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  • Review
    Wenhuan Gao, Jike Ding, Quanxing Ma, Yuqing Su, Hongwei Song, Cong Chen
    Progress in Chemistry. 2024, 36(2): 187-203. https://doi.org/10.7536/PC230526
           

    In recent years, organo-metal halide perovskites materials with ABX3 crystal structure have shown promising application prospects in the field of photoelectric detection due to their optical and electrical properties such as adjustable bandgap engineering, high absorption coefficient and long carrier transmission distance. Especially, the hybrid perovskite prepared by pure Sn or Sn/Pb mixed cations have excellent near-infrared photoelectroresponse in the range of 760~1050 nm, showing many advantages such as high sensitivity, low dark current and high detection rate. To further broaden the near-infrared and infrared response wavelength range of perovskite, the researchers explored combining organic materials, crystalline silicon/germanium, Ⅲ-Ⅴ compounds, Ⅳ-Ⅵ compounds, upconversion fluorescent materials as complementary light absorption layers with perovskite to prepare heterostructures to construct wide-spectrum response near-infrared photodetectors. Based on the above research, this paper summarizes the current effective ways to broaden the spectrum range of perovskite photodetectors. At the same time, the future development prospect of perovskite material near infrared photodetector is prospected.

    Contents

    1 Introduction

    2 Basic indicators of photodetectors

    2.1 Device structure and working principle of photodetectors

    2.2 Performance parameters of photodetectors

    2.3 Strategy of broadening the spectrum response range of perovskites

    3 Pb perovskite for near-infrared photodetectors

    3.1 Polycrystalline perovskite materials

    3.2 Single crystal perovskite materials

    4 Narrow band gap Sn and Sn/Pb Mixed Perovskite- Based near-infrared photodetectors

    4.1 Sn-based perovskite near-infrared photodetectors

    4.2 Sn/Pb mixed perovskite near-infrared photodetectors

    5 Perovskite/inorganic heterojunction near-infrared photodetectors

    5.1 Silicon and other classic semiconductors

    5.2 Graphene

    5.3 Transition metal dichalcogenides

    5.4 Ⅲ-Ⅴ compounds semiconductors

    5.5 Ⅳ-Ⅳ compounds semiconductors

    6 Perovskite/organic heterojunction near-infrared photodetectors

    7 Perovskite/upconversion material near-infrared photodetectors

    8 Application of near-infrared photodetectors

    9 Conclusion and outlook

  • Review
    Yan Liu, Yaqi Liu, Liwen Xing, Ke Wu, Jianjun Ji, Yongjun Ji
    Progress in Chemistry. 2024, 36(2): 244-255. https://doi.org/10.7536/PC230601
           

    Water electrolysis for hydrogen harvesting has become a research hotspot in both academia and industry due to its low carbon emissions, high energy efficiency, and high purity, which offer significant advantages over the majority of hydrogen production technologies. Thereinto, the electrocatalytic hydrogen reaction (HER) is at the core, which aways involves a multi-step hydrogen transfer process and multiple active sites working together. However, catalytic correlations between those active sites and potential hydrogen spillover effects involved are often overlooked. In this paper, we first review the hydrogen evolving properties and reaction mechanisms in electrocatalytic systems such as transition metal oxides, phosphides, and sulfides. By combining traditional theories of thermal catalysis, active sites involved in hydrogen spillover are then conceptually summarized into both the primary and secondary active sites, elucidating their catalytic relevance and functional differences. This paper will not only provide a design concept for the creation of efficient and inexpensive electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution, but also serve as a useful reference for further studies of hydrogen transfer behaviors in other hydrogen-involved electrocatalytic reactions.

    Contents

    1 Introduction

    2 Electrocatalyst for hydrogen spillover

    2.1 Metal oxide

    2.2 Metal phosphide

    2.3 Metal sulfides

    3 Conclusion and outlook

  • Review
    Jingze Yu, Tengfeng Xie
    Progress in Chemistry. 2024, 36(2): 177-186. https://doi.org/10.7536/PC230613
           

    Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is an important chemical that may be used as a clean disinfectant. For scale application, H2O2 is produced primarily by the anthraquinone process. The necessary transportation and storage processes bring explosion risks, so it is urgent to develop in-situ preparation methods. Electrochemical and photocatalytic reduction of oxygen to product H2O2 have received wide attention, but these reactions are carried out at the gas-liquid-solid interface. This three-phase reaction requires complex equipment and sequentially limits large-scale production. Another equally important pathway for in-situ H2O2 production is the oxidation of water which needs only solid-liquid two-phase interface. This paper summarizes the common methods of oxidizing water to prepare H2O2, such as electrochemistry and photocatalysis, and focuses on the recent new methods of in-situ H2O2 preparation, including thermal catalysis, ultrasonic piezoelectricity, plasma and microdroplet method. These methods provide the references for in-situ H2O2 production and in particular its utilization in the field of disinfection.

