Pc-carbon:一种可能的超硬碳材料

基于密度泛函理论计算预测了一种新型碳同素异形体（Pc-carbon）.声子色散谱和弹性常数计算证实了Pc-carbon的动力学和力学稳定性.计算结果显示，Pc-carbon是弹性各向异性的，其维氏硬度达到87.6 GPa.应力应变计算结果表明，Pc-carbon的理想拉伸强度和剪切强度分别为65.8 GPa和56.5 GPa，进一步证实了其超硬特性.电子结构计算结果表明，Pc-carbon是带宽为0.99 eV的半导体.     

一维新型碳的同素异形体:碳链

碳链是一种完全一维的、具有电子轨道sp杂化结构的新型碳的同素异形体.正是由于碳链的独特的一维结构,使其拥有区别于富勒烯、石墨烯和碳纳米管的化学键,从而表现出更加优异的性能,如:理论预言碳链的机械强度是石墨烯的几倍;碳链的导热也类似于石墨烯和碳纳米管;碳链是具有直接带隙的半导体材料,且带隙的大小可以通过其长度来调控,其长...     

SO2-4/ZrO2-SiO2催化剂的结构及其形成过程

The structure and the forming process of SO42-/ZrO2-SiO2 catalysts were investigated by TG and DTA. The restraint of silica to the crystallization of the catalysts and the relations of weight loss temperature and loss amount of sulfur oxide bonded to the surface of the catalysts with the contents of zirconia were revealed by experimental results. The forming process of the catalysts was also explored by these techniques, some very important information, which will be useful for understanding the structure and properties of catalysts, were obtained.     

水热-溶胶-凝胶法合成多壁碳纳米管-Na3V2（PO4）3复合物及其作为锂离子电池正极材料的性能

采用水热和溶胶-凝胶相结合的方法,制备了具有良好电化学性能的新型多壁碳纳米管-Na₃V₂（PO₄）₃（MWCNT-NVP）复合材料（MWCNT的质量分数为8.74%）. 通过场发射扫描电子显微镜表征可知,MWCNT分散在NVP纳米颗粒之间,并起到“电子导电线”的作用. 与纯Na₃V₂（PO₄）₃相比,MWCNT-NVP具有更高的比容量和更优异的循环性能. 在0.2C（35.2 mA·g^-1）的电流密度下,3.0-4.5 V的电压范围内,MWCNT-NVP的初始比容量为82.2 mAh·g^-1. 循环100次以后,比容量为72.3 mAh·g^-1. 在1.0-3.0 V充放电时,MWCNT-NVP的初始容量为100.6 mAh·g^-1. 100次循环以后,其容量保持率高达90%. 同时,交流阻抗测试表明,由于MWCNT的存在,MWCNT-NVP的导电性有了显著的提高. 以上结果表明,MWCNT-NVP是一种良好的锂离子电池电极材料.     

Carbon nanotube assisted synthesis of CeO2 nanotubes

CeO₂ nanotubes have been synthesized facilely using carbon nanotubes (CNTs) as templates by a liquid phase deposition method. The properties of the CeO₂ nanotubes were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray photoelectron spectrum (XPS) as well as thermogravimetry and differential thermal analysis (TG-DTA). The obtained CeO₂ nanotubes with a polycrystalline face-centered cubic phase have a uniform diameter ranging from 40 to 50 nm. The CeO₂ nanotubes are composed of many tiny interconnected nanocrystallites of about 10 nm in size. The pretreatment of CNTs and calcination temperature were confirmed to be the crucial factors determining the formation of CeO₂ nanotubes. A possible formation mechanism has been suggested to explain the formation of CeO₂ nanotubes.     

Ab initio and density function theory studies on NLi6 molecule: compared with CLi6 and OLi6 species

A wide variety of geometrical structures of NLi₆ molecule were studied using HF ab initio and BLYP-DFT techniques. Three stationary configurations which take D_4h, D_3d and D_2d configurations were obtained. Their equilibrium geometries and fundamental frequencies were calculated at HF and BLYP-DFT levels. Among the three stable states, the global minimum prefers D_3d configuration, which is different from those of CLi₆ and OLi₆. The D_3d isomer of NLi₆ is 3.43 and 28.45 kcal/mol lower in energy than the D_4h and D_2d ones in the DFT calculation, respectively. All calculations were performed with 6-31G* polarized split-valence basis set.     

Structure of small TiCn clusters: A theoretical study

A theoretical study of the TiC_n (n = 1–8) clusters has been carried out at the B3LYP/6-311+G(d) level. Molecular properties for three different isomers, namely linear, cyclic, and fan species, have been determined. The fan isomers, where the titanium atom is essentially side-bonded to the entire C_n unit, are predicted to be more stable than both linear and cyclic isomers. Only for the largest studied species, TiC₈, the cyclic isomer is located lower in energy. An even–odd parity effect in the incremental binding energies is observed for the three isomers, n-even species being in general more stable for linear and fan isomers, whereas for the cyclic species n-odd clusters are favoured. A topological analysis of the electronic charge density shows that all cyclic isomers correspond to true monocyclic rings, whereas for the fan species a variety of different connectivities has been observed.     

