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Preparation Of Pt/Dna-Mwcnts/Gc Electrode And Its Electrocatalytic Activity Toward H2O2 Reduction, Li-Li Fan, Li-Na Wu, Zhi-Yu Qu, Dan-Feng Liu, Jun-Ming Zhang, Si-Ming Fan, You-Jun Fan Oct 2014

Preparation Of Pt/Dna-Mwcnts/Gc Electrode And Its Electrocatalytic Activity Toward H2O2 Reduction, Li-Li Fan, Li-Na Wu, Zhi-Yu Qu, Dan-Feng Liu, Jun-Ming Zhang, Si-Ming Fan, You-Jun Fan

Journal of Electrochemistry

The DNA-multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs)/glassy carbon (GC) electrode was prepared by modifying the DNA functionalized MWCNTs composite on a GC electrode. A novel non-enzymatic H2O2 sensing electrode was fabricated by electrodepositing Pt nanoparticles on the DNA-MWCNTs/GC electrode. The modified electrodes were characterized by scanning electron microscope (SEM). The response properties of the sensing electrode to H2O2 were investigated by cyclic voltammetry and chronoamperometry. The results indicated that the sensing electrode exhibited a good linear relationship between response current and H2O2 concentration in the range of 0.04 ~ 18.07 mmol·L-1 with …

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Boosting Electrocatalytic Activity Of Nitrogen-Doped Graphene/Carbon Nanotube Composite For Oxygen Reduction Reaction, Yu Zhang, Jin-Song Hu, Wen-Jie Jiang, Lin Guo, Zi-Dong Wei, Li-Jun Wan Oct 2014

Boosting Electrocatalytic Activity Of Nitrogen-Doped Graphene/Carbon Nanotube Composite For Oxygen Reduction Reaction, Yu Zhang, Jin-Song Hu, Wen-Jie Jiang, Lin Guo, Zi-Dong Wei, Li-Jun Wan

Journal of Electrochemistry

Developing low-cost catalysts with high electrocatalytic activity for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) has recently attracted much attention because the sluggish ORR currently limits the performance and commercialization of fuel cells and metal-air batteries as well. Nitrogen doped carbon materials have been considered as a promising candidate for the replacement of high-cost and scarce Pt-based catalysts although their electrocatalytic activity still needs to be much improved. In this work, an improved nitrogen-doped graphene/carbon nanotubes composite (N-rGO/CNT) was developed as an efficient ORR electrocatalyst. It was found that the ORR activity of N-rGO/CNT composite could be significantly enhanced by introducing iron in …

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Electrochemical Deposition Of Copt Alloy Thin Film And Its Abnormal Infrared Effects, Qing-Song Chen, Guo-Cong Guo, Shi-Gang Sun Oct 2014

Electrochemical Deposition Of Copt Alloy Thin Film And Its Abnormal Infrared Effects, Qing-Song Chen, Guo-Cong Guo, Shi-Gang Sun

Journal of Electrochemistry

Nanostructured CoPt alloy thin film was deposited on glassy carbon substrate (denoted as CoPt/GC) under cyclic voltammetric conditions. SEM studies demonstrated that the CoPt/GC was composed of nonuniform nanoparticles with an average size of 139 nm. The composition of the CoPt/GC was analyzed by energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS), which depicts a Co:Pt ratio of ca. 3:5. In situ FTIR spectroscopy employing CO adsorption as a probe reaction revealed that the CoPt/GC exhibits abnormal infrared effects (AIREs). The unique anomalous IR features of CO adsorbed (COad) on CoPt/GC consist in the complete inversion of the COad IR …

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Recent Progress In Heteroatoms Doped Carbon Materials As A Catalyst For Oxygen Reduction Reaction, Wei Ding, Xue Zhang, Li Li, Zi-Dong Wei Oct 2014

Recent Progress In Heteroatoms Doped Carbon Materials As A Catalyst For Oxygen Reduction Reaction, Wei Ding, Xue Zhang, Li Li, Zi-Dong Wei

Journal of Electrochemistry

Developing catalytic materials for oxygen reduction reactions (ORR) with high performance and low cost has been one of the major challenges for large-scale applications of fuel cells. In this review, we summarize the recent progress in the heteroatoms doped carbon materials as a catalyst for the catalysis of ORR, with an emphasis on the universal origin of their catalytic mechanisms. The future prospects of the metal-free catalyst were to find precisely controlled doping methods, to explore the role of heteroatoms in the catalysis, and to generate more active catalysts with suitable nanostructure.

