在硅酸盐矿物,玻璃和熔体中Si和Al的配位与局部结构:K-边X射线吸收光谱研究

本文采用同步辐射的 Si K-边 X-射线吸收近边结构 (XANES)谱研究了 Si在 Si O2 - P2 O5 和 Na2 O-Si O2 - P2 O5 的低压磷硅酸盐玻璃中结构与配位 ,以及 Si的配位几何随玻璃中 P2 O5 含量而变化 :同步辐射的 AlK-边 XANES谱研究了 Al在铝硅酸盐成分为 Na Al Si2 O6 - Na Al Si3O8的玻璃和熔体中的配位和局部结构 ,并提供了直接的实验证据来证明该成分的玻璃体系中由于压力的变化所诱导 Al配位的变化。

In situ studies of energy-related electrochemical reactions using Raman and X-ray absorption spectroscopy

Electrochemical energy conversion technologies involving processes such as water splitting and O_(2)/CO_(2) reduction,provide promising solutions for addressing global energy scarcity and minimizing adverse environmental impact.However,due to a lack of an in-depth understanding of the reaction mechanisms and the nature of the active sites,further advancement of these techniques has been limited by the development of efficient and robust catalysts.Therefore,in situ characterization of these electrocatalytic processes under working conditions is essential.In this review,recent applications of in situ Raman spectroscopy and X-ray absorption spectroscopy for various nano-and single-atom catalysts in energy-related reactions are summarized.Notable cases are highlighted,including the capture of oxygen-containing intermediate species formed during the reduction of oxygen and oxidation of hydrogen,and the detection of catalyst structural transformations occurring with the change in potential during the evolution of oxygen and reduction of CO_(2).Finally,the challenges and outlook for advancing in situ spectroscopic technologies to gain a deeper fundamental understanding of these energy-related electrocatalytic processes are discussed.

皮革鞣制中铬角色的扩展X-射线吸收精细结构研究

将扩展X-射线吸收光谱（EXAFS）用于研究鞣制胶原的碱式硫酸铬（Ⅲ）盐以厦用这些盐鞣制的革。在模拟工业生产的鞣制工序时，加入碳酸钠将含有皮革的浴液pH值凋节到4。在实验的皮革样品中，与胶原基体结合的线性四面体铬盐是占绝大多数的。铬原子平均被6个相邻氧原子包围，两个铬原于之间的距离是最近的，并且在邻近配位体中大概有6个氧原子；后者是通过EXAFS在实验的极限条件下测得的。

土壤胡敏素结构特征及对铜离子的吸附特性

以棕壤和赤红壤为供试土壤,在对土壤胡敏素进行结构表征的基础上,采用批量平衡法研究不同反应温度下其对铜离子(Cu^(2+))的吸附动力学和热力学特征,利用同步辐射X-射线吸收光谱技术探测了Cu^(2+)在胡敏素表面吸附的微观局域结构。结果表明:与胡敏酸相比,胡敏素具有较高的脂族性和极性,但其分子中甲氧基碳、羰基碳、木质素类化合物和酚类化合物的比例较低;随溶液Cu^(2+)浓度、接触时间和反应温度的增加,胡敏素对Cu^(2+)的吸附量也增加;吸附动力学曲线符合假二级动力学方程,吸附过程是需要能量和吸热的缔合反应;吸附等温线符合Freundlich和Langmuir方程,吸附反应是自发、吸热和自由度增加的过程;与胡敏酸类似,胡敏素表面吸附态Cu^(2+)是以扭曲的八面体构型存在,第一配位层(Cu-O)由原子间距为1.91～1.97?的4个O原子构成,第二配位层(Cu-C)由原子间距为2.80～2.83?的2个C原子组成,证实Cu^(2+)主要以内层复合物形式吸附在胡敏素表面的有机官能团上。上述结果指出,尽管胡敏素的化学组成不同于胡敏酸,但Cu^(2+)在这两种腐殖物质组分表面的局域配位结构相似。

Ordered mesoporous carbon supported bifunctional PtM(M=Ru,Fe,Mo)electrocatalysts for a fuel cell anode

