X-ray absorption near-edge structure study on the configuration of Cu~(2+)/histidine complexes at different pH values

The local configurations around metal ions in metalloproteins are of great significance for understanding their biological functions. Cu~(2+)/histidine(His) is a typical complex existing in many metalloproteins and plays an important role in lots of physiological functions. The three-dimensional(3D) structural configurations of Cu~(2+)/His complexes at different p H values(2.5, 6.5, and 8.5) are quantitatively determined by x-ray absorption near-edge structure(XANES). Generally Cu~(2+)/His complex keeps an octahedral configuration consisting of oxygen atoms from water molecules and oxygen or nitrogen atoms from histidine molecules coordinated around Cu~(2+). It is proved in this work that the oxygen atoms from water molecules, when increasing the p H value from acid to basic value, are gradually substituted by the Ocarboxyl, Nam,and Nimfrom hisitidine molecules. Furthermore, the symmetries of Cu~(2+)/His complexes at pH 6.5 and pH 8.5 are found to be lower than at pH 2.5.     

碱金属修饰的多孔石墨烯的储氢性能

基于第一性原理深入研究了碱金属原子(Li,Na,K)修饰的多孔石墨烯(PG)体系的储氢性能,并且通过从头算分子动力学模拟了温度对Li-PG吸附的H2分子稳定性的影响.研究结果表明,PG结构的碳环中心是碱金属原子最稳定的吸附位置,PG单胞最多可以吸附4个碱金属原子,Li原子被束缚最强,金属原子间无团聚的倾向;H2分子通过极化机制吸附在碱金属修饰的PG结构上,每个金属原子周围最多可以稳定地吸附3个H2分子;Li-PG对H2分子的吸附最强(平均吸附能为-0.246 eV/H2),Na-PG对H2分子的吸附较弱(平均吸附能为-0.129 eV/H2),K-PG对H2分子的吸附最弱(平均吸附能为-0.056 eV/H2),不适合用做储氢材料;在不考虑外界压强且温度为300 K的情况下,Li-PG结构可稳定地吸附9个H2分子,储氢量为9.25 wt.%;在400 K时,有7个吸附H2分子脱离Li-PG的束缚,在600-700 K的范围内,吸附H2分子全部脱离了Li-PG体系的束缚.     

平面星形Li_6Si_6团簇的结构及其储氢性能研究

采用密度泛函理论(DFT)方法研究平面星形Li_6Si_6团簇的结构及其储氢性能.结果表明,氢分子能在平面星形Li_6Si_6团簇表面发生吸附,每个Li原子周围均可有效吸附三个氢分子,结构的稳定性及合适的吸氢条件表明平面星形Li_6Si_6团簇在常温常压条件下可以作为储氢媒介.     

碳硼富勒烯衍生物C18B2M(M=Li,Ti, Fe)的储氢性能计算研究

本文使用密度泛函理论(density functional theory, DFT)中的广义梯度近似(generalized gradient approximation, GGA)研究了经碱金属原子Li、过渡金属原子Ti和Fe原子修饰的富勒烯C₁₈B₂M(M=Li, Ti, Fe)的储氢性能. 研究发现, C₁₈B₂由于B的替代掺杂, 比C₂₀对金属原子具有更高的结合能. 由平均吸附能分析可知: C₁₈B₂Li对H₂的吸附能力较弱, C₁₈B₂Fe对H₂的吸附能力过强, 而C₁₈B₂Ti对H₂的平均吸附能介于0.45-0.59 eV 之间, 介于物理吸附和化学吸附之间 (0.2-0.6 eV), 因此可以实现常温下的可逆储氢. C₁₈B₂M(M=Li, Ti, Fe)能够吸附的H₂数目最多分别为4, 6和4. 由储氢机理分析可知: C₁₈B₂Li主要通过碱金属离子激发的静电场来吸附H₂, 而C₁₈B₂Ti和C₁₈B₂Fe主要通过金属原子与H₂之间的Kubas作用来吸附H₂. 由于C₁₈B₂Ti既有较大的储氢数目, 又可以实现可逆储氢, 因此有望开发成新型纳米储氢材料.     

