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Immobilization Of Fission Iodine By Reaction With A Fullerene Containing Carbon Compound And Insoluble Natural Organic Matrix: Quarterly Report September-December 2002, Spencer M. Steinberg Dec 2002

Immobilization Of Fission Iodine By Reaction With A Fullerene Containing Carbon Compound And Insoluble Natural Organic Matrix: Quarterly Report September-December 2002, Spencer M. Steinberg

Separations Campaign (TRP)

The recovery of iodine released during the processing of used nuclear fuel poses a significant challenge to the transmutation of radioactive iodine. This proposal will develop and examine the use of Fullerene Containing Carbon (FCC) compounds as potential sorbents for iodine release from the reprocessing of nuclear fuel. This work will also include the development of bench-scale testing capabilities at UNLV to allow the testing of the FCC material in a simulated process off-gas environment. This experimental capability will also be used to test other potential sorbtion materials and processes, such as natural organic matter (NOM) and other promising alternatives. …


Investigation Of The Corrosion Of Steel By Lead-Bismuth Eutectic (Lbe) Using Scanning Electron Microscopy And X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy, Daniel Koury Dec 2002

Investigation Of The Corrosion Of Steel By Lead-Bismuth Eutectic (Lbe) Using Scanning Electron Microscopy And X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy, Daniel Koury

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

Lead Bismuth Eutectic (LBE) has been proposed for use in programs for accelerator transmutation of waste. LBE is the leading candidate material as a spallation target and an option for the sub-critical blanket coolant. The corrosion of 316 and 316L stainless steels by LBE has been studied using UNLV's facilities for Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS). We have compared exposed and unexposed samples and studied the differences. Some amount of surface contamination is present on the samples and has been removed by ionbeam etching. The unexposed samples reveal typical stainless steel characteristics: a chromium oxide passivation …


Properties Of Domestic Natural Graphite Used For Li-Ion Batteries, Cui-Wei Du, Yu-Juan Zhao, Gang Zhang, Yin-Shun Wu, Qing-Guo Liu Nov 2002

Properties Of Domestic Natural Graphite Used For Li-Ion Batteries, Cui-Wei Du, Yu-Juan Zhao, Gang Zhang, Yin-Shun Wu, Qing-Guo Liu

Journal of Electrochemistry

The structure, physical characteristics and electrochemical properties of the natural graphite produced in Shandong province have been studied. The result of X-ray diffraction showed that the graphite consisted of hexagonal structure and rhombic structure (30% rhombic structure). It was fine crystal graphite. Used as a negative material of Lithium ion battery, the natural graphite showed excellent voltage and high energy capacity, but poor compatibility with electrolyte solution containing propylene carbonate (PC) for its own structure limitation.


Manufacture Of 1 Kw Molten Carbonate Fuel Cell Stack, Sheng Sui, Xin-Jian Zhu, Zheng-Yu Fan, Cao Guang-Yi And Nov 2002

Manufacture Of 1 Kw Molten Carbonate Fuel Cell Stack, Sheng Sui, Xin-Jian Zhu, Zheng-Yu Fan, Cao Guang-Yi And

Journal of Electrochemistry

A molten carbonate fuel cell stack with an active area of 240 mm×140 mm consisted of 30 cells.The gas feed system works via interior manifolds,and the stack placed in a couple of self-chest,coupled with a heater at the bottom and other fours surrounded,to keep uniformity of temperature.Under ambient pressure and 650 ℃,fed with hydrogen and air as anode and cathode gases respectively,the stack gave a current density of 150 mA/cm 2 at an average cell voltage of 0.7 V.The peak output of the stack was 1.06 kW during its performance of 300 h.


Review Of Mathematical Model For Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell, Shan-Hai Ge, Bao-Lian Yi, Hua-Min Zhang Nov 2002

Review Of Mathematical Model For Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell, Shan-Hai Ge, Bao-Lian Yi, Hua-Min Zhang

Journal of Electrochemistry

In the review with 49 references, the mathematical models for proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) were summarized. The mechanistic model and empirical model were introduced. Transfer in the membrane, catalyst layer,diffusion layer and flow field of PEMFC were described. The importance of water and heat management was analyzed. The dimension, complexity and solving methods of the PEMFC model were discussed. The importance and validity to develop a model with time dimension are put forward.


