臭氧探空仪电化学反应池检测设备研制与应用

臭氧探空仪作为获取地面至上平流层区域内大气臭氧垂直结构的有效手段之一,施放之前需要进行地基检测,评估其探测性能,保证其施放之后可以获取高质量观测数据。首次介绍了国内自主研制的测试臭氧探空仪电化学反应池探测性能的地基检测系统,系统包括检测仪、数据采集模块和处理软件,主要用于检测电化学反应池的背景电流和响应时间两个指标参数。检测仪可以控制输出测试电化学反应池所需的具有不同臭氧含量的空气,测试结果通过数据采集模块传送至计算机,处理软件实现数据自动存储和处理,并提取出响应时间和背景电流。应用结果表明,该套系统检测精度高,性能稳定,可用于未来国内臭氧探空业务化的地基检测工作。

Research on the Nickel Metal Hydride Battery Quick Charger

In order to design a new type of quick charger for NiMH battery, the new method of pulse charge discharge was adopted after studying the charge process and analyzing the NiMH battery charge characteristics. The charge and discharge experiments were carried out to check feasibility and superiority of the new method. The results indicated that with the discharge pulse added the charger can charge quickly, the battery voltage and temperature can be properly controlled to prevent the battery being destroyed, and the capacity of the NiMH battery is greater than that of the battery without the discharge pulse added.

Overcoming coke formation in high-temperature CO_(2)electrolysis

High-temperature CO_(2)reduction reaction(HT-CO_(2)RR)in solid oxide electrochemical cells(SOECs)features near-unity selectivity,high energy efficiency,and industrial relevant current density for the production of CO,a widely-utilized“building block”in today’s chemical industry.Thus,it offers an intriguing and promising means to radically change the way of chemical manufacturing and achieve carbon neutrality using renewable energy sources,CO_(2),and water.Albeit with the great potential of HT-CO_(2)RR,this carbon utilization approach,unfortunately,has been suffering coke formation that is seriously detrimental to its energy efficiency and operating lifetime.In recent years,much effort has been added to understanding the mechanism of coke formation,managing reaction conditions to mitigate coke formation,and devising coke-formation-free electrode materials.These investigations have substantially advanced the HT-CO_(2)RR toward a practical industrial technology,but the resulting coke formation prevention strategies compromise activity and energy efficiency.Future research may target exploiting the control over both catalyst design and system design to gain selectivity,energy efficiency,and stability synchronously.Therefore,this perspective overviews the progress of research on coke formation in HT-CO_(2)RR,and elaborates on possible future directions that may accelerate its practical implementation at a large scale.

Electrochemical Oscillations Induced by Surfactants

A new type of electrochemical oscillation induced by surfactant was observed in experiments. The electrochemical system is a Daniell cell with a copper rod in CuSO 4 aqueous and an aluminum rod in Al(NO 3) 3 aqueous as electrodes. The surfactants are CTAB, TX-100, SLS. The addition of trace surfactant solution by a micro-syringe made the original monotonously changing electrochemical system produce obvious periodic phenomena. At the mean time, the copper ion selective electrode and Hg 2SO 4 reference electrode were used to monitor the copper electrode reaction and determine its rate constant k of first order reaction. According to the experimental results of electrode reaction kinetics, the possible mechanism was found to be the polarization induced from the directional adsorption of trace surfactant on the electrode surface. That is the electrochemical oscillations.

A robust,highly reversible,mixed conducting sodium metal anode

Sodium metal anode holds great promise in pursuing high-energy and sustainable rechargeable batteries,but severely suffers from fatal dendrite growth accompanied with huge volume change.Herein,a robust mixed conducting sodium metal anode is designed through incorporating Na SICON-type solid Na-ion conductor into bulk Na.A fast and continuous pathway for simultaneous transportation of electrons and Na+is established throughout the composite anode.The intimate contact between Na-ion conducting phase and Na metallic phase constructs abundant two-phase boundaries for fast redox reactions.Further,the compact configuration of the composite anode substantially protects Na metal from being corroded by liquid organic electrolyte for the minimization of side reactions.Benefiting from the unique configuration,the composite anode shows highly reversible and durable Na plating/stripping behavior.The symmetric cells exhibit ultralong lifespan for over 700 h at 1 mA cm^(-2)with a high capacity of 5 m Ah cm^(-2)and outstanding rate capability up to 8 m A cm^(-2)in the carbonate electrolyte.Full cells with Na_(3)V_(2)(PO_(4))_(3)/C cathode demonstrate impressive cycling stability(capacity decay of 0.012%per cycle)and low charge/discharge polarization as well.This work provides new insights into rational design and development of robust sodium metal anode through an architecture engineering strategy for advanced rechargeable sodium batteries.