AB initio study of the regular polyhedral molecules N4, P4, As4, N8, P8 and As8

Ab initio pseudopotential SCF calculations were performed on tetrahedral X₄ molecules using double-zeta basis sets with and without d functions. The inclusion of d orbitals shortens the bond lengths, stabilizes the X₄ structures and intensifies the electron density inside the tetrahedron. The cubic X₈ molecules, calculated without d AOs, are not predicted to be more stable than 2X₄. Repulsions between parallel bonds in X₈ may compensate the lack of ring strain.     

Two mixed valent molybdenophosphates with a tunnel structure closely related to K0.17MoP2O7: Pb2(PbO)2Mo8(P2O7)8 and PbK2Mo8(P2O7)8

Two new mixed valent Mo(III)/Mo(IV) diphosphates containing lead Pb₂(PbO)₂Mo₈(P₂O₇)₈ and PbK₂Mo₈(P₂O₇)₈ have been synthesized. The [Mo₈P₁₆O₅₆]∞ frameworks of these phosphates are closely related to that of K_0.17MoP₂O₇: the MoO₆ octahedra and P₂O₇ groups form two sorts of large eight-sided tunnels. They are occupied in an ordered way by PbO chains and Pb²⁺ cations in Pb₂(PbO)₂Mo₈(P₂O₇)₈ and by K⁺ and Pb²⁺ cations in PbK₂Mo₈(P₂O₇)₈. It results in different symmetries of these two structures, which are tetragonal and monoclinic, respectively, showing the great flexibility of these mixed frameworks, susceptible to accommodate various species with different sizes.     

Carbon nanotube networks as gas sensors for NO2 detection

Networks of different carbon nanotube (CNT) materials were investigated as resistive gas sensors for NO₂ detection. Sensor films were fabricated by airbrushing dispersions of double-walled and multi-walled CNTs (DWNTs and MWNTs, respectively) on alumina substrates. Sensors were characterized by resistance measurements from 25 to 250 °C in air atmosphere in order to find the optimum detection temperature. Our results indicate that CNT networks were sensitive to NO₂ concentrations as low as 0.1 ppm. All tested sensors provided significantly lower response to interfering gases such as H₂, NH₃, toluene and octane. We demonstrate that the measured sensitivity upon exposure to NO₂ strongly depends on the employed CNT material. The highest sensitivity values were obtained at temperatures ranging between 100 and 200 °C. The best sensor performance, in terms of recovery time, was however achieved at 250 °C. Issues related to the gas detection mechanisms, as well as to CNT network thermal stability in detection experiments performed in air at high operation temperatures are also discussed.     

新型双子表面活性剂在H2S和CO2盐水溶液中对碳钢的缓蚀性能

合成了一系列含有羟基的双子表面活性剂:1,3-双(十二烷基二甲基氯化铵)-2-丙醇(12-3OH-12),1,3-双(十四烷基二甲基氯化铵)-2-丙醇(14-3OH-14),1,3-双(十六烷基二甲基氯化铵)-2-丙醇(16-3OH-16)和1,3-双(十八烷基二甲基氯化铵)-2-丙醇(18-3OH-18).采用静态失重法、极化曲线和交流阻抗技术研究了其在H2S/CO2腐蚀环境中对L360钢的缓蚀作用.结果表明,三种研究方法取得的结论是一致的,缓蚀效果为14-3OH-14>12-3OH-12>16-3OH-16>18-3OH-18.其中,12-3OH-12和14-3OH-14都表现出很好的缓蚀效果,在35mg·L-1的较低浓度下缓蚀率就达95%以上.极化曲线测试结果表明n-3OH-n(n=12,14,16,18)型双子表面活性剂是一种以阳极抑制为主的混合型缓蚀剂.除n=18外,其它三种双子表面活性剂n-3OH-n(n=12,14,16)在L360钢表面的吸附服从朗缪尔等温线,并且属于物理和化学混合吸附.提出了一个用来解释双子表面活性剂在H2S/CO2溶液中缓蚀机理的吸附模型.     

