Composite Electrode SnO2／TiO2 for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

Composite nanoporous electrode SnO2/TiO2 was fabricated for the dye sensitized solar cell (DSSC) with N3 (Cis-Ru). After introducing of TiO2, the open-circuit photovoltage (Voc) was higher than that of the pure SnO2 electrode, while short-circuit photocurrent (Isc) was varied with the ratio of the TiO2. Appropriate content of the TiO2 can be beneficial to the efficiency of the solar cell, and it gives negative impact on the composite electrode when the content of TiO2 is higher.     

Chemical Liquid Phase Deposition of Thin Aluminum Oxide Films

Introduction Inorganic oxide films have attracted a lot of interest in the last several decades. Among them, silicon dioxide films are widely used in modern microelectronics, optics and mechanics. This material has been grown by various methods including thermal oxidation, chemical vapor phase deposition, plasma-enhanced chemical vapor phase deposition, and so on.1,2 Recently, Nagayama et al.3 have reported that SiO2 thin films could be produced by a new chemical method of liquid phase depos…     

Cellulose-precursor synthesis of nanocrystalline Ce<Subscript>0.8</Subscript>Gd<Subscript>0.2</Subscript>O<Subscript>2−δ</Subscript> for SOFC anodes

Developments of intermediate-temperature solid oxide fuel cells (IT SOFCs) require novel anode materials with a high electrochemical activity at 800–1070 K. The polarization of cermet anodes, made of nickel, ceria and yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ) and applied onto a YSZ solid electrolyte, can be significantly reduced by catalytically active ceria additions, the relative role of which increases with decreasing temperature. Further improvement is observed when using Ce_0.8Gd_0.2O_2– (CGO) having a high oxygen ionic conductivity instead of undoped ceria, owing to enlargement of the electrochemical reaction zone. Nanocrystalline CGO powders with grain sizes of 8–35 nm were thus synthesized via the cellulose-precursor technique and introduced into Ni–CGO–YSZ cermets, and tested in contact with a (La_0.9Sr_0.1)_0.98Ga_0.8Mg_0.2O_3– (LSGM) electrolyte at 873–1073 K. The results showed that the anode performance can be enhanced by additional surface activation, in particular by impregnation with a Ce-containing solution, and also by incorporation of YSZ, which probably acts as a cermet-stabilizing component. The overpotential of the surface-modified Ni–CGO (25 wt%–75 wt%) anode in a 10% H₂/90% N₂ atmosphere was approximately 110 mV at 1073 K with a current density of 200 mA/cm².Presented at the OSSEP Workshop Ionic and Mixed Conductors: Methods and Processes, Aveiro, Portugal, 10–12 April 2003     

Detecting DNA Damage with a Silver Solid Amalgam Electrode

Mercury electrodes modified with supercoiled (sc) DNA have been used as highly sensitive tools for the detection of DNA strand breaks or as sensors for DNA cleaving substances. In this paper we show that silver solid amalgam electrode (AgSAE), in connection with alternating current voltammetry, provides similar information about DNA damage as the hanging mercury drop electrode. The AgSAE can be used for the detection of enzymatic or chemical DNA cleavage in solution or at the electrode surface. AgSAE modified with scDNA can be utilized as a sensor for DNA nicking substances.     

Reaction of salicyl phosphites with hexafluoroacetone imine

Benzo-1,3,2,dioxaphosphorin-4-ones react with hexafluoroacetone imine to form 2-R-2,5-dioxo-3,3-bis(trifluoromethyl)-6,7-benzo,1,4,2-oxozaphosphepanes.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No, 12, pp. 3008–3010, December, 1996.     

Neue Rheniumkomplexe mit Trichalkogenido- und Tetrachalkogenido-Chelatliganden

New Rhenium Complexes Containing Trichalcogenido and Tetrachalcogenido Chelate Ligands The reactions of Cp*ReCl₄ with polychalcogenide salts such as Na₂S₄ or (NEt₄)₂Se₆ lead initially to the violet trichalcogenido chelate complexes Cp*ReCl₂(E₃) (E = S ( 3a ), Se ( 3b )) which, due to their functional chloro ligands, can be used as intermediates for further reactions. Upon hydrolysis in moist solvents or aminolysis with tert. butylamine 3a, b are converted into the tetrachalcogenido chelate complexes Cp*Re(O)(E₄) (E = S ( 4a ), Se ( 4b )) and Cp*Re(N^tBu)(E₄) (E = S ( 5a ), Se ( 5b )), respectively. X-Ray structure analyses were carried out for the three mononuclear cyclo-oligoselenido compounds 3b–5b . It appears that the size of the Se^2?_n chelate ring (n = 3 or 4) essentially depends on steric factors within the coordination sphere of rhenium.     

