对电极材料对非贵金属电催化剂耐久性评价的影响

质子交换膜燃料电池(PEMFCs)环境友好,具有高的能量转换效率,已受到了广泛的关注.目前,铂基电催化剂广泛使用在 PEMFCs中,但铂的储量有限,活性低,耐久性差,成本高,急需开发高性能的非贵金属电催化剂替代铂基电催化剂.非贵金属电催化剂的电化学表征基本上都沿用了铂基电催化剂的评价体系和方法,不一定适用于非贵金属电催化剂的表征.
　　本文选用铂和石墨为对电极考察其对非贵金属电催化剂在酸性电解质中耐久性测试的影响.当使用铂对电极时,商业 Pt/C电催化剂的氧还原(ORR)活性随着耐久性测试圈数的增加而降低,而非贵金属电催化剂的氧还原活性在耐久性测试过程中的变化规律与商业 Pt/C不同,呈现先降低,后升高的规律.耐久性测试前后的透射电镜(TEM)分析表明非贵金属电催化剂经过耐久性测试后,在电催化剂表面生长了铂纳米颗粒.高分辨透射电镜(HRTEM)和能量色散 X射线光谱(EDX)进一步证明以铂为对电极的三电极体系,在进行非贵金属电催化剂耐久性测试的过程中,非贵金属电催化剂表面生长了铂纳米颗粒,使得非贵金属电催化剂的 ORR活性在耐久性测试后得到显著提高.耐久性测试前后,非贵金属电催化剂氧还原过程的电子转移数由3.7变为4.0,再次证明了耐久性测试过程中铂颗粒的生成.在三电极电化学体系中,当工作电极发生阴极反应时,对电极为阳极反应,反之亦然,即在工作电极上发生的任何电化学过程,都会在对电极上完成相反的电化学过程.在循环电位扫描过程中,当铂对电极的电压高于1.0 V (vs RHE)时,开始发生铂的溶解现象,并且当电压高于1.2 V (vs RHE)时,铂的溶解量会急剧增加,部分溶解的铂会扩散到工作电极附近,并在工作电极的非贵金属电催化剂表面发生沉积作用.随着扫描圈数的增加,沉积的铂纳米颗粒的数量增加,颗粒变大,从而使非贵金属电催化剂的表观 ORR活性显著提高.该现象使得非贵金属电催化剂在酸性电解质中无法表现出其真实的耐久性.当选用石墨棒为对电极材料时,非贵金属电催化剂在酸性电解质中的 ORR活性不会受到对电极材料的影响.
　　通过考察对电极材料对非贵金属电催化剂在酸性电解质中耐久性能的影响,可以得出结论,即对非贵金属电催化剂在酸性电解质中的耐久性测试中,不宜使用铂对电极,应该使用石墨为对电极材料,以防止对电极材料干扰耐久性测试.     

介孔炭负载铁基催化剂上醇与胺氧化偶合合成亚胺

亚胺是一类重要的含氮有机化合物,广泛应用于生物医药、精细化工和农业生产中.由于其分子中具有不饱和C=N双键,亚胺化合物可以通过不同化学过程(如氧化还原、加成、偶合等)合成多种衍生物.工业上合成亚胺普遍采用羰基化合物与胺偶合反应获得,由于该反应需要强酸作为催化剂和脱水剂,在应用中往往对设备造成不同程度的破坏.选择氧气或空气为氧化剂,通过醇与胺氧化偶合反应合成亚胺,其副产物只有水,是一条较为绿色的合成路线.近期研究表明,均相和负载型贵金属催化剂(如Pd,Pt和Au等)在该反应中表现出较好的低温催化性能,但需要在反应过程中添加大量碱性助剂.一些非贵金属氧化物催化剂如CeO2和MnOx/HAP等在该过程中表现出一定的催化活性,但其催化效率普遍较低,往往需要在24 h甚至更长反应时间实现～90％亚胺收率.因此仍需开发一些更为高效的非贵金属催化剂用于上述反应.本文以经过硝酸活化处理的有序多孔炭(CMK-3)为载体,制备了负载型氧化铁催化剂(FeOx/HCMK-3),考察了它在苯甲醇与苯胺氧化偶合合成亚胺反应中的催化性能,同时结合一系列表征手段研究了催化剂物理化学性质与其催化性能之间的关系.X射线衍射和氮吸附脱附结果显示,负载后的样品仍然保持了介孔炭原有的孔道结构,没有出现较大的氧化铁粒子;透射电镜、高角暗场扫描透射电镜及能量散射谱结果进一步显示,氧化铁物种相对均匀地分散在载体表面;程序升温还原结果显示,与块体氧化铁相比,FeOx/HCMK-3上的氧化铁物种(FeOx)更易被还原,这可能与氧化铁粒子较小有关.反应结果显示,在空气氛围中FeOx/HCMK-3能够高效催化醇与胺的氧化偶合反应,反应6h亚胺收率即达到98.8％.催化剂具有较高的稳定性,可多次循环使用,没有检测到铁物种流失.此外,FeOx/HCMK-3在多种苯甲醇衍生物与苯胺的氧化偶合反应中都表现出较好的催化性能.结合表征和反应结果可以推测,催化剂上的氧物种参与了反应过程,FeOx/HCMK-3催化剂具有较强的活化氧分子的能力,反应在该催化剂上可能遵循氧化-还原机理.该催化剂上醇与胺氧化偶合反应主要经历两个连续的反应过程:首先苯甲醇被FeOx/HCMK-3催化剂上的活泼氧物种氧化生成苯甲醛中间体;随后,在反应中生成的醛在催化剂上迅速与胺反应生成亚胺化合物,同时催化剂通过与空气中氧分子反应恢复到初始状态,完成整个催化循环.     

