The electronic metal-support interaction(EMSI)is one of most intriguing phenomena in heterogeneous catalysis.In this work,this subtle effect is clearly demonstrated by density functional theory(DFT)calculations of sin...The electronic metal-support interaction(EMSI)is one of most intriguing phenomena in heterogeneous catalysis.In this work,this subtle effect is clearly demonstrated by density functional theory(DFT)calculations of single Pt atom supported on vacancies in a boron nitride nanosheet.Moreover,the relation between the EMSI and the performance of Pt in propane direct dehydrogenation(PDH)is investigated in detail.The charge state and partial density of states of single Pt atom show distinct features at different anchoring positions,such as boron and nitrogen vacancies(Bvac and Nvac,respectively).Single Pt atom become positively and negatively charged on Bvac and Nvac,respectively.Therefore,the electronic structure of Pt can be adjusted by rational deposition on the support.Moreover,Pt atoms in different charge states have been shown to have different catalytic abilities in PDH.The DFT calculations reveal that Pt atoms on Bvac(Pt-Bvac)have much higher reactivity towards reactant/product adsorption and C–H bond activation than Pt supported on Nvac(Pt-Nvac),with larger adsorption energy and lower barrier along the reaction pathway.However,the high reactivity of Pt-Bvac also hinders propene desorption,which could lead to unwanted deep dehydrogenation.Therefore,the results obtained herein suggest that a balanced reactivity for C–H activation in propane and propene desorption is required to achieve optimum yields.Based on this descriptor,a single Pt atom on a nitrogen vacancy is considered an effective catalyst for PDH.Furthermore,the deep dehydrogenation of the formed propene is significantly suppressed,owing to the large barrier on Pt-Nvac.The current work demonstrates that the catalytic properties of supported single Pt atoms can be tuned by rationally depositing them on a boron nitride nanosheet and highlights the great potential of single-atom catalysis in the PDH reaction.展开更多
Thermal stability of HgCl2 has a pivotal importance for the hydrochlorination reaction as the loss of mercuric compounds is toxic and detrimental to environment.Here we report a low-mercury catalyst which has durabili...Thermal stability of HgCl2 has a pivotal importance for the hydrochlorination reaction as the loss of mercuric compounds is toxic and detrimental to environment.Here we report a low-mercury catalyst which has durability over 10000 h for acetylene hydrochlorination under the industrial condition.The stability of the catalyst is carefully analyzed from a combined experimental and density functional theory study.The analysis shows that the extraordinary stability of mercury catalyst is resulted from the synergy effects between surface oxygen groups and defective edge sites.The binding energy of HgCl2 is increased to be higher than 130 kJ/mol when adsorption is at the edge site with a nearby oxygen group.Therefore,the present study revealed that the thermal stability problem of mercury-based catalyst can be solved by simply adjusting the surface chemistry of activated carbon.Furthermore,the reported catalyst has already been successfully applied in the commercialized production of vinyl chloride.展开更多
The influence of the low voltage pulsed magnetic field(LVPMF)on the microstructure transition of K4169 superalloy was investigated.The gradient microstructure of K4169 superalloy composed of columnar grains,coarse gra...The influence of the low voltage pulsed magnetic field(LVPMF)on the microstructure transition of K4169 superalloy was investigated.The gradient microstructure of K4169 superalloy composed of columnar grains,coarse grains,and fine grains was prepared through the combined method of LVPMF with directional solidification,which provided a new approach for the preparation of superalloy with gradient microstructure.The distribution of the Lorentz force and flow field under LVPMF effect was simulated,and therefore the microstructure transition mechanism was revealed.Results show that the microstructure transition should be attributed to the coupling effects of the Lorentz force and forced convection.展开更多
