Improved growth of solution‐deposited thin films on polycrystalline Cu(In,Ga)Se2

CdS and Zn(O,S) grown by chemical bath deposition (CBD) are well established buffer materials for Cu(In,Ga)Se₂ (CIGS) solar cells. As recently reported, a non‐contiguous coverage of CBD buffers on CIGS grains with {112} surfaces can be detected, which was explained in terms of low surface energies of the {112} facets, leading to deteriorated wetting of the chemical solution on the CIGS surface. In the present contribution, we report on the effect of air annealing of CIGS thin films prior to the CBD of CdS and Zn(O,S) layers. In contrast to the growth on the as‐grown CIGS layers, these buffer lay‐ ers grow densely on the annealed CIGS layer, even on grains with {112} surfaces. We explain the different growth behavior by increased surface energies of CIGS grains due to the annealing step, i.e., due to oxidation of the CIGS surface. Reference solar cells were processed and completed by i‐ZnO/ZnO:Al layers for CdS and by (Zn,Mg)O/ZnO:Al for Zn(O,S) buffers. For solar cells with both, CdS and Zn(O,S) buffers, air‐annealed CIGS films with improved buffer coverage resulted in higher power‐conversion efficiencies, as compared with the devices containing as‐grown CIGS layers. (© 2016 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH &Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Controlling the Surface Functionalization of Ultrasmall Gold Nanoparticles by Sequence-Defined Macromolecules

Ultrasmall gold nanoparticles (diameter about 2 nm) were surface-functionalized with cysteine-carrying precision macromolecules. These consisted of sequence-defined oligo(amidoamine)s (OAAs) with either two or six cysteine molecules for binding to the gold surface and either with or without a PEG chain (3400 Da). They were characterized by ¹H NMR spectroscopy, ¹H NMR diffusion-ordered spectroscopy (DOSY), small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS), and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy. The number of precision macromolecules per nanoparticle was determined after fluorescent labeling by UV spectroscopy and also by quantitative ¹H NMR spectroscopy. Each nanoparticle carried between 40 and 100 OAA ligands, depending on the number of cysteine units per OAA. The footprint of each ligand was about 0.074 nm² per cysteine molecule. OAAs are well suited to stabilize ultrasmall gold nanoparticles by selective surface conjugation and can be used to selectively cover their surface. The presence of the PEG chain considerably increased the hydrodynamic diameter of both dissolved macromolecules and macromolecule-conjugated gold nanoparticles.     

Localization microscopy (SPDM) facilitates high precision control of lithographically produced nanostructures

Nanoscale resolution in material sciences is usually restricted to scanning electron beam microscopes. Here we present a procedure that allows single molecule resolution of the sample surface with visible light. Highlighting the performance we used electron beam lithography to generate highly regular nanostructures consisting of interconnected cubes. The samples were labeled with Alexa 647 dyes. The spatial organization of the dyes on nanostructured surfaces was localized with single molecule resolution using localization microscopy. This succeeded also in an absolute spatial calibration of the localization method applied (spectral precision distance microscopy/SPDM). The findings will contribute to the field of product control for industrial applications and long-term fluorescence imaging.     

编码器动态检测系统高实时性高精度角度基准设计

在编码器动态特性检测中,角度基准的快速反应和精度直接影响着动态特性检测装置的准确性。为实现角度基准的快速响应,提高基准编码器的测角精度,本文设计了高精度快速细分角度基准编码器。首先,通过对目前角度基准不足对编码器动态特性检测影响的分析,得出动态检测精度主要受基准编码器的数据处理延时影响。其次,通过对基准编码器结构、细分电路、处理电路等的设计,完成了23位高实时性角度基准编码器的制作。最后,为提高检测精度,利用RBF神经网络对角度基准进行误差补偿。所设计的角度基准编码器分辨率达到0.15",并且可以在10 r/s速度时,保证逐分辨率输出。经过测量,补偿前基准编码器的精度为1.30",补偿后的基准编码器误差峰峰值不超过2.5",精度优于0.6"。高精度、高实时性角度基准编码器的研制,提高了编码器动态特性检测系统的检测精度,为研究编码器动态特性提供了基础。     