Preparation And Electrochemical Lithium Intercalation Performance Of Different Shaped Carbon Nanotube, Mao-Hui Chen, Zhen-Cai Huang, Guo-Tao Wu, Jin-Kua You, Zu-Geng Lin Nov 2002

Preparation And Electrochemical Lithium Intercalation Performance Of Different Shaped Carbon Nanotube, Mao-Hui Chen, Zhen-Cai Huang, Guo-Tao Wu, Jin-Kua You, Zu-Geng Lin

Journal of Electrochemistry

In the present work, different shaped carbon nanotubes were produced by the general CVD and the template method at different temperature (600 ℃,700 ℃) with the reaction gas of acetylene. The morphology, structure and the electrochemical lithium intercalation performance were comparatively studied and characterized by TEM, HRTEM, SEM, XRD, Raman techniques and Charge/Discharge Test. It was found that the different preparation methods and temperatures all had an obvious effect on these properties of carbon nanotubes. In our samples, with the increase of preparation temperature, the degree of crystallinity decreased, and the reversible specific capacity increased respectively.


Lithium Intercalation Performance Of P-Doped Phenolic Resin Pyrolysis Carbon, Bao-Hua Li, Kai-Xi Li, Yonggen Lv, Chun-Xiang Lv, Dong Wu, Li-Cheng Ling Nov 2002

Lithium Intercalation Performance Of P-Doped Phenolic Resin Pyrolysis Carbon, Bao-Hua Li, Kai-Xi Li, Yonggen Lv, Chun-Xiang Lv, Dong Wu, Li-Cheng Ling

Journal of Electrochemistry

Phosphorus-doped phenolic resin carbon was prepared by low temperature(700 ℃)pyrolysis of thermoplastic phenolic resin containing different amounts of phosphorus pentoxide after curing. X-ray diffraction pattern and the constang-current charge-discharge properties of phenolic resin carbon were studied. The results showed that the phenolic resin carbon microstructure became out of order with increasing of content phosphorus pentoxide,otherwise,the first discharge reversible capacities increased firstly and then decreased. The first discharge reversible capacity of phenolic resin carbon containing 9wt% phosphorus pentoxide was 528 mA·h·g -1 which was higher than that of non-phosphorus doped phenolic resin carbon(230 mA·h·g -1 ) did.


Electrochemical Preparation And Reaction Mechanism Of Nanocrystalline Nio, Jia-Shan Gu, Ai-Jie Han, Xing-Fu Zhou, Dao-Bao Chu, Chang-Jian Lin Nov 2002

Electrochemical Preparation And Reaction Mechanism Of Nanocrystalline Nio, Jia-Shan Gu, Ai-Jie Han, Xing-Fu Zhou, Dao-Bao Chu, Chang-Jian Lin

Journal of Electrochemistry

Metallic nickel was electrochemically dissolved in absolute ethanol and acetylacetone mixed solutions and in the presence of Bu 4NBr (as an electron-conductive additive). The electrolyte solution containing the precursor was then directly hydrolyzed to obtain nanocrystalline NiO. The precursor was characterized by FTIR?HNMR?Raman spectra and the nano-powder was characterized by XRD and TEM. The results showed that the NiO powder after calcined at 450 ℃ had formed the cubic NaCl structure and the nanocrystalline NiO prepared by this method had narrow size distribution of 10~15 nm. Moreover, the product yield could be improved by controlling temperature below 30~40 ℃. The …


Studies On The Inhibition Of Yki-05 Corrosion Inhibitor To 907a Steel In Different Immersed Environments, Hui Yu, Jian-Hua Wu, Hong-Ren Wang, Jian-Hua Qian, Guang-Zhang Chen Nov 2002

Studies On The Inhibition Of Yki-05 Corrosion Inhibitor To 907a Steel In Different Immersed Environments, Hui Yu, Jian-Hua Wu, Hong-Ren Wang, Jian-Hua Qian, Guang-Zhang Chen

Journal of Electrochemistry

The inhibition of YKI-05 Corrosion inhibitor in different conditions was studied using potentiodynamic polarization technique. The resuled shown that (i) the inhibitor film layer was formed stably on the surface of 907A steel electrode when it was persistently immersed in static seawater and the inhibition efficiency reached 90% or so. The inhibition mechanism is negative catalytic effect. (ii)the inhibitior film layer was not stable when the electrode was periodically immersed in seawater and was destroyed more significantly with the increase of electrode exposing time. The film was only a covered layer on the surface of electrode and it retarded both …


