A composite catalyst of rosin carbon/Fe3O4 with marvellous morphology was synthesized and applied as a counter electrode (CE) in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs), demonstrating notable electrocatalytic activity for the reduction of I3(-). Based on this CE, a high power conversion efficiency of 8.11% was achieved, comparable to that of the traditional Pt CE.

Carbon-heteroatom bond formation from copper(III) is commonly invoked as a key step in catalytic reactions, including the century-old Ullmann reactions. Well-defined examples of such reactions have never been observed. Here, we demonstrate that a well-defined Cu(III)-aryl species reacts with a variety nitrogen nucleophiles to undergo facile carbon-nitrogen bond formation.

(1, 2). However, it was reported in the foregoing paper (3), that the -S-Slinkages formed by iodine oxidation of the SH-groups of native egg albumin could react with the thiol-form of thiamine or O-benzoylthiamine (OBT) without denaturation. To investigate the effect of denaturation on the reaction is an interesting problem, giving means of elucidating the molecular structure of pro teins. Inve...

We study photocurrent generation in individual suspended carbon nanotube p-n junctions using spectrally resolved scanning photocurrent microscopy. Spatial maps of the photocurrent allow us to determine the length of the p-n junction intrinsic region, as well as the role of the n-type Schottky barrier. We show that reverse-bias operation eliminates complications caused by the n-type Schottky bar...

The effects of confining molecular hydrogen within carbon nanohorns are studied via high-resolution quasielastic and inelastic neutron spectroscopies. Both sets of data are remarkably different from those obtained in bulk samples in the liquid and crystalline states. At temperatures where bulk hydrogen is liquid, the spectra of the confined sample show an elastic component indicating a signific...

The title compound, [Fe(4)(C(6)H(6)NS)(CH(3)S)S(CO)(11)], com-prises two butterfly-shaped sub-cluster cores, Fe(2)S(2)N and Fe(2)S(2), joined together by a spiro-type μ(4)-S atom. The (pyridin-2-yl)methane-thiol-ate ligand is attached to the Fe(2)(CO)(5) unit in a μ-κN:κ(2)S mode, and the methane-thiol-ate ligand is coordinated to the Fe(2)(CO)(6) unit in a μ-κ(2)S fashion.

A technique based on reactive gas injection in the afterglow region of the divertor plasma is proposed for the suppression of tritium-carbon codeposits in remote areas of ITER when operated with carbon-based divertor targets. Experiments in a divertor simulator plasma device indicate that a 4  nm/min deposition can be suppressed by addition of 1  Pa·m³ s⁻¹ ammonia flow at 10 cm from the plasma....