化学反应过渡态的结构和动力学

化学反应过渡态决定了包括反应速率和微观反应动力学在内的化学反应的基本特性,而无论是从理论还是实验上研究和观测化学反应过渡态都是极具挑战性的课题.近年来,我国科学家们利用交叉分子束-里德堡氢原子飞行时间谱仪,结合高精度的量子动力学计算,对H＋H2和F＋H2这两个教科书式的典型反应体系进行了全量子态分辨的反应动力学研究,从中得出了关于这两个反应体系的过渡态的结构和动力学性质的结论性的研究成果.     

Kinetic calculation for the reaction of H with Si_2H_6 using the variational transition state theory

The reaction of disilane with atomic hydrogen has been studied. This reaction involves both substitution and abstraction. Calculations show that the hydrogen abstraction is the strongest competing channel. The canonical variational transition state theory with a small curvature tunneling correction (SCT) has been used for the kinetic calculation. The theoretical results are in good agreement with the available experimental data. Comparing the reactions of atomic hydrogen with disilane and silane, it can be seen that the reactivity of the Si-H bond is higher in Si2H6than that in SiH4.     

纯水溶液中的氢键交换反应路径

利用分子动力学模拟方法对纯水溶液的氢键转化动力学性质进行了深入的微观探讨,溶液中非氢键构型为寿命较短(0.1～0.2 ps)的过渡态构型,我们发现氢键交换通过两种过渡构型完成,氢键角度扭曲激发后与氢键第一壳层水分子沿路径1交换,氢键径向拉伸激发后与氢键第二壳层水分子沿路径2交换,过渡态路径的选择具有温度依赖性.氢键转化需在旧氢键受体氢键过量和新氢键受体氢键不足,同时满足交换反应空间结构要求下才能完成.氢键交换反应对水分子平动和转动行为起着决定作用.     

Transition Metals-Based Water Splitting Electrocatalysts on Copper-Based Substrates: The Integral Role of Morphological Properties

Electrocatalytic water splitting is a promising alternative to produce high purity hydrogen gas as the green substitute for renewable energy. Thus, development of electrocatalysts for both hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) are vital to improve the efficiency of the water splitting process particularly based on transition metals which has been explored extensively to replace the highly active electrocatalytic activity of the iridium and ruthenium metals-based electrocatalysts. In situ growth of the material on a conductive substrate has also been proven to have the capability to lower down the overpotential value significantly. On top of that, the presence of substrate has given a massive impact on the morphology of the electrocatalyst. Among the conductive substrates that have been widely explored in the field of electrochemistry are the copper based substrates mainly copper foam, copper foil and copper mesh. Copper-based substrates possess unique properties such as low in cost, high tensile strength, excellent conductor of heat and electricity, ultraporous with well-integrated hierarchical structure and non-corrosive in nature. In this review, the recent advancements of HER and OER electrocatalysts grown on copper-based substrates has been critically discussed, focusing on their morphology, design, and preparation methods of the nanoarrays.     

Calculating rate constants with updated Hessians using variational transition state theory with multidimensional tunneling

Variational transition state theory with multidimensional tunneling (VTST/MT) has been used for calculating the rate constants of reactions. The updated Hessians have been used to reduce the computational costs for both geometry optimization and trajectory following procedures. In this paper, updated Hessians are used to reduce the computational costs while calculating the rate constants applying VTST/MT. Although we found that directly applying the updated Hessians will not generate good vibrational frequencies along the minimum energy path (MEP), however, we can either re-compute the full Hessian matrices at fixed intervals or calculate the Block Hessians, which is constructed by numerical one-side difference for the Hessian elements in the "critical" region and Bofill updating scheme for the rest of the Hessian elements. Due to the numerical instability of the Bofill update method near the saddle point region, we have suggested a simple strategy in which we follow the MEP until certain percentage of the classical barrier height from the barrier top with full Hessians computed and then performing rate constant calculation with the extended MEP using Block Hessians. This strategy results a mean unsigned percentage deviation (MUPD) around 10% with full Hessians computed till the point with 80% classical barrier height for four studied reactions. This proposed strategy is attractive not only it can be implemented as an automatic procedure but also speeds up the VTST/MT calculation via embarrassingly parallelization to a personal computer cluster.     

