supported by Carnegie Canada and Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada(NSERC);support from the U.S.Department of Energy(DOE),Office of Science,Basic Energy Sciences,under Award No.DESC0020683。
The recent discovery of type-Ⅶboron-carbon clathrates with calculated superconducting transition temperatures approaching~100 K has sparked interest in exploring new conventional superconductors that may be stabilize...
supported by the Theoretical Physics Research Project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.12247177);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.12004340);Zhengzhou University;supported by the National Supercomputing Centre in Zhengzhou。
The recent discoveries of near-room-temperature superconductivity in clathrate hydrides present compelling evidence for the reliability of theory-orientated conventional superconductivity.Nevertheless,the harsh pressu...
supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2016YFA0401503 and 2018YFA0305700);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(11575288,91934303,21935001 and 11775011);the Strategic Priority Research Program;Key Research Program of Frontier Sciences of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDB33000000,XDB25000000 and QYZDBSSW-SLH013);the Youth Innovation Promotion Association of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(Y202003);the China Geological Survey(DD20190234);the Scientific Instrument Developing Project(ZDKYYQ20170001)of the Chinese Academy of Sciences。
It has been recognized that a small amount of propane mixed with methane can change greatly in not only the thermodynamics but also the structural properties of gas hydrate.However,its mechanism is still not well unde...
Four types of nanoparticles,amorphous carbon,ironⅢoxide,SiO2,and amino-coated SiO2,were tested to determine changes in tetrahydrofuran-water(THF-water)clathrate hydrate nucleation and agglomeration.Rates were experim...
National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)(grant no.11274234);R.A.thanks the financial supports from NSFC(grant no.51771126);Youth Foundation of Science&Technology Department of Sichuan Province(grant no.2016JQ0051);Sichuan University Talent Introduction Research Funding(grant no.YJ201537);Sichuan University Outstanding Young Scholars Research Funding(grant no.2015SCU04A20);P.R.and S.-F.W.acknowledge support from NSFC(grant nos.11274362 and 11674371);the Ministry of Science and Technology of China(grant nos.2015CB921000,2016YFA0401000 and 2016YFA0300300).J.T.thank Xiangjun Wei and Xiaolong Li for their useful discussion on PXRD data.
Intermetallic clathrates are materials characterized by a large cage structure where guest atoms can move anharmonically,providing these materials exotic thermoelectric properties.Unfortunately,the dynamical and atomi...
This workwas financially supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(51171070);the Project of Jilin Science and Technology Development Plan(20170101045JC).
Bulk materials Ba_(8)Ga_(16)In_(x)Ge_(30-x)(x=0.5,1.0,1.5)were prepared by High-Pressure and High-Temperature(HPHT)method and the crystal structure has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and cell refinement.The actua...
Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No 51262032
Single-crystalline samples of Eu/Ba-filled Sn-based type-Ⅷ clathrate are prepared by the Ga flux method with different stoichiometric ratios. The electrical transport properties of the samples are optimized by Eu dop...
Supported by the 973 program(No.2010CB933501);NNSFC(Nos.20973175,21233009,and 21103190)
The site occupancies and thermoelectric properties of tin-based clathrates Cs8M4Sn44□2 (M = Zn, Cd, Hg) and CssSn44□2 were studied by the first principle calculations. We had provided an efficient way to probe the...
Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.50902119)
Single-crystal samples of type-VIII BasGa16-xCuxSn30 (x = 0, 0.03, 0.06, 0.15) clathrates were prepared using the Sn-flux method. At room temperature the carrier density, n, is 3.5-5 × 10^19 cm^-3 for all the sampl...
Project supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant Nos 2007CB607501 and 2007CB607503);Yunnan Natural Science Fund (Grant No 2008CD114)
N-type Si-based type-Ⅰ clathrates with different Ga content were synthesized by combining the solid-state reaction method,melting method and spark plasma sintering (SPS) method.The effects of Ga composition on high...