The kinetics of hydrogen oxidation reaction(HOR)declines with orders of magnitude when the electrolyte varies from acid to base.Therefore,unveiling the mechanism of pH-dependent HOR and narrowing the acid-base kinetic...The kinetics of hydrogen oxidation reaction(HOR)declines with orders of magnitude when the electrolyte varies from acid to base.Therefore,unveiling the mechanism of pH-dependent HOR and narrowing the acid-base kinetic gap are indispensable and challenging.Here,the HOR behaviors of palladium phosphides and their counterpart(PdP_2/C,Pd_5P_2/C,Pd_3P/C,and Pd/C)in the whole pH region(from pH 1 to 13)are explored.Unexpectedly,there are non-monotonous relationships between their HOR kinetics and varied pHs,showing distinct inflection-point behaviors(inflection points and acid-base kinetic gaps).We find the inflection-point behaviors can be explained by the discrepant role of pH-dependent hydroxyl binding energy(OHBE)and hydrogen binding energy(HBE)induced HOR kinetics under the entire pH range.We further reveal that the strengthened OHBE is responsible for the earlier appearance of the inflection point and much narrower acid-base kinetic gap.These findings are conducive to understanding the mechanism of the pH-targeted HOR process,and provide a new strategy for rational designing advanced HOR electrocatalysts under alkaline electrolyte.展开更多
A microcomputerized measurement system is developed.This system automatically acquiresan I-V characteristic curve in 5 seconds with the accuracy of 0.05％ FSR(full scale range).The Schottkyextrapolation field-free emi...A microcomputerized measurement system is developed.This system automatically acquiresan I-V characteristic curve in 5 seconds with the accuracy of 0.05％ FSR(full scale range).The Schottkyextrapolation field-free emission,the inflection-point emission,the flection-point emission,the average effec-tive work function.the Richardson work function,the work function distribution at the operation tempera-ture and other important information that reflects properties of cathodes are obtained by this system.The re-sults of analysing four types of cathodes demonstrate that this system is very suitable for measuring the activi-ty changes of the cathode in the processes of activation,ageing,poisoning and life test.It is proved that thissystem can also be used to monitor the actlvity of the cathode in the assembled tube by measuring a gridcontrolled travelling-wave tube.展开更多
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2021YFB4001200)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(22272121,21972107)the Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province(2020CFA095)。
文摘The kinetics of hydrogen oxidation reaction(HOR)declines with orders of magnitude when the electrolyte varies from acid to base.Therefore,unveiling the mechanism of pH-dependent HOR and narrowing the acid-base kinetic gap are indispensable and challenging.Here,the HOR behaviors of palladium phosphides and their counterpart(PdP_2/C,Pd_5P_2/C,Pd_3P/C,and Pd/C)in the whole pH region(from pH 1 to 13)are explored.Unexpectedly,there are non-monotonous relationships between their HOR kinetics and varied pHs,showing distinct inflection-point behaviors(inflection points and acid-base kinetic gaps).We find the inflection-point behaviors can be explained by the discrepant role of pH-dependent hydroxyl binding energy(OHBE)and hydrogen binding energy(HBE)induced HOR kinetics under the entire pH range.We further reveal that the strengthened OHBE is responsible for the earlier appearance of the inflection point and much narrower acid-base kinetic gap.These findings are conducive to understanding the mechanism of the pH-targeted HOR process,and provide a new strategy for rational designing advanced HOR electrocatalysts under alkaline electrolyte.
文摘A microcomputerized measurement system is developed.This system automatically acquiresan I-V characteristic curve in 5 seconds with the accuracy of 0.05％ FSR(full scale range).The Schottkyextrapolation field-free emission,the inflection-point emission,the flection-point emission,the average effec-tive work function.the Richardson work function,the work function distribution at the operation tempera-ture and other important information that reflects properties of cathodes are obtained by this system.The re-sults of analysing four types of cathodes demonstrate that this system is very suitable for measuring the activi-ty changes of the cathode in the processes of activation,ageing,poisoning and life test.It is proved that thissystem can also be used to monitor the actlvity of the cathode in the assembled tube by measuring a gridcontrolled travelling-wave tube.
