Under the new energy resource structure,electrocatalysts are key materials for the development of proton membrane fuel cells,electrolysis of aquatic hydrogen devices,and carbon dioxide reduction equipment,to address e...Under the new energy resource structure,electrocatalysts are key materials for the development of proton membrane fuel cells,electrolysis of aquatic hydrogen devices,and carbon dioxide reduction equipment,to address energy shortages and even environmental pollution issues.Although controlling the morphology or doping with heteroatoms for catalyst active centers have accelerated the reaction rate,it is difficult to solve the problems of multiple by-products,and poor stability of catalytic sites.From this,it will be seen that single regulation of metal active centers is difficult to comprehensively solve application problems.Orderly assembly and coordination of catalyst multi-hierarchy structures at the mesoscale above the nanometer level probably be more reasonable strategies,and numerous studies in thermal catalysis have supported this viewpoint.This article reviews the multi-hierarchy design of electrocatalyst active centers,high-energy supports,and peripheral structures in recent years,providing unconventional inspiration about electrocatalyst creation,which perhaps serves as a simple tutorial of electrocatalysis exploration for abecedarian.展开更多
A novel nonprecious metal material consisting of Coembedded porous interconnected multichannel carbon nanofibers(Co/IMCCNFs) was rationally designed for oxygen reduction reaction(ORR)electrocatalysis.In the synthesis,...A novel nonprecious metal material consisting of Coembedded porous interconnected multichannel carbon nanofibers(Co/IMCCNFs) was rationally designed for oxygen reduction reaction(ORR)electrocatalysis.In the synthesis,ZnCo2O4 was employed to form interconnected mesoporous channels and provide highly active Co3O4/Co core–shell nanoparticle-based sites for the ORR.The IMC structure with a large synergistic effect of the N and Co active sites provided fast ORR electrocatalysis kinetics.The Co/IMCCNFs exhibited a high half-wave potential of 0.82 V(vs.reversible hydrogen electrode) and excellent stability with a current retention up to 88% after 12,000 cycles in a current–time test,which is only 55% for 30 wt% Pt/C.展开更多
Here,we designed a broadband,low loss,compact,and fabrication-tolerant silicon-based four-mode edge coupler,composed of a 1×3 adiabatic mode-evolution counter-taper splitter and a triple-tip inverse taper.Based o...Here,we designed a broadband,low loss,compact,and fabrication-tolerant silicon-based four-mode edge coupler,composed of a 1×3 adiabatic mode-evolution counter-taper splitter and a triple-tip inverse taper.Based on mode conversion and power splitting,the proposed structure can simultaneously realize efficient mode coupling from TE_(0),TM_(0),TE_(1),and TM_(1) modes of multimode silicon waveguides to linearly polarized(LP),LP^(01,x),LP_(01,y),LP_(11a,x),and LP_(11a,y),modes in the few-mode fiber.To the best of our knowledge,we proposed the first scheme of four LP modes coupling,which is fully compatible with standard fabrication process.The 3D finite-difference time-domain simulation results show that the on-chip conversion losses of the four modes remain lower than 0.62 dB over the 200 nm wavelength range,and total coupling losses are 4.1 dB,5.1 dB,2.1 dB,and 2.9 dB for TE_(0)-to-LP_(01,x),TM_(0)-to-LP_(01,y),TE_(1)-to-LP_(11a,x),and TM_(1)-to-LP_(11a,y),respectively.Good fabrication tolerance and relaxed critical dimensions make the four-mode edge coupler compatible with standard fabrication process of commercial silicon photonic foundries.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(91963206,21932004,21872067,22172072)the Ministry of Science and Technology of China(2021YFA1500301)。
文摘Under the new energy resource structure,electrocatalysts are key materials for the development of proton membrane fuel cells,electrolysis of aquatic hydrogen devices,and carbon dioxide reduction equipment,to address energy shortages and even environmental pollution issues.Although controlling the morphology or doping with heteroatoms for catalyst active centers have accelerated the reaction rate,it is difficult to solve the problems of multiple by-products,and poor stability of catalytic sites.From this,it will be seen that single regulation of metal active centers is difficult to comprehensively solve application problems.Orderly assembly and coordination of catalyst multi-hierarchy structures at the mesoscale above the nanometer level probably be more reasonable strategies,and numerous studies in thermal catalysis have supported this viewpoint.This article reviews the multi-hierarchy design of electrocatalyst active centers,high-energy supports,and peripheral structures in recent years,providing unconventional inspiration about electrocatalyst creation,which perhaps serves as a simple tutorial of electrocatalysis exploration for abecedarian.
基金the support from the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(No.56XIA15003)a project funded by the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institution(PAPD)
文摘A novel nonprecious metal material consisting of Coembedded porous interconnected multichannel carbon nanofibers(Co/IMCCNFs) was rationally designed for oxygen reduction reaction(ORR)electrocatalysis.In the synthesis,ZnCo2O4 was employed to form interconnected mesoporous channels and provide highly active Co3O4/Co core–shell nanoparticle-based sites for the ORR.The IMC structure with a large synergistic effect of the N and Co active sites provided fast ORR electrocatalysis kinetics.The Co/IMCCNFs exhibited a high half-wave potential of 0.82 V(vs.reversible hydrogen electrode) and excellent stability with a current retention up to 88% after 12,000 cycles in a current–time test,which is only 55% for 30 wt% Pt/C.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(21273114,21771107)Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province(BK20161484)+3 种基金the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(NE2015003)the "Six Talent Peaks Program" of Jiangsu Province(2013-XNY-010)Project Funded by the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutionthe Foundation of Graduate Innovation Center in NUAA(kfjj20160613)~~
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (No. 2017YFA0206403)Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Major Project (No. 2017SHZDZX03)+3 种基金National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 61475180)Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality (No. 16ZR1442600)Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences (No. XDB24020400)Shanghai Sailing Program (No. 18YF1428100)
文摘Here,we designed a broadband,low loss,compact,and fabrication-tolerant silicon-based four-mode edge coupler,composed of a 1×3 adiabatic mode-evolution counter-taper splitter and a triple-tip inverse taper.Based on mode conversion and power splitting,the proposed structure can simultaneously realize efficient mode coupling from TE_(0),TM_(0),TE_(1),and TM_(1) modes of multimode silicon waveguides to linearly polarized(LP),LP^(01,x),LP_(01,y),LP_(11a,x),and LP_(11a,y),modes in the few-mode fiber.To the best of our knowledge,we proposed the first scheme of four LP modes coupling,which is fully compatible with standard fabrication process.The 3D finite-difference time-domain simulation results show that the on-chip conversion losses of the four modes remain lower than 0.62 dB over the 200 nm wavelength range,and total coupling losses are 4.1 dB,5.1 dB,2.1 dB,and 2.9 dB for TE_(0)-to-LP_(01,x),TM_(0)-to-LP_(01,y),TE_(1)-to-LP_(11a,x),and TM_(1)-to-LP_(11a,y),respectively.Good fabrication tolerance and relaxed critical dimensions make the four-mode edge coupler compatible with standard fabrication process of commercial silicon photonic foundries.