Under a suitable condition of crystallization, dark brown short rhombohedron crystals could be obtained from nitrogenase MnFe protein purified from a mutant UW3 of Azotobacter vinelandii Lipmann grown in Mn-containing...Under a suitable condition of crystallization, dark brown short rhombohedron crystals could be obtained from nitrogenase MnFe protein purified from a mutant UW3 of Azotobacter vinelandii Lipmann grown in Mn-containing but Mo- and NH3-free medium. The possibility of crystallization, and number, size and quality of crystals were obviously dependent on concentrations of NaCl, MgCl2, PEG 8000,Tris and Hepes buffer and on methods for crystallization. PEG concentration affected on the shape of the crystals. The optimal, concentrations of the chemicals for crystallization of MnFe protein were slightly different from those for crystallization of Delta nifZ MoFe protein from a nifZ deleted strain of Azotobacter vinelandii. SDS-PAGE showed that the protein from the dissolved crystals was almost the same as MnFe protein before crystallization, indicating that the crystal was formed from MnFe protein.展开更多
Under a suitable condition of crystallization, dark brown rhombohedron crystals (the lengths of the longest two diagonals were 0.25 and 0.12 mm, respectively) could be obtained from nitrogenase CrFe protein purified f...Under a suitable condition of crystallization, dark brown rhombohedron crystals (the lengths of the longest two diagonals were 0.25 and 0.12 mm, respectively) could be obtained from nitrogenase CrFe protein purified from a mutant UW3 of Azotobacter vinelandii Lipmann grown in Cr-containing but NH3-free Medium, The possibility of crystallization, as well as the. number, size and quality of crystals obviously depended on the concentrations of PEG 8000, MgCl2, NaCl, Tris and Hepes buffer, and methods of crystallization. The optimum concentrations of the chemicals for crystallization of CrFe protein were slightly different from those for crystallization of MnFe protein from UW3 grown in Mn and DeltanifZ MoFe protein from a nifZ deleted strain of A. vinelandii. The crystal seemed to be formed from CrFe protein.展开更多
Fe-N compounds with excellent electrocatalytic oxygen reduction activity are considered to be one of the most promising non-precious metal materials for fuel cells.Fe-N compounds with excellent electrocatalytic oxygen...Fe-N compounds with excellent electrocatalytic oxygen reduction activity are considered to be one of the most promising non-precious metal materials for fuel cells.Fe-N compounds with excellent electrocatalytic oxygen reduction activity are considered to be one of the most promising non-precious metal materials for fuel cells,which focuses on the Fe-N4 single-atom catalysts and the iron nitride materials(such as Fe2N and Fe3N).A hybridized catalyst having a hierarchical porous structure with regular macropores could enable the desired mass transfer efficiency in the catalytic process.In this study,we have constructed a new type of hybrid catalyst having iron and iron-nitrogen alloy nanoparticles(Fe-N austenite,termed as Fe-NA)embedded in the three-dimensional ordered macroporous N-doped carbon(3DOM Fe/Fe-NA@NC)by direct pyrolysis of single-source dicyandiamide-based iron metal-organic frameworks.The as-synthesized composites preserve the hierarchical porous carbon framework with ordered macropores and high specific surface area,incorporating the uniformly dispersed iron/iron-nitrogen austenite nanoparticles.Thereby,the striking architectural configuration embedded with highly active catalytic species delivers a superior oxygen reduction activity with a half-wave potential of 0.88 V and a subsequent superior Zn-air battery performance with high open-circuit voltage and continuous stability as compared to those using a commercial 20%Pt/C catalyst.展开更多
Fe/Si3N4 composite powder was synthesized by the heterogeneous precipitation-thermal reduction process,and then pressed into flakes under a pressure of 10 MPa.Flakes were sintered by pressureless and hot-pressing at 1...Fe/Si3N4 composite powder was synthesized by the heterogeneous precipitation-thermal reduction process,and then pressed into flakes under a pressure of 10 MPa.Flakes were sintered by pressureless and hot-pressing at 1 600℃under 0.1 MPa N2. The chemical composition,phases and microstructure of composite powder and sintered flakes were investigated by energy dispersive spectroscopy(EDS),X-ray diffraction(XRD),scanning electron microscopy(SEM)and transmission electron microscopy (TEM).The results show that the structure of composite powders is Si3N4 coated by nano Fe.The crystal phases of sintered flakes by pressureless are Fe(Si)compound,SiC and Si3N4.The crystal phases of the sintered samples by hot-pressing are Fe,Fe(Si) compound and Si3N4.It is found that crystal phases flakes obtained by pressureless and hot-pressing are very different.展开更多
The charge cartier separation and surface catalytic redox reactions are of primary importance as elementary steps in photocatalytic hydrogen evolution. In this study, both of these two processes in photocatalytic hydr...The charge cartier separation and surface catalytic redox reactions are of primary importance as elementary steps in photocatalytic hydrogen evolution. In this study, both of these two processes in photocatalytic hydrogen evolution over graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) were greatly promoted with the earth-abundant ferrites (Co, Ni)Fe2O4 modification. CoFe2O4 was further demonstrated to be a better modifier for g-C3N4 as compared to NiFe2O4, due to the more efficient charge carrier transfer as well as superior surface oxidative catalytic activity. When together loading CoFe2O4 and reductive hydrogen production electrocatalyst Pt onto g-C3N4, the obtained Pt/g-C3N4/CoFe2O4 photocatalyst achieved visible-light (2 〉 420 nm) hydrogen production rate 3.5 times as high as Pt/g-C3N4, with the apparent quantum yield reaching 3.35 % at 420 nm.展开更多
文摘Under a suitable condition of crystallization, dark brown short rhombohedron crystals could be obtained from nitrogenase MnFe protein purified from a mutant UW3 of Azotobacter vinelandii Lipmann grown in Mn-containing but Mo- and NH3-free medium. The possibility of crystallization, and number, size and quality of crystals were obviously dependent on concentrations of NaCl, MgCl2, PEG 8000,Tris and Hepes buffer and on methods for crystallization. PEG concentration affected on the shape of the crystals. The optimal, concentrations of the chemicals for crystallization of MnFe protein were slightly different from those for crystallization of Delta nifZ MoFe protein from a nifZ deleted strain of Azotobacter vinelandii. SDS-PAGE showed that the protein from the dissolved crystals was almost the same as MnFe protein before crystallization, indicating that the crystal was formed from MnFe protein.