Electrocatalysts Based on Transition Metal Borides and Borates for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction

Electrochemical water splitting is a clean and sustainable process for hydrogen production on a large scale as the electrical power required can be obtained from various renewable energy resources. The key challenge in electrochemical water splitting process is to develop low-cost electrocatalysts with high catalytic activity for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) on the cathode and the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) on the anode. OER is the most important half-reaction involved in water splitting, which has been extensively studied since the last century and a large amount of electrocatalysts including noble and non-noble metal-based materials have been developed. Among them, transition metal borides and borates (TMBs)-based compounds with various structures have attracted increasing attention owing to their excellent OER performance. In recent years, many efforts have been devoted to exploring the OER mechanism of TMBs and to improving the OER activity and stability of TMBs. In this review, recent research progress made in TMBs as efficient electrocatalysts for OER is summarized. The chemical properties, synthetic methodologies, catalytic performance evaluation, and improvement strategy of TMBs as OER electrocatalysts are discussed. The electrochemistry fundamentals of OER are first introduced in brief, followed by a summary of the preparation and performance of TMBs-based OER electrocatalysts. Finally, current challenges and future directions for TMBs-based OER electrocatalysts are discussed.     

Reduction and dephosphorization of molten iron oxide with hydrogen-argon plasma

A laboratory-scale test was made in which iron oxide contained in a water-cooled crucible was melted and reduced by using a 10–50% H₂-Ar transferred arc plasma. The degree of reduction was found to be proportional to the amount of hydrogen fed. The efficiency of hydrogen utilization for the reduction was 50–70%, which is much higher than equilibrium values below 3000 K. This high efficiency was attributable partially to the reactivity of the hydrogen atom in a plasma and partially to the continuous contact of the hydrogen plasma with the molten iron oxide layer floating over the liquid iron formed. During the plasma reduction, evaporative loss of phosphorus was observed. The degree of phosphorus removal depended on the weight ratio, CaO/(SiO₂+Al₂O₃). H₂-Ar plasma was shown to be far superior for the phosphorus removal, compared with Ar and Ar-N₂ plasma.     

Vibrational spectra of volatile inorganic hydrides in the liquid state

The results of studies of IR and Raman spectra of volatile inorganic hydrides of Group IV–VI and Periods 3 and 4 elements in the liquid state are surveyed and analyzed. The mechanisms of intermolecular interactions in these liquids are discussed. Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 4, pp. 629–644, April, 1999.     

硫酸铜能否加快氢气生成速率实验探究

旨在搞清CuSO4能否加快氢气生成速率,基于反应液质量递减法测定单位时间内氢气生成量,并用于反应速率表述。结果表明,CuSO4能否加快氢气生成速率取决于单质锌的形态。锌粒与CuSO4联用有利于氢气制备。     

自支撑型过渡金属磷化物电催化析氢反应研究

氢能作为一种零碳排放的清洁能源,主要通过电解水的途径获得。电解水析氢过程所使用的贵金属Pt基催化剂非常稀缺和昂贵,因此开发具有高活性和稳定性的非贵金属催化剂仍然是一个巨大的挑战。自支撑型过渡金属磷化物析氢性能优异,加之有效结合了自支撑基底的诸多优势,有望成为可替代贵金属Pt基催化剂的优良析氢材料。本文详细介绍了自支撑型过渡金属磷化物的研究进展,着重论述了此类型电催化剂的析氢优势及作用机理：（1）自支撑基底3D集成框架导电性较强,可提供大量的电子转移通道,从而加速催化反应进程;（2）自支撑型过渡金属磷化物较大的比表面积将会暴露出更多的活性位点,进而促进催化反应的发生;（3）自支撑型过渡金属磷化物可以直接作为阴极进行析氢反应,避免传统涂覆法中催化剂容易从玻碳电极脱落的弊端。最后,总结了此类型电催化剂用于电解水反应所面临的问题和挑战,并进行了合理的展望。     

Kinetic calculation for the reaction of H with Si2H6 using the variational transition state theory

The reaction of disilane with atomic hydrogen has been studied. This reaction involves both substitution and abstraction. Calculations show that the hydrogen abstraction is the strongest competing channel. The canonical variational transition state theory with a small curvature tunneling correction (SCT) has been used for the kinetic calculation. The theoretical results are in good agreement with the available experimental data. Comparing the reactions of atomic hydrogen with disilane and silane, it can be seen that the reactivity of the Si-H bond is higher in Si₂H₆ than that in SiH₄.     