The deposition onto an ordered mesoporous carbon（OMC）support of well dispersed PtM（M = Ru,Fe,Mo）alloy nanoparticles（NPs）were synthesized by a direct replication method using SBA-15 as the hard template,furfuryl alcohol and trimethylbeneze as the primary carbon sources,and metal acetylacetonate as the alloying metal precursor and secondary carbon source.The physicochemical properties of the PtM-OMC catalysts were characterized by N2 adsorption-desorption,X-ray diffraction,transmission electron microscopy,X-ray absorption near edge structure,and extended X-ray absorption fine structure.The alloy PtM NPs have an average size of 2-3 nm and were well dispersed in the pore channels of the OMC support.The second metal（M）in the PtM NPs was mostly in the reduced state,and formed a typical core（Pt）-shell（M）structure.Cyclic voltammetry measurements showed that these PtM-OMC electrodes had excellent electrocatalytic activities and tolerance to CO poisoning during the methanol oxidation reaction,which surpassed those of typical activated carbon-supported PtRu catalysts.In particular,the PtFe-OMC catalyst,which exhibited the best performance,can be a practical anodic electrocatalyst in direct methanol fuel cells due to its superior stability,excellent CO tolerance,and low production cost.

Isolation of Pd atoms by Cu for semi-hydrogenation of acetylene: Effects of Cu loading

Cu‐alloyed Pd single‐atom catalysts exhibit excellent catalytic performance for the semi‐hydrogenation of acetylene;however,the limit of the Cu/Pd atomic ratio for forming the alloyed Pd single‐atom catalyst is ambiguous.Herein,silica‐supported Cu-Pd bimetallic catalysts with fixed Pd content and varied Cu loadings were synthesized using an incipient wetness co‐impregnation method.The X‐ray absorption spectroscopy results indicated that Pd formed an alloy with Cu after reduction at250°C and that the Pd atoms were completely isolated by Cu for Cu/Pd atomic ratios≥40/1.Notably,increasing the reduction temperature from250to400°C hardly affected the catalytic performances of the Cu-Pd/SiO2catalysts.This finding can be attributed to the similar chemical environments of Pd demonstrated by the X‐ray absorption spectroscopy results.

Zr（Ⅳ） surface sites determine CH3OH formation rate on Cu/ZrO2/SiO2-CO2 hydrogenation catalysts

Cu/ZrO2/SiO2 are efficient catalysts for the selective hydrogenation of CO2 to CH3OH. In order to understand the role of ZrO2 in these mixed-oxides based catalysts, in situ X-ray absorption spectroscopy has been carried out on the Cu and Zr K-edge. Under reaction conditions, Cu remains metallic, while Zr is present in three types of coordination environment associated with 1) bulk ZrO2, 2) coordinatively saturated and 3) unsaturated Zr(Ⅳ) surface sites. The amount of coordinatively unsaturated Zr surface sites can be quantified by linear combination fit of reference X-Ray absorption near edge structure (XANES) spectra and its amount correlates with CH3OH formation rates, thus indicating the importance of Zr(Ⅳ) Lewis acid surface sites in driving the selectivity toward CH3OH. This finding is consistent with the proposed mechanism, where CO2 is hydrogenated at the interface between the Cu nanoparticles that split H2 and Zr(Ⅳ) surface sites that stabilizes reaction intermediates.

Preparation of Organic Semiconductor PTCDA and Studies on Its Crystal Structure and the Absorption Spectrum

Organic semiconductoe 3,4,9,10-perylenetetracarboxylic dianhydride (PTCDA) has been synthetized with 1,8-naphthalic anhydride using chemical method.X-ray diffraction spectrum shows that it is monoclinic.Visible absorption spectrum shows that its gap band is 2.2 eV with singlet exciton bandwidth of 0.9 eV.

Geometric and Electronic Structures of Pyrazine Molecule Chemisorbed on Si(100) Surface by XPS and NEXAFS Spectroscopy

The geometric and electronic structures of several possible adsorption configurations of the pyrazine(C4H4N2)molecule covalently attached to Si(100)surface,which is of vital importance in fabricating functional nano-devices,have been investigated using X-ray spectroscopies.The Carbon K-shell(1s)X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy(XPS)and near-edge X-ray absorption fine structure(NEXAFS)spectroscopy of predicted adsorbed structures have been simulated by density functional theory with cluster model calculations.Both XPS and NEXAFS spectra demonstrate the structural dependence on different adsorption configurations.In contrast to the XPS spectra,it is found that the NEXAFS spectra exhibiting conspicuous dependence on the structures of all the studied pyrazine/Si(100)systems can be well utilized for structural identification.In addition,according to the classification of carbon atoms,the spectral components of carbon atoms in different chemical environments have been investigated in the NEXAFS spectra as well.

