Construction of electron rich Fe active sites by FeCu alloy anchoring on carbon nitride for photocatalytic nitrogen reduction

Given the clean and inexhaustible solar energy from solar light,photocatalytic ammonia synthesis is extremely appealing.However,high electron-hole recombination rates and insufficient active sites severely limited N2 photoreaction reduction.Herein,we designed and fabricated FeCu alloy nanoparticles anchored on carbon nitride nanosheets with excellent photocatalyt ic ammonia synthesis performance.As a coupler between Fe and carbon nitride,Cu promotes the separation of photogenerated charge carriers in carbon nitride under solar light irradiation,and renters the semiconductor a forceful electron donor for the Fe active sites.The accumulated electrons at Fe sites furtherly facilitated the adsorption and activation of the molecular nitrogen.Besides,the uniform dispersed FeCu alloy nanoparticles were on carbon nitride nanosheets enhanced the stability of photocataly tic nitrogen reduction reaction,making the artificial photocataly tic ammonia synthesis more sustainable for application.This work highlights that a direct electron transfer channel can be used to regulate the photochemical nitrogen fixation network.

Abnormal Twinning Behavior and Constitutive Modeling of a Fine-Grained Extruded Mg-8.0Al-0.1Mn-2.0Ca Alloy under High-Speed Impact along Various Directions

To understand the mechanical and twinning behaviors of a fine-grained extruded Mg-8.0Al-0.1Mn-2.0Ca alloy under high-speed impact,impact tests were carried out using a split Hopkinson pressure bar,and microstructures at strains of 0.05,0.10 and 0.20 were obtained using a series of stop rings manufactured by high-strength steel.The stress response and twinning behavior are closely related to loading direction and applied strain rate.The true stress-true strain curves are s-shaped in extrusion direction(ED)and c-shaped in transverse direction(TD),showing apparent anisotropy,while the yield strength is insensitive to loading direction.Almost identical strain-rate sensitivity is demonstrated by the stress in ED and TD.Interestingly,de-twinning is apparent as the applied strain increases to 0.20,and it is enhanced with increasing the applied strain rate.In contrast,the twin density in ED samples is clearly higher than that in TD samples.By modifying the terms of strain hardening and strain rate hardening in the classical JC model,an optimized model is built,which can accurately predict the stress response behavior of the studied alloy under high-speed impact along ED and TD.The correlation coefficient(R)and average absolute relative error(AARE)are 98.63%and 0.0199 for ED,and 96.88%and 0.0202 for TD,respectively.