INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
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2016
·Vol. 42
·期 4
·2045-2053
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IF 3.205
Jing-Jia Zhang,Xu-Lei Sui,Lei Zhao,Li-Mei Zhang,Da-Ming Gu,Zhen-Bo Wang
Molybdenum trioxide (MoO 3 ) has been considered an advanced auxiliary support for Pt nanoparticle anchorage due to its excellent activity and stability. Nevertheless, its non-conductivity property still impedes its applications in electrocatalytic fields. Thus, the MoO 3 and carbon composite of a nanostructure is synthesized through sintering process and served as an efficient co-support for Pt-based anode catalyst in this paper. The electrochemical measurements demonstrate that Pt/MoO 3 -C catalyst shows higher catalytic activity and stability than the as-prepared Pt/C. Significantly, it exhibits 1.95 times higher activity and 2.36 times better durability for methanol oxidation when compared with commercial Pt/C. The remarkably enhanced performance of this novel Pt/MoO 3 -C catalyst for methanol electrooxidation can be ascribed to the abundant Pt nucleation active sites, uniformly dispersed Pt nanoparticles and the strong metal-support interaction between Pt and MoO 3 -C. These outstanding properties suggest Pt/MoO 3 -C a promising catalyst for practical application of fuel cell.
研究领域:
电催化
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纳米材料
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能源化学
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燃料电池
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电化学
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高影响因子
RSC Advances
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2016
·Vol. 6
·期 16
·13384-13391
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IF 3.289
Bin Lu,Renzong Hu,Jiangwen Liu,Jun Liu,Hui Wang,Min Zhu
To improve the coulombic efficiency (CE) and cycle life of SnO2 anode in lithium ion batteries, SnO2–Cu–graphite composites with dual scale embedding structure are synthesized by ball milling. The SnO2–Cu composite, in which SnO2 nanoparticles with grain size less than 10 nm are uniformly dispersed in inactive nanocrystalline Cu matrix, is firstly obtained by milling the mixture of SnO2 and Cu nanopowders (molar ratio 1 : 2), and then further milling with graphite (C) to obtain SnO2–Cu–C composite with microsized graphite sheets as matrix of SnO2–Cu composite. The 50 h-milled SnO2–Cu composite exhibits higher initial CE (76.0 ± 1.5%) and subsequent CE than 50 h-milled SnO2. Furthermore, the SnO2–Cu–C composite anode is capable of retaining a maximum charge capacity of 450.8 mA h g−1 at 100 mA g−1 after 80 cycles with a capacity retention ratio of 74.4%, displaying superior cyclic stability to as-milled SnO2, SnO2–Cu and SnO2–C composites. The improved CE and cycleability are attributed to the unique dual scale embedding structure that offers good conductivity of electron and lithium ion as well as the nanostructure stability of active materials. This unique composite structure might be extended to other high-capacity anode materials, to achieve high performance lithium ion batteries.
研究领域:
材料科学
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电化学
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纳米材料
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能源存储
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锂离子电池
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DOI
高影响因子
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
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2016
·Vol. 42
·期 7
·3947-3954
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IF 3.205
Jialei Jin,Yuanzhi Zhu,Yizhe Liu,Yang Li,Wenchao Peng,Guoliang Zhang,Fengbao Zhang,Xiaobin Fan
Producing hydrogen through hydrogen evolution reaction by electrolyzing water is a great alternative to solve the energy crisis and air pollution. Earth abundant transition-metal phosphides, especially CoP , have emerged as promising hydrogen evolution reaction catalysts for recent years. Nowadays, attention is focused on combining CoP with other materials to improve its catalytic activity . Herein, in order to get better hydrogen evolution reaction catalyst, we combined CoP nanoparticles with WS 2 nanosheets. Different CoP to WS 2 mass ratios were set to find the best catalytic activity. CoP/WS 2 composites were prepared through a simple ultrasound induced mixing method. And all the CoP/WS 2 composites have enhanced hydrogen evolution reaction catalytic activity than pure CoP nanoparticles and WS 2 nanosheets. Especially, the optimized CoP/WS 2 composite has the lowest onset overpotential of 50 mV, the largest current density of 78 mA/cm 2 at the overpotential of 300 mV, and the smallest Tafel slope of 64.63 mV/decade, indicating excellent hydrogen evolution reaction catalytic activity.
