Oxygen activation on Ba-containing perovskite materials.

Oxygen activation, including oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER), is at the heart of many important energy conversion processes. However, the activation mechanism of Ba-containing perovskite materials is still ambiguous, because of the complex four-electron transfer process on the gas-solid interfaces. Here, we directly observe that BaO and BaO segregated on Ba-containing material surface participate in the oxygen activation process via the formation and decomposition of BaO.

Dispersed Nano-Au on Zr-Suboxides as Active Cathode for Direct CO Electroreduction in Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cells.

CO electrochemical reduction in solid oxide electrolysis cells is an effective way to combine CO conversion and renewable electricity storage. A Au layer is often used as a current collector, whereas Au nanoparticles are rarely used as a cathode because it is difficult to keep nanosized Au at high temperatures. Here we dispersed a Au layer into Au nanoparticles (down to 2 nm) at 800 °C by applying high voltages.

Preparation of aluminum sludge composite gel spheres and adsorption of U(IV) from aqueous solution.

A novel three-dimensional aluminum sludge/polyvinyl alcohol/sodium alginate(AS/PA/SA) gel spheres were designed and prepared for uranium(VI) adsorption, and it overcomes the shortcomings of poor recycling of powdery aluminum sludge adsorbent and poor stability of sodium alginate. Experiments show that the P-S-AS has a good pH range for removal of uranium (4-5). Fitting experimental data with pseudo-first-order kinetic model and pseudo-second-order kinetic model shows that the adsorption of U(VI) by P-S-AS is a chemical action.

[Study on peparation of anemonin from Ranunculus japonicus Thunb].

Objective: To study the preparation of anemonin from Ranunculus japonicus Thunb.

Methods: The best conditions of preparation for anemonin were optimized with monosyllabic experiments, such as using the purity of anemonin as a index for best selection of dying tempreture and the extraction ratio as another index for the concentration of NaCl and extracting times. The structures were clucidated on the basis of UV, IR, 1HNMR, 13CNMR, 1H-1H COSY, HMQC and HMQC spectra and chemical reactions and the purity is measured by HPLC.