半导体光催化分解水的析氢效率研究

光催化水制氢是太阳能向氢能转化的有效途径,在清洁能源利用方面具有较大的潜力。光催化产氢过程主要包括光生电子和空穴对的产生、迁移以及在表面活性位点的氧化还原反应,在此过程中由于电子-空穴对的复合以及催化剂的结构和表面活性位点的局限,导致电子和空穴不能完全迁移到催化剂表面并参与氧化还原反应,从而降低了析氢效率。因此本文以抑制光生电子-空穴对复合及增加表面活性位点为目的,从调控催化剂微观特性和外在属性两方面入手,分析总结了目前常见的半导体催化剂粒径、形貌、晶面、表面活性位点调控手段以及异质结构建和助催化剂负载的方法,探究了上述因素对催化剂析氢效率的影响途径和方式,从中归纳出提升析氢效率的办法。最后对光催化制氢的未来研究方向进行了展望,希望以此为光催化产氢效率的提高提供借鉴。     

Transition structures and exo/endo stereoselectivities of concerted [6 + 4] cycloadditions with density functional theory

Density functional theory transition structures were located for three concerted [6 + 4] cycloaddition reactions involving cis-hexatriene and butadiene, cyclopentadiene and cycloheptatriene, and cyclopentadiene and tropone. Geometries, energies, and entropies were computed at the Becke3LYP/6-31G* level. The activation energy of the concerted [6 + 4] cycloaddition of hexatriene and butadiene is 33.3 kcal/mol, about 8 kcal/mol above the activation energy of the butadiene plus ethylene [4 + 2] cycloaddition. The endo concerted [6 + 4] transition state is 1.1 kcal/mol higher than the exo. The [6 + 4] reaction of cyclopentadiene and cycloheptatriene has a barrier of 25.9 kcal/mol, while the cyclopentadiene–tropone barrier drops to 20.7 kcal/mol. Received: 3 December 1998 / Accepted: 18 February 1999 / Published online: 7 June 1999     

Application of open-shell coupled cluster theory to the ground state of GaAs

Summary Theoretical calculations at the coupled cluster level of theory including all single, double and perturbative triple excitations, CCSD(T), are carried out for the^3– ground state of GaAs. Employing a (7s5p3d1f) basis set, the theoretical predictions forr _e (2.560 Å), _e (217 cm^–1),D _e (1.84 eV), and IP (7.80 eV), are in good agreement with recent experimental results. The importance of includingf-type polarization functions in the basis set and the effect of correlating 3d electrons are discussed in detail.     

Programed Thermoresponsive Polymers with Cleavage-Induced Phase Transition

A new programed upper critical solution temperature-type thermoresponsive polymer was developed using water-soluble anionic polymer conjugates derived from polyallylamine and phthalic acid with cleavage-induced phase transition property. Intrinsic charge inversion from anion to cation of the polymer side chain is induced through a side chain cleavage reaction in acidic aqueous media. With the progress of side chain cleavage under fixed external conditions, the polymer conjugates express a thermoresponsive property, followed by shifting a phase boundary due to the change in polymer composition. When the phase transition boundary eventually reached the examined temperature, phase transition occurs under fixed external conditions. Such new insight obtained in this study opens up the new concept of time-programed stimuli-responsive polymer possessing a cleavage-induced phase transition.     