有机-无机杂多酸类离子液体催化汽油超声氧化脱硫

合成了一系列有机-无机杂多酸类离子液体, 并将其应用于超声作用下的催化模拟汽油氧化脱硫反应. 结果表明, 在超声波辅助下, 不仅反应时间大大缩短, 而且脱硫效率也大幅提高. 在合成的一系列催化剂中, Zr_0.25[BMIM]HPW₁₂O₄₀表现出最佳的催化活性. 考察了超声波功率、 超声/间隙时间、 催化剂用量、 H₂O₂用量、 反应温度及反应时间等因素对脱硫效果的影响. 以Zr_0.25[BMIM]HPW₁₂O₄₀为催化剂, 在优化的条件下[n(Cat.)=0.008 mmol, V(H₂O₂)=40 μL, V(模拟油)=10 mL, V(乙腈)=1 mL, 温度25 ℃, 时间10 min, 超声功率300 W, 超声时间2 s, 间隙时间1.5 s], 二苯并噻吩(DBT)的脱硫率达到97.8%; 该催化剂循环使用5次后, 脱硫率仍为81.9%; 其对不同硫化物的催化活性顺序为DBT>4,6-二甲基苯并噻吩(4,6-DMDBT)>乙硫醚>苯硫醚>正丁硫醇>甲基苯基硫醚>苯并噻吩(BT)>噻吩.     

美国高中化学教科书教师用书的教学属性研究

以美国高中化学教科书教师用书Holt Chemistry California Teacher's Edition为例,研究其教学属性,发现其与美国纽约州科学教育标准契合,学情分析指导全面,教学目标的阐述具体明确,教学策略的设计结构化,学习评价资源丰富多样,对我国高中化学教科书教师用书的编写、高中化学教学设计均有所启示。     

Energy‐resolved technique for discovery and identification of malonyl‐triterpene saponins in Caulophyllum robustum by UHPLC‐electrospray Fourier transform mass spectrometry

Malonyl‐triterpene saponins (MTSs) attract scientific attentions because of their structural diversities and valuable bioactivities. However, its thermal instability brings a huge amount of challenges for isolation and purification of this class of compounds. To our best knowledge, there has been no report on isolation and analysis of MTSs from genus Caulophyllum. In this study, a strategy combining data acquisition using an energy‐resolved technique and the narrow widow extracted ion chromatograms as data mining method was developed for discovery and identification of MTSs in Caulophyllum robustum hair roots by ultra high liquid chromatography coupled to electrospray ionization Fourier transform mass spectrometry. The method was performed at an independent MS full scan using our bottom‐up energies by in‐source collision induced dissociations with 0, 25, 50 and 100 eV in both positive and negative modes. Precursor ion as well as fragment ion information was simultaneously collected from four energy‐resolved MS spectra in a single run of 18 min. The fragmentation pathways of intact deprotonated, protonated and sodium ions of MTSs were proposed for the structural elucidation of Caulophyllum MTSs. A flowchart involving a stepwise procedure based on key fragments from ESI^?/ESI⁺‐FT‐MS^{(1, 1)} to MS^{(1, 4)} spectra was constructed for the identification of structural elements in the MTSs. As a result, a total of 23 MTSs were discovered and tentatively identified, which had not been reported from Caulophyllum species before. All of these were potentially new compounds. This study provides an excellent example for discovery and identification of MTSs in herb medicines. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Fine-tuning the molecular energy levels by incorporating thiophene units onto the π-backbone of core-expanded naphthalene diimides

A series of core-expanded naphthalene diimides (NDI-DTYM) and thiophene-based derivatives (1a-c) were designed and synthesized to investigate the relationship between molecular structures and the highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) energy levels but has little impact on the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) energy levels. The results demonstrated that increasing the number of thiophene units can gradually elevate the HOMO energy levels but had little impact on the LUMO energy levels. The n-channel organic field-effect transistors (OFETs) based on 1b and 1c have demonstrated that these almost unchanged LUMO energy levels are proper to transport electrons.     

