Enhancement in lithium storage performances of SiO2/graphene-based nanocomposites prepared by low cost and facile approach

Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics - The new nanocomposites of silicon dioxide/reduced graphene oxide (SiO2/rGO) and silicon dioxide/nitrogen-doped reduced graphene oxide...     

Optical-luminescence properties of ZnO and TiO2 nanopowders obtained by pulsed laser reactive ablation

Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics - The ZnO and TiO2 nanopowders have been prepared by means of the pulsed laser reactive ablation of metallic (Zn, Ti) targets. The Structural,...     

Dielectric performance and conductive mechanism of KNN-based ceramics prepared via sol–gel core–shell process

Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics - 0.95(Li0.02Na0.50K0.48)(Nb0.95Sb0.05)O3–0.05AgTaO3@BaZrO3 (LNKNbSAT@BZ) lead-free ceramics were prepared via a sol–gel...     

Cu掺杂对有序Sr3YCo4-xCuxO10.5+δ多晶的结构与物理性能的影响

采用固相反应法制备了四方Sr3YCo4-xCuxO10.5+δ(x=0~1.0)多晶。用热重-差示扫描量热分析,X射线衍射研究了多晶的有序化相变及结构。在固溶范围内(x=0~0.4),观察到有序峰(103)和(215),说明四方Sr3YCo4-xCuxO10.5+δ多晶为超结构,这是由于合成时在1000℃以上发生了吸氧(δ)有序化相变；当x=0.6~1.0时,978℃时在晶界处形成了单斜杂相,破坏了Sr3YCo4-xCuxO10.5+δ多晶的有序。当x=0~0.4时,多晶呈半导体输运行为。随着Cu掺杂量的增加,Co4+提供的空穴载流子浓度增大,电阻率明显下降；由于Cu的固溶,自旋熵增加,载流子浓度和自旋熵的共同作用使x=0~0.2多晶的热电势不变,x=0.4的热电势降低。并且Cu掺杂导致的晶格畸变使Co3+离子由高自旋态转变为高/低自旋混合态,磁化强度和铁磁转变温度(Tc)降低,磁结构由G-型反铁磁转变为铁磁。在进行二次烧结后,300K时电阻率明显降低,热电势为一次烧结的2倍,可能是二次烧结使多晶的有序化程度增大,提高了铁磁有序排列。     

Co?N graphene encapsulated cobalt catalyst for H2O2 decomposition under acidic conditions

Hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂) has been listed as one of the 100 most important chemicals in the world. However, huge amount of residual H₂O₂ is hard to timely decomposed into O₂ and H₂O under acidic condition, easily resulting in explosion hazard. Here, we reported a core–shell structure catalyst, that is graphene with Co N structure encapsulated Co nanoparticles. Co N graphene shell serves as the active site for the H₂O₂ decomposition, and Co core further enhance this decomposition. Benefiting from it, the H₂O₂ decomposition were close to 100% after 6 cycles without pH adjustment, which increased 6 orders of magnitude compared with no catalyst. At the same time, the O₂ generation reached 99.67% in 2 h with little metal leaching, and ·OH has been greatly inhibited to only 0.08%. This work can cleanly remove H₂O₂ with little deep oxidation and protect the process of H₂O₂ utilization to achieve a safer world.     

Annealing of Mineral-Like Host Matrices for High-Level Waste Immobilization

Inorganic Materials - We have studied the effect of annealing on the chemical and physical properties of mineral-like host matrices for immobilization of the rare-earth–actinide fraction from...     

Eco-friendly approach for preparation of hybrid silica aerogel via freeze drying method

Journal of Materials Science - In this paper, an eco-friendly method of producing hybrid silica aerogels by freeze-drying method (FD) is proposed. In the freeze-drying system, deionized water was...     

A medical Chatbot using machine learning and natural language understanding

Multimedia Tools and Applications - For people with busy schedules, travelling to and from a hospital for treatment is considerably time consuming, which leads them to ignore their health problems....     

Dissolution Kinetics of Nickel(II) Hydroxide in a Mixed Ammonia–Carbonate Solution

Theoretical Foundations of Chemical Engineering - The reaction of nickel(II) hydroxide and a mixed ammonia–carbonate solution to form nickel(II) aqua–ammonia complexes is studied in the...