Noble metals are downsized to nano-/subnanoscale to improve their catalytic activity and atom-economy.However,the stabilities in chemical state and catalytic performance of these nanocatalysts often suffer during hars...Noble metals are downsized to nano-/subnanoscale to improve their catalytic activity and atom-economy.However,the stabilities in chemical state and catalytic performance of these nanocatalysts often suffer during harsh conditions.For Pt nanoparticles(NPs)supported on CeO2,activated oxygen diffused from the support over-stabilizes the active sites of Pt,degrading its performance at mild temperature.In this work,Pt nanocatalysts with unique structure of triple-junction are synthesized by selectively growing Pt NPs on the carbon-CeO2 interface.Impressively,the Pt NPs exhibit much enhanced catalytic stability and high activity for CO oxidation at mild temperature.The enhancement is attributed to electron donation from graphitized carbon and the confinement effect from the high-density nanopores of the CeO2 support.The triple-junction of Pt-C-CeO2,combining the merits of CeO2 for activating O2 and electron donating capability of carbon,provides new inspiration to the fabrication of high-performance nanocatalysts.展开更多
In order to clarify the edge and interface effect on the adhesion energy between graphene(Gr)and its substrate,a theoretical model is proposed to study the interaction and strain distribution of Gr/Si system in terms ...In order to clarify the edge and interface effect on the adhesion energy between graphene(Gr)and its substrate,a theoretical model is proposed to study the interaction and strain distribution of Gr/Si system in terms of continuum medium mechanics and nanothermodynamics.We find that the interface separation and adhesion energy are determined by the thickness of Gr and substrate.The disturbed interaction and redistributed strain in the Gr/Si system induced by the effect of surface and interface can make the interface adhesion energy decrease with increasing thickness of Gr and diminishing thickness of Si.Moreover,our results show that the smaller area of Gr is more likely to adhere to the substrate since the edge effect improves the active energy and strain energy.Our predictions can be expected to be a guide for designing high performance of Grbased electronic devices.展开更多
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2016YFB0701100)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(51771047,51525101 and 51971059)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(N180204014)。
文摘Noble metals are downsized to nano-/subnanoscale to improve their catalytic activity and atom-economy.However,the stabilities in chemical state and catalytic performance of these nanocatalysts often suffer during harsh conditions.For Pt nanoparticles(NPs)supported on CeO2,activated oxygen diffused from the support over-stabilizes the active sites of Pt,degrading its performance at mild temperature.In this work,Pt nanocatalysts with unique structure of triple-junction are synthesized by selectively growing Pt NPs on the carbon-CeO2 interface.Impressively,the Pt NPs exhibit much enhanced catalytic stability and high activity for CO oxidation at mild temperature.The enhancement is attributed to electron donation from graphitized carbon and the confinement effect from the high-density nanopores of the CeO2 support.The triple-junction of Pt-C-CeO2,combining the merits of CeO2 for activating O2 and electron donating capability of carbon,provides new inspiration to the fabrication of high-performance nanocatalysts.
基金This work was supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province(Grant Nos.2019A1515010916 and 2018A030307028)the Featured Innovation Project of Guangdong Education Department(2018KTSCX150)+1 种基金the Maoming Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong,China,(Grant No.2019018001)the Guangdong Province Major Foundation of Fundamental Research(Grant No.517042).
文摘In order to clarify the edge and interface effect on the adhesion energy between graphene(Gr)and its substrate,a theoretical model is proposed to study the interaction and strain distribution of Gr/Si system in terms of continuum medium mechanics and nanothermodynamics.We find that the interface separation and adhesion energy are determined by the thickness of Gr and substrate.The disturbed interaction and redistributed strain in the Gr/Si system induced by the effect of surface and interface can make the interface adhesion energy decrease with increasing thickness of Gr and diminishing thickness of Si.Moreover,our results show that the smaller area of Gr is more likely to adhere to the substrate since the edge effect improves the active energy and strain energy.Our predictions can be expected to be a guide for designing high performance of Grbased electronic devices.
基金supported by the Basic Science (Natural science)Research Project of Higher Education of Jiangsu Province (Grant No.23KJB460019)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos.12302355 and 52075548)+2 种基金the Taishan Scholar Program of Shandong Province (Grant No.tsqn201909068)the Excellent Young Scientists Fund of Shandong Province (Grant No.2022HWYQ-071)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Grant No.20CX06074A)。
