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Direct Electrochemistry Of Chloroperoxidase At Gc Electrode Modified With Swnts, Hong-Xia Zhang, Xia-Qin Wu, Wen-Jing Hou, Wen Xie, Zhong-Qing Lu, Rong Wang, He-Xing Li Nov 2008

Direct Electrochemistry Of Chloroperoxidase At Gc Electrode Modified With Swnts, Hong-Xia Zhang, Xia-Qin Wu, Wen-Jing Hou, Wen Xie, Zhong-Qing Lu, Rong Wang, He-Xing Li

Journal of Electrochemistry

The chloroperoxidase(CPO) was immobilized onto the surface of SWNTs modified electrodes.The electrochemical behaviors of modified electrode have been investigated by cyclic voltammetry.The appearance of a pair of well-defined redox peaks in the CV curve indicated that SWNTs can promote the electron transfer reaction of CPO.The results of cyclic voltammetry in PBS of different pH,from 3~9,showed that the reaction of CPO on the modified electrode was with equal numbers of electron and protein.This readily prepared SWNTs modified electrode showed excellent stability and good catalysis to O2.


A Systematic Study On Structural And Optical Properties In Conjugated Polymer Photovoltaic Devices, Sri Sabarinadh Sunkavalli Oct 2008

A Systematic Study On Structural And Optical Properties In Conjugated Polymer Photovoltaic Devices, Sri Sabarinadh Sunkavalli

Electrical & Computer Engineering Theses & Dissertations

Conjugated polymer/fullerene based solar cells represent an exciting alternative to inorganic ones because of their low production costs, flexibility and low weight. At present, commercialization of organic photovoltaic (OPV) cells is limited due to their relatively low efficiency in comparison to silicon ones. In order to understand the operation of OPV cells and to increase their efficiency, more information about the structure of the absorber layer is needed. In particular, the connection between structure and properties of the absorber layer is of great importance. Performance of bulk heterojunction organic solar cells based on poly (3-hexylthiophene) as donor and a soluble …


Electrocatalytic Oxidation Of Salicylic Acid At Novel Gold Nanoparticle-Modified Glassy Carbon Electrode, Yan-Ping Cui, Chang-Zhu Yang, Jian Huang, Wen-Hong Pu, Jing-Dong Zhang Aug 2008

Electrocatalytic Oxidation Of Salicylic Acid At Novel Gold Nanoparticle-Modified Glassy Carbon Electrode, Yan-Ping Cui, Chang-Zhu Yang, Jian Huang, Wen-Hong Pu, Jing-Dong Zhang

Journal of Electrochemistry

A gold nano-particles modified glassy carbon electrode(GNP/GCE) was prepared by the"seed-mediated gold nano-particles growth method".Field emission scanning electron microscopy,ultraviolet-visible(UV-vis) spectroscopy analysis and electroalaylsis were employed to study the morphology and electrochemical performances.The resulting electrode showed excellent electro-catalytic activity toward the oxidation of salicylic acid and the response sensitivity was 1.8 fold than that obtained on GCE.Good linear relationship was obtained between response current and salicylic acid concentration in the range of 5.0 × 10-7 ~8.0 × 10-5 mol/L,which could be used in the detection of trace salicylic acid.


Preliminary Study Of Single Flow Zinc-Nickel Battery, Li Zhang, Jie Cheng, Yu-Sheng Yang, Yue-Hua Wen, Xin-Dong Wang, Zi-Li Xie Aug 2008

Preliminary Study Of Single Flow Zinc-Nickel Battery, Li Zhang, Jie Cheng, Yu-Sheng Yang, Yue-Hua Wen, Xin-Dong Wang, Zi-Li Xie

Journal of Electrochemistry

The micromorphology of zinc electrodeposited at different currents in the flowing electrolyte was studied.It has been shown that the structure of the zinc became compacted with the increase of the charge current density and no zinc dendrite was presenct.A cell with 2Ah capacity was assembled and the charge-discharge test was performed.The results showed that the average charge voltage was 1.84V and the average discharge voltage was 1.65V.The high efficiencies can be achieved with an average coulombic efficiency of 97% and energy efficiency of 86% over 1000 cycles.


