As a kind of valuable chemicals,hydrogen peroxide(H2O2)has aroused growing attention in many fields.However,H2O2 production via traditional anthraquinone process suffers from challenges of large energy consumption and...As a kind of valuable chemicals,hydrogen peroxide(H2O2)has aroused growing attention in many fields.However,H2O2 production via traditional anthraquinone process suffers from challenges of large energy consumption and heavy carbon footprint.Alternatively,photoelectrocatalytic(PEC)production of H2O2 has shown great promises to make H2O2 a renewable fuel to store solar energy.Transition‐metal‐oxide(TMO)semiconductor based photoelectrocatalysts are among the most promising candidates for PEC H2O2 production.In this work,the fundamentals of H2O2 synthesis through PEC process are briefly introduced,followed by the state‐of‐the‐art of TMO semiconductor based photoelectrocatalysts for PEC production H2O2.Then,the progress on H2O2 fuel cells from on‐site PEC production is presented.Furthermore,the challenges and future perspectives of PEC H2O2 production are discussed.This review aims to provide inspiration for the PEC production of H2O2 as a renewable solar fuel.展开更多
In the present article, we report the screening-dependent study of the superconducting state parameters (SSPs), viz. electron-phonon coupling strength A, Coulomb pseudopotential μ^*, transition temperature TC, iso...In the present article, we report the screening-dependent study of the superconducting state parameters (SSPs), viz. electron-phonon coupling strength A, Coulomb pseudopotential μ^*, transition temperature TC, isotope effect exponent a, and effective interaction strength No V of 3d-band transition metals binary alloys superconductors have been made extensively in the present work using a model potential formalism and employing the pseudo-alloy-atom (PAA) model for the first time. Five local field correction functions proposed by Hartree (H), Taylor (T), Ichimaru-Utsumi (IU), Farid et al. (F) and Sarkar et al. (S) are used in the present investigation to study the screening influence on the aforesaid properties. The present results of the SSPs obtained from H-screening are found in qualitative agreement with the available experimental data wherever exist.展开更多
We measure the dispersed spectrum of the A2H-X2E+ system of MgH using laser abla- tion/laser induced Fluorescence method and obtain the Frank-Condon factors and related transition frequencies of the A2H(v'=0)-X2...We measure the dispersed spectrum of the A2H-X2E+ system of MgH using laser abla- tion/laser induced Fluorescence method and obtain the Frank-Condon factors and related transition frequencies of the A2H(v'=0)-X2∑+(v"=0,1) system by analyzing the experimental spectrum. Also, we calculate the Franck-Condon factors and transition frequencies of the A2H-X2∑+ system of MgH. A comparison of our theoretical calculation and experimental results with other reported theoretical results was carried out as well.展开更多
In this research, specific molecular sensors are classified according to the type of receptor-cation interaction, that is ligand-metal interactions. Receptors are based on a multidentate protoporphyrin-appended pyridi...In this research, specific molecular sensors are classified according to the type of receptor-cation interaction, that is ligand-metal interactions. Receptors are based on a multidentate protoporphyrin-appended pyridine platform, which leaves at least a vacant coordination site for the incoming metal ions. A protoporphyrin-appended pyridine, 2,5-pyridine dicarboxyamidyl-8,13-bis(vinyl)-3,7,18,17-tetramethyl-21 H, 23 H-porphyrin(P-PTP), was designed and synthesized. Its application as potential fluoroionophore for recognition of cadmium and mercury ions is reported. P-PTP shows chelation-enhanced fluorescence effect with Cd(Ⅱ) and Hg(Ⅱ) via the interruption of photoinduced electron transfer (PET) process, which has been utilized as the basis of the fabrication of the metal ions-sensitive fluorescent chemosensor. The analytical performance characteristics of the proposed Cd(Ⅱ)- and Hg(Ⅱ)- sensitive chemosensors were investigated. It shows a linear response toward Cd(Ⅱ) and Hg(Ⅱ) in the concentration range of 1.0×10-3 to 1.0×10-7 M with a limit of detection of 1.0×10-7 M and 0.5×10-7M for Cd(Ⅱ) and Hg(Ⅱ), respectively. The chemosensor shows good selectivity for Cd(Ⅱ) over a large number of other transition metal ions, i.e., Cu(Ⅱ), Zn(Ⅱ) and mixed metal ions.展开更多
