Eye‐Readable Detection and Oxidation of CO with a Platinum‐Based Catalyst and a Binuclear Rhodium Complex

Toxic gases that are colorless and odorless, such as CO, are a major environmental concern and require early detection to prevent serious toxicological effects. In this study, a unique system (Pt/HMSs‐BRC) was fabricated by combining a catalyst (Pt/hollow mesoporous silica spheres, Pt/HMSs) with a silica gel containing an adsorbed chromogenic probe (binuclear rhodium complex, BRC). The process is a simple method to prepare well‐dispersed and uniform Pt nanoparticles. The Pt/HMSs‐BRC materials demonstrated early CO detection and excellent catalytic performance for CO oxidation. The probe exhibited remarkable color modulation from gray‐violet to light‐yellow when exposed to CO concentration levels above 50 ppm, and the color of the chromogenic probe was fully recoverable. By a kinetics‐assisted discrimination method and DFT calculations, it was found that the corner Pt sites are the dominant active sites for CO oxidation.     

Synthesis of Pt-SnOx/TS-1@SBA-16 Composites and Their High Catalytic Performance for Propane Dehydrogenation

A novel composite material of TS-1@SBA-16 was synthesized by enwrapping TS-1 zeolite crystals with mesoporous SBA-16 silica. This composite was used as catalyst support for loading Pt-SnOx in the propane dehydr genation(PDH) reaction. Catalysts were characterized by means ofN2 adsorption-desorption, XRD, SEM, TEM, XPS, UV-Vis, and Raman spectroscopy. The effect of different contents of TS-1 on PDH was investigated, and the optimal amount of TS-1 was determined to be 10%. The catalyst with TS-1 content of 10% showed the highest PDH activity and the initial conversion of propane over it can achieve 54.5%, higher than those over TS-1 or SB A-16-supported ones. The superior catalytic performance of Pt-SnOx/TS-1 @SBA-16 is related to the synergistic effect of the excellent mass transfer performance through the hierarchical porous structure, suitable acid acidity and electronic effect of Ti species.     

Carbon nanotubes coated with platinum nanoparticles as anode of biofuel cell

A hybrid system of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) coated with poly (amidoamine) (PAMAM) dendrimer-encapsulated platinum nanoparticles (Pt-DENs) and glucose oxidase (GOx) was prepared through the layer-by-layer (LbL) self-assembly approach and then used as anode in enzyme-based biofuel cells (BFCs). The assembly process was monitored by ζ-potential measurement, and the as-resulted Pt-DENs/CNTs nanocomposites were characterized by transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The performance of electrodes modified by Pt-DENs/CNTs was also investigated by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and cyclic voltammetry (CV). We found that the Pt-DENs/CNTs could enhance the electron transfer between the redox centers in enzyme and the electrode surfaces. Furthermore, by employing the Pt-DENs/CNTs modified electrodes as anode, the enzyme-based BFCs operated in a solution containing glucose generated an open-circuit voltage of approximately 640.0 mV and a maximum current density of about 90.0 μA/cm², suggesting that Pt-DENs/CNTs may serve as an alternative anode to previously used noble metals in BFC applications.     

Complete Low‐Temperature Transformation and Dissolution of the Three Main Components in Corn Straw

The conversion of biomass faces the challenge of mass and heat transfer, as well as the exertion of heterogeneous catalyst, because raw biomass exists usually in solid state. In this work, the simultaneous transformation and dissolution of the three main components (hemicellulose, cellulose, lignin) in corn straw were achieved in ethanol/ valerolactone (GVL)/H₂O (10 : 10 : 40, v/v/v) co‐solvent system. With the assistance of AlCl₃ ⋅ 6H₂O, the conversion of hemicellulose, lignin and cellulose was >96 % at 170 °C. The conversion of solid biomass into fluid, overcoming the mass transfer restrictions between solid biomass and solid catalysts, provides new raw materials to further upgrading. H₂O could penetrate inside the crystalline cellulose to swell even dissolve it, while ethanol and GVL acted as media to dissolve especially the G unit in lignin. The H⁺ derived from AlCl₃ ⋅ 6H₂O hydrolysis could break the linkages of lignin‐hemicellulose and glycosidic bond in saccharides, and aluminum chloride promoted the next degradation of polysaccharides to small molecules. Consequently, as high as 33.2 % yield of levulinic acid and 42.2 % yield of furfural were obtained. The cleavage of β‐O‐4 and C_β−C_γ bonds in lignin produced large amounts of lignin‐derived dimers and trimers. The total yield of monomeric phenols is up to 8 %.     

