Developing highly active and selective catalysts for the hydrogenation of nitroarenes,an environmentally benign process to produce industrially important aniline intermediates,is highly desirable but very challenging....Developing highly active and selective catalysts for the hydrogenation of nitroarenes,an environmentally benign process to produce industrially important aniline intermediates,is highly desirable but very challenging.Pd catalysts are generally recognized as active but nonselective catalysts for this important reaction.Here,we report an effective strategy to greatly improve the selectivity of Pd catalysts based on the reactive metal–support interaction.展开更多
Rational design of hybrid carbon host with high electrical conductivity and strong adsorption toward soluble lithium polysulfides is the main challenge for achieving high-performance lithium-sulfur batteries(LSBs).Her...Rational design of hybrid carbon host with high electrical conductivity and strong adsorption toward soluble lithium polysulfides is the main challenge for achieving high-performance lithium-sulfur batteries(LSBs).Herein,novel binder-free Ni@N-doped carbon nanospheres(N-CNSs)films as sulfur host are firstly synthesized via a facile combined hydrothermal-atomic layer deposition method.The cross-linked multilayer N-CNSs films can effectively enhance the electrical conductivity of electrode and provide physical blocking“dams”toward the soluble long-chain polysulfides.Moreover,the doped N heteroatoms and superficial NiO layer on Ni layer can work synergistically to suppress the shuttle of lithium polysulfides by effective chemical interaction/adsorption.In virtue of the unique composite architecture and reinforced dual physical and chemical adsorption to the soluble polysulfides,the obtained Ni@N-CNSs/S electrode is demonstrated with enhanced rate performance(816 mAh g?1 at 2 C)and excellent long cycling life(87%after 200 cycles at 0.1 C),much better than N-CNSs/S electrode and other carbon/S counterparts.Our proposed design strategy offers a promising prospect for construction of advanced sulfur cathodes for applications in LSBs and other energy storage systems.展开更多
基金funding support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(grant nos.U1932213,21431006,51732011,and 21761132008)the Foundation for Innovative Research Groups of the National Natural Sci-ence Foundationof China(grant no.21521001)+4 种基金and the Key Research Program of Frontier Sciences,CAS(grant no.QYZDJ-SSW-SLH036).H.W.L.is thankful for the support by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(no.2018YFA0702001)and the Fundamental Re-search Funds for the Central Universities(no.WK206-0190103).Z.Y.W.acknowledges the funding support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(grant no.21703229)C.Q.H acknowledges the funding support from the Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of Chi-na(grant no.LQ20B030008).W.X.L acknowledges the funding support from the National Natural Science Foun-dation of China(grant nos.91645202 and 91945302)the Key Research Programof Frontier Sciences,CAS(grantno.QYZDJ-SSW-SLH054)and the National Key Research and Development Program of China(grant nos.2018YFA-0208603 and 2017YFB0602205)partially carried out at the USTC Center for Micro and Nanoscale Research and Fabrication.
文摘Developing highly active and selective catalysts for the hydrogenation of nitroarenes,an environmentally benign process to produce industrially important aniline intermediates,is highly desirable but very challenging.Pd catalysts are generally recognized as active but nonselective catalysts for this important reaction.Here,we report an effective strategy to greatly improve the selectivity of Pd catalysts based on the reactive metal–support interaction.
基金supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.51772272 and 51728204)Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(No.2018QNA4011)+3 种基金Science and Technology Program of Guangdong Province of China(No.2016A010104020)Pearl River S&T Nova Program of Guangzhou(No.201610010116)Qianjiang Talents Plan D(QJD1602029)Startup Foundation for Hundred-Talent Program of Zhejiang University.
文摘Rational design of hybrid carbon host with high electrical conductivity and strong adsorption toward soluble lithium polysulfides is the main challenge for achieving high-performance lithium-sulfur batteries(LSBs).Herein,novel binder-free Ni@N-doped carbon nanospheres(N-CNSs)films as sulfur host are firstly synthesized via a facile combined hydrothermal-atomic layer deposition method.The cross-linked multilayer N-CNSs films can effectively enhance the electrical conductivity of electrode and provide physical blocking“dams”toward the soluble long-chain polysulfides.Moreover,the doped N heteroatoms and superficial NiO layer on Ni layer can work synergistically to suppress the shuttle of lithium polysulfides by effective chemical interaction/adsorption.In virtue of the unique composite architecture and reinforced dual physical and chemical adsorption to the soluble polysulfides,the obtained Ni@N-CNSs/S electrode is demonstrated with enhanced rate performance(816 mAh g?1 at 2 C)and excellent long cycling life(87%after 200 cycles at 0.1 C),much better than N-CNSs/S electrode and other carbon/S counterparts.Our proposed design strategy offers a promising prospect for construction of advanced sulfur cathodes for applications in LSBs and other energy storage systems.
