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Studies Of The LialYNi1-YO2 As Cathode Materials For Rechargeable Lithium Ion Batteries, Xiao-Gan Li, Wei-Hua Qiu, Chuan-Gang Lin, Qing-Guo Liu Aug 2000

Studies Of The LialYNi1-YO2 As Cathode Materials For Rechargeable Lithium Ion Batteries, Xiao-Gan Li, Wei-Hua Qiu, Chuan-Gang Lin, Qing-Guo Liu

Journal of Electrochemistry

In this paper, we have synthesized series of single-phase LiAlyNi1-yO2 (differentive in value-y) by solid reaction. Through examining their electrothemical properties, found that, under a proper sintering condition, LixAl0.25Ni0.75O2 solution for cathode materials of rechargeable lithium ion batteries showed more pleasing properties in overcharge-resist and cycling life (vs LiNiO2). When x>1, the capacity can be kept 125mAh/g after 30 cycles under higher charged/discharged voltages ranging from 3.0 V to 4.8 V, whereas that of pure LiNiO2 has only 61 nAh/g after 25 cycles. The …


Electrochemical Characteristics Of Sb Irreversibly Adsorbed On Pt(100), Pt(110), Pt(111) And Pt(320) Electrodes, Yi-Yun Yang, Zhi-You Zhou, Qi-Hui Wu, Shi-Gang Sun Aug 2000

Electrochemical Characteristics Of Sb Irreversibly Adsorbed On Pt(100), Pt(110), Pt(111) And Pt(320) Electrodes, Yi-Yun Yang, Zhi-You Zhou, Qi-Hui Wu, Shi-Gang Sun

Journal of Electrochemistry

The electrochemical behaviors of irreversibly adsorbed antimony on Pt(100), Pt(110), Pt(111) and Pt(320) were studied by using cyclic voltammetry. The results revealeds that the Sb adatoms are stable on Pt(100), Pt(110), Pt(111) and on Pt(320) when electrode potentials are below 0.45 V(SCE) and 0.40 V, respectively. It was demonstrated that various coverages of Sb ad can be conveniently obtained by controlling the number of potential cycling and varying the upper limit of potential scan. The electrochemical behaviors of irreversibly adsorbed antimony varied with the surface atomic arrangement of Pt single crystal electrodes. Based on quantitative results of the relationship between …


A Study On Stochastic Resonance For The Process Of Active-Passive Transition Of Iron In Sulfuric Acid, Hong-Bo Ding, Bao-Yun Xia, Chun-Sheng Yin, Zhong-Xiao Pan, Renato Seeber Aug 2000

A Study On Stochastic Resonance For The Process Of Active-Passive Transition Of Iron In Sulfuric Acid, Hong-Bo Ding, Bao-Yun Xia, Chun-Sheng Yin, Zhong-Xiao Pan, Renato Seeber

Journal of Electrochemistry

The bistable characteristics of the process of active passive transition of iron in sulfuric acid was described and the stochastic resonance phenomenon in the process was simulated.


Corrosion Behavior Of Reinforcing Steel In Concrete, Rong-Gui Du, Rong-Gang Hu, Zu-De Feng, Jiang-Guang Tan, Chang-Jian Lin Aug 2000

Corrosion Behavior Of Reinforcing Steel In Concrete, Rong-Gui Du, Rong-Gang Hu, Zu-De Feng, Jiang-Guang Tan, Chang-Jian Lin

Journal of Electrochemistry

The corrosion behavior of reinforcing steel in concrete in chloride free and chloride contaminated simulated concrete solutions was studied by electrochemical technique. The results showed that the reinforcing steel exhitibted different corrosion characteristics in the different solutons. In general, the steel in concrete was protected in the test solutions with no salt or the lower concentration of NaCl. When the concentration of NaCl is larger than 70%, however, the corrosion behavior of the steel varied considerably, and the corrosion rate increased as pH fell and the concentration of Cl- increased.


