Monoclinic BiVO_(4) is a widely researched semiconductor in solar water splitting owing to its suitable characteristics. However, BiVO_(4) faces limitations, such as the inefficient separation and transportation of ph...Monoclinic BiVO_(4) is a widely researched semiconductor in solar water splitting owing to its suitable characteristics. However, BiVO_(4) faces limitations, such as the inefficient separation and transportation of photogenerated charges in the bulk and poor catalytic water oxidation reactions at the surface that affect the water-splitting efficiency. In this work, the Cs intercalation strategy at the surface of BiVO_(4) is proposed for the enhanced water splitting to H_(2) and O_(2) productions via the effective separation and transportation photogenerated charges and improved surface catalytic water oxidation reactions. The Cs ions are found to intercalate at the surface of BiVO_(4) and regulate the oxygen vacancies to provide active O_(2) production sites and stability. The surface intercalation of Cs boosts the photocurrent to 1.89 mA cm^(-2)at 1.23 V vs.reference hydrogen electrode(RHE). A stoichiometric evolution of H_(2) and O_(2) is recorded with a faradaic efficiency of 92%. The open-circuit voltage measurements confirmed the increase in the carrier lifetime with the work function tuning upon Cs intercalation. The proposed Cs intercalation strategy suggests an effective route to suppress the charge recombination with an increase in carrier lifetime and charge separation in BiVO_(4) for the enhanced PEC application.展开更多
Multifunctional non-precious catalysts for hydrogen/oxygen evolution reaction(HER/OER) and oxygen reduction reaction(ORR) constitute the bottleneck in the applications in electrochemical overall water splitting(OWS) a...Multifunctional non-precious catalysts for hydrogen/oxygen evolution reaction(HER/OER) and oxygen reduction reaction(ORR) constitute the bottleneck in the applications in electrochemical overall water splitting(OWS) and Zn-air batteries. Herein, a trifunctional electrocatalyst of urchin-like Al,P-codoped Co3O4 microspheres supported on Ni foam(denoted as AP-CONPs/NF) was fabricated via a hydrothermal process and subsequent low-temperature annealing and phosphorization, exhibiting enhanced OER, HER and ORR activities compared with single-doped and undoped samples. Their surface self-organized microstructure and excellent "superaerophobic" feature make a high bubble repellency, which boost diffusion of reactants and electrolyte-electrode intimate contact. The codoping of Al and P elements into Co3O4 betters right the balance among surface chemical state, the increased oxygen vacancies and the promoted charge transfer. Encouraged by these synergistic advantages, the AP-CONPs/NF was further employed as excellent bifunctional electrodes for the OWS(low cell voltage of 1.57 V at 10 mA cm-2) and as air cathode for rechargeable Zn-air batteries(high power density of 89.1 mW cm-2), which demonstrates a great feasibility for practical applications.展开更多
We present a new three-dimensional potential energy surface(PES)for CH_(4)-Ne complex.The electronic structure computations were carried out using the coupled-cluster method with singles,doubles,and perturbative tripl...We present a new three-dimensional potential energy surface(PES)for CH_(4)-Ne complex.The electronic structure computations were carried out using the coupled-cluster method with singles,doubles,and perturbative triples[CCSD(T)],the augmented correlationconsistent aug-cc-pVXZ(X=T,Q)basis sets were employed with bond functions placed at the mid-point on the intermolecular axis,and the energies obtained were then extrapolated to the complete basis set limit.Analytic intermolecular PES is obtained by least-squares fitting to the Morse/Long-Range(MLR)potential function form.These fits to 664 points have root-mean-square deviations of 0.042 cm^(−1).The bound rovibrational levels are calculated for the first time,and the predicted infrared spectra are in good agreement with the experimental values.The microwave spectra for CH_(4)-Ne dimer have also been predicted for the first time.The analytic PES can be used for modeling the dynamical behavior in CH_(4)-(Ne)N clusters,and it will be useful for future studies of the collision-induced-absorption for the CH_(4)-Ne dimer.展开更多
