酸法纳米纤维素模板剂合成介孔TiO2及光催化活性

以生物可再生资源的酸法纳米纤维素为模板剂,四氯化钛为钛源,采用液相水解-沉淀法制备了具有介孔结构的TiO2光催化剂。采用低温N2物理吸附-脱附、透射电镜(TEM)、X射线衍射(XRD)、热重-量热扫描(TG/DSC)、傅里叶变换红外(FTIR)、X射线光电子能谱(XPS)等对介孔TiO2进行了表征,并以甲基橙为模型物,考察了介孔TiO2光催化活性。结果表明,以酸法纳米纤维素为模板剂合成的TiO2光催化活性显著提高,且具有良好的孔隙结构,平均孔径5.03 nm、总孔容积0.35 cm3.g-1、比表面积192m2.g-1;纤维素模板剂合成的TiO2表面羟基数量降低;纤维素长链分子结构之间的羟基与TiO2表面羟基的键合,可有效限制TiO2前驱体的生长和团聚,并抑制锐钛矿相TiO2向金红石相转变。     

过硫酸盐激活协同可见光催化降解四环素的机理和降解路径

为了提升微污染水体中抗生素的降解效率,利用过硫酸钠（PDS）激活协同手性介孔TiO₂可见光催化（PDS/vis-TiO₂）对四环素（TC）进行降解。详细对比研究了以手性TiO₂作为催化剂的PDS激活（PDS/TiO₂）、可见光催化（vis-TiO₂）和PDS/vis-TiO₂三种体系中,降解污染物的活性物种和污染物降解路径等的差异。结果表明,不对称的螺旋堆积结构在手性介孔TiO₂中引入了丰富的Ti³⁺,不仅提升了其可见光响应,同时能够激活PDS生成自由基。PDS/vis-TiO₂体系中光生空穴h⁺和·OH等多种自由基可以同时参与TC的降解,5 h内其对TC去除率可达到95%以上,远超PDS/TiO₂体系（TC去除率为48.9%）和vis-TiO₂体系（TC去除率为71.1%）。PDS加入到光催化体系中,会受到光生电子的激活而产生自由基,从而消耗光生电子,提升光生空穴和电子的分离率,达到协同增强污染物的降解能力。另外PDS激活后产生自由基也会大大增加体系对TC的降解性能。密度泛函理论计算和中间产物分析结果表明,TC在PDS/vis-TiO₂体系中的降解路径包含了光生空穴h+攻击TC的降解路径,同时也包括自由基攻击TC的降解路径。     

介孔硅铝酸盐的合成及其在傅克反应中的催化性能

采用溶胶凝胶法合成了一系列有序性好且酸性较强的介孔硅铝酸盐材料。利用X射线粉末衍射(XRD)、透射电镜(TEM)、27Al核磁共振(27Al NMR)、氨气程序升温脱附(HN3-TPD)及吡啶吸附红外光谱(Py-FT-IR)对制备的介孔硅铝酸盐材料的结构和性能进行表征,并考察了材料在苯甲醚和苯甲醇的傅克烷基化反应中的催化活性。实验结果表明:合成过程中,表面活性剂的用量、硅铝物质的量之比会影响材料结构的有序性,醋酸用量对材料结构有序性影响很小;进一步研究结果表明,nSi/nAl比会影响材料的酸催化活性,当nSi/nAl=10时材料的酸催化活性最高。氨气程序升温脱附和吡啶吸附红外光谱表明nSi/nAl=10的材料含有最多的B酸酸量。     

惰性盐辅助合成介孔石墨化碳片及其电容性能

以惰性盐KCl为模板、硝酸镍为金属催化剂镍源、葡萄糖为碳源,通过碳化处理制备了介孔石墨化碳片。利用扫描电子显微镜、透射电子显微镜、X-射线衍射仪和比表面测试仪对介孔石墨化碳片进行了表征。探讨了碳片形成的机理,采用三电极测试体系研究了介孔石墨化碳片电极材料的电化学性能。结果表明,10gKCl制备的碳片比表面积最大（989m²·g^-1）,在6mol·L^-1KOH电解液中,当电流密度为0.5A·g^-1时,比电容达到180F·g^-1;当电流密度达到10A·g^-1时,比电容维持在148F·g^-1,显示了电极具有较好的倍率性能;在10A·g^-1条件下,2000次循环充放电测试后电容没有发生衰减,展示了在超级电容器方面的应用潜力。     

