Pt/C催化剂制备及CO催化氧化性能研究

采用大气压介质阻挡放电辅助氢气热还原方法和氢气热还原方法制备Pt/C催化剂,考察了制备方法及Pt负载量对Pt/C催化性能的影响。采用X-射线衍射(XRD)、循环伏安法、CO催化氧化反应研究Pt/C催化剂的晶相结构、电催化性能和CO催化氧化活性。结果表明:大气压介质阻挡放电辅助氢气热还原所制备的样品具有更高的电化学活性和CO催化氧化活性。当Pt负载量在2%到10%之间变化时,Pt/C-PC催化活性随负载量增加而增加。XRD测试结果显示当Pt负载量为2%,5%和10%时,Pt粒径分别为:10.6 nm,9.1 nm和6.4 nm,说明采用等离子体辅助氢气热还原方法制备的Pt/C-PC催化剂,Pt负载量越大,Pt粒径越小,CO催化氧化活性更高。     

Pt/MoO3/ZrO2催化剂的制备及三效催化性能的研究

采用浸渍法制备了MoOz/ZrO2,用低温氮吸附-脱附法和NH3-程序升温脱附法(TPD)分别对其比表面积和酸碱性进行了表征.结果表明,MoO3/ZrO2具有106.8m2/g的比表面积和超强酸的性能.用等体积浸渍法制备了Pt/MoO3/ZrO2催化剂,在汽车尾气模拟气中考察了其对C3H8、CO和NO的催化活性.与传统三效催化剂Pt/La2O3/Al2O3相比较,Pt/MoO3/ZrO2具有更好的低温起燃性能和更宽的空燃比窗口,并显著地改善了C3H8在富氧状态下的转化效率.通过XRD、H2-TPR对催化剂进行了表征,结果表明,Pt在催化剂载体上具有高度的分散性和优异的氧化还原性能.     

Nafion及水醇比对Pt/C催化剂活性的影响

运用电化学测试的方法研究了在不加Nafion(全氟磺酸聚合物)的情况下水和异丙醇比例对Pt/C催化剂墨水分布均匀性及其电化学活性的影响,同时研究了Nafion的存在对Pt/C电极电化学性能的影响。结果表明,随着异丙醇含量的增加,Pt/C墨水分散越好,活性面积和粗糙因子越大;Nafion的存在对催化剂的活性面积基本没有影响,然而含有Nafion的催化剂氧还原极限电流密度明显降低。     

PEMFC用抗溺水性功能化Pt/C催化剂的制备及表征

催化剂的碳载体腐蚀是Pt/C催化剂催化性能下降的重要原因,并且亲水性的催化剂增加了质子交换膜燃料电池氧电极发生水淹的风险。利用过氧化氢对XC-72碳进行氧化预处理,负载Pt后,进一步用水合肼对Pt/C催化剂还原,制备耐蚀性和抗溺水性的Pt/C催化剂。对红外光谱吸收峰进行比较可知,经双氧水处理后,XC-72碳表面的含氧官能团数量增加,其接触角小于未经处理的XC-72碳;进一步用水合肼还原氧化后的XC-72碳,接触角较氧化的XC-72碳增大22.4°,抗溺水性增强。由比表面积测定可知,双氧水处理XC-72碳,比表面积下降,但中孔比例增加,有利于Pt的负载。水合肼还原后的Pt/C催化剂较还原之前的Pt/C催化剂抗溺水性增强,接触角增大6.2°。经2000周次循环伏安扫描,水合肼还原后的Pt/C催化剂电化学比表面损失减小,耐久性提高。     

DBHFC阴极铂合金催化剂的制备及其电催化性能

采用浸渍还原法分别制备了两种不同铂含量的Pt/C纳米催化剂和Pt-Mn/C、Pt-Co/C纳米合金催化剂,利用XRD和TEM技术对催化剂的粒径大小、晶体结构和晶格常数进行表征,并对四种催化剂进行了循环伏安、线性扫描伏安和电流-时间测试。结果表明:四种催化剂的平均粒径均在10nm以下,且Pt-Mn/C、Pt-Co/C两种合金催化剂的粒径均小于Pt/C催化剂;四种催化剂均为面心立方晶体结构;与Pt/C催化剂相比,两种合金催化剂的晶格常数有所减小,且结晶度较低。电化学性能测试表明,两种Pt合金催化剂较相同Pt载量的纯Pt催化剂具有更高的还原峰电位和更大的还原峰电流,其中Pt-Co/C催化剂的还原峰电位和峰电流最大;在催化剂稳定性方面,两种Pt合金催化剂要优于两种纯Pt催化剂。     

