线状铜电极在磷酸溶液中电流混沌振荡的同步行为

研究了恒电位下两个铜线电极在磷酸溶液中的电流混沌振荡行为 ,通过恒定不同的电位数值 ,改变单个电极的电流振荡混沌行为 ,研究了不同混沌间的相互作用 .调整线电极间的距离 ,研究了电极间距对电流振荡行为的影响 .实验中两电极的振荡间呈现了复杂的耦合作用 ,耦合后的频率与耦合前电极原有的频率不同 .两电极的混沌电流振荡中呈现出同步、准周期同步和反相同步等现象 .电极距离一定时 ,振荡波形差别很大的两电极的电流容易呈现反相同步和准周期同步 ,波形差别不大时容易产生同步 .强的耦合导致电极间电流振荡的同步 ,电极距离的加大 ,电极间电流振荡难以产生同步 .对耦合作用机制也进行了探讨     

碱性介质中葡萄糖在铂电极上的阳极氧化

为了进一步探明葡萄糖在铂电极上的氧化机理 ,用循环伏安法 (CV)在 - 0 .9～ 0 .4V(相对于饱和甘汞参比电极 )内研究了葡萄糖在铂电极上催化氧化行为 ,首次详细报道了葡萄糖在电化学氧化过程中的电位振荡现象 ,并用电流扫描法表征了葡萄糖的电位振荡情况 .电流扫描结果表明 ,在较慢的电流扫描速度下 ,电极过程出现了明显的电位振荡 .说明电极上产生了毒化中间物 ,电位振荡是由于毒化中间物在电极上的吸附和在高电位下氧化除去引起的 .     

电化学阴极沉积制备氧化钴/CNTs复合电极的准电容特性

采用电化学阴极沉积还原Co(NO3)2的方法制备了具有准电容特性的氧化钴电极材料,其比容量达到280 F／g,采用CNTs作为电极基体,在其表面均匀的沉积了纳米钴化镍颗粒并由此制备了氧化钴碳纳米管复合电极材料.采用循环伏安,恒流充放电,交流阻抗及扫描电镜等方法考察了复合电极材料的容量特性、阻抗特性、自放电特性以及电极表观特征．实验表明复合电极具有良好的电化学特性,CNTs基体在明显降低氧化镍材料的阻抗的同时还提高了电极材料的电化学容量并拓宽了电极材料的有效工作电位窗,复合电极在1 mol／L KOH电解液中比容量达到322 F／g且表现了良好的电化学可逆性．并分别采用氧化钴／CNTs复合电极作为正极,活性炭纤维作为负极制备了复合型电化学电容器,其工作电压达到1．4 V,电容器质量比容量达到47 F／g．在0．1 A／cm2放电时,复合型电容器的能量密度达到10 Wh／kg,兼具高能量特性和优良的大电流放电特性．     

高性能贮氢电极合金

在简要介绍有关贮氢合金及镍－氢化物（Ｎｉ／ＭＨ）电池概念的基础上，回顾了ＡＢ５型和ＡＢ２型Ｌａｖｅｓ相贮氢电极合金的发展历史，综述了国内外有关上述两种贮氢电极合金的最新发展，讨论了提高贮氢电极合金综合电化学性能的各种方法．     

Ti/Sn（1-x）IrxO2电极制备及电生活性氯特性

通过热分解法制备了Ti/Sn(1-x)IrxO2电极,应用SEM观察了电极的表面形貌,通过线性伏安法、循环伏安法等实验方法测试了电极的电化学性能。实验结果表明,Ti/Sn0.7Ir0.3O2电极具有较好的析氯活性;电解产生的活性氯浓度随电流密度的增加先增加后降低;升高电解温度不利于活性氯的产生。     

