High-voltage electroconduction in molten chlorides of alkaline-earth metals

Effects of high-voltage pulses on electroconduction of molten chlorides of alkaline-earth metals and their mixtures with potassium chloride are studied experimentally. It is established that the electroconductivity of the melts subjected to the pulses increases proportionally to the voltage amplitude and the number of activating pulses in a pulse series. Oscillatory relaxation of nonequilibrium melts is discovered.     

Molecular structures of complexes of rare-earth metals with benzo-12-crown-4

An X-ray diffraction study of the complexes [Nd(N0₃)₃(Bl2C4)] (I), [La(NO₃)₃(Bl2C4)(H₂O)]·MeCN (II), and [Er(NO₃)₃(H₂O)₃]·2(Bl2C4)·MeCN (III), (B12C4 = benzo-12-crown-4) has been carried out. Crystals ofI are monoclinic,a = 8.050(2),b = 29.92(1),c = 7.741(2) Å, = 102.71(2)°, space groupP2₁/c,Z = 4,R = 0.047 for 4718 reflections. Crystals of II are triclinic,a = 8.211(2),b = 10.613(3),c = 12.837(4)Å,a = 94.46(3), = 108.19(2), = 89.98(3)°, space groupPT,Z = 2,R = 0.037 for 5611 reflections. Crystals ofIII are monoclinic,a = 9.847(3),b = 17.201(4),c = 21.664(5)Å, = 100.85(2)°, space groupP2₁/n,Z = 4,R = 0.040 for 8328 reflections. The chemical structures of the complexes have been elucidated. The correlation between the radius of a particular lanthanide-ion and its coordination number (10 inI, 11 inII and 9 inIII) and consequently its influence on the composition of the complex is discussed. The possibilities of conformational changes in the B12C4 molecule depending on the type and size of the coordinated moiety (ions Nd(III) and La(III) inI andII and the H₂O molecule inIII) are considered.     

Synthesis and spectral and electrochemical properties of hexadecamethyl-substituted diphthalocyanines of rare-earth metals

A new method for the preparation of 3,5-dimethyl-o-phthalodinitrile was proposed, and the substituted diphthalocyanine complexes of Lu^III, Tm^III, Er^III, and Dy^III were synthesized. The spectral and electrochemical characteristics of the complexes were found. The complexes can be used as materials for electrochromic devices with high contrast.     

Electrochemical synthesis of rare-earth metal (Eu,Nd) borides in molten salts

Rare-earth metal borides are widely used in different fields of modern techniques. Electrochemical synthesis at moderate temperatures (973–1023 K) is a cost-effective alternative to direct reaction techniques. The present work reports the mechanism and kinetics of boron and europium, boron and neodymium joint electrodischarge in chloride-fluoride molten systems. The optimum regimes of europium and neodymium borides electrodeposition are worked out on the base of voltammetric experiments. Europium compound is synthesized as a single-phase EuB₆ product, while neodymium compounds is co-deposited as NdB₄ and NdB₆. Published in Russian in Elektrokhimiya, 2007, Vol. 43, No. 8, pp. 978–984. The article was translated by the authors.     

FTIR reflection spectra and structure of molten chloroaluminates containing alkaline earth chlorides or oxides

FTIR reflection spectra of molten chloroaluminates containing alkali earth chlorides showC _2v andC _3v perturbations of AlCl ₄ ^– . The splitting ofv ₃(F ₂) is proportional to the ionic potential of the counterion. The observation of anion-cation stretching vibrations allows the strength of the interaction to be evaluated. Molten NaAl₂OCl₅ is assumed to contain the Al₄O₂C1 ₁₀ ^2– ion.     

Electrochemical and electrochromic properties of rare-earth metal diphthalocyanine complexes

The electrochemical and spectroelectrochemical properties of several new rare-earth metal diphthalocyanine complexes with different substituents containing both electron-withdrawing and -donating substituents in the phthalocyanine rings were studied. The influence of structural modification of the phthalocyanine complexes (viz., the nature of the central metal atom and substituents in the phthalocyanine rings and the number of phthalocyanine rings in the complexes) on the total number of redox transitions, their potentials, and spectral characteristics of anionic and cationic forms of the complexes was examined. The potentials of the first anodic and cathodic redox transitions of the diphthalocyanine complexes are in a good linear correlation with the ionic radii of lanthanides. The potentials of the observed redox transitions of the complexes under study correlate well with the sums of Hammett constants for the substituents and the minimum molecular electrostatic potential of the benzene rings in the phthalocyanine moiety, which serves as a measure of electron perturbations introduced by the substituents. The revealed regularities allow the prediction of the redox properties and structure of rare-earth element diphthalocyanine complexes, which are redox-active in a specified potential range.     