稀土掺杂MPt/C(M=La,Nd)催化剂的研究

为了研究稀土掺杂对PEMFC用Pt/C电催化剂的影响,本文使用浸渍法合成了La、Nd稀土掺杂MPt/C催化剂材料,并采用XRD分析了其晶相结构变化规律.用循环伏安和电性能实验测试了样品的催化活性,探讨了其微观结构与催化性能之间的关系.结果表明稀土掺杂使其氧还原反应的活性晶面得到提高,使Pt粒径减小,从而提高其电化学比表面积和催化活性,显著改善了PEMFC的电池性能.     

直接甲醇燃料电池阴极催化剂Pt/MnO2(C)的制备与研究

采用液相化学沉积的方法制备了含有不同二氧化锰晶型的Pt/MnO2(C)催化剂.通过XRD对该催化剂的结构进行了初步表征,电化学循环伏安法考察了催化剂在氧饱和的0.5mol/L H2SO4溶液中的电化学性能.结果表明,Pt/MnO2(C)催化剂具有良好的氧还原催化性能,二氧化锰晶体的加入起到了一定的助催化效果.     

薄壳层核壳型Ni/Pt纳米粒子的制备及电催化性能

通过胶体-化学镀法制备不同厚度薄壳层核壳型Ni/Pt纳米粒子, 采用HRTEM、EDS、XPS和XRD手段对粒子的形貌、晶型和组成进行物理表征. 采用动电位、循环伏安法对其氧电还原和甲醇电氧化活性进行测试. 实验结果表明, 核壳结构Ni/Pt纳米颗粒基本为球形, 其中Ni₁-Pt_0.067平均直径为7 nm左右, 壳层厚度约1 nm. 与Pt/C相比, 核壳型Ni/Pt纳米粒子对氧电还原和甲醇电氧化的催化活性显著提高. 在所制备的不同壳层厚度催化剂中, Ni₁-Pt_0.067/C在0.5 mol/L H₂SO₄中氧电还原的最大峰电流密度可达到143.06 mA/mg, 是相同反应条件Pt/C峰电流密度的1.4倍; 而Ni₁-Pt_0.067/C在0.5 mol/L H₂SO₄+1.0 mol/L CH₃OH溶液中甲醇电氧化峰电流密度可达538.3 mA/mg, 是Pt/C峰电流密度的5.2倍. 若以1 mg贵金属Pt为基准, Ni₁-Pt_0.067/C的比质量活性相对Pt/C的提高了30倍.     

质子交换膜燃料电池中Pt/C及Pt合金/C催化剂的衰退机制研究综述

成本和耐久性依然是制约质子交换膜燃料电池商业化发展的两大瓶颈。首先综述了质子交换膜燃料电池阴极Pt/C催化剂在实际工作条件下的降解情况,并给出了可能的降解机制。结果表明,Pt/C催化剂在实际工作条件下,尤其是在汽车应用中是不稳定的,通常无法用作燃料电池阴极催化剂。而Pt合金催化剂因具有优异的氧还原催化性能和相对较好的耐久性,被认为有望解决成本和耐久性这两大难题,因此在质子交换膜燃料电池中日益得到重视和应用。但如何改善合金催化剂的耐久性依然是一个棘手的问题,文章最后详细综述了PtxCoy合金催化剂可能的衰退机理,以及可在一定程度上提高Pt合金催化剂耐久性的Pt单层结构和Pt核壳结构,这对催化剂的合成和设计具有一定的指导意义。     

质子交换膜燃料电池Pt/C阴极催化剂性能的强化研究评述

Pt/C是质子交换膜燃料电池普遍采用的电催化剂,但由于电池阴极氧还原的过电位较大,因此,必须进一步提高铂电催化剂的性能以降低燃料电池成本和改善电池电压输出性能,综述了提高Pt/C催化剂电催化性能的途径及其研究状况.     