The Effect Of Ru: Sn On Properties Of Ru-Ir-Sn Oxide Anode Coatings, Lei Ji, Jun-Tao Wang, Wen-Bin Liu, Li-Kun Xu, Gui-Lin Xue Aug 2008

The Effect Of Ru: Sn On Properties Of Ru-Ir-Sn Oxide Anode Coatings, Lei Ji, Jun-Tao Wang, Wen-Bin Liu, Li-Kun Xu, Gui-Lin Xue

Journal of Electrochemistry

The anode coatings of Ru-Ir-Sn oxide with different Ru/Sn ratios were prepared by sol-gel method.The influences of Ru/Sn ratio on properties of anode coatings were studied by scanning electron microscope(SEM),energy dispersive X-ray detector(EDX),X-ray diffraction(XRD).The potential of chlorine evolution,current efficiency,accelerated life,cyclic vohammetry and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy(EIS) tests were carried out.The results showed that there was an obvious effect of Ru/Sn ratio on the morphology of the coatings.The cyclic voltammogram,double layer capacitances and accelerated life of anode coatings had a tendency to fall down firstly then increased as the Ru% increased,the current effency and potential of chlorine evolution had a tendency to …


Design And Fabrication Of The High Efficient Platinum-Nanoporous Gold Catalysts, Zhao-Na Liu, Jin-Tao Zhang, Fang Tian, Peng-Peng Liu, Hou-Yi Ma, Yi Ding Aug 2008

Design And Fabrication Of The High Efficient Platinum-Nanoporous Gold Catalysts, Zhao-Na Liu, Jin-Tao Zhang, Fang Tian, Peng-Peng Liu, Hou-Yi Ma, Yi Ding

Journal of Electrochemistry

The nanoporous gold(NPG) electrodes with uniform pore sizes and ligaments were prepared by using a simple dealloying method.The as-prepared NPG showed high catalytic activity towards the oxidation of formic acid and formaldehyde.After tiny amount of platinum was deposited onto the NPG substrate,not only the structure stability of NPG was greatly improved,but also the Pt-Au bimetallic catalysts displayed the better catalytic activity and the stronger poison resistance towards the electrooxidation of small organic molecules than the bulk platinum due to synergistic effect between Au and Pt compositions.


A Study Of Pd-Ir On Nickel Foam Cathode For Aluminum-Hydrogen Peroxide Semi-Fuel Cells, Ding-Wang Zhu, Dan-Dan Chen, Bi-Jin Li, Gui-Ling Wang, Dian-Xue Cao Aug 2008

A Study Of Pd-Ir On Nickel Foam Cathode For Aluminum-Hydrogen Peroxide Semi-Fuel Cells, Ding-Wang Zhu, Dan-Dan Chen, Bi-Jin Li, Gui-Ling Wang, Dian-Xue Cao

Journal of Electrochemistry

The Pd-Ir/Ni electrodes were prepared by electrodeposition of Pd and Ir on the porous nickel foam surface.The structure,composition and state of the Pd-Ir catalyst were analyzed using SEM and XPS.The catalytic performance of Pd-Ir/Ni for H2O2 electroveduction at different concentrations of H2O2 were investigated.A limiting current density of 318 mA/cm2 was obtained with 0.4 mol/L H2O2.The aluminum-hydrogen peroxide semi-fuel cells using different aluminum alloys as anode and Pd-Ir/Ni as cathode were assembled and tested.It was found that the fuel cell with aluminum-manganese alloy anode demonstrated a maximum power density …


Electrochemical Synthesis, Characterization And Fluorescence Property Of Nano Na2Sif6, Guo-Xu Qin, Xin-Jun Wan, Xi-Mei Yuan, Dao-Bao Chu Aug 2008

Electrochemical Synthesis, Characterization And Fluorescence Property Of Nano Na2Sif6, Guo-Xu Qin, Xin-Jun Wan, Xi-Mei Yuan, Dao-Bao Chu

