Photocatalytic methane decomposition over vertically aligned transparent TiO2 nanotube arrays

We report here on a study of vertically aligned TiO(2) nanotube arrays grown by the one-step anodic oxidation technique and their photocatalytic performance for methane decomposition. Quantitative activity data as a function of film thickness is obtained.     

ESI‐MS/MS of expanded porphyrins: a look into their structure and aromaticity

Electrospray mass spectrometry/mass spectrometry was used to investigate the gas‐phase properties of protonated expanded porphyrins, in order to correlate those with their structure and conformation. We have selected five expanded meso‐pentafluorophenyl porphyrins, respectively, a pair of oxidized/reduced fused pentaphyrins (22 and 24 π electrons), a pair of oxidized/reduced regular hexaphyrins (26 and 28 π electrons) and a regular doubly N‐fused hexaphyrin (28 π electrons). The gas‐phase behavior of the protonated species of oxidized and reduced expanded porphyrins is different. The oxidized species (aromatic Hückel systems) fragment more extensively, mainly by the loss of two HF molecules. The reduced species (Möbius aromatic or Möbius‐like aromatic systems) fragment less than their oxidized counterparts because of their increased flexibility. The protonated regular doubly fused hexaphyrin (non‐aromatic Hückel system) shows the least fragmentation even at higher collision energies. In general, cyclization through losses of HF molecules decreases from the aromatic Hückel systems to Möbius aromatic or Möbius‐like aromatic systems to non‐aromatic Hückel systems and is related to an increase in conformational distortion. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

多相催化元素的有效性:新型催化剂的工业活性预测（英文）

人们对化学工业可持续性关注的不断提高推动了更加高效催化反应的开发.第一代评估催化剂活性的方法基于其地壳丰度,该方法存在严重不足.本文提出了第二代评估催化剂活性的办法,该方法可以在工业应用之前预测新型催化剂的活性,从而使全球化学工业受益.采用该评估法发现,对于11个有代表性的工业催化过程,催化剂消耗与催化剂元素的年度生产或价格之间存在着关联.基于该关联,我们引入了两个新概念来描述催化剂活性:每年催化剂消耗量与可用量的比值(CCA)和每年消耗催化剂成本与产品价值的比值(CCP).将CCA和CCP评估法用于选定的工业反应,进行实例分析并根据活性将催化剂分类,根据CCA和CCP值即可确定催化剂活性的普遍极限.计算CCA和CCP,并将其与催化剂活性的普遍极限进行比较,可以为研究者提供一个新的框架,用以评估一个新催化剂的成本或物理有效率是否会成为限制因素.我们还将该方法用于计算并预测新型催化剂的可行性生产及产品成本的经济极限.     

Study of DyFe12−xMx compounds by57Fe and161Dy Mössbauer spectroscopy

DyFe_12?xM_x (M=Si,Ti,Cr) were studied with⁵⁷Fe and¹⁶¹Dy Mössbauer spectroscopy. The deduced coupling constants J_RFe of these compounds are about equal. It is found that Si is substituting one particular Fe-site, while Cr is substituting Fe randomly. In DyFe₁₀Si₂ two Fe-sites favour a c-axis anisotropy, while the third one favours the basal plane.