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Fabrication Of Pattern Of Graphene Oxide And Au Nanoparticles By Microcontanct Printing Technique, Wen-Hui Pang, Xiao-Jian Xiao, Meng-Wei Ye, Kai-Chao Deng, Jing Tang Oct 2014

Fabrication Of Pattern Of Graphene Oxide And Au Nanoparticles By Microcontanct Printing Technique, Wen-Hui Pang, Xiao-Jian Xiao, Meng-Wei Ye, Kai-Chao Deng, Jing Tang

Journal of Electrochemistry

Graphene oxide (GO) was prepared by modified Hummers method. Using the GO solution as "ink", Au nanoparticles (AuNPs) and GO were transferred to the surface of ITO substrate modified with (3-aminopropyl) triethoxysilane (APTES/ITO) in a sequence. The transferred AuNPs and GO could form a uniform and dense composite pattern which was characterized by FE-SEM and AFM. Moreover, using the APTES/ITO substrate surface potential as zero, the sequences of the surface potential were APTES>GO>Au.

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Fabrication And Characterization Of The Ni-Scsz Composite Anodes With A Cu-Lscm-Ceo2 Catalyst Layer In The Thin Film Sofc, Yao Lv, Bo Huang, Xi-Zhi Gu, Chun-Yi Hou, Yi-Xing Hu, Xiao-Yin Wang, Xin-Jian Zhu Oct 2014

Fabrication And Characterization Of The Ni-Scsz Composite Anodes With A Cu-Lscm-Ceo2 Catalyst Layer In The Thin Film Sofc, Yao Lv, Bo Huang, Xi-Zhi Gu, Chun-Yi Hou, Yi-Xing Hu, Xiao-Yin Wang, Xin-Jian Zhu

Journal of Electrochemistry

Solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) directly operating on hydrocarbon without external reforming has the potential of greatly speeding up the application of SOFCs for transportation. In this paper, a three-layer structure anode was fabricated by tape casting and screen printing method. The addition of Cu-LSCM-CeO2 to the supported anode surface presented better performance running on H2 and ethanol. The maximum power densities were 511 and 390 mW?cm-2, respectively, running on H2 and ethanol at 750 °C. No significant degradation was observed on the anode. Consequently, the Cu-LSCM-CeO2 catalyst layer on the surface of the …

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Preparation And Electrochemical Behavior Of Pbo/Gn/Ac, Yun-Fang Gao, Yan-Ping Wang, Qiu-Shi Yao, Fu-Hua Wang, Dong-Lei Ren, Xin Xu Oct 2014

Preparation And Electrochemical Behavior Of Pbo/Gn/Ac, Yun-Fang Gao, Yan-Ping Wang, Qiu-Shi Yao, Fu-Hua Wang, Dong-Lei Ren, Xin Xu

Journal of Electrochemistry

The lead oxide/graphene/activated carbon (PbO/GN/AC) composite materials were prepared by impregnating commercial activated carbon and graphene in saturated lead nitrate solution followed by calcination. The structures and morphologies of the composite were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS). The results show that PbO crystals (about 200 nm) were dispersed uniformly on the surface of activated carbon and graphene. Electrochemical data indicate that the composite exhibited good electrochemical performances. The PbO/GN/AC composite possessed the higher over-potential of hydrogen evolution and the high specific capacitance of 312.6 F·g-1, while the internal resistance …

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Determination Of Disulfide Bond Connecting Patterns Via Tandem Mass Spectrometry (Msn) And Biomolecular Ion/Radical Reactions, Kirt Lenroy Durand Oct 2014

Determination Of Disulfide Bond Connecting Patterns Via Tandem Mass Spectrometry (Msn) And Biomolecular Ion/Radical Reactions, Kirt Lenroy Durand

Open Access Dissertations

Disulfide bond formation is one of the most common post translational modifications to occur in proteins and naturally occurring peptides. Disulfide bond formation plays a critical role in stabilizing their three-dimensional structure; therefore, it is very important to pinpoint the correct disulfide bond connecting pattern in order to fully understand the biological functions of these proteins and peptides. To fully characterize an analyte containing disulfide bonds, the sequence must first be known followed by the disulfide bond connecting pattern. This presents an analytical challenge as there are very few methodologies that can produce those essential pieces of information. The gold …

