简介:ThehighlydispersedPt–ReOX(x≤1)sitesca.0.5nminsizewereformedviaasuccessiveandstronginteractionoftheReprecursorwithtitaniaandthenofthePtcomplexwithdepositedlow-valentrheniumoxideclusters.Thesize,chargeandchemicalcompositionwerecharacterizedbymeansofHRTEM/STEMwithEDXmapping,XPS,andFTIRS.ThesesiteswithRe/Pt=2wereshowntobehighlyactiveandselectiveinthehydrogenationofcarboxylicacidtoalcoholunderverymildconditions(T=130°C,P=50bar).ThereactionrateconstantforthehydrogenationofhexanoicacidincreasedlinearlywiththePtcontent.Asforthehomogeneouspincer-typeRu-organiccomplexes,theactivePt–ReOXsitescandissociateheterolyticallythemolecularhydrogenwiththeformationofhydroxylgroupsandPthydrideforhydrogenationofthecarboxylicgroup.Indeed,TOFof20h-1andselectivityof98%–99%areapproachingthevaluestypicalofhomogeneouscatalysts.Thefirstorderkineticsdescribedwelltheexperimentaldataobtainedinawiderangeofreactionconditions.
简介:Shortpulsedfiberlasershavebeenwidelymadeusingsingle-walledcarbonnanotubesasasaturableabsorber(SA).However,mostofthecurrentlyuseddevicescanonlyoperateinonedeterminedoperationstatewithanunchangeablemodulationSAdepthinthecavity,whichsignificantlylimitstheirapplicationinphotonicdevices.Inthispaper,well-alignedcarbonnanotubearraysaresynthesizedusingzeoliteAlPO4-5asatemplate,whichfeaturesanisotropicopticalabsorption.Thelinearopticalabsorptionoftheas-synthesizedcarbonnanotubearrayscaneasilybetunedbyadjustingapolarizationcontroller,thusprovidingatunablemodulationdepthforthecarbonnanotubeSA.ByexploitingthisSAinanerbium-dopedfiberlasercavity,bothQ-switchedandmodelockedpulsedlasersareachievedbysimplyadjustingapolarizationcontrollerunderafixedpumppowerof330mW.Inaddition,therepetitionrateoftheQ-switchingandpulsedurationofthemode-lockingcanbetunedaccordingtothevariationofmodulationdepth.Moreover,solitonmoleculescanbeobtainedwhenthemodulationdepthoftheSAis4.5%.
简介:Inthepresentstudy,weinvestigatedtheeffectofceriumanderbiumdopingofthezirconiumdioxidematrix.Wesynthesizeddopedsamplesusinghydrothermalprocess.Theamountsofdopantusedwere0.5%,1%and5%molar(rareearthoxideoverzirconiumdioxide)respectively.ThesampleshavebeenstudiedviaX-rayDiffractionmeasurementsforthestructuralcharacterization.UVvisiblediffusereflectancewasusedfortheopticalanalysis,Brunauer-Emmett-Teller(BET)modelforthemeasurementofthesurfacearea.Finallythesampleshavebeenanalysedviaelectronparamagneticresonance(EPR)fortheelectroniccharacterization.Thenwetestedthenewsynthetizedmaterialstodeterminetheirphotocatalyticactivityinthereactionofdegradationofmethyleneblueperformedunderirradiationbydiodes(LEDs)emittingexclusivelyvisiblelight.
简介:Anall-fiberacousto-opticmodulator(AOM),whichfeaturesacompactstructureandalow-drivingvoltage,isexperimentallydemonstratedfortheactivemode-lockingofafiberlaser.TheproposedAOMisbasedontheshortlengthofthecladding-etchedfiber,theendsofwhicharefixedonaslideglass.Ontopofthecladding-etchedfiber,apiezoelectrictransducerwasoverlaid.Achemicalwet-etchingtechnique,whichisbasedonamixedsolutionofNH4Fand(NH4)2SO4,isusedtoreducethefiberdiameterdownto~25μm,andthelengthoftheetchedsectionisonly0.5cm.Thefabricateddeviceexhibitedamodulationdepthof73.10%atanacousticfrequencyof918.9kHzandapeak-to-peakelectricalvoltageof10V,whilealaserbeamwascoupledat1560nm.ByusingthepreparedAOMwithinanerbium-doped-fiberringcavity,themode-lockedpulseswithatemporalwidthof2.66pswerereadilyobtainedatarepetitionrateof1.838MHz.
简介:NanosizedGa-containingZSM-5zeoliteswerepreparedviaisomorphoussubstitutionandimpregnationfollowedbycharacterizedusingvarioustechniques.Thecatalyticperformanceofthezeolitesforthearomatizationof1-hexenewasinvestigated.TheresultsindicatethatisomorphoussubstitutionpromotestheincorporationofGaheteroatomsintotheframeworkalongwiththeformationofextra-frameworkGaO+species([GaO+]a)thathavestrongerinteractionswiththenegativepotentialoftheframework.Inaddition,basedonthePy-IRresultsandcatalyticperformance,the[GaO+]aspecieswithstrongerLewisacidsitesproducedabettersynergismwithmoderateBr?nstedacidsitesandthusimprovedtheselectivitytoaromaticcompounds.However,theimpregnationresultsintheformationofGa2O3phaseandsmallamountsofGaO+speciesthataremainlylocatedontheexternalsurface([GaO+]b),whichcontributetoweakerLewisacidsitesduetoweakerinteractionswiththezeoliteframework.During1-hexenearomatization,thenanosizedGaisomorphouslysubstitutedZSM-5zeolitesamples(Gax-NZ5)exhibitedbettercatalyticperformancecomparedtotheimpregnatedsamples,andthehighestaromaticyield(i.e.,65.4wt%)wasachievedovertheGa4.2-NZ5sample,whichcontainedwiththehighestGacontent.