Synthesis of a new ordered mesoporous NiMoO4com-plex oxide and its efficient catalytic performance foroxidative dehydrogenation of propane

Highly ordered mesoporous NiMoO4material was successfully synthesized using mesoporous silica KIT-6 as hard template via vacuum nanocasting method. The structure was characterized by means of XRD, TEM, N2adsorption-desorption, Raman and FT-IR. The mesoporous NiMoO4with the coexistence of α-NiMoO4and β-NiMoO4showed well-ordered mesoporous structure, a bimodal pore size distribution and crystalline framework. The catalytic performance of NiMoO4was investigated for oxidative dehydrogenation of propane. It is demonstrated that the mesoporous NiMoO4catalyst with more surface active oxygen species showed better catalytic performance in oxidative dehydrogenation of propane in comparison with bulk NiMoO4.     

钙钛矿型稀土镓酸盐的光谱性质

本文得到LaGaO3晶体室温下的激发光谱和荧光光谱,发现LaGaO3晶体能够产生可见荧光,并且荧光谱线比粉末状LaGaO3变窄.测定了室温下LnGaO3(Ln=La,Pr,Na)晶体的吸收光谱,对红外吸收光谱给出了理论点阵振动数目和对称类型,研究了晶体经退火处理对吸收光谱的影响.对粉末状 LaGaO3:Ln(Ln=Ce,Sm,Tb)研究了合成温度及掺杂稀土离子浓度对光谱结构的影响.     

LaGaO3:RE3+(RE3+=Eu3+,Ho3+)的光谱

本文用固态反应合成了钙钛矿型的LaGaO3和LaGaO3:RE3+(RE3+=Eu3+,Ho3+)荧光体,并观察了物相随不同的激活离子浓度的变化。测量了化合物在室温下的反射光谱,激发光谱和荧光光谱。研究了Eu3+的D0→7F2和Ho3+的5S2→5I8的荧光强度与激活离子浓度的关系,发现了浓度猝灭,并得到了最大荧光强度的浓度值。     

希土永磁材料Nd-Fe-B氧化过程及抗氧化新体系的研究

Nd-Fe-B永磁体的热稳定性较差,易氧化,氧化使材料的结构受到破坏,永磁性能受到不可恢复的损失。氧化过程是分阶段的,在室温和干燥的空气中是稳定的,150℃左右受到破坏的主要原因是体系中钕的氧化,230℃以上铁开始氧化,温度升高使氧化加快,800℃左右氧化基本结束,最终产物主要是Fe_2O_3、Nd_2O_3和NdBO_3。新研制的Nd-Fe-B-Si四元体系的抗氧化能力有较大的提高,居里温度也提高了许多,是一种大有发展前途的新材料。     

Reverse atom transfer radical solution polymerization of methyl methacrylate under pulsed microwave irradiation

The reverse atom transfer radical polymerization (RATRP) of methyl methacrylate (MMA) was successfully carried out under pulsed microwave irradiation (PMI) at 69 °C with N,N‐dimethylformamide as a solvent and with azobisisobutyronitrile (AIBN)/CuBr₂/tetramethylethylenediamine as an initiation system. PMI resulted in a significant increase in the polymerization rate of RATRP. A 10.5% conversion for a polymer with a number‐average molecular weight of 34,500 and a polydispersity index of 1.23 was obtained under PMI with a mean power of 4.5 W in only 52 min, but 103 min was needed under a conventional heating process (CH) to reach a 8.3% conversion under identical conditions. At different [MMA]₀/[AIBN]₀ molar ratios, the apparent rate constant of polymerization under PMI was 1.5–2.3 times larger than that under CH. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 40: 3823–3834, 2002     

YGa3—xCrxB4O12的合成,发光与磁性

扩展了ＹＧａ３Ｂ４Ｏ１２的合成温度。研究了合成的改变及Ｃｒ＾３＋离子引入后发光性质的变化。合成ＹＧａ３－ｘＣｒｘＢ４Ｏ１２化合物后，对其磁学性质进行了表征。结果表明，高温合成该化合物有利于人合物芝光发射的增强，掺杂少量Ｃｒ＾３＋可以稳定该化合物春发光光谱。磁化率随Ｃｒ＾３＋含量的增加而增大。