文献叙述如下
“Some characteristic features to be
noted of mechano-catalytic overall water splitting are as follows:
(1) The reaction proceeds by the mechanical energy provided
by rubbing the oxide powder at the interface between a rotating
stirring rod and the bottom of a reaction vessel. Any vigorous
stirring without rubbing the bottom of the reaction vessel cannot
cause the reaction, suggesting that the collision between the
oxide particles or with the stirring rod is ineffective. The rate
of H2 and O2 evolution monotonically increases with the rate
of rotation of a stirring rod.
(2) The reaction is highly dependent on the type of oxide
material. Effective materials are NiO, Co3O4, Cu2O, Fe3O4,
RuO2, and IrO2 among binary oxides. Interestingly, CuO and
Fe2O3 are inert. Some ternary oxides containing Cu(I), Ni(II),
or Co(II) such as CuAlO2 and CuFeO2 also show the activity.
Typical photocatalysts such as TiO2 and ZnO are completely
inactive.
(3) The reaction is also dependent on the material of the
bottom of the reaction vessel. Quartz and Pyrex glasses gave
the best results among the materials examined so far. Alumina
and CaF2 also showed low but definite activity. Some organic
materials such as PTFE and acrylate were also examined, and
a small amount of H2 but no O2 was obtained.
(4) The conversion efficiency from mechanical to chemical
energy is a few percent. Mechanical energy is that consumed
at the interface between the rotating stirring rod and the bottom
of the reaction vessel, which was estimated by the torque andthe rate of reVolution in water with and without rubbing the
bottom of the Vessel. The chemical energy estimated by the rate
of water decomposition was then diVided by the mechanical
energy (see ref 3 for details). A typical value for NiO in a Pyrex
reaction vessel is 4.3%.
(5) The reaction rate depends on the ambient pressure. The
reaction is typically carried out under reduced pressure where
only water vapor remains in a closed gas circulation system.
With increasing pressure of H2 and O2 in the system, the reaction
rate decreases. Typically, when 30-100 Torr (1 Torr ) 133.3
Pa) of H2 and O2 mixture is accumulated, the system is
evacuated to continue the reaction.
(6) Distilled water seems to be the best media for the reaction.
Whenever any electrolytes are added, the rate of H2 and O2
evolution is retarded. When the reaction was carried out in a
mixture of methanol and water, both H2 and O2 evolutions were
observed, although the amount of O2 was slightly less than
stoichiometric. In water vapor atmosphere without liquid water,
no reaction takes place.
(7) From the isotope experiment using a H2
18O/H2
16O
mixture, the isotope composition of evolved O2 coincided with
that of water within the experimental error.
(8) No photoirradiation effect is observed for all mechanocatalysts
except Cu2O.1,2,4,5 However, even for Cu2Oit is not
attributed to the photon energy conversion but to some effect
that maintains the higher activity of the mechano-catalytic
reaction by some unknown mechanism.”
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[ Last edited by shijinwen on 2006-12-6 at 09:37 ]
再提供三篇文献:
1. Reply to "Comment on 'A Study of Mechano-Catalysts for Overall Water Splitting'"
Hara, M.; Domen, K.
J. Phys. Chem. B.; (Comment); 2004; 108(49); 19078-19078. DOI:
2. A Study of Mechano-Catalysts for Overall Water Splitting
Hara, M.; Komoda, M.; Hasei, H.; Yashima, M.; Ikeda, S.; Takata, T.; Kondo, J. N.; Domen, K.
J. Phys. Chem. B.; (Article); 2000; 104(4); 780-785. DOI: 10.1021/jp993441h
3. Comment on "A Study of Mechano-Catalysis for Overall Water Splitting"
Ross, D. S.
J. Phys. Chem. B.; (Comment); 2004; 108(49); 19076-19077. DOI:
从昨天开始知道机械催化这个概念后,就开始看文献,初步形成了自己的概念:文章大概讲的是:Cu2O, NiO, Co3O4,CuAlO2,and Fe3O4等少数材料(催化剂)在搅拌的情况下能将水直接分解为H2和O2!!
Hara等人在最初的光催化水制H2 研究中发现:当撤掉光源时水继续分解,但当停止搅拌时则不能产生H2、O2。另外,产生H2的速度与搅拌子有关,也就是搅拌的越快产H2速度越快!由此,他们提出了机械催化概念——机械能通过催化剂直接转变为化学能!实验还发现如果产生的H2、O2不及时移走,反应会逐渐停止!!
Hara等人在J. Phys. Chem. B.上文章出来后,Ross给与了反驳,说:Hara等人的机械催化分解水制氢其实就是热分解水产生氢,因为搅拌过程中摩擦力可以产生高达1500度的高温,在如此高的温度下并存在适当催化剂条件下,水当然可以分解!随后,Hara也给与反驳并从能量上的理论计算以及各种比较一再证明他的机械催化没问题,而且他还透漏目前他们正在通过microplasma(微等离子体)概念来解释这个显现——our attention has turned to microplasma to explain this phenomenon. Microplasma is the emission of electrons, ions, and photons due to tribocharging and is observed at sliding contacts of insulators and semiconductors in various gases and liquids, even at low sliding velocities.9 Such triboplasma would lead to various chemical decompositions, such as the confirmed decomposition of n-butane.10 Tribocharging is expected to be highly dependent on the material used, suggesting that microplasma may be a promising candidate as the mechanism of our mechanical water splitting. More detailed study is therefore necessary to determine how tribocharging of these active oxides differs from that of nonactive oxides.
呵呵,文章中本身也提到了一些不能解释的问题
“As a whole, the experimental results in this work indicate
the possibility of the redox mechanism for mechano-catalytic
overall water splitting, but there exist several facts to be
answered before the model is accepted.”