    Contents

    1 Industrial process for the production of hydrogen peroxide

    2 In-situ production of hydrogen peroxide via oxygen reduction reaction

    3 In-situ production of hydrogen peroxide via water oxidation reaction

    3.1 Electrochemical and photocatalytic hydrogen peroxide generation from water oxidation

    3.2 Thermocatalytic hydrogen peroxide generation

    3.3 Ultrasonic piezoelectrical hydrogen peroxide generation

    3.4 Electrical discharge plasma hydrogen peroxide generation

    3.5 Generation of hydrogen peroxide from aqueous microdroplets

    4 Conclusion and outlook

  • Review
    Zhang Xiangwen, Hou Fang, Liu Ruichen, Wang Li, Li Guozhu
    Progress in Chemistry. 2024, 36(4): 471-485. https://doi.org/10.7536/PC230911
           

    Theoretical design of fuel has always been the focus of research about fuel in the area of propulsion technology. It can effectively overcome the complexity and potential danger of the experiment, and guide experimental synthesis of fuel, which can be verified by experimental results. It is anticipated that a new generation of fuel can be efficiently designed for subsequent fuel synthesis and application. However, the traditional theoretical calculation methods, such as group contribution method and quantum chemical method, have the defects of low accuracy and efficiency. Machine learning, a rapidly developed algorithm, has opened up a new way to design potential high-energy fuels, which exhibits strong capabilities in both property prediction and molecule design. In this review, several fuel molecule descriptors for machine learning are introduced, and different machine learning models for fuel property prediction and molecule design are briefed. Furthermore, the research on machine learning assisted property prediction and new molecule design of fuel is summarized, respectively. Finally, the challenges and future development of machine learning applied in fuel design are discussed.

    Contents

    1 Introduction

    2 Fuel molecule description method

    2.1 Molecular fingerprinting based on SMILES

    2.2 Coulomb matrix

    2.3 Continuous operable molecular entry specification

    2.4 Molecule graph

    3 Machine learning model

    3.1 Model for fuel property prediction

    3.2 Model for fuel molecule generation

    4 Fuel property prediction

    4.1 Single fuel property prediction

    4.2 Multiple fuel properties prediction

    5 Design of new fuel molecules

    5.1 High throughput screening of fuel molecules

    5.2 Reverse design of new fuel molecules

    6 Conclusion and outlook

  • Review
    Sichang Ma, Dongyang Li, Rui Xu
    Progress in Chemistry. 2024, 36(5): 757-770. https://doi.org/10.7536/PC230709
           

    The rapid advancement of large-scale energy storage devices has spurred the need for research focused on achieving higher energy density in lithium-ion batteries. Within this context, anode materials, which are crucial components of lithium-ion batteries, play a critical role in attaining enhanced energy density. Unfortunately, commercially available graphite anodes suffer from limitations such as low theoretical capacity, poor rate capability, and a low voltage plateau. Consequently, there is an urgent requirement to develop alternative anode materials that can meet these demands. Electrospinning has emerged as a popular method for fabricating electrode materials due to its simplicity, cost-effectiveness, and ability to produce flexible nanofibers. This technique offers several advantages, including the ability to tailor nanomaterials with diverse morphologies by adjusting key parameters. Furthermore, electrospinning enables the creation of nanomaterials with large specific surface areas, high mechanical strength, flexibility, and self-supporting properties. Consequently, it has garnered significant interest in the field of anode material preparation for lithium-ion batteries. This paper aims to provide an overview of the research progress in utilizing electrospinning for the preparation of anode materials in lithium-ion batteries. It covers various categories of anode materials, including carbon-based, titanium-based, silicon-based, tin-based, and other metallic compound materials. Additionally, the paper outlines the future directions and potential advancements in the development of electrospun anode materials. By exploring the applications of electrospinning in anode material preparation, this paper contributes to the understanding and advancement of lithium-ion battery technology, offering insights into the potential of electrospinning as a versatile and effective technique for enhancing anode performance.

    Contents

    1 Introduction

    2 Basics of electrospinning technique

    2.1 Working principle

    2.2 Parameters on fibers fabrication

    2.3 Superiority of electrospinning technique for anode materials

    3 Representative anode materials for lithium-ion batteries

    3.1 Carbon-based anode

    3.2 Titanium-based anode

    3.3 Silicon-based anode

    3.4 Tin-based anode

    3.5 Anodes with other compounds

    4 Conclusion and outlook

  • Review
    Guolei Xiang
    Progress in Chemistry. 2024, 36(6): 851-866. https://doi.org/10.7536/PC240105
           

    Revealing the intrinsic electronic principles driving the surface chemistry of nanomaterials is a central goal in nanoscience; however, the concepts and theoretical frameworks have long remained incomplete and unsystematic. This review systematically introduces a theoretical framework to reveal the interaction mechanisms and trends of surface ligands with nanomaterials at the electronic level, on the basis of competitive orbital redistribution in chemisorption and a concept of orbital potential, the characteristic electronic attribute directly determining surface reactivity. Based on the competitive interactions between surface coordination bonds and bulk energy bands, this theoretical framework can provide coherent answers to these key scientific issues. (1) The opposite and uniform relation of surface activity and stability in nanomaterials originates from the normalization principle of wavefunctions. (2) The physical nature of enhanced surface activity by size reduction lies in two mechanisms: weakening the constrain strength to surface valence atomic orbitals by nanomaterial energy bands, and amplifying the effects of other structural parameters like defects. (3) Nanoscale cooperative chemisorption (NCC) model generally reveals the electronic-level mechanisms and common rules how ligand coverage regulates the energy band states and physical/chemical properties of nanomaterials. (4) The roles and interaction mechanisms of nanomaterial size (r), specific surface area (S/V), surface ligands, and ligand coverage (θ) in nanomaterial surface chemical reactions are elucidated.

