Triboelectric nanogenerator based on electrodeposited Ag octahedral nano-assemblies

The tremendous potential of triboelectric generators-TENGs for converting mechanical energy into electrical energy places them as one of the most promising energy harvesting technologies. In this work, the fabrication of enhanced performance TENGs using Ag octahedron nano-assemblies on ITO as electrodes significantly increases the electric charge collection of the induced tribocharges. Thereby, nanostructured electrical contacts coated with Ag macroscale nano-assemblies with octahedral features were obtained by the electrodeposition technique on flexible PET/ITO substrates. Consequently, the nanostructured triboelectric generator-TENG exhibited 65 times more maximum output power, and almost 10 times more open circuit output voltage than that of a TENG with non-nanostructured contacts passing from μW to m W capabilities, which was attributed to the increment of intrinsic interface states due to a higher effective contact area in the former. Likewise, output performances of TENGs also displayed an asymptotic behavior on the output voltage as the operating frequency of the mechanical oscillations increased, which is attributed to a decrement in the internal impedance of the device with frequency. Furthermore, it is shown that the resulting electrical output power can successfully drive low power consumption electronic devices. On that account, the present research establishes a promising platform which contributes in an original way to the development of the TENGs technology.

Improved photocatalytic performance of acetaldehyde degradation via crystal plane regulation on truncated octahedral CeO_(2)

In this study,the truncated octahedral CeO_(2)(CeO_(2)-to)with special morphology was prepared by the solvothermal method with oleic acid(OA)and oleamine(OM)as the morphology-directing agents.High-resolution transmission electron microscopy(HRTEM)results show that CeO_(2)-to exposes composite{100}and{111}facets,while CeO_(2)cubic(CeO_(2)-c)and CeO_(2)octahedral(CeO_(2)-o)only expose single crystal facets of{100}plane and{111}plane,respectively.Interestingly,this CeO_(2)-to photocatalyst exhibits remarkable photooxidation performance of gaseous acetaldehyde(CH_(3)CHO)degradation,in which CO_(2)generation value reaches 1.78 and 7.97-times greater than that of CeO_(2)-c and CeO_(2)-o,respectively.In addition,the active species trapping experiment signifies that superoxide(·O_(2)^(-))and holes(h^(+))are the main reactive substances during the CH_(3)CHO degradation process,and the electron paramagnetic resonance(EPR)spectra indicates that the former is the major contributor.Notably,the electron transfer mechanism between CeO_(2)-to{100}and{111}facets and the surface oxygen adsorption ability are revealed via density functional theory(DFT)calculations.It is also confirmed that{100}facets are more conducive to the absorption of acetaldehyde than{111}facets.Finally,a reasonable mechanism for improved photocatalytic CH_(3)CHO degradation on CeO_(2)-to is proposed based on relevant experiments and DFT calculations.This study demonstrates that the systematic development of surface homojunction structured photocatalysts can efficiently increase the degradation activity for volatile organic compounds(VOCs).It also offers additional direction for optimizing the photocatalytic activity of other ceriumbased photocatalysts.

Octahedral PtNi nanoparticles with controlled surface structure and composition for oxygen reduction reaction

Controlling the surface structure and composi- tion at the atomic level is an effective way to tune the cat- alytic properties of bimetallic catalysts. Herein, we demon- strate a generalized strategy to synthesize highly monodis- perse, surfactant-free octahedral PtxNi1-x nanoparticles with tunable surface structure and composition. With increasing the Ni content in the bulk composition, the degree of concave- ness of the octahedral PtxNi1-x nanoparticles increases. We systematically studied the correlation between their surface structure/composition and their observed oxygen reduction activity. Electrochemical studies have shown that all the octa- hedral PtxNi1-x nanoparticles exhibit enhanced oxygen reduc- tion activity relative to the state-of-the-art commercial Pt/C catalyst. More importantly, we find that the surface struc- ture and composition of the octahedral PtxNi1-x nanoparti- cles have significant effect on their oxygen reduction activ- ity. Among the studied PtxNi1-x nanoparticles, the octahedral PtlNi1 nauoparticles with slight concaveness in its （111） facet show the highest activity. At 0.90 V vs. RHE, the Pt mass and specific activity of the octahedral PhNil nanoparticles are 7.0 and 7.5-fold higher than that of commercial Pt/C catalyst, re- spectively. The present work not only provides a generalized strategy to synthesize highly monodisperse, surfactant-free octahedral PtxNi1-x nanoparticles with tunable surface struc- ture and composition, but also provides insights to the struc- ture-activity correlation.

苯氧羧酸类农药在高岭石表面吸附的理论研究

构建了高岭石铝氧八面体层表面模型Al13O48H57和硅氧四面体层表面模型Si13O37H22,采用B3LYP/6-31G(d,p)方法,对其与2,4-二氯苯氧乙酸(2,4-D)、2,4-二氯苯氧丙酸(2,4-DP)、2,4-二氯苯氧丁酸(2,4-DB)、2-甲基-4-氯苯氧乙酸(MCPA)、2-甲基-4-氯苯氧丙酸(MCPP)和2-甲基-4-氯苯氧丁酸(MCPB)等苯氧羧酸类农药分子间的相互作用及吸附性质进行了研究,包括优化的几何构型、结构参数、吸附能及自然键轨道(NBO)电荷.八面体层表面的中心原子(OH2,OH3及OH11)与四面体层表面的中心原子(O2,O3及O11)并未表现出明显的吸附活性.相较于侧链为乙酸基的分子,含有丙酸基或丁酸基的分子因带有更多的吸附位点而具有较强的吸附性.研究发现MCPP的吸附性高于MCPA.结合2,4-D的吸附性高于MCPA的结论,可以推断2,4-D与MCPA更倾向于吸附在高岭石的硅氧层表面.因此在农药施用的过程中,应充分考虑各分子的活性及其与高岭石表面的作用强弱,确保淋洗对去除农药在土壤中残留的可行性.