文摘Under a suitable condition of crystallization, dark brown rhombohedron crystals (the lengths of the longest two diagonals were 0.25 and 0.12 mm, respectively) could be obtained from nitrogenase CrFe protein purified from a mutant UW3 of Azotobacter vinelandii Lipmann grown in Cr-containing but NH3-free Medium, The possibility of crystallization, as well as the. number, size and quality of crystals obviously depended on the concentrations of PEG 8000, MgCl2, NaCl, Tris and Hepes buffer, and methods of crystallization. The optimum concentrations of the chemicals for crystallization of CrFe protein were slightly different from those for crystallization of MnFe protein from UW3 grown in Mn and DeltanifZ MoFe protein from a nifZ deleted strain of A. vinelandii. The crystal seemed to be formed from CrFe protein.
文摘Fe-N compounds with excellent electrocatalytic oxygen reduction activity are considered to be one of the most promising non-precious metal materials for fuel cells.Fe-N compounds with excellent electrocatalytic oxygen reduction activity are considered to be one of the most promising non-precious metal materials for fuel cells,which focuses on the Fe-N4 single-atom catalysts and the iron nitride materials(such as Fe2N and Fe3N).A hybridized catalyst having a hierarchical porous structure with regular macropores could enable the desired mass transfer efficiency in the catalytic process.In this study,we have constructed a new type of hybrid catalyst having iron and iron-nitrogen alloy nanoparticles(Fe-N austenite,termed as Fe-NA)embedded in the three-dimensional ordered macroporous N-doped carbon(3DOM Fe/Fe-NA@NC)by direct pyrolysis of single-source dicyandiamide-based iron metal-organic frameworks.The as-synthesized composites preserve the hierarchical porous carbon framework with ordered macropores and high specific surface area,incorporating the uniformly dispersed iron/iron-nitrogen austenite nanoparticles.Thereby,the striking architectural configuration embedded with highly active catalytic species delivers a superior oxygen reduction activity with a half-wave potential of 0.88 V and a subsequent superior Zn-air battery performance with high open-circuit voltage and continuous stability as compared to those using a commercial 20%Pt/C catalyst.
基金Project(50804016)supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China
文摘Fe/Si3N4 composite powder was synthesized by the heterogeneous precipitation-thermal reduction process,and then pressed into flakes under a pressure of 10 MPa.Flakes were sintered by pressureless and hot-pressing at 1 600℃under 0.1 MPa N2. The chemical composition,phases and microstructure of composite powder and sintered flakes were investigated by energy dispersive spectroscopy(EDS),X-ray diffraction(XRD),scanning electron microscopy(SEM)and transmission electron microscopy (TEM).The results show that the structure of composite powders is Si3N4 coated by nano Fe.The crystal phases of sintered flakes by pressureless are Fe(Si)compound,SiC and Si3N4.The crystal phases of the sintered samples by hot-pressing are Fe,Fe(Si) compound and Si3N4.It is found that crystal phases flakes obtained by pressureless and hot-pressing are very different.
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51323011 and 51236007)the Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University (NCET-130455)+4 种基金the Natural Science Foundation of Shaanxi Province (2014KW07-02)the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (BK20141212)the Nano Research Program of Suzhou City (ZXG201442 and ZXG2013003)the Foundation for the Author of National Excellent Doctoral Dissertation of China (201335)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities
文摘The charge cartier separation and surface catalytic redox reactions are of primary importance as elementary steps in photocatalytic hydrogen evolution. In this study, both of these two processes in photocatalytic hydrogen evolution over graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) were greatly promoted with the earth-abundant ferrites (Co, Ni)Fe2O4 modification. CoFe2O4 was further demonstrated to be a better modifier for g-C3N4 as compared to NiFe2O4, due to the more efficient charge carrier transfer as well as superior surface oxidative catalytic activity. When together loading CoFe2O4 and reductive hydrogen production electrocatalyst Pt onto g-C3N4, the obtained Pt/g-C3N4/CoFe2O4 photocatalyst achieved visible-light (2 〉 420 nm) hydrogen production rate 3.5 times as high as Pt/g-C3N4, with the apparent quantum yield reaching 3.35 % at 420 nm.