Dependence of Colloidal Forces Between Bitumen and Silica on the Chain Lengths of Ammonium Surfactants

Effects of ammonium surfactants with different hydrocarbon chain lengths (C8, C12, C16, and C18) on the colloidal forces between bitumen and silica were studied by atomic force microscopy. The results showed that the chain length of the ammonium surfactants had a significant impact on both the long-range interaction and adhesion forces. With the addition of surfactants with relative short chains of C8 and C12 in the solutions, the long-range repulsive force decreased or even became strong attractive force, while it became repulsive again in solutions of surfactants with long chains of C16 and C18. It was further observed that addition of Ca²⁺ in various surfactants solutions would either depress or enhance the colloidal interactions based on the surfactant chain lengths. It was believed that variation of the interaction behaviors resulted from the mono-layer or bilayer adsorption of various surfactant molecules on the negatively charged surfaces of bitumen and silica, which affected the surface wettability and the surface charge characteristics and then greatly changed the colloidal interactions. The findings indicated that, to have a high bitumen recovery and good froth quality, the surfactant type and concentration of the di-valent metal ions in the oil sand processing slurry must be well considered.     

甘油在微生物代谢合成及生物催化中的应用

生物柴油是一种可再生能源,因其可替代石油来源的柴油而日益受到重视。随着生物柴油工业的蓬勃发展,其制备过程中的主要副产物甘油出现明显的产能过剩。作为一种廉价的清洁资源,甘油的深度开发和利用既是发展生物柴油工业的关键,也符合绿色化学的发展要求。近年来,甘油不仅作为重要的起始原料用于一些高附加值化学品的制备,而且因其独特的理化性质和易降解、生物相容性好等特性,在生物催化和绿色溶剂领域的应用研究日趋活跃。本文主要综述了甘油在工业微生物发酵、生物合成和绿色溶剂领域的研究进展,并就其应用中存在的一些问题,如甘油原料品质和微生物利用效率等进行分析,同时展望了甘油在生物催化领域的应用前景。     

Zirconium–Porphyrin‐Based Metal–Organic Framework Hollow Nanotubes for Immobilization of Noble‐Metal Single Atoms

Single atoms immobilized on metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) with unique nanostructures have drawn tremendous attention in the application of catalysis but remain a great challenge. Various single noble‐metal atoms have now been successfully anchored on the well‐defined anchoring sites of the zirconium porphyrin MOF hollow nanotubes, which are probed by aberration‐corrected scanning transmission electron microscopy and synchrotron‐radiation‐based X‐ray absorption fine‐structure spectroscopy. Owing to the hollow structure and excellent photoelectrochemical performance, the HNTM‐Ir/Pt exhibits outstanding catalytic activity in the visible‐light photocatalytic H₂ evolution via water splitting. The single atom immobilized on MOFs with hollow structures are expected to pave the way to expand the potential applications of MOFs.     

基于零价铁的地下水化学还原修复体系中的电子转移有效性和电子竞争机制

近年来,基于零价铁的化学还原技术因其高效性逐渐被应用于受污染地下水的原位修复。但是,该技术在实际应用中仍面临一些亟待解决的问题。零价铁作为一种高活性的电子供体,除了和目标污染物反应外,还可以与地下水中其他的氧化性物质（如O₂、H⁺或NO₃^-等）反应。这些反应所造成的零价铁腐蚀,不仅会降低修复效率还会增加地下水修复成本。此外,同类或多类污染物间也存在对零价铁所释放电子的相互竞争,从而影响各自的去除效率。本文综述了基于零价铁的地下水修复体系中的电子传递过程和氧化物间的电子竞争机制,从零价铁的腐蚀和电子传递、零价铁电子选择性量化指标的提出和量化方法、地下水体中多种共存氧化物间电子竞争作用、电子效率的影响因素以及强化措施等方面进行详细介绍。最后,对该技术今后发展方向作出了展望,以期为其今后实际的地下水修复应用提供参考。