简介:Anenvironmentallyfriendlyprecursor,adenosine,hasbeenusedasadualsourceofCandNtosynthesizenitrogen-dopedcarboncatalystwith/withoutFe.Ahydrothermalcarbonizationmethodhasbeenusedandwateristhecarbonizationmedia.Themorphologyofsampleswith/withoutFecomponenthasbeencomparedbyHRTEM,andtheresultshowsthatFecanpromotethegraphitizationofcarbon.Furtherelectro-chemicaltestshowsthattheoxygenreductionreaction(ORR)catalyticactivityofFe-containingsample(C–FeN)ismuchhigherthanthatoftheFe-freesample(C–N).Additionally,theintermediatesofC–FeNformedduringeachsyntheticprocedurehavebeenthoroughlycharacterizedbymultiplemethods,andthefunctionofeachprocedurehasbeendiscussed.TheC–FeNsampleexhibitshighelectro-catalyticstabilityandsuperiorelectro-catalyticactivitytowardORRinalkalinemedia,withitshalf-wavepotential20mVlowerthanthatofcommercialPt/C(40wt%).Itisfurtherincorporatedintoalkalinepolymerelectrolytefuelcell(APEFC)asthecathodematerialandledtoapowerdensityof100mW/cm~2.
简介:Two-dimensional(2D)graphitecarbonnitride(g-C3N4)nanosheetshavebeensuccessfullyusedasasaturableabsorber(SA)inapassivelyQ-switchedNd:LLFlaserat1.3μmforthefirsttime,tothebestofourknowledge.Underanincidentpumppowerof9.97W,theshortestpulsedurationof275nswasacquiredwithoutputpowerof0.96Wandpulserepetitionrateof154kHz,resultinginapulseenergyof6.2μJ.Inaddition,thesaturableabsorptionbehaviorsofzero-dimensional12nmg-C3N4nanoparticles(g-C3N4-NPs)andthree-dimensionalorderedmesoporousg-C3N4(mpg-C3N4)werealsoobserved,althoughtheirmorphologyandstructurewerequitedifferentfrom2Dg-C3N4.Theexperimentalresultsintroducethepotentialapplicationofg-C3N4nanomaterialsasSAsinQ-switchedlasers.