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Excited States Of Chromophores And Vibronic Interactions, Benjamin T. Nebgen Oct 2014

Excited States Of Chromophores And Vibronic Interactions, Benjamin T. Nebgen

Open Access Dissertations

The main focus of my Ph.D. work has been on building a vibronic coupling model for multichromophores and extending that model to more general systems. This Dissertation serves as both a summary of this work as well as a manual for the two vibronic coupling programs I have written. It is my hope that the instructions written here are complete enough for any who would like to replicate my work on vibronic coupling on other systems. ^ Additionally, I have also worked on a few purely computational projects not directly related to the vibronic coupling work. The status of these …

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Supersonic Jet Spectroscopy Of Synthetic Foldamers, Multichromophores, And Their Water Containing Clusters, Evan Gardner Buchanan Oct 2014

Supersonic Jet Spectroscopy Of Synthetic Foldamers, Multichromophores, And Their Water Containing Clusters, Evan Gardner Buchanan

Open Access Dissertations

A central theme specific to this dissertation concerns the conformation-specific spectroscopy of flexible molecules in an effort to bridge the complexity gap. Generally, molecules in the complexity gap have several flexible coordinates yet conformational isomerization still occurs along a simple reaction coordinate on the potential energy surface. Molecules in this regime benefit greatly from experiments probing the potential energy surfaces and provide a means to develop and test new theories in an effort to explain more complex system. These measurements are possible through the utilization of a supersonic jet expansion to collisionally cool molecules into their vibrational zero-point levels, collapsing …

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Line Lists For The A2Π-X 2Σ+ (Red) And B2Σ+-X 2Σ+ (Violet) Systems Of Cn, 13c14n, And 12c15n, And Application To Astronomicalspectra, Christopher Sneden, Sara Lucatello, Ram S. Ram, James S. A. Brooke, Peter Bernath Oct 2014

Line Lists For The A2Π-X 2Σ+ (Red) And B2Σ+-X 2Σ+ (Violet) Systems Of Cn, 13c14n, And 12c15n, And Application To Astronomicalspectra, Christopher Sneden, Sara Lucatello, Ram S. Ram, James S. A. Brooke, Peter Bernath

Chemistry & Biochemistry Faculty Publications

New red and violet system line lists for the CN isotopologues 13C14N and 12C15N have been generated. These new transition data are combined with those previously derived for 12C14N, and applied to the determination of CNO abundances in the solar photosphere and in four red giant stars: Arcturus, the bright, very low-metallicity star HD 122563, and the carbon-enhanced metal-poor stars HD 196944 and HD 201626. When both red and violet system lines are detectable in a star, their derived N abundances are in good agreement. The mean N abundances determined in …

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Resonant Two-Photon Ionization Studies Of Non Covalent Interactions In Halo Aromatic Clusters And Spin-Orbit Coupling Modeling In Mono-Halocarbenes, Silver Nyambo Oct 2014

Resonant Two-Photon Ionization Studies Of Non Covalent Interactions In Halo Aromatic Clusters And Spin-Orbit Coupling Modeling In Mono-Halocarbenes, Silver Nyambo

Dissertations (1934 -)

Non-covalent interactions in halobenzenes (PhX) (X=F, Cl, Br) and phenylamine (C6 H5 NH2 ) have been studied here using resonance two-photon ionization (R2PI) spectroscopy combined with a linear TOF-mass spectrometer. Their interaction with polar molecules in form of ammonia (NH 3 ) and trifluorohalomethanes (CF3 X) has also been studied. DFT and TD-DFT calculations using M06-2X functionals were carried out on different cluster conformations to compliment experimental results. A general trend of broadness in homogenous dimers (PhX)2 , has been attributed to mainly the presence of multiple cluster isomers and Frank-Condon activity in the low …

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Variable Pressure Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Studies Of Ionic Liquids And Electrophoretic Probe Design, Armando Julio Rua Oct 2014

Variable Pressure Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Studies Of Ionic Liquids And Electrophoretic Probe Design, Armando Julio Rua

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

Energy storage materials play a key role in, efficient, clean, and versatile use of energy, and are crucial for the exploitation of renewable energy. The improve efficiency of energy use stimulates the development of energy storage such as batteries or super capacitors, toward higher power and energy density, which significantly depends upon the advancement of new materials used in these devices. The new materials need better understanding and description in the electrochemical properties. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) has been an important tool in the characterization of ionic liquids and solids. The measurements of the relaxation times and the diffusion coefficient …