A Study On The Cylindrical Zinc-Air Battery, Sheng-Sian Li, Gui-Mao Zhou, Xin-Ping Ai, Han-Xi Yang Aug 2000

A Study On The Cylindrical Zinc-Air Battery, Sheng-Sian Li, Gui-Mao Zhou, Xin-Ping Ai, Han-Xi Yang

Journal of Electrochemistry

The zinc air battery has advantages of high specific energies and low cost, therefore attracts much interests. However, its application is limited only in prismatic and button type.This paper reported a novel design of cylindrical zinc air batteries and the performances of the batteries tested at various conditions. The results showed that when discharged at the current of 40 mA at 20 °C, the capacity of AA size and AAA size batteries reached 4000mAh and 1400mAh respectively, corresponding to the energy densities 280 Wh/kg and 200 Wh/kg. The effects of the discharge current, temperature and humidity on the performances of …


Synthesis Of Li1+XMn2O4 Cathode Material For Lithium-Ion Batteries With Solution Method, Pei-Song Liu, Sing-Quarn Liu, Qing Li, Zhao-Yong Chen, Bai-Lan Zhang, Zuo-Long Yu Aug 2000

Synthesis Of Li1+XMn2O4 Cathode Material For Lithium-Ion Batteries With Solution Method, Pei-Song Liu, Sing-Quarn Liu, Qing Li, Zhao-Yong Chen, Bai-Lan Zhang, Zuo-Long Yu

Journal of Electrochemistry

The cathode materials Li1+xMn2O4 were prepared with citric acid complexing and solution impregnating methods. Structure characterization and specific surface area test were performed by means of XRD, BET methods, the influences of calcination temperature, Li/Mn molar ratio and raw materials on the structure and electrochemical capacity of samples have beem examined. The results showed that the Li/Mn molar ratio and calcimation temperature were the key factors affecting the electrochemical capacity of cathode materias. The optimum conditions for synthesis of  Li1+xMn2O4 cathode material were 0≤x≤0.05 and calcined at 750°C. The initial …


Mechanisimic Study Of Fes Electrode Process, Cong-Sheng Guan, Shu-Zhen Duan Aug 2000

Mechanisimic Study Of Fes Electrode Process, Cong-Sheng Guan, Shu-Zhen Duan

Journal of Electrochemistry

The mechanism of FeS electrode process has been investigated by using linear cyclic voltammetry. The electrode porcess of FeS is accompanied with the formation and dissolution of insoluble FeS and controlled by ohmic resistance. The peak currents and potentials on the cyclic voltammograms are dependent lineally on the square root of the scan rates. According to this, an ohmic resistance controlling model of FeS electrode has been put forward, and the relative functions between peak currents or potentials and scan rates have been deduced. The theoretical deduction is corresponding to the results of the experiments.


Electrochemical Evaluation On The Porosity Of Electroless Ni-P Alloy Coatings, Hong-Ying Yu, Dong-Bai Sun, Jing-Bing Huang, De-Jun Yang Aug 2000

Electrochemical Evaluation On The Porosity Of Electroless Ni-P Alloy Coatings, Hong-Ying Yu, Dong-Bai Sun, Jing-Bing Huang, De-Jun Yang

Journal of Electrochemistry

By investigating the polarization curves of pure Ni-P alloy, Ni-P alloy coation and carbon steel in nitric acids with different concentrations, the sutable concentration of nitric acid for the evaluation of the porosity of Ni-P alloy coatings has been determined and the coatings with different thickness have been evaluated. The results indicated that the nitric acid with 10 wt% concentration is the most suitable solution for the porosity of the coating by using electrochemical method. The polarization curve of Ni-P alloy coating in 10% nitric acid can accurately reveal the porosity. With the decrease of the porosity of the coating, …


The Electrochemical Polymerization Of Erythrosin And The Fluorescence Spectra Of Polyerythrosin, Hong-Ping Zhu, Shao-Lin Mu Aug 2000

The Electrochemical Polymerization Of Erythrosin And The Fluorescence Spectra Of Polyerythrosin, Hong-Ping Zhu, Shao-Lin Mu

Journal of Electrochemistry

The solution used for the electrolysis consisted of 0.03 mol·dm-3 erythrosin, 0.05 mol·dm-3 sodium tetraborate and 0.5 mol·dm-3 KCl with pH 8.50. Polyerythrosin film with red color has been electrochemically synthesized using repeated potential cycling between -0.20 and 1.10 V (vs.SCE). The film growth and the electrochemical property of polyerythrosin are affected by electrolytic conditions. Two main absorption peaks of polyerythrosin at 326 nm and 370 nm appear in the UV-visible spectrum, which are different from that of the monomer. Polyerythrosin in dimethyl sulfoxide or dimethylformamide has a strong fluorescence intensity and the fluorescence intensity of polyerythrosin …