Steady State Simulation Of Ysz Intermediate-Temperature Fuel Cell, Zi-Jing Lin, Ye Gu, Xiao-Hua Zhang Nov 2002

Steady State Simulation Of Ysz Intermediate-Temperature Fuel Cell, Zi-Jing Lin, Ye Gu, Xiao-Hua Zhang

Journal of Electrochemistry

With a coupled 2D electrochemical and thermal modeling software, the characteristics of the steady state operation of the intermediate-temperature fuel cell with thin yttria-stabilized zirconia(YSZ) electrolyte was analyzed. The parameters of I-V equation were obtained from fitting the experiment results and the choice of grid points was determined by balancing the accuracy requirement and computational efficiency. The temperature fields at different operation circumstances such as flow designs, material choices for interconnect, were examined. The dependences of the output power and cell efficiency on the operating voltage at different temperatures were studied. Based upon the analysis of the temperature profile, it …


Preparation And Performance Of Lifeo_2 Coated Nickel Oxide Cathode For Molten Carbonate Fuel Cells, Chun-Ming Wang, Fei Li, Ke-Ao Hu Nov 2002

Preparation And Performance Of Lifeo_2 Coated Nickel Oxide Cathode For Molten Carbonate Fuel Cells, Chun-Ming Wang, Fei Li, Ke-Ao Hu

Journal of Electrochemistry

A novel cathode for molten carbonate fuel cells was prepared by coating LiFeO 2 over the surface of porous NiO cathode by a simple combustion process. The analytical results of X-ray diffraction (XRD), energy dispersive analysis of X-ray (EDAX), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) indicated that the LiFeO 2 coating on the surface of NiO particles consisted of nonometer-sized LiFeO 2 grains and sintered tightly with the NiO particles. The LiFeO 2 coating dramatically reduced the contacting area of NiO with the carbonate melts, thus the solubility of NiO in the carbonate melts was decreased. Meanwhile, …


Detection And Analysis Of Sec1 Immunological Reaction By Afm And Electrochemical Method, Sa-Ying Dong, Hong-Ren Wang Nov 2002

Detection And Analysis Of Sec1 Immunological Reaction By Afm And Electrochemical Method, Sa-Ying Dong, Hong-Ren Wang

Journal of Electrochemistry

The goals of this work were to demonstrate the ability of atomic force microscopy (AFM) to detect various immunological processes between antibodies and antigens.A sensor was designed by covalently linking the antibody of staphylococcal enterotoxin Cl (SEC1) on the self-assembled gold surface. This sensor permitted detection of antibody-antigen recognition events which were highly correlated with the topography under different conditions. The statistic data of AFM were analysed. As control experiments, nonspecific antigens and lower concentration SEC1 antigens were directly observed. In addition, an acidic solution was used to break the antigen-antibody pair and made the sensor reuse. Electrochemical evidence was …


Nano-Sized Cobalt-Based Oxides As Negative Electrode For Lithium-Ion Batteries, Feng Huang, Zheng-Yong Yuan, Yun-Hong Zhou, Ju-Tang Sun Nov 2002

Nano-Sized Cobalt-Based Oxides As Negative Electrode For Lithium-Ion Batteries, Feng Huang, Zheng-Yong Yuan, Yun-Hong Zhou, Ju-Tang Sun

Journal of Electrochemistry

Nanosized cobalt-based oxide (Co 3O 4, CoB 1.36 O 2.8 and CoB 0.5 Al 0.1 O 1.5 ) samples were prepared by rheological phase method and were tested as anodes in secondary lithium batteries. The cells were cycled between 0.01V and 3.00 V. The best electrochemical performance was obtained from the Li/Co 3O 4 cell, which retained 95% of its initial capacity (931 mAh/g) after 30 cycles. The doping of B, Al reduced the reversible capacity during the first discharge/charge cycle, and the quantity of reversible capacity reduced with B, A1 increasing. The modifying structures at difference charge and discharge …


Electrocatalytic Oxidation Of Formic Acid On Molybdate-Modified Platinum Electrode, Jun-Hua Du, Xue-Hui Xu, Hong Li, Hong-Yu Cheng, Wei-Shan Li Nov 2002

