氧化镍薄膜的制备及电化学性质

分别采用真空蒸镀_热氧化(VE_TO)及脉冲激光沉积(PLD)技术制备氧化镍(NiO)阳极薄膜材料,并利用XRD、SEM、循环伏安、充放电等方法对薄膜的结构和电化学性能进行了表征。结果表明,两种方法均制备了厚度均匀、表面光滑、与基片结合紧密、无缺陷、致密的纳米晶形NiO薄膜。采用PLD技术制备的薄膜颗粒更小、结构更有序,具有更高的电化学比容量,并且能承受大电流充放电。因此,这两种方法制备的NiO薄膜可根据充放电电流密度的要求有选择的应用于全固态薄膜锂离子电池中。     

Oxygen species on NiO/Al2O3 and their reactivities

Oxygen species on fresh and treated NiO/Al₂O₃ and their activities for oxidation of ethane and ethylene were investigated using catalytic property measurements, ethane and ethylene pulse experiments and O₂–TPD–MS experiments. The results revealed that there are two kinds of active oxygen species (the more active one and the less active one) on fresh NiO/Al₂O₃ catalyst, but there is only one active oxygen species, the less active one, on treated NiO/Al₂O₃ catalyst. The more active oxygen species can convert ethane or ethylene to carbon dioxide by one step while the less active one can only convert ethane to ethylene, but cannot convert ethane and/or ethylene to carbon dioxide. The more active oxygen species can be removed from the catalyst by heating from 350 to 850 °C. The amounts of desorption oxygen on the catalysts are proportional to their selectivity to carbon dioxide.     

Functional Nickel Oxide Nanostructures for Ethanol Oxidation in Alkaline Media

Nickel oxide (NiO) nanostructures are employed in the basic medium for the oxidation of ethanol. A variety of NiO nanostructures are synthesized by wet chemical growth method, using different hydroxide (OH^?) ion sources, particularly from ammonia, hexamethylenetetramine, urea and sodium hydroxide. The use of urea as (OH^?) ion source results in flower‐like NiO structures composed by extremely thin nanowalls (thickness lower than 10 nm,), which demonstrated to be the most active for ethanol oxidation. All the samples exhibit NiO cubic phase, and no other impurity was detected. The cyclic voltammetry (CV) curves of NiO nanostructures were found linear over the concentration range 0.1–3.5 mM (R²=0.99) of ethanol, with the limit of detection estimated to be 0.013 mM for ethanol. The NiO nanostructures exhibit a selective signal towards ethanol oxidation in the presence of different members of alcohol family. The proposed NiO nanostructures showed a significant practicality for the reproducible and sensitive determination of ethanol from brandy, whisky, mixture of brandy and rum, and vodka samples. The nanomaterial was used as a surface modifying agent for the glassy carbon electrode and it showed a stable electro‐oxidation activity for the ethanol for 16 days. These findings indicate that the presented NiO nanomaterial can be applied in place of noble metals for ethanol sensing and other environmental applications (like fuel cells).     

Hydrodesulfurization of Thiophene on Ni,Mo-supported MCM-41 Catalysts

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Structural,optical and photocatalytic applications of biosynthesized NiO nanocrystals

NiO is one of the most important candidates for semiconductors metal oxide nanocrystals by the arrangement of photocatalytic application. However, the photocatalytic performance of biosynthesized nanocrystals using Aspalathus linearis (Burm.f.) R. Dahlgren has not been investigated yet. In this contribution, we synthesize α-Ni(OH)₂ using an A. linearis. A heat treatment of the α-Ni(OH)₂ is carried out at 300–400°C for 2?h at normal air yields. Furthermore, we have characterized the structural, optical and photocatalytic activity of the samples. The optical results indicate that biosynthesized nanocrystals exhibit UV–visible light absorption and a narrow range distribution of intense green light (518.95?nm) emission, which decreases significantly as annealing temperature increases. The bandgap energies of the sample annealed at 300–400°C shift to lower photon energy, compared to bulk NiO (～ 4?eV). Moreover, the photocatalytic experimental results reveal that NiO nanocrystals enable color switching of methylene blue.     

镍含量对NiO/SiO2气凝胶性能的影响

A series of NiO/SiO₂ aerogel catalysts were prepared by sol-gel method. The effects of the nickel content on the structure and existing forms of NiO/SiO₂ aerogel catalysts were investigated by using XRD, TPR and FT-IR. The results showed that there were interactions between NiO and SiO₂. But as nickel content increased, the in-teraction decreased. The nickel oxide in the catalysts appeared in different forms as nickel content was changed. When the content was less than 13%, Ni(Ⅱ) entered into the SiO₂ structure completely and it became clusters after calcining. If the content altered from 20% to 50%, NiO existed as both microcrystal and clusters, the later spices was dominating. However, when the content increased to 70%, microcrystal became the primary components.     

