Effect of Concentration of Structurally-Different Carboxylic Acids on Growth and Aggregation of Calcium Oxalate in Gel Systems

The effect of concentration of structurally-different carboxylic acids such as ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid （H4edta）, citric acid （H3cit）, tartaric acid （H2tart）, and acetic acid （HOAc） on growth and aggregation of calcium oxalate （CaOxa） in gel systems was comparatively investigated. H2tart and H3cit could change the morphology of cal- cium oxalate monohydrate （COM） and induce the formation of calcium oxalate dihydrate （COD）. H4edta could induce the formation of COD at a lower concentration of 0.33 mmol/L and have the strongest ability to inhibit aggregation of COM. HOAc inhibited COM aggregation only at a higher concentration than 500 mmol/L. With increasing the number of carboxylic groups in an acid or increasing the concentration of carboxylic acid, the capacity of this acid to induce COD formation and to inhibit growth and aggregation of COM crystals increased. That is, this capacity followed the order： H4edta〉H3cit〉H2tart〉 〉HOAc. The result in this work suggested that the presence of H3cit and H2tart in urine played a role in the natural defense against stone formation.     

CexPr1-xO2-δ复合氧化物的XRD和Raman表征

A series of Ce_xPr_1-xO_2-δ mixed oxides were synthesized by sol-gel method and characterized by Raman and XRD techniques. When x value was changed from 1.0 to 0.5, only a cubic phase CeO₂ was observed. The samples were very well crystallized on decreasing x from 0.50 to 0.99. For Ce_xPr_1-xO_2-δ samples 465 cm^-1 and 1 150 cm^-1 Raman peaks are attributed to the Raman active F_2g mode of CeO₂. The broad peak at about 570 cm^-1 in the region of 0.3 ≤x≤ 0.99 can be linked to lattice defects resulting in oxygen vacancies. The new band at about 195 cm^-1 may be attributed to the asymmetric vibration caused by the formation of oxygen vacancies. Calcination temperatures had great effect on the peak intensity for CeO₂ but less effect on Ce_0.8Pr_0.2O_2-δ in Raman spectra. It might be due to the transformation of the colors for the mixed oxides, the insertion of Pr atom into the ceria lattice could enhance the sintering resistance and thermal stability of the mixed oxides.     

缺陷LB膜诱导特异形貌草酸钙堆积图形

A special pattern of calcium oxalate monohydrate (COM) crystals was induced by DPPC Langmuir-Blodgett films with defects. The pattern was that a large hexagonal COM crystal located in the middle of a ring-shaped pattern of needle-liked crystals. The number of such special patterns with a diameter between 10 μm and 40 μm accounted for about 5% of the whole crystal patterns. It is due to the “islands” composed of aggregated film-forming molecules in the middle of the liquid-condensed domains. The effects of the concentration of potassium oxalate and the growth time on the crystal patterns were studied. When the concentration of potassium oxalate(c_K2C2O4) was 0.6 mmol·L^-1, the needle-liked COM crystals on the rings grew towards inside part of the patterns as the induced-time increased from 1 h to 4 h. After 2 h, the solid circle patterns were formed. On the other hand, the size of the hexagonal COM crystal in the middle of the pattern increased. The size of the COM crystals on the rings were about 3 μm × 2 μm, and that of three-dimensional COM crystals in the middle of the patterns were about 16 μm × 7 μm × 6 μm after 4 h. However, when c_K2C2O4 was increased to 5.0 mmol·L^-1, there was only a large COM crystal grown in the middle of the circular COM crystallites no matter 1 h or 4 h of crystal growth, and the ratio of these special COM patterns increased. It can be explained that the interaction between oxalate and DPPC molecules is enhanced as the increase of c_K2C2O4, so more and more DPPC molecules fled away from the substrate surface, resulting in decrease of the nucleating sites in the circle.     