研究领域:
材料科学
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电化学
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纳米催化
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能源材料
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无机功能材料
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DOI
高影响因子
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
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2016
·Vol. 41
·期 39
·17462-17470
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IF 3.205
Bing Zhai,Xuezhang Xiao,Wenping Lin,Xu Huang,Xiulin Fan,Shouquan Li,Hongwei Ge,Qidong Wang,Lixin Chen
NbF 5 and eutectic 0.68LiBH 4 –0.32Ca(BH 4 ) 2 were successively infiltrated into highly ordered mesoporous carbon (CMK-3) to obtain a LiBH 4 –Ca(BH 4 ) 2 –NbF 5 @CMK-3 composite. A synergetic effect of nanoconfinement and catalysis on hydrogen desorption properties of the composite was achieved. The onset desorption temperature of LiBH 4 –Ca(BH 4 ) 2 –NbF 5 @CMK-3 is dramatically lower than 120 °C compared with that of as-milled LiBH 4 –Ca(BH 4 ) 2 or LiBH 4 –Ca(BH 4 ) 2 @CMK-3. A hydrogen amount as high as 13.3 wt% can be released within 250 min for LiBH 4 –Ca(BH 4 ) 2 –NbF 5 @CMK-3, compared with only 10.4 wt% for pure LiBH 4 –Ca(BH 4 ) 2 , in which nanoconfinement and catalysis both make some contribution. The cycling hydrogen desorption performance of the composite becomes better likewise due to the addition of NbF 5 . Further microstructure analysis reveals that F − tended to bind with Ca 2+ to form CaF 2 , whereas Nb compound is believed to catalyze the whole system in the form of Nb-based boride (NbB 2 ).
研究领域:
材料科学
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能源化学
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纳米科技
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储氢材料
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物理化学
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DOI
高影响因子
RSC Advances
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2016
·Vol. 6
·期 72
·67827-67832
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IF 3.289
W. X. Chen,J. S. Yu,W. Hu,Z. L. Chen,H. Memon,G. L. Chen
A core/shell heterostructured nanonanocomposite catalyst based on NiO nanoflakes and titanate nanowires (TNWs) was fabricated. The experimental results showed that the precursor concentration and the reaction time for NiO deposition played significant roles in determining the resulting heterostructure, and an optimal precursor's concentration would result in a well-defined core/shell heterostructure. The XRD analysis demonstrated the existence of the (1 1 1), (2 0 0) and (3 1 1) lattice planes of the NiO nanoflakes. Nearly 100% of the MB pollutant (10 mg L−1) was photodegradaded by the TNWs/NiO catalyst within 50 minutes under UV light irradiation.
研究领域:
材料化学
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环境催化
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纳米材料科学
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光催化降解
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功能材料
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DOI
高影响因子
JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
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2021
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IF 8.128
Xingliang Chen,Yan Wang,Hailing Liu,Shu Jin,Guanglei Wu
The applications of cobalt ferrite and nickel ferrite composite materials on electromagnetic (EM) wave absorption are the research hotspot currently. However, the systematical comparison study between these two ferrites composites have rarely been carried out. Thus, the EM wave absorption performance of interconnected carbon@Ni x Co 1-x Fe 2 O 4 composites with core–shell structures were investigated comprehensively in this work. A series of magnetic nanospheres including NiFe 2 O 4 , cobalt-doped nickel ferrite, nickel–cobalt ferrite, nickel-doped cobalt ferrite and CoFe 2 O 4 were synthesized firstly, and then uniformly encapsulation by carbon rendered the corresponding C@Ni x Co 1-x Fe 2 O 4 composites nanospheres. Synthesis reactions involved for C@Ni x Co 1-x Fe 2 O 4 formation were investigated in detail, and afterwards their magnetic behavior, EM wave absorption performance and absorbing mechanism were thoroughly explored and analyzed. Results show that when nickel is dominant element and cobalt is doping element (Ni 0.75 Co 0.25 Fe 2 O 4 ), the composite nanosphere exhibits optimum EM wave absorption performance. When the sample thickness is just 1.9 mm, its RL min value can reach −51 dB, and the corresponding EAB width is 3.3 GHz. The synthesized C@Ni 0.75 Co 0.25 Fe 2 O 4 can be qualified as an efficient and thin electromagnetic wave absorber, which is mainly attributed to its special structure, fair electromagnetic matching and impedance matching.