Comparison studies of fullerenes C72, C74, C76 and C78 by tight-binding Monte Carlo and quantum chemical methods

From C₇₂ to C₇₈, the top 20 low-energy isomers screened out from all isomers of each fullerene are optimized and computed by tight-binding Monte Carlo (TBMC), semi-empirical PM3, and ab initio B3LYP/6-31G*//HF/3-21G methods. The comparison results show that the TBMC method can efficiently optimize the structures and correctly predicate the low energy isomers. The relative energies computed by TBMC are in good agreement with the high-lever B3LYP calculation results. Our TBMC and B3LYP results show that the most energetically favorable structure of C₇₂ is not an isomer satisfying the isolated pentagon rule (IPR), which is different with the result by PM3. The symmetry of the most stable IPR isomer tends to low as the fullerene becomes large and several non-isolated-pentagon structures are found to have low symmetries and low energies close to the most stable isomer.     

乙二醇溶剂热合成的CeO2的可逆氧化还原性及CO2捕获性能

利用乙二醇的还原性,采用乙二醇溶剂热法制备了表面具有丰富氧空穴的CeO₂-GST纳米晶,对其进行了X射线衍射、透射电镜、X射线光电子能谱、原位H₂还原-O₂氧化循环和CO₂原位红外漫反射表征,并研究了其可逆氧化还原性及CO₂捕获性能. 结果表明,与CeO₂-nanorod和柠檬酸溶胶法合成的CeO₂-CA样品相比,CeO₂-GST纳米晶具有最好的可逆氧化还原性能和循环稳定性,同时在50 ℃下具有最好的CO₂吸附性能（149 μmol/g）. 利用原位红外漫反射光谱研究了CO₂在还原CeO₂表面的吸附情况,发现CO₂主要以双齿碳酸盐和桥连碳酸盐两种形式吸附在CeO₂表面,其中桥连碳酸盐物种不稳定,He吹扫可脱附. 此外,CO₂在CeO₂-nanorod上还会生成稳定的甲酸盐和单齿碳酸盐物种.     

C60 and carbon: a postbuckminsterfullerene perspective

The discovery of the fullerenes and nanotubes has completely changed our perspective on various aspects of carbon chemistry and materials science in quite fundamental ways. The experiments, which uncovered C₆₀, occurred between 1985 and 1990 and there are lessons to be learned of various kinds over the way scientific advances occur and more importantly the way misconceptions can propagate. For instance much of our received wisdom over the behaviour of carbon, in particular graphite on a microscopic scale, was really quite ill-conceived and certainly misleading. Questions might be asked as to why it took almost till the end of the 20th century for the fact to be uncovered that the elegant C₆₀ molecule had been lurking in the dark shadows of soot chemistry all the time. After all, mass spectrometric techniques were sufficiently advanced for the discovery to have been made in the 1960’s—perhaps even earlier. Some of these issues are addressed here and the discussion gives an insight into the curiously unpredictable way fundamental scientific advances sometimes occur and also highlights the limitations of applied research in this case.     

Encapsulations of La@C82 and La2@C80 inside single-walled boron nitride nanotubes

Possibility of encapsulations of metallofullerenes inside single-walled boron nitride nanotubes (BNNTs) is studied by using first-principles calculations. We find that both La@C₈₂ and La₂@C₈₀ can be exothermically encapsulated inside the (17, 0) and (14, 7) BNNTs. The minimum diameters of exothermically encapsulating both La@C₈₂ and La₂@C₈₀ inside BNNTs are predicated to be about 13.4 Å.     

AgIn5S8/碳量子点/ZnIn2S4的多途径电子迁移与光催化性能

首先,借助碳量子点(CQDs)的上转换光致发光(UCPL)特性对ZnIn₂S₄进行了表面改性,再结合离子交换法制备了复合材料AgIn₅S₈/CQDs/ZnIn₂S₄。采用X射线衍射(XRD)、X射线光电子能谱(XPS)、紫外可见漫反射吸收光谱(UV-Vis DRS)、扫描电镜(SEM)、透射电镜(TEM)、氮气吸附-脱附、光致发光(PL)和电化学阻抗(EIS)等测试手段对复合材料的组成、结构、形貌以及表面物理化学性质等进行了表征。结果表明,该复合材料中不同组分间的协同作用导致其呈现宽光谱响应(250～800 nm)。与对比体系相比,复合材料AgIn₅S₈/CQDs/ZnIn₂S₄表现出明显增强的光电流密度,更小的电荷转移阻抗,较长的光生载流子寿命。以甲基橙为模型分子,在不同光源作用下进行的光催化活性研究结果显示,AgIn₅S₈...     

