电化学方法获得具有表面增强拉曼活性镍电极的研究

利用纯电化学手段获得了具有较强表面增强拉曼活性的镍电极, 改进了原有的镍电极表面预处理方法. 结果表明, 在0.5 mol/L的NaClO4溶液中, 结合电化学阶跃技术和循环伏安技术, 可以得到合适的粗糙镍电极; 同时, 还得到了探针分子吡啶在该粗糙镍电极表面随电极电位变化的表面增强拉曼光谱(SERS), 此时谱峰强度获得了极大的增强; 还研究了粗糙镍电极的扫描电子显微镜(SEM)图像, 并估算出其SERS增强因子约为104, 此结果比以前的镍电极表面粗糙方法所能达到的增强因子高一个数量级.     

Electrooxidation Mechanism of Methanol at Pt-Ru Catalyst Modified GC Electrode in Electrolytes with Different pH Using Electrochemical and SERS Techniques

The electrochemical and in-situ surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy （SERS） techniques were used to investigate the electrooxidation behavior of methanol in acidic, neutral and alkaline media at a Pt-Ru nanoparticle modified glassy carbon （Pt-Ru/GC） electrode. The results showed that methanol could be dissociated spontaneously at the Pt-Ru/GC electrode to produce a strongly adsorbed intermediate, CO. It was found that CO could be oxidized more easily in the alkaline medium than in the acidic and neutral media. The peak potential of methanol oxidation was shifted from 0.663 and 0.708 V in the acidic and neutral media to -0.030 V in the alkaline medium, which is due to that the adsorption strength of CO on the Pt surface in the alkaline medium is weaker than that in the acidic and neutral media. The final product of the methanol oxidation is CO2. However, in the alkaline medium, CO2 produced would form CO3^2- and HCO3^- resulting in the decrease in the alkaline concentration and then in the decrease in the performance of DMFC. Therefore, the performance of the alkaline DMFC is not Stable.     

铂电极上异黄樟油和胡椒醛电氧化的SERS研究

采用循环伏安(CV)法和原位表面增强拉曼光谱(SERS)技术, 研究了非水体系中反应物异黄樟油和目标产物胡椒醛在粗糙铂电极上的电氧化行为, 发现胡椒醛在电位≥1.50 V时将进一步氧化, 而且从分子水平证实, 在胡椒醛的氧化电位(≥1.50 V) 下, 波长为632.8 nm的激光对胡椒醛的氧化有助催化作用. 由异黄樟油直接电氧化合成胡椒醛的电位(E)应控制在1.20 V相似文献   

Surface-enhanced Raman scattering in the ultraviolet spectral region: UV-SERS on rhodium and ruthenium electrodes

We report the first observation of surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) excited with ultraviolet (UV) light from transition metal electrodes. Adsorbed pyridine and SCN- on rough rhodium (Rh) and ruthenium (Ru) electrodes, respectively, have been studied using 325 nm laser excitation. In contrast, the best enhancers in the visible and near infrared, silver and gold, do not produce UV-SERS. The experimental data of UV-SERS are in agreement with our preliminary theoretical calculation based on the electromagnetic enhancement mechanism. The enhancement factor is about 2 orders of magnitude for the Rh and Ru electrodes when they are excited at 325 nm.     

Electrochemical and surfaced-enhanced Raman spectroscopic investigation of CO and SCN- adsorbed on Au(core)-Pt(shell) nanoparticles supported on GC electrodes

Core-shell Au-Pt nanoparticles were synthesized by using a seed growth method and characterized by transmission electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, and UV-vis spectroscopy. Au(core)-Pt(shell)/GC electrodes were prepared by drop-coating the nanoparticles on clean glassy carbon (GC) surfaces, and their electrochemical behavior in 0.5 M H2SO4 revealed that coating of the Au core by the Pt shell is complete. The electrooxidation of carbon monoxide and methanol on the Au(core)-Pt(shell)/GC was also examined, and the results are similar to those obtained on a bulk Pt electrode. High quality surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) spectra of both adsorbed CO and thiocyanate were observed on the Au(core)-Pt(shell)/GC electrodes. The potential-dependent SERS features resemble those obtained on electrochemically roughened bulk Pt or Pt thin films deposited on roughened Au electrodes. For thiocyanate, the C-N stretching frequency increases with the applied potential, yielding two distinctly different dnu(CN)/dE. From -0.8 to -0.2 V, the dnu(CN)/dE is ca. 50 cm(-1)/V, whereas it is 90 cm(-1)/V above 0 V. The bandwidth along with the band intensity increases sharply above 0 V. At the low-frequency region, Pt-NCS stretching mode at 350 cm(-1) was observed at the potentials from -0.8 to 0 V, whereas the Pt-SCN mode at 280 cm(-1) was largely absent until around 0 V and became dominant at more positive potentials. These potential-dependent spectral transitions were attributed to the adsorption orientation switch from N-bound dominant at the negative potential region to S-bound at more positive potentials. The origin of the SERS activity of the particles is briefly discussed. The study demonstrates a new method of obtaining high quality SERS on Pt-group transition metals, with the possibility of tuning SERS activity by varying the core size and the shell thickness.     