    Contents

    1 Introduction

    2 Nanomaterial surface chemistry

    2.1 Key science issues

    2.2 Three types of understanding viewpoints

    2.3 Nanomaterial surface coordination chemistry

    2.4 Four modes of nanomaterial surface effects

    3 Electronic principle of structure-function relationships

    3.1 Structure-function relationship in physical science

    3.2 Electronic attributes

    3.3 Quantum size effect

    4 Chemisorption model based on competitive orbital redistribution

    4.1 Chemisorption interaction

    4.2 Competitive redistribution of surface valence orbitals

    4.3 Orbital potential

    4.4 Structure-function relationship of surface reactivity

    5 Electronic principle of size-dependent surface reactivity

    5.1 Meaning of surface activity

    5.2 Mathematic model of surface reactivity

    5.3 Dual roles of size reduction in enhancing surface reactivity

    6 Nanoscale competitive chemisorption model

    6.1 Relationship of energy band and surface reactivity

    6.2 Nanoscale competitive chemisorption model

    6.3 The roles of r, S/V, and θ in nanosurface chemistry

    6.4 Two-electronic-state competition model

    6.5 The uniform principle of ligand effect on photoluminescence

    7 Comparison of typical adsorption models

    7.1 Adsorption isotherm model

    7.2 Electronic model of chemisorption

    7.3 Chemisorption model of nanomaterial

    8 Summary and outlook

  • Review
    Yawei Wang, Qiurui Zhang, Nanyang Yu, Yuan Wang, Si Wei, Mingliang Fang, Sinuo Tian, Yali Shi, Jianbo Shi, Guangbo Qü, Ying Zhu, Yumin Zhu, Chuhong Zhu, Min Qiao, Jianghuan Hua, Mei Liu, Guorui Liu, Jianguo Liu, Yanna Liu, Nannan Liu, Longfei Jiang, Shuqin Tang, Bixian Mai, Cheng Li, Pan Yang, Lihua Yang, Rongyan Yang, Lili Yang, Xiaoxi Yang, Ruiqiang Yang, Xinghua Qiu, Guangguo Ying, Yan Wang, Gan Zhang, Quan Zhang, Zhen Zhang, Ying Zhang, Qianqian Zhang, Rongjing Lu, Da Chen, Xin Chen, Hexia Chen, Jingwen Chen, Jiazhe Chen, Bingcheng Lin, Xiaojun Luo, Chunling Luo, Rong Ji, Biao Jin, Bingsheng Zhou, Minghui Zheng, Shizhen Zhao, Meirong Zhao, Fanrong Zhao, Lu Jiang, Lingyan Zhu, Linlin Yao, Jingzhi Yao, Yong He, Xunjie Mo, Chuanzi Gao, Yongyong Guo, Nan Sheng, Yunhan Cui, Chengqian Liang, Jian Han, Zhen Cheng, Yanhong Zeng, Wenhui Qiu, Yaqi Cai, Hongli Tan, Bingcai Pan, Jiayin Dai, Dongbin Wei, Chunyang Liao, Jincai Zhao, Guibin Jiang
    Progress in Chemistry. 2024, 36(11): 1607-1784. https://doi.org/10.7536/PC241114
           

    With the rapid development of current society and economy, as well as the accelerated process of industrialization and urbanization, the complexity and seriousness of environmental pollution issues are becoming increasingly apparent. Beyond traditional pollutants, the appearance of emerging pollutants on a global scale has brought new challenges to environment and public health. China’s “14th Five-Year Plan” and medium and long-term planning put forward “emerging pollutant control”, report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China also explicitly requested “carry out emerging pollutant control”. In 2022, General Office of the State Council issued “Action Plan for Emerging Pollutant Control”, followed by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment and various provinces, municipalities, and autonomous regions, which released corresponding implementation plans, China has transferred to a new phase of environmental protection that balances the control of both traditional and emerging pollutants. However, management of emerging pollutants is a long-term, dynamic and complex systematic project, which urgently needs to strengthen top-level design as well as scientific and technological support. Conducting systematic research on emerging pollutants not only provides effective scientific guidance for their control and improves the level of environmental quality management, but also assists our country in fulfilling international conventions, enhances the discourse power in global environmental governance, ensures our country environmental security, food security, international trade security, etc., and is of great significance for realizing sustainable development. This review aims to comprehensively explore various aspects of emerging pollutants, including their types and characteristics, production, use and emission, identification and detection, environmental occurrence, migration and transformation, ecotoxicological effects, human exposure, health risks, and management strategies. Furthermore, it looks forward to the future research direction, with a view to providing a scientific basis and decision-making support for control of emerging pollutants in China.

