Haifeng Lv, Shichun Mu*. Nanoceramic Support Materials for Low Temperature Fuel CellCatalysts ( 点击下载 ) , Nanoscale,2014, 6 (10), 5063 - 5074 (minireview article) 当前影响低温燃料电池发展的一大影响因素是催化剂的电化学稳定性较差,这主要是因为催化剂载体为热力学极不稳定的碳材料,容易遭受电化学氧化,导致载体支撑的纳米金属催化剂颗粒发生脱落和团聚。采用碳纳米管、石墨烯等纳米石墨结构碳虽然能在一定程度上改善减缓了载体的电化学氧化动力学过程,当载体的电化学氧化仍难以避免。相比之下,纳米导电陶瓷(如SiC、TiB2、B2C、ZrB2等)具有较高的化学及电化学稳定性、较好的导电性能及优异的力学与热力学稳定性,可以极大地改善催化剂载体的电化学稳定性。此外,如果进一步采用有序化的纳米陶瓷材料,除了改善催化剂稳定性还可以增强传质能力,大幅提高催化剂的催化性能。但纳米导电陶瓷的缺点是其导电能力较碳材料差,如果采用纯的纳米陶瓷材料作为载体,将会降低催化剂的催化活性。为此,研究人员将碳导电剂引入陶瓷中制备了导电陶瓷/碳混杂材料、碳修饰纳米陶瓷材料,或对陶瓷进行异相金属原子掺杂,使催化剂的稳定性得到了极大提高。此外,利用过金属纳米粒子与陶瓷载体间的协同作用,不仅可以改善催化剂的催化活性,而且还可以提高催化剂的抗CO、SO2中毒能力。再者,通过采用具有氧还原反应活性(oxygen reductionreaction, ORR)的纳米陶瓷作为催化剂载体制备双功能催化剂,可有效地提高催化剂的电化学稳定性及电催化性能。最后,论文对今后选择高导电性的纳米陶瓷,对纳米陶瓷与石墨烯复合及在纳米陶瓷表表面进行活性金属原子层沉积等可能的研究发展方向进行了展望。 (图片版权属作者所有,不得下载、 复制和使用) Nano-ceramic support materials for low temperature fuel cell catalysts Haifeng Lv and Shichun Mu* State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China. E-mail: msc@whut.edu.cn; Fax: +86 27 87879468; Tel: +86 27 87651837 Abstract Low temperature fuel cells (LTFCs) have received broad attention due to their low operating temperature, virtually zero emissions, high power density and efficiency. However, the limited stability of the catalysts is a critical limitation to the large scale commercialization of LTFCs. State of the art carbon supports undergo corrosion under harsh chemical and electrochemical oxidation conditions, which results in performance degradation of catalysts. Therefore, non-carbon materials which are highly oxidation resistant under strongly oxidizing conditions of LTFCs are ideal alternative supports. This minireview highlights the advances and scenarios in using nanoceramics as supports to enhance the stability of catalysts, the solutions to improve electrical conductivity of nanoceramic materials, and the synergistic effects between metal catalyst and support to help improve the catalytic activity and CO/SO2 tolerance of catalysts. 1 Introduction 2 Improving the stability of catalysts by employing electrochemically inert ceramics 2.1 Conducting metal oxides 2.2 Metal nitrides 2.3 Titanium diboride (TiB2) 3 Improving the electric conductivity of ceramics by hybridizing supports 3.1 Hybrid supports by introducing carbon 3.2 Hybrid supports by doping metal elements 3.3 Hybrid supports by introducing nano-ceramics into carbon supports 4 Improving the catalytic activity by synergistic effects 4.1 Improve the ORR activity 4.2 Improving the activity by ordered nano-ceramic supports 4.3 Improving the CO and SO2 poisoning resistance 4.4 Synergistic effect by co-catalyst function 5 Summary and outlook
2014 年 SCIE 收录陶瓷期刊 26 种( 2009 年 SCIE 收录陶瓷学科期刊 26 种) ,其中 SCI 收录 11 种。 2014 年 SCI 收录陶瓷期刊 26 种目录 SCIENCE CITATION INDEX EXPANDED MATERIALS SCIENCE, CERAMICS - JOURNAL LIST Total journals: 26 1. ADVANCES IN APPLIED CERAMICS 《应用陶瓷进展》 Bimonthly ISSN: 1743-6753 MANEY PUBLISHING, STE 1C, JOSEPHSWELL, HANOVER WALK, LEEDS, ENGLAND , W YORKS, LS3 1AB 1. ScienceCitation Index 2. ScienceCitation Index Expanded 2. AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY BULLETIN 《美国陶瓷学会通报》 Monthly ISSN:0002-7812 AMER CERAMIC SOC, 600 N CLEVELAND AVE, WESTERVILLE, USA ,OH, 43082 1. ScienceCitation Index Expanded 3. BOLETIN DE LA SOCIEDADESPANOLA DE CERAMICA Y VIDRIO 《西班牙陶瓷与玻璃学会通报》 IrregularISSN: 0366-3175 SOC ESPANOLA CERAMICA VIDRIO, DESPACHO 176, INST CERAMICA VIDRIO, CSIC,C-KELSEN 5, MADRID, SPAIN, 28049 1. ScienceCitation Index Expanded 4. CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL 《国际陶瓷》 Bimonthly ISSN: 0272-8842 ELSEVIER SCI LTD,THE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE,KIDLINGTON, OXFORD, ENGLAND , OXON, OX5 1GB 1. ScienceCitation Index 2. ScienceCitation Index Expanded 5. CERAMICS-SILIKATY 《陶瓷》 Quarterly ISSN: 0862-5468 INST CHEMICALTECHNOLOGY, DEPT GLASS CERAMICS, TECHNICKA 5, PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC ,166 28 1. ScienceCitation Index Expanded 6. CFI-CERAMIC FORUM INTERNATIONA 《国际陶瓷论坛》 L Monthly ISSN: 0173-9913 GOLLERVERLAG GMBH, ASCHMATTSTRASSE 8, BADEN BADEN, GERMANY, D-76532 1. ScienceCitation Index Expanded 7. GLASS AND CERAMICS 《玻璃与陶瓷》 Bimonthly ISSN: 0361-7610 SPRINGER, 233SPRING ST, NEW YORK, USA ,NY, 10013 1. ScienceCitation Index Expanded 8. GLASS PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY 《玻璃物理学与化学》 Bimonthly ISSN:1087-6596 MAIKNAUKA/INTERPERIODICA/SPRINGER, 233 SPRING ST, NEW YORK, USA ,NY, 10013-1578 1. ScienceCitation Index Expanded 9. GLASS TECHNOLOGY-EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF GLASS SCIENCE ANDTECHNOLOGY PART A 《玻璃工艺》 Bimonthly ISSN: 1753-3546 SOC GLASSTECHNOLOGY, 9 CHURCHILL WAY, SHEFFIELD, ENGLAND ,CHAPELTOWN, S35 2PY 1. ScienceCitation Index 2. ScienceCitation Index Expanded 10. 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这是我们亲爱的@王圣捷 Tricia给Bytesofchina团队的套磁小贴士!个人觉得简单实用、操作性极强!不分享给大家实在说不过去啊! PS:其实套磁这个事儿还真不一定非得跟教授,跟任何你想认识的人套磁其实都是这么个逻辑~所以,在光棍节将至之际,欢迎大家学习分享! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- There are sections to a proper email intro: SECTION 1 quick intro Your name, your institutional affiliation, remind them where you met or how you found out about her/him E.g. Hi Prof. X, My my name is __ . We met at __- when you gave a talk at ____/I found your webpage on X University''s Sociology website. SECTION 2 what you are emailing her/him and find a way to compliment them (This part can be go after intro or after you tell them about your interest depending on the context) I thoroughly enjoyed your talk at ___. It's too bad that you didn't have more time to talk! SECTION 3 what you think her/him is the shit if they gave a talk or if you chatted - mention what about their talk specifically piqued your interest Look at their website, books, blogs, and writings - Why do you think what they study matters? The key is for you to make clear in this one sentence that you know WHY they are different from all other professors. SO if this person studies TRUST, then what is different about her/his research on TRUST from other researchers? You have to convince her/him that you really listened to their lecture and can relate it to their larger research. Tell them what you like about their scholarly research - be very specific - like what theory you like, what books you've read of theirs or articles they have published. You can also mention that you found their other media (youtube, twitter, facebook, blogs) and are following them on their varios social media sites. I find your writings on ___ super interesting because I like the way you frame it using X's theory.... or During your talk, you mentioned X - well I thought this was a lot like some of the stuff you've been writing in your blog posts about Y and also in your most recent book. They all seem to be about ____. SECTION 4 why you are the shit and why her/her should even care about you and make the time to reply: This is where you need to tell them in a sentence or two why are awesome. You can write a few lines about your research - tell them the main concept/thing/outcome you are investigating and a thought or two about where you are at - like the hypothesis, current data collection, or theory building SECTION 5 What you want to happen - what do you want from them? write the next step you would like to have happen - like stay in