Facile Synthesis of Bi2MoO6 Nanosheets@Nitrogen and Sulfur Codoped Graphene Composites for Sodium-ion Batteries

Recently,sodium-ion batteries gradually become the promising alternative to lithium-ion batteries because of cost considerations.In this work,a kind of Bi2MoO6 nanosheets@N,S codoped graphene composite is designed and fabricated for sodium storage applications.Detailed characterizations are employed to investigate its morphology,structure and chemical compositions.When evaluated as an anode material for sodium-ion batteries,the as-prepared composite is able to display a specific capacity of 254 mA·h/g after 50 cycles at a current density of 0.2 A/g,and 186 mA·h/g at 1.6 A/g during the rate capability test.As a result,the further morphology and structure optimization is still required for high performance sodium-ion batteries.     

C和As共掺杂的γ-Si3N4电子性质的密度泛函理论研究

采用密度泛函理论研究了C和As共掺杂的γ-Si3N4的电子性质. 当晶体中少量的四配位硅原子被碳原子所取代, 同时用少量的砷原子取代氮原子, 晶体结构的带隙可以被调整; 当n(C)/n(Si)≈0.063, n(As)/n(N)≈0.047时, 材料会发生绝缘体到金属的转变. 从态密度图中可以观察到价带顶端的能量明显上升. 讨论了关于这种共掺杂所引起的带隙较大减小的可能原因和潜在的应用.     

First-principle study on magnetic properties of Mn/Fe codoped ZnS

We studied the magnetic properties of Mn/Fe codoped ZnS comparatively with and without defects using first-principle calculation. The calculated results indicate that the Mn/Fe codoped ZnS system tends to stabilize in a ferrimagnetic (FiM) configuration. To obtain a ferromagnetic (FM) configuration, we consider the doped system with defects, such as S or Zn vacancy. The calculated results indicate that the doped system with Zn vacancy favors FiM states. Although the FM states of the doped system with S vacancy are more stable than the FiM states in negative charge states, the FM states are not stable enough to exist. Finally, we replaced an S atom by a C atom in the doped system. The C atom prefers to substitute the S atom connecting Mn and Fe atoms. The formation energy of this defect is −0.40 eV, showing that Mn/Fe/C codoped ZnS can be fabricated easily by experiments. Furthermore, the FM state was lower in energy than the FiM state by 114 meV. Such a large energy difference between the FM and FiM states implies that room temperature ferromagnetism could be expected in such a system.     

Raman scattering and magnetizations studies of (Al, Cr)-codoped 4H-SiC

In this study, the insertion of both Al and Cr atoms into SiC matrix has been experimentally evidenced by X-ray diffraction, Raman scattering, elements analysis and magnetic measurements. Structure analysis showed that (Al, Cr)-codoped SiC has a single-phase 4H-crystal structure and no trace of any other impurity phases were detected. Raman scattering showed that several new features appeared in (Al, Cr)-codoped 4H-SiC: (1) the vanishing of the folded longitudinal-optical phonons modes-plasmon coupling (FLOPC) modes with x=(q/q_B)=0; (2) an obvious absorbing peak was found in Si_1−x−yAl_xCr_yC with y=0.0203 at%; (3) folded transverse-optical (FTO) mode shifts to high frequency and linewidths [full widths at half maximum (FWHM)] decrease with increase in Cr content. Magnetic properties characterizations showed that weak ferromagnetism order is established. With increase in Cr content, the magnetization decreased. No clear influence of Al doping on the magnetic properties of codoped 4H-SiC is evidenced while the magnetic origin should be ascribed to be induced by Cr. It is speculated that doping Cr elements at Si sites destroy the effective coupling of the spins induced by Al doping. The major role of Al is to stabilize the codoped crystal structure as 4H-single-phase.     