Journal of Electrochemistry

The nano TiO2 film was prepared by sol-gel process and characterized with X-ray diffraction(XRD) and scanning electron microscope(SEM).It was found that the average size of pore diameter was about 80 nm for the nano TiO2 film.The Nano Na2SiF6 was synthesized by electrochemical deposition on the nanoporous film electrode and characterized with XRD and transmission electron microscope(TEM).The result showed that the average size of nanoparticle was 20 nm for the nano Na2SiF6.The fluorescence property of nano Na2SiF6 was also studied briefly.The result indicated that the nano Na2SiF …


Electricity Generation In Microbial Fuel Cells Catalyzed By Mixed Culture And Pure Culture, Chen-Dong Shuang, En-Ren Zhang, Guo-Wang Diao, Fang-Fang Fan, Jie Yuan Aug 2008

Electricity Generation In Microbial Fuel Cells Catalyzed By Mixed Culture And Pure Culture, Chen-Dong Shuang, En-Ren Zhang, Guo-Wang Diao, Fang-Fang Fan, Jie Yuan

Journal of Electrochemistry

Microbial fuel cells(MFCs) were constructed by inoculating fresh sedimentary microorganisms.Effect of phenol on performance of MFCs was investigated.The results showed that the generation of electrical current was induced by bacteria attached on the surface of the anode.Presence of phenol reduced the rate of glucose consumption and extended the duration of electricity generation with the same addition of glucose.In addition,the electricity generation by a single strain(belonging to pseudomonas species) separated from the sedimentary MFC was also investigated.The experimental results indicated that the presence of metabolic intermediates which exhibited electrochemical activity was necessary for the electricity production.Analysis of GC-MS showed that the …


Electrocatalytic Performance Of Carbon Supported Au-Ir Catalyst As Cathodic Catalyst In Direct Formic Acid Fuel Cell, Wei Chen, Ya-Wen Tang, Tain-Hong Lu Aug 2008

Electrocatalytic Performance Of Carbon Supported Au-Ir Catalyst As Cathodic Catalyst In Direct Formic Acid Fuel Cell, Wei Chen, Ya-Wen Tang, Tain-Hong Lu

Journal of Electrochemistry

In this paper,it is reported for the first time that the electrocatalytic activities of the carbon supported Au(Au/C),carbon supported Ir(Ir/C) and the carbon supported Au-Ir(Au-Ir/C) catalysts prepared in the aqueous solution with tetrahydrofuran(THF) for the oxidation of formic acid and for the oxygen reduction were compared.It was found that all three catalysts showed no electrocatalytic activity for the oxidation of formic acid,but the electrocatalytic activity of the Au-Ir/C catalyst for oxygen reduction was much better than those of Au/C and Ir/C.Thus,the Au-Ir/C catalyst is suitable to be used as the cathodic catalyst in Direct formic acid fuel cell(DFAFC).


Hydrolysis Of Sodium Borohydride By Ru-Ni Foam Catalyst, Jie Cheng, Feng Ye, Tong-Tao Wang, Jing-Jing Li, Yong-Liang Wang, Xin-Dong Wang Aug 2008

Hydrolysis Of Sodium Borohydride By Ru-Ni Foam Catalyst, Jie Cheng, Feng Ye, Tong-Tao Wang, Jing-Jing Li, Yong-Liang Wang, Xin-Dong Wang

Journal of Electrochemistry

This paper presented a method of hydrogen generation from sodium borohydride solution for fuel cells.The Ru-Ni foam catalyst which was prepared by chemical plating showed strong activity and stability.The pretreatment of Ni foam before chemical plating was very important for the catalyst's strong activity and stability.This easy-to-prepared catalyst exhibited a good activity after being used several times.The effects of NaBH4 concentration,temperature and used times on the hydrogen generation rate were investigated.The results showed that the rate was remarkablely increased with the temperature rising and the rate increased more than ten times when the temperature of reaction rised from 15 …


