Dependence of catalytic activity on electrode size

This work is an extension on a previous study on the effect of electrode size on catalyst performance. Through these two sets of work, it is shown that there exists a critical electrode size for maximum catalytic activity. Gold nanoelectrode arrays produced by template synthesis and electroless deposition were utilized for all the experimental studies. The comparison of electrocatalytic activity was performed in 0.1 M KOH for the hydrogen evolution reaction. A proposed theory explaining the reasons for the observed change in catalytic performance is introduced in this work.     

硼、氮掺杂的二硫化钼用于氧还原电催化研究

对于碱性燃料电池的阴极反应,开发具有优异催化性能的新型催化剂至关重要.本工作采用一种简单的热解方法合成了硼、氮掺杂的二硫化钼(B,N-MoS2)材料并将其应用于氧还原(ORR)电催化分析.通过循环伏安法(CV)与线性扫描伏安法(LSV)等电化学分析方法,采用旋转盘电极(RDE)与旋转环盘电极(RRDE)等技术测试了该材...     

Tuning the hydrogen and hydroxyl adsorption on Ru nanoparticles for hydrogen electrode reactions via size controlling

Controlling the particle size of catalyst to understand the active sites is the key to design efficient electrocatalysts toward hydrogen electrode reactions including hydrogen oxidation and evolution (HOR/HER). Herein, the hydrogen and hydroxyl adsorption on Ru/C could be effectively tuned for HOR/HER by simple controlling the particle sizes. It is found that the metallic Ru (Ru⁰) is the active site for HOR/HER, while oxidized Ru (Ru^x+) will hinder the adsorption and desorption of hydrogen on the catalyst. For the HOR, catalyst with small particles is more efficient, due to it is a three-phase interface reaction of gas on the surface of the catalyst. For the HER, the metallic state of Ru is crucial. The deconvolution of hydrogen peaks indicates that the catalytic sites with low hydrogen binding energy (HBE) shoulder the majority of the HOR activity. CO stripping curve further demonstrates that the stronger hydroxyl species (OH_ad) affinity is beneficial to promote the HOR performance. The results indicate that the design of efficient HOR/HER catalyst should focus on the balance between particle size and metallic states.     

高温质子交换膜燃料电池的复合催化层电极

高温质子交换膜燃料电池具有耐毒化,稳定性好的优势,是具有较强应用前景的一种能源转换装置。 本文制备了具有复合催化层结构的气体扩散电极,用于增强燃料电池阳极的催化性能。 在气体扩散电极中,将偏氟乙烯-六氟丙烯共聚物和聚苯基咪唑聚合物作为催化剂的粘结材料,调节了电极界面的浸润结构。 通过对电极表面形貌和润湿性的表征,发现该种结构的催化层孔隙率和粗糙度更高,双层结构的润湿性差别明显(接触角分别为149°和19°),这有利于形成稳定的三相反应界面。 测试结果表明,该种结构的催化层能够有效提高催化材料的利用效率,燃料电池对氢气燃料的峰值功率密度提高约22%。 与此同时,使用含一氧化碳质量浓度为10000和30000 mg/m³的氢气燃料,电池峰值功率密度能够分别保持82.1%和71.4%,证明该燃料电池对一氧化碳杂质保持了良好的耐毒性。     

高分散的炭载Au纳米催化剂的制备、表征和催化活性

采用柠檬酸钠还原-胶体负载法, 制备了高分散的炭载Au纳米催化剂, 并以液相催化氧化葡萄糖为葡萄糖酸钠的反应评价了Au/C催化剂的活性. 研究结果表明, 金溶胶制备过程中柠檬酸钠的用量对粒子尺寸以及所获催化剂的催化活性有重要影响; 催化剂在多次使用之后活性的降低可能是由于在活性炭表面金粒子活性位点上形成的Au^δ＋-O^δ－化合态减少的缘故. 同时比较了制备的Au/C和商业Pd/C催化剂对葡萄糖的液相催化氧化反应, 证明Au/C催化剂明显优于Pd/C催化剂.     