研究领域:
材料科学
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电磁学
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纳米材料
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功能材料
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复合材料工程
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高影响因子
POLYMER
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2018
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IF 3.483
Jianting Zhang,Yanhong Cui,Xiaoqing Li,Hanqiang Yao,Deming Zhao,Ningren Jin,Jianrong Gao
A novel poly(hydroxy-p-phenylenebenzobisoxazole) (HPBO) with superior comprehensive properties was synthesized via self-polymerization of composite salt monomer (HD). The molecular simulation results of relative total energies and the activation energies indicated that the meta-carboxyl group was the active site of condensation reaction which was carried out by amidation . Further molecular simulation results showed that the most probable configuration of HPBO was ordered P1 conformation, and the conjugation and stability of HPBO were enhanced by increasing the number of repeat units. The introduction of mono-hydroxyl group contributes to the formation of intramolecular hydrogen bonds of HPBO molecules, which made HPBO exhibit the molecular structure of the two-dimensional conjugate & coplanar and improved the thermal stability relative to PBO and DHPBO. The simulation results were verified by corresponding experimental investigation.
研究领域:
高分子化学
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材料科学
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计算化学
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物理化学
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功能材料
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DOI
高影响因子
JOURNAL OF ELECTROANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
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2016
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IF 2.822
Xinhe Zhang,Bo Jin,Linlin Li,Tuo Cheng,Huanhuan Wang,Peiming Xin,Xingyou Lang,Chuncheng Yang,Wang Gao,Yongfu Zhu,Qing Jiang
Non-graphitizable carbon (NGC) has been obtained by carbonizing tubular polypyrrole (T-PPy) synthesized through a self-degraded template method . K-NGC/S composite has been prepared by mixing S with K-NGC via melt-diffusion method where NGC has been activated by potassium hydroxide (denoted as K-NGC) and is used as a conductive additive. The as-prepared K-NGC/S composite shows good specific discharge capacity and rate capability with an initial specific discharge capacity of 1121.9 mAh g − 1 and a specific discharge capacity of 729.7 mAh g − 1 after 50 cycles at a current density of 335 mA g − 1 , which is better than pure S. This improvement in the specific discharge capacity and the rate capability of the cell with K-NGC/S composite as a cathode material is realized by the existence of K-NGC, which can offers a superb conductive environment for S, effectively encapsulate S, restrain the outward diffusion of polysulfides , buffer volume change upon cycling and reduce the dissolution of lithium polysulfides into the electrolyte. The good electrochemical performance of K-NGC/S composite would make it become a promising cathode material for lithium-sulfur batteries.
研究领域:
材料科学
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电化学
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能源存储
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纳米材料
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电池技术
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DOI
高影响因子
Energy Technology
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2022
·Vol. 10
·期 12
·2200983
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IF 4.149
Hongxi Shi,Lei Zhang,Hao Huang,Yali Ou,Xiaoting Wang,Ziyu Li,Dan Chi,Shihua Huang
Two-dimensional perovskite materials attract great attentions for the application of perovskite solar cells (PSCs) due to the regulable bandgap and high stability. However, the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 2D PSCs is far behind in that of three-dimensional PSCs. Herein, Dion–Jacobson (DJ) phase Pb–Sn perovskite of (PhDMA)MA 4 (Pb 0.5 Sn 0.5 ) 5 I 16 in 2D PSCs is introduced, which has suitable bandgap of 1.27 eV and offers the candidate for the absorber of bottom device in all perovskite tandem solar cells. The nonlinear bandgap behavior of 2D Pb–Sn perovskite materials is certified by adjusting the recipe of precursors to vary the bandgap of perovskite films. Moreover, MACl is employed to improve the film quality of 2D Pb–Sn perovskite, leading to the suppression of the defect density and nonradiative recombination for 2D PSCs. As a result, a high PCE of 12.2% is achieved for DJ phase 2D Pb–Sn PSCs.