Study On Electrocatalytic Oxidation Of Salbutamol At Carbon Nanotubes Modified Electrode, Ying-Liang Wei, Lu-Ping Zhang, Chen Shao, Hui Feng, Xian-Li Li Aug 2008

Study On Electrocatalytic Oxidation Of Salbutamol At Carbon Nanotubes Modified Electrode, Ying-Liang Wei, Lu-Ping Zhang, Chen Shao, Hui Feng, Xian-Li Li

Journal of Electrochemistry

The multi-wall carbon nanotubes(MWNT) were dispersed successfully into water in the presence of dihexadecyl hydrogen phosphate(DHP) and a stable well-distributed suspension.A was formed sensor based on the multi-carbon nanotubes film coated glassy carbon electrode was developed.The electrochemical response of salbutamol was studied by square wave voltammetry.The oxidation peak potential of salbutamol at the modified electrode was observed at 0.604 V,which shifted about 40 mV negatively.The peak current increased 4.5 folds,in contrast to that at a bare electrode.Under optimal measurement conditions,there was a good linear relationship between the peak current(Ipa) and salbutamol concentration(C) in the range from 8.3 × 1 0 …


Preparation And Photoelectrochemical Properties Of Fe-Doped Tio2 Nanotube Arrays, Jing Li, Lan Sun, Hui-Fang Zhuang, Cheng-Lin Wang, Rong-Gui Du, Chang-Jian Lin May 2008

Preparation And Photoelectrochemical Properties Of Fe-Doped Tio2 Nanotube Arrays, Jing Li, Lan Sun, Hui-Fang Zhuang, Cheng-Lin Wang, Rong-Gui Du, Chang-Jian Lin

Journal of Electrochemistry

The Fe-doped TiO2 nanotube arrays were fabricated in Fe(NO3)3-HF mixing solutions by electrochemical anodic oxidation method,and characterized by FESEM,Raman,XPS and DRS.The effect of Fe concentratiions on photoelectrochemical property of the arrays was also investigated.The diameters and lengths of Fe-doped TiO2 nanotube arrays were 50~90 nm and about 200 nm,respectively.Compared with the undoped TiO2 nanotube arrays,the absorption edge of Fe-doped TiO2 nanotube arrays appeared red shifting.The more Fe content,the larger red shifting,in addition,the photocurrent of Fe-doped TiO2 nanotube arrays increased obviously.


The Effect Of Annealed Temperature On Properties Of Ru-Ir-Sn Oxide Anode Coatings, Lei Ji, Jun-Tao Wang, Li-Kun Xu, Wen-Bin Liu, Gui-Lin Xue May 2008

The Effect Of Annealed Temperature On Properties Of Ru-Ir-Sn Oxide Anode Coatings, Lei Ji, Jun-Tao Wang, Li-Kun Xu, Wen-Bin Liu, Gui-Lin Xue

Journal of Electrochemistry

The anode coatings of Ru-Ir-Sn oxide were prepared by sol-gel method with different annealed temperatures.The influences of annealed temperature in properties of anode coatings were characterized by scanning electron microscope(SEM),energy dispersive X-ray detector(EDX),X-ray diffraction(XRD),potential of chlorine evolution,accelerated life,cyclic voltammetry and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy(EIS) tests.The results showed that the annealed temperature affected the morphology of coatings,while the electric quantities of cyclic voltammetry and double layer capacitances of anode coatings had a tendency to fall down and the potential of chlorine evolution and accelerated life had a tendency to increase as the annealed temperature increased.


Electrocatalytic Performance Of Pt/C And Pt/Wo3/C Catalysts For Methanol Oxidation, Yuan-Yuan Chu, Bing Wu, Ya-Wen Tang, Tian-Hong Lu, Ying Gao May 2008

Electrocatalytic Performance Of Pt/C And Pt/Wo3/C Catalysts For Methanol Oxidation, Yuan-Yuan Chu, Bing Wu, Ya-Wen Tang, Tian-Hong Lu, Ying Gao

Journal of Electrochemistry

The catalysts of Carbon supported Pt(Pt/C) and carbon supported Pt/WO3(Pt/WO3/C) were prepared with liquid phase reduction method.It was found that the catalytic activity and stability of the Pt/WO3/C catalysts were increased with the addition of WO3.When the atomic ratio of Pt and W was 1∶1,the best electrocatalytic performance of the Pt/WO3/C catalyst for the methanol oxidation was obtained.This is attributed to the larger electrochemical surface area of Pt/WO3/C and the weeker adsorption of CO towards the catalyst.