Electrocatalytic Oxidation Of Formic Acid On Molybdate-Modified Platinum Electrode, Jun-Hua Du, Xue-Hui Xu, Hong Li, Hong-Yu Cheng, Wei-Shan Li

Journal of Electrochemistry

The electrochemical behavior of molybdates on a platinum electrode in H 2SO 4 solutions with different H 2SO 4 concentrations was studied by cyclic voltammetry and double chronoamperometry. Molybdates were reduced to adsorb hydrogen molybdenum bronzes on the platinum electrode in H 2SO 4 solutions during cathodically potential sweep. The hydrogen molybdenum bronzes were oxidized to different forms of hydrogen molybdenum bronzes with less hydrogen, depending on the H 2SO 4 concentration. Platinum electrode was modified by these hydrogen molybdenum bronzes. However, this modified electrode was not stable in H 2SO 4 solutions. The modified electrode was used to study …


Mechanistic Study Of Oxidation Of Hypophosphite On Pt Electrodes By Sniftirs, Tai-Xiang Jiang, Hui-Huang Wu Nov 2002

Mechanistic Study Of Oxidation Of Hypophosphite On Pt Electrodes By Sniftirs, Tai-Xiang Jiang, Hui-Huang Wu

Journal of Electrochemistry

The oxidation of hypophosphite on a polycrystalline platinum electrode was studied by SNIFTIRS and cyclic voltammetry, the in-situ IR spectra were analyzed as a function of Pt electrode potentials in the solution of 0.5 mol/L H 2SO 4+0.1 mol/L NaH 2PO 2. It was found that the dissociative adsorption of hypophosphite ions occurs on Pt surface, and the oxidation product is H 3PO 4, rather than H 2PO 3 - which was considered to produce on Ni electrodes, thereby a new insight into mechanism of hypophosphite oxidation on Pt in acidic media was provided.


Effect Of Dissolved Oxygen On The Corrosion Behavior Of Coalesced Copper And Stainless Steel-206 In Acetic Solutions, Rong-Zong Hu, Xiong-Cao Zhao, Yu-Hua Weng, Chang-Jian Lin Nov 2002

Effect Of Dissolved Oxygen On The Corrosion Behavior Of Coalesced Copper And Stainless Steel-206 In Acetic Solutions, Rong-Zong Hu, Xiong-Cao Zhao, Yu-Hua Weng, Chang-Jian Lin

Journal of Electrochemistry

Linear sweeping technique and dissolving oxygen sensor were used to study the effect of dissolved oxygen and relating factors on the corrosion behavior of coalesced copper and stainless steel-206 in acetic solutions. It was found: 1. The existing of dissolved oxygen is one of the important factors, which strongly influenced the corrosion behavior of coalesced copper and stainless steel-206 in acetic solution. 2. The existing of dissolved oxygen is benefitial to the preventing stainless steel-206 from corrosion in acetic solutions, but damage to the preventing coalesced copper from corrosion. 3. At the high temperature since the dissolved oxygen was escaping …


Improvement Of The Low Temperature Electrochemical Performance Of Ab_5-Type Hydrogen Storage Alloy, Hui Ye, Zhu Wu, Zhi-Lin Li, Hong Zhang Nov 2002

Improvement Of The Low Temperature Electrochemical Performance Of Ab_5-Type Hydrogen Storage Alloy, Hui Ye, Zhu Wu, Zhi-Lin Li, Hong Zhang

Journal of Electrochemistry

Optimizing the rare earth composition and doping with boron have been used to improve the low temperature performance of AB 5 hydrogen storage alloy.The results show that Ce-rich alloy with a proper amount of boron is suitable for Ni/MH battery with the lower-limit temperature down to 238 K under smaller current density (120 mA/g). The improvement of low temperature performance of hydrogen storage alloy is well consistent with its microstructure,thermodynamic and kinetic properties.