外控弱周期电流约束下电极B-Z反应体系中的时间自组织

以经典BZ化学反应体系的三变量Oregonator模型及电极过程动力学为基础,提出了外控弱周期电极电流约束下电极BZ反应体系与体相BZ反应体系相互耦合的动力学模型.在体相处于稳定定态参数条件下,系统地研究了外控弱周期电流约束下电极BZ反应体系中的动力学行为,定量分析了电流慢变流型上的准定态稳定性及有利于出现极限环振荡区域.研究表明,与以前所报道的外控弱周期电位约束情况类似,在外控弱周期电流约束下电极BZ反应体系中的极限环振荡区域亦发生了蜕变,但体系对外控电流约束中的这种持续性之周期扰动的响应表现在两个方面:有利于出现极限环振荡区域的缩变及原非振荡区胁迫振荡的出现.     

酶电极上葡萄糖氧化酶的活性的X射线微区分析

利用X射线微区分析, 对二氧化硅溶胶-凝胶包埋于普鲁士蓝修饰玻碳电极上的葡萄糖氧化酶的活性进行了分析; 以Ce(NO₃)₃为捕捉剂, 底物葡萄糖经葡萄糖氧化酶作用产生过氧化氢,后者与捕捉剂反应生成沉淀于酶的活性部位。从X射线微区分析结果表明： 酶电极表面固定化酶的分布均匀,且保存较高的酶活,从微观的角度说明了酶电极的性能与酶电极表面酶活分布的关系。此法制备的葡萄糖氧化酶电极具有较高的灵敏度,稳定性,这与电化学测试结果是一致的。     

BEPC储存环束流振荡频率测量

在加速器的运行和机器研究过程中,需要经常对束流振荡频率进行测量.BEPC储存环束流振荡频率测量系统包括一台频谱仪,两个条形电极装置,两个电压放大器和一个束流振荡检测器.本文介绍了经过改进的BEPC储存环束流振荡频率测量系统.     

光子晶体光纤的弯曲损耗振荡特性分析

综合运用弯曲光纤的等效直光纤模型、全矢量频域有限差分法及各向异性完全匹配层吸收边界,计算了两种类型(折射率引导型和带隙型)光子晶体光纤(PCF)的弯曲损耗.通过数值模拟弯曲损耗随弯曲半径的变化关系,证实了两种光子晶体光纤均具有弯曲损耗振荡特性.进而分析了两种光子晶体光纤弯曲损耗振荡的产生机理并给出了与损耗峰对应的包层模式.结果表明,振荡的产生源于基模与包层模式的耦合,其中,折射率引导型光子晶体光纤的弯曲损耗振荡机理类似于传统双包层光纤,带隙型光子晶体光纤弯曲损耗振荡的产生则是两种不同类型的包层模式共同作用的结果.     

一种在弱酸性介质中有电化学发光性能的鲁米诺衍生物

报道了一种鲁米诺的衍生物-3-(1-乙酰丙酮偶氮)苯二甲酰肼在酸性介质中的电化学发光行为,该化合物与鲁米诺类似,发生两步电化学氧化反应,但其氧化电位较鲁米诺低约0.5V,在氧化铟锡玻璃电极上具有良好的电化学发光性能,有效地避免了氧化铟锡玻璃电极本身的发光干扰.不仅在碱性介质中具有较高的电化学发光效率,而且在酸性介质中也产生较稳定的电化学发光,在1.0×10-6mol/L以上浓度,电化学发光强度与浓度有良好的线性关系.     

Effect of borohydride as reducing agent on the structures and electrochemical properties of Pt/C catalyst

In this paper, we found that boron deposited on the surface of support when sodium borohydride used as reducing agent during the preparation of Pt/C catalyst. The deposition of boron markedly reduces particle size of Pt, raises electrochemical active surface (EAS) area of catalyst and electrochemical activity for hydrogen evolution or oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) compared with which prepared using other reducing agents (hydrogen and formaldehyde).     