    Contents

    1 Concepts, types and characteristics of emerging pollutants

    1.1 Definition and basic characteristics of emerging pollutants

    1.2 Typical emerging pollutants

    1.3 Scientific problems faced in the study of emerging pollutants

    2 Production, use and emission of emerging pollutants

    2.1 Production, use and emission of POPs

    2.2 Production, use and release of antibiotics

    2.3 Production, use and release of endocrine disruptors

    3 Identification and characterization of emerging pollutants

    3.1 Non-targeted analytical techniques for identification and characterization of emerging pollutants

    3.2 Data analysis techniques for identification and characterization of emerging pollutants

    3.3 Application of technologies for identification and characterization of emerging pollutants

    3.4 Outlook

    4 Environmental level and distribution characteristics

    4.1 Regional distribution characteristics of emerging pollutants

    4.2 Characteristics of emerging pollutants in environmental media

    4.3 Bioconcentration and accumulation of emerging pollutants

    5 Environmental transport and transformation of emerging pollutants, source and sink mechanisms

    5.1 Multi-media process of emerging pollutants in the water environment and return tendency

    5.2 Transport and transformation of emerging pollutants in soil-plant system

    5.3 Atmospheric processes of emerging pollutants

    5.4 Numerical modeling of regional environmental fate of emerging pollutants

    6 Ecotoxicological effects of emerging pollutants

    6.1 Ecotoxicology of perfluorinated and polyfluorinated alkyl compounds

    6.2 Ecotoxicology of organophosphates

    6.3 Integrated exposure assessment of novel nicotinic pesticides in honey crops

    6.4 Ecotoxicology of PPCP-like contaminants

    7 Human exposure and health risks of emerging pollutants

    7.1 Human health risk-oriented screening of environmental contaminants

    7.2 ADME processes and conformational relationships of emerging pollutants in humans

    7.3 Environmental health risks of emerging pollutants

    8 Management of emerging pollutants

    8.1 Difficulties in the management of emerging pollutants

    8.2 New pollutant management technologies

    8.3 China's emerging pollutants environmental management policy

    8.4 International experience in environmental management of emerging pollutants

    8.5 Problems and suggestions of China's environmental management of emerging pollutants

    9 Key scientific issues and prospects

    9.1 Lack of emerging pollutants' bottom line

    9.2 Environmental and ecotoxicological toxicological effects of low-dose prolonged exposure

    9.3 Compound effects of emerging pollutants and histologic study of human exposure

    9.4 Strategies for control and green development of high-risk chemicals

    9.5 Construction of machine learning-based database for environmental samples and human exposure

    9.6 Capacity building of scientific and technological support for emerging pollutants control actions in China

    9.7 Coordinated development of ecological and environmental monitoring capability, fine support of emerging pollutant management, and construction of targeted new pollutant risk prevention and pollution prevention system

  • Review
    Lu Shuiqing, Liu Yichang, Xie Zhipeng, Zhang Da, Yang Bin, Liang Feng
    Progress in Chemistry. 2024, 36(4): 556-574. https://doi.org/10.7536/PC230814
           

    With the rapid development of radio waves and electronic information technology, the problem of electromagnetic radiation pollution is becoming more and more prominent, which has attracted wide attention around the world. In order to solve the problem of electromagnetic pollution, people are committed to researching and developing electromagnetic wave-absorbing materials with light weight, thin thickness, a wide frequency band, and strong absorption. Compared with traditional wave-absorbing materials, carbon-based composite wave-absorbing materials have excellent dielectric properties, special microstructure, good impedance matching and efficient wave-absorbing properties, and can effectively reduce the mass of composite materials, which has great development potential in the field of wave-absorbing materials, and has gradually become a research hotspot. In this paper, the basic absorption principle of electromagnetic wave is summarized from the aspects of impedance matching and loss mechanism, and the research progress of carbon-carbon, carbon-metal/metal oxide, carbon-ceramics and other kinds of carbon-based composite absorbing materials is reviewed. At the same time, the synthesis methods, absorption properties and attenuation mechanism of these carbon-based composite absorbing materials are reviewed. Finally, the shortcomings of carbon-based composite absorbing materials in electromagnetic wave absorption are discussed and possible solutions are put forward, and the future development direction of carbon-based composite absorbing materials is prospected.

    Contents

    1 Introduction

    2 Absorbing mechanism and classification of absorbing materials

    2.1 Absorbing mechanism

    2.2 Classification of absorbing materials

    3 Carbon nano-absorbing materials

    4 Carbon-based composite absorbing materials

    4.1 Carbon-carbon composite absorbing materials

    4.2 Carbon-metal/metal oxide composite absorbing materials

    4.3 Carbon-ceramic composite absorbing materials

    5 Conclusion and outlook

  • Review
    Shun Lu, Yuan Liu, Hong Liu
    Progress in Chemistry. 2024, 36(3): 285-296. https://doi.org/10.7536/PC231115
           

    The development of innovative catalysts for various electrochemical scenarios is crucial in satisfying the growing demands for sustainable energy and environmental conservation. Conductive metal-organic frameworks (c-MOFs) based on phthalocyanine complexes known as phthalocyanine-based c-MOFs, have shown promising potential in electrochemical energy conversion and environmental research. These c-MOFs represent a new category of layer-stacked porous MOFs with in-plane extended π-conjugation structure, which can enhance electrocatalytic activity by facilitating the mass diffusion of reactants and electron/charge transfer. The exceptional promising for a variety electrocatalytic reactions, such as water, oxygen, CO2, and nitrogen conversion. In this work, we focus primarily on phthalocyanine-based c-MOFs rather than other types of c-MOFs, providing a comprehensive overview of their conductive mechanisms and main electrocatalytic reactions. We also cover recent progress in the utilization of phthalocyanine-based c-MOFs as heterogeneous catalysts in electrocatalysis. Furthermore, we explore the challenges related to the utilization of phthalocyanine-based c-MOFs in electrocatalysis. The state-of-the-art research and insights into the future perspectives of phthalocyanine-based c-MOFs as electrocatalysts are also presented and discussed. This work aim to guide the development of phthalocyanine-based c-MOF electrocatalysts with enhanced activity.