Boosting reaction kinetics and reversibility in Mott-Schottky VS/MoS heterojunctions for enhanced lithium storage

Heterostructures have lately been recognized as a viable implement to achieve high-energy Li-ion batteries(LIBs) because the as-formed built-in electric field can greatly accelerate the charge transfer kinetics. Herein, we have constructed the Mott-Schottky heterostructured VS2/MoS2 hybrids with tailorable 1T/2H phase based on their matchable formation energy, which are made of metallic and few-layered VS2 vertically grown on MoS2 surface. The density functional theory(DFT) calculations unveil that such heterojunctions drive the rearrangement of energy band with a facilitated reaction kinetics and enhance the Li adsorption energy more than twice compared to the MoS2 surface. Furthermore, the VS2 catalytically expedites the Li–S bond fracture and meantime the enriched Mo6+ enables the sulfur anchoring toward the oriented reaction with Li+to form Li2S, synergistically enhancing the reversibility of electrochemical redox. Consequently, the as-obtained VS2/MoS2 hybrids deliver a very large specific capacity of 1273 m Ah g^-1 at 0.1 A g^-1 with 61% retention even at 5 A g^-1. It can also stabilize 100 cycles at 0.5 A g^-1 and 500 cycles at 1 A g^-1. The findings provide in-depth insights into engineering heterojunctions towards the enhancement of reaction kinetics and reversibility for LIBs.

Ash-free coal as fuel for direct carbon fuel cell

This work describes the performance of the direct carbon fuel cell(DCFC)fuelled by ash-free coal.Employing coal in the DCFC might be problematic,mainly because of the ash deposition after the cell reactions.In the study,the carbonaceous ash-free component of coal is obtained,which is then evaluated as the DCFC fuel and compared with raw coal,active carbon,carbon black,and graphite.The electrolyte-supported SOFC structure is adapted to build the DCFC.The DCFC based on the ash-free coal fuel exhibits good performance with regard to the maximum power density,day-by-day measurements,and durability at continuous run.When the carbon fuels are internally gasified to H2 and CO,the power density is generally much improved,compared to N2 pyrolysis environment.The power generation is most likely related to the concentration of pyrolyzed gases as well as the electrochemical reactivity of the solid carbon.

Flexible polytriphenylamine-based cathodes with reinforced energystorage capacity for high-performance sodium-ion batteries

Owing to the excellent redox reversibility and structural diversity,polytriphenylamine(PTPAn)has been regarded as one of the promising cathode candidates for sodium-ion batteries.However,it still suffers from the bulk aggregation and low operating capacity in practical applications.Assisted by the in-situ polymerization,leaf-like PTPAn nanosheets are uniformly introduced on the surface of carbon nanofibers(CNFs)to form the free-standing CNF@PTPAn composite electrodes.Interestingly,the formation mechanism of the leaf-on-branch structure of CNF@PTPAn composites is systematically explored,confirming that the controlling of oxidation rate and growth degree plays crucial roles in tuning the morphology and active material content of the composite electrodes.Supported by the capacity-cutting analysis,the effective coupling between the active PTPAn and conductive CNFs can provide fast electron/ion-shuttling channels and deepen the electrochemical reaction process.At 50mAg^(-1),the capacity of the optimized CNF@PTPAn composite can reach 105mAh g^(-1),with a stable rate capability of 78mAh g^(-1)even at 400mAg^(-1)after 500 cycles in a half cell.The detailed kinetic analysis confirms that the ion-storage behaviors in the lowvoltage region can be tailored for the improved capacitive contribution and diffusion coefficients.Meanwhile,the flexible CNF-based full cell with CNF@PTPAn as the cathode and CNFs as the anode exhibits a high energy density of 60Wh kg^(-1)at 938Wkg^(-1).Based on this,the rational design is expected to provide more possibilities to obtain advanced freestanding electrode systems.

