Self-construction of pea-like Cu/Cu2S Mott-Schottky electrocatalyst for the oxygen evolution reaction

The speed of the oxygen evolution reaction seriously affects the hydrogen production efficiency of water electrolysis. Hence it is crucial to develop efficient and durable OER electrocatalysts. Construction of heterojunction catalysts is also one of the strategies to develop efficient catalysts. In this paper, a pea-like Cu/Cu₂S–C3 Mott?Schottky electrocatalyst was self-constructed by vapor deposition, while CF (copper foam) was used as substrate material and copper source, and thiourea was served as sulfur source. The built-in electric field is formed at the metal-semiconductor interface, which endows it with promising electrocatalytic performance. As the working electrode, the overpotentials of Cu/Cu₂S–C3 required to reach the current density of 10 and 50 mA cm^?2 were about 170 and 335 mV. The impact of the Mott-Schottky structure on the catalyst was also reflected in stability. The i-t tests of the sample Cu/Cu₂S–C3 were carried out under 10 and 60 mA cm^?2 and performed well.     

Electrochemical behavior of metallic materials used in seawater—interactions between glucose oxidase and passive layers

Six materials (stainless steel, nickel-base alloy, titanium, chromium, nickel and admiralty brass) are tested in chemical and biochemical synthetic seawaters. The biochemical seawater contains enzymes catalyzing oxidation of glucose (glucose oxidase), simulating the action of natural biofilms. The evolutions of free corrosion potential (Ecor) versus time, and of cathodic and anodic reactions are compared with those obtained in natural seawater. Then, electrochemical behavior is related to semi-conducting properties of passive films. When glucose oxidase is present, increase of Ecor versus time is only reported for materials presenting a n-type semi-conductor passive film, and whose cathodic reaction current is increased. On the contrary, when passive layers are p-type semi-conductors, cathodic and anodic reactions are increased, and lead to a global Ecor constant with time of immersion. It appears that interaction between bacteria, medium and materials includes evolution of semi-conducting properties of passive layers.     

Electrochemical corrosion behavior of nanocrystallized bulk 304 stainless steel

By employing Mott-Schottky analysis in conjunction with the point defect model (PDM), we compared donor density and donor diffusion coefficients in the passive films formed on the surface of nanocrystallized bulk 304 stainless steel (NB304ss) and cast 304 stainless steel (304ss) in 0.05 mol/L H₂SO₄ + 0.25 mol/L Na₂SO₄ solution. The donor density at the metal/film interface of the NB304ss was lower than that at the metal film interface of the cast 304ss. Based on the Mott-Schottky analysis, an exponential relationship between donor density and formation potentials of the passive films on the NB304ss and the cast 304ss was built up. The results showed that the donor diffusion coefficients in the passive film formed on the surface of NB304ss was lower than that in the cast 304ss. The lower donor density and the lower diffusion coefficient restrained the electrochemical reaction in the passive film and improved the stability of the passive film. That is the reason why the passive film formed on the NB304ss was more protective.     

The n-CdIn2Se4/p-CdTe heterojunction solar cells

The n-CdIn₂Se₄/p-CdTe heterojunction solar cells have been fabricated by deposition of n-CdIn₂Se₄ thin films using spray pyrolysis on to p-CdTe. Current density-voltage and capacitance-voltage measurements were performed to determine the electrical properties of the structures. The capacitance-voltage behavior indicates an abrupt interface. The junction quality factor (n), series and shunt resistance (R_s and R_sh), fill factor (FF) and efficiency (η) for the cell have been estimated. The device exhibit maximum fill factor (FF), power conversion efficiency (η) of about 0.55% and 0.67%.     

Electrochemical corrosion behavior of nickel coating with high density nano-scale twins (NT) in solution with Cl

In this work, a nickel coating with high density nano-scale twins (NT) was synthesized on Q235 steel by using pulsed electrodeposition technique. The effects of NT structure on pitting corrosion resistance and semi-conducting properties of passive films formed on pure Ni in borate buffer solution with chloride ions were investigated by the potentiodynamic polarization measurements and capacitance measurements. The results indicated that the passive films formed on NT coatings showed higher pitting corrosion resistance and a bi-layer semi-conducting structure distribution, comparing with those formed on industrial electrodeposited (IE) nickel. The passive films are p-type semi-conductors at low potentials, but they show an n-type semi-conductor behavior at high potentials. It demonstrated that NT structure decreased vacancy diffusion velocity and slowed down the growth of passive films consequently. This led to the enhancement of pitting resistance for NT nickel.     