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Molecular Interactions With Ice: Molecular Embedding, Adsorption, Detection, And Release, K D. Gibson, Grant G. Langlois, Wenxin Li, Daniel Killelea, S J. Sibener Sep 2014

Molecular Interactions With Ice: Molecular Embedding, Adsorption, Detection, And Release, K D. Gibson, Grant G. Langlois, Wenxin Li, Daniel Killelea, S J. Sibener

Chemistry: Faculty Publications and Other Works

The interaction of atomic and molecular species with water and ice is of fundamental importance for chemistry. In a previous series of publications, we demonstrated that translational energy activates the embedding of Xe and Kr atoms in the near surface region of ice surfaces. In this paper, we show that inert molecular species may be absorbed in a similar fashion.We also revisit Xe embedding, and further probe the nature of the absorption into the selvedge. CF4 molecules with high translational energies (≥3 eV) were observed to embed in amorphous solid water. Just as with Xe, the initial adsorption rate is …

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Development Of Novel Efficient Organocatalytic Reactions For The Construction Of Complex Molecular Architectures, Aiguo Song Sep 2014

Development Of Novel Efficient Organocatalytic Reactions For The Construction Of Complex Molecular Architectures, Aiguo Song

Chemistry and Chemical Biology ETDs

Facile construction of synthetically and medicinally significant optically active molecular architectures from simple and readily available materials via catalytic enantioselective cascade processes is the cental goal in organic synthesis. Toward this end, my Ph.D. work focuses on the development of novel organocatalytic asymmetric cascade reactions and their application in the synthesis of versatile molecular structures. A novel amine catalyzed decarboxylative enantioselective Diels—Alder reaction between aldehydes and readily available coumarin-3-carboxylic acids as dienophiles via dienamine catalysis has been realized. Notably, the decarboxylation facilitates the release of the catalyst in the Diels—Alder reaction adducts and achieves high reaction efficiency in terms of …

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Criteria For Evolution Of Successful Proteins: Fold Fitness And Domain Dynamics Explored, Tyrel Bryan Sep 2014

Criteria For Evolution Of Successful Proteins: Fold Fitness And Domain Dynamics Explored, Tyrel Bryan

Chemistry and Chemical Biology ETDs

The Haloacid Dehalogenase Superfamily (HADSF) is a ubiquitous family of enzyme with more than 32,000 members. A variety of reactions are catalyzed by HAD members, but a majority of HAD members are phosphatases. Dephosphorlyation of organophosphate metabolites are carried out in the conserved Rossmann-like core domain. The Rossman-like core domain houses the conserved active site residues necessary for catalysis and also supports domain inserts associated with substrate binding. This dissertation will focus primarily on investigating fold fitness and domain dynamics of HAD proteins more specifically three C2 capped proteins. The first part will focus on whether or not the prevailing …

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Development Of Novel Small Molecules For Imaging And Drug Release, Yanting Cao Sep 2014

Development Of Novel Small Molecules For Imaging And Drug Release, Yanting Cao

Chemistry and Chemical Biology ETDs

Small organic molecules, including small molecule based fluorescent probes, small molecule based drugs or prodrugs, and smart multifunctional fluorescent drug delivery systems play important roles in biological research, drug discovery, and clinical practices. Despite the significant progress made in these fields, the development of novel and diverse small molecules is needed to meet various demands for research and clinical applications. My Ph.D study focuses on the development of novel functional molecules for recognition, imaging and drug release. In the first part, a turn-on fluorescent probe is developed for the detection of intracellular adenosine-5'-triphosphate (ATP) levels based on multiplexing recognitions. Considering …

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Spectroscopic Studies Of Conjugated Polymer Nanostructures And Polymer/Acceptor Blends, Jian Gao Sep 2014

Spectroscopic Studies Of Conjugated Polymer Nanostructures And Polymer/Acceptor Blends, Jian Gao

Chemistry and Chemical Biology ETDs

This dissertation presents the results of investigations into organic semiconducting systems at the nano- to mesoscales through spectroscopic and electrical imaging techniques. Particular emphasis was put on capturing the role of conformation and morphology on electronic properties and processes. The combination of experimental methods and data analysis techniques used in this work reveals useful insights into the correlations between polymer structures and their photovoltaic device performance, and provide clues to developing better performing organic solar cells. The main approach of this work is using prototypical conjugated polymer systems, either ensemble or in their nanostructures, to study the solar cell active …

