmental monitoring and non-invasive tumor diagnosis.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":10151,"journal":{"name":"结构化学","volume":"45 4","pages":"Article 100848"},"PeriodicalIF":10.3,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147614701","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"From laboratory insights to industrial applications in continuous flow sonophotocatalytic abatement of persistent pollutants enabled by a broad-spectrum S-scheme photocatalyst","authors":"Rajamani Manju , Ganesh Masilamani , Bernaurdshaw Neppolian","doi":"10.1016/j.cjsc.2025.100845","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cjsc.2025.100845","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The rapid pace of industrialization has resulted in the alarming discharge of detrimental chemicals into the environment, prompting the scientific community to rethink conventional wastewater treatment technologies. Sonophotocatalysis, a synergistic green approach, harnessing the combined forces of ultrasound and visible light, has emerged as a promising frontier in environmental remediation. Leveraging the exceptional surface area, porosity, and coordination flexibility of zeolitic imidazole frameworks (ZIF-67), a type of metal-organic framework (MOF), makes it an excellent scaffold for catalyst design. Forming the core of this approach, a CoWO<sub>4</sub>-decorated ZIF-67 hybrid nanocomposite was developed and utilized as a sonophotocatalyst to degrade tetracycline (TC) under dual-energy exposure. The CoWO<sub>4</sub>/ZIF-67 catalyst achieved an unprecedented TC degradation efficiency of 98% within 75 min, outperforming standalone sonocatalytic and photocatalytic treatment, with excellent reusability. Mechanistic insights, supported by theoretical studies, revealed a strong interaction between the structural and physicochemical properties of the catalyst and energy-induced reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation. A large-scale continuous-flow sonophotocatalytic reactor of 20 L was fabricated to evaluate the performance of the synthesized catalyst on real wastewater samples containing interfering ions. The system achieved an 85% reduction in total organic carbon (TOC), demonstrating excellent scalability and practical applicability, offering a promising approach for treating emerging organic pollutants in an efficient and environmentally friendly manner.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":10151,"journal":{"name":"结构化学","volume":"45 4","pages":"Article 100845"},"PeriodicalIF":10.3,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147614760","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
结构化学Pub Date : 2026-04-01Epub Date: 2025-12-27DOI: 10.1016/j.cjsc.2025.100858
Haoyuan Qin , Lijing Wang , Yuanhao Tang , Weilong Shi , Changyu Lu
{"title":"Modulating charge kinetics in CDs/CTF S-scheme hybrids for enhanced H2O2 photosynthesis","authors":"Haoyuan Qin , Lijing Wang , Yuanhao Tang , Weilong Shi , Changyu Lu","doi":"10.1016/j.cjsc.2025.100858","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cjsc.2025.100858","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The demand for green production of hydrogen peroxide (H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub>) has triggered extensive research on photocatalytic synthesis, but there are still problems of low catalytic efficiency. Herein, N, S co-doped carbon dots (N, S-CDs) were anchored on the covalent triazine frames (CTFs) to successfully form the N, S-CDs/CTFs S-scheme heterojunction by a simple hydrothermal method for achieving the optimal photocatalytic H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub> production rate of 10,350 μM g<sup>−1</sup> h<sup>−1</sup> in pure water. Between the interface of N, S-CDs and CTFs, five- or six-membered nitrogen- and sulfur-containing heterocycles are linked together to accelerate the electron transfer rate through the conjugation effect. In addition, the S-scheme heterostructure can effectively form an internal electric field (IEF) at the interface, which can promote the separation of electrons and holes. For practical application, the H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub> produced by the N, S-CDs/CTFs composite photocatalytic system can also be used for photocatalytic antimicrobial treatments, which achieved a bactericidal rate of 86% against <em>E. coli</em>, 28% higher than that of pure CTFs. The design displays great potential in the fields of photocatalytic H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub> generation and photocatalytic antimicrobial, and also makes the photocatalytic antimicrobial technology more stable and efficient. Meanwhile, it also expands a new direction for the application of homogeneous CDs in photocatalysis.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":10151,"journal":{"name":"结构化学","volume":"45 4","pages":"Article 100858"},"PeriodicalIF":10.3,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147334019","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}