Synthesis And Electrochemical Characteristics Of Li[Li(0.167)Mn(0.583)Ni(0.25)]O2 Cathode Material, Ling-Yan Yu, Wei-Hua Qiu, Fang Lian, Jia-Yuan Huang, Xao-Li Kang, Wei Liu May 2008

Synthesis And Electrochemical Characteristics Of Li[Li(0.167)Mn(0.583)Ni(0.25)]O2 Cathode Material, Ling-Yan Yu, Wei-Hua Qiu, Fang Lian, Jia-Yuan Huang, Xao-Li Kang, Wei Liu

Journal of Electrochemistry

The cathode material of Li[Li0.167Mn0.583Ni0.25]O2 was synthesized by low-heat solid state reaction.The results of XRD and FESEM indicated that the powders of the material were well crystallized with the uniform diameters ranging from 60 nm to 100 nm and could be indexed as α-NaFeO2 structure(R3-m space). Galvanostatic charge-discharge tests showed that the electrode delivered the capacity of about 120 mAh/g with good cyclability when cycled in 2.5~4.4V at 0.5C. When the cut-off potential was set up to 4.6V, the cathode delivered much larger capacities with the maximum of 234 mAh/g. It was …


Direct Electrochemistry Of God On Glassy Carbon Electrode Modified With Mesoporous Carbon, Kun-Qi Wang, Lin Zhu, Wei Xing May 2008

Direct Electrochemistry Of God On Glassy Carbon Electrode Modified With Mesoporous Carbon, Kun-Qi Wang, Lin Zhu, Wei Xing

Journal of Electrochemistry

Glucose oxidase(GOD) is immobilized on glassy carbon electrode mesoporous carbon by simple method.Cyclic voltammetric results indicated that on GOD of the modified electrode a quasi-reversible redox reaction took place(GCE) surface modified at a formal potential of-0.4294 V in 0.1 mol/L phosphate buffer solution(PBS)(pH 7.1).The electrochemical reaction consisted of a two-electron transfer coupled with a two-proton transfer.The GOD can completely catalyze oxidation of glucose via electron transfer intermedia of ferrocene monocarboxylic acid(FMCA) in saturated solutions with N2.The bioactivity of GOD on the modified electrode with mesoporous carbon was obviously unattacked.


Carbon Nanotube Array Electrodes Based Supercapacitors With 3.5v Working Voltage, Hao Zhang, Gao-Ping Cao, Yu-Sheng Yang, Zhen-Nan Gu, Bin Xu, Wen-Feng Zhang May 2008

Carbon Nanotube Array Electrodes Based Supercapacitors With 3.5v Working Voltage, Hao Zhang, Gao-Ping Cao, Yu-Sheng Yang, Zhen-Nan Gu, Bin Xu, Wen-Feng Zhang

Journal of Electrochemistry

The carbon nanotube arrays(CNTA) were grown directly on the substrates of Ta and stainless steel by chemical vapor deposition.The button-like supercapacitors were fabricated based the CNTA electrodes.The electrochemical performance of CNTA based supercapacitors presentsed high working voltage(3.5 V),long cycle life,and good rate capability.The power and energy densities are were 928 kW·kg-1 and 19 Wh·kg-1,respectively(based on the mass of CNTA).