Gold-doping of carbon-supported palladium improves reduction catalysis

Bimetallic palladium-gold （PdAu） catalysts have better catalytic performance than monometallic catalysts for many applications. PdAu catalysts with controlled nanostructures and enhanced activi- ties have been extensively studied but their syntheses require multiple and occasionally complicated steps, In this work, we demonstrated that supported PdAu catalysts could be simply prepared by doping a supported Pd catalyst with gold through wet impregnation and calcination. Resulting PdAu-on-carbon （PdAu/C） catalysts were tested for the room-temperature, aqueous-phase hydro- dech/orination of trichloroethene. The most active PdAu/C catalyst （Pd 1.0 wt%, Au 1.1 wt%, dried/air/H2 process] had an initial turnover frequency （TOF] of 34.0×10^-2 mOITcE mOled-1 S-1, which was 〉15 times higher than monometallic Pd/C （Pd 1,0 wt%, initial TOF of 2.2 ×10^-2 molTCE molpd^-1s^-1）. Through X-ray absorption spectroscopy, the gold kept Pd from oxidizing under calcination at 400℃. Probable nanostructure evolution pathways are proposed to explain the observed catalysis,

Prediction of XRF analyzers error for elements on-line assaying using Kalman Filter

Determination of chemical elements assay plays an important role in mineral processing operations.This factor is used to control process accuracy,recovery calculation and plant profitability.The new assaying methods including chemical methods,X-ray fluorescence and atomic absorption spectrometry are advanced and accurate.However,in some applications,such as on-line assaying process,high accuracy is required.In this paper,an algorithm based on Kalman Filter is presented to predict on-line XRF errors.This research has been carried out on the basis of based the industrial real data collection for evaluating the performance of the presented algorithm.The measurements and analysis for this study were conducted at the Sarcheshmeh Copper Concentrator Plant located in Iran.The quality of the obtained results was very satisfied;so that the RMS errors of prediction obtained for Cu and Mo grade assaying errors in rougher feed were less than 0.039 and 0.002 and in final flotation concentration less than 0.58 and 0.074,respectively.The results indicate that the mentioned method is quite accurate to reduce the on-line XRF errors measurement.

Preparations of Complex Bimetallic Oxides from Bimetallic Assemblies Containing Different Copper（Ⅱ） Precursors and Comparison of Some Related Systems

This is a mini-review-like article including our recent results and methods for （new） metal oxides and （previously reported） composite materials composed of metal complexes and metal oxides for comparison to enhance anisotropic structural changes intentionally. Some complex inorganic oxides are known that they may be promising color materials （absorbing visible light of certain wavelengths region） having potential application for environmentally benign catalysts, for example, photocatalysts. Chiral copper（Ⅱ） complexes having bidentate amine ligands （[CuL2]2＋） can be acted as cationic building blocks of bimetallic metal complexes. We have prepared some chiral bimetallic complexes with various anionic metal complexes such as [PtCl4]2-, [M02O7]2 and Mn12 clusters （typical single-molecule magnets） which characterized by means of solid-state electronic and CD （circular dichroism） spectra, IR （infrared） spectra, synchrotron XRD （X-ray diffraction） and XAS （soft X-ray absorption spectroscopy）. By sintering these precursor chiral bimetallic complexes, we have prepared complex inorganic oxides from them. The IR spectra indicated substituting metal-ligand bonds and losing organic moieties. The XRD pattern indicated complete changes of crystal structures. The XAS revealed replacing coordination atoms as well as oxidation of valences of metal ions. Furthermore, we will also investigate possibility of patterning by homogeneous precipitation method as bimetallic complexes to prepare desirable complex inorganic oxides.

