Promotional effect of hydroxyl on the aqueous phase oxidation of carbon monoxide and glycerol over supported Au catalysts

Gold particles supported on carbon and titania were explored as catalysts for oxidation of CO or glycerol by O₂ at room temperature in liquid-phase water. Although Au/carbon catalysts were not active for vapor phase CO oxidation at room temperature, a turnover frequency of 5 s⁻¹ could be achieved with comparable CO concentration in aqueous solution containing 1 M NaOH. The turnover frequency on Au/carbon was a strong function of pH, decreasing by about a factor of 50 when the pH decreased from 14 to 0.3. Evidently, a catalytic oxidation route that was not available in the vapor phase is enabled by operation in the liquid water at high pH. Since Au/titania is active for vapor phase CO oxidation, the role of water, and therefore hydroxyl concentration, is not as significant as that for Au/carbon. Hydrogen peroxide is also produced during CO oxidation over Au in liquid water and increasing the hydroxyl concentration enhances its formation rate. For glycerol oxidation to glyceric acid (C₃) and glycolic acid (C₂) with O₂ (1–10 atm) at 308–333 K over supported Au particles, high pH is required for catalysis to occur. Similar to CO oxidation in liquid water, H₂O₂ is also produced during glycerol oxidation at high pH. The formation of the C-C cleavage product glycolic acid is attributed to peroxide in the reaction.     

A novel lithium intercalation compound based on the layered structure of lithium nitridonickelates Li3−2xNixN

New lithium nickel nitrides Li_3−2xNi_xN (0.20 ≤ x ≤ 0.60) have been prepared and investigated as negative electrode in the 0.85/0.02 V potential window. These materials are prepared from a Ni/Li₃N mixture at 700 °C under a nitrogen flow. Their structural characteristics as well as their electrochemical behaviour are investigated as a function of the nickel content. For the first time are reported here the electrochemical properties of a lithium intercalation compound based on a layered nitride structure. The Li_3−2xNi_xN compounds can be reversibly reduced and oxidized around 0.5 V versus Li/Li⁺ leading to specific capacities in the range 120-160 mAh/g depending on the nickel content and the C rate. Due to a large number of lithium vacancies, the structural stability provides an excellent capacity retention of the specific capacity upon cycling.     

Electrochemical reaction of the SiMn/C composite for anode in lithium ion batteries

The SiMn-graphite composite powder was prepared by mechanical ball milling and its electrochemical performances were evaluated as the candidate anode materials for lithium ion batteries. It is found that the cyclic performance of the composite materials is improved significantly compared to SiMn alloy and pure silicon. The heat treatment of the electrodes is beneficial for enhancing the cyclic stabilities. The SiMn-20 wt.% graphite composite electrode after annealing at 200 °C has an initial reversible capacity of 463 mAh g⁻¹ and a charge-discharge efficiency of 70%. Moreover, the reversible capacity maintains 426 mAh g⁻¹ after 30 cycles with a coulomb efficiency of over 97%. The phase structure and morphology of the composite were analyzed by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy. The lithiation/delithiation behavior was investigated by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and cyclic voltammetry. The composite materials appear to be promising candidates as negative electrodes for lithium rechargeable batteries.     

Preparation of rechargeable lithium batteries with poly(methyl methacrylate) based gel polymer electrolyte by <Emphasis Type="Italic">in situ</Emphasis>γ-ray irradiation-induced polymerization

An admixture of commercial liquid electrolyte (LB302, 1 M solution of LiPF₆ in 1:1 EC/DEC) and methyl methacrylate (MMA) was enclosed in CR2032 cells. The assembled cells were then -ray-irradiated using configurations of half cells and full cells. Through this in situ irradiation polymerization process, we obtained rechargeable lithium ion cells with poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) based gel polymer electrolytes (GPE). Galvanostatic cycling, AC impedance spectroscopy, and cyclic voltammetry were employed to investigate the electrochemical properties of the cells and the gel polymer electrolyte. This PMMA-based gel polymer electrolyte was found to exhibit a high ionic conductivity (at least 10^–3 S cm^–1) at room temperature. Due to a significant increase in the charge transfer resistance between the GPE and the cathode, the cell impedance of a PMMA-based lithium ion cell is greater than that of a liquid-electrolyte-based cell. The discharge capacity of a LiNi_0.8Co_0.2O₂/GPE/graphite is approximately 145 mAh g^–1 for the first cycle and decreases to123 mAh g^–1 after 20 cycles. In addition, a large initial cell impedance (LICI) was observed in the irradiated positive half cell. In this paper, we propose a possible mechanism related to the detachment of the PMMA layer from the lithium electrode. This detachment of the PMMA layer from the lithium electrode has not been explicitly discussed previously.     