Electrochemical Performances Of Copper/Activated Carbon Composites, Lan-Ting Li, Qiang Xie, Wen Yan, Yan-Yan Wang, Wen-Wen Xing May 2008

Electrochemical Performances Of Copper/Activated Carbon Composites, Lan-Ting Li, Qiang Xie, Wen Yan, Yan-Yan Wang, Wen-Wen Xing

Journal of Electrochemistry

The development and improvement of electrode materials can result in the enhancement of the performances of electrochemical capacitor.In this paper various copper/activated carbon composites were prepared in the presence of different amounts(from 0% to 40%) of copper nitrate from bituminous coal.Then different electrodes were prepared from copper oxide,activated carbon and copper/activated carbon composites,respectively,and were characterized by cyclic voltammetry,alternative current(AC) impedance,charge-discharge at constant current and maintenance of the self-potential.The results showed that the proper amount of copper in copper/activated carbon composites positively influenced the electrochemical performances of electrodes,and the capacitance of copper/activated carbon composites was larger than that of the total …


Synthesis Of Agv3O8 As High-Capacity Of Cathode Materials For Lithium Secondary Batteries Via A Soft Chemistry Technique, Xiao-Yu Cao, Tao Li, Ling-Ling Xie, Xiang-Yang Yan, Chi-Wei Wang May 2008

Synthesis Of Agv3O8 As High-Capacity Of Cathode Materials For Lithium Secondary Batteries Via A Soft Chemistry Technique, Xiao-Yu Cao, Tao Li, Ling-Ling Xie, Xiang-Yang Yan, Chi-Wei Wang

Journal of Electrochemistry

The layered cathode material of AgV3O8 has been prepared for the lithium secondary batteries via the soft chemistry technique. The so-synthesized powders were characterized by XRD(powder X-ray diffraction), SEM(scanning electron microscope) and LPSA(laser particle size analysis). The electrochemical property was investigated by the galvanostatic discharge-charge technique. The results indicated that the particale sizes of AgV3O8 prepared were small in the distribution of narrow range, which leads to high discharge capacity. Among them, the material synthesized at 400 ℃ displayed the first discharge capacity of 760.5 mAh/g.


Electroless-Deposition Synthesis Of Highly Active Ptru/C And Ptrusn/C As Anode Catalysts For Defc, Jing Zhu, Yi Su, Hua Ma, Fang-Yi Cheng, Zhan-Liang Tao, Jing Liang, Jun Chen May 2008

Electroless-Deposition Synthesis Of Highly Active Ptru/C And Ptrusn/C As Anode Catalysts For Defc, Jing Zhu, Yi Su, Hua Ma, Fang-Yi Cheng, Zhan-Liang Tao, Jing Liang, Jun Chen

Journal of Electrochemistry

In this paper,the preparation,characterization,and ethanol electrocatalytic oxidation of Pt0.5Ru0.5/C and Pt0.5Ru0.15Sn0.35/C electrocatalysts were reported.The electroless-deposition with sensitization-activation pretreatment was applied to prepare Pt0.5Ru0.5/C and Pt0.5Ru0.15Sn0.35/C electrocatalysts. The XRD and TEM analyses showed that the as-prepared catalysts were composed of well-dispersed PtRu or PtRuSn nanoparticles with an average particle size of about 3 nm.The electrochemical measurements demonstrated that the as-prepared Pt0.5Ru0.5/C and Pt0.5Ru0.15Sn0.35/C catalysts exhibited much enhanced peak current density for …


Performance Of Air Breathing Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Under Ambient Condition, Jian-Guo Liu, Jun Gu, Tao Yu, Zhi-Gang Zou, T.S Zhao May 2008

Performance Of Air Breathing Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Under Ambient Condition, Jian-Guo Liu, Jun Gu, Tao Yu, Zhi-Gang Zou, T.S Zhao

Journal of Electrochemistry

The performance of the passive DMFC was systematically investigated under an ambient condition by simulating a wide range of temperature and humidity in a high-quality environmentally controlled room.The results indicated that the performance of the passive DMFC was nearly independent of ambient humidity from 30% to 90% RH and water produced in the cathode was expelled mostly from the cell in a liquid state.Compared with the humidity,the ambient temperature has a significant effect on the performance of the passive DMFC.The power density of 30 mW·cm-2 were obtained at 40℃,while only 10 mW·cm-2 at 10 ℃.


