Photoelectrochemical(PEC) cathodic protection is considered as an environment friendly method for metals anticorrosion. In this technology, a n-type semiconductor photoanode provides the photogenerated electrons for m...Photoelectrochemical(PEC) cathodic protection is considered as an environment friendly method for metals anticorrosion. In this technology, a n-type semiconductor photoanode provides the photogenerated electrons for metal to achieve cathodic protection. Comparing with traditional PEC photoanode for water splitting, it requires the photoanode providing a suitable cathodic potential for the metal, instead of pursuit ultimate photon to electric conversion efficiency, thus it is a more possible PEC technology for engineering application. To date, great efforts have been devoted to developing novel n-type semiconductors and advanced modification method to improve the performance on PEC cathodic protection metals. Herein, recent progresses in this field are summarized. We highlight the fabrication process of PEC cathodic protection thin film, various nanostructure controlling, doping, compositing methods and their operation mechanism. Finally, the current challenges and future potential works on improving the PEC cathodic protection performance are discussed.展开更多
CO2 decomposition is a very strongly endothermic reaction where very high temperatures are required to thermally dissociate CO2.Radio frequency inductively-coupled plasma enables to selectively activate and dissociate...CO2 decomposition is a very strongly endothermic reaction where very high temperatures are required to thermally dissociate CO2.Radio frequency inductively-coupled plasma enables to selectively activate and dissociate CO2 at room temperature.Tuning the flow rate and the frequency of the radio frequency inductively-coupled plasma gives high yields of CO under mild conditions.Finally the discovery of a plasma catalytic effect has been demonstrated for CO2 dissociation that shows a significant increase of the CO yield by metallic meshes.The metallic meshes become catalysts under exposure to plasma to activate the recombination reaction of atomic O to yield O2,thereby reducing the reaction to convert CO back to CO2.Inductively-coupled hybrid plasma catalysis allows access to study and to utilize high CO2 conversion in a non-thermal plasma regime.This advance offers opportunities to investigate the possibility to use radio frequency inductively-coupled plasma to store superfluous renewable electricity into high-valuable CO in time where the price of renewable electricity is plunging.展开更多
The chemical composition and semi-conductive properties of passive film on nickel- based alloy （G3 alloy） in bicarbonate/carbonate buffer solution were investigated by Auger electron spectroscopy （AES）, X-ray phot...The chemical composition and semi-conductive properties of passive film on nickel- based alloy （G3 alloy） in bicarbonate/carbonate buffer solution were investigated by Auger electron spectroscopy （AES）, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy （XPS）, elec- trochemical impedance spectra （EIS） and Mott-Schottky plot. AES and XPS results showed that the passive film appeared double-layer structure, in which the inner film was composed of nickel oxide, the mixed nickel-chromium-molybdenum-manganese oxides were the major component of the outer film. The electrochemical results revealed that the factors including frequency, potential, time, temperature and pH value can affect the semi-conductive property, the doping densities decreased with increasing potential and pH value, prolonging time and decreasing temperature. According to the above results, it can be concluded that the film protection on the substrate was enhanced with increasing potential and pH value, prolonging time and decreasing temperature.展开更多
基金supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant no.41506093)
文摘Photoelectrochemical(PEC) cathodic protection is considered as an environment friendly method for metals anticorrosion. In this technology, a n-type semiconductor photoanode provides the photogenerated electrons for metal to achieve cathodic protection. Comparing with traditional PEC photoanode for water splitting, it requires the photoanode providing a suitable cathodic potential for the metal, instead of pursuit ultimate photon to electric conversion efficiency, thus it is a more possible PEC technology for engineering application. To date, great efforts have been devoted to developing novel n-type semiconductors and advanced modification method to improve the performance on PEC cathodic protection metals. Herein, recent progresses in this field are summarized. We highlight the fabrication process of PEC cathodic protection thin film, various nanostructure controlling, doping, compositing methods and their operation mechanism. Finally, the current challenges and future potential works on improving the PEC cathodic protection performance are discussed.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.51561135013 and No.21603202).
文摘CO2 decomposition is a very strongly endothermic reaction where very high temperatures are required to thermally dissociate CO2.Radio frequency inductively-coupled plasma enables to selectively activate and dissociate CO2 at room temperature.Tuning the flow rate and the frequency of the radio frequency inductively-coupled plasma gives high yields of CO under mild conditions.Finally the discovery of a plasma catalytic effect has been demonstrated for CO2 dissociation that shows a significant increase of the CO yield by metallic meshes.The metallic meshes become catalysts under exposure to plasma to activate the recombination reaction of atomic O to yield O2,thereby reducing the reaction to convert CO back to CO2.Inductively-coupled hybrid plasma catalysis allows access to study and to utilize high CO2 conversion in a non-thermal plasma regime.This advance offers opportunities to investigate the possibility to use radio frequency inductively-coupled plasma to store superfluous renewable electricity into high-valuable CO in time where the price of renewable electricity is plunging.
文摘The chemical composition and semi-conductive properties of passive film on nickel- based alloy （G3 alloy） in bicarbonate/carbonate buffer solution were investigated by Auger electron spectroscopy （AES）, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy （XPS）, elec- trochemical impedance spectra （EIS） and Mott-Schottky plot. AES and XPS results showed that the passive film appeared double-layer structure, in which the inner film was composed of nickel oxide, the mixed nickel-chromium-molybdenum-manganese oxides were the major component of the outer film. The electrochemical results revealed that the factors including frequency, potential, time, temperature and pH value can affect the semi-conductive property, the doping densities decreased with increasing potential and pH value, prolonging time and decreasing temperature. According to the above results, it can be concluded that the film protection on the substrate was enhanced with increasing potential and pH value, prolonging time and decreasing temperature.