柠檬酸溶胶凝胶法制备LiCoO2电极材料及其表征

LiCoO₂ precursors of the cathode material for lithium-ion batteries were prepared from lithium hydroxide， basic cobalt carbonate and citric acid by a sol-gel method. The LiCoO₂ samples were obtained by sintering the gel pre-cursors at different temperatures and for different times. The thermal decomposition behavior of the gel precursors was examined by means of thermo-gravimetric analysis and differential thermal analysis using a PCT-IA thermal analyzer system. Their structures and morphologies were characterized by powder XRD and SEM techniques. It was found that using citric acid realized that the formation of LiCoO₂ crystal can be clearly differentiated to the nucle-ation and growth processes of the crystals; furthermore， the crystal size can be controlled. Electrochemical tests using the LAND BT1-10 test system showed the electrochemical performance of the material is affected by its in-tegrity and stability.     

层状钙钛矿型Sm2-2xSr1+2x-2yCa2yMn2O7(x=0.2，0.3，0.4，0.5；y=0，0.2，0.3)的溶胶凝胶合成及电性能研究

Layered perovskite manganites with a nominal chemsitry of Sm_2-2xSr_1+2x-2_yCa_2yMn₂O₇(x=0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5; y=0, 0.2, 0.3) were prepared using sol-gel method. The crystal structures of these compounds were studied by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and FTIR absorption spectra. The absorption peaks become weaker and move a little to higher frequency with increasing of Sm/Sr concentration. As the Sm doping increases to x=0.2 and x=0.3, the absorption peaks show a cubic structure character, reflecting that the samples suffer from a transition from tetragonal structure to cubic structure. This coincides with the X-ray diffraction results. The high temperature electrical properties were studied by conventional four-probe method. Although all samples exhibit the semiconductive behavior, lnρ-1 000/T curves are not linear and they obey the small polaron hopping mechanism. Moreover, the resistivity decreases with x reducing. This is due to that Sm doping increases the Jahn-Teller ion Mn³⁺/Mn⁴⁺ ratio, and decreases the e_g bandwidth.     

纳米Mn-Zn铁氧体的制备和研究

Nanosize manganese zinc ferrites were fabricated by hydrothermal precipitation route using Fe₂(SO₄)₃, ZnSO₄·7H₂O, MnSO₄·H₂O as material, then some calcinated at 500 ℃ and studied by XRD, TEM, IR and VSM. The results showed that the products were spinel crystal structure and uniformly sized nanoparticles (15～25 nm) with little aggregation. The analysis of IR showed that the superficial water can be eliminated, but that was embedded in crystal lattice can not be removed by calcinating. The effect Zn content x on the lattice (a) of nanosize Mn_1-xZn_xFe₂O₄ was also discussed. The lattice of nanosize Mn_1-xZn_xFe₂O₄ decreases with x increasing; and its value deviated the standard lattice (a₀) of normal size manganese zinc ferrites. A lot of water was absorbed during the hydrothermal process owing to the large surface of nanosize particles. The change of magnetic properties of Mn_xZn_1-xFe₂O₄ with x increasing was studied: nanosize Mn_xZn_1-xFe₂O₄ particles synthesized by us exhibited peculiar magnetic properties curve with Zn content (x) increasing, Superparamagnetic behaviors of the synthesized ZnFe₂O₄ samples were confirmed by magnetic characterization, which can be explained by the difference between the distribution of the metal ions (Mn²⁺, Zn²⁺ and Fe³⁺) among the tetrahedral (A) and the octahedral (B) sites of nanosize ferrite and that of bulk ferrite.     

Na掺杂对锆酸锂吸收CO2性能的影响

By using Li₂CO₃, ZrO₂, and Na₂CO₃ as starting materials, sodium-doped Li_2(1-x)Na_2xZrO₃ absorbents were prepared by high-temperature solid-state reaction. The crystal structure of the lithium zirconate material was analyzed using a X-ray powder diffractometer (XRD), the microstructure of all the samples was observed using the method of scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and the CO₂-absorption ability of the lithium zirconate material was studied using a thermogravimetric analyzer (TG). It was found that Li_2(1-x)Na_2xZrO₃ absorbent with x=0.02 possesses the best performance. As much as (25 ± 0.4)% (wt) of CO₂ was absorbed by such an absorbent in an atmosphere consisting of 20% (wt) CO₂ and 80% (wt) air at 500 ℃ within 3 h. After 10 cycles of absorption-desorption this absorbent lost only 0.9% of its CO₂-absorption capacity. No remarkable change in particle size and pH was observed.     