Pulse Potential Modulated Electrochemical Gas Sensors, Zhong-Bai Zhou, Liang-Dong Feng, Wen-Jun Liu Aug 2000

Pulse Potential Modulated Electrochemical Gas Sensors, Zhong-Bai Zhou, Liang-Dong Feng, Wen-Jun Liu

Journal of Electrochemistry

The current popular electrochemical gas sensors are mostly stable with regard to their operating states. As a result, the further improvement of sensor charcateristics is restricted by such a "steady state". Based on the transient electrochemistry principle, a kind of all new transient electrochemical multi component gas sensors— "pulse potential modulated electrochemical gas sensors" was established by combining computer controlled fast modulated potential technique with microelectrode method.This novel approach provided a real time and dynamic sensor technique integrated with acquisition, treatment and display of signals for rapid simultaneous detecion of multicomponent gases, as illustrated by the case of monitoring of …


The Effect Of Anode Thickness In Sofcs With Anode Supported Ysz Film, Yi-Huang Zhang, Yi Jiang, Zi-Gui Lu, Yong-Lai Dong, Jing-Wang Yan Aug 2000

The Effect Of Anode Thickness In Sofcs With Anode Supported Ysz Film, Yi-Huang Zhang, Yi Jiang, Zi-Gui Lu, Yong-Lai Dong, Jing-Wang Yan

Journal of Electrochemistry

Solid oxide fuel cells with supported yttria stabilized zirconia electrolyte films on anode substrates of various thickness have been fabricated. The electrochemical performances of the SOFCs have been examined. The results showed that the cell performance was limited by the anodic overpotential, which is caused mainly by a concentration polarization when the anode substrate is thick. The anodic overpotential was reduced obviously as the thickness of anode substrate was decreased. As a result, the performance of the SOFC cell was improved. With a 0.5 mm anode substrate, a SOFC cell produced a power density about 0.19 W/cm2 at 800 …


A New Method For The Preparation Of The Electrodes With Very Low Platinum Loading Used In Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell, Zhi-Gang Shao, Bao-Lian Yi, Ming Han, Ya-Guang Qiao, Hao Liu, Jing-Rong Yu Aug 2000

A New Method For The Preparation Of The Electrodes With Very Low Platinum Loading Used In Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell, Zhi-Gang Shao, Bao-Lian Yi, Ming Han, Ya-Guang Qiao, Hao Liu, Jing-Rong Yu

Journal of Electrochemistry

Research and development on low platinum loading electrode is very important in reducing the cost of proton exchange membrane fuel cell(PEMFC) stack. This paper has put forward a new method to prepare the electrode of PEMFC. The pore forming substances were used in this methd. The low platinum loading electrodes (0.02 mgPt⋅cm-2) have already been prepared with the method. Compared with the traditional method, the new method is simple, cheep, and easy to scale up. The superior composition of the electrodes is catalyst: pore forming substance: Nafion= 3:3:1. The performance of a single cell using this …


Electrocrystallization Mechanism And Grain Sizes Of Ni-W-B Alloy Eletrodeposits, Fang-Zu Yang, Gang-Min Cao, Xiao Hu, Shu-Kai Xu, Shao-Min Zhou May 2000

Electrocrystallization Mechanism And Grain Sizes Of Ni-W-B Alloy Eletrodeposits, Fang-Zu Yang, Gang-Min Cao, Xiao Hu, Shu-Kai Xu, Shao-Min Zhou

Journal of Electrochemistry

The electrodeposition characteristics and grain sizes of Ni-W-B alloy have been studied by cyclic voltammetry, potentiostatic step and X-ray diffraction (XRD). The results showed that Ni-W-B alloy electrodeposit obtained from the solution containing ammonium citrate as a complexing agent was presented in the lower electrochemical activity compared with Ni-W alloy. Based upon the i~t curves of potentiostatic step, it was revealed that electrocrystallization of Ni-W-B alloy on glassy carbon followed the mechanism of instantaneous nucleation and three dimensional growth with diffusion controlled. The crystal nucleus number on the surface of electrode was raised by the increase of overpotential. According to …


