Close band center and rapid adsorption kinetics facilitate selective electrochemical sensing of heavy metal ions

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zong-Yin Song ◽  
Pei-Hua Li ◽  
Meng Yang ◽  
Shi-Hua Chen ◽  
Xiang-yu Xiao ◽  
...  

Combining density function theory calculation with experiment and kinetics simulation, a multiscale framework describing the influence of reactant-substrate interaction on electrochemical performances was proposed. It was found that the close...

2014 ◽  
Vol 28 (06) ◽  
pp. 1450015 ◽  
Author(s):  
XIULI FU ◽  
RUICHAO GAO ◽  
FENG JIANG ◽  
JIANFENG HE ◽  
ZHIJIAN PENG

The microstructure and nonohmic properties of SnO 2– Ta 2 O 5– ZnO based ceramics sintered at 1450°C for 2 h were investigated in accordance with TiO 2 content (0–8 mol%). Without TiO 2 the prepared sample is nonstoichiometric SnO 2 semiconductor with excessive oxygen; but for the samples doped with TiO 2, Sn 0.9 Ti 0.1 O 2 phase can be identified, and the incorporation of TiO 2 into the ternary system SnO 2– Ta 2 O 5– ZnO ceramics can compensate the defects of Sn 4+ ions loss, promote the sample densification, and facilitate the growth of SnO 2 grains. After 4.0 mol% of TiO 2 is doped, the samples present no precipitated substances residing in the grain juncture, resulting in varistors with maximum nonlinear exponent of 21, varistor voltage of about 1000 V/mm, and minimum leakage current of 100 μA/cm2, which are promising in high-voltage applications. The improvement in nonohmic performance of the varistors after the doping of TiO 2 is mainly attributed to the increase in effective barrier height in grain boundary, which can be supported by the decrease in band gap caused by defects and impurities from periodic density function theory calculation.


2011 ◽  
Vol 257 (7) ◽  
pp. 2633-2636 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lihui Sun ◽  
Hongwei Qin ◽  
Feng Gao ◽  
Ensi Cao ◽  
Kai Fan ◽  
...  

2006 ◽  
Vol 55 (6) ◽  
pp. 3157
Author(s):  
Zeng Zhen-Hua ◽  
Deng Hui-Qiu ◽  
Li Wei-Xue ◽  
Hu Wang-Yu

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