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Retraction: Synthesis of atomic form nickel co-catalysts on TiO2 for improved photocatalysis via the RAFT technique
Bo
Zhang
*abc,
Guohua
Wu
abc and
Baohua
Zhang
abc
aDepartment of Chemical Engineering, School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University, No. 333 Nanchen Road, BaoShan District, Shanghai 200444, P. R. China. E-mail: mnbvcxzxh@163.com; 1125412583@qq.com; 17751739703@163.com
bKey Laboratory of Science & Technology of Eco-Textile, Ministry of Education, Donghua University, No. 2999 People’s North Road, Songjiang District, Shanghai 201620, P. R. China
cInstitute of Nanochemistry and Nanobiology, School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University, No. 99 Shangda Road, BaoShan District, Shanghai 200444, P. R. China
First published on 24th August 2023
Abstract
Retraction of ‘Synthesis of atomic form nickel co-catalysts on TiO2 for improved photocatalysis via the RAFT technique’ by Bo Zhang et al., New J. Chem., 2022, 46, 14239–14250, https://doi.org/10.1039/D2NJ02069F.
The Royal Society of Chemistry hereby wholly retracts this New Journal of Chemistry article.
A very similar version of this New Journal of Chemistry article was first published as ref. 1 in Molecular Catalysis. Fig. 1–7, 8A–D and Fig. 9–11 of this article are present in ref. 1. There is also a significant amount of text overlap in this article with ref. 1.
Ref. 1 was retracted as it “contains a number of figures with clear evidence of plagiarism from “Atomic interactions of two-dimensional PtS2 quantum dots/TiC heterostructures for hydrogen evolution reaction, Appl. Catal., B, 2021, 293, 120227 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2021.120227)”, and data manipulation”.2
As a result of the text and data overlap in this article with ref. 1, the Editor has lost confidence in the integrity of this article and this article is being retracted.
The authors were informed about the retraction of the article but have not responded.
Signed: Sally Howells-Wyllie, Executive Editor, New Journal of Chemistry
Date: 14 August 2023
References
- B. Zhang, G. Wu and B. Zhang, Modular monomers with adjustable solubility: Synthesis of block copolymers for improved photocatalysis by RAFT for the synthesis of atomic nickel co-catalysts, Mol. Catal., 2021, 513, 111834, DOI:10.1016/j.mcat.2021.111834 , (Retraction published 15 September 2022, Mol. Catal., 2022, 531, 112615).
- B. Zhang, G. Wu and B. Zhang, Retraction notice to Modular monomers with adjustable solubility: Synthesis of block copolymers for improved photocatalysis by RAFT for the synthesis of atomic nickel co-catalysts Molecular Catalysis 513 August, 2021 111834, Mol. Catal., 2022, 531, 112615, DOI:10.1016/j.mcat.2022.112615.
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