A Review On Impressed Current Anodes Of Cathodic Protection For Underground Structures, Li-Kun Xu, Ting-Yong Wang, Liang-Qian You, Rong-Chun Qian, Guang-Zhang Chen May 2000

A Review On Impressed Current Anodes Of Cathodic Protection For Underground Structures, Li-Kun Xu, Ting-Yong Wang, Liang-Qian You, Rong-Chun Qian, Guang-Zhang Chen

Journal of Electrochemistry

The requirements of impressed current anodes for the protection of underground structures were presented in this paper according to the analysis of working conditions. The characteristics and performance of various anodes such as scrap steel, graphite, high silicon cast iron, magnetite, platinized anode, conductive polymer cable anode and mixed metal oxide anode were reviewed. The development trend of impressed current anodes for underground applications was also discussed.


Study On Carbon From Pyrolyzing Phenol-Formaldehyde Resin For The Negative Electrode Of Li-Ion Secondary Battery, Zhi-Yuan Tang, Xin-Guo Zhuang, Yu-Mei Zhai, Jian-Gang Li, Jian-Jun Xue, Chun-Yan Liu May 2000

Study On Carbon From Pyrolyzing Phenol-Formaldehyde Resin For The Negative Electrode Of Li-Ion Secondary Battery, Zhi-Yuan Tang, Xin-Guo Zhuang, Yu-Mei Zhai, Jian-Gang Li, Jian-Jun Xue, Chun-Yan Liu

Journal of Electrochemistry

Li-ion secondary batteries negative electrodes were prepared by low temperature (<1 000 ℃) pyrolysis of commercial phenol-formaldhyde resin. A thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and an X-ray diffraction (XRD) studies were peoformed for the pyrolytic carbonaceous materials. The results indicated that these samples are amorphous polyacenic structure materials. With increasing pyrolytic temperature, these materials become structurally order, and the first charge-discharge special capacities reduce. The specific capacities base on pyrolytic temperature, involving lithium storage nanometer cavities.


Preparation And Characteristics Of A Enzyme Electrode Based On Immobilization Of Tyrosinase In Electropolymerized Polypyrrole Film, Liu-Shui Yan, Qia Wei, Cheng-Yi Wang, Rong-Rong Shi, Xiao-Tong Ma May 2000

Preparation And Characteristics Of A Enzyme Electrode Based On Immobilization Of Tyrosinase In Electropolymerized Polypyrrole Film, Liu-Shui Yan, Qia Wei, Cheng-Yi Wang, Rong-Rong Shi, Xiao-Tong Ma

Journal of Electrochemistry

A sensitive and stable amperometric enzyme electrode was constructed, based on the immobilization of tyrosinase in potentiostatically electropolymerized polypyrrole film at a platinum electrode. The influence of pH and potential on immbilization was discussed. SEM micrographs and CV curves of films obtained before and after incorparation of tyrosinase molecular were analyzed and compared each other. The enzyme electrode responds linearly to p-cresol over a concentration range of 5×10 -8 ~1×10-6 mol/L with an optimum pH of 6.6, It exhibited kinetic characteristics of the typical enzyme-catalyzed reaction with an apparent Michaelis constant of 2.2 ×10-5 mol/L.


Technical Investigaton Of Thin-Film Plasticizing Lithium Ion Battery, Xin-Ping Ai, Xin-Lin Hong, Quan-Feng Dong, Sheng-Xian Li, Han-Xi Yang May 2000

Technical Investigaton Of Thin-Film Plasticizing Lithium Ion Battery, Xin-Ping Ai, Xin-Lin Hong, Quan-Feng Dong, Sheng-Xian Li, Han-Xi Yang

Journal of Electrochemistry

A number of polymer materials as candidates of host matrix of plastic polymer electrolyte were examined and techniques for preparation of thin-film electrolyte were reported. The results showed that the polymer electrolyte prepared with P(VDF-HFP) copolymer as host matrix and DBP as plasticizer exhibit the satisfactory mechanical strength and ionic conductivity. In comprison with liquid electrolyte systems, thin-film lithium ion battery has almost similar charge-discharge capacity and cycleability. The manufacture methods and the technical factors in making plasticizing lithium ion battery were also described in details.