Fabrication and Characterization of Solar Cells Made of p-CuO/n-Si Hetero Junctions

Cupric oxide（CuO） is considered to be a promising material for photovoltaie applications. In this paper, p-CuO/n-Si junction solar cells were obtained by thermal oxidation of metallic copper films deposited on n-Si substrates at 400 ℃ for 5 h. X-ray diffraction patterns show that the as-prepared films are CuO with monoelinic crystalline structure. Hall effect measurement results show that CuO films are p-type conduction. A direct band-gap of -1.57 eV for the CuO film is deduced from UV-Vis absorbance spectra. Solar cells of Cu/p-CuO/n-Si/Al structure show that its photovoltaic behavior has a much wider spectrum response width compared with that of Si solar cells. In addition, the photocurrent of CuO/n-Si junction is investigated as a function of CuO film thickness, and it is found that the critical thickness for CuO on Si is about 250 nm.

垂序商陆叶细胞壁结合锰机制研究

垂序商陆是一种典型的锰超积累植物,细胞壁在其累积解毒锰的过程中起了一定的作用.通过细胞壁吸附实验,研究不同p H和不同锰浓度对细胞壁吸附锰的影响,并采用傅立叶红外光谱及同步辐射X-射线吸收光谱技术探讨了其吸附机制.结果表明,垂序商陆叶细胞壁吸附锰的最适p H值为5~6;其吸附行为可用Langmuir模型较好地描述(R2=0.978 5),并计算得其最大吸附量为62.50μmol·g-1.细胞壁上的羟基(—OH)和羰基(—CO)是结合锰的主要位点;锰周围第一配层为氧原子,其配位数为6.3,Mn—O键长为0.216 nm,细胞壁与锰主要以内配层模式相结合.

土壤胡敏素对铜离子的吸附作用及其机理研究

以暗棕壤为供试土壤,研究了不同溶液pH值、离子强度、接触时间、反应温度和初始铜离子(Cu^(2+))浓度条件下,胡敏素对Cu^(2+)的吸附作用;利用扫描电子显微镜(SEM)、X-射线能量色散谱(EDS)、傅立叶变换红外光谱(FTIR)和X-射线光电子能谱(XPS),对胡敏素/胡敏素-Cu^(2+)复合物的表面形貌、元素分布和官能团组成进行了分析;应用延展X-射线吸收精细结构谱(EXAFS),对吸附态Cu^(2+)的局域配位结构进行了表征.结果表明:胡敏素对Cu^(2+)的吸附量随pH值、接触时间、反应温度和Cu^(2+)浓度的增加而增加,但随离子强度的增加而下降;吸附动力学符合准二级动力学方程,而吸附等温线用Langmuir方程的拟合效果较好;吸附过程需要能量,是自发、吸热和自由度增加的缔合反应;吸附Cu^(2+)之后,胡敏素表面产生了团聚现象,表面羧基、羟基、吡啶氮和N—O基团参与了Cu^(2+)的吸附作用,同时吸附态Cu^(2+)是以内层配位形式与胡敏素表面的O/N和C原子结合.

Sodium iron hexacyanoferrate with high Na content as a Na-rich cathode material for Na-ion batteries

Owing to the worldwide abundance and low-cost of Na, room-temperature Na-ion batteries are emerging as attractive energy storage systems for large- scale grids. Increasing the Na content in cathode materials is one of the effective ways to achieve high energy density. Prussian blue and its analogues （PBAs） are promising Na-rich cathode materials since they can theoretically store two Na＋ ions per formula unit. However, increasing the Na content in PBAs cathode materials remains a major challenge. Here we show that sodium iron hexacyanoferrate with high Na content can be obtained by simply controlling the reducing agent and reaction atmosphere during synthesis. The Na content can reach as high as 1.63 per formula, which is the highest value for sodium iron hexacyanoferrate. This Na-rich sodium iron hexacyanoferrate demonstrates a high specific capacity of 150 mAh·g^-1 and remarkable cycling performance with 90% capacity retention after 200 cycles. Furthermore, the Na intercalation/ de-intercalation mechanism has been systematically studied by in situ Raman spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction and X-ray absorption spectroscopy analysis for the first time. The Na-rich sodium iron hexacyanoferrate can function as a plenteous Na reservoir and has great potential as a cathode material for practical Na-ion batteries.