    Contents

    1 Introduction

    2 Conductive mechanisms

    3 Electrocatalysis

    3.1 Water electrolysis

    3.2 Oxygen reduction reaction

    3.3 Carbon dioxide reduction reaction

    3.4 Nitrogen reduction reaction

    4 Challenges and outlook

    4.1 Catalytic activity

    4.2 Conductivity

    4.3 Selectivity

    4.4 Stability

    4.5 Other possible reactions

    5 Summary

  • Review
    Anqi Chen, Zhiwei Jiang, Juntao Tang, Guipeng Yu
    Progress in Chemistry. 2024, 36(3): 357-366. https://doi.org/10.7536/PC230724
           

    Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is an important green oxidizing agent, but the main anthraquinone process for production thereof suffers high energy consumption and large safety risks. Artificial photosynthesis H2O2 from water and oxygen features safe, environmentally friendly and energy-saving characteristics and has gradually become a research focus. Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) have been widely used in the photocatalytic production of H2O2 for their high specific surface area, good photocatalytic performance and structural tunability. This review summarizes the recent research progress in the field of COFs photocatalytic production of H2O2, discussing the reaction mechanisms for the production of H2O2 through oxygen reduction, water oxidation, and dual-channel processes. It introduces methods to improve the photocatalytic production of H2O2 by regulating the optical bandgap, enhancing charge separation capability, and improving carrier mobility of COFs through structural design and functional group modification. These methods contribute to the design of efficient, stable, and sustainable COFs for photocatalytic production of H2O2.

    Contents

    1 Introduction

    2 Hydrogen peroxide production by ORR pathway

    2.1 Direct one-step two-electron oxygen reduction mechanism

    2.2 Indirect two-step single-electron oxygen reduction mechanism

    3 Hydrogen peroxide production by WOR pathway

    4 Dual-channel path production of hydrogen peroxide

    5 Conclusion and outlook

  • Review
    Xinqi Guan, Yuan Sang, Hailing Liu
    Progress in Chemistry. 2024, 36(3): 401-415. https://doi.org/10.7536/PC230711
           

    Click chemistry won the Noble Prize in 2022 due to easy synthesis, high selectivity, single product, and no toxic side product. Click chemistry was originally designed as green chemistry to work in aqueous solutions or environmentally friendly organic solvents. However, due to the poor solubility of reactants, polar and toxic solvents are usually required to use. The solvent used violates the concept of green chemistry, as well as increases the cost. These issues hinder click chemistry to be a state-of-art green chemistry. One of the solutions to optimize click chemistry is to avoid using any solvent. Herein, ball-milled mechanochemistry does not limit reactants’ solubility and could avoid solvent use. Ball-milled mechanochemistry is a new kind of chemical reaction that is conducted in a ball mill, is induced by mechanical force, and needs no solvent or a minimal amount of solvent. As a new way of organic synthesis, ball-milled mechanochemistry could easily achieve the low-energy carbon-heteroatom bonds, which constitute the linkages in click chemistry. Therefore, it could integrate with click chemistry and achieves ball-milled click chemistry. In comparison to traditional solution click chemistry, ball-milled click chemistry avoids solvent use. Moreover, it is even superior in the ways that the reaction time is shortened, the reaction temperature is lowered, and the catalyst used is simplified. In this review, ball-milled click chemistry examples are reported as much as the authors can find, including CuAAc, Diels-Alder, amine and isothiocyanate reactions, amine thiol reactions, and nitroxide radical coupling reactions. To provide readers with a better ball-milled click chemistry manual, this paper also contains ball mill machine choice guidance, liquid-assisted grinding choice guidance, and factors impacting ball-milled click chemistry conversion, including catalyst choice, additive choice, ball choice, stoichiometry, and milling time.

    Contents

    1 Introduction

    1.1 Ball mill machines

    1.2 Liquid/solid assisted grinding

    2 Ball-milled click chemistry

    2.1 Ball-milled CuAAc

    2.2 Ball-milled Diels-Alder

    2.3 Ball-milled amine and isothiocyanate reactions

    2.4 Ball-milled amine thiol reactions

    2.5 Ball-milled nitroxide radical coupling reactions

    3 Factors impacting ball-milled click chemistry

    3.1 Catalysts

    3.2 Milling balls

    3.3 Additive

    3.4 Stoichiometry

    3.5 Reaction time

    4 Conclusion and outlook

  • Review
    Wenbo Zhou, Xiaoman Li, Min Luo
    Progress in Chemistry. 2024, 36(3): 430-447. https://doi.org/10.7536/PC230720
           

    Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) are porous organic materials with periodic two-dimensional or three-dimensional network structures consisting of two or more organic molecules connected by covalent bonds. COFs have attracted considerable interest in energy storage due to their beneficial properties, including low skeletal density, high surface area, high porosity, structural designability and functional modifiability. COFs offer unique advantages as positive electrode materials for metal ion batteries due to their rich redox active sites and open framework structure. However, their application in energy storage is limited by challenges such as poor conductivity, low energy density, limited number of available active sites, and blockage of ion transport channels. This article provides a comprehensive review of recent research on COFs as positive electrode materials for metal ion batteries, discussing their types, design strategies, and synthesis methods. Additionally, it presents an overview of the electrochemical energy storage mechanisms from the perspective of different active groups, and the applications of COFs in various metal ion batteries. Finally, it highlights the prospects and challenges of using COFs in energy storage.