Catalysis of the oxidation of hydrogen by a platinum-acetylacetone complex anchored on silica

By binding platinum ions with acetylacetone immobilized on a silica surface, we have obtained a metal complex catalyst containing Pt(II). We have also studied its catalytic activity in the model reaction of oxidation of hydrogen. We have shown that over the course of the catalytic process, this catalyst exhibits high catalytic activity at room temperatures and displays the “surface memory” effect with respect to a previous reaction. The activity of the grafted Pt complex is significantly higher than the activity of a supported platinum catalyst. Translated from Teoreticheskaya i éksperimental’naya Khimiya, Vol. 34, No. 3, pp. 170–175, May–June, 1998.     

前驱体中N含量对FeN/C催化剂氧还原活性的影响研究

采用热解法制备FeN/C催化剂,考察催化剂前驱体中氮含量对其氧还原活性的影响. 使用X射线衍射、比表面积和孔径分布测试、透射电子显微镜以及热重分析等方法对催化剂的结构、形貌及催化剂前驱体的热性质等进行表征,使用线性扫描伏安法对催化剂的氧还原活性进行测试. 结果表明,以1,10-菲啰啉为氮源,FeCl₃为铁源,Black Pearl 2000为载体,催化剂前驱体中1,10-菲啰啉含量为20wt%,Fe含量为1wt %时,热处理制备所得催化剂粒子分布均匀,比表面积为824.48 m ²·g ^-1,平均孔隙为10.58 nm,表面的氮元素含量为0.31wt%;并具有最好的氧还原催化活性.催化剂前驱体中氮源含量在热解过程中导致催化剂的比表面积、孔径结构及表面氮元素含量的变化是影响催化剂活性的关键因素.     

ZIF-8基复合材料高效、稳定电催化还原CO2

电催化CO₂还原反应(eCO₂RR)受到催化剂本征活性以及传质的限制,导致材料的催化活性低、反应起始电位高等问题。我们以类沸石锌盐咪唑骨架(ZIF-8)材料为研究对象,探究了不同粒径ZIF-8材料的eCO₂RR性能。优选粒径为50 nm的ZIF-8材料,进一步引入碳纳米管(CNT)作为其导电基底材料,通过原位生长,构建了复合材料ZIF-8-50@CNT的多级孔结构和疏水界面。eCO₂RR实验结果表明,CNT的引入提高了催化剂的导电性,优化后的复合材料有效地降低了反应的起始电位。在-1.1 V(相对可逆氢电极(RHE))电位下,CO部分电流密度为15.6 mA·cm^-2,ZIF-8-50@CNT催化剂的比表面活性提升了3.5倍(相比ZIF-8-50),塔菲尔斜率降低到136 mV·dec^-1。并且产物CO的选择性和稳定性得到了提高,在宽电势窗口-0.9～-1.2 V(vs RHE)内,CO的法拉第效率(FE)保持在80%以上。在10 h稳定性测试中,催化剂活...     

ZIF-8基复合材料高效、稳定电催化还原CO2

电催化CO₂还原反应(eCO₂RR)受到催化剂本征活性以及传质的限制，导致材料的催化活性低、反应起始电位高等问题。我们以类沸石锌盐咪唑骨架(ZIF-8)材料为研究对象，探究了不同粒径ZIF-8材料的eCO₂RR性能。优选粒径为50 nm的ZIF-8材料，进一步引入碳纳米管(CNT)作为其导电基底材料，通过原位生长，构建了复合材料ZIF-8-50@CNT的多级孔结构和疏水界面。eCO₂RR实验结果表明，CNT的引入提高了催化剂的导电性，优化后的复合材料有效地降低了反应的起始电位。在-1.1 V (相对可逆氢电极(RHE))电位下，CO部分电流密度为15.6 mA·cm^-2，ZIF-8-50@CNT催化剂的比表面活性提升了3.5倍(相比ZIF-8-50)，塔菲尔斜率降低到136 mV·dec^-1。并且产物CO的选择性和稳定性得到了提高，在宽电势窗口-0.9~-1.2 V (vs RHE)内，CO的法拉第效率(FE)保持在80%以上。在10 h稳定性测试中，催化剂活性保持稳定，整体增强了复合材料eCO₂RR的性能。     

