Depolarization of Li-rich Mn-based oxide via electrochemically active Prussian blue interface providing superior rate capability

The high-rate cyclability of Li-rich Mn-based oxide(LMO)is highly limited by the electrochemical polarization resulting from the slow kinetic of the Li2MnO3 phase.Herein,the Prussian blue(PB)coating layer with specific redox potential is introduced as a functionalized interface to overcome the side effect and the escaping of O on the surface of LMO,especially its poor rate capability.In detail,the PB layer can restrict the large polarization of LMO by sharing overloaded current at a high rate due to the synchronous redox of PB and LMO.Consequently,an enhanced high rate performance with capacity retention of 87.8%over 300 cycles is obtained,which is superior to 50.5%of the pristine electrode.Such strategies on the high-rate cyclability of Li-rich Mn-based oxide compatible with good low-rate performances may attract great attention for pursuing durable performances.

Construction of immobilized films photocatalysts with CdS clusters decorated by metal Cd and BiOCl for photocatalytic degradation of tetracycline antibiotics

A kind of CdS/Cd-BiOCl immobilized films photocatalyst was prepared.The optical and physicochemical properties of the CdS/Cd-BiOCl photocatalysts were analysed,and the detailed characterization revealed CdS/Cd-BiOCl films photocatalyst with good charge carrier separation effect.The reusabilities and photocatalytic properties of the samples were studied.The 15%Cd S/Cd-Bi OCl photocatalyst exhibited superior performance in photocatalytic degradation of tetracycline(TC)and favorable stability under visible light irradiation.As for the photodegradation rate of TC,15%CdS/Cd-BiOCl exhibited an excellent photodegradation activity,which is 4.06 and 9.53 times higher than that of Cd S/Cd and Bi OCl,respectively.The results showed that dominant active species are·O_(2)^(-)and·OH radicals during photodegradation.The charge transfer in Z-scheme CdS/Cd-BiOCl films photocatalyst could synchronously generate conduct band(CB)electrons in BiOCl and valence band(VB)holes in CdS,and metal Cd served as electron mediator.This work can be a reference for the design of film photocatalysts and new insight for photodegradating towards contaminants.