    Contents

    1 Introduction

    2 Types of COFs

    2.1 B-C containing

    2.2 C-N containing

    2.3 C=N containing

    2.4 C=C containing

    3 Synthesis method of COFs

    3.1 Solvothermal synthesis

    3.2 Ionic thermal synthesis

    3.3 Microwave-assisted synthesis

    3.4 Mechanochemical synthesis

    3.5 Sonochemical synthesis

    4 Microstructure design strategy for COFs

    4.1 Introduction of redox active sites

    4.2 Crystallinity adjustment

    4.3 Interlayer stripping strategy

    5 Application of COFs in different metal ion batteries

    5.1 Lithium-ion batteries

    5.2 Sodium-ion batteries

    5.3 Potassium-ion batteries

    5.4 Aqueous zinc batteries

    6 Conclusion and prospect

  • Review
    Bin Xu, Jianguo Liu, Xinghua Zhang, Lungang Chen, Qi Zhang, Longlong Ma
    Progress in Chemistry. 2024, 36(5): 709-723. https://doi.org/10.7536/PC230903
           

    With the continuous depletion of fossil energy and the continuous destruction of the ecological environment, developing environmentally friendly renewable electrochemical energy storage devices and biomedical materials is particularly urgent. As an important renewable resource, lignocellulosic biomass has the advantages of low cost, easy accessibility, environmental friendliness, and rich pore structure, and it has a wide range of application prospects as a renewable, biodegradable, and biocompatible substrate for excellent modified materials. The treatment of biomass materials has been from the traditional methods (including combustion, feed, fertilizer and matrix processing), and gradually towards energy, ecology, material modification, and the preparation of new bio-based functional and smart material products, such as: high-performance energy storage devices and biomedical equipment. In short, the development of new matrix and functional materials with biomass as the main raw material is the development trend. In this study, the latest research progress in preparing biomass-derived materials for high-performance energy storage devices and biomedical fields is summarized and overlooked, and the problems and challenges are also pointed out.

    Contents

    1 Introduction

    2 Application of bio-based materials in electro chemical energy storage

    2.1 Super capacitor

    2.2 Lithium battery

    3 Applications in biomedical

    3.1 Cellulose-based materials

    3.2 Hemicellulose-based materials

    3.3 Lignin-based materials

    4 Conclusion and outlook

  • Review
    Wenwei Li, Ziyu Zhu, Ruilin Haotian, Yao Xie, Aiqin Luo, Axin Liang
    Progress in Chemistry. 2024, 36(5): 667-678. https://doi.org/10.7536/PC230809
           

    Natural products are secondary metabolites preserved by natural selection in the long-term evolution process of natural organisms, and are widely used in many fields because of their rich medicinal value. With the development of modern science, the demand for high purity products of natural products is also increasing. Traditional separation methods usually have some disadvantages such as large consumption of organic solvents, poor separation effect, high cost and long cycle, which seriously restrict the development and use of natural products in various fields. The emergence of new separation and purification technology provides a new idea for the extraction, separation and application of natural products. On the basis of summarizing the existing literature, this paper reviews the new methods of separation and purification of natural products, and finally summarizes and discusses the research bottleneck and future development direction of natural product separation and purification.

    Contents

    1 Introduction

    2 Novel chromatographic method

    2.1 Counter-current chromatography

    2.2 Hydrophilic interaction chromatography

    3 Supercritical fluid separation

    3.1 Ionic liquid separation

    3.2 Deep eutectic solvent separation

    3.3 Ionic liquid and deep eutectic solvent cooperation

    4 Molecular imprinting technology

    4.1 Magnetic molecularly imprinted polymer

    4.2 Molecular imprinted solid phase extraction

    4.3 Deep eutectic solvent-molecularly imprinted polymer

    5 Conclusion and outlook

  • Review
    Shiyu Hu, Yueer Yan, Yahong Zhang, Zhendong Wang, Yi Tang
    Progress in Chemistry. 2024, 36(3): 319-334. https://doi.org/10.7536/PC230716
           

    Compared with three-dimensional zeolites, two-dimensional layered zeolites have greater advantages in many fields, with larger surface area, shorter diffusion distance and more ductile structure. In recent years, the research on two-dimensional layered zeolites has become a new hotspot. Based on previous research and summary, this article summarizes the synthesis methods of two-dimensional zeolites in the past five years from two types of synthesis perspectives (bottom-up and top-down methods), with a focus on reviewing the progress of different synthesis methods for the same topology of zeolite. In addition, this article briefly describes the applications of two-dimensional zeolites in the fields of catalysis, adsorption, and separation and looks forward to the broad application prospects of two-dimensional zeolites so as to provide theoretical guidance and reference basis for the synthesis and application of two-dimensional zeolites.

