Graft copolymerization of styrene onto casein initiated by potassium diperiodatonickelate (IV) in alkaline medium

A novel redox system, potassium diperiodatonickelate (Ni(IV))‐casein is used to initiate graft copolymerization of Styrene onto casein under different conditions in aqueous alkaline solution. Graft copolymers with both high grafting efficiency (>98%) and percentage of grafting(>300%) are obtained, which indicated that (Ni(IV))‐casein redox pair is an efficient initiator for this grafting. The effects of reaction parameters, such as monomer‐to‐casein weight ratio, initiator concentration, pH, time, and temperature, are investigated. A tentative initiation mechanism is proposed. The structures and properties of the graft copolymer are characterized by Fourier transform infrared Spectroscopy, X‐ray diffraction diagrams, and Scanning Electron Microscope. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 100: 4247–4251, 2006     

Raman spectroscopy studies of concentrated vanadium redox battery positive electrolytes

Spectroscopic changes in highly concentrated vanadium(V)-sulfate solutions to be used in the vanadium redox battery are consistent with the presence of more than one V(V)-sulfate species. The results of Raman spectroscopy indicate that the major species in highly acidic conditions are VO₂SO₄ ^–, VO₂(SO₄)₂ ^3–, VO₂(HSO₄)₂ ^–, VO₃ ^–, V(V) dimers with V₂O₃ ⁴⁺ and V₂O₄ ²⁺ central units. The nature and amount of these species depends upon the V(V) and total sulfate concentrations as well as on S to V and H⁺ to V ratios in the positive half-cell electrolyte. V(V) forms V₂O₃ ⁴⁺, VO₂(SO₄)₂ ^3– and their copolymer species at higher total sulfate concentrations, which tends to stabilize the vanadium (V) positive electrolyte in the vanadium redox battery. The V(V) and V(IV) species show the least interaction with each other. Ageing of concentrated V(V) solutions at elevated temperature (50 °C) produces decomposition of species causing formation of V₂O₅ precipitates with a decrease in the amount of vanadium polymer.     

Ionic conductivity enhancement of the plasticized PMMA/LiClO4 polymer nanocomposite electrolyte containing clay

This work has demonstrated that the addition of an optimum content of dimethyldioctadecylammonium chloride (DDAC)-modified montmorillonite clay (Dclay) enhances the ionic conductivity of the plasticized poly(methyl methacrylate)-based electrolyte by nearly 40 times higher than the plain system. Specific interactions among silicate layer, carbonyl group (CO) and lithium cation have been investigated using Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR), solid-state NMR, alternating current impedance. The FTIR characterization confirms that both of the relative fractions of ‘complexed’ CO sites and ‘free’ anions increase with the increase of the Dclay content, indicating that strong interaction exists between the CO group and the lithium salt. In addition, the solid-state NMR demonstrates that the interaction between the PMMA and the clay mineral is insignificant. The addition of clay mineral promotes the dissociation of the lithium salt and thus, the specific interaction can be enhanced between the CO and the free lithium cation. However, the balanced attractive forces among silicate layers, CO groups, lithium cations and anions is critical to result in the higher ionic conductivity.     

高能量密度水溶性有机液流电池的开发策略

水溶性有机液流电池自2014年出现后发展迅猛,特别是近些年来有机电活性物质的降解和二聚导致的容量衰减问题得到初步解决后,该类液流电池有望作为大规模储能系统的候选者。然而能量密度较低的问题限制了其商业化的进程。对此,主要从增大溶解度、提高电化学窗口和电子的得失数这3个方面详细介绍了5种提高水溶性有机液流电池能量密度的方法——分子结构剪裁、“interaction-mediating”策略的应用、采用聚合物电活性物质、“氧化还原靶向”原理和电极表面的改性,同时对进一步提高水溶性有机液流电池能量密度的策略进行了简要展望。     

The reduction/oxidation behaviour of MnAPO-5 as studied by ESR spectroscopy

It is shown by ESR spectroscopy that Mn²⁺ ions in MnAPO-5 are oxidized to Mn³⁺ during calcination atT475 K. Mn²⁺ occupies variously distorted tetrahedral positions within the framework and in extra-lattice sites. Octahedrally coordinated Mn²⁺ presumably located in the channels becomes detectable after adsorption of water. The ESR spectra of reduced MnAPO-5 show line-narrowing due to spin exchange interactions. The material behaves reversible in redox cycles at temperatures near 500 K.     

