阳极氧化TiN薄膜制备N掺杂纳米TiO2薄膜及其可见光活性

室温下通过电泳沉积(EPD)的方法在Ti片表面制备TiN薄膜, 然后对TiN薄膜进行阳极氧化得到N掺杂多孔纳米结构的TiO2薄膜. 利用X射线衍射(XRD), X射线光电子能谱(XPS), 扫描电子显微镜(SEM)及光电化学方法对得到的薄膜进行表征. XRD测试结果表明, 经过阳极氧化并在350 ℃空气气氛中退火1 h的薄膜中存在锐钛矿晶型的TiO2. XPS的结果表明, 样品中的N元素取代部分O, 且N的摩尔分数为0.95%. SEM显示, 经阳极氧化后薄膜表面出现多孔纳米结构. 光电化学测试结果显示, 阳极氧化提高了N掺杂TiO2薄膜在可见光下的光电响应. 经阳极氧化并热处理的薄膜在0 V电位及可见光照射下光电流密度为2.325 μA·cm-2, 而单纯热处理的薄膜在相同条件下光电流密度仅为0.475 μA·cm-2. 阳极氧化得到纳米多孔结构提高了N掺杂纳米TiO2薄膜的表面积, 从而对可见光的响应增大.     

C和As共掺杂的γ-Si3N4电子性质的密度泛函理论研究

采用密度泛函理论研究了C和As共掺杂的γ-Si3N4的电子性质. 当晶体中少量的四配位硅原子被碳原子所取代, 同时用少量的砷原子取代氮原子, 晶体结构的带隙可以被调整; 当n(C)/n(Si)≈0.063, n(As)/n(N)≈0.047时, 材料会发生绝缘体到金属的转变. 从态密度图中可以观察到价带顶端的能量明显上升. 讨论了关于这种共掺杂所引起的带隙较大减小的可能原因和潜在的应用.     

Cd13−xInySb10 (x≈2.7, y≈1.5): An Interstitial‐Free Variant of Thermoelectric β‐Zn4Sb3

Although free from structural disorder , the new intermetallic compound Cd_13?xIn_ySb₁₀ (see figure) displays similarly low thermal conductivity values as disordered thermoelectric β‐Zn₄Sb₃ with an isostructural framework.

     

液相放电法合成氮化碳晶体

自从 Cohen等 [1,2 ] 预言了一种碳氮化合物 ( β- C3N4 )可能具有比金刚石还高的硬度和其它优异的力学、电学和光学性能以来 ,人们竟相采用各种技术手段 (如化学气相沉积、磁控溅射、离子束沉积和激光刻蚀等 )尝试合成这种新材料 [3,4 ] .但是 ,大多数合成的氮化碳材料为非晶或者是少量的晶体包埋在非晶的碳和 CNx 材料中 ,尚未制得可以精确地研究其晶体结构的足够大的单晶 .1 999年 ,Fu等 [5] 将液相电沉积技术应用于氮化碳材料的合成 ,从乙腈中沉积了氮含量为 2 5 %的氮化碳薄膜 .目前电化学沉积法制备的氮化碳薄膜多为非晶膜 [6～ 9]…     

晶态氮化碳薄膜的低温合成

The synthesis of carbon nitride films at low temperature has been investigated using pulsed arc discharge from methanol solution with nitrogen atmosphere. Raman spectra and X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis suggest that crystalline carbon nitride films may be prepared at low substrate temperature (220 ℃). At same time, the substrate temperature has a significantly effect on the nitrogen content and structure of the films. Increasing substrate temperature (300 ℃) would decrease the content of nitrogen in the films and result in a formation of carbon films.     

Energetic stability of boron nitride nanostructures doped with one carbon atom

We have investigated, using first‐principles calculations, the role of a substitutional carbon atom on the geometric stability of boron nitride monolayers, nanotubes, and nanocones. It is shown that the formation of energy depends on the number of atoms for the monolayers and on the diameter for the tubes. It is also found, for the carbon‐doped boron nitride nanotubes, that the value for the strain energy approaches the one obtained for nondoped tubes with increasing diameter. For the structural stability, we have verified that the doping, which introduces an excess of nitrogen or boron, makes each structure more favorable in its reverse atmosphere, i.e., excess of nitrogen is more stable in a boron‐rich growth environment, whereas excess of boron is preferred in a nitrogen‐rich condition. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Quantum Chem, 2010     

A New Example of the Structure Type A2[{Z2R4}X9]: Synthesis and Crystal Structure of Na2[{(ON)Ce4}Cl9]

First single crystals of Na₂[{(ON)Ce₄}Cl₉] were obtained during synthesis attempts for the cerium nitride chloride Ce₂NCl₃(= {N₂Ce₄}Cl₆). With a molar ratio of 8:10:3 for Ce, CeCl₃ and NaN₃ along with an excess of the flux NaCl, the mixture obviously contained a small amount of CeOCl that led to the formation of quinary Na₂[{(ON)Ce₄}Cl₉]. It crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P2₁/m(no. 11) with two formula units in the unit cell with dimensions of a = 813.21(6) pm, b = 1146.13(9) pm, c = 942.86(7) pm and β = 107.504(5) °. As the dominating structural feature {ZCe₄}^9.5+ tetrahedra are fused through trans‐oriented edges to generate chains (Z = ¹/₂ O + ¹/₂ N) just as in the structurally isotypic compounds A₂[{Z₂R₄}X₉] (A = Na, K; R = Pr, Nd, Gd; X = Cl, Br; Z = O, O/N).     

Functionalization and Dispersion of Hexagonal Boron Nitride (h‐BN) Nanosheets Treated with Inorganic Reagents

A mixture of bulk hexagonal boron nitride (h‐BN) with hydrazine, 30 % H₂O₂, HNO₃/H₂SO₄, or oleum was heated in an autoclave at 100 °C to produce functionalized h‐BN. The product formed stable colloid solutions in water (0.26–0.32 g L ^?1) and N,N‐dimethylformamide (0.34–0.52 g L ^?1) upon mild ultrasonication. The yield of “soluble” h‐BN reached about 70 wt %. The dispersions contained few‐layered h‐BN nanosheets with lateral dimensions in the order of several hundred nanometers. The functionalized dispersible h‐BN was characterized by IR spectroscopy, X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), Raman spectroscopy, UV/Vis spectroscopy, X‐ray diffraction (XRD), dynamic light scattering (DLS), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and atomic force microscopy (AFM). It is shown that h‐BN preserves its hexagonal structure throughout the functionalization procedure. Its exfoliation into thin platelets upon contact with solvents is probably owing to the attachment of hydrophilic functionalities.