Defects such as cracks and micropores exist in nickel-based superalloy during laser powder bed fusion(LPBF),hindering their application in various fields.Hot isostatic pressing(HIP)was combined with conventional heat ...Defects such as cracks and micropores exist in nickel-based superalloy during laser powder bed fusion(LPBF),hindering their application in various fields.Hot isostatic pressing(HIP)was combined with conventional heat treatment(HT)to obtain LPBF nickel-based superalloy parts with ideal properties and fewer defects.The results show that HIP process can improve the densification,while the conventional HT can eliminate the micro-defects to improve the mechanical properties.After HIP treatment,the defect volume fraction of LPBF specimens decreases.After HT,the defect content of HIP+HT specimens increases slightly.After post-treatment,the hardness shows a decreasing trend,and the tensile strength and post-break elongation of HIP+HT specimens increase to 1326 MPa and 21.3%,respectively,at room temperature.展开更多
To improve the hot workability of hard-deformed superalloy U720Li,the effect of holding time before deformation(5 and 10 min)on hot deformation behavior was investigated by hot compression tests.Results show that the ...To improve the hot workability of hard-deformed superalloy U720Li,the effect of holding time before deformation(5 and 10 min)on hot deformation behavior was investigated by hot compression tests.Results show that the flow stress increases with increase in strain rate,while decreases with increase in deformation temperature and holding time.Based on the obtained Arrhenius-type constitutive models,the calculated peak stresses are in good agreement with experimental values,indicating that this model can accurately predict the hot deformation behavior of U720Li alloy,and the deformation activation energies for the holding time of 5 and 10 min were calculated to be 992.006 and 850.996 kJ·mol^(-1),respectively.Moreover,processing maps of U720Li alloy with these two holding durations were constructed.Through observation of deformation microstructures in each domain of the processing maps,the optimal hot working conditions for the holding time of 5 min are determined to be 1090‒1110℃/1‒10 s^(-1) and 1146‒1180℃/1‒10 s^(-1),and the optimal hot working conditions for the holding time of 10 min are 1080‒1090℃/1‒10 s-1 and 1153‒1160℃/1‒10 s^(-1),indicating that the safe processing window can be obviously enlarged by shortening the holding time reasonably.In the absence of cracking,the dynamic recrystallization(DRX)grain size increases gradually with increasing the deformation temperature and holding time,but it first decreases and then increases with the increase in strain rate.When the deformation temperature is below 1100℃,the DRX mechanism is mainly the particle-induced continuous DRX.As the temperature is raised to above 1130℃,the main DRX mechanism changes to discontinuous DRX.展开更多
基金supported by the National Science Foundation of China(91545117)the Natural Science Foundation of Liaoning Province(201602676)+1 种基金the Fundamental Research Funds for Colleges and Universities in Liaoning Province(LQN201703)the Startup Foundation for Doctors of Shenyang Normal University(BS201620)~~
文摘The electronic metal-support interaction(EMSI)is one of most intriguing phenomena in heterogeneous catalysis.In this work,this subtle effect is clearly demonstrated by density functional theory(DFT)calculations of single Pt atom supported on vacancies in a boron nitride nanosheet.Moreover,the relation between the EMSI and the performance of Pt in propane direct dehydrogenation(PDH)is investigated in detail.The charge state and partial density of states of single Pt atom show distinct features at different anchoring positions,such as boron and nitrogen vacancies(Bvac and Nvac,respectively).Single Pt atom become positively and negatively charged on Bvac and Nvac,respectively.Therefore,the electronic structure of Pt can be adjusted by rational deposition on the support.Moreover,Pt atoms in different charge states have been shown to have different catalytic abilities in PDH.The DFT calculations reveal that Pt atoms on Bvac(Pt-Bvac)have much higher reactivity towards reactant/product adsorption and C–H bond activation than Pt supported on Nvac(Pt-Nvac),with larger adsorption energy and lower barrier along the reaction pathway.However,the high reactivity of Pt-Bvac also hinders propene desorption,which could lead to unwanted deep dehydrogenation.Therefore,the results obtained herein suggest that a balanced reactivity for C–H activation in propane and propene desorption is required to achieve optimum yields.Based on this descriptor,a single Pt atom on a nitrogen vacancy is considered an effective catalyst for PDH.Furthermore,the deep dehydrogenation of the formed propene is significantly suppressed,owing to the large barrier on Pt-Nvac.The current work demonstrates that the catalytic properties of supported single Pt atoms can be tuned by rationally depositing them on a boron nitride nanosheet and highlights the great potential of single-atom catalysis in the PDH reaction.
