NiO/MnO2分级纳米片阵列复合材料的制备与超电容性能

通过化学浴沉积和水热法在泡沫镍上制备了NiO/MnO₂分级纳米片阵列复合材料,XRD和SEM测试表明NiO纳米片垂直生长在泡沫镍上,交叉形成网状阵列结构;MnO₂纳米介孔泡沫进一步生长在NiO纳米片两侧,与NiO形成了壳核式的复合结构。循环伏安和恒流充放电测试发现,NiO/MnO₂分级纳米片阵列复合材料的电化学性能相比复合前得到明显改善,在1 A·g^-1的电流密度下,比电容提高至1 297 F·g^-1;2 A·g^-1下循环1 000次,比电容保持率高达97%,比电容和循环性能的改善是由于分级纳米片阵列复合结构方便了电解液传质,扩大了活性材料与电解液的接触,促进了赝电容反应,提高了NiO和MnO₂的结构稳定性。     

Pt/TiO_2复合纳米结构形貌控制及光催化动力学

制备了3种不同形貌的Ti O2结构:纳米杯、(001)纳米片、(100)纳米片,并进一步与Pt纳米粒子复合以去除污水中的有机染料。透射电镜结果证实了3种Ti O2纳米结构的形成,观察到了附着其上的Pt纳米粒子。使用XRD确定了3种Ti O2纳米结构均为锐钛矿相。以罗丹明B作为有机染料,检测了不同形貌Ti O2及其Pt复合物的光催化性能。结果表明:纳米杯状的Pt/Ti O2在罗丹明B溶液中表现出最高降解率,在1.5 h内降解率可达99.1%。同时讨论了Ti O2及其复合物的光降解机理。     

二氧化钛多孔纳米片在染料敏化太阳电池中的应用

运用连续吸附反应法和化学腐蚀-沉积法,用ZnO/FTO(氟掺杂氧化锡)多孔纳米片为模板,制备了TiO2/FTO多孔纳米片。研究了吸附次数对形貌、光散射性能和染料敏化太阳电池性能的影响。最佳吸附次数为30,由此得到的太阳能电池的效率、短路电流密度Jsc、开路电压Voc和填充因子FF分别为:5.57%、9.26 mA·cm-2、0.835 V和72.04%。这个效率略高于P25(5.32%),但远高于ZnO(2.41%)。     

Phase transitions and kinetic properties of gold nanoparticles confined between two-layer graphene nanosheets

The thermodynamic and kinetic behaviors of gold nanoparticles confined between two-layer graphene nanosheets (two-layer-GNSs) are examined and investigated during heating and cooling processes via molecular dynamics (MD) simulation technique. An EAM potential is applied to represent the gold–gold interactions while a Lennard–Jones (L–J) potential is used to describe the gold–GNS interactions. The MD melting temperature of 1345 K for bulk gold is close to the experimental value (1337 K), confirming that the EAM potential used to describe gold–gold interactions is reliable. On the other hand, the melting temperatures of gold clusters supported on graphite bilayer are corrected to the corresponding experimental values by adjusting the ε_Au–C value. Therefore, the subsequent results from current work are reliable. The gold nanoparticles confined within two-layer GNSs exhibit face center cubic structures, which is similar to those of free gold clusters and bulk gold. The melting points, heats of fusion, and heat capacities of the confined gold nanoparticles are predicted based on the plots of total energies against temperature. The density distribution perpendicular to GNS suggests that the freezing of confined gold nanoparticles starts from outermost layers. The confined gold clusters exhibit layering phenomenon even in liquid state. The transition of order–disorder in each layer is an essential characteristic in structure for the freezing phase transition of the confined gold clusters. Additionally, some vital kinetic data are obtained in terms of classical nucleation theory.     

Zero-to-Two Nanoarchitectonics: Fabrication of Two-Dimensional Materials from Zero-Dimensional Fullerene

Nanoarchitectonics of two-dimensional materials from zero-dimensional fullerenes is mainly introduced in this short review. Fullerenes are simple objects with mono-elemental (carbon) composition and zero-dimensional structure. However, fullerenes and their derivatives can create various types of two-dimensional materials. The exemplified approaches demonstrated fabrications of various two-dimensional materials including size-tunable hexagonal fullerene nanosheet, two-dimensional fullerene nano-mesh, van der Waals two-dimensional fullerene solid, fullerene/ferrocene hybrid hexagonal nanosheet, fullerene/cobalt porphyrin hybrid nanosheet, two-dimensional fullerene array in the supramolecular template, two-dimensional van der Waals supramolecular framework, supramolecular fullerene liquid crystal, frustrated layered self-assembly from two-dimensional nanosheet, and hierarchical zero-to-one-to-two dimensional fullerene assembly for cell culture.     

应变和C掺杂对单层BN纳米片的电子结构和磁学性质的影响

利用基于密度泛函理论的第一性原理计算方法, 研究了应变和C原子掺杂对单层BN纳米片的电子结构和磁学性质的影响. 计算结果表明未掺杂的单层BN纳米片具有宽的直接带隙, 在压缩和拉伸应变的作用下, 带隙会分别增大和减小, 但应变对带隙的调制整体效果不太明显. 单个C原子掺入BN纳米片的态密度揭示体系呈现出半金属性(Half-metallicity), 磁矩主要源于C 2p态, 而B 2p和N 2p态在极化作用下也能提供部分磁矩. 两个C原子掺入BN纳米片时, 磁性基态会随着C原子的间距发生变化: 当两C原子为最近邻(nn)和次近邻(nnn)时, 反铁磁态为磁性基态; 而当两C原子为次次近邻(nnnn)时, 铁磁态为基态, 并且其态密度也显示出半金属性.