基金supported by the Basic Research&Development Program (2020R1F1A105408412)the C1 Gas Refinery Program(2015M3D3A1A0106489931) through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Science and ICT,Republic of Korea。
文摘Monoclinic BiVO_(4) is a widely researched semiconductor in solar water splitting owing to its suitable characteristics. However, BiVO_(4) faces limitations, such as the inefficient separation and transportation of photogenerated charges in the bulk and poor catalytic water oxidation reactions at the surface that affect the water-splitting efficiency. In this work, the Cs intercalation strategy at the surface of BiVO_(4) is proposed for the enhanced water splitting to H_(2) and O_(2) productions via the effective separation and transportation photogenerated charges and improved surface catalytic water oxidation reactions. The Cs ions are found to intercalate at the surface of BiVO_(4) and regulate the oxygen vacancies to provide active O_(2) production sites and stability. The surface intercalation of Cs boosts the photocurrent to 1.89 mA cm^(-2)at 1.23 V vs.reference hydrogen electrode(RHE). A stoichiometric evolution of H_(2) and O_(2) is recorded with a faradaic efficiency of 92%. The open-circuit voltage measurements confirmed the increase in the carrier lifetime with the work function tuning upon Cs intercalation. The proposed Cs intercalation strategy suggests an effective route to suppress the charge recombination with an increase in carrier lifetime and charge separation in BiVO_(4) for the enhanced PEC application.
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(21421001,21573115,21875118)the Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin(17JCYBJC17100,19JCZDJC37700)。
文摘Multifunctional non-precious catalysts for hydrogen/oxygen evolution reaction(HER/OER) and oxygen reduction reaction(ORR) constitute the bottleneck in the applications in electrochemical overall water splitting(OWS) and Zn-air batteries. Herein, a trifunctional electrocatalyst of urchin-like Al,P-codoped Co3O4 microspheres supported on Ni foam(denoted as AP-CONPs/NF) was fabricated via a hydrothermal process and subsequent low-temperature annealing and phosphorization, exhibiting enhanced OER, HER and ORR activities compared with single-doped and undoped samples. Their surface self-organized microstructure and excellent "superaerophobic" feature make a high bubble repellency, which boost diffusion of reactants and electrolyte-electrode intimate contact. The codoping of Al and P elements into Co3O4 betters right the balance among surface chemical state, the increased oxygen vacancies and the promoted charge transfer. Encouraged by these synergistic advantages, the AP-CONPs/NF was further employed as excellent bifunctional electrodes for the OWS(low cell voltage of 1.57 V at 10 mA cm-2) and as air cathode for rechargeable Zn-air batteries(high power density of 89.1 mW cm-2), which demonstrates a great feasibility for practical applications.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.21773081,No.21533003,and No.22073035)。
文摘We present a new three-dimensional potential energy surface(PES)for CH_(4)-Ne complex.The electronic structure computations were carried out using the coupled-cluster method with singles,doubles,and perturbative triples[CCSD(T)],the augmented correlationconsistent aug-cc-pVXZ(X=T,Q)basis sets were employed with bond functions placed at the mid-point on the intermolecular axis,and the energies obtained were then extrapolated to the complete basis set limit.Analytic intermolecular PES is obtained by least-squares fitting to the Morse/Long-Range(MLR)potential function form.These fits to 664 points have root-mean-square deviations of 0.042 cm^(−1).The bound rovibrational levels are calculated for the first time,and the predicted infrared spectra are in good agreement with the experimental values.The microwave spectra for CH_(4)-Ne dimer have also been predicted for the first time.The analytic PES can be used for modeling the dynamical behavior in CH_(4)-(Ne)N clusters,and it will be useful for future studies of the collision-induced-absorption for the CH_(4)-Ne dimer.
