The effects of crystallite size on the physicochemical properties and surface defects of pure monoclinic ZrO_(2) catalysts for isobutene synthesis were studied.We prepared a series of monoclinic ZrO_(2) catalysts with...The effects of crystallite size on the physicochemical properties and surface defects of pure monoclinic ZrO_(2) catalysts for isobutene synthesis were studied.We prepared a series of monoclinic ZrO_(2) catalysts with different crystallite size by changing calcination temperature and evaluated their catalytic performance for isobutene synthesis from syngas.ZrO_(2) with small crystalline size showed higher CO conversion and isobutene selectivity,while samples with large crystalline size preferred to form dimethyl ether(DME)instead of hydrocarbons,much less to isobutene.Oxygen defects(ODefects)analyzed by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy(XPS)provided evidence that more ODefectsoccupied on the surface of ZrO_(2) catalysts with smaller crystalline size.Electron paramagnetic resonance(EPR)and ultraviolet–visible diffuse reflectance(UV–vis DRS)confirmed the presence of high concentration of surface defects and Zr3+on mZrO_(2)-5.9 sample,respectively.In situ diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy(in situ DRIFTS)analysis indicated that the adsorption strength of formed formate species on catalyst reduced as the crystalline size decreased.These results suggested that surface defects were responsible for CO activation and further influenced the adsorption strength of surface species,and thus the products distribution changed.This study provides an in-depth insight for active sites regulation of ZrO_(2) catalyst in CO hydrogenation reaction.展开更多
Unique and various microstructures of titanium oxide(TiO_2 ) film including macroporous structure, chromatic veins and rings, have been easily fabricated by mist deposition method on silicon substrate with mild prepar...Unique and various microstructures of titanium oxide(TiO_2 ) film including macroporous structure, chromatic veins and rings, have been easily fabricated by mist deposition method on silicon substrate with mild preparation conditions. Rutile phase TiO_2 nanoparticles were directly used as starting material to prepare film and led to a simple preparation process. It was found that several different microstructures existed in the sample and changed with the varied positions from the center to the edge of the film when the concentration of the TiO_2 suspension is 0.06 mol/l, the deposition time is 30 min, the flow rate is 1 l/min and the temperature is150. The surface texturing shows apparent distinction as the concentration of the TiO_2 suspension decreased to 0.03 mol/l and 0.01 mol/l.展开更多
Porous TiO2 thin films were prepared from alkoxide solutions with and without polyethylene glycol (PEG) by sol-get route on soda lime glass, and were characterized by atomic force microscopy (AFM), transmission electr...Porous TiO2 thin films were prepared from alkoxide solutions with and without polyethylene glycol (PEG) by sol-get route on soda lime glass, and were characterized by atomic force microscopy (AFM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD). The results show that TiO2 film prepared from precursor solution without PEG is composed of spherical particles of about 100 nm and several nanometer mesoporous pores. With the increase of the amount of PEG added to the precursor solution, the diameter and the depth of the pores in the resultant films increas on the decomposition of PEG during heat-treatment, which lead to them increase of the surface roughness of the films. XRD and TEM results show that the single anatase phase is precipitated and there are some orientation effects in (101) direction.展开更多
As an ultrasensitive sensing technology,the application of surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy(SERS)is one interesting topic of nano-optics,which has huge application prospectives in plenty of research fields.In recen...As an ultrasensitive sensing technology,the application of surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy(SERS)is one interesting topic of nano-optics,which has huge application prospectives in plenty of research fields.In recent years,the bottleneck in SERS application could be the fabrication of SERS substrate with excellent enhancement.In this work,a two-dimensional(2D)Ag nanorice film is fabricated by self-assembly method as a SERS substrate.The collected SERS spectra of various molecules on this 2D plasmonic film demonstrate quantitative detection could be performed on this SERS substrate.The experiment data also demonstrate this 2D plasmonic film consisted of anisotropic nanostructures has no obvious SERS polarization dependence.The simulated electric field distribution points out the SERS enhancement comes from the surface plasmon coupling between nanorices.And the SERS signals is dominated by molecules adsorbed at different regions of nanorice surface at various wavelengths,which could be a good near IR SERS substrate for bioanalysis.Our work not only enlarges the surface plasmon properties of metal nanostructure,but also exhibits the good application prospect in SERS related fields.展开更多