An Investigation On Microstructure And Performance Of The Recasting Perfluorosulfonated Membrane, Feng-Ling Liu, Rong Zeng, Pei-Jin Li, Pin-Qing Wang, Chang-Hong Zhao Nov 2002

An Investigation On Microstructure And Performance Of The Recasting Perfluorosulfonated Membrane, Feng-Ling Liu, Rong Zeng, Pei-Jin Li, Pin-Qing Wang, Chang-Hong Zhao

Journal of Electrochemistry

The microsturcture and performance of the recasting perfluorosulfonated membrane were investigated by comparison with Nafion . The results indicated that although chemical components of the recasting membrane FYM1150 kept the same as Nafion , the dry FYM1150 differed from dry Nafion  membrane in structure, the former possessed some small pores which are not through-holes having a diameter of 50~300 nm while the latter had almost no pores; The mechanical properties of the FYM1150 were better than those of Nafion ; The discharge performance at high current density of MEA using FYM1150 membrane as an electrolyte was also better than …


Fragmentation Processes Following Core Excitation In Acetylene And Ethylene By Partial Ion Yield Spectroscopy, Maria Novella Piancastelli, Wayne C. Stolte, Gunnar Ohrwall, S-W Yu, D. Bull, K. Lantz, Alfred S. Schlachter, Dennis W. Lindle Nov 2002

Fragmentation Processes Following Core Excitation In Acetylene And Ethylene By Partial Ion Yield Spectroscopy, Maria Novella Piancastelli, Wayne C. Stolte, Gunnar Ohrwall, S-W Yu, D. Bull, K. Lantz, Alfred S. Schlachter, Dennis W. Lindle

Chemistry and Biochemistry Faculty Research

Partial ion yield spectroscopy provides a very detailed picture of fragmentation processes following core excitation in isolated molecules. We exploit this potential in the analysis of decay processes following C1s→π and C1s→Rydberg excitations in ethylene and acetylene. We show that the relative intensity of spectral features related to the excitation to empty molecular orbitals or to Rydberg states is a function of the time variation of the fragmentation process. Namely, we see an intensity increase in the Rydberg states compared to the molecular orbitals as the fragmentation process becomes more extensive, a result attributable to the diffuse nature of the …


Creating Nanocavities Of Tunable Sizes: Hollow Helices, Bing Gong, Huaqiang Zeng, Jin Zhu, Lihua Yuan, Yaohua Han, Shizhi Cheng, Mako Furukawa, Ruben D. Parra, Audrey Y. Kovalevsky, Jeffrey L. Mills, Ewa Skrzypczak-Jankun, Suzana Martinovic, Richard D. Smith, Chong Zheng, Thomas Szyperski, Xiao Cheng Zeng Sep 2002

Creating Nanocavities Of Tunable Sizes: Hollow Helices, Bing Gong, Huaqiang Zeng, Jin Zhu, Lihua Yuan, Yaohua Han, Shizhi Cheng, Mako Furukawa, Ruben D. Parra, Audrey Y. Kovalevsky, Jeffrey L. Mills, Ewa Skrzypczak-Jankun, Suzana Martinovic, Richard D. Smith, Chong Zheng, Thomas Szyperski, Xiao Cheng Zeng

Xiao Cheng Zeng Publications

A general strategy for creating nanocavities with tunable sizes based on the folding of unnatural oligomers is presented. The backbones of these oligomers are rigidified by localized, threecenter intramolecular hydrogen bonds, which lead to well-defined hollow helical conformations. Changing the curvature of the oligomer backbone leads to the adjustment of the interior cavity size. Helices with interior cavities of 10 Å to >30 Å across, the largest thus far formed by the folding of unnatural foldamers, are generated. Cavities of these sizes are usually seen at the tertiary and quaternary structural levels of proteins. The ability to tune molecular dimensions …


Holographic Analysis Of Diffraction Structure Factors, S. Marchesini, N. Mannella, C. S. Fadley, M. A. Van Hove, J. J. Bucher, D. K. Shuh, L. Fabris, M. J. Press, M. W. West, Wayne C. Stolte, Z. Hussain Sep 2002

Holographic Analysis Of Diffraction Structure Factors, S. Marchesini, N. Mannella, C. S. Fadley, M. A. Van Hove, J. J. Bucher, D. K. Shuh, L. Fabris, M. J. Press, M. W. West, Wayne C. Stolte, Z. Hussain

Chemistry and Biochemistry Faculty Research

We combine the theory of inside-source/inside-detector x-ray fluorescence holography and Kossel lines/x ray standing waves in kinematic approximation to directly obtain the phases of the diffraction structure factors. The influence of Kossel lines and standing waves on holography is also discussed. We obtain partial phase determination from experimental data obtaining the sign of the real part of the structure factor for several reciprocal lattice vectors of a vanadium crystal.