温和条件下甲烷在熔盐介质中的催化转化

利用硝酸根-硝酸钾(摩尔比0.62:0.38)的熔盐体系作反应介质,以CeO~2,Ce(SO~4)~2,Cu(CF~3CO~2)~2,Co(CF~3CO~2)等为催化剂,在160℃和6.0MPa条件下甲烷被氧化成丙酮和/或三氟醋酸甲酯。甲烷的氯化则可在含氯化铜的氯化铝-氯化钠(摩尔比1:1)的熔盐介质中进行,硫酸银的引入可提高甲烷转化率和一氯甲烷的选择性。     

Synthesis of K-Zr phosphates by the molten salt method

Phosphates of K and Zr of a layered, microporous structure have been obtained by the molten salt method in a potassium nitrate medium in the temperatures range 573–823 K. Dependences of the product composition on the P/Zr atomic ratio and the temperature of synthesis were studied. The substances obtained have been characterized by XRD,¹H and³¹P NMR, and IR spectroscopy, and scanning electron microscopy.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 12, pp. 2847–2851, December, 1996.     

Dynamics of lithium electrode passivation in aprotic organic electrolytes,studied by electrochemical noise method

Lithium electrode passivation is studied in different organic electrolytes, namely, 1 M LiClO₄ in 1,3-dioxolane, 1 M LiN(CF₃SO₂)₂ in 1,3-dioxolane, 1 M LiPF₆ in an ethylene carbonate-diethyl carbonate mixture, 1 M LiPF₆ in an ethylene carbonate-dimethyl carbonate mixture, using the electrochemical noise method. The dynamics of passive film formation on the lithium surface in the mentioned electrolytes that differ in their corrosivity towards lithium is followed.     

熔盐电解法制备稀土合金研究进展

熔盐电解法制备稀土合金具有成本低、成份均匀且容易控制、质量较好、易实现连续化生产等优势.本文结合稀土合金在金属结构材料、磁性材料和贮氢材料中的应用,在介绍熔盐电解的知识进展的基础上,综述了稀土分别与镁、铝、铁、钴、镍、铜等组成的合金的熔盐电解制备研究进展,并对以后的研究工作进行展望.     

Redox reactions of GeII and SnII dihalides with triethylsilane and triethylgermane

Dihalogermylenes, dihalostannylenes, and their complexes (EI₂, ECl₂·dioxane, and (CO)₅W=ECl₂·THF, where E = Ge or Sn), unlike organylgermylenes, are not inserted at the Si—H (Ge—H) bond of triethylsilane (triethylgermane). The reactions of SnI₂, ECl₂·dioxane, and (CO)₅W=ECl₂·THF (E = Ge or Sn) with Et3E"H (E" = Si or Ge) occur as redox processes. Depending on the nature of the reagents, the reactions afford products of oxidative coupling (Et₃SiSiEt₃) and/or haloiodination (Et₃SiX and Et₃GeX) of triethylsilane (triethylgermane). The proposed mechanism of these reactions involves the electron transfer to form radical-ion pairs.     

Kinetics of silver dissolution in sulfide containing thiocarbamide electrolytes

Effective values of reaction order with respect to ligand P, transfer coefficient α, and exchange current i ₀ at constant silver surface coverages θ by sulfide ions are measured. The employed solutions contained from 0.4 to 0.05 M thiocarbamide, 0.5 M HClO₄, 10^?4 M AgNO₃, and from 10^?5 to 10^?4 M Na₂S. It is shown that the exchange current grows approximately linearly from 10^?5 to 1.5 × 10^?4 A/cm² at θ increase in the range from zero to 0.8, while α and P values grow negligibly in the ranges of 0.4–0.45 and 0.9–1.1, accordingly. The obtained results are compared with the data of similar studies of the gold behavior in acidic thiocarbamide solutions. The possible reasons for the different effects of sulfide ion chemisorption on the anodic dissolution of gold and silver in the studied solutions are discussed.     

Apparent molar heat capacities and volumes of aqueous electrolytes: CaCl2, Cd(NO3)2, CoCl2, Cu(ClO4)2, Mg(ClO4)2, and NiCl2

We have used a flow calorimeter and a flow densimeter for measurements leading to apparent molar heat capacities and apparent molar volumes of six 21 electrolytes in aqueous solution at 25°C. Results of these measurements have been used to derive apparent molar heat capacities and volumes at infinite dilution for all six electrolytes: CaCl₂, Cd(NO₃)₂, CoCl₂, Cu(ClO₄)₂, Mg(ClO₄)₂, and NiCl₂.     

Enhancing Capacity Performance by Utilizing the Redox Chemistry of the Electrolyte in a Dual‐Electrolyte Sodium‐Ion Battery

A strategy is described to increase charge storage in a dual electrolyte Na‐ion battery (DESIB) by combining the redox chemistry of the electrolyte with a Na⁺ ion de‐insertion/insertion cathode. Conventional electrolytes do not contribute to charge storage in battery systems, but redox‐active electrolytes augment this property via charge transfer reactions at the electrode–electrolyte interface. The capacity of the cathode combined with that provided by the electrolyte redox reaction thus increases overall charge storage. An aqueous sodium hexacyanoferrate (Na₄Fe(CN)₆) solution is employed as the redox‐active electrolyte (Na‐FC) and sodium nickel Prussian blue (Na_x‐NiBP) as the Na⁺ ion insertion/de‐insertion cathode. The capacity of DESIB with Na‐FC electrolyte is twice that of a battery using a conventional (Na₂SO₄) electrolyte. The use of redox‐active electrolytes in batteries of any kind is an efficient and scalable approach to develop advanced high‐energy‐density storage systems.     

