Thermal properties characterization of two promising phase change material candidates

Solar absorption cooling is a wonderful method to provide cold energy by exploiting solar energy. Phase change materials (PCMs) that store latent thermal energy are indispensible in solar absorption cooling system. It is worthwhile to find new PCMs due to the demanding on the temperature of the stored thermal energy which in turn would power the absorption chiller. In this paper, two compounds: 1-bromo-2-methoxynaphthalene (compound 1) and 2,2′-diphenyl-4,4′-bi(1,3-dioxane)-5,5′-diol (compound 2), were selected as potential PCMs. Their thermal energy storage properties and thermal stability were characterized by differential scanning calorimetry and thermogravimetric analysis. The results showed that both compounds could be applied as good PCMs in solar absorption cooling systems. Compound 1 melted at 356.82 K with the ΔH of 98.81 J g^?1, while compound 2 melted in a broad temperature range with the melting point of 466.26 K and the ΔH of 101.4 J g^?1. Both compounds exhibited good thermal stability. Furthermore, the molar specific heat capacities of these two compounds were measured by temperature-modulated differential scanning calorimetry from 198.15 K to the temperature that they started to decompose, and the thermodynamic functions of [H _T–H _298.15] and [S _T–S _298.15] were calculated based on the specific heat capacities data.     

六方氮化硼单层中一种(CN)3VB缺陷的第一性原理计算

二维六方氮化硼(hBN)的点缺陷最近被发现可以实现室温下的单光子发射,而成为近年的研究热点.尽管其具有重要的基础和应用研究意义,hBN中发光缺陷的原子结构起源仍然存在争议.本文采用基于密度泛函理论的第一性原理计算,研究hBN单层中一种B空位附近3个N原子被C替代的缺陷(CN)3VB.在hBN的B空位处,3个N原子各自带一个在平面内的悬挂键及相应的未配对电子,而通过C替换可以消除未配对的电子.系统研究了(CN)3VB缺陷的几何结构、电子结构以及光学性质,结果表明,缺陷可以由一个对称的亚稳态经过原子结构弛豫变成1个非对称的、3个C原子连在一起的基态结构.缺陷的形成在hBN中引入了一些由缺陷悬挂σ键及重构的π键贡献的局域缺陷态.这些缺陷态可以导致能量阈值在2.58 eV附近的可见光内部跃迁.本文的工作有助于进一步理解hBN中点缺陷的构成及光学性质,为实验上探讨发光点缺陷的原子结构起源及其性质提供理论依据.     

Vacuum-Induced Abelian and Non-Abelian Gauge Potentials in CavityQuantum Electrodynamics

Gauge potential plays an important role in exploring exotic phenomena in the single- and many-body quantum systems. In this paper, we propose a scheme to create both new Abelian and non-Abelian gauge potentials by adiabatically controlling the degenerate Dicke model in cavity quantum electrodynamics. It is shown that a non-Abelian gauge potential is achieved only for a single atom, whereas an Abelianizen diagonal gauge potential is realized for the atomic ensemble. More importantly, two interesting quantum phenomena such as the geometric phase and the magnetic monopole induced by our created gauge potentials are also predicted. The possible physical realization is presented in the macroscopic circuit quantum electrodynamics with the Cooper pair boxes, which act as the artificial two-level atoms controlled by the gate voltage and the external magnetic flux.     

固态导电聚合物多色电致变色器件的制备

制备了基于聚3-甲基噻吩(P3MeT)和聚苯胺(PANI)的两种结构(侧面结构和垂直结构)固态导电聚合物多色电致变色器件(ECD). 采用电化学现场紫外-可见光谱法研究了侧面结构固态ECD的电致变色特性, P3MeT-ECD显示出蓝色和红色的可逆变化, PANI-ECD显示出墨绿色和黄绿色的可逆变化, 同时采用P3MeT和PANI作变色材料的P3MeT-PANI-ECD可以实现红、蓝、墨绿和草绿多色变化. 用激光雕刻微型化P3MeT-PANI变色层组装制得的侧面结构固态P3MeT-PANI-ECD控制合适电压也可多色变化. 另外, 用CeO₂-TiO₂作为P3MeT-PANI对电极的垂直结构固态P3MeT-PANI-ECD在实现红、蓝、墨绿和草绿多色变化的同时, 也可进行四色自由搭配选择.     

TiF3对LiAlH4放氢性能的影响

采用X射线衍射(XRD)、傅里叶变换红外光谱(FTIR)和热重(TG)等测试方法, 对掺杂TiF₃前后和不同TiF₃掺杂量LiAlH₄的放氢性能进行了研究. 结果发现, 在TiF₃存在下, LiAlH₄在球磨过程中有少量分解. TiF₃对LiAlH₄放氢具有明显的催化作用. 随着掺杂量的增加, LiAlH₄的起始放氢温度降低, 但放氢量会明显减少. 掺杂2%(摩尔分数)TiF₃的LiAlH₄从80 ℃开始放氢, 比未处理的LiAlH₄的起始放氢温度降低了70 ℃, 放氢量高达6.6%(质量分数).     

Heat capacities and thermodynamic properties of a Zn-based zeolitic imidazolate framework

Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry - The molar heat capacities of one–three-dimensional zeolitic imidazolate frameworks Zn(C4H6N2)2 (ZIF-8) were measured by temperature-modulated...     

无序碳单层的电子结构及氢原子吸附的第一性原理

本研究运用第一性原理计算方法,系统地研究了无序碳单层材料不同位点的电子结构及其析氢性能.计算结果显示无序结构中的C-C键相比于石墨烯中的C-C键在26.7%的范围内有不同程度的拉伸或压缩,使得C原子电荷在-0.17～+0.16个电子范围内变化,导致部分C原子电子局域化.电子的局域化增强了C原子的化学活性,从而表现出了较强的吸附性能.我们发现H原子与C原子的键合及析氢性能与C原子间的键角相关.对于三配位的碳原子,其中三个价电子通过sp~2杂化轨道与最邻近的碳原子结合形成较强的共价键,而余下的一个p_z轨道电子可以与H原子在垂直于原子层的方向形成较弱的化学键.无序结构可以打破三个sp~2杂化轨道的对称性,进而影响p_z轨道与氢的成键.本研究在一定程度上揭示了单层无序碳材料结构-性能的构效关系,为实验上设计特定性能的无序碳功能材料提供理论指导.     

Studies on the optical analogues of zoapatanol: Synthesis of key intermediate (2S,3R)-2-citronellyl-6-methylene-heptan-2,3,7-triol

The key intermediate (2S, 3R)-2-citronellyl-6-methylene-heptan-2,3,7-triol (8) of analogues of zoapatanol was synthesized in seven steps from the chiral synthon 2. The absolute configuration of the new chiral centre in compounds 5a-8 was identified as S by Mukaiyama's method.     

Simultaneous determination of methylene blue and new methylene blue by slab optical waveguide spectroscopy and artificial neural networks

A slab optical waveguide (SOWG) has been used for study of adsorption of both methylene blue (MB) and new methylene blue (NMB) in liquid-solid interface. Adsorption characteristics of MB and NMB on both bare SOWG and silanized SOWG by octadecyltrichlorosilane (ODS) were compared. The simultaneous determinations of both MB and NMB were explored by flow injection SOWG spectrophotometric analysis and artificial neural networks (ANNs) for the first time. Concentrations of MB and NMB were estimated simultaneously with the ANNs. Results obtained with SOWG were compared with those got by conventional UV-visible spectrophotometry.