简介:Carbon-supportedPdnanoparticleswerepreparedbymicrowaveheating-glycolreductionmethod,andcharacterizedbyawidearrayofexperimentaltechniquesincludingX-raydiffractionspectroscopy(XRD)andtransmissionelectronmicroscopy(TEM).TheelectrooxidationbehaviorsofethanolonthePd/Celectrodeinalkalinemediawereinvestigatedusingcyclicvoltammetry(CV),chronoamperometry(CA),electrochemicalimpedancespectroscopy(EIS)andsinglecellperformancemethods.Pd/Celectrodeforethanoloxidationshowedhighelectro-catalyticactivityandlongtermstability.However,itisobservedthatthecurrentdensitydecreaseswiththeincreasingofthepotentialandnegativeimpedancepresentsinthepotentialfrom-0.1to0.1V.Thedecreasingcurrentdensityandthenegativeimpedancecouldbeduetotheadsorbedintermediatesspeciesthatinhibitedthefurtheroxidationofethanol.BasedonthechemicalreactionanalysisandEISspectra,equivalentcircuitsrelatingtovariouspotentialzoneshavebeenobtained.TheseresultsrevealthedynamicadsorptionofintermediatesspeciesonPdsurfaces.Significantly,itisclarifiedthattheadsorptionbehaviorbeginsfromthemaximumcatalysisofelectro-catalysisandendsintheformationofthepalladium(II)oxidelayerontheelectrodesurface.
简介:The12C+13Csystemhasbeenstudiedextensively,becauseofthesimilarityoftheentrancechanneltotheastrophysicallyimportant12C+12Creaction[1??3].Untilnow,threedifferentmethodshavebeenexploitedtoperformthefusioncrosssectionmeasurementsfor12C+13CundertheCoulombbarrier:(1)measuringtheyieldofcharacteristicrays,(2)thetotal-rayyieldsusingNaIsummingdetectorsand(3)theactivityofthereactionresidue24Na(T1=2=15.0h).Recently,thefusioncrosssectionof12C+13Chasbeenmeasureddownto0.9nbthroughtheactivitymeasurementbyourgroup[4].Althoughthestatisticalmodelcalculationsinallthesethreemethodshavebeenroutinelyusedtoconverttheobservedpartialcrosssectionsintothetotalfusioncrosssections[5],thesystematicuncertaintyinducedbythestatisticalcorrectionshasnotbeenstudiedverywell.
简介:PtRu/SnO2/Ccatalystwaspreparedinapolyolprocess,followedbyreductiontreatmentandalkalineetching.X-raydiffraction,transmissionelectronmicroscopewithenergydispersivespectrometerandXrayphotoelectronspectroscopywereusedtocharacterizethemorphology,structureandcompositionofthecatalysts.COandmethanolelectro-oxidationactivitiesofthecatalystswereevaluatedbyCOstrippingvoltammetry,cyclicvoltammetryandchronoamperometrymeasurements.ReductiontreatmentofthepreparedPtRuSnO2/CcatalystinapolyolprocessinducedtheenrichmentofSnonthesurface,inhibitingmethanoldissolutionandCOadsorptiononPt.AlkalineetchingremovedSnorSnOxandthusexposedPtRuonthesurface,resultinginenhancedactivitiesforCOandmethanolelectro-oxidationduetothesynergyeffectsofPtRuonthesurfaceandSnspeciesbeneath.
简介:ThisstudyshowsthepreparationofaTiO_2coatedPt/C(TiO_2/Pt/C)byatomiclayerdeposition(ALD),andtheexaminationofthepossibilityforTiO_2/Pt/Ctobeusedasadurablecathodecatalystinpolymerelectrolytefuelcells(PEFCs).CyclicvoltammetryresultsrevealedthatTiO_2/Pt/Ccatalystwhichhas2nmprotectivelayershowedsimilaractivityfortheoxygenreductionreactioncomparedtoPt/Ccatalystsandtheyalsohadgooddurability.TiO_2/Pt/Cpreparedby10ALDcyclesdegraded70%after2000Accelerateddegradationtest,whilePt/Ccorroded92%inthesameconditions.TiO_2ultrathinlayerbyALDisabletoachieveagoodbalancebetweenthedurabilityandactivity,leadingtoTiO_2/Pt/CasapromisingcathodecatalystforPEFCs.ThemechanismoftheTiO_2protectivelayerusedtopreventthedegradationofPt/Cisdiscussed.