We suggest a new family of Co[Ni-based materials that may host unconventional high temperature superconductivity (high-To). These materials carry layered square lattices with each layer being formed by vertex-shared...We suggest a new family of Co[Ni-based materials that may host unconventional high temperature superconductivity (high-To). These materials carry layered square lattices with each layer being formed by vertex-shared transition metal tetrahedra cation-anion complexes. The electronic physics in these materials is determined by the two dimensional layer and is fully attributed to the three near degenerated t2g d-orbitals close to a d7 filling configuration in the d-shell of CoJNi atoms. The electronic structure meets the necessary criteria for unconventional high Tc materials proposed recently by us to unify the two known high-Tc families, cuprates and iron-based superconductors. We predict that they host superconducting states with a d-wave pairing symmetry with Tc potentially higher than those of iron-based superconductors. These materials, if realized, can be a fertile new ground to study strongly correlated electronic Physics and provide decisive evidence for superconducting pairing mechanism.展开更多
We have calculated the longitudinal acoustic phonon limited electron mobility of 14 twvo-dimensional semiconductors with composition of MX2, where M (= Mo, W, Sn, Hf, Zr and Pt) is the transition metal, and X is S, ...We have calculated the longitudinal acoustic phonon limited electron mobility of 14 twvo-dimensional semiconductors with composition of MX2, where M (= Mo, W, Sn, Hf, Zr and Pt) is the transition metal, and X is S, Se and Te. We treated the scattering matrix by the deformation potential approximation. We found that out of 14 compounds, MoTe2, HfSe2 and ZrSe2 are promising regarding to their possible high mobility and finite band gap. The phonon limited mobility can be above 2,500 cm^2·V^-1·s^-1 at room temperature.展开更多
Transition-metal-salt-mediated radical reactions of fullerenes have attracted extensive attention as a new and important method for fullerene functionalization. The application of relatively cheap and easily available...Transition-metal-salt-mediated radical reactions of fullerenes have attracted extensive attention as a new and important method for fullerene functionalization. The application of relatively cheap and easily available ferric perchlorate (Fe(ClO 4 ) 3 ) to the synthesis of [60]fullerene (C 60 ) has demonstrated remarkable advantages and afforded a series of novel fullerene derivatives. In this review we present our recent progress in this area and summarize the reactions of C 60 with malonate esters, β-keto esters, nitriles, aldehydes/ketones, and arylboronic acids in the presence of Fe(ClO 4 ) 3 to afford the C 60-fused disubstituted lactones, C 60-fused hemiketal, C 60-fused dihydrofuran, C 60-fused oxazoles, C 60-fused 1,3-dioxolanes, and fullerenyl boronic esters. The possible reaction mechanisms for the above-mentioned reactions are also described in detail.展开更多
基金support from the Australian Research Council through its DECRA(DE210100930)Discovery Project (DP200101900)+2 种基金Lau-reate Fellowship (FL190100139) schemesfinancial support from Research Donation Generic(2020003431) from the Faculty of EngineeringArchitecture and Information Technology,The University of Queensland
文摘As a kind of valuable chemicals,hydrogen peroxide(H2O2)has aroused growing attention in many fields.However,H2O2 production via traditional anthraquinone process suffers from challenges of large energy consumption and heavy carbon footprint.Alternatively,photoelectrocatalytic(PEC)production of H2O2 has shown great promises to make H2O2 a renewable fuel to store solar energy.Transition‐metal‐oxide(TMO)semiconductor based photoelectrocatalysts are among the most promising candidates for PEC H2O2 production.In this work,the fundamentals of H2O2 synthesis through PEC process are briefly introduced,followed by the state‐of‐the‐art of TMO semiconductor based photoelectrocatalysts for PEC production H2O2.Then,the progress on H2O2 fuel cells from on‐site PEC production is presented.Furthermore,the challenges and future perspectives of PEC H2O2 production are discussed.This review aims to provide inspiration for the PEC production of H2O2 as a renewable solar fuel.
文摘In the present article, we report the screening-dependent study of the superconducting state parameters (SSPs), viz. electron-phonon coupling strength A, Coulomb pseudopotential μ^*, transition temperature TC, isotope effect exponent a, and effective interaction strength No V of 3d-band transition metals binary alloys superconductors have been made extensively in the present work using a model potential formalism and employing the pseudo-alloy-atom (PAA) model for the first time. Five local field correction functions proposed by Hartree (H), Taylor (T), Ichimaru-Utsumi (IU), Farid et al. (F) and Sarkar et al. (S) are used in the present investigation to study the screening influence on the aforesaid properties. The present results of the SSPs obtained from H-screening are found in qualitative agreement with the available experimental data wherever exist.