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Stable Solar Cells Through Controlled Block Copolymer Self-Assembly And Cooperative Hydrogen Bonding Interactions, Fei Li Sep 2014

Stable Solar Cells Through Controlled Block Copolymer Self-Assembly And Cooperative Hydrogen Bonding Interactions, Fei Li

Chemistry and Chemical Biology ETDs

Current state-of-the-art polymer solar cells adopt the bulk-heterojunction (BHJ) morphologies where the electron donors (i.e. conjugated polymer) and electron acceptors (i.e. fullerenes) as active layers are mixed in an intimate way. The phase separation that modulates the exciton diffusion and charge transport in the current BHJ morphology is an uncontrolled process and thus results in random domain sizes of the polymer/fullerene blend. In addition, the polymer and fullerenes in the blend are intrinsically two immiscible materials and they tend to undergo macrophase separation eventually, which leads to deteriorated device performance. One way to address the abovementioned issues is to attach …

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Theoretical Studies Of Transition Metal Catalysis, Ryan S. Johnson Sep 2014

Theoretical Studies Of Transition Metal Catalysis, Ryan S. Johnson

Chemistry and Chemical Biology ETDs

Transition metal catalysis, being critical to nearly all aspects of the modern industrial world, is the focus of a series of theoretical studies which seek to elucidate the fundamental and electronic origins of enhanced chemical activity and selectivity. The application of density functional theory on extended single metal and alloyed surfaces, supported single metal atoms, and gas phase cationic species illuminate various aspects of transition metal catalysis in a wide range of enviornments. Adsorption, reactivity, and other mechanistic details developed here suggest possible mechanisms used to aid interpretation of experimental results and guide developement of future catalysts.

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Mechanistic Studies Of Salt Effects On Bimolecular Electron-Transfer Reactions Of Pentaamine Ruthenium Pyridyl Complexes Studied By 19f Nmr Line-Broadening And T2 Spin-Echo Techniques, Nicholas J. Magarian Aug 2014

Mechanistic Studies Of Salt Effects On Bimolecular Electron-Transfer Reactions Of Pentaamine Ruthenium Pyridyl Complexes Studied By 19f Nmr Line-Broadening And T2 Spin-Echo Techniques, Nicholas J. Magarian

Master's Theses

Kinetic salt effects on the bimolecular ET self-exchange reaction between pentaamineruthenium(II)(3-trifluoromethylpyridine)2+, (NH3)5RuIItfmp2+, and pentaamineruthenium(III)(3-trifluoromethylpyridine)3+, (NH3)5RuIIItfmp3+, have been measured using both 19F NMR line-broadening and CPMG T2 spin-echo relaxation techniques in H2O and D2O. Over the equimolar reactants concentration range of 0.10 mM – 8.00 mM there was a definite “self-salting” rate increase arising from the increased solution ionic strengths due to the reactants and counterions themselves. The magnitude of this effect diverged significantly, however, …

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Electrocatalytic Oxidation Of Formate On Pd-Cu/C - Effect Of Dealloying Pretreatment, Kun Jiang, Ye Wang, Tao Lin, Wen-Bin Cai Aug 2014

Electrocatalytic Oxidation Of Formate On Pd-Cu/C - Effect Of Dealloying Pretreatment, Kun Jiang, Ye Wang, Tao Lin, Wen-Bin Cai

Journal of Electrochemistry

Carbon supported highly dispersed Pd-Cu nanoalloy catalyst toward formate electrooxidation is prepared via one-pot synthesis by using ethylene glycol as the reducing agent and sodium citrate as the stabilizer. The as-prepared catalyst is structurally characterized by TEM and XRD. The Cu dealloyment is carried out through repetitive potential cycling of the Pd-Cu/C catalyst in an acidic solution. The dealloying effect on the performance of the Pd-Cu/C is investigated by using cyclic voltammetry and chronoamperometry, and the surface structural change of Pd-Cu/C is probed by in situ ATR-IR measurement. The results show that the as-prepared Pd-Cu/C processes a better long-term stability …

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Electrochemical And Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopic Studies Of Benzimidazole On Nickel Electrode, Ping-Jie Wei, Ya-Xian Yuan, Min-Min Xu, Jian-Lin Yao, Ren-Ao Gu Aug 2014

