Specific heat and neutron diffraction study on quaternary sulfides BaNd2CoS5 and BaNd2ZnS5

Magnetic and electrical properties are investigated for quaternary neodymium sulfides BaNd₂TS₅ (T=Co, Zn) through the specific heat, neutron diffraction, and electrical conductivity measurements. Their electrical conductivities show semiconductive behavior, which follows the Arrhenius temperature dependence with the activation energy of E_a=1.46 eV for BaNd₂ZnS₅ and E_a=1.19 eV for BaNd₂CoS₅. The specific heat of BaNd₂ZnS₅ has a λ-type anomaly at 2.8 K due to the antiferromagnetic ordering of the Nd³⁺ moments and a Schottky-type anomaly at around 60 K, which results from the crystal field splitting of the ⁴I_9/2 ground state of the Nd³⁺ ion. The specific heat of BaNd₂CoS₅ shows two λ-type anomalies at 5.7 K due to the antiferromagnetic ordering of Nd³⁺ and at 58 K due to the antiferromagnetic ordering of Co²⁺. The latter overlaps with the Schottky-type anomaly due to the crystal field splitting of the Nd³⁺ ion. Neutron diffraction measurements for BaNd₂CoS₅ show that a magnetic arrangement of the Co²⁺ moments has a collinear antiferromagnetic structure, while that of the Nd³⁺ moments has a noncollinear one.     

Heat capacities of concentrated multicomponent aqueous electrolyte solutions at various temperatures

The specific heat capacities of the aqueous multicomponent system NaCl +KCl+MgCl₂+CaCl₂ with ionic strength between 8.3 and 9.6 (resembling Dead Sea waters) were measured between 15°C and 45°C. The obtained data were fitted to an empirical equation as a function of concentration and temperature. The thermodynamic functions of the studied multicomponent system were found to be strongly influenced by changes in MgCl₂ concentrations. The application of Young's rule to such concentrated systems was checked at 25°C. The calculated (by Young's rule) specific heat capacitiesC _p and apparent molar heat capacities C_p, of these multicomponent electrolyte solutions were in reasonable agreement with the measured values (–0.008 J-g^–1-K^–1 and –2.6 J-mol^–1-K^–1, respectively).     

BaCuO2.5在高压下的状态方程与电学性质

 在活塞-圆筒式高压装置上研究了BaCuO_2.5在4.5 GPa内的p-V关系,给出了其状态方程、Grüneisen参数γ₀、零压体弹模量B₀以及B₀的压力导数B′₀。并在金刚石压砧装置（DAC）上测量了样品的电阻、电容随压力变化的关系,结果表明在0~20 GPa内没有发生相变。     

Substrate effect on the electrochemical capacity pattern (ECP) of PbS

Different metals (Zn, Cu, Pb) were electrodeposited on indium tin oxide (ITO/metal). ITO/metal was used as a substrate for ZnO and PbS deposition, and finally the PbS surface was encapsulated with ZnS. The electrochemical capacitance, C_EC, of each thin layer was calculated from the cyclic voltammetry data and plotted against the applied potential. The plots showed different electrochemical capacity pattern (ECP) for PbS with different metal substrates. It seems that these patterns are effectively controlled by the ECP of the metal substrates. Also, the PbS C_EC values were calculated from electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, EIS, to be compared with PbS C_EC values obtained from cyclic voltammetry. The results of this comparison were completely consistent with each other and confirm different metal as a substrate effects on the PbS and may lead to a structure with different ECP. In the X-ray diffraction pattern, the presence of different preferential orientation of metal crystals was confirmed, which have been leaded to the formation of PbS deposits with different ECP.     

Ni(OH)2修饰的三聚氰胺泡沫用于可压缩超级电容器电极

通过化学镀和电化学镀的方法制备了一种Ni(OH)₂电化学活性材料修饰三聚氰胺泡沫(MF)可压缩骨架的超级电容器电极材料MF/Ni(OH)₂。MF/Ni(OH)₂可压缩电极材料表现出最佳的电容性能,例如循环稳定性(即使在40 mA/cm^-3的电流密度下经过2000次充放电循环后,可压缩电极仍能保持90.63%的初始电容)和可压缩稳定性(即使在压缩率为50%时,仍具有97.88%的电容保持率)。层状可压缩超级电容器由MF/Ni(OH)₂弹性材料作为阳极,镍/碳(Ni/C)为阴极以及实验室中常用的滤纸作隔膜材料组成。这种超级电容器装置在不同的压缩下表现出良好的电化学性能和优异的压缩稳定性。最后,使用可压缩的超级电容器来点亮LED灯,以展示其在柔性电子设备中的应用。这些优化的电化学和机械性能表明MF/Ni(OH)₂可作为可压缩超级电容器的应用中的候选电极。     

