Publications by authors named "Deying Xu"

Direct methanol fuel cells rely on the efficiency of their anode/cathode electrocatalysts to facilitate the methanol oxidation reaction and oxygen reduction reaction, respectively. Platinum-based nanocatalysts are at the forefront due to their superior catalytic properties. However, the high-cost, scarcity, and low CO tolerance of platinum pose challenges for the scalable application of DMFCs.

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Seawater electrolysis to produce hydrogen is a clean and sustainable strategy for the development of clean and sustainable energy storage systems. However, the erosion and destruction of electrocatalysts of the devices by Cl in seawater during splitting process make it very difficult to realize. In this work, a partially selenized FeCo layered double hydroxide (Se-FeCo-LDH) catalyst is successfully synthesized, which shows good electrocatalytic performance in seawater during water splitting due to both its excellent conductivity and large surface area.

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Developing a highly effective bifunctional electrocatalyst for alkaline-condition electrochemical water splitting is both essential and challenging. The work presented here successfully synthesizes and employs a heterostructured CoP-NiCoP ultra-long nanopin array in situ growing on MXene (TiCT) as a stable bifunctional electrocatalyst for electrochemical water-splitting. The heterogeneous structure formed by CoP nanoparticles and NiCoP nanopins provides extra active sites for water-splitting.

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From the viewpoint of the globe and ecosystem, this paper reviewed the effects and the possible action mechanisms of plant process on soil organic carbon concentration. Plant process could affect the source and sink of soil organic carbon, which was likely related with ambient temperature, and forest process could be in favor of the accumulation of soil carbon. Future tasks in this field were put forward to reduce the CO2 concentration in atmosphere through controlling the respiration of soil surface layer and keeping ecosystem balance.

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Through comparing the concentration and inventory of soil organic carbon (SOC) and its distribution in soil profiles under cropland, rangeland, natural secondary forest (brushwood, natural secondary forest dominated by Querces liaotungensis or Populus davidiana) and larch plantations (13, 18 and 25 years old Larix principisrupprechtil), this paper studied the effect of land use change from natural secondary forest to cropland or rangeland as well as from cropland or rangeland to plantation on SOC storage in the Liupan mountain forest zone. The results showed that the concentration of SOC in 0-110 cm soil layer under cropland and rangeland was 54% and 27% lower than that under natural secondary forest, respectively. The difference of SOC concentration between natural secondary forest and cropland or rangeland was greater in 0-50 cm than in 50-110 cm soil layer, while that between larch plantations and cropland or rangeland was greater in 0-40 cm than in 40-110 cm soil layer.

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The temporal variations of soil respiration under cropland, rangeland, natural secondary forest (brushwood, nature secondary forest dominated by Querces liaotungensis koiz or Populus davidiana dode) and the plantation of larch (13, 18 and 25-year-old Larix principis-rupprechtil mayr) in Liupan Mountain forest zone was studied. It was found that the rate of soil respiration increased with increasing soil temperature during diurnal variation and the highest temperature was from 13:00 o'clock to 15:00 o'clock, the lowest temperature was from 04:00 o'clock and 08:00 o'clock, the variation of soil respiration rate appeared same trend. The daily rate of soil respiration increased from May to October and which was the highest from August to September and declined on October.

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