Study On The Effect Of Sodium Ion On Cycle Performance Of Lithium/Improved Graphite Lithium Ion Cell, Wen-Huang Huang, Yu-Shun Yan, Chun-Rong Wan, Chang-Yin Jiang May 2000

Study On The Effect Of Sodium Ion On Cycle Performance Of Lithium/Improved Graphite Lithium Ion Cell, Wen-Huang Huang, Yu-Shun Yan, Chun-Rong Wan, Chang-Yin Jiang

Journal of Electrochemistry

The different concentration of Na+ was introduced into the non-aqueous eletrolyte system EC/DEC/LiClO 4 with 4A molecular sieve and lithiated 4A molecular sieve, by which the trace amount of water was removed. The concentrations of Na+ and Li+ were determined by atomic adsorption spectrometry. The cycle performance of lithium/improved graphite cells was then examined by charging and discharging under the constant electric current. The results demonstrated that the cycle performance of the cells was destroyed by the high concentration of Na+ under the small electric current. With the increase of electric current the cell became less …


Powder Microelectrode Modified With Nafion-Os(Bpy)3Â 2+ And Pvp Composite And Its Catalysis For No2- Reduction, Pei-Fang Liu, Jia-Wei Yan May 2000

Powder Microelectrode Modified With Nafion-Os(Bpy)3Â 2+ And Pvp Composite And Its Catalysis For No2- Reduction, Pei-Fang Liu, Jia-Wei Yan

Journal of Electrochemistry

The modified powder microelectrode was prepared by etching a Pt (0.1 mm diameter) disk microelectrode and filling in thus formed cavity with Nation-Os(bpy)32+/PVP composite modified carbon powder. The composite modified powder microelectrode showed cyclic voltammetric behaviors changing with the mole ratio (denoted X) of SO3- to Os(bpy)32+ in Nafion. When X=3, a single pair of current peaks appeared near 0.6V (vs. SCE) due to Os(bpy)32+/3+ redox couple. In contrast, for X=20, a pair of additional current peaks occurred near 0.4V. Both X=3 and X=20 modified powder microelectrodes strongly catalyzed the first …


An Investigation On The Corrosion Potential Imaging At The Interface Of Concrete/Reinforcing Bar In Corrosion Media, Rong-Zong Hu, Chang-Jian Lin, Xiang Zhou, Jian-Guang Tan, Xiong-Chao Zhao May 2000

An Investigation On The Corrosion Potential Imaging At The Interface Of Concrete/Reinforcing Bar In Corrosion Media, Rong-Zong Hu, Chang-Jian Lin, Xiang Zhou, Jian-Guang Tan, Xiong-Chao Zhao

Journal of Electrochemistry

The iron array electrode covered with concrete as a new electrochemical technique is applied to map the potential imaging and to investigate on the iron electrode corrosion process under concrete: In Cl- solution the corrosion of the iron array electrode covered with concrete had been prevented for a short term since the concrete protection, but the corrosion still occurreed and developed after immersed for a long time. In SO42- solution although the sample had being immersed for a long time and the concrete was possibly broken, the corrosion did not develop. In Cl- solution the corrosion …


Electrochemical Quartz Crystal Microbalance Study On The Promoted Electron Transfer Process At Gold Electrode, Xia-Qin Wu, Zhe-Su Wang, Xiao-Yun Meng, Zong-Rang Zhang May 2000

Electrochemical Quartz Crystal Microbalance Study On The Promoted Electron Transfer Process At Gold Electrode, Xia-Qin Wu, Zhe-Su Wang, Xiao-Yun Meng, Zong-Rang Zhang

Journal of Electrochemistry

The adsorption behavior of amino acids, such as L-cysteine, histidine and arginine at gold-quartz crystal microbalance (Au-QCM) was investigated. The adsorption quantity of cysteine is more appreciable than others because of the stronger interaction between its thiol group and the gold electrode surface. The electron-transfer process of superoxide dismutase (SOD) in presence of cysteine at Au-QCM has also been studied using the electrochemical quartz crystal microbalance (EQCM) technique which reveals clearly the quasi-reversible electron-transfer process accompanied by the frequency shift cycle. The reversible adsorption and disorption processes are discussed.