原子结构参数的改进Xa法计算

六十年代后期,在Hartree－Fock-Slater法的基础上,提出了Xα法［1］．用于原子结构计算的Xα法与HF（Hartree－Fock）法的主要区别在于：用简单的统计平均交换势替代了HF法中计算最为困难的电子交换势,从而在保持较高理论严谨性和计算精确度的同时,大大减少了计算工作量,近年来获得了广泛的应用．我们尝试用经过适当修改的Xα方法,计算原子参数,解决分子结构中的某些问题．用原子参数解决分子问题,历来是化学和物理工作者常用的方法．本工作的意图是引入一个比HF法简单的容易在微机上实现的某种表现原子参数的计算方法,提供…     

Modification of the cation exchange resin properties by impregnation in polyethyleneimine solutions: application to the separation of metallic ions

A commercial cation exchange resin Amberlite 200 has been modified after immersion in solutions of polyethyleneimine (PEI). The kinetic of fixation of the metallic ions have been determined. The modification of the surface of the resin deals with a change in the order of the affinities of the resins towards cations. The retention is the function of the formation and the stability of the complex. The conditions of modification (pH, PEI concentration and time of immersion) have been examined and the modification was confirmed by the determination of the exchange capacities, the distribution coefficient (P) and the selectivity factors (S). The obtained results revealed the effect of PEI on the exchange properties of the resin. The pH range selected (6-8) permitted a good adherence of PEI onto the resin surface. The quantity of the adsorbed PEI was increased by raising the initial concentration and the immersion period. The exchange capacity for copper ion passed from 2.6 mmol g⁻¹, in the case of unmodified resin, to 3.9 mmol g⁻¹ for the modified one.     

Are measured values of the Auger parameter always independent of charging effects?

In x‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) the Auger parameter is often used to study the electronic properties of elements, particularly in insulator materials, because this parameter is assumed to be independent of charging effects. In this paper we report on subtle differences in sample structure and experimental conditions for which the sample potential may not remain constant during the measurements for some spectrometers or experimental arrangements; for such conditions the Auger parameter is not independent of charging. We compare a series of measurements with insulating plate substrates of Al₂O₃ on which different amounts of SnO₂ and Au were deposited. X‐ray photoelectron spectra were collected for different conditions of the sample that was placed either grounded or left floating on a metallic sample holder during measurement. It is found that the Auger parameter is independent of the experimental conditions for Au but substantial differences were found for deposited SnO₂. Surprisingly, measurement artifacts due to charging appeared in the Auger parameter for Sn when the sample holder was grounded but not when it was left floating. In the grounded samples differences up to 0.6 eV in the Auger parameter for Sn were found with respect to the actual value of this parameter measured with substrates where charging effects were not significant. Because no differences in peak broadening have been observed under different measurement conditions, it has been assumed that the shift was not caused by a conventional differential charging phenomenon. Considering the different response of the substrate and the deposited layer on stabilizing the charge when the sample is grounded, we have worked out a possible explanation to account for the observed artifacts. Instrumental specifications should be optimized very carefully, especially if (as here) relatively high charging shifts point to a non‐optimum self‐biasing of the surface potential at the insulating samples. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

氧化锌脱硫中氢和氧的双气氛效应及动力学研究

用热重法研究了氧化锌脱硫中氢氧的气氛效应以及氢氧共同存在下氧化锌脱硫的微观动力学行为。实验温区为200 ℃～320 ℃，氧化锌粒度为100目～120目。研究结果表明，在0%～40%的体积浓度范围内，氢可促进脱硫反应进行；氧则由于会引起氧化锌表面析硫使得脱硫过程随其浓度的变化复杂化。氢氧双气氛下，氧化锌脱硫动力学行为可用改良收缩核模型进行描述，表面反应活化能和固体扩散活化能分别为14.96 kJ/mol和46.77 kJ/mol。