    Contents

    1 Introduction

    2 Synthesis of two-dimensional layered zeolites

    2.1 Bottom-up synthesis method

    2.2 Top-down synthesis method

    3 Application of two-dimensional layered zeolite

    3.1 Catalysis

    3.2 Adsorption

    3.3 Separation membrane

    4 Conclusion and outlook

  • Review
    Jingyu Cui, Hui Jiang, Rongjin Li, Weigang Zhu
    Progress in Chemistry. 2024, 36(2): 204-223. https://doi.org/10.7536/PC230616
           

    Organic molecular crystals, bounded together by non-covalent interactions, are three-dimensional long-range ordering and thermodynamic stable, and have low defect density and show rich prospects for applications in organic field effect transistors (OFETs), X-ray imaging, nonlinear optics, optical waveguides, flexible wearable devices, and lasers. However, previous research is mainly based on organic bulk crystals or small-size crystals, and there is less research on large-size organic molecular crystals while practical application scenarios often require large-size organic molecular crystals, such as transistor arrays and circuits requiring inch-level crystal films, X-ray imaging and nonlinear optical frequency conversion require centimeter-level crystals. However, it is difficult to obtain high-quality large-size organic molecular crystals, and there is no summary and review on the growth and optoelectronic properties of large-size organic molecular crystals at home and abroad. In this review, we first introduce the growth mechanism and growth method of molecular crystals, followed by the materials for growing large-size organic molecular crystals. Then we summarize the applications of large-size organic molecular crystals in optoelectronic aspects, such as long-persistent luminescence, nonlinear optics, X-ray imaging, fast neutron detection, field-effect transistors, and photodetectors. Finally, the challenges in this field are discussed and an outlook on future development is provided.

    Contents

    1 Introduction

    2 Growth mechanism and method

    2.1 Theory of crystal growth

    2.2 Growth methods

    3 Classical organic molecular materials

    3.1 Materials for Bulk single crystals

    3.2 Materials for single crystal films

    4 Optoelectronic applications

    4.1 Long-Persistent Luminescence

    4.2 Non-linear optical response

    4.3 X-Ray Imaging

    4.4 Fast neutron detection

    4.5 Ferroelectricity

    4.6 Field-Effect Transistors and Circuits

    4.7 Photodetectors

    5 Conclusion and outlook

  • Review
    Tianyu Wang, Li Wang, Wei Sun, Meirong Wu, Yue Yang
    Progress in Chemistry. 2024, 36(7): 1026-1045. https://doi.org/10.7536/PC231120
           

    Benefiting from high energy density and low cost, Ni-rich LiNixCoyMn/Al1-x-yO2 materials have received great attention as promising cathode candidates for next-generation high-energy lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) that are widely used in electric vehicles (EVs). However, with an increased Ni content, Ni-rich cathode materials suffer from severe structural, chemical, and mechanical instabilities, seriously restricting their industrially safe application in power LIBs of EVs. In this review, primarily, the synthesis methods of Ni-rich cathode materials are summarized in detail, which include solid-state method, sol-gel method, hydrothermal method, spray-drying method, and co-precipitation method. Subsequently, the key failure mechanisms, including ion mixing and irreversible phase transition, residual Li species and interface side reactions, mechanical microcracks, and transition metal dissolutions, are thoroughly analyzed throughout the preparation, storage, and service of Ni-rich cathode materials, thereby clarifying various performance decay behaviors of materials. The modification strategies that cover ion doping, surface coating, core-shell/gradient materials, and single-crystal materials are systematically discussed for Ni-rich cathode materials, aiming at presenting conspicuous research progress and current shortcomings for the stabilization of Ni-rich cathode materials. Finally, this review presents a perspective toward future development and optimization for Ni-rich cathode materials, aiming at delivering a theoretical guidance for propelling its industrial safe application in high-energy LIBs.

    Contents

    1 Introduction

    2 Synthetic method

    2.1 Solid-state method

    2.2 Sol-gel method

    2.3 Hydrothermal method

    2.4 Spray-drying method

    2.5 Coprecipitation method

    3 Failure mechanism

    3.1 Ion mixing and irreversible phase transition

    3.2 Surface residual Li species and interface side reaction

    3.3 Microcracks induced by internal stress

    3.4 Dissolution of transition metals

    4 Modification method

    4.1 Ion doping

    4.2 Surface coating

    4.3 Core-shell/gradient material design

    4.4 Single-crystal material design

    5 Conclusion and outlook

  • Review
    Longhao Li, Wei Zhou, Liang Xie, Chaowei Yang, Xiaoxiao Meng, Jihui Gao
    Progress in Chemistry. 2024, 36(3): 376-392. https://doi.org/10.7536/PC230725
           

    Among the many non-precious metal catalysts that have been reported so far, M-N-C catalysts based on transition metal-nitrogen-carbon structure are considered as the most promising candidates to replace Pt-based catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction. Compared with other M-N-C catalysts, Fe-N-C catalysts exhibit the highest ORR activity in acidic environments due to the suitable adsorption energy of oxygen-containing intermediates and thermodynamically favorable 4e pathway. However, the practical application of this catalyst is still limited by the challenge of insufficient stability under the high voltage and strong acidic conditions of PEMFC. Thus, the preparation of stable and efficient Fe-N-C catalysts still faces many challenges. In this review, we systematically summarize the common synthesis methods of Fe-N-C catalysts, including spatial confinement method and template-assisted strategy, outline the half-cell and single-cell test methods used to evaluate the catalyst stability, and analyze the reasons for the discrepancies between the two test results. In order to design highly stable catalysts, a clear knowledge and understanding of the degradation mechanism is required, so we describe four possible degradation mechanisms for Fe-N-C catalysts: demetallization, carbon oxidation, protonation, and microporous water flooding, subsequently we propose some specific strategies to enhance the stability of Fe-N-C catalysts. Finally, the future development direction of Fe-N-C catalysts is discussed in this review. It is hoped that the comprehensive and in-depth study of Fe-N-C catalysts will guide the design and development of highly stable Fe-N-C catalysts for the application of PEMFC.

