Atomic‐Scale CoOx Species in Metal–Organic Frameworks for Oxygen Evolution Reaction

The activity of electrocatalysts strongly depends on the number of active sites, which can be increased by downsizing electrocatalysts. Single‐atom catalysts have attracted special attention due to atomic‐scale active sites. However, it is a huge challenge to obtain atomic‐scale CoO_x catalysts. The Co‐based metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) own atomically dispersed Co ions, which motivates to design a possible pathway to partially on‐site transform these Co ions to active atomic‐scale CoO_x species, while reserving the highly porous features of MOFs. In this work, for the first time, the targeted on‐site formation of atomic‐scale CoO_x species is realized in ZIF‐67 by O₂ plasma. The abundant pores in ZIF‐67 provide channels for O₂ plasma to activate the Co ions in MOFs to on‐site produce atomic‐scale CoO_x species, which act as the active sites to catalyze the oxygen evolution reaction with an even better activity than RuO₂.     

How Is Oxygen Incorporated into Oxides? A Comprehensive Kinetic Study of a Simple Solid‐State Reaction with SrTiO3 as a Model Material

The kinetics of stoichiometry change of an oxide--a prototype of a simple solid-state reaction and a process of substantial technological relevance--is studied and analyzed in great detail. Oxygen incorporation into strontium titanate was chosen as a model process. The complete reaction can be phenomenologically and mechanistically understood beginning with the surface reaction and ending with the transport in the perovskite. Key elements are a detailed knowledge of the defect chemistry of the perovskite as well as the application of a variety of experimental and theoretical tools, many of them evolving from this study. The importance of the reaction and transport steps for (electro)chemical applications is emphasized.     

Spectroscopic,electrocatalytic, and photoelectrochemical characteristics of mixed-ligand bis(β-dicarbonylato) phthalocyanine complexes of zirconium(IV) and hafnium(IV)

The electronic absorption (EAS) and fluorescence spectra and electrocatalytic and photoelectrochemical characteristics of mixed-ligand complexes of zirconium(IV) and hafnium(IV) based on phthalocyanines in solutions and in thin films were investigated. It was established that a significant bathochromic shift of the Q band and redistribution of the intensities in the absorption bands are observed in the electronic absorption spectra. It was shown that films of the synthesized compounds are promising for use as photosensitizers and electrochemical sensors for oxygen in solution. __________ Translated from Teoreticheskaya i éksperimental’naya Khimiya, Vol. 44, No. 3, pp. 133–137, May–June, 2008.     

Theoretical investigation of anthracene-9,10-endoperoxide vertical singlet and triplet excitation spectra

The electronic absorption spectrum of anthracene-9,10-endoperoxide (APO) has been investigated by means of multiconfigurational multi-state second order perturbation theory on complete active space self-consistent field wavefunctions (MS-CASPT2/CASSCF) and two single reference methods: time-dependent density functional theory (TD-DFT) and coupled cluster of second order (CC2). After testing several active spaces and basis sets, a CAS (14,12) active space together with an ANO-S basis set was found an appropriate choice to describe the vertical singlet and triplet electronic states of APO. Unfortunately, TD-DFT and CC2 methods cannot reproduce the MS-CASPT2 and experimental spectrum. Our MS-CASPT2//CASSCF(14,12)/ANO-S calculations predict a predominant pi*(OO)sigma*(OO) character for the lowest singlet excited state S(1) at 3.85 eV. Accordingly, the lowest singlet state of APO should be responsible for homolysis of the endoperoxide group. The next two absorbing excited states, experimentally proposed to be responsible for singlet oxygen production and therefore connected to the biological interest of APO, have been computed vertically at 4.34 and 4.59 eV and assigned to pi(CC)pi*(CC) and pi*(OO)pi*(CC) transitions, respectively. The vertical triplet electronic spectrum follows the singlet vertical spectrum ordering. The high density of triplet and singlet excited states of different nature within few eV points to the possibility of intersystem crossings between potential energy surfaces of different multiplicity.     