The application of the pitzer equations to 1-1 electrolytes in mixed solvents

Pitzer's equation for the activity coefficient has been applied to LiCl, NaCl, KCl, RbCl, CsCl, and HCl in methanol-water mixtures at 25°C. The two parameters, _MX ⁽⁰⁾ and _MX ⁽¹⁾ , were obtained by the method of least squares. The same values of b and as for aqueous systems could be used for the methanol-water mixtures without greatly affecting the standard deviation of the fit. _MX ⁽⁰⁾ was found to decrease with methanol content for the alkali metal chlorides whereas _MX ⁽¹⁾ was found to increase. For HCl, however, a slight maximum and a minimum were found in the values of _MX ⁽⁰⁾ while a maximum was observed in the values of _MX ⁽¹⁾ .     

Nano Si preparation by constant cell voltage electrolysis of FFC-Cambridge Process in molten CaCl2

Using FFC-Cambridge Process to prepare Si from SiO₂ is a promising method to prepare nanostructured and highly pure silicon for solar cells. However, the method still has many problems unsolved and the controlling effect of the cell voltage on silicon product is not clear. Here we report in this article that nano cluster-like silicon product with purity of 99.95% has been prepared by complete conversion of raw material SiO₂, quartz glass plate, using constant cell voltage electrolysis FFC-Cambridge Process. By analysis of XRD, EDS, TEM, HRTEM and ICP-AES as well as the discussion from the thermodynamics calculation, the morphology and components of the product based on the change of cell voltage are clarified. It is clear that pure silicon could be prepared at the cell voltage of 1.7–2.1 V in this reaction system. The silicon material have cluster-like structure which are made of silicon nanoparticles in 20–100 nm size. Interestingly, the cluster-like nano structure of the silicon can be tuned by the used cell voltage. The purity, yield and the energy cost of silicon product prepared at the optimized cell voltage are discussed. The purity of the silicon product could be further improved, hence this method is promising for the preparation of solar grade silicon in future.     

Electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide on copper in methanol with various potassium supporting electrolytes at low temperature

The electrochemical reduction of CO₂ at a Cu electrode was investigated in a methanol-based electrolyte using such potassium supporting salts as CH₃COOK, KBr, KI and KSCN at extremely low temperature (−30 °C). The main products obtained from CO₂ by the electrochemical reduction were methane, ethylene, ethane, carbon monoxide and formic acid. The maximum Faradaic efficiency of ethylene was 19.9% in KI/methanol-based catholyte at −3.0 V vs. Ag/AgCl saturated KCl. The best methane formation (27.0%) was obtained in CH₃COOK/methanol electrolyte at −3.0 V. In the system containing a potassium halide, the efficiency of hydrogen formation, being a competitive reaction against CO₂ reduction, was suppressed to less than 8.1%. The product selectivity of the electrochemical reduction of CO₂ in methanol was greatly affected by the anionic species. This research can contribute to the large-scale manufacturing of useful organic products from readily available and cheap raw materials: CO₂-saturated methanol from industrial absorbers (the Rectisol process). Received: 11 November 1998 / Accepted: 1 February 1999     

Electrochemical noise of a lithium electrode in organic electrolytes: A study by a correlation function method

Fluctuations of the potential of a lithium electrode in conditions of galvanostatic polarization in aprotic organic electrolytes are studied by a method of correlation functions. Computer-aided removal of heavy interference in the form of slow variation of the electrode potential proved to be possible to perform with use made of fifth-power polynomials. The time coordinate of the first zero in the correlation function weakly depends on the electrolyte type and lies within the limits 1.5–3 s. At the same time, the electrolyte type affects the dispersion of the electrode potential fluctuations in a substantial manner. In so doing, lithium systems that feature a high cycling efficiency possess a lower level of noise.     

Etoposide的氧化还原反应: 脉冲辐解和激光光解研究

首次用脉冲辐解时间分辨方法研究了etoposide(VP16)在水溶液中与N~3^.,(SCN)~2^.^-和e~a~q^-之间发生的单电子氧化还原反应,测定了VP16的阴离子自由基、脱质子中性自由基的特征吸收谱;测得VP16与e~a~q^-,N~3^.,(SCN)~2^.^-的绝对反应速率常数分别为2.7×10^9,3.2×10^9和2.5×10^8dm^3.mol^-^1.s^-^1。研究表明,水溶液中的VP16可为248nm激光光电离,光电离的瞬态产物为阳离子自由基及脱质子中性自由基,并且测定了其酸碱电离的pK值。测得SO~4^.^-自由基单电子氧化VP16的反应速率常数为2.8×10^9dm^3.mol^-^1.s^-^1。