Rongbo Sun

ORCID: 0000-0001-9994-8480
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  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Advanced battery technologies research
  • Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions
  • Ionic liquids properties and applications
  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts
  • Fuel Cells and Related Materials
  • Proteins in Food Systems
  • Advancements in Battery Materials
  • Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties
  • Food Chemistry and Fat Analysis
  • Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction
  • Electrochemical Analysis and Applications
  • Phytoestrogen effects and research
  • Machine Learning in Materials Science
  • nanoparticles nucleation surface interactions
  • Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices
  • Food composition and properties
  • Transition Metal Oxide Nanomaterials
  • Membrane Separation Technologies
  • Biochemical effects in animals
  • Dendrimers and Hyperbranched Polymers
  • Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy
  • Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems

Sinochem Group (China)
2024

University of Science and Technology of China
2019-2023

Hefei National Center for Physical Sciences at Nanoscale
2020-2022

Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials
2020-2022

Northeast Agricultural University
2021-2022

National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory
2020

Tianjin Polytechnic University
2016-2018

Noble metal nanomaterials have been widely used as catalysts. Common techniques for the synthesis of noble often result in crystalline nanostructures. The amorphous nanostructures remains a substantial challenge. We present general route preparing dozens different nanosheets with thickness less than 10 nm by directly annealing mixture acetylacetonate and alkali salts. Tuning atom arrangement metals enables to optimize their catalytic properties. Amorphous Ir exhibit superior performance...

10.1038/s41467-019-12859-2 article EN cc-by Nature Communications 2019-10-24

Abstract Lithium-sulfur batteries show great potential to achieve high-energy-density storage, but their long-term stability is still limited due the shuttle effect caused by dissolution of polysulfides into electrolyte. Herein, we report a strategy significantly improving adsorption capability cobaltous oxide amorphization-induced surface electronic states modulation. The amorphous nanosheets as cathode additives for lithium-sulfur demonstrates rate and cycling with an initial capacity...

10.1038/s41467-021-23349-9 article EN cc-by Nature Communications 2021-05-25

A precise modulation of heterogeneous catalysts in structural and surface properties promises the development more sustainable advanced oxidation water purification technologies. However, while with superior decontamination activity selectivity are already achievable, maintaining a long-term service life such materials remains challenging. Here, we propose crystallinity engineering strategy to break activity-stability tradeoff metal oxides Fenton-like catalysis. The amorphous/crystalline...

10.1073/pnas.2220608120 article EN cc-by-nc-nd Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2023-04-05

A closely packed hybrid electrocatalyst Pt 1.5 Ni 1− x /Ni–N–C was engineered by a gas-promoted dealloying process, ensuring the relay catalysis of reaction intermediates at alloy and single sites, thus achieving high performance in PEMFCs.

10.1039/d2ee02381d article EN Energy & Environmental Science 2022-11-28

Abstract Developing highly stable and efficient catalysts toward the oxygen reduction reaction is important for long‐term operation in proton exchange membrane fuel cells. Reported herein a facile synthesis of two‐dimensional coplanar Pt‐carbon nanomeshes (NMs) that are composed distorted Pt networks (neck width 2.05±0.72 nm) carbon. X‐ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy demonstrated metallic state Pt/C NMs. Fuel cell tests verified excellent activity NM catalyst with peak power...

10.1002/anie.202014857 article EN Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2020-12-22

Abstract Heterogeneous noble‐metal‐based catalysis plays an essential role in the production of fine chemicals. Rh‐based catalysts are one most active candidates for indole synthesis. However, it is still highly desired to develop heterogeneous with high activity and selectivity. In this work, a general, facile wet‐chemical method reported synthesize ultrathin amorphous/crystalline heterophase Rh bimetallic alloy nanosheets (NSs), including RhCu, RhZn, RhRu. Impressively, NSs exhibit...

10.1002/adma.202006711 article EN Advanced Materials 2021-01-25

The sintering of supported metal nanoparticles is a major route to the deactivation industrial heterogeneous catalysts, which largely increase cost and decrease productivity. Here, we discover that palladium/gold/platinum distributed at interface oxide supports nitrogen-doped carbon shells would undergo an unexpected atomization process against high temperatures, during can be transformed into more active atomic species. in situ transmission electron microscopy images reveal abundant...

10.1038/s41467-019-14223-w article EN cc-by Nature Communications 2020-01-17

As a natural active ingredient, lactic acid bacteria have potential anti-inflammatory effects. In this study, male C57BL/6J mice were given high-fat diet (HFD) to establish an obese mouse model. Lactobacillus plantarum 23-1 (LP23-1) with prebiotic characteristics was intervened for 8 weeks evaluate its remission effect on animals and related mechanisms. The effects of LP23-1 lipid accumulation intestinal inflammation in HFD-fed systematically evaluated by detecting accumulation, blood level,...

10.1039/d1fo04316a article EN Food & Function 2022-01-01

Achieving high selectivity and activity with the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is significant for developing efficient energy conversion techniques chemical production. Here, we report that selective ORRs can be achieved by tuning short-range order in amorphous crystalline NiO nanosheets (a-NiO NSs c-NiO NSs, respectively). X-ray absorption spectroscopy analysis reveals of a-NiO mainly adopt NiO5 pyramidal NiO6 octahedral structures, respectively. The electrochemical H2O2 production 0.1 M...

10.1016/j.xcrp.2022.100788 article EN cc-by-nc-nd Cell Reports Physical Science 2022-02-25

CO plays a crucial role as an intermediate in electrochemical CO2 conversion to generate multicarbon (C2+) products. However, optimizing the coverage of (*CO) improve selectivity C2+ products remains great challenge. Here, we designed hierarchically structured double hollow spherical nanoreactor featuring atomically dispersed nickel (Ni) atoms core and copper (Cu) nanoparticles shell, which can greatly catalytic activity for compounds. Within this configuration, generated at active Ni sites...