双金属氮化物NiMoN析氢催化剂制备及其电解海水析氢性能的研究

电解水制氢是最具潜力的绿氢制备技术, 而高效析氢反应(HER)催化剂的开发对其大规模推广意义重大. 选用氯化镍和钼酸铵为镍源和钼源, 通过原位生长法获得NiMo双金属催化剂前驱体, 再以二腈二胺为氮源, 高温氮化-程序升温法制备了一系列NiMo_xN@NC催化剂(x代表钼酸铵和氯化镍的物质的量比), 并对催化剂进行了结构、形貌以及金属价态表征. 分别在1 mol/L KOH碱液以及模拟海水中分析了析氢(HER)性能. 结果表明, 碱液中NiMo_xN@NC催化剂均具有良好的电荷转移速率(R_ct<1 Ω), 具有较好的内在催化活性(Tafel斜率103~168 mV/dec). 其中, NiMo_0.75N@NC催化剂具有最高的极限电流(–178 mA/cm²), 最小的过电势η₁₀=0.164 V, η₁₀₀=0.448 V), 最高的内在催化活性, Tafel斜率只有103 mV/dec, 且具有较好的稳定性. 在海水中, 在10 mA/cm²和40 mA/cm²的负载电流下, NiMo_0.75N@NC催化剂依旧表现出了较好的稳定性.     

铝/水反应可控制氢

铝是地壳中最富有的金属元素,理论上可100%重复利用。铝/水反应所提供的绿色能源--氢能,很有可能解决人类将面临的能源短缺和环境污染问题。本文介绍了铝/水反应可控制氢的原理、反应机理、制氢方法及制氢装置的最新研究进展,并讨论了研发中需解决的问题。铝/水反应制氢的关键在于破坏或抑制铝表面固有的或原位再生的致密钝化膜。该制氢系统的实际应用需具备快速的反应动力学,而制氢装置的设计应综合考虑反应热的利用、燃料电池产生的水循环利用、燃料盒和膜分离技术的应用,使用回收的废铝将降低其生产成本,实现铝基制氢系统的商业化应用。     

Ce改性碳纳米管负载过渡金属磷化物用于电化学水分解

氢能是未来替代化石燃料的理想选择,可以通过电解水的半反应之一析氢反应制得,但其缓慢的反应动力学将会耗费大量的电池电压。因此,通过开发催化剂来降低电解槽的电压是解决这一问题的关键途径。本文经过简便的静电纺丝及碳化工艺得到Ce改性的碳纤维作为载体(Ce-CNFs),接着通过水热法及高温磷化法负载活性组分得到Co_x-Mo_y-P@Ce-CNFs,分别对催化材料的析氢反应(HER)和析氧反应(OER)电催化活性进行了研究。结果表明,在1mol/L KOH电解液中,仅需要160mV和323mV的过电位就能达到10mA/cm²的电流密度。将Co_x-Mo_y-P@Ce-CNFs作为阴极和阳极材料组装为整体水电解槽,在电流密度为10mA/cm²时,电解槽的电池电压为1.65V,在电化学耐久性测试中能够稳定保持8h。     

Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy supported by multivariate statistics in compatibility study of atenolol with excipients

The objective of this study was to use Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and multivariate statistics to investigate compatibility/incompatibility of atenolol as a representative of active pharmaceutical ingredients and excipients, such as β-cyclodextrin, methylcellulose, starch and chitosan, when used in solid dosage formulations. Two-component physical mixtures consisting of atenolol and selected excipients were studied by FTIR spectroscopy and two methods of multivariate statistical analysis – principal component analysis (PCA) and cluster analysis (CA), which were used as a supplementary tool for interpretation of the FTIR spectra. Taking into account variability explained by the first two principal components, the results of PCA were visualized in the form of a bi-dimensional scatterplot. A lack of interaction was confirmed by two distinct clusters created by both atenolol and a particular excipient with their mixtures. In the case of CA, lack of interaction between both ingredients was also indicated by two large clusters at a level of 33 or 66% of the maximum distance. The results of the investigations show that with the exception of β-cyclodextrin, the remaining excipients are compatible with atenolol. These findings were confirmed by complementary methods, such as differential scanning calorimetry, thermogravimetry and X-ray powder diffraction.     

过渡金属离子与乙腈团簇的反应

用激光溅射-分子束技术,研究了几种过渡金属离子与乙腈团簇分子的气相化 学反应,根据反射式飞行时间质谱检测的结果,不同的过渡金属离子可与乙腈分子 形成不同尺寸的团簇离子产物,其中Ti~+,V~+,Cr~+与乙腈反应的活泼性强于 Cu~+,Fe~+与乙腈反应的活泼性。分析过渡金属离子Ti~+,V~+,Cr~+与乙腈反应 所生成团簇离子的强度分布,发现它们都在n = 2和n = 3之间形成明显的强度间隙 。