适用于本科教学的BET比表面测定实验

采用自组装的流动吸附仪建立了基于BET吸附原理的快速测定固体比表面积的实验方法(单点法),对同一活性炭样品,在多功能气体吸附系统上进行对照实验(多点法)。实验结果表明,采用流动吸附仪测定比表面积方便易行,数据稳定可靠,实验教学效果良好。本文介绍这一特色实验,期望对从事物理化学实验教学的同行有所助益。     

高容量超级电容器电极材料的设计与制备

超级电容器寿命长,安全性高,并可以实现快速充放电,是化学电源研究的热点之一。然而,超级电容器的能量密度较低限制了其更多的应用。因此,超级电容器领域的研究关注点在如何提高超级电容器的能量密度。其中,提高比容量是提高能量密度的一种有效途径。本文通过对电极材料和电解液的优化来研究制备得到高容量超级电容器的方法。电极材料的比表面积、孔道结构和导电性对其电化学性能有着直接的影响。一方面,通过优化电极材料的孔道结构和比表面积可以增加活性位点并提高电解液离子传导率,从而得到高比电容。另一方面,电极材料导电性的提高有利于提升其电子传导率从而得到较高的比容量。本文分别对碳材料和金属氧化物/氢氧化物的优化达到了增加双电层电容和赝电容的目的。不仅如此,还可以通过在电解液中增加氧化还原电对从而得到高比电容。这一方法为高容量超级电容器的制备提供了新的思路。     

CO_2熔盐电化学转化碳材料的电化学特性

基于对熔融碳酸盐体系中电化学还原CO_2所得碳材料(electrolytic-carbon,EC)的形貌、结构、组成的认识,以粉末微电极循环伏安法测试为基础,在稀溶液中对EC的本征电化学行为进行了考察,以揭示这类碳材料的界面电化学特性。实验发现,在典型条件(450°C、4.5 V槽压)下制备的电解碳(450°C-4.5 V-EC)的伏安行为有别于多壁碳纳米管、石墨烯、石墨、乙炔黑等常见碳材料,在负电位区表现出显著的"双电层充放电响应迟滞"现象。通过考察溶液pH值、电位扫描速率、阴阳离子种类对这一现象的影响,发现pH和电解液组成都不影响这一现象的出现;电解液浓度提高和低扫描速率时滞后现象减弱,表明迟滞充放电是这类碳材料的本征特性,与其表面含氧官能团及其对阳离子的特性吸附密切相关。实验进一步研究了不同电解条件下制备的EC所展现的电化学特性吸附及电容性质,发现随着熔盐温度的升高,EC对电解液中阳离子的特性吸附能力降低,而相同温度不同槽压下制备的EC特性吸附能力相近,表现出相似的电容特性,这与EC的含氧量和比表面积有关。电解碳所展现的独特电容特性对其潜在的应用或可提供有价值的线索和指导。     

X-ray double-crystal rocking curves in GaAlAs/GaAs heterostructures

Summary X-ray double-crystal rocking curves of Ga_1−x Al _x As/GaAs heterostructures have been calculated using a dynamical diffraction model for the general case of Bragg reflection geometry. Different experimental configurations have been considered and the possibility of studying both slightly mismatched and relatively thin layers has been investigated. Experimental rocking curves have been measured using the CuKα ₁ radiation, the 004 symmetric reflection and a perfect crystal as the monochromator. An excellent agreement between calculated and experimental rocking curves has been found and this demonstrates the reliability of both the experimental procedure and the theoretical approach.     

Corrections to the wave function and the hyperfine structure in exotic atoms

We present an analytical evaluation of radiative corrections in exotic atoms induced by the one-loop electronic vacuum polarization. We evaluate corrections to the energy levels, to the wave function (at the origin) and to the hyperfine structure. We treat all corrections analytically within a non-relativistic approximation. Agreement is found with a few available numerical results. The analytical treatment allows to determine the asymptotic forms of the corrections in the limit of a small atomic radius, which for the atomic systems considered corresponds to a large mass of the constituent particle as compared to the electron mass. The asymptotics can be verified using the effective charge approach. Received: 28 January 1998 / Accepted: 13 March 1998