纳米氧化锡在锌-硝基苯电池反应中的电催化

以氯化锡为原料,四丙基溴化铵为表面活性剂水热法制备纳米二氧化锡（SnO₂）催化剂,并以钛网为基材,制备催化电极. 应用SEM,XRD等手段对催化剂进行表征. 考察了反应物浓度、反应温度和反应时间对催化剂形貌的影响. 研究了纳米SnO₂催化剂对锌还原硝基苯原电池反应的电催化性能. 结果表明,当 NaOH浓度为0. 5 mol•L^-1、水热反应温度160 ℃、水热反应时间15 h时,得到的SnO₂催化剂是由纳米片构成的刺球状颗粒,粒径最小,约17 nm. 与平板铂电极相比,制备的催化电极对硝基苯电还原具有更高的催化活性,硝基苯转化率为74%,最大放电功率为21.9 mW•cm^-2,远大于平板铂电极. 硝基苯的主要还原产物为苯胺、对乙氧基苯胺和对氯苯胺.     

有序化膜电极研究进展

燃料电池的性能方面在近年来有很大提高,但要实现商业化其成本和Pt用量需要进一步的降低. 大量的文献工作证明了有序化膜电极有助于提高电极中催化剂的利用率、降低Pt的用量以及增加反应的三相界面,特别是3M公司制备的纳米薄膜电极（NSTFs）是一种高活性,高稳定性的薄膜状催化层,从而电极稳定性也大幅提高. 此外也有不少工作使用导电性好的碳纳米管阵列,以及稳定性高的金属氧化物阵列等作为这种3D结构催化层中催化剂的有序载体,研究进一步提高Pt基催化剂的活性,降低Pt担载量,构效关系等一些基础性的工作. 但是总体上看,现有的有序化膜电极,均需要进一步改进. 本文评述了目前国内外有序化膜电极的研究现状.     

Current challenges related to the deployment of shape-controlled Pt alloy oxygen reduction reaction nanocatalysts into low Pt-loaded cathode layers of proton exchange membrane fuel cells

The reduction of the amount of platinum used in proton exchange membrane fuel cell cathodes at constant power density helps lower the cell stack cost of fuel cell electric vehicles. Recent screening studies using the thin film rotating disk electrode technique have identified an ever-growing number of Pt-based nanocatalysts with oxygen reduction reaction Pt-mass activities that allow for a substantial projected decrease in the geometric platinum loading at the cathode layer. However, the step from a rotating disk electrode test to a membrane electrode assembly test has proved a formidable task. The deployment of advanced, often shape-controlled dealloyed Pt alloy nanocatalysts in actual cathode layers of proton exchange membrane fuel cells has remained extremely challenging with respect to their actual catalytic activity under hydrogen/oxygen flow, their hydrogen/air performance at high current densities, and their morphological stability under prolonged fuel cell operations. In this review, we discuss some of these challenges, yet also propose possible solutions to understand the challenges and to eventually unfold the full potential of advanced Pt-based alloy oxygen reduction reaction catalysts in fuel cell electrode layers.     