温度对P110钢在水泥挤出液中钝化膜性能的影响

目的 探究P110套管钢在不同温度下生成的钝化膜的性能差异,找到能使P110套管钢生成最稳定钝化膜的温度,同时了解该温度下氯离子对钝化膜的破坏规律。方法 利用极化曲线、交流阻抗谱（EIS）和Mott-Schottky测试,研究了P110套管钢材料在pH值为13.0的水泥挤出液中浸泡4 d的钝化行为,讨论了在低、中、高（40、65、90 ℃）三种温度下生成的钝化膜的稳定性,并用扫描电子显微镜（SEM）对各试样表面微观形貌进行观察。最后在溶液中加入不同浓度的氯离子,通过测试极化曲线了解氯离子对钝化膜的破坏规律。结果 试样在40、65、90 ℃下的腐蚀电流密度分别为2.2727×10?6、4.0452×10?7、1.7081× 10?5 A/cm2,膜电阻分别为100 100、238 200、5480 Ω?cm2。40、65 ℃下所生成的钝化膜呈p型半导体特征,而90 ℃下呈双极型半导体特征。65 ℃下,随着氯离子浓度的增加,试样的腐蚀电位负移,耐蚀性逐渐降低,腐蚀速率增大,当浓度达到0.1 mol/L时,钝化膜的膜层结构已被破坏。结论 P110套管钢在pH值为13.0的水泥挤出液中浸泡4 d,表面能够生成钝化膜。在65 ℃溶液中生成的钝化膜耐蚀性最好,膜层结构更加致密,40 ℃次之,90 ℃最差。氯离子对钝化膜有侵蚀作用,高浓度的氯离子可以直接导致稳定钝化膜的破坏。     

Electronic properties of thermally formed thin iron oxide films

The oxide layer, present between an organic coating and the substrate, guarantees adhesion of the coating and plays a determinating role in the delamination rate of the organic coating. The purpose of this study is to compare the resistive and semiconducting properties of thermal oxides formed on steel in two different atmospheres at 250 °C: an oxygen rich atmosphere, air, and an oxygen deficient atmosphere, N₂. In N₂, a magnetite layer grows while in air a duplex oxide film forms composed by an inner magnetite layer and a thin outer hematite scale. The heat treatment for different amounts of time at high temperature was used as method to sample the thickness variation and change in electronic and semiconducting properties of the thermal oxide layers. Firstly, linear voltammetric measurements were performed to have a first insight in the electrochemical behavior of the thermal oxides in a borate buffer solution. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy in the same buffer combined with the Mott-Schottky analysis were used to determine the semiconducting properties of the thermal oxides. By spectroscopic ellipsometry (SE) and atomic force microscopy (AFM), respectively, the thickness and roughness of the oxide layers were determined supporting the physical interpretation of the voltammetric and EIS data. These measurements clearly showed that oxide layers with different constitution, oxide resistance, flatband potential and doping concentration can be grown by changing the atmosphere.     

钽阳极氧化膜的半导体性研究

用电容测量技术和电化学阻抗技术研究了高纯钽丝在稀磷酸(质量分数为0.01%,0.10%和1.00%)、氨水(pH=11)和饱和CO2水溶液(pH=4)中阳极氧化形成的氧化钽膜在酸性缓冲液(pH=2)中的半导体性和阻抗特性.实验结果表明,来自非磷酸系的阳极氧化钽膜呈现出双极性(p-n)半导体结构特征,而来自磷酸系的则表现...     

Effect of hydrogen charging on the stability of SAE 10B22 steel surface in alkaline solutions

The influence of hydrogen charging into a quenched and tempered boron steel membrane electrode (SAE 10B22) was studied using borate buffer (pH 8.4) and NaOH solutions (pH 12.7), with or without the addition of 0.01 M EDTA. At the hydrogen input side, hydrogen charging influenced cyclic voltammograms increasing the anodic charge of iron(II) hydroxide formation, and decreasing the donor density of passive films. These results suggest that the hydrogen ingress caused instability of metallic surface, increasing the surface area activity.     

Effects of hydrogen on the corrosion of pure magnesium

Electrochemical measurements and capacitance measurements were performed for better understanding of the effects of hydrogen on the corrosion of pure magnesium. Anodic polarization curves, activation energy (E_a), pitting initiation time and electrochemical noise (EN) were carried out, which showed that hydrogen had a strong influence on the corrosion of magnesium. There existed a highest corrosion resistance of magnesium, when a series of cathodic charging current density were applied to the specimens due to the optimum hydrogen concentration in the hydride coating (MgH₂) on the surface. Mott-Schottky results confirmed that there was a hydride coating on the charged magnesium. Hydrogen ionized as H⁻ and depleted donor/electron, which induced the inversion of semi-conductivity from N-type to P-type.