Metal atomic contact under electrochemical potential control

Electric conductance of the metal atomic contacts of Au and Pd was investigated using a scanning tunneling microscope (STM) in solution under electrochemical potential control. At the hydrogen evolution potential, a fractional conductance peak appeared around 0.5 G(0) (G(0) = 2e(2)/h) in the conductance histograms of Au contacts. For Pd contacts, peaks appeared around 1.0 G(0) in the conductance histograms at the hydrogen evolution potential. The conductance behavior and atomic configuration of the metal atomic contacts at hydrogen evolution potential were discussed based on previously reported experimental results and theoretical calculation results. We have proposed the formation of hydrogen adsorbed metal Au and Pd contacts in solution at the hydrogen evolution potential.     

Electrochemical insertion into and the detection of hydrogen in amorphous silicon solid electrolytes

The specific features of amorphous silicon are mainly contributed by the incorporation of hydrogen into the silicon during the vapour deposition process but, in spite of the considerable progress in the development of amorphous silicon cells, two major problems exist - light induced degradation and hydrogen evolution. As a result, there is a need to be able to measure and adjust the hydrogen content of the amorphous silicon. It is shown that this can be achieved using a potentiometric sensor, based on a proton conductor, and electrochemical tritation. Experiments show that it is possible to detect changes in hydrogen at all temperatures, using solid electrolytes, but that it is only possible to titrate hydrogen into the amorphous silicon at elevated temperatures. Paper presented at the 1st Euroconference on Solid State Ionics in Zakynthos, Greece, 11–18 Sept. 1994     

Electrochemical performance of lead acid battery using ammonium hydrogen sulphate with different alkyl groups

In this work, the application of ionic liquids (ILs)??mono-, bicycyclohexyl, monohexyl and tetrahexyl ammonium hydrogen sulphate??as electrolyte additives on the electrochemical performance of lead acid batteries is proposed. The electrochemical behaviour of Pb?C1.66% Sb?C0.24% Sn alloy in sulphuric acid solution is investigated in the presence of the mentioned ILs with different numbers of alkyl or cycloalkyl chains. Particularly, the hydrogen and oxygen evolution potential and anodic layer characteristics were studied using cyclic and linear sweep voltammetric methods. The obtained results indicate that hydrogen evolution overpotential of Pb/Sb/Sn alloy in the presence of ILs increases. This overpotential mainly depends on the concentration of ILs and the number of alkyl and cycloalkyl chains on the cations. Also, the difference between the oxygen oxidation potential in anodic and cathodic scans (?E) decreases using different ILs.     

Light propagation and oscillations in two-dimensional graded square photonic lattices

We have studied the optical oscillations and transitions in two-dimensional graded square photonic lattices (GSPL) formed by evanescently coupled optical waveguide arrays with parabolic confinements in all transverse directions. When we retain only the orthogonal couplings, decoupled one-dimensional models can be used to obtain the various normal modes, which correspond to a variety of optical oscillations. Six different combinations of Bloch oscillation (BO), dipole oscillation (DO), and reflections from the boundaries of finite lattice are classified on the phase diagram. If we include the diagonal couplings, transitions among various oscillations are obtained with the Hamiltonian optics approach and confirmed by the field-evolution analysis. We studied in detail a typical example in which a switching occurs from the constituent BO and DO to both DOs in the two orthogonal directions. The method to analyze the complex field evolution in GSPL can be extended to similar systems with different types of lattices and/or confinements.     

A bifurcation analysis of two coupled calcium oscillators

In many cell types, asynchronous or synchronous oscillations in the concentration of intracellular free calcium occur in adjacent cells that are coupled by gap junctions. Such oscillations are believed to underlie oscillatory intercellular calcium waves in some cell types, and thus it is important to understand how they occur and are modified by intercellular coupling. Using a previous model of intracellular calcium oscillations in pancreatic acinar cells, this article explores the effects of coupling two cells with a simple linear diffusion term. Depending on the concentration of a signal molecule, inositol (1,4,5)-trisphosphate, coupling two identical cells by diffusion can give rise to synchronized in-phase oscillations, as well as different-amplitude in-phase oscillations and same-amplitude antiphase oscillations. Coupling two nonidentical cells leads to more complex behaviors such as cascades of period doubling and multiply periodic solutions. This study is a first step towards understanding the role and significance of the diffusion of calcium through gap junctions in the coordination of oscillatory calcium waves in a variety of cell types. (c) 2001 American Institute of Physics.     

