新型功能碳材料的高压截获

高性能功能材料在诸多领域具有广泛的应用前景,是人们一直关注的研究热点。高压可以有效地改变物质的原子间距和成键方式,是获得新型功能材料的重要途径。在碳材料的高压研究中,许多有趣的功能碳材料,如光学透明碳、高强度弹性碳和超硬非晶碳等,已经通过不同的碳前驱体合成。本文简要介绍了作者近年来在低维碳基纳米复合材料高压研究中取得的进展,基于设计的不同低维碳前驱体,高压下截获了具有超硬特性、新型压致共价聚合及发光增强的碳材料。     

复合电极La-Ni-B的制备及电催化偏硼酸钠的性能

为进一步提高对偏硼酸钠电催化还原的效率,采用化学镀的方法,以铜片为基体,PdCl2乙醇胶体溶液为活化剂,乙醇为化学镀溶剂,制备了稀土复合电极La-Ni-B.并采用XRD、SEM、EDS方法对催化剂进行表征分析,结果表明稀土合金以纳米颗粒的形式附着在基体表面,所得合金膜是非晶态的.通过循环伏安法研究了复合电极La-Ni-B用于电解偏硼酸钠制备硼氢化钠的可行性.以硼氢化钠实际生产量为指标,探讨了直流、脉冲两种不同供电方式、脉冲电流频率、电解时间对电解行为的影响.结果表明稀土镧对电解偏硼酸钠有催化作用,以20 mL镀液制备的复合电极,在脉冲频率阳极时间T1=1 s,阴极时间T2=1 s时,最佳电解时间为4h.复合电极在重复使用3次的情况下,硼氢化钠产量降低15;,催化剂的重复使用性能良好.     

基于NiCo2O4纳米片电极的非对称混合电容器

The looming global energy crisis and ever-increasing energy demands have catalyzed the development of renewable energy storage systems. In this regard, supercapacitors (SCs) have attracted widespread attention because of their advantageous attributes such as high power density, excellent cycle stability, and environmental friendliness. However, SCs exhibit low energy density and it is important to optimize electrode materials to improve the overall performance of these devices. Among the various electrode materials available, spinel nickel cobaltate (NiCo₂O₄) is particularly interesting because of its excellent theoretical capacitance. Based on the understanding that the performances of the electrode materials strongly depend on their morphologies and structures, in this study, we successfully synthesized NiCo₂O₄ nanosheets on Ni foam via a simple hydrothermal route followed by calcination. The structures and morphologies of the as-synthesized products were characterized by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, and Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) surface area analysis, and the results showed that they were uniformly distributed on the Ni foam support. The surface chemical states of the elements in the samples were identified by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The as-synthesized NiCo₂O₄ products were then tested as cathode materials for supercapacitors in a traditional three-electrode system. The electrochemical performances of the NiCo₂O₄ electrode materials were studied and the area capacitance was found to be 1.26 C·cm^-2 at a current density of 1 mA·cm^-2. Furthermore, outstanding cycling stability with 97.6% retention of the initial discharge capacitance after 10000 cycles and excellent rate performance (67.5% capacitance retention with the current density from 1 to 14 mA·cm^-2) were achieved. It was found that the Ni foam supporting the NiCo₂O₄ nanosheets increased the conductivity of the electrode materials. However, it is worth noting that the contribution of nickel foam to the areal capacitance of the electrode materials was almost zero during the charge and discharge processes. To further investigate the practical application of the as-synthesized NiCo₂O₄ nanosheets-based electrode, a device was assembled with the as-prepared samples as the positive electrode and active carbon (AC) as the negative electrode. The assembled supercapacitor showed energy densities of 0.14 and 0.09 Wh·cm^-3 at 1.56 and 4.5 W·cm^-3, respectively. Furthermore, it was able to maintain 95% of its initial specific capacitance after 10000 cycles. The excellent electrochemical performance of the NiCo₂O₄ nanosheets could be ascribed to their unique spatial structure composed of interconnected ultrathin nanosheets, which facilitated electron transportation and ion penetration, suggesting their potential applications as electrode materials for high performance supercapacitors. The present synthetic route can be extended to other ternary transition metal oxides/sulfides for future energy storage devices and systems.     

羧基化碳纳米片电化学传感器的研制及其在喹赛多灵敏检测中的应用

本文构筑了一种基于羧基化碳纳米片修饰电极的喹赛多电化学传感器,该传感器对喹赛多的电化学还原具有优良的催化性能。与金电极相比,其电流增幅达到30余倍。通过优化羧基化碳纳米片涂覆量,Na_3PO_4浓度,电解液pH,富集电位,富集时间,搅拌速度等测试条件,建立了基于羧基化碳纳米片修饰电极的喹赛多超高灵敏度分析方法,其检出限可达3.79×10~(-9) mol·L~(-1)(S/N=3)。利用该方法对加标猪肉样品进行检测,结果令人满意。