Synthesis And Characterization Of Hydroxyapatite-Collagen Biocomposite Materials, Vuk Uskoković, Nenad Ignjatović, Nadejda Petranović Sep 2002

Synthesis And Characterization Of Hydroxyapatite-Collagen Biocomposite Materials, Vuk Uskoković, Nenad Ignjatović, Nadejda Petranović

Pharmacy Faculty Articles and Research

Hydroxyapatite-collagen composite is a prosperous biomaterial in reconstructive surgery for the reparation of defects within human hard tissue. Within this research, three-dimensional blocks of HAp/collagen composite biomaterial were synthesized by homogenizing the HAp/collagen mixture by cold and hot (T=60oC) pressing (P=49 MPa). The changes in the system were followed by using thermal analysis (DSC & TGA), FT-IR spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The identification and kinetic analysis of appearing phase transition were done. FT-IR spectrum of the biocomposite shows that neither cold nor hot pressing had significant influence on the individual components of the composite. SEM of the fracture …


Modification Of Molybdenum Nitride Electrode For Supercapacitor(I)——The Effect Of Ammonium Vanadate On The Properties Of Molybdenum Nitride Electrode, Xue-Liang Li, Dao-Rong Luo, Hua-Lin Wang, Jian-Bo He, Yun-Guei Zhu Aug 2002

Modification Of Molybdenum Nitride Electrode For Supercapacitor(I)——The Effect Of Ammonium Vanadate On The Properties Of Molybdenum Nitride Electrode, Xue-Liang Li, Dao-Rong Luo, Hua-Lin Wang, Jian-Bo He, Yun-Guei Zhu

Journal of Electrochemistry

The effect of vanadium on the properties of the electrode of molybdenum nitride has been studied by using XRD?SEM and cyclic voltammetry.Modified molybdenum nitride was made as follow:films were coated by dipping titanium sheet in the solution containing different composition of molybdenum oxide,ammonium vanadate,ammonia,glycol and oxalic acid,and coated films are reacted with free ammonia.The results show that the specific capacitance of modified electrode was considerably increased and the operation voltage was broadened with the addition of ammonium vanadate in the dipping solution.The mechanism of these effects generated is the formation of new phase VOMoO 4 in the electrode of molybdenum …


Pure Hap Film Prepared By Direct Electrodepositing On Metallic Surface And Its Mechanism, Hao-Bing Hu, Chang-Jian Lin, Fei Chen, Ren Hu, Ming Guo Aug 2002

Pure Hap Film Prepared By Direct Electrodepositing On Metallic Surface And Its Mechanism, Hao-Bing Hu, Chang-Jian Lin, Fei Chen, Ren Hu, Ming Guo

Journal of Electrochemistry

In controlling concentration of Ca 2+ and PO 4 3- in electrodeposition solution, the HAP film on Ti alloy has been deposited directly. Using XRD and SEM we have learned that prepared HAP is intact in crystal and equal in dimension. Thermodynamic calculation indicated that the HAP is easer formation of than that TCP of. With the XRD, SEM analyses and thermodynamic calculation, the electrodeposition mechanism has been discussed. It was proved that electrodepositon is a two_stage process and formation of HAP is a direct process from solution ions to HAP crystal without precursor.


Electrochemical Properties Of Nitrate Immobilized On Gold Electrodes With 2-Aminoethanethiol Sams, Ya-Ru Song, Hong Wu, Hui-Bo Shao Aug 2002

Electrochemical Properties Of Nitrate Immobilized On Gold Electrodes With 2-Aminoethanethiol Sams, Ya-Ru Song, Hong Wu, Hui-Bo Shao

Journal of Electrochemistry

Nitrate reductase (NR) and phospholipids were immobilized on gold electrodes with 2_aminoethanethio(AET) SAMs. After Au/AET/NR and Au/AET/NR/lipid were soaked in pH 7 phosphate buffers for days,a pair of pre_reversible peak appeared at around 0.202 V and 0.149 V,respsctively, irregularly grew with soaking time in blank buffer.The cathodic peak current(i pcl )of Au/AET/NR system had linear relationship with scan rate between 0.02 and 0.5 V.s -1 ,while i pcl was proportional to V 1/2 in Au/AET/NR/lipid system.The direct electron transfer of enzyme electrodes was strongly affected by pH.Compared with Au/AET,NR exhibited a higher electrochemical activity in Au/AET/lipid system.