touch? have questions you want them to answer? SECTION 6 how to be in touch with you and learn about your interests: make sure you always tell them about your blog, twitter, youtube, or etc. you can always put that info in your signature and then say in your email my contact info is below including my blog where I write about ______. My Weibo is___.I often post about -___. Here are just some over all tips: Do not call yourself or a boy or girl, you have already gone through puberty and you are in college - that means you are an adult outside of China. It means you make decisions because you can think for yourself.Do not under any circumstances mention your parents. Again, you are an adult. Please don't appear to be a 2 year old toddler. Do not mention your test score or grades, no one cares. Do not mention that you have dreams or hopes - these are lazy words- just say what you want to do. If you want to go to grad school, say I want to attend a grad program in the US that has X and Y. Don't write, I have dreams to attend grad school in America. Be specific - never just say I think you are interesting say why? I like your ideas What ideas? be clear? Spell check! mis-spelled words - while people mis-spell words aLL the time, it's less forgiving when it comes from a Chinese Get a second opinion! student because it is a sign that your English kinda sucks. So the least you can do is spell check. Give your email to someone else to read - take it seriouly because this is your opportunity to get someone important to take you seriously. If they think you sounnd annoying or just like any other student from China, you don't get a great reply. 不知各位看了有什么感觉,欢迎点评。
Wiley代表美国陶瓷学会出版期刊 Journal of the American Ceramic Society 、 International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology 和 International Journal of Applied Glass Science 。近日,这三本期刊对其2013年发表的文章做了一个总结,精选出各自2013年下载次数最多的前三篇文章,欢迎相关领域的朋友关注: Journal of the American Ceramic Society 1. Polymer-Derived Ceramics: 40 Years of Research and Innovation in Advanced Ceramics 2. Thermoelectric Ceramics for Energy Harvesting 3. Challenges in Ceramic Science: A Report from the Workshop on Emerging Research Areas in Ceramic Science International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology 1. Plasma ‐ Sprayed Ceramic Coatings for Osseointegration 2. Polymer–Ceramic Composites of 0–3 Connectivity for Circuits in Electronics: A Review 3. Shaping the Future of Ceramics for Aerospace Applications International Journal of Applied Glass Science 1. Multimaterial Fibers 2. Chemical Strengthening of Glass: Lessons Learned and Yet To Be Learned 3. A New Glassy State of Matter: The Color Glass Condensate
Scientists work to develop ceramic conductors for Li-ion batteries Published on July 31st, 2013 | Edited by: Jim Destefani Making the lithium-ion batteries that power everything from hybrid and all-electric vehicles to cell phones and other mobile electronic devices safer, longer lasting, and less expensive is a key goal for researchers in the field. Conventional Li-ion batteries use a liquid conducting medium to allow current to flow between the battery’s anode and cathode. Scientists at Michigan State University (E. Lansing) are among several groups working to change that by developing solid conductors with current-conducting capability the same as or better than that of liquid conductors. “We’re working to create the next generation of batteries for electric vehicles,” says researcher Jeff Sakamoto. “If you want to eliminate ‘range anxiety’ and sticker shock, you must have a battery that stores a lot more energy—four or five times more—and cost about a fourth or fifth of