Strain and interfacial engineering to accelerate hydrogen evolution reaction of two-dimensional phosphorus carbide

Hydrogen,regarded as a promising energy carrier to alleviate the current energy crisis,can be generated from hydrogen evolution reaction(HER),whereas its efficiency is impeded by the activity of catalysts.Herein,effective strategies,such as strain and interfacial engineering,are imposed to tune the catalysis performance of novel two-dimensional(2D)phosphorus carbide(PC)layers using first-principle calculations.The findings show that P site in pristine monolayer PC(ML-PC)exhibits higher HER performance than C site.Intriguingly,constructing bilayer PC sheet(BL-PC)can change the coordinate configuration of P atom to form 3-coordination-P atom(3-co-P)and 4-coordination-P atom(4-co-P),and the original activity of 3-co-P site is higher than the 4-co-P site.When an external compressive strain is applied,the activity of the 4-co-P site is enhanced whereas the external strain can barely affect that of 3-co-P site.Interestingly,the graphene substrate enhances the overall activity of the BL-PC because the graphene substrate optimizes the?GH*value of 4-co-P site,although it can barely affect the HER activity of 3-co-P site and ML-PC.The desirable properties render 2 D PC-based material promising candidates for HER catalysts and shed light on the wide utilization in electrocatalysis.     

稀有气体化合物MRg+和MRgF(M=Co，Rh，Ir，Rg=Ar，Kr，Xe)的成键分析

本文运用B3LYP、MP2、MP4(SDQ)和CCSD(T)方法对由稀有气体原子(Ar,Kr,Xe)与过渡金属原子(Co,Rh,Ir)形成的化合物MRg⁺和MRgF进行了几何结构优化和频率计算,并探究了这些化合物的热力学性质. 结果表明,MRg⁺在热力学上是稳定的,而MRgF在热力学上为亚稳态. 同时使用分子中的原子理论的电子密度拓扑分析方法、自然键轨道分析方法、能量分解分析方法等多种分析方法来解析M-Rg的成键性质. 结果显示,化合物 MRg⁺的单位正电荷主要分布在金属M上,且这类化合物中金属的电子密度分布与单价离子M⁺相似,因此MRg⁺中的M-Rg键弱且不共价. 与MRg⁺相比,MRgF中的M-Rg键长更短(接近于M与Rg原子的理论共价半径之和),Wiberg键级指数更大,具有部分共价性质.     

月球成为21世纪世界群雄展现实力的舞台

随着地球资源逐渐匮乏，开发利用月球资源已引起世界许多国家高度关注。在月球上建立永久性基地，其军事意义也不言而喻。更重要的是，对月球的探索与利用是一个国家战略威慑能力强弱的象征，对于提高民族自尊心和增强国家凝聚力具有重要意义。