The study on a PVC membrane electrode for gemfibrozil

In this paper, a poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) membrane electrode is prepared for gemfibrozil, 2, 2-dimethyl-5(2,5-xylyloxy) valeric acid, based on its ion pair complexes with hexadecyltrioctyl ammonium iodide (HTOA). The membrane composition of the electrode was optimized by using the sequential level elimination method for orthogonal experimental design. The electrode has a Nernstian response range from 2.5 X 10(-5) to 0.1 mol/l with an average slope of 55.3 mV/decade. The limit of detection is 7.1 X 10(-6) mol/l. The electrode responses were not affected by pH in the range 10.0-12.3. A Na2B4O7-Na2CO3 buffer of pH = 11.0 was selected as the background electrolyte solution for potentiometric measurements. The electrode was used for determining gemfibrozil in pharmaceutical preparations with satisfactory results.

Improvement of Pt catalyst for soot oxidation using mixed oxide as a support

Catalytic activity of Pt catalysts for soot oxidation was studied using temperature programmed reactions. The activity of Pt loaded over TiO2-SiO2 (Pt/TiO2-SiO2) showed higher activity than other Pt/MOx systems (MOx = TiO2, ZrO2, SiO2, Al2O3. TiO2-ZrO2. TiO2-Al2O3, ZrO2-SiO2, ZrO2-Al2O3, SiO2-Al2O3). The activity was highest when the molar ratio of TiO2/(TiO2 + SiO2) ranged from 0.4 to 0.7. The effect of pretreatment with a gas containing low SO2 concentrations on the activity was compared for Pt/SiO2, Pt/TiO2 and Pt/TiO2-SiO2. In the case of Pt/TiO2-SiO2, the activity was markedly promoted by the pretreatment whereas no variation in the activity was observed for Pt/SiO2. The difference in the behavior towards the SO, pretreatment was attributed to property difference in the supports for sulfate accumulation. The high activity of Pt/TiO2-SiO2 was also confirmed under practical conditions with a diesel engine exhaust using a catalyst-supported diesel particulate filter (DPF). (C) 2003 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

Water reduction and oxidation on Pt-Ru/Y2Ta2O5N2 catalyst under visible light irradiation

Y2Ta2O5N2 is presented as a novel photocatalyst with high activity for water splitting under visible-light irradiation in the presence of appropriate sacrificial reagents; the activity for reduction to H-2 is increased by the incorporation of Pt or Ru as a co-catalyst, with a significant increase in production efficiency when both Pt and Ru are present.

Calibration of a solid-state copper ion-selective electrode in cupric ion buffers containing chloride

It is shown that near-Nernstian calibration slopes can be obtained with a Cu1.8Se electrode in a range of cupric ion buffers in spite of a high chloride content. Best results are obtained with the ligands ethylenediamine, glycine and histidine. The onset of cupric ion toxicity towards marine organisms falls within the pCu calibration range obtained with glycine, and the Cu1.8Se electrode could, therefore, be useful for monitoring cupric ion activity in bioassays in sea-water media.

Pt和Ir催化剂在中性电解液中对NH_3电氧化性能

比较了Pt和Ir催化剂在中性NaClO4电解液中对NH3氧化的电催化活性和选择性。发现NH3和NH4OH在Pt和Ir催化剂上的电氧化性能相似,因而可用NH4OH代替NH3进行研究。NH4OH在Pt和Ir催化剂上氧化峰峰电流密度与NH4OH浓度呈很好的线性关系,因而Pt和Ir均能作为控制电位电解型NH3传感器的催化剂。当NH4OH浓度为0.013 mol/L时,NH3在Pt和Ir催化剂上的氧化峰分别位于0.4和0.8 V,NH4OH在Pt催化剂上的氧化峰峰电位负于在Ir催化剂上的,这是Pt催化剂的优点,但NH4OH在Ir催化剂上的氧化峰峰电流密度为Pt催化剂上的2.5倍以上,说明NH4OH在Ir催化剂上的检测灵敏度远高于在Pt催化剂上的。

厚壁和薄壁碳纳米管载Pt催化剂制备和对甲醇氧化的电催化活性

制备了壁厚约5 nm、管径为140~220 nm薄壁碳纳米管(CNTs)和壁厚约50 nm,管径为80~200 nm厚壁碳纳米管。研究了浓HNO3处理对不同壁厚CNTs结构和表面基团的影响。结果表明,经硝酸处理后,厚壁CNTs的双电层充放电电量(Qd)和表面含氧基团氧化所需电量(Qo)分别增加了1.34和0.098 mC,薄壁CNTs的Qd和Qo分别增加了5.69和0.175 mC。表明与厚壁CNTs相比,薄壁CNTs易被切断,表面碳原子易被氧化。当用常规液相还原法将Pt粒子沉积在薄壁和厚壁CNTs上后,由于浓HNO3处理过的薄壁CNTs具有大的比表面积和多的含氧基团,Pt粒子更容易均匀的吸附在薄壁CNTs表面,因此,制得的Pt/CNTs催化剂对甲醇氧化有很高的电催化活性。

Pt/C催化剂对乙醇电氧化的粒径效应

利用有机溶胶方法,通过控制溶剂挥发温度制备了具有不同粒径大小的Pt/C催化剂.制得的Pt/C催化剂中,Pt粒子具有非常优异的均一性和良好的分散度.电化学研究表明,对于乙醇的电催化氧化,Pt/C催化剂存在着明显的粒径效应.当Pt粒子粒径为3.2nm时,Pt/C催化剂对乙醇的电催化氧化的质量比活性最佳.X射线光电子能谱(XPS)的研究显示,Pt/C催化剂对乙醇氧化的粒径效应与其零价Pt含量以及Pt粒子的比表面积密切相关.

A biofuel cell with enhanced performance by multilayer biocatalyst immobilized on highly ordered macroporous electrode

A one-compartment glucose/O-2. biofuel cell based on an electrostatic layer-by-layer (LbL) technique on three-dimensional ordered macroporous (3DOM) gold electrode was described. A 3DOM gold electrode was synthesized electrochemically by an inverted colloidal crystal template technique. Then the macroporous gold electrodes were functionalized with Au nanoparticles (AuNPs) and enzyme, glucose dehydrogenase (GDH) or laccase.

Highly ordered mesoporous carbons as electrode material for the construction of electrochemical dehydrogenase- and oxidase-based biosensors

In this work, the excel lent catalytic activity of highly ordered mesoporous carbons (OMCs) to the electrooxidation of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH) and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) was described for the construction of electrochemical alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) and glucose oxidase (GOD)-based biosensors.

Magnet-assisted assembly of 1-dimensional hollow PtCo nanomaterials on an electrode surface

In this work, rapid and controllable confinement of one-dimensional (1D) hollow PtCo nanomaterials on an indium tin oxide (ITO) electrode surface was simply realized via magnetic attraction. The successful assembly was verified by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and cyclic voltammetry, which showed that a longer exposure time of the electrode to the suspension of these 1D hollow nanomaterials (magnetic suspension) led to a larger amount of attached 1D hollow PtCo nanomaterials.

The characteristics of highly ordered mesoporous carbons as electrode material for electrochemical sensing as compared with carbon nanotubes

In this paper, the unique properties of highly ordered mesoporous carbons modified glassy carbon electrode (OMCs/GE) are illustrated from comparison with carbon nanotubes modified glassy carbon electrode (CNTs/GE) for the electrochemical sensing applications.