Diffusion Of Hydrogen At Iron Apply For Electrochemical Oscillating Permeation, Li Zhang, Ren-He Yin, Zhan-Mei Sun Aug 2002

Diffusion Of Hydrogen At Iron Apply For Electrochemical Oscillating Permeation, Li Zhang, Ren-He Yin, Zhan-Mei Sun

Journal of Electrochemistry

The diffusion of hydrogen in iron was measured using electrochemical oscillating permeation. Through the samples in the different frequencies, it was found that diffusion of hydrogen at iron is of linear relation with boundary condition, which is the key to Fick's diffusion equation amplitude in the liquor. We can exploit this line relation getting the diffusion of hydrogen at iron.


Research Progress On Electrode Material In All-Vanadium Redox Battery, Hua Li, Shou-Wen Chang, Chuan-Wei Yan Aug 2002

Research Progress On Electrode Material In All-Vanadium Redox Battery, Hua Li, Shou-Wen Chang, Chuan-Wei Yan

Journal of Electrochemistry

An all_vanadium redox flow storage battery possesses many advantages over conventional storage batteries.The development statue of two types electrode materials(metal and compound type)is introduced in this article.


Study On Modification Of Spinel Limn_2o_4 By Overcoating, Ren-Gang Zhang, Shi-Xi Zhao, Jung-Lei Xia, Han-Xing Liu Aug 2002

Study On Modification Of Spinel Limn_2o_4 By Overcoating, Ren-Gang Zhang, Shi-Xi Zhao, Jung-Lei Xia, Han-Xing Liu

Journal of Electrochemistry

The surface of spinel LiMn 2O 4 was modified by the sol_gel process with LiCoO 2_coated LiMn 2O 4 and studied by XRD,SEM and EPMA.The results have shown that the surface of the coated grains heated at 700 ℃ for 10h,which is cubic spinel,were Co_rich.The amount of Co 3+ in the grains changed owing to different place of the grain and decreased from surface to inner parts. Using the coated as the cathode of Li_ion cells,the initial capacity deceased slightly,but the amount of Mn 2+ solving in electrolyte decreased,Jahn_Teller effect was suppressed to a certain extent.The LiCoO 2_coated LiMn 2O …


The Performance And Heat Balance Of The Mcfc Stack With The Power Of 200 W, Hua-Xin Lin, Li Zhou, Bao-Lian Yi, Hua-Ming Zhang, Chang-Qin He Aug 2002

The Performance And Heat Balance Of The Mcfc Stack With The Power Of 200 W, Hua-Xin Lin, Li Zhou, Bao-Lian Yi, Hua-Ming Zhang, Chang-Qin He

Journal of Electrochemistry

The output power of the MCFC stack was 217.6 W under reaction gas pressure,0.9 MPa/cm 2 and utilization of oxidant and fuel gas,20%.By calculation it was demonstrated that the heat balance state in the stack was kept at 300 mA/cm 2 under the utilization of fuel gas and oxidant,20%.The current density in heat balance state was higher than 100 mA/cm 2 under the utilization of air+CO 2 mixture gas as oxidant and H 2+CO 2 mixture gas as fuel gas,40% and 60% respectively.If the utilization was increased in the stack,the current density in heat balance state would be lowered.If the …


Xrd Study On Highly Preferred Orientation Cu Electrodeposit, Min Gu, Fang-Zu Yang, Ling Huang, Shi-Bing Yao, Shao-Min Zhou Aug 2002

Xrd Study On Highly Preferred Orientation Cu Electrodeposit, Min Gu, Fang-Zu Yang, Ling Huang, Shi-Bing Yao, Shao-Min Zhou

Journal of Electrochemistry

Copper electrodeposit was obtained in CuSO 4+H 2SO 4 electrolyte solution by electrodeposition and its structure was studied by XRD.The results showed that copper electoddeposits with the highly preferred orientations of (220)and (111) could be obtained at current density 4.0 A/dm 2 and 15.0 A/dm 2,respectively. The texture coefficient ( TC ) values were increased by thickness of Cu deposits. The thickness would be, to obtain Cu electrodeposit with(111) highly preferred orientation,about 7 times of that of (220) highly preferred orientation, which indicated that(220) face was easier to be remained than (111)face and that electrocrystallization of Cu at low current …