二维层状NiO/g-C3N4复合材料在无铁光电类芬顿体系中有效去除环丙沙星的研究

Excessive use of ciprofloxacin (CIP) has proven to be a significant threat to the ecological environment. In this work, a novel Fe-free photo-electro-Fenton system was designed for the degradation of CIP in water. The NiO/g-C₃N₄ composites were synthesized by a simple solvothermal method. The crystalline phases and chemical compositions of the different catalysts were determined via X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis. Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy further confirmed the molecular structures of the different composites. The results proved the successful synthesis of NiO/g-C₃N₄ composites. The morphology of the material was obtained using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), which showed that the structure of the optimal NiO/g-C₃N₄-60% was two-dimensional and flower-like. The transmission electron microscopy (TEM) analysis further proved that the NiO/g-C₃N₄-60% possessed a layered structure. Owing to the layered structure, the NiO/g-C₃N₄-60% boasts of a large specific surface area and abundant active sites, which were beneficial for the transmission of electrons and oxidation of CIP. Furthermore, it was evident from the X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) analysis that the Ni²⁺ and Ni³⁺ coexisted, and there was low coordination oxygen with defects in the NiO/g-C₃N₄-60% composite. The electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectrum also proved the existence of oxygen vacancies, which not only facilitated the activation of H₂O₂, but also promoted the formation of stable mixed valence states of metal ions. UV-vis diffuse reflection spectrum (UV-Vis DRS), photoluminescence (PL), and electrochemical tests showed that NiO/g-C₃N₄-60% exhibited the strongest light absorption capacity, lowest charge transfer resistance, and fastest charge separation efficiency, which was beneficial for the generation of active species and the rapid degradation of CIP. Therefore, the flower-like NiO/g-C₃N₄-60% composites exhibited photoelectric synergy in the photo-electro-Fenton process. They not only effectively decomposed the H₂O₂ produced in the electro-Fenton process into ·OH by the conversion of Ni³⁺/Ni²⁺, but also generated photogenerated electrons and holes to promote the production of ·OH, ·O₂^–, and h⁺ under light irradiation to improve the degradation efficiency of CIP. When the optimal NiO/g-C₃N₄-60% served as a catalyst in the photo-electro-Fenton system, the degradation efficiency of CIP reached approximately 100% in 90 min and the mineralization efficiency reached 82.0% in 120 min. In addition, compared with the traditional Fenton system (the optimal pH value of which is 2.8–3.5), the novel photo-electro-Fenton system possessed a wider range of pH, with a final CIP degradation efficiency of 78.8% at a pH value of 6. The NiO/g-C₃N₄-60% also demonstrated excellent structural stability in the photo-electro-Fenton system. After five consecutive cycles, the degradation efficiency was maintained at 96.3%. Based on the results of high-performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (HPLC-MS), two possible pathways for CIP degradation were proposed. This study provides a theoretical basis for the rapid degradation of antibiotics in wastewater.      

Electrospinning preparation of NiO/ZnO composite nanofibers for photodegradation of binary mixture of rhodamine B and methylene blue in aqueous solution: Central composite optimization

One‐dimensional nanofiber of p‐type NiO/n‐type ZnO heterojunctions with various molar ratios of Ni to Zn at different calcination temperatures were successfully synthesized using the electrospinning method, and they were fully characterized. The photocatalysts thus obtained were applied in aqueous solutions for rhodamine B (RDB) and methylene blue (MB) degradation. The p–n heterojunctions built among the cubic structure NiO and hexagonal structure ZnO in the composite nanofiber are responsible for generation of electrons and holes and subsequently superoxide and hydroxyl radical production by carriers which lead to degradation of the dyes in solution. The composite nanofibers (ZnNi1) calcined at 550 °C for 3 h showed the highest photocatalytic activity for degradation of the dyes in aqueous solution. The optimum values were found to be 180 min, 7.0, 1 g l^?1 and 3.0 and 3.0 mg l^?1 for irradiation time, pH, photocatalyst dosage and initial concentration of RDB and MB, respectively. For these optimum conditions, the photocatalytic degradation of RDB and MB was found to be 99.37 and 98.44%, respectively. The maximum photodegradation of RDB and MB using ZnNi1 was 59.41 and 65.43%, respectively. First‐order kinetics based on the Langmuir–Hinshelwood model successfully fitted the experimental data.     

Electrosynthesis of azopyrazoles via the oxidation of N-alkylaminopyrazoles on a NiO(OH) anode in aqueous alkali – A green method for N-N homocoupling

A nickel oxyhydroxide [NiO(OH)] anode was exploited to develop a new synthetic route for the electrocatalytic N-N homocoupling of N-alkylaminopyrazoles in an alkaline aqueous medium. The advantages of this green electrochemical methodology include low cost, atom economy and high yields.     

TiO2表面掺杂CeO2和NiO及光催化活性研究

以硫酸镍、硝酸铈为掺杂剂,在TiCl4水解过程中,以沉淀包覆或机械混合的掺杂方法制备了改性TiO2粉体,进行了X射线衍射表征和光催化活性评价。晶粒的长大受到了抑制,在450℃焙烧下,掺镍样品的平均粒径由未掺杂纯样品的38.2 nm减小到11.5 nm（机械混合）和8.4 nm（沉淀包覆）,掺铈样品的平均粒径则分别减小到30.5 nm和14nm;镍掺杂导致了样品在焙烧温度450℃时便有金红石相析出,而铈掺杂的样品和纯样品在相同温度下没有金红石相;通过甲苯在样品上的光催化氧化过程,证实了掺杂对样品的光催化性能有影响。在纯样品和掺镍、掺铈的样品上,130 min后甲苯的质量浓度由初始的80 mg/m3分别下降到20、2.5和8.6 mg/m3。