Effects Of Temperature On The Proton Diffusion Of Doped Ni(Oh)2, Jian-Hua Liu, Jing-Wu Yang, Zhi-Yuan Tang May 2000

Effects Of Temperature On The Proton Diffusion Of Doped Ni(Oh)2, Jian-Hua Liu, Jing-Wu Yang, Zhi-Yuan Tang

Journal of Electrochemistry

The Chronoamperometry of powder spherical Ni(OH)2 microelectrode was used to study the proton diffusion coefficients of Ni(OH)2. The proton diffusion coeefficients and the apparent diffusion active energy in anode and cathode processes at different temperature were obtained. Compared with pure Ni(OH)2, the apparent diffusion active energy (Ea) of Ni(OH)2 doped with Co and Co + Zn was decreased and the diffusion constant (Do) was increased in the anode and the cathode processes, respectively, the effect of Co was greater. In contrast, for Ni(OH)2 doped with Zn, its Ea …


Template Synthesis And Uv-Vis Absorption Spectra Of The Nanowire Arrays Of Cadmium Chalcogenides, Shi-Min Xu, Kuan-Hong Xue, Jing-Lin Kong, Dong-Mei Sun, Yu-Ying Feng, Hai-Yan Lu, Guang-Hou Wang May 2000

Template Synthesis And Uv-Vis Absorption Spectra Of The Nanowire Arrays Of Cadmium Chalcogenides, Shi-Min Xu, Kuan-Hong Xue, Jing-Lin Kong, Dong-Mei Sun, Yu-Ying Feng, Hai-Yan Lu, Guang-Hou Wang

Journal of Electrochemistry

The porous alumina membrane formed in the anodic oxidation of highly pure aluminum foil has attracted a great deal of attention in recent years. It can be served as a desired template to prepare nanometer scale materials due to its unique structure of discrete and cylindrical nanopores, paralleled one another, with the homogeneous size and distribution. Chalcogenide semiconductors have promising prospect in the applications of photovoltaic and photoconducting devices and have been extensively exploited for many years. Olbright and his co-workers studied experimentally and theoretically the optical nonlinearties of CdSxSe1-x-doped glass; Britt and Ferekides reported that …


Study Of The Cathod Of The Amperometric Glucose Sensor, Xiu-Juan Yu, Ding Zhou May 2000

Study Of The Cathod Of The Amperometric Glucose Sensor, Xiu-Juan Yu, Ding Zhou

Journal of Electrochemistry

The possibility for several kinds of conducting materials used as the cathode of glucose sensor was studied by the cathode polarization curves. It was shown that the titanium coated by RuO2/TiO2 is stable to the electrochemical corrosion and it could promote the generation of hydrogen. H2O2 could be detected in the electrochemical system constructed by the anode of graphite powder and epoxy resin composite and the cathode of titanium coated by RuO2/TiO2 in the potential range of 0.6V~0.8 V. It can be used as the cathode of glucose sensor instead of …


A Study For The Data Analysis Of Electrochemical Noise With Wavelet Analysis, Hong-Bo Ding, Bao-Yun Xia, Zhong-Xiao Pan, Chang-Jian Lin May 2000

A Study For The Data Analysis Of Electrochemical Noise With Wavelet Analysis, Hong-Bo Ding, Bao-Yun Xia, Zhong-Xiao Pan, Chang-Jian Lin

Journal of Electrochemistry

In the process of electrochemical dynamics system, the phenomenon of the random fluctuations of electrochemical parameters (electrode potential, cell current, etc.) is called “Electrochemical Noise”(ECN). Wavelets analysis is one new data analysis technique which has undergone a breakthrough in the area of mathematics and singnal processing in recent years. In this paper, the technique of continuous wavelet transform has been employed to investigate electrochemical noise data, and the chaotic nature of corrosion process has been manifested.


The Studies On Nanosized Materials For Lithium Ion Batteries, Hong Li, Jing-Ze Li, Li-Hong Shi, Guang-Yan Zhu, Qing Chen, Wei Lu, Xue-Jie Huang, Li-Quan Chen May 2000

The Studies On Nanosized Materials For Lithium Ion Batteries, Hong Li, Jing-Ze Li, Li-Hong Shi, Guang-Yan Zhu, Qing Chen, Wei Lu, Xue-Jie Huang, Li-Quan Chen