what lithium-ion batteries cost today.” According to Sakamoto, assistant professor of chemical engineering and materials science, a class of ceramics called superionic conductors is among the most promising candidate solid conductor materials. “The goal is to move away from liquid cells and toward solid-state batteries that are safer, cheaper to manufacture, less sensitive to degradation at higher temperatures, and more durable,” Sakamoto says in this news release . Ions move throughs superionic conductors just as efficiently as through liquid electrolyte—at ~1 mS/cm at room temperature, according to Sakamoto. “In a typical superionic conductor, a stable ceramic oxide or sulfide primary lattice provides a ‘skeleton framework’ that allows a highly mobile sublattice of cations, in this case lithium ions, to move freely,” he explains in an email. The MSU team is studying ceramic oxide superionic conductors with the garnet mineral structure and nominal composition of Li 7 La 3 Zr 2 O 12 . Sakamoto says he has been working with this material, along with Jeff Wolfenstine of the Army Research Lab in Adelphi, Md., for about four years. Rapid induction hot pressing technique developed at MSU results in test membranes of ~98% theoretical density to enable fundamental studies. Credit: G.L. Kohuth/MSU. “I am excited about this material because it has a unique combination of superionic conductivity and stability against lithium,” Sakamoto says. “The latter opens the electrochemical stability window to enable metallic lithium or other advanced anode materials.” The MSU group has synthesized the material in powder form through solid state reactions and a sol–gel alkoxide method, and now is using a “simple, cheap, scaleable water-based technique,” Sakamoto says. (The large photo above shows Travis Thompson, a doctoral student in materials science and engineering, preparing to synthesize the material. Credit: G.L. Kohuth/MSU.) “Once we obtain the powders, we fabricate and densify membranes through a rapid induction hot pressing technique that we developed,” he continues. “Although it may not be scaleable, RIHP does produce membranes in close to the ideal form (~98% theoretical density) to enable fundamental studies.” Sakamoto says the garnet material was first reported by a German research group several years ago, and that researchers at Toyota, BASF, Bosch, NGK, Samsung, and other companies are also working with the material. “My group has investigated new areas such as synthesis, stability, and device integration,” he says. “I am optimistic that this material has the potential to enable numerous new energy storage technologies such as solid-state, redox-flow, lithium-sulfur, and lithium-oxygen energy storage technology.”
我专门查了一下Raj这个姓的来由,在印度里面是统治、权力的味道,应该是一个比较有权力的家族姓氏。 美国科罗拉多大学教授Rishi Raj最近连连发文发现了电场辅助下陶瓷烧结的新现象,蛮有意思。最新的文章结果显示,即便在850度下,通过加大电场强度,YSZ陶瓷居然可以闪烧(flash sintering)。结果很令人振奋,意义不可谓不大,因为里面隐含的概念就是晶界烧结法。 晶界烧结法这个名字是我杜撰的,文章中提到加大电场梯度可以增加晶界处的局部焦耳发热,预测这个局部温度比周围温度高500度以上。如此,陶瓷烧结可以不需要整体加热,只需要把晶界处温度升上去,增大晶界物质迁移率,在短短5秒钟以下就可以实现陶瓷致密烧结。 虽然这种超低温烧结方法的机理还比较朦胧,但我相信会是一个黎明前的工作,很有希望引发陶瓷烧结动力学基础研究的革新。仅就意义而言,晶界烧结途径极大降低了陶瓷烧结需要的能量,非常绿色,非常环保。 参考文献: Flash Sintering of Nanograin Zirconia in less than 5 s at 850 C Marco Cologna, Boriana Rashkova, Rishi Raj DOI:10.1111/j.1551-2916.2010.04089.x