Nitrogen-doped graphene supported Pd@PdO core- shell clusters for C-C coupling reactions

The introduction of nitrogen significantly decreases the metal particle size and improves the performance of metal-based graphene-supported catalysts. In this work, the density functional theory is used to understand the interaction between nitrogen-doped graphene and Pd@PdO clusters. Experiments show that small size Pd@PdO clusters （1-2 nm） can be grown uniformly on nitrogen-doped graphene sheets by a facile oxidation-reduction method. The nanoscale interaction relationship between nitrogen-doped graphene and Pd@PdO clusters is investigated through X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy （XPS） and X-ray absorption spectra （XAS）. The composite catalysts are applied in Suzuki-Miyaura reactions giving high yields and good structural stability. These results have potential impact in design and optimization of future high performance catalyst materials for cross coupling reactions.

Bonding interface boosts the intrinsic activity and durability of NiSe@Fe_(2)O_(3) heterogeneous electrocatalyst for water oxidation

The intrinsic activity and durability of oxygen evolution reaction(OER)electrocatalysts are mainly dominated by the surface and interface properties of active materials.Herein,a core-shell heterogeneous structure(NF/NiSe@Fe_(2)O_(3))is fabricated via two-step hydrothermal method,which exhibits a low overpotential of 220 mV(or 282 mV)at 10 mA/cm^(2)(or 200 mA/cm^(2)),a small Tafel slope of 36.9 mV/dec,and long-term stability(-230 h)in 1 mol/L KOH for OER.X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and X-ray absorption spectroscopy reveal the(oxy)hydroxide-rich surface and strong coupling interface between NiSe and Fe_(2)O_(3)via the Fe-Se bond.Density functional theory calculation suggests that the d-band center and electronic state of NiSe@Fe_(2)O_(3)heterojunction are well optimized due to the formation of Fe-Se bond,which is favorable for the enhanced OER activity because of the easy adsorption of oxygen-containing intermediates and desorption of O^(2)in the OER process.In addition,the unique core-shell structure and robust bonding interface are responsible for the good stability for OER.This work provides fundamental insights on the bonding effect that determine the performance of OER electrocatalyst.

Actinide-uranium single-atom catalysis for electrochemical nitrogen fixation

Actinide-based catalysts have been regarded as promising candidates for N_(2) fixation owing to their unique 5f orbital with flexible oxidation states.Herein,we report for the first time the dispersion of uranium(U)single atoms on TiO_(2) nanosheets via oxygen vacancy confinement for N_(2) electroreduction.The single-atom U catalyst exhibited a high NH_(3) yield of 40.57μg h^(-1) mg^(-1),with a reasonably high Faraday efficiency of 25.77%,ranking first among the reported nitrogen-free catalysts.Isotope-labeling operando synchrotron infrared spectroscopy verifies that the key*N_(2)H_(y) intermediate species was derived from the N_(2) gas of the feed.By using operando X-ray absorption spectroscopy,we found enhanced metal-support interaction between U single atoms and TiO_(2) lattice with more U-O_(latt) coordination under working conditions.Theoretical simulations suggest that the evolved 1O_(ads)-U-4O_(latt) moieties act as a critical electronfeedback center,lowering the thermodynamic energy barrier for the N_(2) dissociation and the first hydrogenation step.This work provides the possibility of tailoring the interaction between metal active sites and supports for designing high-performance actinide-based single-atom catalysts.

Size-controlled chalcopyrite CuInS_2 nanocrystals:One-pot synthesis and optical characterization

Chalcopyrite ternary CulnS2 semiconductor nanocry stals have been synthesized via a facile one-pot chemical approach by using oleylamine and oleic acid as solvents. The as-prepared CuInS2 nanocrystals have been characterized by instrumental analyses such as X-ray diffraction （XRD）, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy （XPS）, transmission electron microscopy （TEM）/high-resolution TEM （HRTEM）, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy （EDS）, UV-vis absorption spectroscopy （UV-vis） and photoluminescence （PL） spectroscopy. The particle sizes of the CuInS2 nanocrystals could be tuned from 2 to 10 nm by simply varying reaction conditions. Oleylamine, which acted as both a reductant and an effective capping agent, plays an important role in the size-controlled synthesis of CulnS2 nanocrystals. Based on a series of comparative experiments under different reaction conditions, the probable formation mechanism of CulnS2 nanocrystals has been proposed. Furthermore, the UV-vis absorption and PL emission spectra of the chalcopyrite CulnS2 nanocrystals have been found to be adjustable in the range of 527-815 nm and 625-800 rim, respectively, indicating their potential application in photovoltaic devices.