Preparation And Electrochemical Capacitance Of Spherical-Like Polypyrrole Doped With Heparin Sodium, Hong-Yu Mi, Xiao-Gang Zhang, Su-Dong Yang, Xiang-Guo Ye May 2008

Preparation And Electrochemical Capacitance Of Spherical-Like Polypyrrole Doped With Heparin Sodium, Hong-Yu Mi, Xiao-Gang Zhang, Su-Dong Yang, Xiang-Guo Ye

Journal of Electrochemistry

Spherical-like polypyrrole with an average diameter of 100 nm as the electrode material for supercapacitor was prepared by a self-assembly process with heparin sodium salt as the dopant at-10 ℃.The morphology and electrochemical properties were characterized by transmission electron microscopy(TEM),cyclic voltammetry(CV),galvanostatic charge/discharge and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy(EIS) measurements.The results showed that the polypyrrole doped with heparin sodium salt exhibited good capacitive behavior.The specific capacitance of single electrode was up to 338 F/g at 3 mA/cm2.


Structure And Property Of Molecular Self-Assembled Membrane With Zirconium Ion, Tian-De Wang, Rong Wang, Xia-Qin Wu, Zhi-Gang Guo, Wei-Wei Ji May 2008

Structure And Property Of Molecular Self-Assembled Membrane With Zirconium Ion, Tian-De Wang, Rong Wang, Xia-Qin Wu, Zhi-Gang Guo, Wei-Wei Ji

Journal of Electrochemistry

According to the complex interaction between dodecyl phosphonate and stainless steel surface as well as the zirconium ion,the self-assembled monolayer and double-layer dodecyl phosphonate modified 304 type stainless steel electrode were prepared.The electrodes were characteristiced by static contact angles and electrochemical polarization methods.The results suggested that the double-layer modified stainless steel electrode had better corrosion inhibition effect than the monolayer modified electrode.


Synthesis Of 2,2′-Dichlorohydrazobenzene Using An Ion Exchange Membrane, Chao Zhang, Pei-Jin Li Feb 2008

Synthesis Of 2,2′-Dichlorohydrazobenzene Using An Ion Exchange Membrane, Chao Zhang, Pei-Jin Li

Journal of Electrochemistry

Using an ion exchange membrane as a separator,the 2,2′-Dichlorohydrazobenzene is synthesized by the electrolytic reduction of o-chloronetrobenzene.The effects of electrode activation condition,current density,electrolyte temperature on electrolytic reduction are discussed.It was found that the optimum reaction temperature is 80 ℃.When the electrolyte concentration was 30% NaOH at the anode and 10% NaOH at the cathode,current density is 4.2A/dm2,the current efficiency reached 73% and yield is 83%.


Effects Of Oxidation Methods On The Stability Of Coooh Conductive Network In Foam Nickel Electrodes, Xiao-Feng Li, Yan-Wei Wei, Hui-Chao Dong Feb 2008

Effects Of Oxidation Methods On The Stability Of Coooh Conductive Network In Foam Nickel Electrodes, Xiao-Feng Li, Yan-Wei Wei, Hui-Chao Dong

Journal of Electrochemistry

Two kinds of the cobalt oxyhydroxide conductive networks in foam nickel electrodes were prepared by different methods i.e.the electrochemical-oxidation(EO) and chemical-oxidation(CO) and which redox behaviors were studied by using cyclic voltammetry and X-ray diffraction measurements.The results show that the CoOOH(CO) has better redox reversibility than CoOOH(EO) and the structure of the former can be kept when nickel electrodes are subjected to a negative potential.Thus,98.7% capacity retention is demonstrated on nickel/metal-hydride batteries with CoOOH(CO) conductive network after being imposed over-discharge state storage;on the contrary,only 83.3% capacity retention is found on the batteries with CoOOH(EO) conductive network.