高矣物的特性对双水相相图和头孢氨苄及7-ADCA分配行为的影响

A series of ethylene oxide(EO)-propylene oxide (PO) random co-polymers (EOPO) were used to form aqueous two-phase systems (ATPS) with ammonium sulfate.Effects of EOPO′s properties on the phase separation behaviors and on the partition of cephalexin and 7-aminodesacetoxicephalosporanic acid(7-ADCA) in ATPS were investigated.Both the molar mass and molar ratio of EO to PO of EOPO could greatly influence partition behaviors of cephalexin and 7-ADCA as well as the binodal curve of ATPS. With the increase of molar mass of co-polymer or the decrease of molar ratio of EO to PO,the critical point of ATPS decreased,the binodal curve became more asymmetry,and both cephalexin and 7-ADCA followed the same tendency to partition into the polymer-poor bottom phase.The experimental results shows that it is feasible to partition cephalexin and 7-ADCA in either the polymer-rich top phase or the polymer-poor bottom phase by choosing a specific phase-forming EOPO.     

Synthesis of highly crystalline spinel LiMn2O4 by a soft chemical route and its electrochemical performance

Highly crystalline spinel LiMn₂O₄ was successfully synthesized by annealing lithiated MnO₂ at a relative low temperature of 600 °C, in which the lithiated MnO₂ was prepared by chemical lithiation of the electrolytic manganese dioxide (EMD) and LiI. The LiI/MnO₂ ratio and the annealing temperature were optimized to obtain the pure phase LiMn₂O₄. With the LiI/MnO₂ molar ratio of 0.75, and annealing temperature of 600 °C, the resulting compounds showed a high initial discharge capacity of 127 mAh g⁻¹ at a current rate of 40 mAh g⁻¹. Moreover, it exhibited excellent cycling and high rate capability, maintaining 90% of its initial capacity after 100 charge-discharge cycles, at a discharge rate of 5 C, it kept more than 85% of the reversible capacity compared with that of 0.1 C.     

Charge/discharge characteristics of sulfur composite cathode materials in rechargeable lithium batteries

The charge and discharge characteristics of lithium batteries with sulfur composite cathodes have been investigated. The sulfur composites showed novel electrochemical characteristics. The analysis of the differential capacity indicated that the discharge process showed two voltage plateaus of 2.10 V and 1.88 V, and the charge process also presented two voltage plateaus of 2.22 V and 2.36 V. The overcharge test showed that the composite cannot be charged over 4.0 V, the voltage always stopped at about 3.9 V during charging, indicating that the composite presented the intrinsic safety for the overcharge of lithium batteries. The overcharge can cause serious safety problem for the conventional Li-ion batteries. The overcharge test also showed that the batteries with sulfur composite were destroyed when the upper cut-off voltage was over 3.6 V. However, the composite presented good reversible capacity after it was deep discharged even to 0 V. It showed stable cycleability and high cycling capacity of 1000 mAh g⁻¹ when cycling between 0.1 V and 3.0 V, indicative of the different characteristic from the conventional oxide cathode materials. The prototype polymer battery with the composite cathode material presented the energy density of 246 Wh kg⁻¹ and 401 Wh L⁻¹.     

Synthesis of Li2Fe0.9Mn0.1SiO4/C composites using glucose as carbon source

Li2Fe0.9Mn0.1SiO4/C composites were synthesized by using glucose as carbon source. The samples were characterized by X-ray diffractometry (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and electrochemical measurements. All Li2Fe0.9Mn0.1SiO4/C composites are of the similar crystal structure. With increasing the carbon content in the range of 5%-20% (mass fraction), the diffraction peaks in XRD patterns broaden and the particle sizes and the tap density of samples decrease. The Li2Fe0.9Mn0.1SiO4/C composites with carbon content of 14.12% show excellent the capacity retention remains 92.2% after 30 cycles.     

旋流板塔煤浆法烟气脱硫研究

煤浆法烟气脱硫是以煤浆洗涤含二氧化硫的烟气,二氧化硫溶于浆液形成亚硫酸,煤中黄铁矿与亚硫酸、氧气发生反应,亚硫酸被氧化为硫酸,从而实现烟气脱硫.反应过程中,煤中的黄铁矿硫也被转化为硫酸而浸出,反应产生的Fe3＋/Fe2＋又对脱硫反应起到了催化剂的作用.以旋流板塔为吸收设备,研究了煤浆法烟气脱硫过程中浆液温度、液气比、空塔气速及浆液固液比等操作参数对脱硫率的影响规律.试验表明,在其他条件不变的情况下,适当提高液气比、空塔气速及浆液固液比均有利于提高脱硫效果.随着烟气脱硫过程的进行,脱硫浆液中的总铁含量不断增加,说明煤中黄铁矿被不断浸出,故此法在脱除烟气中的二氧化硫的同时也降低了煤中黄铁矿硫含量.     

模糊控制技术在电池快速充电控制中的应用

针对常规的电池快速充电模式存在的问题,探讨了基于模糊控制技术的电池快速充电器的设计方法,给出了该方案应用的测试结果,实现了电池充电过程的优化控制,为有效延长电池的使用寿命提供了一种解决方案。