2008年国际激光陶瓷会议上我最值得期盼的报告是Dr. A.Ikesue的 CurrentandFutureStatusofCeramicLaser, 前面我已经比较详细的介绍了该报告的主要内容。接下来的一个邀请报告来之神岛化学公司(Konoshima)的Dr H. Yagi,他报告的题目是Recent advances in transparent ceramic laser materials。Dr H. Yagi虽然名气没有Dr. A. Ikesue那么响亮,但他绝对是激光陶瓷界的后期之秀,深得神岛化学公司Dr. T.Yanagitani的真传,大有青出于蓝而胜于蓝之势。第一次见到Dr H. Yagi是在2007年3月13日。应我所潘裕柏研究员、王士维研究员和冯锡淇研究员的邀请,神岛化学公司材料研发中心的T.Yanagitani(柳谷)教授带着H.Yagi等人来我所作了题为Konoshima's Optical Ceramics 的学术报告,详细介绍了神岛化学公司在光学透明陶瓷方向上的研究历史和最新研究动态,并就透明陶瓷在红外窗口、闪烁体、激光增益介质等方面的应用前景进行了生动的阐述。当T.Yanagitani教授被问及透明陶瓷的具体问题时,他都会说这个问题可以让Dr.H.Yagi来回答,足见Yagi博士在激光陶瓷研究上很有造诣。Dr.H.Yagi看起来也并不是特别起眼,用英文回答问题的时候也有点结结巴巴的。当我问及一些关键技术时,Dr.H.Yagi总会以It's a secret来答复。日本公司的研究人员太精明了,回答的时候滴水不漏,远没有和Dr. Ikesue交流的时候有收益。 第二次见到Dr.H.Yagi也就是在2008年的国际激光陶瓷会议上,受我所组织方的邀请,他在LCS2008上作了特约报告。Dr.H.Yagi太年轻了,博士毕业都没几年。这个报告主要展示了神岛化学公司近几年在激光陶瓷领域的最新进展,几乎涉及到激光陶瓷的所有体系,真让人万分佩服!报告结束后,我主动找Dr H.Yagi交流,可他说的最多的还是那句It's a secret。前段时间,在新加坡南洋理工大学从事博士后工作的章健博士回所做实验,在探讨的过程中,章健博士也提到H.Yagi,他说在Yagi博士眼里,其它国家在激光陶瓷领域的水平都相差不大,这也从侧面说明日本在激光陶瓷领域仍处在领先地位。接下来让我们来欣赏一下神岛化学在激光陶瓷领域的精彩工作。 Dr. Yagi在LCS2008上的报告 Dr. H. Yagi 神岛化学公司开发的透明陶瓷-1 神岛化学公司开发的透明陶瓷-2 注:照片引自Dr. Yagi在LCS2008的报告
10th Otto Schott Research Award Japanese Researcher Receives Award for Development of Ceramic Laser Material (开辟激光陶瓷新领域) Dr. Akio Ikesue was presented with the 2008 Award for his pioneering work in the field of optically transparent polycrystalline ceramics, with which he created the field of polycrystalline ceramic lasers. For many years, his name has been inseparably linked to the fabrication of novel ceramic laser materials. In 1995, he achieved laser performances close to those of mono crystals. This sparked off intensive research and development activities that have resulted in new ceramic technologies and a broad scope of applications for the materials produced using this sophisticated procedure. The results of Dr. Ikesues research have been published in renowned technical magazines. His ideas have met with broad acceptance and are now being put to use in laboratories all over the world. The Japanese scientist is currently a regular visiting lecturer at distinguished conferences on lasers, materials and ceramics. Only recently, he was selected by the U.S. Government to become the first project head from Asia to develop ceramic materials for producing megawatt laser performances. At present, Akio Ikesue has 15 patents. He founded his own company, World Lab.Co. Ltd., in Nagoya, and is an Invited Professor at the Universit Pierre et Marie Curie in Paris. The Otto Schott Research Award and the Carl Zeiss Research Award are conferred on an alternating annual basis to honor out-standing scientific performance and to motivate and promote the cooperation between science and industry. Both research awards are managed by the Stifterverband, a German research organiza-tion that offers the award on an international basis, in line with the international presence of the two groups, SCHOTT AG and CARL ZEISS AG. Among the past award winners are physicians and chemists from Germany, as well as scientists from various Euro-pean countries, the United States, Russia, Japan and China. The Japanese scientist Dr. Akio Ikesue (2nd from left), Dr. Hans-Joachim Konz (2nd from right), member of the Board of Management at SCHOTT and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Ernst Abbe Fund, also bids farewell to Professor Gerd Mueller (right) and Prof. Donald Uhlmann (left), two individuals who have served as members of the Board of Trustees for many years. 11 of the 20 previous recipients of the Otto-Schott- Research Award were present at this years 10th Otto Schott Research ceremony. Our photo presents also the award winner 2008, Dr. Akio Ikesue (3rd of right), Dr. Hans-Joachim Konz (3nd from left), member of the Board of Management at SCHOTT and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Ernst Abbe Fund, and Professor Gerd Mueller (right) and Prof. Donald Uhlmann (left), members of the Board of Trustees for many years 本文引用地址: http://www.schott.com/english/news/press.html?NID=2427