The microwave absorbing characteristics of basic cobalt carbonate,cobalt oxide(Co3O4),and the mixture of basic cobalt carbonate and cobalt oxide were investigated by means of microwave cavity perturbation,their temper...The microwave absorbing characteristics of basic cobalt carbonate,cobalt oxide(Co3O4),and the mixture of basic cobalt carbonate and cobalt oxide were investigated by means of microwave cavity perturbation,their temperature increasing curves were measured,and their ability to absorb microwave energy was also assessed based on the temperature increasing behavior of the material exposed to microwave field.Analyses of spectrum attenuation and relative frequency shift show that basic cobalt carbonate has weak capability to absorb microwave energy,while cobalt oxide has very strong capability to absorb microwave energy.It is feasible to thermally decompose basic cobalt carbonate though addition of small amount of cobalt oxide in microwave fields.The capability to absorb microwave energy of sample increases with an increase in mixing ratio of Co3O4.展开更多
A new non-isothermal method of kinetic analysis was employed to investigate the thermal decomposition kinetic modeling of the basic carbonate cobalt nanosheets（n-BCoC） synthesized from spent lithium-ion batteries（L...A new non-isothermal method of kinetic analysis was employed to investigate the thermal decomposition kinetic modeling of the basic carbonate cobalt nanosheets（n-BCoC） synthesized from spent lithium-ion batteries（LIBs）. Fraser–Suzuki function was applied to deconvoluting overlapping complex processes from the overall differential thermal curves obtained under the linear heating rate conditions, followed by the kinetic analysis of the discrete processes using a new kinetic analysis method. Results showed that the decomposition of n-BCo C in air occurred through two consecutive reactions in the 136-270 ℃ temperature intervals. Decomposition started by hydroxide component（Co（OH）2） decomposition until to 65% and simultaneously carbonate phase decarbonation began. The process was continued by CO2 evolution and finally carbonate cobalt nanosheets have been produced. The reaction mechanism of the whole process can be kinetically characterized by two successive reactions： a phase boundary contracting reaction followed by an Avrami-Erofeev equation. Mechanistic information obtained by the kinetic study was in good agreement with FT-IR（Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy） and SEM（scanning electron microscopy） results.展开更多
基金Project(50734007) supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaProject(2007GA002) supported by Project of Scienceand Technology of Yunnan Province,ChinaProject(2008-16) supported by the Analysis and Testing Foundation of Kunming Universityof Science and Technology,China
文摘The microwave absorbing characteristics of basic cobalt carbonate,cobalt oxide(Co3O4),and the mixture of basic cobalt carbonate and cobalt oxide were investigated by means of microwave cavity perturbation,their temperature increasing curves were measured,and their ability to absorb microwave energy was also assessed based on the temperature increasing behavior of the material exposed to microwave field.Analyses of spectrum attenuation and relative frequency shift show that basic cobalt carbonate has weak capability to absorb microwave energy,while cobalt oxide has very strong capability to absorb microwave energy.It is feasible to thermally decompose basic cobalt carbonate though addition of small amount of cobalt oxide in microwave fields.The capability to absorb microwave energy of sample increases with an increase in mixing ratio of Co3O4.
基金supported by the Iranian National Science Foundation (INSF)
文摘A new non-isothermal method of kinetic analysis was employed to investigate the thermal decomposition kinetic modeling of the basic carbonate cobalt nanosheets（n-BCoC） synthesized from spent lithium-ion batteries（LIBs）. Fraser–Suzuki function was applied to deconvoluting overlapping complex processes from the overall differential thermal curves obtained under the linear heating rate conditions, followed by the kinetic analysis of the discrete processes using a new kinetic analysis method. Results showed that the decomposition of n-BCo C in air occurred through two consecutive reactions in the 136-270 ℃ temperature intervals. Decomposition started by hydroxide component（Co（OH）2） decomposition until to 65% and simultaneously carbonate phase decarbonation began. The process was continued by CO2 evolution and finally carbonate cobalt nanosheets have been produced. The reaction mechanism of the whole process can be kinetically characterized by two successive reactions： a phase boundary contracting reaction followed by an Avrami-Erofeev equation. Mechanistic information obtained by the kinetic study was in good agreement with FT-IR（Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy） and SEM（scanning electron microscopy） results.