天文/卫星组合点校捷联惯性导航系统算法研究

捷联式惯性导航系统通常采用卫星导航系统的位置、速度信息对惯导解算误差进行校正,但对于水下载体惯性导航系统而言,由于只能获得点位置信息,对惯导的校正精度以及校正参量有限。针对上述问题,提出了基于天文/卫星组合校正捷联式惯导技术,通过卫星精确定位信息和天文快速观测信息,全面修正惯导系统误差、提高导航精度。仿真结果表明,基于天文/卫星组合校正算法对惯导进行校正,相对于传统校正算法精度可提高约50%。     

电感耦合等离子体原子发射光谱法测定钒铁中8个杂质元素含量和方法精密度的验证

提出了电感耦合等离子体原子发射光谱法(ICP-AES)测定钒铁中硅、磷、铝、锰、镍、铬、铜、钛共8个杂质元素含量的方法。钒铁样品(0.5000g),先后加入50%(体积分数)硝酸溶液20mL及50%(体积分数)盐酸溶液10mL,在100℃左右加热溶解,溶解过程中应注意保持溶液体积在25mL左右。将溶液过滤并置于200mL容量瓶中作为母液留用。将滤纸及不溶物一并移入铂坩埚中,置于马弗炉中,先于250℃灰化20min,稍冷后加入无水碳酸钠和硼酸(质量比2∶1)组成的混合熔剂0.3g,升温至950℃融熔15min。冷却,用体积比1∶10的盐酸溶液10mL浸出熔块,将此溶液与上述母液合并并加水定容至200mL。此溶液供ICP-AES在仪器工作条件下进行分析。绘制校准曲线时,加入纯铁和五氧化二钒作为基体,以消除基体干扰,然后加入上述8种元素的标准溶液,并按上述溶液最终稀释体积条件和仪器工作条件制作曲线(R大于0.999)。为验证所提出的分析方法的测定数据的精密度,约请了10个实验室对8个不同含量水平的钒铁样品对方法作协同试验,按GB/T 6379.2-2004所规定的方法求算了重复性标准偏差Sr和重复性限r,以及再现性标准偏差SR和再现性限R,并求得所测定的8种元素在各自的测定范围内的r与w之间和R与w之间的函数关系,说明该方法有较好的稳定性和准确性,而且证明此方法是可行的。     

Improving the Switching Capacity of Glyco-Self-Assembled Monolayers on Au(111)

Self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) decorated with photoisomerizable azobenzene glycosides are useful tools for investigating the effect of ligand orientation on carbohydrate recognition. However, photoswitching of SAMs between two specific states is characterized by a limited capacity. The goal of this study is the improvement of photoswitchable azobenzene glyco-SAMs. Different concepts, in particular self-dilution and rigid biaryl backbones, have been investigated. The required SH-functionalized azobenzene glycoconjugates were synthesized through a modular approach, and the respective glyco-SAMs were fabricated on Au(111). Their photoswitching properties have been extensively investigated by applying a powerful set of methods (IRRAS, XPS, and NEXAFS). Indeed, the combination of tailor-made biaryl-azobenzene glycosides and suitable diluent molecules led to photoswitchable glyco-SAMs with a significantly enhanced and unprecedented switching capacity.     

Single‐Mode Microwave Heating‐Induced Concurrent Out‐of‐Plane Twin Growth Suppression and In‐Plane Epitaxial Growth Promotion of b‐Oriented MFI Film under Mild Reaction Conditions

In this study, single‐mode microwave heating was applied in epitaxial growth of b‐oriented MFI seed monolayer prepared by facile manual assembly, resulting in the formation of well‐intergrown and highly b‐oriented MFI film with few twins. It exhibited a precise molecular sieving property at a reaction temperature no higher than 100 °C within 2 hours, therefore making it possible for easy operation in an open environment. The capability for concurrent suppression of undesired out‐of‐plane twin growth and promotion of in‐plane epitaxial growth rate under mild reaction conditions was attributed to the obvious superiority of single‐mode microwave heating in comparison with conventional multi‐mode microwave heating in aspects of microwave field uniformity and intensity. Our research indicated that the single‐mode microwave heating technique could potentially be a useful tool for improving the microstructure and therefore the performance of diverse zeolite films.