纳米尖晶石LixMn2O4的制备与电化学性能表征

Nano-spinel Li_xMn₂O₄(0.6 ≤x≤ 1.0) was synthesized by two steps of coprecipitation and calcination. The influences of calcination temperature, time and Li/Mn ratio on the crystal structure and the particle size of Li_xMn₂O₄ were investigated. It was shown that the higher the calcination temperature, the more complete the crystal structure, and the larger the particle size. Moreover, the influence of calcination time on the crystal structure was insignificant when it was more than 3h at 700℃. With the increase of x in Li_xMn₂O₄ in the range of 0.6～1.0, the d111 and lattice parameter a increased first and then decreased. The electrochemical properties of nano-spinel LiMn₂O₄ using as cathode material of lithium-ion battery were studied. The low discharge capacity might be due to the irreversible capacity loss brought by the large surface area and lattice vacancies of the nano-spinel.     

LiNi1-xMxVO4的红外光谱和拉曼光谱研究

The vanadates of LiNi_1-xM_xVO₄(M=Fe,Co,Ni) containing VO₄ tetrahedrons were synthesized by soft chemical method through a new mild liquid route. The samples sintered at 450℃ for 3h and at 650℃ for 3h are named for LT-LiNiVO₄ and for MT-LiNi_1-xM_xVO₄ respectively. All of the products were measured by X-ray diffraction, IR and Raman spectra respectively. In comparison with IR spectra of V₂O₅ and NiO, the LT-LiNiVO₄ has a strong and broad IR absorption band of VO₄ tetrahedrons located at 600～850cm^-1 with three small splitting peaks corresponding to the asymmetry stretching vibrations of V-O bonds. The results of IR and Raman spectra for MT-LiNi_1-xM_xVO₄ show that the cations of Ni²⁺, Co²⁺, Fe²⁺ have the influences on the frequency shifts of the V-O vibrations.     

钴掺杂镍酸锂的密度泛函计算及电化学性能

LiNiO₂ and LiNi_0.5Co_0.5O₂ cathodes for lithium-ion batteries were synthesized with co-precipitation method and their electrochemical property was characterized by Galvanostatic cycling. Meanwhile, plane-wave pseudopotential method base on density functional theory was used to calculate average cell voltage and the electronic structure of LiNiO₂ and LiNi_0.5Co_0.5O₂. The experimental and computational results showed that the average voltage of the cell decreased as Li-ion intercalated to the host cathode (discharge); The potential of Li_xNi_0.5Co_0.5O₂ was higher than that of Li_xNiO₂ (when 0.25≤x≤0.5). The calculations also indicated that the distortion of the NiO₆ octahedron in Li_xNiO₂ was decreased by Co-doped. During the Li-ion intercalates to the host cathode, the micro-structures of NiO₆ and CoO₆ in the Li_xNi_0.5Co_0.5O₂ were mutually stabilized, the Jahn-Teller effect was weakened and the electrochemical properties of the materials were enhanced.     

Determination of the mechanism of the oxidation of the trichloromethyl radical by the photolysis of chloral in the presence of oxygen

The photooxidation of chloral was studied by infrared spectroscopy under steady-state conditions with irradiation of a blackblue fluorescent lamp (300 nm < λ < 400 nm, λ_max = 360 nm) at 296 ± 2 K. The products were hydrogen chloride, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, and phosgen. The kinetic results reveal that the reaction proceeds via chain reaction of the Cl atom: The results lead to the conclusion that mechanism (B) is confirmed to be more likely than mechanism (A), which was favored at one time by Heicklen for the mechanism of the oxidation of trichloromethyl radicals by oxygen molecules: The ratio of the initial rates of CO and CO₂ formation gave k₇/k₆ = 4.23M^?1, and the lower limit of reaction (5) was found to be 3.7 × 10⁸M^?1 sec^?1.