介孔调变对CuY催化剂甲醇氧化羰基化反应活性的影响

碱溶液处理NaY分子筛形成的介孔有利于反应物及产物分子的扩散,调节碱溶液浓度可控制Y分子筛中的介孔结构,通过溶液离子交换法制备CuY催化剂,研究了NaY分子筛介孔结构调变对CuY催化剂催化甲醇氧化羰基化反应活性的影响。通过BET、²⁹Si-NMR、XRD、NH3/CO-TPD、H₂-TPR和TEM等表征及催化活性分析表明,在碱溶液处理过程中,NaY分子筛骨架中的Si（0Al）和Si（1Al）原子被优先脱除,且笼结构坍塌使得临近超笼连接,逐步形成直径为3.47~3.66 nm,孔容介于0.142~0.226 cm³·g^-1的介孔,在提高反应物分子和产物分子扩散性能的同时,提高了活性物种的可接近性。随着碱液浓度的增加,CuY催化剂的催化活性先升高后降低。当碱液浓度为0.2 mol·L^-1时,NaY分子筛介孔直径为3.47 nm,孔容达到最大（0.226 cm³·g^-1）,相应CuY催化剂DMC的时空收率、选择性和甲醇转化率分别达到204.0 mg·g^-1·h^-1、67.8%和14.0%,活性最佳。     

Hybrid Hydrogels of Porous Graphene and Nickel Hydroxide as Advanced Supercapacitor Materials

Graphene‐based hydrogels can be used as supercapacitor electrodes because of their excellent conductivity, their large surface area and their high compatibility with electrolytes. Nevertheless, the large aspect ratio of graphene sheets limits the kinetics of processes occurring in the electrode of supercapacitors. In this study, we have introduced in‐plane and out‐of‐plane pores into a graphene–nickel hydroxide (Ni(OH)₂) hybrid hydrogel, which facilitates charge and ion transport in the electrode. Due to its optimised chemistry and architecture, the hybrid electrode demonstrates excellent electrochemical properties with a combination of high charge storage capacitance, fast rate capability and stable cycling performance. Remarkably, the Ni(OH)₂ in the hybrid contributes a capacitance as high as 3138.5 F g^?1, which is comparable to its theoretical capacitance, suggesting that such structure facilitates effectively charge‐transfer reactions in electrodes. This work provides a facile pathway for tailoring the porosity of graphene‐based materials for improved performances. Moreover, this work has also furthered our understanding in the effect of pore and hydrogel structures on the electrochemical properties of materials.     

Conversion of CuO Nanoplates into Porous Hybrid Cu2O/Polypyrrole Nanoflakes through a Pyrrole‐Induced Reductive Transformation Reaction

Porous hybrid Cu₂O/polypyrrole nanoflakes have been synthesized from solid CuO nanoplate templates through the pyrrole‐induced reductive transformation reaction at elevated temperature. The conversion mechanism involves the reductive transformation of CuO to Cu₂O and the in situ oxidative polymerization of pyrrole to polypyrrole. In addition, the morphology of the as‐converted nanohybrids depends on the shape of the CuO precursors. The strategy enables us to transform single‐crystalline CuO nanosheets into hollow hybrid Cu₂O/polypyrrole nanoframes. The ability to transform CuO and an organic monomer into porous hybrid materials of conducting polymer and Cu₂O with macrosized morphological retention opens up interesting possibilities to create novel nanostructures. Electrochemical examinations show that these porous hybrid Cu₂O/polypyrrole nanostructures exhibit efficient catalytic activity towards oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), excellent methanol tolerance ability, and catalytic stability in alkaline solution, thus making them promising nonprecious‐metal‐based catalysts for ORR in alkaline fuel cells and metal–air batteries.     

An In Situ Carbonization–Replication Method to Synthesize Mesostructured WO3/C Composite as Nonprecious‐Metal Anode Catalyst in PEMFC

A meostructured WO₃/C composite with crystalline framework and high electric conductivity has been synthesized by a new in situ carbonization–replication route using the block copolymer (poly(ethylene glycol)‐block‐poly(propylene glycol)‐block‐poly(ethylene glycol)) present in situ in the pore channels of mesoporous silica template as carbon source. X‐ray diffraction, X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy, thermogravimetry differential thermal analysis, and N₂ adsorption techniques were adopted for the structural characterization. Cyclic voltammetry, chronoamperometry, and single‐cell test for hydrogen electrochemical oxidation were adopted to characterize the electrochemical activities of the mesoporous WO₃/C composite. The carbon content and consequent electric conductivity of these high‐surface‐area (108–130 m² g^?1) mesostructured WO₃/C composite materials can be tuned by variation of the duration of heat treatment, and the composites exhibited high and stable electrochemical catalytic activity. The single‐cell test results indicated that the mesostructured WO₃/C composites showed clear electrochemical catalytic activity toward hydrogen oxidation at 25 °C, which makes them potential non‐precious‐metal anode catalysts in proton exchange membrane fuel cell.