Li and Na Co-decorated carbon nitride nanotubes as promising new hydrogen storage media

The capacity of Li and Na co-decorated carbon nitride nanotube (CNNT) for hydrogen storage is studied using first-principles density functional theory. The results show that with two H₂ molecules attached to per Li and four H₂ molecules per Na the Li and Na co-decorated CNNT gains a gravimetric density of H₂ as high as 9.09 wt% via electrostatic interaction without the clustering of the deposited metal atoms (at T=0 K). The average adsorption energy of hydrogen molecule is in the range of 0.09-0.22 eV/H₂, which is suitable for practical hydrogen storage at ambient temperatures.     

Li修饰的C24团簇的储氢性能

利用密度泛函理论研究了Li原子修饰的C₂₄团簇的储氢性能. Li原子在C₂₄团簇表面的最佳结合位是五元环. Li原子与C₂₄团簇之间的作用强于Li原子之间的相互作用, 能阻止它们在团簇表面发生聚集. 当Li原子结合到C₂₄表面时, 它们向C原子转移电子后带正电荷. 当氢分子接近这些Li原子时, 在电场作用下发生极化, 通过静电相互作用吸附在Li原子周围. 在Li修饰的C₂₄复合物中, 每个Li原子能吸附两到三个氢分子, 平均吸附能处于0.08到0.13 eV/H₂范围内. C₂₄Li₆能吸附12个氢分子, 储氢密度达到6.8 wt%.     

硼烯和碱土金属硼化物二维纳米材料的制备、结构、物性及应用研究

随着石墨烯研究的兴起,二维纳米材料得以迅速发展.在众多的二维纳米材料中,硼烯和碱土金属硼化物二维材料由于具有高费米速度、高杨氏模量、高透光性、高延展性、高度的各向异性、大的泊松比和高的化学稳定性等独特的性质,成为研究人员关注的焦点.本文侧重介绍目前硼烯和碱土金属硼化物二维纳米材料的制备工艺、结构、物性和应用情况.首先总结了目前硼烯的主要结构构型和制备及掺杂工艺;其次介绍了碱土金属硼化物二维纳米材料的理论结构构型和可能的制备路线;最后对硼烯和二维碱土金属硼化物纳米材料的物理特性进行归纳总结,同时预测它们未来最可能实现应用的领域.     

气体分子在类石墨烯材料负载单个金属原子表面的吸附特性

采用密度泛函理论方法研究了不同种类和数量的气体小分子在类石墨烯材料(graphenylene)衬底支撑的金属原子(M=Co, Mo和Pd, gra-M)表面的吸附特性,系统地分析了吸附不同数量的NO和CO分子的稳定构型,吸附能,电荷转移量以及引起的体系电子结构和磁性变化.研究结果表明:1) NO、CO气体小分子的稳定吸附位在金属原子顶位,吸附物与衬底间的电荷转移量表明负载不同的金属原子能够有效地调制类石墨烯材料的气敏特性;2)单个和两个气体分子吸附能够引起gra-M体系的自旋电荷密度分布发生变化,进而使得气体吸附体系表现出不同磁矩大小.     

理论研究过渡金属原子修饰石墨炔材料的功能性

采用基于密度泛函理论中第一性原理方法分别对石墨炔负载过渡金属原子(M-gra)体系的稳定构型以及对多种气体小分子的灵敏度和选择性进行理论研究.计算结果表明金属原子吸附在孔洞结构的H2位具有高稳定性,不同种类的金属原子能够有效调控石墨炔体系的电子特性和具有不同的磁矩.比较气体分子的吸附能大小,M-gra衬底对O和OH表现出高的灵敏度,单个NO、NO₂和O₂的稳定性高于CO分子.此外,小分子吸附的M-gra体系具有金属、半金属和半导体特性,在电子和气敏器件领域具有潜在应用.     

电场中LiF分子吸附H_2的理论研究

采用密度泛函理论方法研究了电场中H_2在LiF分子上的吸附行为.结果表明,无电场时,H_2能在Li与F原子上形成弱的物理吸附.外加电场可显著提高其吸附强度, H_2在Li/F上的吸附能由无电场时的-0.112/-0.122eV提高到场强为0.005 a. u.时的-0.122/-0.171 eV, H_2吸附在F上时更稳定.利用分子中的原子量子理论(QTAIM)方法研究了电场增强吸附的机理,表明电场促进了H_2与LiF间的电荷转移,同时使LiF及H_2极化,增强了其间的静电作用,从而提高了吸附强度.电场中LiF最多能吸附10个H_2,相应的质量密度达43.5 wt%.表明电场诱导LiF材料吸附H_2是一种具有潜力的储氢方法.     