C/Nd/TiO2催化剂的制备及光催化性能研究

利用溶胶-凝胶法以钛酸四丁酯为钛源、硝酸钕为钕源、葡萄糖为碳源,制备了C和Nd单掺杂及共掺杂TiO_2催化剂。通过XRD、XPS、漫反射、SEM和物理吸附对所制备的催化剂进行表征与评价。结果表明,C和Nd共掺杂TiO_2的晶型仍为锐钛矿型,表面光滑,晶粒大小分散均匀,孔径分布在20~34 nm之间;与其他三种催化剂相比,共掺杂催化剂比表面积较大;通过掺杂C和Nd元素,形成新能带E_(C2p)和E_(Nd3+4f),降低了电子跃迁能,有利于光催化活性增强。C和Nd共掺杂TiO_2对可见光的吸收能力有明显提高,对甲基橙染料降解效果较佳,其脱色率为61.24%。     

大豆蛋白改性TiO_2的制备及其可见光催化性能

采用溶胶-凝胶法制备了系列大豆蛋白改性TiO_2复合催化剂.通过元素分析、粒度分析、X射线衍射(XRD)、场发射扫描电镜(FESEM)、紫外-可见漫反射光谱(UV-Vis)、电化学等方法对所制备的样品进行了表征,以亚甲基蓝为目标降解物,研究了大豆蛋白改性TiO_2的可见光催化性能.结果表明,大豆蛋白改性可以一步实现C、N、H多种非金属元素共掺杂;相比纯TiO_2,改性后复合催化剂的比表面积增大;所有样品均为锐钛矿相;煅烧温度为400℃时,复合催化剂的可见光吸收发生明显红移,其禁带宽度较纯TiO_2窄化了0.32 e V;大豆蛋白改性后,复合材料的光电流密度增大;在可见光照射下,光催化反应2 h时,大豆蛋白改性TiO_2的亚甲基蓝降解效率最高可达79.4%.     

Synthesis, characterization and effect of calcination temperature on phase transformation and photocatalytic activity of Cu,S-codoped TiO2 nanoparticles

A novel copper and sulfur codoped TiO₂ photocatalyst was synthesized by modified sol-gel method using titanium(IV) isopropoxide, CuCl₂·2H₂O and thiourea as precursors. The samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS), scanning electron microscopy equipped with energy dispersive X-ray micro-analysis (SEM-EDX), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) analysis. The XRD results showed undoped and Cu,S-codoped TiO₂ nanoparticles only include anatase phase. Effect of calcination temperature showed rutile phase appears in 650 and 700 °C for undoped and 0.1% Cu,S-codoped TiO₂, respectively. The SEM analysis revealed the doping of Cu and S does not leave any change in morphology of the catalyst surface. The increase of copper doping enhanced “red-shift” in the UV-vis absorption spectra. The TEM images confirmed the dopants suppressed the growth of TiO₂ grains. The photocatalytic activity of samples was tested for degradation of methyl orange (MO) solutions. The results showed photocatalytic activity of the catalysts with 0.05% Cu,0.05% S and 0.1% Cu,0.05% S were higher than that of other catalysts under ultraviolet (UV) and visible irradiation, respectively. Because of synergetic effect of S and Cu, the Cu,S-codoped TiO₂ catalyst has higher activity than undoped and Cu or S doped TiO₂ catalysts.     

Water-in-salt electrolyte ion-matched N/O codoped porous carbons for high-performance supercapacitors

Pore size and distribution in carbon-based materials are regarded to be a key factor to affect the electrochemical capacitive performances of the resultant electrodes.In this study,nitrogen and oxygen codoped porous carbons(NOPCs) are fabricated based on a simple Schiff-base reaction between m-phenylenediamine and terephthalaldehyde.The NOPCs have tunable morphologies,high surface areas,abundant heteroatom doping.More importantly,the carbons show a dominant micropores of 0.5-0.8 nm,comparable to the ionic sizes of LiTFSI(Li^+0.069 nm;TFSI-0.79 nm) water-in-salt electrolyte with a high potential window of 2.2 V.Consequently,the fabricated symmetric supercapacitor gives a high energy output of 30.5 Wh/kg at 1 kW/kg,and high stability after successive 10,000 cycles with ^96.8% retention.This study provides promising potential to develop high-energy supercapacitors.