新型含硫(氧)肟醚衍生物的合成、杀虫活性及其结构活性关系研究

通过1-芳基含硫(氧)酮肟与相应的拟除虫菊醇卤化物在氢氧化钠和相转移催化剂条件下反应或1-芳基含硫(氧)酮肟与相应的拟除虫菊醇卤化物的三乙基季胺盐在氢氧化钠条件下反应, 合成了1-芳基含硫(氧)酮O-苄基肟醚C1～C96共96个化合物. 它们的结构经质谱, 1H NMR, IR和元素分析确证. 生物活性测定结果表明, 该类化合物对鳞翅目和同翅目害虫表现出显著活性, C74和C93对粘虫、叶蝉的活性[LC50/(mg•L－1)]分别为1.4, 0.63和0.31, 1.2. 优于对照药氰戊菊酯.     

不同活性炭上Pt催化剂的分散性及其在甲基环己烷脱氢反应中的催化性能

在不同方法处理的活性炭上采用传统浸渍方法制备了负载Pt催化剂,并考察了其在甲基环己烷脱氢反应中的催化性能.对炭载体的氮吸附和程序升温脱附的表征结果表明,活性炭经过硝酸氧化处理和氢气高温处理后,活性炭的孔结构基本不变,但表面含氧官能团的数量和种类发生了变化.这些不同的表面基团直接影响了Pt粒子在载体上的分散度,进而使催化剂在反应中表现出不同的活性.     

气体燃料化学链燃烧技术中的溶胶凝胶Ni基氧载体研究

高性能氧载体是实现具有CO2富集特性的化学链燃烧技术的关键。选用Ni(NO3)2和Al(OC3H7)3为主要原料,匹配合适的实验操作参数,通过溶胶 凝胶法制备了NiO/NiAl2O4氧载体,其中60%NiO含量、1300℃烧结6h的该种氧载体物化指标较好。在热重分析上研究了NiO/NiAl2O4氧载体与甲烷/空气的还原 氧化反应性,利用XRD、SEM和BET对反应前后的氧载体进行表征。结果表明,制备的氧载体具有良好的还原 氧化反应循环能力。随着循环次数的增多,每次还原阶段被还原的程度缓慢加深,每次氧化阶段被氧化的程度逐渐下降,且还原加深幅度和氧化下降的幅度均逐渐减小,整体上其循环反应性呈缓慢增加的趋势。循环反应过程中,氧载体颗粒间无任何烧结,仍然保持为多孔结构。这些结果初步证明采用溶胶凝胶法制备的NiO/NiAl2O4氧载体具有实现气体燃料化学链燃烧技术的可行性。     

硼、磷共掺杂铁钴双金属材料的制备及其电催化析氧性能

采用一步水热法合成了硼、磷共掺杂铁钴材料(Fe-Co-B-P)。借助扫描电子显微镜(SEM)、X射线衍射(XRD)、X射线光电子能谱(XPS)、傅里叶变换红外光谱(FT-IR)等技术对所合成材料的形貌、结构和组成进行表征。利用线性扫描伏安(LSV)、循环伏安(CV)、电化学阻抗谱(EIS)等技术研究材料电化学析氧反应(OER)性能。结果表明,Fe-Co-B-P表面疏松且粗糙,颗粒间有许多空隙。在电流密度为10和100 mA·cm^-2时,其过电势分别为278和309 mV,Tafel斜率为24 mV·dec^-1,说明该材料具有较优的电催化析氧性能。其在连续进行10 h的计时电位测试过程中,电势基本保持在1.55 V(vs RHE),表明该催化剂具有较好的电化学稳定性。这是由于铁钴双金属与硼、磷非金属之间的协同作用促进了电子的传递。     

Comparison of LaFeO3, La0.8Sr0.2FeO3, and La0.8Sr0.2Fe0.9Co0.1O3 perovskite oxides as oxygen carrier for partial oxidation of methane

Comparison of LaFeO3, La0.8Sr0.2FeO3, and La0.8Sr0.2Fe0.9Co0.1O3 perovskite oxides as oxygen cartier for partial oxidation of methane in the absence of gaseous oxygen was investigated by continuous flow reaction and sequential redox reaction. Methane was oxidized to syngas with high selectivity by oxygen species of perovskite oxides in the absence of gaseous oxygen. The sequential redox reaction revealed that the structural stability and continuous oxygen supply in redox re-action decreased over La0.8Sr0.2Fe0.9Co0.1O3 oxide, while LaFeO3 and Lao.sSro.2FeO3 exhibited excellent structural stability and continuous oxygen supply.