Resistive switching effect in metal–oxide–metal structures with ZnO:Li oxide layer

The resistive switching effect in metal–oxide–metal (MOM) structures has been investigated, where the 10% Li-doped ZnO layer was used as an oxide layer, as well as Pt and 20% fluorine doped SnO₂ (SnO₂:F) were used as a bottom electrodes. The current–voltage (I–V) and switching (I–t) characteristics of Ag/ZnO:Li/Pt and Ag/ZnO:Li/SnO₂:F structures were investigated. The unipolar resistive switching is detected in the structures with the Pt, while the use of transparent conductive SnO₂:F electrode instead of Pt, results to the bipolar memory effect.     

Semiempirical pseudopotential surfaces for chemical reactions: The (AB)+ X - dialkali halide systems

A generalization of the Roach-Child semiempirical pseudopotential calculation for K + NaCl to several analogous dialkali halide systems has been used to elucidate the chemical interactions governing the reaction dynamics. The Li + LiF ground-state potential surface, which exhibits a ～ 20 kcal/mole basin for isosceles Li₂F, is qualitatively similar to one obtained in a recent configurational interaction calculation. It is shown that regions of the Na₂Cl ground-state surface corresponding to Na₂ ⁺ interacting with Cl^- can be described in terms of an ion-pair Rittner potential model similar to that employed for the alkali halides. Chemical trends in the triangular complex well depths satisfactorily account for the experimentally observed transition between the collision complex mechanism (Rb + KCl) and the osculating complex model (Li + KBr) for the alkali-alkali halide exchange reactions at thermal energies. For collinear configurations with the alkalis on opposite ends, avoided intersections between the lowest two potential surfaces are characterized in terms of diabatic surfaces computed from truncated basis sets. Crossings of these surfaces account for the vibrational-electronic energy transfer between alkali atoms and vibrationally excited alkali halides. The ionic X ^- + A ₂ ⁺ potential surfaces are used to predict the product electronic excitation and partitioning of exoergicity in reactions of halogen atoms with alkali dimer molecules.     

以一组统一的高斯函数为基函数的双原子分子的Hartree-Fock-Roothaan波函数(Ⅱ)——H2和第一列元素的同核双原子体系A2,A2~±和A2

采用文献的一组统一的doublezeta收缩高斯型函数为基函数,从头计算H₂和第一列元素的同核双原子体系的电子波函数和轨道能量、总能量等物理量。电子态包括同核体系的基态A₂,一些低激发态A₂~*和正负离子态A₂~±,A表示周期表中Li到F的各种元素。计算限于闭壳层电子组态或只带一个未填满的开壳层电子组态。作为例子,报道了H₂和几种基态A₂的电子波函数表。 关键词：     

各Li吸附组分下硅烯氢存储性能的第一性原理研究

利用Li原子对硅烯进行表面修饰是提高硅烯氢存储能力的一种有效方法.为了充分挖掘Li修饰硅烯的氢存储性能,本文采用范德瓦耳斯作用修正的第一性原理计算方法,对不同Li吸附组分下硅烯的结构、稳定性和氢存储能力进行了研究.研究结果表明,硅烯体系能够在Li组分从0.11增加到0.50时保持稳定,其最大储氢量随Li组分的增加而增大,氢气平均吸附能则存在减小趋势;当Li组分达到0.50而饱和时,硅烯体系具有最大的储氢量,相应的质量储氢密度为11.46 wt%,平均吸附能为0.34 eV/H2,远高于美国能源部设定的储氢标准,表明提高Li组分甚至使其达到饱和在理论上能有效提高Li修饰硅烯的储氢性能.此外,通过对Mulliken电荷布居、差分电荷密度和态密度的分析,发现Li修饰硅烯的储氢机制与电荷转移诱导的静电相互作用和轨道杂化作用有关.研究结果可为Li修饰硅烯在未来氢存储领域的应用提供理论指导.     