镁质低品位铁镍硫化矿的活化工艺及机理

细菌浸出是镁质低品位铁镍硫化矿的潜在处理方案之一。针对该矿石浸出活性较低的问题,研究了硫酸预浸出和硫酸铵焙烧预浸出2种活化方案,并与细菌直接浸出(空白试验)做了比较。结果表明,2种活化方案都有利于金属回收,但硫酸铵焙烧预浸出方案的活化效果更优:浸出时间为8 d时,Ni、Cu和Mg的浸出率分别为90.2%、89.56%和61.19%,分别高于硫酸预浸出方案2.08%、12.2%和8.95%。矿石中的Mg主要在硫酸铵焙烧预浸出阶段进入溶液,细菌对Mg浸出的影响不大。XRD和能谱分析表明:浸出渣中Ni和Cu的残留量很低,Mg主要存在于难浸出的蛇纹石之中。     

Electrochemical and microstructural characterization of cyclic redox behaviour of SOFC anodes

The oxidation of Ni to NiO in solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) anode will result in large bulk volume change, which may change the interfaces of the two phases in the anode cermet and thus may cause significant performance degradation. The reduction and oxidation (redox) of the Ni/YSZ cermet were studied at 800 ℃. Anodic polarization measurements were performed before and after redox cycles. The anode current density at an overpotential of 100 mV kept decreasing during the whole redox treatment. It decreased from 19.11 to 7.95 mA·cm-2 after two redox cycles. Anode supported unit cell was assembled for cell's discharge measurements. Cell performance declined after each redox cycle. The maximum power density decreased from 126.28 to 40.32 mW·cm-2 . The microstructural changes after redox cycling were recorded using scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The results reveal that after re-oxidation, the Ni gets coarse and has a higher porosity; the nickel network structure turns to be desultory.     

Characteristics of graphite felt electrode electrochemically oxidized for vanadium redox battery application

The graphite felt was oxidized at a positive electrode potential in sulfuric acid solution.The electrochemical performance of the treated graphite felt served as electrode for vanadium redox battery was investigated with FT-IR,SEM,XPS,BET,cyclic voltammetry and testing VRB system,respectively.The results show that the molar ratio of O to C increases from 0.085 to 0.15 due to the increase of—COOH functional groups during electrochemical oxidation treatment,and the GF surface is eroded by electrochemical oxidation,resulting in the surface area increase from 0.33 m2/g to 0.49 m 2/g.The VRB with modified GF electrode exhibits excellent performance under a current density of 30 mA/cm 2 .The average current efficiency reaches 94%and average voltage efficiency reaches 85%.The improvement of electrochemical activity for the electrode is ascribed to the increase of the number of—COOH group and the special surface of GF.     

用于无创检测皮下葡萄糖的新型生物传感器研究

以无创检测人体血糖为应用需求,采用高灵敏度锇氧化还原聚合物修饰在薄膜电极上,并通过戊二醛交联法固定酶分子制备成新型生物传感器。实验结果表明:在0~700μmol/L的葡萄糖标准浓度范围内,传感器灵敏度为23.955 nA/(μmol.L-1),最低检测限为0.3μmol/L,相关系数为0.999;在标准皮下葡萄糖浓度0~19mmol/L浓度范围内,被抽取出的葡萄糖电流响应值与皮下葡萄糖的浓度成线性关系,线性相关系数为0.994,灵敏度为4.03 nA/(mmol.L-1);单只传感器对100μmol/L葡萄糖检测的精度为4.07%(n=10),不同传感器之间对100μmol/L葡萄糖测量的精度为3.22%(n=10),在4℃条件下,传感器的寿命可达450 d。     

Recovery of chromium from tannery effluents using a redox–adsorption approach

Adsorption isotherms for sodium and trivalent chromium uptake from aqueous solutions onto Amberlite resin were prepared at 18°C. Adsorption of each cation followed the Langmuir model. The rate of uptake of each cation was found to be film diffusion controlled with sodium showing the most rapid uptake. In aqueous solutions containing both chromium and sodium as the only cationic species, it was found that with increasing initial concentration of sodium, the trivalent chromium uptake on the resin decreased substantially. To overcome this difficulty a four step redox–adsorption system has been developed for the removal of Cr³⁺ from tannery effluents. The first step comprises the oxidation of trivalent chromium to the hexavalent form using selected common oxidising agents. The liquid effluent is then passed through an Amberlite cation-exchange resin in step 2 where the sodium in the waste stream is completely removed. The anionic hexavalent form of chromium (Cr₂O) passes unaltered through the resin along with the waste stream. In the third stage the dichromate is reduced back to the trivalent cationic form which is subsequently removed from the waste stream by a second Amberlite ion-exchange bed in stage 4. Each step in this process is assessed in batch and flow mode using simulated and real tannery effluents.