Catalytic Performance and Kinetic Models on Zirconium Phosphate Modified Ru/Co/SiO2 Fischer–Tropsch Catalyst

The present paper represents the promising ways to improve catalytic performance by introducing zirconium phosphate (ZP) on Ru/Co/SiO₂ catalysts and the related kinetic models using the optimized Fischer?CTropsch synthesis (FTS) catalyst. A lot of works has been reported using cobalt-based catalyst for FTS reaction, and many authors have continuously tried to find out highly efficient FTS catalyst by modifying support as well as by introducing promoters. Silica is one of the excellent candidates as catalytic supports, and the present works intensively represents how to modify SiO₂ support for a high catalytic performance by using ZP species. The effect of ZP-modification of SiO₂ support with respect to cobalt aggregation and catalytic deactivation was mainly investigated for FTS reaction. The surface modification at P/(Zr?+?P) molar ratio between 0.029 and 0.134, enhanced the spatial confinement effect of cobalt clusters, and resulted in high catalytic stability with the help of well-dispersed ZP particle formation. The enhanced catalytic performance, in terms of CO conversion, C₅+ selectivity and catalytic stability, is mainly attributed to the suppressed aggregation, a homogeneous distribution of cobalt clusters with a proper size and a low mobility of cobalt clusters at an optimum molar ratio of P/(Zr?+?P) because of the formation of thermally stable ZP particles. The kinetic parameters and rate equations on the optimized catalyst are also derived in terms of CO conversion and product distribution.     

Synthesis of highly-branched Au@AgPd core/shell nanoflowers for in situ SERS monitoring of catalytic reactions

Alloy and small size nanostructures are favorable to catalytical performance, but not to surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) applications. Integrating SERS and catalytic activity into the nanocrystals with both alloy and small size structures is of great interest in fabrication of SERS platform to in situ monitor catalytical reaction. Herein, we report a facile method to synthesize Au@AgPd trimetallic nanoflowers (Au@AgPd NFs) with both SERS and catalytic activities, through simultaneous selective growth of Ag and Pd on Au core to form highly-branched alloy shell. These nanocrystals have the properties of small sizes, defects abundance, and highly-dispersed alloy shell which offer superior catalytic activity, while the merits of monodisperse, excellent stability, and highly-branched shell and core/alloy-shell structure promise the enhanced SERS activity. We further studied their growth mechanisms, and found that the ratio of Ag to Pd, sizes of Au core, and surfactant cetyltrimethylammonium bromide together determine this special structure. Using this as-synthesized nanocrystals, a monolayer bifunctional platform with both SERS and catalytical activity was fabricated through self-assembly at air/water interface, and applied to in situ SERS monitoring the reaction process of Pd-catalyzed hydrogenation of 4-nitrothiophenol to 4-aminothiophenol.     

Autoxidation of thiols with cobalt(II) phthalocyanine tetrasodium sulfonate attached to poly(vinylamine): II. Kinetic measurements

A kinetic study is presented of the autoxidation of 2-mercaptoethanol using cobalt(II) phthalocyanine tetrasodium sulfonate attached to poly(vinylamine) as a catalyst.The main products appear to be 2,2'-dithiobis(ethanol) and hydrogen peroxide; the measured oxygen consumption was found to be in balance with the theoretical one, based on the exclusive formation of these compounds. The catalytic system exhibits a large activity and Michaelis-Menten kinetics are obeyed with respect to substrate concentration and oxygen pressure. The reaction rate was first order in polymeric catalyst.Upon addition of salt a severe decrease in activity was observed. A comparison of the activation energies in the presence and absence of salt suggests that the local thiol anion concentration in the vicinity of the oxidation sites is lowered upon salt addition. Although an entropy change cannot be excluded, this may explain the fall in reactivity.Addition of radical scavengers also led to a decrease in the reaction rate, indicating that radicals are reaction intermediates. Overall, the polymeric catalyst exhibits an enzyme-like behaviour and resembles the catalytic action of vitamin B₁₂ in the oxidation of thiols.     