研究领域:
材料科学
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光伏技术
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纳米材料
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能源化学
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半导体器件
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DOI
高影响因子
RSC Advances
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2015
·Vol. 5
·期 85
·69388-69393
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IF 3.84
Qin Zhou,Shurong Fu,Min Zou,Yiming He,Ying Wu,Tinghua Wu
A magnetic MoO3/Fe3O4 catalyst was prepared and used in the oxidative desulfurization (ODS) of dibenzothiophene (DBT), benzothiophene, and thiophene. The morphology and components of the magnetic composite material were characterized by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy techniques. Results indicated that MoO3 as an active species was supported on Fe3O4. High calcination temperature leads to the formation of Fe2(MoO4)3 compounds which showed lower activity than MoO3. The highest conversion of 99.5% for ODS of DBT can be achieved on MoO3/Fe3O4 calcinated at 400 °C. In addition, the amount of MoO3/Fe3O4, TBHP/DBT molar ratio and reaction temperature played vital roles in desulfurization efficiency. This work showed the possibility for the utilization of low cost magnetic MoO3/Fe3O4 composite in the oxidative desulfurization because it shows high activity and could be easily separated by applying an external magnetic field, achieving ten times recycling without significant decrease in activity.
研究领域:
催化化学
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环境化学
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能源化工
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材料化学
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石油炼制
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高影响因子
RSC Advances
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2015
·Vol. 5
·期 117
·96862-96869
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IF 3.84
Zhijie Gong,Qixing Wu,Fang Wang,Xu Li,Xianping Fan,Hui Yang,Zhongkuan Luo
Increasing the sulfur loading in the cathode of a lithium–sulfur battery is an important way to improve its capacity for practical applications. To achieve this, the present work proposes using PEDOT-PSS to encapsulate sulfur/carbon black (S/BP) by a facile solution mixing method and the formed composite is then coated on a porous carbon paper. It is believed that the formation of a core/shell structure in the PEDOT@S/BP composite can promote the electron transport and effectively impede the diffusion of polysulfides, and the porous carbon paper is able to retain the electrolyte containing the dissolved polysulfides in the cathode and alleviate the adverse effect of sulfur volumetric expansion. Due to such advantages, the proposed cathode, with a high sulfur loading of 3 mg cm−2, can yield a high reversible capacity of 1041 mA h g−1 and an excellent cycle stability with a capacity retention of 868 mA h g−1 after 100 cycles and an average coulombic efficiency of 99.4%.
研究领域:
电化学
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能源材料
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纳米复合材料
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电池技术
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功能高分子材料
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DOI
高影响因子
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
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2021
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IF 13.273
Zhuanghe Ren,Xin Zhang,Zhenguo Huang,Jianjiang Hu,Yangzhong Li,Shiyou Zheng,Mingxia Gao,Hongge Pan,Yongfeng Liu
Nanosized titanium compounds are particularly effective in catalyzing hydrogen cycling by NaAlH 4 . Titanium hydride (TiH 2 ), as a catalyst, is highly interesting since it contributes hydrogen in addition to active Ti. However, it has been challenging to fabricate nanosized TiH 2 due to the strong affinity of Ti with oxygen. Herein, TiH 2 nanoflakes with a lateral size of ~10 nm and thickness of ~1 nm are successfully synthesized through a novel facile one-pot solvothermal process. In an anhydrous THF solution, LiH reacts with TiCl 4 rapidly at 100 °C forming TiH 2 and LiCl. The newly formed TiH 2 nucleates and grows epitaxially on the graphene surface due to the well-matched lattice parameters, giving rise to the formation of TiH 2 nanoflakes. Both theoretical calculations and experiments reveal the generation of Cl· radicals and unsaturated C C bonds when TiCl 4 reacts with THF, which promotes the formation of TiH 2 . The nanoflake-like TiH 2 on graphene enables an outstanding hydrogen storage performance of NaAlH 4 , i.e., full dehydrogenation at 80 °C and hydrogenation at 30 °C and under 100 bar H 2 , with a practical hydrogen capacity of 4.9 wt%, which has been never reported before.
研究领域:
材料科学
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纳米化学
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能源化学
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固态储氢
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催化化学
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DOI
高影响因子
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