Structural and optical properties of AlxOy/Pt/AlxOy multilayer absorber

We report on the microstructure and optical properties of Al_xO_y–Pt–Al_xO_y interference-type multilayer films, deposited by electron beam (e-beam) deposition onto corning 1737 glass, silicon (1 1 1) and copper substrates. The structural properties were investigated by Rutherford backscattering spectrometry, X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy and atomic force microscopy. The optical properties were extracted from specular reflection/transmission, diffuse reflectance and emissometer measurements. The stratification of the coatings consists of a semi-transparent middle Pt layer sandwiched between two layers of Al_xO_y. The top and bottom Al_xO_y layers were non-stoichiometric with no crystalline phases present. The Pt layer is in the fcc crystalline phase with a broad size distribution and spheroidal shape in and between the rims of Al_xO_y. The surface roughness of the stack was found to be comparable to the inter-particle distance. The optical calculations confirm a high solar absorptance of ∼0.94 and a low thermal emittance of ∼0.06 for the multilayer stack, which is attributed not only to the optimized nature of the multilayer interference stacks, but also to the specific surface morphology and texture of the coatings. These optical characteristics validate the spectral selectivity of the Al_xO_y–Pt–Al_xO_y interference-type multilayer stack for use in high temperature solar-thermal applications.     

Synthesis of a new perovskite Pb(Li14Nb34)O3

A high-pressure technique was adopted to obtain perovskite-type $\text{Pb(Li}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>1</mtext><mtext>4</mtext>}}\text{Nb}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>3</mtext><mtext>4</mtext>}}\text{)}\text{O}{}_3$. A new perovskite $\text{Pb(Li}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>1</mtext><mtext>4</mtext>}}\text{Nb}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>3</mtext><mtext>4</mtext>}}\text{)}\text{O}{}_3$ was characterized to have a cubic symmetry with $\text{a}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>o</mtext>}}\text{= 4.069}\text{A}\text{?}$; Li and Nb ions in the B-site of perovskite lattice may be in a random arrangement.     

Optimization of AlxOy/Pt/AlxOy multilayer spectrally selective coatings for solar-thermal applications

Spectrally selective Al_xO_y/Pt/Al_xO_y multilayer absorber coatings were deposited onto corning 1737 glass, Si (111) and copper substrates using electron beam (e-beam) vacuum evaporator at room temperature. The employment of ellipsometric measurements and optical simulation was proposed as an effective method to optimize and deposit multilayer solar absorber coatings. The optical constants (n and k) measured using spectroscopic ellipsometry, showed that both Al_xO_y layers, which used in the coatings, were dielectric in nature and the Pt layer was semi-transparent. The optimized multilayer coatings exhibited high solar absorptance α ∼ 0.94 ± 0.01 and low thermal emittance ? ∼ 0.06 ± 0.01 at 82 °C. The Rutherford backscattering spectroscopy (RBS) data of Al_xO_y/Pt/Al_xO_y multilayer absorber indicated the Al_xO_y layers present in the coating were nearly stoichiometry. The scanning electron microscope analysis (SEM) result indicated that the average diameter and inter-particles distance of Pt grains were statistically about 146 ± 0.17 nm and 6-10 ± 0.2 nm respectively.     

Bulk crystalline BaPb34Bi14O3: A ceramic superconductor

The preparation conditions of the high T_C ceramic superconductor Ba(Pb,Bi)O₃ is correlated with the superconducting transition. Transition onsets of all materials are similar, but transition widths and transition completeness is strongly dependent on firing temperature. Only materials prepared over a narrow temperature range, resulting in a nearly ideal weight loss, have a complete and narrow transition.     

Electrostriction in Pb (Zn13Nb23)O3

The electrostriction in $\text{Pb (Zn}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>1</mtext><mtext>3</mtext>}}\text{Nb}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>2</mtext><mtext>3</mtext>}}\text{)}\text{O}{}_3$ crystals has been investigated using a strain gauge method. In the ferroelectric phase below 140 C, the strain vs the electric field shows a hysteresis, which is ascribed to the effect of ferroelectric domains. A quadratic relation holds between the strain x and the electric polarization P as x = QP² above about 170 C in the paraelectric phase. Values of the electrostrictive Q coefficients are determined from the measurements near 190 C, as Q₁₁ = 1.6·10^?2m⁴/C², Q₁₂ = ?0.86·10^?2m⁴/C², and Q₄₄ = 0.85·10^?2m⁴/C².     