Preparation of Nano‐bismuth with Different Particle Sizes and the Size Dependent Electrochemical Thermodynamics

Nano‐bismuth has excellent electrochemical properties. However, it is still unclear how the particle size of nano‐bismuth influences its electrochemical thermodynamic properties. In this paper, spherical bismuth nanoparticles with different particle sizes were prepared by solvothermal method; the electrode potentials, the temperature coefficients of the electrode potentials and the thermodynamic functions of reaction for nano‐bismuth electrodes with different particle sizes at different temperatures were determined; and the effects of particle size on the electrode potential, the temperature coefficient and the thermodynamic functions were discussed. The experimental results show that particle size of bismuth nanoparticles has a significant influences on the electrochemical thermodynamic properties. The standard electrode potential of the nano‐bismuth electrode with a diameter of 39.9 nm was 0.009 V lower than that of the ordinary standard electrode (0.308 V); the temperature coefficient of the electrode potential with a diameter of 39.9 nm was nearly double that of 85.9 nm. With the particle sizes decrease, the standard molar Gibbs energy of reaction, the standard molar enthalpy of reaction, the standard molar entropy of reaction, the molar reversible reaction heat and the temperature coefficient increase; and these quantities are linearly related to the reciprocal of the particle diameter.     

磺酸基功能化有机聚苯乙烯/无机磷酸氢锆催化环氧大豆油

首先制备了2种磺酸功能化的有机聚苯乙烯/无机磷酸氢锆非均相催化剂,运用傅里叶红外光谱(FT-IR)、N2吸附-脱附测试、X射线衍射(XRD)、扫描电子显微镜(SEM)等测试技术对催化剂进行了表征,提出了催化剂可能的模型。其次,考察了非均相催化剂催化合成环氧化大豆油的催化性能。结果表明:以叔丁基过氧化氢(TBHP)为氧化剂,固体催化剂对大豆油的环氧反应具有良好的催化性能,相比于催化剂1(磺酸化低聚苯乙烯基膦酸-磷酸氢锆),在相同的条件下,催化剂2(磺酸化聚(苯乙烯-苯乙烯膦酸)-磷酸氢锆)表现出更高的催化活性(产率:58.6%vs 53.3%),这主要归因于催化剂2拥有更大的比表面积、孔容以及孔径,为底物和催化剂的接触提供足够的催化场所。催化剂2重复使用7次后,催化活性未见明显降低。第8次反应结束后,将其置于2 mol·L-1稀盐酸中静置过夜后,在进行第9和10次循环时,催化活性又得以恢复。     

Tunable Catalytic Performance and Selectivity of a Nanoparticle–Graphene Composite through Finely Controlled Nanoparticle Loading

Graphene‐based composites offer enhanced catalytic performance of metal and semiconductor nanoparticles, but their development is challenging because catalytic performance strongly depends on the structure and composition of the composite. Herein we show that the catalytic performance of a nanoparticle–graphene composite is very dependent on catalyst loading, which can be optimized for simultaneous enhancement of activity and selectivity. A glassy carbon working electrode has been modified with a gold nanoparticle–graphene (Au–G) composite with a varied number of gold nanoparticles per graphene, so that the conducting property of graphene and the electrocatalytic property of the metal were effectively coupled to give the best catalytic activity and selectivity. The modified electrode was used for simultaneous electrochemical detection of a mixture of electroactive species with high sensitivity. This result shows that the catalytic performance of a graphene‐based composite is sensitive to the catalyst loading and should be optimized for the best performance.     

合成气低温液相催化制甲醇和甲酸甲酯铜基催化剂体系研究 Ⅰ.氯化亚铜催化剂体系中各种因素的影响

合成气低温液相催化制甲醇和甲酸甲酯铜基催化剂体系研究 Ⅰ.氯化亚铜催化剂体系中各种因素的影响     

Effective oxidation of 1,2-cyclooctene by oxo-vanadium(IV) tetradentate Schiff base complexes under 1 atmosphere of molecular oxygen

Development of methods for the understanding of chemical reactivity of high-valent metal-oxo species with respect to organic substrates is important. Here we report a high yield, high TON conversion of cyclooctene using VO (Schiff base) complexes (Figure 1) as catalyst and O₂ as oxidant in MeCN under mild conditions. The results show that catalytic activity increases with a decrease in the number of electron-donating groups. At higher concentration of catalyst and shorter reaction time, a low yield but high selectivity of epoxide was observed.