The Influence Of The Sputtering Power On The Structural And Electrochemical Properties Of Tin Oxide Films, Min-Zhen Cai, Jie Song, Ming-Sen Zheng, Qi-Hui Wu, Sun-Tao Wu, Quan-Feng Dong Feb 2008

The Influence Of The Sputtering Power On The Structural And Electrochemical Properties Of Tin Oxide Films, Min-Zhen Cai, Jie Song, Ming-Sen Zheng, Qi-Hui Wu, Sun-Tao Wu, Quan-Feng Dong

Journal of Electrochemistry

Tin oxide films were deposited on silicon substrates at room temperature using the radio frequency(RF) magnetron sputtering with different sputtering power.The influence of sputtering power upon the crystal structure,surface morphology and electrochemical properties of tin oxide films were then investigated.The XRD and SEM results illustrate that the phase of tin oxide thin films changed from amorphous to crystalline and the grain size augments with the increase of the sputtering power.The constant current charge and discharge cycle tests imply that the initial irreversible capacity loss of Li/tin oxide batteries increase and which capacity decrease as the sputtering power increases.The sputtering power …


Molten Salt Treatment Of Mno2 And Investigation On Supercapacitor Properties, Ye Chen, Zun-Bo Zhang, Wei Zhang, Liang Liu, Zhi-Min Liu Feb 2008

Molten Salt Treatment Of Mno2 And Investigation On Supercapacitor Properties, Ye Chen, Zun-Bo Zhang, Wei Zhang, Liang Liu, Zhi-Min Liu

Journal of Electrochemistry

The MnO2 prepared by solid phase method is treated by KCl-NaCl-LiCl molten salt system.The XRD patterns indicated that the crystal structures of MnO2 sample have had the α-MnO2 and γ-MnO2 phase,the crystallinity of sample is increased after treated by molten salt.The electrochemical properties were tested by cyclic voltammetry,constant current charge/discharge and AC impedance.The result shows that the supercapacitor performance of the treated material has improved.The specific discharge capacitance of the treated sample are 129.07 F·g-1,increased by 27.88% compared to 100.94 F·g-1 of untreated sample.Long cycle life and high coulombic efficiency were also demonstrated …


Cu Doping Lifepo4 And Its Electrochemical Performance, Ming-Sen Zheng, Shan-Ke Liu, Shi-Gang Sun, Quan-Feng Dong Feb 2008

Cu Doping Lifepo4 And Its Electrochemical Performance, Ming-Sen Zheng, Shan-Ke Liu, Shi-Gang Sun, Quan-Feng Dong

Journal of Electrochemistry

LiFePO4 and LiFePO4 doped with Cu2+ ions were synthesized by solid-state reactions.The structure of LiFePO4 and the Fe valence were analyzed by the XRD(X-ray diffraction) and XPS(X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy) respectively.The Cu doping position in LiFePO4 is discussed.It has found that the volume of LiFePO4 by doping Cu2+ ions is reduced.The minim Cu2+ ions doping does not almost change the binding energy of Fe2p1/2 in LiFePO4.According to the experiment results,we conclude that most of the Cu2+ ions substitute the Fe2+ ions in LiFePO4 when a …


A Study On Supercapacitor Based On Aligned Carbon Nanotubes, Xiao-Yan Ye, Yan-Zhi Wang, Hai-Yan Song, Zhuo Sun, Pin-Gang He, Yu-Zhi Fang Feb 2008

A Study On Supercapacitor Based On Aligned Carbon Nanotubes, Xiao-Yan Ye, Yan-Zhi Wang, Hai-Yan Song, Zhuo Sun, Pin-Gang He, Yu-Zhi Fang

Journal of Electrochemistry

Large scale vertically aligned carbon nanotubes(ACNTs) with uniform length and diameter were prepared by the pyrolysis of iron(Ⅱ) phthalocyanine at low pressure.The ACNTs were activated by electrolyte-activation,acid-activation or electrochemical activation.The performance of the capacitor based on activated ACNTs was characterized by cyclic voltammograms which was of rectangular shape,impedence spectroscopy in which the phase is above 80° and the result specific capacitance was 16~32 F/g,which suggest that the ACNTs are the promising material for the supercapacitor.