Magnetic,electrical and thermal studies on the V1−xMox02

The monoclinic-to-tetragonal structure transition of oxides V_1?xMo_x0₂ with $\text{0≤}\text{x}\text{≤0.20}$ has been studied by means of DTA, X-ray diffraction, magnetic susceptibility (powder samples) and electrical conductivity (single crystals) measurements within the temperature region 80 K to 400 K. A linear decrease of the transition temperature of 11 K per atom % Mo was observed. The magnetic susceptibility of the low temperature phase was found to be temperature independent paramagnetic for all preparations. Electrical conductivity measurements on the same phase showed crystals with $\text{x}\text{? 0.04}$ to be semiconducting, while a metallic behavior was observed in the region $\text{0.10 ?}\text{x}\text{? 0.14}$.     

n-PbTep+−Pb1−xSnxTe heterojunctions prepared by a modified hot wall technique

$\text{n-PbTe}\text{p}{}^{\mathrm{+}}\text{?}\text{Pb}{}_{\mathrm{1?x}}\text{Sn}{}_{\mathrm{x}}\text{Te}$ heterojunctions with a long wavelength spectral cutoff (λ_c ≈ 6 μm) were prepared using the double-channel hot wall technique. The electrical and photoelectrical properties of the heterojunctions at 77, 197 and 300 K were investigated. Detectors with R_oA equal to 170 Ω cm² and a quantum efficiency of 25–40% were obtained. Reasons for the shift of the long wavelength spectral cutoff of the heterojunctions towards shorter wavelengths are given.     

Reactive plasma deposited SixCyHz films

Si_xC_yH_z films have been prepared at 200°C by reactive plasma deposition from SiH₄ and CH₄ diluted in helium in a tubular reactor. These films have a ratio s (equal to $\text{Si}\text{(}\text{Si+C}\text{))}$ ranging from 0.2 to 0.8, a refractive index ranging from 1.96 to 2.6 and an optical energy band gap in the range 2.7-2.2 eV. The total quantity of hydrogen in the film is 40% when s=0.5. Infrared analysis shows that these films have large fractions of homonuclear bonds and that this material is best described as a polymer. Mass spectrometric measurements of the gaseous products formed in the SiH₄-CH₄-He plasma have been performed and the results are related to the composition of the deposited layers.     

Core-current-enhanced domain-wall pinning in nanocrystalline Fe/sub 73.5/Cu/sub 1/Nb/sub 3/Si/sub 15.5/B/sub 7/ ribbon

We have studied the influence of surface fields H/sub p/ (generated by either direct or alternating core current) on soft magnetic properties of amorphous and nanocrystalline Fe/sub 73.5/Cu/sub 1/Nb/sub 3/Si/sub 15.5/B/sub 7/ ribbon. While in an amorphous ribbon the coercive field H/sub c/ decreases with H/sub p/, in the same optimally annealed ribbon (H/sub c/=1.3 A/m, M/sub m//spl ap/M/sub s/) H/sub c/ increases with H/sub p/ for all the explored types of H/sub p/ (static and dynamic with different phases with respect to that of the magnetizing field H). The unexpected increase of H/sub c/ in nanocrystalline ribbon is associated with the influence of H/sub p/ on the surface and main (inner) domain structure. Here, we develop a model that takes into account this influence and explains the experimental results.     

Interfacial microstructure of NiSix/HfO2/SiOx/Si gate stacks

Integration of NiSi_x based fully silicided metal gates with HfO₂ high-k gate dielectrics offers promise for further scaling of complementary metal-oxide- semiconductor devices. A combination of high resolution transmission electron microscopy and small probe electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) and energy dispersive X-ray analysis has been applied to study interfacial reactions in the undoped gate stack. NiSi was found to be polycrystalline with the grain size decreasing from top to bottom of NiSi_x film. Ni content varies near the NiSi/HfO_x interface whereby both Ni-rich and monosilicide phases were observed. Spatially non-uniform distribution of oxygen along NiSi_x/HfO₂ interface was observed by dark field Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy and EELS. Interfacial roughness of NiSi_x/HfO_x was found higher than that of poly-Si/HfO₂, likely due to compositional non-uniformity of NiSi_x. No intermixing between Hf, Ni and Si beyond interfacial roughness was observed.