A new catalytic system for the copolymerization of dicyclopentadiene with CO: PdCl2/phen/M(CF3SO3)n

A new three-component catalytic system, PdCl₂/phen/M(CF₃SO₃)_n, was studied in the copolymerization of dicyclopentadiene (DCPD) with CO. It was found that the PdCl₂/phen/CF₃SO₃H catalytic system gave a very low catalytic activity, and the PdCl₂/phen/M(CF₃SO₃)_n catalytic system exhibited high activity when M(CF₃SO₃)_n was introduced instead of CF₃SO₃H. The resultant cooligomer was analyzed using various techniques such as FT-IR, ¹H NMR, ¹³C NMR, DSC and TGA. The results indicated that the copolymer was a polyspiroketal (PS) of CO and DCPD. Due to the tension of the ring of DCPD, the degree of copolymerization is low and the degree of crystallinity is also not high. The effects of ligands, M(CF₃SO₃)_n, solvents, 1,4-benzoquinone/PdCl₂ molar ratio, and temperatures on the copolymerization have been discussed in detail. The results showed that this novel catalytic system exhibited highly efficient activity, especially when 1,10-phenanthroline (phen) was used as ligand and Cu(CF₃SO₃)₂ was used as cocatalyst. The corresponding reaction rate was 49 000 g PS/molPd h when the reaction was carried out at 60 °C and 3.0 MPa of CO. The weight average molecular weight (M_w) and the number average molecular weight (M_n) of the resultant cooligomer were 1180 g/mol and 564 g/mol, respectively.     

High-pressure structural behavior of GdAlO3 and GdFeO3 perovskites

The orthorhombic perovskites, GdAlO₃ and GdFeO₃, have been studied using single-crystal X-ray diffraction up to 8.52 and 8.13 GPa, respectively, in a diamond anvil cell at 298 K. The evolution of the structures of GdAlO₃ and GdFeO₃ involves compression of both the GdO₁₂ and the octahedral (AlO₆ and FeO₆) sites. The compression of the GdO₁₂ site is anisotropic in both perovskites, with the four longest Gd-O distances compressing more than the eight shorter Gd-O bond lengths, resulting in a decrease in the distortion of GdO₁₂ with pressure. In GdAlO₃, the GdO₁₂ site is less compressible than the AlO₆ site, resulting in an increase of both the interoctahedral Al-O1-Al and Al-O2-Al angles with increasing pressure. Thus GdAlO₃ perovskite becomes less distorted with increasing pressure. In GdFeO₃, the GdO₁₂ site displays a similar compressibility as the FeO₆ site, with little change in the Fe-O2-Fe angle with pressure but an increase of the Fe-O1-Fe tilting angle. Thus GdFeO₃ perovskite becomes less distorted with increasing pressure, but the change is not as pronounced as GdAlO₃. The high-pressure behavior of GdAlO₃ and GdFeO₃ is similar to orthorhombic YAlO₃ perovskite but contrasts with orthorhombic CaSnO₃, which becomes more distorted with increasing pressure.     

Microwave-assisted pyrolysis of CH4/N2 mixtures over activated carbon

The aim of this work was to study the microwave-assisted pyrolysis of CH₄ over an activated carbon, which acted as both microwave receptor and catalyst, and the influence of using different CH₄/N₂ ratios on the conversion of CH₄ to H₂. In order to compare the results obtained in the microwave oven, the pyrolysis was also carried out under conventional heating (electric furnace, EF). The effects of N₂, which enhanced significantly CH₄ conversion, differed depending on the heating device used. Under EF heating, N₂ seemed to have an effect similar to distribute the CH₄ molecules within the activated carbon bed. Under microwave heating (MW), the N₂, as well as distributing the CH₄ molecules, favoured the generation of energetic microplasmas, leading to higher conversions. The prevalence of one role over the other depended on the CH₄/N₂ ratio, the appearance of energetic microplasmas being favoured with high percentages of N₂. Consequently, CH₄ conversion was higher at low CH₄/N₂ ratios. Additionally, the formation of carbon nanofibres in experiments where a combination of N₂ and MW heating was used is also reported.     

V2Cu3Ga8, Mo2Cu3Ga8 and W2Cu3Ga8—New compounds with a novel order variant of a bcc packing and motifs of self-similarity

Single crystals of the new compounds TM₂Cu₃Ga₈ (TM=V, Mo, W) were synthesised from the elements. Structure determinations of the isotypic compounds (cI104, space group , Z=8; Mo₂Cu₃Ga₈: a=11.9171(10) Å, 613 refl., 23 param., R₁(F)=0.022, wR₂(F²)=0.047; W₂Cu₃Ga₈: 11.9248(8) Å, 346 refl., 23 param., R₁(F)=0.048, wR₂(F²)=0.086; V₂Cu₃Ga₈: 11.7861(14) Å, 374 refl., 24 param., R₁(F)=0.033, wR₂(F²)=0.081) showed a new cubic structure type which can be classified as an ordered defect variant of a bcc packing with a^′=4a: [(TM)₂(Cu)₃(□)₃][Ga₈]. The coordination polyhedra of the transition metals consist of Ga₈-cubes with 3 sides capped by Cu leading to coordination number 11. The arrangement of the TMGa₈Cu₃-polyhedra is in a way they form itself a 3-fold capped cube. All compositions were confirmed by EDX measurements.