Silicon-based nanosheets synthesized by a topochemical reaction for use as anodes for lithium ion batteries

Silicon is the most promising anode material for the next generation high- performance lithium ion batteries. However, its commercial application is hindered by its poor performance due to the huge volume change during cycling. Although two-dimensional silicon-based materials show significantly improved performance, flexible synthesis of such materials is still a challenge. In this work, silicon-based nanosheets with a multilayer structure are synthesized for the first time by a topochemical reaction. The morphology and oxidation state of these nanosheets can be controlled by appropriate choice of reaction media and oxidants. Benefiting from the hierarchical structure and ultrathin size, when the silicon-based nanosheets are employed as anodes they exhibit a charge （delithiation） capacity of 800 mAh/g after 50 cycles with a maximum coulombic efficiency of 99.4% and good rate performance （647 mAh/g at 1 A/g）. This work demonstrates a novel method for preparing nanosheets not only for lithium ion batteries but also having various potential applications in other fields, such as catalysts, electronics and photonics.

Waterproof lithium metal anode enabled by cross-linking encapsulation

Lithium (Li) metal is considered as the ultimate anode choice for developing next-generation high-energy batteries. However, the poor tolerance against moist air and the unstable solid electrolyte interphases (SEI) induced by the intrinsic high reactivity of lithium bring series of obstacles such as the rigorous operating condition, the poor electrochemical performance, and safety anxiety of the cell, which to a large extent hinder the commercial utilization of Li metal anode. Here, an effective encapsulation strategy was reported via a facile drop-casting and a following heat-assisted cross-linking process. Benefiting from the inherent hydrophobicity and the compact micro-structure of the cross-linked poly(vinylidene-co-hex afluoropropylene) (PVDF–HFP), the as-encapsulated Li metal exhibited prominent stability toward moisture, as well corroborated by the evaluations both under the humid air at 25 °C with 30% relative humidity (RH) and pure water. Moreover, the encapsulated Li metal anode exhibits a decent electrochemical performance without substantially increasing the cell polarization due to the uniform and unblocked ion channels, which originally comes from the superior affinity of the PVDF–HFP polymer toward nonaqueous electrolyte. This work demonstrates a novel and valid encapsulation strategy for humiditysensitive alkali metal electrodes, aiming to pave the way for the large-scale and low-cost deployment of the alkali metal-based high-energy-density batteries.

Synergistic electronic and morphological modulation on ternary Co_(1-x)V_(x)P nanoneedle arrays for hydrogen evolution reaction with large current density

It is a great challenge to prepare non-noble metal electrocatalysts toward hydrogen evolution reaction(HER)with large current density.Synergistic electronic and morphological structures of the catalyst have been considered as an effective method to improve the catalytic performance,due to the enhanced intrinsic activity and enlarged accessible active sites.Herein,we present novel ternary Co_(1-x)V_(x)P nanoneedle arrays with modulated electronic and morphological structures as an electrocatalyst for highly efficient HER in alkaline solution.The NF@Co1-xVxP catalyst shows a remarkable catalytic ability with low overpotentials of 46 and 226 mV at current densities of 10 and 400 mA cm^(-2),respectively,as well as a small Tafel slope and superior stability.Combining the experimental and computational study,the excellent catalytic performance was attributed to the improved physical and chemical properties(conductivity and surface activity),large active surface area,and fast reaction kinetics.Furthermore,the assembled Co–V based electrolyzer(NF@Co_(1-x)V_(x)–HNNs(+)||NF@Co_(1-x)V_(x)P(-))delivers small full-cell voltages of 1.58,1.75,and 1.92 V at 10,100,and 300 mA cm^(-2),respectively.Our findings provide a systematic understanding on the V–incorporation strategy to promote highly efficient ternary electrocatalysts via synergistic control of morphology and electronic structures.