A method for semi-quantitative determination of thin film texture using electron diffrac- tion is described.The texture state of a zirconia thin film with a cubic structure has been determined in this way and is prese...A method for semi-quantitative determination of thin film texture using electron diffrac- tion is described.The texture state of a zirconia thin film with a cubic structure has been determined in this way and is presented as an example.展开更多
ZrO2 films on NaCl(100) substrate produced by oxygen ion bombardment and argon ion sputtering of Zr are analysed using TEM, XRD and XPS. The result of TEM shows that only cubic phase exists for the ZrO2 film produced ...ZrO2 films on NaCl(100) substrate produced by oxygen ion bombardment and argon ion sputtering of Zr are analysed using TEM, XRD and XPS. The result of TEM shows that only cubic phase exists for the ZrO2 film produced by oxygen ion bombardment with 30μA/cm2 and 200eV, while the XRD result shows that there seems to exhibit a small quanitity of monoclinic phase apart from cubic one under the production condition of oxygen ion of 25μA/cm2, 100eV.展开更多
Large area YBCO superconducting thin films were grown on the Zr(Y)O2 substrate at 750 and 800℃ respectively by magnetron sputtering, and the surface morphology was studied with AEM. STM and SEM with an EDS and ECP at...Large area YBCO superconducting thin films were grown on the Zr(Y)O2 substrate at 750 and 800℃ respectively by magnetron sputtering, and the surface morphology was studied with AEM. STM and SEM with an EDS and ECP attachments. The YBCO thin film was found to be a caxis orientated single crystal. At 800℃, the surface out-growths of the thin film Were mainly CuO particles and many small holes were found on the surface. which resulted in rougher surface; whereas, at 750℃, the out-growths were mainly the 123 structure in the form of rod-like and polygon and the surface was much smoother because of less small holes on the surface. The mechanism of the thin film growth and the formation of the small holes on the surface grown at the two temperature were discussed.展开更多
We develop a tractable theoretical model to investigate the thermoelectric (TE) transport properties of surface states in topological insulator thin films (TITFs) of Bi2Sea at room temperature. The hybridization b...We develop a tractable theoretical model to investigate the thermoelectric (TE) transport properties of surface states in topological insulator thin films (TITFs) of Bi2Sea at room temperature. The hybridization between top and bottom surface states in the TITF plays a significant role. With the increasing hybridization-induced surface gap, the electrical conductivity and electron thermal conductivity decrease while the Seebeck coefficient increases. This is due to the metal-semiconductor transition induced by the surface-state hybridization. Based on these TE transport coefficients, the TE figure-of-merit ZT is evaluated. It is shown that ZT can be greatly improved by the surface-state hybridization. Our theoretical results are pertinent to the exploration of the TE transport properties of surface states in TITFs and to the potential application of Bi2Sea-based TITFs as high-performance TE materials and devices.展开更多
We investigate the impurity effects on surfaces of a thin film topological insulator, applied by an off-resonant circular polarized light. It is found that the off-resonant driving induces a quantized total Hall condu...We investigate the impurity effects on surfaces of a thin film topological insulator, applied by an off-resonant circular polarized light. It is found that the off-resonant driving induces a quantized total Hall conductivity, when the driving strength is larger than a critical value and the Fermi level lies in the band gap, indicating that our system is converted into the topological phase. We also find that with the increasing disorder strength, the Dirac masses of top and bottom surfaces are renormalized and then fixed to half of their initial values, respectively,which will shrink the widths of the half-integer plateau of anomalous Hall conductivities.展开更多
The activated chemisorption of N<sub>2</sub> on Ni (poly) and La film was performed on a molecular beam—surface scattering apparatus. Experimental results indicate that the initial sticking probability ...The activated chemisorption of N<sub>2</sub> on Ni (poly) and La film was performed on a molecular beam—surface scattering apparatus. Experimental results indicate that the initial sticking probability s<sub>o</sub> increases linearly from 0 to 0.03 as normal component of translational energy of the molecuar beam E<sub>n</sub> increases from 11.00 to 19.91 kcal/mol for N<sub>2</sub>/Ni system and S<sub>0</sub> from 0 to 0. 10 as E<sub>n</sub> from 10. 40 to 19.91 kcal/mol for N<sub>2</sub>/La system. The apparent activation energy △E are 6.16 kcal/mol and 5.30 kcal/mol for N<sub>2</sub>/Ni and N<sub>2</sub>/La systems respectively.展开更多