Hydrogen bubble-assisted growth of Pt3Te4 for electrochemical catalysts

Novel materials and structures with abundant active sites have been in continuous demand for electrochemical catalytic applications. In this study, we synthesized platinum telluride (Pt₃Te₄) nanocrystals on two-dimensional metallic molybdenum ditelluride (MoTe₂) using a dynamic hydrogen bubble template method in the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). The local crystal structure and chemical state of the Pt₃Te₄ nanocrystals were investigated using X-ray nano-diffraction and X-ray nano-absorption spectroscopy. In our electrochemical deposition method, the morphology, and HER performance of the Pt₃Te₄ nanocrystals could be manipulated through the hydrogen bubble generation rate. Thus, the nanorod-shaped Pt₃Te₄ nanocrystals, fabricated by a high rate of hydrogen bubble generation, exhibited outstanding HER performance, which is in contrast with the HER performance of hemisphere-shaped Pt₃Te₄. Our study provides a facile and systematic way of synthesizing high-performance electrochemical catalysts using the hydrogen bubble-assisted growth method.     

Spin polarized low energy electron microscopy investigations of magnetic transitions in Fe/Cu(1 0 0)

Magnetic transitions in ultrathin Fe films on the Cu(1 0 0) surface have been studied with spin polarized low energy electron microscopy. By monitoring averaged image intensity oscillations and the evolution of magnetization and magnetic domain structure simultaneously and continuously during growth, magnetism and film thickness are correlated with unprecedented precision. The thickness range over which ferromagnetism exists in films grown at room temperature generally increases as the deposition rate is decreased. This trend is attributed to the influence of residual hydrogen. The two-dimensional Ising model with finite size scaling of the Curie temperature accurately describes the evolution of magnetization with increasing film thickness.     

Cyclic voltammetry studies on hydrogen/Raney-copper system

Cyclic voltammetry has been used to investigate the electrochemical behaviour of the Raney-copper catalyst in alkaline solutions, Unlike the smooth polycrystalline copper electrode, the Raney-copper electrode showed a well defined hydrogen region. Two independent types of adsorption sites for hydrogen atoms and a third one for hydrogen molecules have been identified by examining the voltage sweep rate influence on the main potentiodynamic parameters.     

Mixed-mode oscillations and cluster patterns in an electrochemical relaxation oscillator under galvanostatic control

We studied the dynamics of a prototypical electrochemical model, the electro-oxidation of hydrogen in the presence of poisons, under galvanostatic conditions. The lumped system exhibits relaxation oscillations, which develop mixed-mode oscillations (MMOs) for low preset currents. A fast-slow analysis of the homogeneous dynamics reveals that the MMOs arise from a fast oscillating subsystem and a one-dimensional slow manifold. In the spatially extended system, the galvanostatic constraint imposes a synchronizing global coupling that drives the system into cluster patterns. The properties of the cluster patterns (CPs) result from an intricate interplay of the nature of the local oscillators, the global constraint, and a nonlocal coupling through the electrolyte. In particular, we find that the global constraint suppresses small-amplitude oscillations of MMOs and prevents domains oscillating out of phase from occupying equal regions in phase space. The nonlocal coupling causes each individual clustered region to oscillate on a different limit cycle. Typically multistability of CPs is found. Coexisting patterns possess different oscillation periods and a different total fraction in space that occupies the in-phase or out-of-phase state, respectively.