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标题：Transition metal doped Sb@SnO2 nanoparticles for photochemical and electrochemical oxidation of cysteine
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作者：Yeonwoo Kim ; Sena Yang ; Yeji Kang 等
期刊名称：Scientific Reports
电子版ISSN：2045-2322
出版年度：2018
卷号：8
期号：1
页码：12348
DOI：10.1038/s41598-018-30962-0
语种：English
出版社：Springer Nature
摘要：Transition metal-doped SnO₂ nanoparticles (TM-SnO₂) were synthesized by applying a thermos-synthesis method, which first involved doping SnO₂ with Sb and then with transition metals (TM = Cr, Mn, Fe, or Co) of various concentrations to enhance a catalytic effect of SnO₂. The doped particles were then analyzed by using various surface analysis techniques such as transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning transmission X-ray microscopy (STXM), and high-resolution photoemission spectroscopy (HRPES). We evaluated the catalytic effects of these doped particles on the oxidation of L -cysteine (Cys) in aqueous solution by taking electrochemical measurements and on the photocatalytic oxidation of Cys by using HRPES under UV illumination. Through the spectral analysis, we found that the Cr- and Mn-doped SnO₂ nanoparticles exhibit enhanced catalytic activities, which according to the various surface analyses were due to the effects of the sizes of the particles and electronegativity differences between the dopant metal and SnO₂.