基金financially supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China(21978312,21908235 and 21802155)the Key Research Program of Frontier Sciences,CAS(QYZDB–SSW–JS C043)+1 种基金Foundation of State Key Laboratory of Highefficiency Utilization of Coal and Green Chemical Engineering(2019-KF-05 and 2018-K22)Supported by Shanxi Scholarship Council of China and Fund Program for the Scientific Activities of Selected Returned Overseas Professionals in Shanxi Province are also greatly appreciated。
文摘The effects of crystallite size on the physicochemical properties and surface defects of pure monoclinic ZrO_(2) catalysts for isobutene synthesis were studied.We prepared a series of monoclinic ZrO_(2) catalysts with different crystallite size by changing calcination temperature and evaluated their catalytic performance for isobutene synthesis from syngas.ZrO_(2) with small crystalline size showed higher CO conversion and isobutene selectivity,while samples with large crystalline size preferred to form dimethyl ether(DME)instead of hydrocarbons,much less to isobutene.Oxygen defects(ODefects)analyzed by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy(XPS)provided evidence that more ODefectsoccupied on the surface of ZrO_(2) catalysts with smaller crystalline size.Electron paramagnetic resonance(EPR)and ultraviolet–visible diffuse reflectance(UV–vis DRS)confirmed the presence of high concentration of surface defects and Zr3+on mZrO_(2)-5.9 sample,respectively.In situ diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy(in situ DRIFTS)analysis indicated that the adsorption strength of formed formate species on catalyst reduced as the crystalline size decreased.These results suggested that surface defects were responsible for CO activation and further influenced the adsorption strength of surface species,and thus the products distribution changed.This study provides an in-depth insight for active sites regulation of ZrO_(2) catalyst in CO hydrogenation reaction.
基金supported by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas "New Polymeric Materials Based on Element-Blocks (No. 2401)" (24102004) of The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology, Japan
文摘Unique and various microstructures of titanium oxide(TiO_2 ) film including macroporous structure, chromatic veins and rings, have been easily fabricated by mist deposition method on silicon substrate with mild preparation conditions. Rutile phase TiO_2 nanoparticles were directly used as starting material to prepare film and led to a simple preparation process. It was found that several different microstructures existed in the sample and changed with the varied positions from the center to the edge of the film when the concentration of the TiO_2 suspension is 0.06 mol/l, the deposition time is 30 min, the flow rate is 1 l/min and the temperature is150. The surface texturing shows apparent distinction as the concentration of the TiO_2 suspension decreased to 0.03 mol/l and 0.01 mol/l.
基金The work was partially supported by a grant from the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the ResearchGrants Counc
文摘Porous TiO2 thin films were prepared from alkoxide solutions with and without polyethylene glycol (PEG) by sol-get route on soda lime glass, and were characterized by atomic force microscopy (AFM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD). The results show that TiO2 film prepared from precursor solution without PEG is composed of spherical particles of about 100 nm and several nanometer mesoporous pores. With the increase of the amount of PEG added to the precursor solution, the diameter and the depth of the pores in the resultant films increas on the decomposition of PEG during heat-treatment, which lead to them increase of the surface roughness of the films. XRD and TEM results show that the single anatase phase is precipitated and there are some orientation effects in (101) direction.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11974067)Natural Scienceof CQ CSTC (Grant Nos. cstc2019jcyj-msxmX0145, cstc2019jcyj-bshX0042, and cstc2019jcyj-msxmX0828)Sharing Fund of Chongqing University&Large-scale Equipment
文摘As an ultrasensitive sensing technology,the application of surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy(SERS)is one interesting topic of nano-optics,which has huge application prospectives in plenty of research fields.In recent years,the bottleneck in SERS application could be the fabrication of SERS substrate with excellent enhancement.In this work,a two-dimensional(2D)Ag nanorice film is fabricated by self-assembly method as a SERS substrate.The collected SERS spectra of various molecules on this 2D plasmonic film demonstrate quantitative detection could be performed on this SERS substrate.The experiment data also demonstrate this 2D plasmonic film consisted of anisotropic nanostructures has no obvious SERS polarization dependence.The simulated electric field distribution points out the SERS enhancement comes from the surface plasmon coupling between nanorices.And the SERS signals is dominated by molecules adsorbed at different regions of nanorice surface at various wavelengths,which could be a good near IR SERS substrate for bioanalysis.Our work not only enlarges the surface plasmon properties of metal nanostructure,but also exhibits the good application prospect in SERS related fields.
