Slow relaxations of Dy(III) single-ion magnets dominated by simultaneous binding of chelating ligands in low-symmetry ligand-fields

Electronic effect and geometry distortion of low-symmetry ligand-field on anisotropy barrier (Ueff) of spin reversal have been compared in three Dy(III) single-ion magnets through simultaneous binding of chelating ligands. The...

Pt/Mn3O4 cubes with high anti-poisoning ability for C1 and C2 alcohol fuel oxidation

Pt anchored over Mn3O4 cubes are found to have high anti-CO poisoning ability for C1 and C2 alcohol fuel oxidation in the acid electrolyte resulting from the electronic effect induced...

Study of the Metal–Support Interaction and Electronic Effect Induced by Calcination Temperature Regulation and Their Effect on the Catalytic Performance of Glycerol Steam Reforming for Hydrogen Production

Steam reforming of glycerol to produce hydrogen is considered to be the very promising strategy to generate clean and renewable energy. The incipient-wetness impregnation method was used to load Ni on the reducible carrier TiO2 (P25). In the process of catalyst preparation, the interaction and electronic effect between metal Ni and support TiO2 were adjusted by changing the calcination temperature, and then the activity and hydrogen production of glycerol steam reforming reaction (GSR) was explored. A series of modern characterizations including XRD, UV-vis DRS, BET, XPS, NH3-TPD, H2-TPR, TG, and Raman have been applied to systematically characterize the catalysts. The characterization results showed that the calcination temperature can contribute to varying degrees of influences on the acidity and basicity of the Ni/TiO2 catalyst, the specific surface area, together with the interaction force between Ni and the support. When the Ni/TiO2 catalyst was calcined at 600 °C, the Ni species can be produced in the form of granular NiTiO3 spinel. Consequently, due to the moderate metal–support interaction and electronic activity formed between the Ni species and the reducible support TiO2 in the NiO/Ti-600C catalyst, the granular NiTiO3 spinel can be reduced to a smaller Ni0 at a lower temperature, and thus to exhibit the best catalytic performance.