10.1021/acsnano.4c01599 article EN ACS Nano 2024-04-16

Hyperbranched polyols were grafted onto a PAN membrane <italic>via</italic> two-step process for boron removal. The hyperbranched scaffold was utilized to optimize the ligand distribution so that complexing with both high capacity and adsorption rate obtained.

10.1039/c6ta02348g article EN Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2016-01-01

Abstract BACKGROUND Oil bodies (OBs) are a kind of natural and stable oil nucleate microcapsule in which the triglyceride matrix can be used as an appropriate carrier hydrophobic molecules. Astaxanthin has high antioxidant properties but is extremely sensitive to oxidation, causing loss its bioactive properties. RESULTS The purpose this study was clarify effects environmental factors (light, oxygen, temperature, pH) on physical oxidative stability astaxanthin microcapsules prepared with...

10.1002/jsfa.11854 article EN Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 2022-03-05

The size and shape control of amorphous nanomaterials has long been a bottleneck restricting their further development. Here, we present general approach to synthesize more than twenty kinds metal oxide nanosheets. state the nanosheets is determined using aberration-corrected high-resolution transmission electron microscopy X-ray diffraction. By extended absorption fine structure analysis, demonstrate that have larger interatomic distance looser packing characteristic compared with...

10.1016/j.xcrp.2020.100118 article EN cc-by-nc-nd Cell Reports Physical Science 2020-07-01

The synergistic integration of electrochemical reactions with an external magnetic field offers a powerful strategy for enhancing reaction performance. Herein, we introduce flexible and continuously adjustable to enhance acidic CO2 reduction (CO2RR) In electrolyte (pH = 0.91), the initial Faradaic efficiency (FE) CO2RR CO is only 18%, which can be increased 63.2% when 2 T applied. More importantly, introduction this enables continuous switching products in noncontact mode. Theoretical...

10.1021/jacs.5c00858 article EN Journal of the American Chemical Society 2025-04-02

Two soybean oil body (SOB) creams were recovered from at pH 7 and 11, respectively, dispersed in water to obtain a natural 5% o/w emulsion. The lipoxygenase (LOX) activity oleosin hydrolysis behavior two SOB emulsions, as affected by different washing times thermal treatments (50–110 °C), investigated. emulsions under neutral conditions (pH 7) accompanied strong enzymatic degradation. absence of LOX hydrolase activities was observed alkaline 11). oxidative physical stabilities examined 37 °C...

10.1016/j.lwt.2021.112545 article EN cc-by-nc-nd LWT 2021-09-29

Reports concerning the characteristics of soybean oil bodies (SOBs) isolated from high protein genotypes and soybeans available in literature are insufficient limiting. In this study, fatty acid compositions, total phenol tocopherol contents, antioxidant capacity, physicochemical stability SOB emulsions recovered three high-protein high-oil genotype were comparatively investigated. Principal component analysis showed that all six samples could be easily discriminated based on cultivar...

10.1039/d1fo03934b article EN Food & Function 2022-01-01

Cation exchange (CE) in metal oxides under mild conditions remains an imperative yet challenging goal to tailor their composition and enable practical applications. Herein, we first develop amorphization-induced strategy achieve room-temperature CE for universally synthesizing single-atom doped In2O3 nanosheets (NSs). Density functional theory (DFT) calculations elucidate that the abundant coordination-unsaturated sites present a-In2O3 NSs are instrumental surmounting energy barriers of...

10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c03178 article EN Nano Letters 2023-10-25

Dual-atom catalysts (DACs) have emerged as highly promising and efficient for water electrolysis, primarily due to their distinct dual-atom site effects.

10.1039/d4ta03382e article EN Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2024-01-01

10.1007/s40242-020-0183-2 article EN Chemical Research in Chinese Universities 2020-07-18

Abstract Developing highly stable and efficient catalysts toward the oxygen reduction reaction is important for long‐term operation in proton exchange membrane fuel cells. Reported herein a facile synthesis of two‐dimensional coplanar Pt‐carbon nanomeshes (NMs) that are composed distorted Pt networks (neck width 2.05±0.72 nm) carbon. X‐ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy demonstrated metallic state Pt/C NMs. Fuel cell tests verified excellent activity NM catalyst with peak power...

10.1002/ange.202014857 article EN Angewandte Chemie 2020-12-22

Abstract The maturation of CO 2 electrolysis to technology has rendered a cascade catalysis scheme, utilizing reduction as media step, promising strategy produce high‐value C 2+ fuel. However, the current catalysts employed in electroreduction (ECORR) face severe hydrogen evolution reactions at high densities. Herein, 2D porous Cu 3 N (2D‐P‐Cu N) catalyst is reported with outstanding ECORR performance prepared by two‐step pyrolysis strategy. This mainly relies on sequential annealing (OH)...

10.1002/adfm.202406056 article EN Advanced Functional Materials 2024-06-02

In this experiment, the effect of replacing milk fat with soybean body (25%, 50%, 75%, 100%) on quality, antioxidant capacity and in vitro digestive characteristics yogurt was investigated while maintaining total content unchanged. The results showed that increasing substitution amount soy for had little pH acidity during storage period, physicochemical properties, degree protein gel network crosslinking, saturated fatty acid content, PV value TBARS significantly decreased (p &lt; 0.05)....

10.3390/foods11142088 article EN cc-by Foods 2022-07-14
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