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Carbon coated-Cu nanoparticles as a cocatalyst of g-C3N4 for enhanced photocatalytic H2 evolution activity under visible-light irradiation
摘要： The photocatalytic H2 evolution is an important technology to solve the energy crisis. The hydrogen evolution rate of the g-C3N4 system in triethanolamine solution as sacrificial agent is obvious higher than in methanol solution. But up to now, most of the Cu nanoparticles as cocatalyst of g-C3N4 photocatalytic systems for hydrogen evolution are performed in methanol solution because Cu nanoparticles are unstable in triethanolamine solution. Here, carbon coated-Cu nanoparticles as cocatalyst of g-C3N4 composites (Cu@C/g-C3N4) were prepared by simple two-steps technology of annealing then grinding. The compositions, morphology and optical and photoelectrochemical (PEC) properties of the composites were characterized by means of physicochemical techniques. The prepared composition was used to generate hydrogen under visible light irradiation in triethanolamine solution. The results displayed that the hydrogen evolution rate of the optimal Cu@C/g-C3N4 was up to 265.1 μmol g-1 h-1 that is close to the activity of 0.5% Pt/g-C3N4, and after four repeated reactions, the photocatalytic activity decreased only by about 15%. The good photocatalytic activity and stability result from Cu nanoparticles increase the transfer efficiency of charge carriers by trapping the photogenerated electrons produced by g-C3N4 and the protective effect of carbon layer on Cu nanoparticles.
关键词： Cu nanoparticles,Visible-light,Graphite carbon nitride,Photocatalytic H2 evolution,Carbon coating layer
更新于2025-09-23 15:21:01
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Tests under irradiation of optical fibers and cables devoted to corium monitoring in case of severe accident in a Nuclear Power Plant
摘要： The DISCOMS project, which stands for “DIstributed Sensing for COrium Monitoring and Safety”, considers the potential of distributed sensing technologies, based on remote instrumentations and Optical Fiber Sensing cables embedded into the concrete floor under the reactor vessel, to monitor the status of this third barrier of confinement. This paper focuses on the selection and testing of singlemode (SM) optical fibers with limited RIA (Radiation Induced Attenuation) to be compliant with remote distributed instruments optical budgets, the ionizing radiation doses to sustain, and their reduction provided by the concrete basemat shielding. The tests aimed at exposing these fibers and the corresponding sensitive optical cables, to the irradiation doses expected during the normal operation of the reactor (up to 60 years for the European Pressurized Reactor), followed by a severe accident. Several gamma and mixed (neutron-gamma) irradiations were performed at CEA Saclay facilities: POSé?DON irradiator and ISIS reactor, up to a gamma cumulated dose of about 2 MGy and fast neutron fluence (E > 1 MeV) of 6 x 1015 n/cm2. The first gamma test permitted to assess the RIA at various optical wavelengths, and to select three radiation tolerant singlemode fibers (RIA < 5 dB/100 m, at 1550 nm operating wavelength). The second one was performed on voluminous strands of sensitive cables encapsulating selected optical fibers, up to approximately the same accumulated dose, at two temperatures: 30°C and 80°C. A significant increase of the RIA, without any saturation tendency, appeared for fibers inserted into cables, correlated with the increase of the hydroxyl attenuation peak at 1380 nm. Molecular hydrogen generated by the radiolysis of compounds of the cable is at the origin of this phenomenon. A third gamma irradiation run permitted to measure the radiolytic hydrogen production yield of some compounds of a dedicated temperature cable sample. The efficiency of a carbon coating layer over the silica cladding, acting as a barrier against hydrogen diffusion, was also successfully confirmed. Finally, the efficiency of this carbon coating layer has also been tested under neutron irradiation, then qualified as a protection barrier against hydrogen diffusion in the optical fiber cores.
关键词： carbon coating layer,radiation effects,optical fibers,hydrogen diffusion,gamma,radiolysis,rad-hard optical fiber,neutron,distributed measurement
更新于2025-09-23 15:21:01