Electrochemical And Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopic Studies Of Benzimidazole On Nickel Electrode, Ping-Jie Wei, Ya-Xian Yuan, Min-Min Xu, Jian-Lin Yao, Ren-Ao Gu

Journal of Electrochemistry

By measuring cyclic voltammograms and polarization curves, the inhibition effects of benzimidazole (BMIH) concentration in acetonitrile system on a nickel electrode were investigated. It was found that the oxidation and the corrosion potentials shifted positively, and the oxidation current decreased with the increase in the concentration of BIMH. Potential dependent adsorption and film formation behavior of BMIH on the nickel electrode were investigated by in situ SERS spectroscopy. With the potential moving from negative direction to positive direction, the complexes made of BIMH and nickel were formed, preventing the nickel electrode from corrosion. In addition, the 0.001 mol·L-1 of …

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Synthesis Of Silver Nanoparticles Supported On Graphene Quantum Dots For Oxygen Reduction Reaction, Jian Ju, Wei Chen Aug 2014

Synthesis Of Silver Nanoparticles Supported On Graphene Quantum Dots For Oxygen Reduction Reaction, Jian Ju, Wei Chen

Journal of Electrochemistry

Silver-based catalysts have been extensively investigated as the platinum substituted catalysts due to their high catalytic efficiency, low cost and long-term durability. In this study, the surfactant-free silver nanoparticles supported on graphene quantum dots were synthesized through a facile approach without addition of any other protecting ligands and reducing agents. The “surface-clean” silver nanoparticles had remarkable electrocatalytic performance towards oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) with the most efficient four-electron transfer process. Compared with commercial Pt/C catalyst, the hybrid nanoparticles showed comparable catalytic performance for ORR but much higher tolerance to methanol. Such silver nanoparticles supported on graphene quantum dots may have …

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Electrochemical Fabrication Of Two-Dimensional Flower-Like Pt Nanostructures For Methanol Electrocatalytic Oxidation, Xia Wang, Jun Hu, Yong-Jun Li Aug 2014

Electrochemical Fabrication Of Two-Dimensional Flower-Like Pt Nanostructures For Methanol Electrocatalytic Oxidation, Xia Wang, Jun Hu, Yong-Jun Li

Journal of Electrochemistry

Two-dimensional flower-like Pt nanostructures (2D FPNs) were fabricated on glassy carbon substrates by galvanostatical electrochemical technique. The electrolyte was the HAuCl4 + HClO4 aqueous solution without addition of any structure-directing organic reagent, which made as-prepared Pt nanostructures cleaner, exhibiting much higher reactivity. Scanning electron microscopic images revealed that 2D FPNs were spherical Pt nano-flowers constructed by the smallest building blocks, nano-leaves. The number density of spherical Pt nano-flowers can be tuned by controlling the electrodeposition time. High resolution transmission electron microscopic images indicated that each nano-leaf was formed by growing along Pt(111) direction. Electrocatalytic activities of as-prepared 2D …

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Effecting Of Dissolved Oxygen On Microbial Fuel Cells Based On Pseudomonas Aeruginosa, Chang-Li Cao, Li-Xiang Chen, Ran-Ran Wu, Ken-Lin Chang, Feng Zhao Aug 2014

Effecting Of Dissolved Oxygen On Microbial Fuel Cells Based On Pseudomonas Aeruginosa, Chang-Li Cao, Li-Xiang Chen, Ran-Ran Wu, Ken-Lin Chang, Feng Zhao

Journal of Electrochemistry

In this work, the reaction between the electron shuttle secreted by Pseudomonas aeruginosa and anode was studied by measuring cyclic voltammogram and open circuit potential. The effect of dissolved oxygen on the oxidation reaction of anode was explored. It was demonstrated that the reaction was a diffusion-controlled and reversible process. The anode was a little affected when the dissolved oxygen of inocula was low (0 ~ 1.6 mg·L-1). The polarization curves showed that the current output of microbial fuel cells decreased 7% with the impact of dissolved oxygen.