Concentrated dual-salt electrolytes for improving the cycling stability of lithium metal anodes

Lithium(Li) metal is an ideal anode material for rechargeable Li batteries, due to its high theoretical specific capacity(3860 mAh/g), low density(0.534 g/cm~3), and low negative electrochemical potential(-3.040 V vs. standard hydrogen electrode). In this work, the concentrated electrolytes with dual salts, composed of Li[N(SO_2F)_2](Li FSI) and Li[N(SO_2CF_3)_2](Li TFSI) were studied. In this dual-salt system, the capacity retention can even be maintained at 95.7%after 100 cycles in Li|Li FePO_4 cells. A Li|Li cell can be cycled at 0.5 mA/cm~2 for more than 600 h, and a Li|Cu cell can be cycled at 0.5 m A/cm~2 for more than 200 cycles with a high average Coulombi efficiency of 99%. These results show that the concentrated dual-salt electrolytes exhibit superior electrochemical performance and would be a promising candidate for application in rechargeable Li batteries.     

Selectivity of the 16O(7Li, α) reaction and states with (sd)3 and (sd)2(fp)1 configurations in 19F

The ¹⁶O(⁷Li, α)¹⁹F reaction has been studied at 35 MeV up to 11 MeV excitation energy. Comparison with the ¹⁶O(⁶Li, ³He)¹⁹F and ¹⁶O(⁶Li, t)¹⁹Ne reactions shows very good agreement up to 5.5 MeV excitation energy and large differences at higher excitation energies which can be explained by different angular momentum matching conditions in the different reactions. The identification of mirror states in A = 19 and of states with (sd)³ and (sd)² (fp)¹ configurations in ¹⁹F are discussed.     

Comparison of α CH and CF activation in alkyl transition metal complexes: a DFT and CASSCF study

DFT (B3PW91) and CASSCF calculations have been carried out to study the relative α migratory abilities of H and F in alkyl transition metal complexes. It is shown that the activation energy is considerably lower to migrate H than F, whereas the energies of reaction are similar for the two reactions. A study of the electron configurations and the orbitals describing these configurations shows that the high activation energy for F is due to a 4-electron repulsion between an F lone pair and the occupied Ru=C π orbital.     

A strategy to improve the electrochemical performance of Ni-rich positive electrodes: Na/F-co-doped LiNi_(0.6)Mn_(0.2)Co_(0.2)O_2

Ni-rich layered lithium transition metal oxides LiNi_xMn_yCo_zO_2(1-y-z ≥ 0.6) are promising candidates for cathode materials, but their practical applications are hindered by high-voltage instability and fast capacity fading. Using density functional theory calculations, we demonstrate that Na-, F-doping, and Na/F-co-doping can stabilize the structure and result into a higher open circuit voltage than pristine LiNi_(0.6)Mn_(0.2)Co_(0.2)O_2(NMC622) during the charging process, which may attain greater discharge capacity. F doping may inhibit the diffusion of Li ions at the beginning and end of charging; Na doping may improve Li ion diffusion due to the increase in Li layer spacing, consistent with prior experiments. Na/F-codoping into NMC622 promotes rate performance and reduces irreversible phase transitions for two reasons:(i) a synergistic effect between Na and F can effectively restrain the Ni/Li mixing and then enhances the mobility of Li ions and(ii) Ni/Li mixing hinders the Ni ions to migrate into Li layers and thus, stabilizes the structure. This study proposes that a layer cathode material with high electrochemical performance can be achieved via rational dopant modification, which is a promising strategy for designing efficient Li ion batteries.     

Ultracold collisions involving heteronuclear alkali metal dimers

We carry out the first quantum dynamics calculations on ultracold atom-diatom collisions in isotopic mixtures. The systems studied are spin-polarized 7Li + 6Li7Li, 7Li + 6Li2, 6Li + 6Li7Li, and 6Li + 7Li2. Reactive scattering can occur for the first two systems even when the molecules are in their ground rovibrational states, but is slower than vibrational relaxation in homonuclear systems. Implications for sympathetic cooling of heteronuclear molecules are discussed.