文摘Thermal stability of HgCl2 has a pivotal importance for the hydrochlorination reaction as the loss of mercuric compounds is toxic and detrimental to environment.Here we report a low-mercury catalyst which has durability over 10000 h for acetylene hydrochlorination under the industrial condition.The stability of the catalyst is carefully analyzed from a combined experimental and density functional theory study.The analysis shows that the extraordinary stability of mercury catalyst is resulted from the synergy effects between surface oxygen groups and defective edge sites.The binding energy of HgCl2 is increased to be higher than 130 kJ/mol when adsorption is at the edge site with a nearby oxygen group.Therefore,the present study revealed that the thermal stability problem of mercury-based catalyst can be solved by simply adjusting the surface chemistry of activated carbon.Furthermore,the reported catalyst has already been successfully applied in the commercialized production of vinyl chloride.
基金National Key Research and Development Program of China(2018YFA0702900)National Science and Technology Major Project(J2019-VII-0002-0142)National Natural Science Foundation of China(51831007)。
文摘The influence of the low voltage pulsed magnetic field(LVPMF)on the microstructure transition of K4169 superalloy was investigated.The gradient microstructure of K4169 superalloy composed of columnar grains,coarse grains,and fine grains was prepared through the combined method of LVPMF with directional solidification,which provided a new approach for the preparation of superalloy with gradient microstructure.The distribution of the Lorentz force and flow field under LVPMF effect was simulated,and therefore the microstructure transition mechanism was revealed.Results show that the microstructure transition should be attributed to the coupling effects of the Lorentz force and forced convection.
基金National Key R&D Program of China(2021YFB3700401)National Science and Technology Major Project(Y2019-VII-0011-0151)Science Center for Gas Turbine Project(HT-P2022-C-Ⅳ-002-001)。
文摘Defects such as cracks and micropores exist in nickel-based superalloy during laser powder bed fusion(LPBF),hindering their application in various fields.Hot isostatic pressing(HIP)was combined with conventional heat treatment(HT)to obtain LPBF nickel-based superalloy parts with ideal properties and fewer defects.The results show that HIP process can improve the densification,while the conventional HT can eliminate the micro-defects to improve the mechanical properties.After HIP treatment,the defect volume fraction of LPBF specimens decreases.After HT,the defect content of HIP+HT specimens increases slightly.After post-treatment,the hardness shows a decreasing trend,and the tensile strength and post-break elongation of HIP+HT specimens increase to 1326 MPa and 21.3%,respectively,at room temperature.
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China(52174317,51904146)。
文摘To improve the hot workability of hard-deformed superalloy U720Li,the effect of holding time before deformation(5 and 10 min)on hot deformation behavior was investigated by hot compression tests.Results show that the flow stress increases with increase in strain rate,while decreases with increase in deformation temperature and holding time.Based on the obtained Arrhenius-type constitutive models,the calculated peak stresses are in good agreement with experimental values,indicating that this model can accurately predict the hot deformation behavior of U720Li alloy,and the deformation activation energies for the holding time of 5 and 10 min were calculated to be 992.006 and 850.996 kJ·mol^(-1),respectively.Moreover,processing maps of U720Li alloy with these two holding durations were constructed.Through observation of deformation microstructures in each domain of the processing maps,the optimal hot working conditions for the holding time of 5 min are determined to be 1090‒1110℃/1‒10 s^(-1) and 1146‒1180℃/1‒10 s^(-1),and the optimal hot working conditions for the holding time of 10 min are 1080‒1090℃/1‒10 s-1 and 1153‒1160℃/1‒10 s^(-1),indicating that the safe processing window can be obviously enlarged by shortening the holding time reasonably.In the absence of cracking,the dynamic recrystallization(DRX)grain size increases gradually with increasing the deformation temperature and holding time,but it first decreases and then increases with the increase in strain rate.When the deformation temperature is below 1100℃,the DRX mechanism is mainly the particle-induced continuous DRX.As the temperature is raised to above 1130℃,the main DRX mechanism changes to discontinuous DRX.