    Contents

    1 Introduction

    2 Synthesis methods of Fe-N-C catalysts

    2.1 Spatial confinement method

    2.2 The template method

    2.3 Other methods

    3 Stability test protocols for Fe-N-C catalysts

    3.1 Half-cell test

    3.2 Single-cell test

    3.3 Analysis of the variability of the results of the two test protocols

    4 Degradation mechanisms of Fe-N-C catalysts

    4.1 Demetalation

    4.2 Carbon crossion

    4.3 Protonation

    4.4 Water flooding in microporous

    5 Durability improvement strategies of Fe-N-C catalysts

    5.1 Stable carbon matrix

    5.2 Stable active sites

    5.3 Avoiding fenton reaction

    6 Conclusion and outlook

  • Review
    Man Yang, Yuxiang Jiao, Yujing Ren
    Progress in Chemistry. 2024, 36(2): 256-270. https://doi.org/10.7536/PC230615
           

    1,3-propanediol is one of the most important monomers in the polyester industry. Catalytic conversion of glycerol to 1,3-propanediol has important application value. In this article, we reviewed the research progress of bimetallic catalysts for the hydrogenolysis of glycerol to 1,3-propanediol, especially emphasizing Pt-W catalytic systems with high catalytic efficiency and great industrial application prospects. By reviewing the interaction between W species, with different microstructures and chemical environments, and Pt metal, as well as the structure-performance relationship between Pt-W dual sites and glycerol hydrogenolysis, the influence of in-situ generated Brønsted acid active species on catalytic activity, selectivity, and stability was summarized, the source of in-situ generated Brønsted acid and catalytic mechanism was discussed, and finally, the development of bimetallic catalysts for selective hydrogenolysis of glycerol to 1,3-propanediol was prospected.

    Contents

    1 Introduction

    2 Catalyst system for selective hydrogenation of glycerol to 1,3-Propandiol

    2.1 Tungsten-based catalyst

    2.2 Rhenium-based catalyst

    2.3 Other catalysts

    3 Mechanism of selective hydrogenolysis of glycerol to 1, 3-propanediol

    3.1 Dehydration-hydrogenation mechanism

    3.2 Etherification-hydrogenation mechanism

    3.3 Dehydrogenation-dehydration-hydrogenation mechanism

    3.4 Chelation-hydrogenation mechanism

    3.5 Mechanism of direct hydrogenolysis

    4 Conclusion and outlook

  • Review
    Jingyi Wang, Xin Xu, Shijia Zheng, Pifeng Wei, Wankai An
    Progress in Chemistry. 2024, 36(5): 645-666. https://doi.org/10.7536/PC230824
           

    Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) have become one of the research focuses currently in porous materials due to their excellent photocatalytic activity. Compared with other heterogeneous photocatalysts, COFs possess regular and controllable structures, large specific surface areas, uniform pore channels and good chemical/thermal stability. Additionally, COFs have suitable band structures, adjustable absorption range, and are easy to be functionalized and recovered/reused after the reactions. The advantages above surely endow COFs with potential value in fundamental researches and industrial applications. In recent years, the application of COFs in photocatalysis has gained rapid progress, especially in the field of photocatalytic organic transformations. Theses significant works have greatly promoted the development of COFs. In this review, numerous synthesis strategies for photo-functionalized COFs are briefly introduced, e.g., “bottom-up” strategy, post modification and combination method. Then, the photocatalytic reaction mechanisms mediated by COFs are condensed into two pathways, i.e., energy transfer and electron transfer. The latest research progress of COFs as photocatalysts in photocatalytic selective oxidation reaction (oxidation of amines to imines, preparation of sulfoxides through selective oxidation of sulfides, oxidation hydroxylation of arylboronic acids to phenols, and oxidation of N-aryl tetrahydroisoquinoline), reduction reaction (reductive dehalogenation, hydrogenation of nitrobenzene, and hydrogenation of styrene), coupling reaction (C-C cross-dehydrogenative coupling reaction, C−N cross-coupling reaction, and C−S cross-coupling reaction), cyclization reaction, polymerization reaction and asymmetric organic synthesis, etc., are succinctly outlined and discussed. Finally, the application of COFs in photocatalysis is summarized and prospected.

    Contents

    1 Introduction

    2 Synthesis strategies for photo-functionalized COFs

    2.1 Bottom-up strategy

    2.2 Post modification

    2.3 Combination method

    3 Mechanism of COFs photocatalytic reaction

    4 COFs for photocatalytic organic reaction

    4.1 Oxidation reaction

    4.2 Reduction reaction

    4.3 Coupling reaction

    4.4 Cyclization reaction

    4.5 Polymerization reaction

    4.6 Asymmetric organic synthesis

    5 Conclusion and outlook