基金This work was supported by the National Nature Science Foundation of China (No.61205198, No.11105052) and the Fundamental Research Fhnds for the Central Universities. The authors thank Chao Hang from State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University and Timothy Steimles from Chemistry and Biochemistry Department, Arizona State University for the discussion.
文摘We measure the dispersed spectrum of the A2H-X2E+ system of MgH using laser abla- tion/laser induced Fluorescence method and obtain the Frank-Condon factors and related transition frequencies of the A2H(v'=0)-X2∑+(v"=0,1) system by analyzing the experimental spectrum. Also, we calculate the Franck-Condon factors and transition frequencies of the A2H-X2∑+ system of MgH. A comparison of our theoretical calculation and experimental results with other reported theoretical results was carried out as well.
文摘In this research, specific molecular sensors are classified according to the type of receptor-cation interaction, that is ligand-metal interactions. Receptors are based on a multidentate protoporphyrin-appended pyridine platform, which leaves at least a vacant coordination site for the incoming metal ions. A protoporphyrin-appended pyridine, 2,5-pyridine dicarboxyamidyl-8,13-bis(vinyl)-3,7,18,17-tetramethyl-21 H, 23 H-porphyrin(P-PTP), was designed and synthesized. Its application as potential fluoroionophore for recognition of cadmium and mercury ions is reported. P-PTP shows chelation-enhanced fluorescence effect with Cd(Ⅱ) and Hg(Ⅱ) via the interruption of photoinduced electron transfer (PET) process, which has been utilized as the basis of the fabrication of the metal ions-sensitive fluorescent chemosensor. The analytical performance characteristics of the proposed Cd(Ⅱ)- and Hg(Ⅱ)- sensitive chemosensors were investigated. It shows a linear response toward Cd(Ⅱ) and Hg(Ⅱ) in the concentration range of 1.0×10-3 to 1.0×10-7 M with a limit of detection of 1.0×10-7 M and 0.5×10-7M for Cd(Ⅱ) and Hg(Ⅱ), respectively. The chemosensor shows good selectivity for Cd(Ⅱ) over a large number of other transition metal ions, i.e., Cu(Ⅱ), Zn(Ⅱ) and mixed metal ions.
基金supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) (2015CB921300)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (11334012)the Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences (XDB07000000)
文摘We suggest a new family of Co[Ni-based materials that may host unconventional high temperature superconductivity (high-To). These materials carry layered square lattices with each layer being formed by vertex-shared transition metal tetrahedra cation-anion complexes. The electronic physics in these materials is determined by the two dimensional layer and is fully attributed to the three near degenerated t2g d-orbitals close to a d7 filling configuration in the d-shell of CoJNi atoms. The electronic structure meets the necessary criteria for unconventional high Tc materials proposed recently by us to unify the two known high-Tc families, cuprates and iron-based superconductors. We predict that they host superconducting states with a d-wave pairing symmetry with Tc potentially higher than those of iron-based superconductors. These materials, if realized, can be a fertile new ground to study strongly correlated electronic Physics and provide decisive evidence for superconducting pairing mechanism.
文摘We have calculated the longitudinal acoustic phonon limited electron mobility of 14 twvo-dimensional semiconductors with composition of MX2, where M (= Mo, W, Sn, Hf, Zr and Pt) is the transition metal, and X is S, Se and Te. We treated the scattering matrix by the deformation potential approximation. We found that out of 14 compounds, MoTe2, HfSe2 and ZrSe2 are promising regarding to their possible high mobility and finite band gap. The phonon limited mobility can be above 2,500 cm^2·V^-1·s^-1 at room temperature.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (20972145, 21132007, 21102041)National Basic Research Program of China (2011CB921402)Scientific Research Foundation of Education Commission of Hubei Province (Q20120113)
文摘Transition-metal-salt-mediated radical reactions of fullerenes have attracted extensive attention as a new and important method for fullerene functionalization. The application of relatively cheap and easily available ferric perchlorate (Fe(ClO 4 ) 3 ) to the synthesis of [60]fullerene (C 60 ) has demonstrated remarkable advantages and afforded a series of novel fullerene derivatives. In this review we present our recent progress in this area and summarize the reactions of C 60 with malonate esters, β-keto esters, nitriles, aldehydes/ketones, and arylboronic acids in the presence of Fe(ClO 4 ) 3 to afford the C 60-fused disubstituted lactones, C 60-fused hemiketal, C 60-fused dihydrofuran, C 60-fused oxazoles, C 60-fused 1,3-dioxolanes, and fullerenyl boronic esters. The possible reaction mechanisms for the above-mentioned reactions are also described in detail.