MXene V2C structure provides a specific theoretical capacity as high as 472 mA h g−1 at the Li2V2C stoichiometry and extremely fast diffusion with an energy barrier less than 0.1 eV. These intriguing findings are robust against intrinsic structural defects.
The performance of a low temperature fuel cell is strongly correlated with parameters like the platinum particle size, platinum dispersion on the carbon support, and electronic and protonic conductivity in the catalyst layer as well as its porosity. These parameters can be controlled by a rational choice of the appropriate catalyst synthesis and carbon support. Only recently, particular attention has been given to the support morphology, as it plays an important role for the formation of the electrode structure. Due to their significantly different structure, mesoporous carbon microbeads (MCMBs) and multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) were used as supports and compared. Pt nanoparticles were decorated on these supports using the polyol method. Their size was varied by different heating times during the synthesis, and XRD, TEM, SEM, CV, and single cell tests used in their detailed characterization. A membrane-electrode assembly prepared with the MCMB did not show any activity in the fuel cell test, although the catalyst's electrochemical activity was almost similar to the MWCNT. This is assumed to be due to the very dense electrode structure formed by this support material, which does not allow for sufficient mass transport.
Magnetic
properties of fully oxygenated bare CuO nanoparticles
have been investigated using magnetization, X-ray diffraction, neutron
diffraction, and Raman scattering measurements. The Langevin field
profile is clearly revealed in the isothermal magnetization of 8.8
nm CuO nanoparticle assembly even at 300 K, revealing a 172 times
enhancement of the ferromagnetic responses over that of bulk CuO.
Surface magnetization of 8.8 nm CuO reaches 18% of the core magnetization.
The Cu spins in 8.8 nm CuO order below 400 K, which is 1.7 times higher
than the 231 K observed in bulk CuO. A relatively simple magnetic
structure that may be indexed using a modulation vector of (0.2, 0,
0.2) was found for the 8.8 nm CuO, but no magnetic incommensurability
was observed in bulk CuO. The Cu spins in 8.8 nm CuO form spin density
waves with length scales of 5 chemical unit cells long along the crystallographic a- and c-axis directions. Considerable
amounts of electronic charge shift from around the Cu lattice sites
toward the interconnecting regions of two neighboring Cu–Cu
ions, resulting in a stronger ferromagnetic direct exchange interaction
for the neighboring Cu spins in 8.8 nm CuO.
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