Journal of Electrochemistry

Our recent works about nanosized materials for lithium ion batteries are reported, including the synthesis of nanosized Sb, SnSb, CuSnx, Si and CuS, their electrochemical performance as anode or cathode active materials, the variation of crystal structure and morphology during discharge and charge cycling. In addition, the self-plasticization of lithium salt with nanosized anion ion in polymer electrolyte, the influence of the electrochemical Li-doping on the Raman spectra and photoluminescence of nano-Si are also introduced. Furthermore, the relationship between intrinsic properties of nanosized materials and their electrochemical behaviors are discussed. The prospect of nanosized materials for lithium ion …


Determination Of Kinetic Parameters Of Enzyme-Immunoelectrode For Sec Assay, Sa-Ying Dong, Xin-Miao Liu, Yuan-Zhi Wang, Guang-Zhang Chen, Ming-Xiang Lv, Bo-Yi Tian May 2000

Determination Of Kinetic Parameters Of Enzyme-Immunoelectrode For Sec Assay, Sa-Ying Dong, Xin-Miao Liu, Yuan-Zhi Wang, Guang-Zhang Chen, Ming-Xiang Lv, Bo-Yi Tian

Journal of Electrochemistry

Reaction mechanism of enzyme immunoelectrode is studied by potentiostatic. Rotating disk electrode is used to determine the controlling step of bioelectrode. Under different potentials and different modifying conditions, kinetic parameters of bioelectrodes were measured on the base of electrochemical impendance spectra. At the same time, these parameters are compared and discussed.


The Influence Of Surface Diffusion Of Adsorbed Intermediate On Hydrogen Evolution Reaction At Pt/Nafion Composite Electrodes, Wei-Yi Tu, Lei Su, Wen-Jun Liu, Bing-Liang Wu May 2000

The Influence Of Surface Diffusion Of Adsorbed Intermediate On Hydrogen Evolution Reaction At Pt/Nafion Composite Electrodes, Wei-Yi Tu, Lei Su, Wen-Jun Liu, Bing-Liang Wu

Journal of Electrochemistry

The decrease of over-potential of hydrogen evolution reaction at Pt black powder/Nafion microelectrode, comparing that of the Pt microdisk/Nafion electrode, was evident from the polarization curves of the Pt microdisk/Nafion electrode, platinized Pt micrdisk/Nafion electrode and Pt black powder/Nafion microelectrode. It is also evidenced by a plane Pt electrode with an additional free Pt surface. The surface diffusion and the surface recombination reaction of the adsorbed intermediate at the free surface of the Pt particles were supposed. It is an additional reaction path that induced the decrease of the concentration of the adsorbed intermediate. Thereby, the over-potential decreased.


In-Situ Simultaneous Esr And Conductivity Measurements For Polyaniline, Lin Zhuang, Qing Zhou, Jun-Tao Lu Feb 2000

In-Situ Simultaneous Esr And Conductivity Measurements For Polyaniline, Lin Zhuang, Qing Zhou, Jun-Tao Lu

Journal of Electrochemistry

With a new cell design, simultaneous electrochemical ESR and conductance measurements were realized for the first time. The in-situ cell consisted of a dual working electrode, a counter electrode and a reference electrode accommodated in a capillary of 1mm diameter. The dual working electrode was composed of two closely spaced Pt electrodes: a Pt disk electrode (0.5 mm diameter) sealed in a thin glass tube and a Pt layer deposited on the outside wall of the glass tube. The two working electrodes were separated by the glass gap about 20 μm thick. Two potentiostats were used to control electrode potential …


Electrochemical Characterization Of Ir-Ta-Ti Metal Oxide Coated Titanium Anodes, Ting-Yong Wang, Li-Kun Xu, Guang-Zhang Chen Feb 2000

Electrochemical Characterization Of Ir-Ta-Ti Metal Oxide Coated Titanium Anodes, Ting-Yong Wang, Li-Kun Xu, Guang-Zhang Chen

Journal of Electrochemistry

Ir-Ta-Ti metal oxide coated titanium anodes of variable composition were prepared by thermal decomposition. Their micro morphorogies and electrochemical properties were characterized by scanning electron microscope, open circuit potential, cyclic voltammetry, consumption rate measurements and accelerated life test. The SEM results indicated that all coatings were of a porous and cracked-mud microstructure influenced greatly by the composition of coatings. The electrochemical measurements showed that the Ir-Ta-Ti ternary oxide-coated anodes exhibited excellent electrochemical activity and electrochemical stability in both acidic media and seawater which were affected by the composition and microstructure of the coatings. Owing to good corrosion resistance and low …