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Room Temperature Ionic Liquid Templated Meso-Macroporous Material By Self-Assembled Giant Gold Nanoparticles And Its Enhancement On The Direct Electrochemistry Of Cytochrome C, Pei Li, Dong-Ping Zhan, Yuan-Hua Shao Aug 2014

Room Temperature Ionic Liquid Templated Meso-Macroporous Material By Self-Assembled Giant Gold Nanoparticles And Its Enhancement On The Direct Electrochemistry Of Cytochrome C, Pei Li, Dong-Ping Zhan, Yuan-Hua Shao

Journal of Electrochemistry

Room temperature ionic liquid (RTIL) is used as a soft-template to organize a meso-macroporous material constructed by self-assembled giant gold nanoparticles which are capped by L-cysteine. First, L-cysteine capped gold nanoparticles can self-assembly to form nanowires and sub-micrometer spherical giant particles due to the static interaction and/or the condensation reaction between the carboxyl and amino groups at the outer terminal of the ligand. Second, the spherical assembled particles can form a quasi-solid gel when grinding with a hydrophobic RTIL, 1-octyl-3-metyllimidazolium hexafluorophosphate. Finally, when the composite gel is coated on a glassy carbon electrode and then polarized by using cyclic voltammetry …

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Preparation Of Pt-Tio2/Graphene Composites With High Catalytic Activity Towards Methanol Oxidation And Oxygen Reduction Reaction, Li Qi, Ying Yin, Wen-Guang Tu, Bing-Bing Wu, Zhao-Sheng Wang, Jian-Guo Liu, Jun Gu, Zhi-Gang Zou Aug 2014

Preparation Of Pt-Tio2/Graphene Composites With High Catalytic Activity Towards Methanol Oxidation And Oxygen Reduction Reaction, Li Qi, Ying Yin, Wen-Guang Tu, Bing-Bing Wu, Zhao-Sheng Wang, Jian-Guo Liu, Jun Gu, Zhi-Gang Zou

Journal of Electrochemistry

A series of graphene-supported TiO2 nanoparticles (TiO2/G) with different TiO2 contents were prepared by a facile hydrothermal method, and then the Pt-TiO2/G catalysts were successfully prepared by reducing Pt-precursor with microwave technique. Compared with Pt-G catalysts, the catalytic performance toward oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and methanol oxidation reaction (MOR) of Pt-TiO2/G catalysts was improved due to the addition of TiO2. However, the excessive TiO2 would lead to a poor catalytic performance of Pt-TiO2/G catalysts because of the low electrical conductivity of TiO2.

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In-Situ Afm Force Curve Investigations On Layered Structures Of Au(111)-Ionic Liquid Interfaces And Temperature Dependence, Xiao Zhang, Yun-Xin Zhong, Jia-Wei Yan, Bing-Wei Mao Aug 2014

In-Situ Afm Force Curve Investigations On Layered Structures Of Au(111)-Ionic Liquid Interfaces And Temperature Dependence, Xiao Zhang, Yun-Xin Zhong, Jia-Wei Yan, Bing-Wei Mao

Journal of Electrochemistry

By utilizing in-situ AFM force curve measurements systematic investigations have been carried out on Au(111)-ionic liquid interface in BMIPF6 and OMIPF6 of imidazolium-based ionic liquids with different lengths of alkyl side chains. The temperature dependence of the number, thickness and stability of the layered structures of each system are studied by performing AFM force curve measurements at potentials far negative of the PZC. The layered structures at Au (111)/BMIPF6 interface are composed of two charged interior layers and two neutral exterior layers at -1.0 V, while those at Au (111)/OMIPF6 interface only one charged interior layer …

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Cyclic Voltammetric Studies In Adsorption Of Cetyltrimethylammonium Bromide (Ctab) On Au(111) Electrode, Ling Chen, Chang-Deng Xu, Jin-Yu Ye, Chun-Hua Zhen, Shi-Gang Sun Aug 2014

Cyclic Voltammetric Studies In Adsorption Of Cetyltrimethylammonium Bromide (Ctab) On Au(111) Electrode, Ling Chen, Chang-Deng Xu, Jin-Yu Ye, Chun-Hua Zhen, Shi-Gang Sun

Journal of Electrochemistry

Adsorption of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) on Au(111) electrode was investigated by cyclic voltammetry (CV). The results demonstrate that the adsorption of CTAB on Au(111) yields particular CV features. Both the adsorption of CTA+ and the phase change of the surfactant film are surface structure selective. Two pairs of stable sharp peaks that depend on halide species appear upon the adsorption of cationic surfactant on Au(111) electrode. The relationship between the peak current density and the scan rate indicates that the electron transfer reaction was controlled by diffusion process. These CV features are observed for the first time, and reflect …

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