文摘A method for semi-quantitative determination of thin film texture using electron diffrac- tion is described.The texture state of a zirconia thin film with a cubic structure has been determined in this way and is presented as an example.
文摘ZrO2 films on NaCl(100) substrate produced by oxygen ion bombardment and argon ion sputtering of Zr are analysed using TEM, XRD and XPS. The result of TEM shows that only cubic phase exists for the ZrO2 film produced by oxygen ion bombardment with 30μA/cm2 and 200eV, while the XRD result shows that there seems to exhibit a small quanitity of monoclinic phase apart from cubic one under the production condition of oxygen ion of 25μA/cm2, 100eV.
文摘Large area YBCO superconducting thin films were grown on the Zr(Y)O2 substrate at 750 and 800℃ respectively by magnetron sputtering, and the surface morphology was studied with AEM. STM and SEM with an EDS and ECP attachments. The YBCO thin film was found to be a caxis orientated single crystal. At 800℃, the surface out-growths of the thin film Were mainly CuO particles and many small holes were found on the surface. which resulted in rougher surface; whereas, at 750℃, the out-growths were mainly the 123 structure in the form of rod-like and polygon and the surface was much smoother because of less small holes on the surface. The mechanism of the thin film growth and the formation of the small holes on the surface grown at the two temperature were discussed.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No 11304316the Ministry of Science and Technology of China under Grant No 2011YQ130018the Department of Science and Technology of Yunnan Province,and the Chinese Academy of Sciences
文摘We develop a tractable theoretical model to investigate the thermoelectric (TE) transport properties of surface states in topological insulator thin films (TITFs) of Bi2Sea at room temperature. The hybridization between top and bottom surface states in the TITF plays a significant role. With the increasing hybridization-induced surface gap, the electrical conductivity and electron thermal conductivity decrease while the Seebeck coefficient increases. This is due to the metal-semiconductor transition induced by the surface-state hybridization. Based on these TE transport coefficients, the TE figure-of-merit ZT is evaluated. It is shown that ZT can be greatly improved by the surface-state hybridization. Our theoretical results are pertinent to the exploration of the TE transport properties of surface states in TITFs and to the potential application of Bi2Sea-based TITFs as high-performance TE materials and devices.
基金Supported by the National Key R&D Program of China under Grant No 2017YFA0303203the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos 11574217 and 11474149
文摘We investigate the impurity effects on surfaces of a thin film topological insulator, applied by an off-resonant circular polarized light. It is found that the off-resonant driving induces a quantized total Hall conductivity, when the driving strength is larger than a critical value and the Fermi level lies in the band gap, indicating that our system is converted into the topological phase. We also find that with the increasing disorder strength, the Dirac masses of top and bottom surfaces are renormalized and then fixed to half of their initial values, respectively,which will shrink the widths of the half-integer plateau of anomalous Hall conductivities.
基金Project supportec by the National Natural Science Foundation of China
文摘The activated chemisorption of N<sub>2</sub> on Ni (poly) and La film was performed on a molecular beam—surface scattering apparatus. Experimental results indicate that the initial sticking probability s<sub>o</sub> increases linearly from 0 to 0.03 as normal component of translational energy of the molecuar beam E<sub>n</sub> increases from 11.00 to 19.91 kcal/mol for N<sub>2</sub>/Ni system and S<sub>0</sub> from 0 to 0. 10 as E<sub>n</sub> from 10. 40 to 19.91 kcal/mol for N<sub>2</sub>/La system. The apparent activation energy △E are 6.16 kcal/mol and 5.30 kcal/mol for N<sub>2</sub>/Ni and N<sub>2</sub>/La systems respectively.