IR Reflection Spectra of Ferroelectric Ceramics Based on Solid Solutions of Lead Zirconate-Titanate

We have investigated the IR reflection spectra of ferroelectric ceramics based on solid solutions of lead zirconate-titanate with a rhombohedral structure obtained by high-pressure cold precompaction. In the 55–65-cm^–1 frequency range, we have revealed by experiment that the soft ferroelectric-active mode for the ceramics compacted by a higher pressure under the conditions of cold compaction is shifted into the region of lower frequencies. For the ceramics precompacted at various pressures, we have determined the frequencies of longitudinal and transverse phonons and calculated the frequency dependences of the imaginary and real parts of the dielectric constant.     

具有特大磁电阻效应钙钛矿材料的制备及性能分析

通过固相烧结法制备了具有特大磁电阻效应的钙钛矿材料Pr0.64Ag0.044MnAl0.2O3.利用结构和成分分析,发现此材料只有在1 100℃高温烧结下才能生成完整的钙钛矿结构,且属于立方晶系,晶格常量a≈0.386 nm.在0.4 T的外磁场下,磁电阻值在122 K处达到最大,约为19.2%,为巨磁电阻实验提供了较好的样品.     

Decomposition of High Concentration Hydrogen Peroxide over Alumina-Supported Lao.6Sr0.4MnO3 Perovskite Catalyst

In recent years there has been ever-increasing interest in space propellants that are more environmentally benign,less toxic and easier and safer to handle than conventional ones     

New Method for Catalyst Powder Manufacturing Based on Solvent Combustion

A new method for the synthesis of fine catalyst powders is presented. Catalyst precursors are dissolved in an ethanol-water mixture which is burned through a nozzle-type burner. As a result, catalyst powders are formed and removed from flue gases through a filter. LaMnO₃ catalysts for the catalytic combustion of methane have been prepared, characterised (TEM, XRD) and compared with a reference manfacturing method (the citrates one) showing promising, though improvable, results. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Oxygen-vacancy concentration in A2MgMoO6−δ double-perovskite oxides

Accurate oxygen-content analysis by means of a coulometric redox titration method specially devised for the purpose shows that as-synthesized (in 5% H₂/Ar) samples of the recently reported novel solid oxide fuel cells anode material Sr₂MgMoO_6−δ contain oxygen vacancies with a concentration of δ≈0.05. Oxygen contents and the resultant Mo-valence values are also analyzed for various A₂MgMoO_6−δ samples in order to reveal both the isovalent and aliovalent A-site cation substitution effects.     

In-plane oriented CH_3NH_3PbI_3 nanowire suppression of the interface electron transfer to PCBM

One-dimensional nanowire is an important candidate for lead-halide perovskite-based photonic detectors and solar cells. Its surface population, diameter, and growth direction, etc., are critical for device performance. In this research,we carried out a detailed study on electron transfer process at the interface of nanowire CH_3 NH_3 PbI_3(N-MAPbI_3)/Phenyl C61 butyric acid methyl-ester synonym(PCBM), as well as the interface of compact CH_3 NH_3 PbI_3(C-MAPbI_3)/PCBM by transient absorption spectroscopy. By comparing the carrier recombination dynamics of N-MAPbI_3, N-MAPbI_3/PCBM,C-MAPbI_3, and C-MAPbI_3/PCBM from picosecond(ps) to hundred nanosecond(ns) time scale, it is demonstrated that electron transfer at N-MAPbI_3/PCBM interface is less efficient than that at C-MAPbI_3/PCBM interface. In addition, electron transfer efficiency at C-MAPbI_3/PCBM interface was found to be excitation density-dependent, and it reduces with photo-generation carrier concentration increasing in a range from 1.0 × 1018 cm~(-3)–4.0 × 1018 cm~(-3). Hot electron transfer,which leads to acceleration of electron transfer between the interfaces, was also visualized as carrier concentration increases from 1.0 × 10~(18) cm~(-3)–2.2 × 10~(18) cm~(-3).     

钙钛矿/硅异质结叠层太阳电池:光学模拟的研究进展

近几年,钙钛矿/硅异质结叠层太阳电池发展迅速,效率已经从13.7%提升到29.1%.由于叠层电池器件的制作工艺复杂,而叠层太阳电池中的光学损失对转换效率的影响很大,所以通过光学模拟进而获得高效电池至关重要.本文首先从商业软件和自建模型两方面概述了光学模拟的方法,接着从反射损失和寄生吸收两方面针对光学模拟研究进展进行了总结和分析,最后指出了叠层电池光学模拟过程中需要注意的问题.钙钛矿/硅异质结叠层太阳电池的转换效率极限最高可达40%,具备很大的提升空间,结合模拟工作的研究,叠层电池的发展将会取得更大的进步.     

Comparative study of kinetic modeling for the oxidative coupling of methane by genetic and marquardt algorithms

Overall kinetic studies on the oxidative coupling of methane, OCM, have been conducted in a tubular fixed bed reactor, using perovskite titanate as the reaction catalyst. The appropriate operating conditions were found to be: temperature 750-775 ℃, total feed flow rate of 160 ml/min, CH4/O2 ratio of 2 and GHSV of 100 min-1. Under these conditions, C2 yield of 28% was achieved. Correlations of the kinetic data have been performed with lumped rate equations for C2 and COx formation as functions of temperature, O2 and CH4 partial pressures. Six models have been selected among the common lumped kinetic models. The selected models have been regressed with the experimental data which were obtained from the Catatest system by genetic algorithm in order to obtain optimized parameters. The kinetic coefficients in the overall reactions were optimized by different numerical optimization methods such as: the Levenberg-Marquardt and genetic algorithms and the results were compared with one another. It has been found that the Santamaria model is in good agreement with the experimental data. The Arrhenius parameters of this model have been obtained by linear regression. It should be noted that the Marquardt algorithm is sensitive to the first guesses and there is possibility to trap in the relative minimum.     

B-site ordered perovskite LaSrMnNbO6: Synthesis, structure and antiferromagnetism

LaSrMnNbO₆ has been synthesized by high temperature solid state reaction under 1% H₂/Ar dynamic flow. The structure is determined by Rietveld refinement of the powder X-ray diffraction data. It crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P2₁/n with the unit cell parameters: a=5.69187(12), b=5.74732(10), c=8.07018(15) Å and β=90.0504(29)°, which were also confirmed by electron diffraction. The Mn²⁺ and Nb⁵⁺ ions, whose valence states are confirmed by X-ray absorption near-edge spectroscopy, are almost completely ordered over the B-site (<1% inversion) of the perovskite structure due to the large differences of both cationic size (0.19 Å) and charge. The octahedral framework displays significant tilting distortion according to Glazer’s tilt system a⁻b⁻c⁺. Upon heating, LaSrMnNbO₆ decomposes at 690 °C under O₂ flow or at 775 °C in air. The magnetic susceptibility data indicate the presence of long-range antiferromagnetic ordering at T_N=8 K; the experimentally observed effective paramagnetic moment, μ_eff=5.76 μ_B for high spin Mn²⁺ (3d⁵, S=5/2) is in good agreement with the calculated value (μ_calcd=5.92 μ_B).