Plasmonic photoelectrochemical reactions on noble metal electrodes of nanostructures

Plasmonic noble metal nanostructures have been targeted due to their strong surface plasmon resonance at photoelectrochemical interfaces. Recently, it has been concluded that, the plasmonic noble metal nanostructures on photoexcitation permit the transfer of effective hot carriers (hot electron/hole pair) to nearby adsorbed molecules where, the transformed hot carriers can efficiently decrease the activation barrier of a reaction. In this review, our recent achievements in the plasmon-mediated chemical reactions of organic molecules such as para-aminothiophenol, substituted para-aminothiophenol and para-nitrothiophenol at nanostructures modified noble metal electrodes using surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy, electrochemical methods, and theoretical calculations will be discussed.     

约束刻蚀剂层技术对金属铝的微结构加工研究

采用约束刻蚀剂层技术, 以亚硝酸钠为先驱物, 通过电化学氧化产生刻蚀剂(硝酸)刻蚀铝, 并以NaOH为捕捉剂, 在电极模板上形成约束刻蚀剂层. 在金属铝表面加工出梯型槽微结构, 加工分辨率约为500 nm. 通过测量表面氢离子浓度, 对捕捉剂的约束效果进行了分析.     

Synthesis and properties of tadpole-shaped gold nanoparticles

In this communication, gold nanoparticles with a tadpole shape were synthesized by a simple aqueous-phase chemical method. The unusual three-dimensional and crystallized structures were demonstrated by TEM, AFM, and HRTEM methods. The SEM and UV-visible absorption measurements and electrophoresis experiments revealed that the tadpoles had novel optical and electrical properties. These attractive structures and properties are expected to find uses in many fields such as electrics, optics, electrochemistry, and biological sensing.     

Pt-CNTs 修饰玻碳电极(Pt-CNTs/GC)电氧化活性的研究

采用透射电镜(TEM)和选区电子衍射(SAED)技术, 分别表征了Pt-CNTs/GC电极的表面形貌和所负载铂纳米原子簇的结构. 以CO和CH3OH为探针分子, 用循环伏安和计时电流等常规电化学方法检测了CO和CH3OH在Pt-CNTs/GC电极上的氧化行为. 研究结果表明, CO在Pt-CNTs/GC电极上有3个氧化电流峰(Ⅰ, Ⅱ, Ⅲ), 其中峰Ⅰ为CO桥式吸附的氧化峰, 而峰Ⅱ和Ⅲ则分别为CO线形吸附在碳纳米管负载的不同粒径的Pt纳米原子簇以及Pt原子薄膜上所分裂的氧化峰; CH3OH在Pt-CNTs/GC电极上也能自发解离吸附强吸附中间体CO; Pt-CNTs/GC电极对CH3OH的氧化峰电流不总是随CNTs上载铂量的增加而增大, 表明在制备直接甲醇燃料电池阳极时, 应选择合适的载铂量.     

钛醇盐电化学合成的研究

采用钛金属为“牺牲”阳极,首次在无隔膜电解槽中,电化学一步法制备了纳米TiO~2前驱体钛醇盐Ti(OEt)~4,Ti(OPr-i)~4,Ti(OBu)~4。产物通过元素分析、红外光谱(FT-IR)、拉曼光谱进行表征。电化学一步法直接制备纳米材料前驱体钛醇盐,克服了传统化学方法合成金属醇盐步骤多、产率低、纯度达不到要求及后续分离繁琐等缺点。本文同时讨论了影响电合成钛醇盐的关键因素及可能的反应机理,实验表明钛在醇溶液中呈点蚀行为,钛醇盐卤化物Ti(Ⅲ)(OR)~nBr~m在阳极形成,然后被氧化为Ti(Ⅳ)(OR)~nBr~m,这种物质在阴极上ROH参与下被还原生成钛醇盐Ti(OR)~4,钛阳极表面拉曼光谱证实了上述观点。防止阳极钝化,温度控制在50～60℃之间,彩有机胺溴化物为导电盐,可以提高电合成收率。