Nitrogen Doping and Carbon Coating Affects Substrate Selectivity of TiO2 Photocatalytic Organic Pollutant Degradation

A series of carbon-coated, nitrogen-doped titanium dioxide photocatalysts was produced and characterized. N-doped TiO₂ powder samples were prepared using a sol-gel method and subsequently used for making doped-TiO₂ thin films on glass substrates. Carbon layers were coated on the films by a thermal decomposition method using catechol. Diffuse reflectance spectra and Mott-Schottky analyses of the samples proved that nitrogen doping and carbon coating can slightly lower the band gap of TiO₂, broaden its absorption to visible light and enhance its n-type character. According to photocatalytic tests against model contaminants, carbon-coated nitrogen-doped TiO₂ films have better performance than simple TiO₂ on the degradation of Rhodamine B dye molecules, but are poorly effective for degrading 4-chlorophenol molecules. Several possible explanations are proposed for this result, supported by scavenging experiments. This reveals the importance of a broad substrate scope when assessing new photocatalytic materials for water treatment, something which is often overlooked in many literature studies.     

Comparison of Penta and Tetra-pyridyl Cobalt-based Catalysts for Water Reduction: H2 Production Cycle,Solvent Response and Reduction Free Energy

Understanding water reduction towards H₂ generation is crucial to overcome today's renewable energy obstacles. Previous studies have shown the superior H₂ production performances of Cobalt based penta-pyridyl (CoaPPy) and tetra-pyridyl (CoaTPy) complexes in solution. We investigate H₂ production cycles of CoaPPy and CoaTPy complexes immersed in water solution by means of Ab-initio Molecular Dynamics and Density Functional Theory. We monitor dynamic properties of the systems, solvent response and structural changes occurring in the catalysts, by simulating all intermediate steps of the H₂ production cycle. Reduction free energies and reorganization energies are calculated. Our results show that, following the first electron injection, H₂ production proceeds with the singlet spin state. Following the first electron insertion, we observe a significant rearrangement of the hydrogen bonding network in the first solvation shell. The cobalt center turns out to be more accessible for the surrounding water molecules in the case of CoaTPy at all the intermediate steps, which explains its higher catalytic performance over CoaPPy. Following the first reduction reaction, a larger gain in reduction free energy is estimated for CoaTPy with respect to CoaPPy, with a difference of 0.14 eV, in line with the experiments. For the second reduction, instead, CoaPPy shows more negative reduction potential, by 0.41 eV.     

基于虚拟中心电流法的 HL-2M快控电源数学模型

针对中国环流器2号M(HL-2M)装置中用于核聚变物理实验等离子体的垂直不稳定性控制的快控电源拓扑结构，充分考虑线圈的自感与互感对输出的影响，构建出数学模型，首次提出并运用虚拟中心电流法，使得控制算法更加简单，采用多输入多输出的控制方法，利用2个参量控制3个变量。本文基于基本供电方案得到多线圈耦合电压，基于快控电源拓扑推导出快控电源电路方程，再将其合并得到最终的线圈电压数学模型，最后进行仿真验证。结果表明数学模型搭建正确，为今后进行进一步计算提供了坚实的基础。     

一种超导重力仪磁悬浮力的等效计算

为实现超导重力仪磁悬浮力的精确计算,以GWR型超导重力仪为模型基础,采用有限元的思想,将超导球表面电流理想化为多个等高共轴电流环,计算出各个电流环与超导线圈的作用力,求和得到线圈与超导球间的磁悬浮力。利用MATLAB完成计算程序实现,通过改变下线圈电流和上、下线圈电流比,获得满足一定条件的磁悬浮力及其梯度。选取合适的模型参数,计算出线圈对质量为m=4.069 g超导球的磁悬浮力大小为:Ftotal=3.988×10^-2N,磁悬浮力梯度为:-9.699×10^-3N/m,此时悬浮力梯度合适,满足系统稳定性和灵敏度的要求。     

缝洞型碳酸盐岩油藏注水驱油提高采收率研究

Y油田为缝洞型碳酸盐岩油藏,油藏复杂的地质特征决定了其开发模式有别于常规砂岩油藏.为了有效提高Y油田采收率,利用Eclipse数值模拟软件建立了地质模型,对水平井长度、射孔间距及酸压缝长等油藏产能影响因素与转注时机、注采比以及关井时间等注采参数进行了优化.结果认为:对于Y缝洞型碳酸盐岩油藏,水平井水平段长度为500m、射孔间距为20m或酸压规模为100m时,累计产油量可达到最大值;压力降至废弃压力时进行转注,可获得最大采收率;周期注采比等于1时,周期时效与累计增油量达到最大值;关井时间为8天时,采收率提高幅度最大.     

水火箭的制作与发射——初中物理教学课外活动拓展

物理课外实验能让学生真正动手操作、体验,从而提高学生的物理核心素养.水火箭的制作与发射,蕴含知识面广,发射效果震撼,能让学生对物理与科技的联系有直观深刻的认识.     

超临界水驱超稠油提高采收率热物理特性研究

超稠油资源的高效开发对于提高石油供给和保障我国石油安全意义重大。针对深层超稠油资源由于原始地层压力高、原油黏度大导致常规蒸汽驱无法有效开发的问题,本文提出超临界水驱开发深层超稠油的新思路。本文首先研制了超临界水驱油提高采收率实验平台,研发的管式填砂岩心模型能够模拟岩心升温和驱替的同步过程,然后开展了超临界水驱、蒸汽驱和热水驱对比实验研究,实验结果表明,相对于蒸汽驱,超临界水驱能显著提高采收率并具有更高的热效率,25MPa、400℃超临界水驱鲁克沁超稠油的采收率达到97.07%;获得了超临界水驱过程的温度场和驱替压差变化规律,发现了超临界水超覆现象,与蒸汽超覆相比,超临界水超覆发生晚且持续短,可扩大波及范围,提高采收率。     

周期激励下的前包钦格呼吸神经元的簇振荡现象研究

研究周期激励作用下的非自治前包钦格呼吸神经元模型,结果表明当外界激励频率与系统固有频率存在着量级差距时,系统可以产生典型的簇放电模式.由于激励频率远小于系统的固有频率,因此将整个周期激励项视为慢变参数,从而可以利用稳定性分析理论研究慢变参数变化下的平衡点的分岔类型,进一步应用快慢动力学分析方法给出簇模式产生的动力学机理.本文的结果说明外界激励对神经元的动力学行为有着重要影响,为进一步揭示呼吸节律的产生机制提供了重要帮助.     

Emergence of a non-Fowler-Nordheim-type behavior for a general planar tunneling barrier

In this work we investigate a generalized tunneling barrier for planar emitters at zero-temperature. We present the evidence of the emergence of a non-Fowler-Nordheim-type general behavior for the field emission current density in the case that the Fermi energy (μ) is comparable with or smaller that the decay width ($d_F$). Therefore, for some non-metals or materials that have very small Fermi energy the standard Fowler-Nordheim-type theory may require a correction. In the opposite regime, i.e., for μ much larger that $d_F$, we confirm that the conventional theory is suitable for metals.     

Current-voltage characteristics of radiating Josephson sandwich

Josephson sandwich is considered, along which the radiating chain of vortices travels. Uniform movement of the chain is supported by bias current. The current-voltage characteristic connecting this current with the voltage at the Josephson junction is found. It is shown that when the current increases, generation of electromagnetic waves with frequency weakly dependent on the current is possible.