A Versatile Iron–Tannin‐Framework Ink Coating Strategy to Fabricate Biomass‐Derived Iron Carbide/Fe‐N‐Carbon Catalysts for Efficient Oxygen Reduction

The conversion of biomass into valuable carbon composites as efficient non‐precious metal oxygen‐reduction electrocatalysts is attractive for the development of commercially viable polymer electrolyte membrane fuel‐cell technology. Herein, a versatile iron–tannin‐framework ink coating strategy is developed to fabricate cellulose‐derived Fe₃C/Fe‐N‐C catalysts using commercial filter paper, tissue, or cotton as a carbon source, an iron–tannin framework as an iron source, and dicyandiamide as a nitrogen source. The oxygen reduction performance of the resultant Fe₃C/Fe‐N‐C catalysts shows a high onset potential (i.e. 0.98 V vs the reversible hydrogen electrode (RHE)), and large kinetic current density normalized to both geometric electrode area and mass of catalysts (6.4 mA cm^?2 and 32 mA mg^?1 at 0.80 V vs RHE) in alkaline condition. This method can even be used to prepare efficient catalysts using waste carbon sources, such as used polyurethane foam.     

2D nearly orthogonal mesh generation

The Ryskin and Leal (RL) system is the most widely used mesh generation system for the orthogonal mapping. However, when this system is used in domains with complex geometry, particularly in those with sharp corners and strong curvatures, serious distortion or overlapping of mesh lines may occur and an acceptable solution may not be possible. In the present study, two methods are proposed to generate nearly orthogonal meshes with the smoothness control. In the first method, the original RL system is modified by introducing smoothness control functions, which are formulated through the blending of the conformal mapping and the orthogonal mapping; while in the second method, the RL system is modified by introducing the contribution factors. A hybrid system of both methods is also developed. The proposed methods are illustrated by several test examples. Applications of these methods in a natural river channel are demonstrated. It is shown that the modified RL systems are capable of producing meshes with an adequate balance between the orthogonality and the smoothness for complex computational domains without mesh distortions and overlapping. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Auto-calibration of a redundant parallel manipulator based on the projected tracking error

Utilizing the projected tracking error of the redundant joint angles, we studied the calibration problem of the sensor zero positions of a planar 2-dof parallel manipulator in this paper. Based on the study of the relationship between the projected tracking error of the joint angles and the error of the sensor zero positions, a new error function is proposed for the calibration of the sensor zero positions of the parallel manipulator. It is proved that the error function is robust to the measurement error of the joint sensors, so accurate calibration results can be obtained by minimizing the error function even if the measurement of the joint angles is not accurate. With a simple searching strategy for the minimal value of the error function, we designed an auto-calibration procedure and verified the validity of the calibration procedure through real experiments on a real redundant planar 2-dof parallel manipulator.     

Metal-organic framework membranes fabricated via reactive seeding

A facile reactive seeding (RS) method was developed for the preparation of continuous MOF membranes on alumina porous supports, in which the porous support acted as the inorganic source reacting with the organic precursor to grow a seeding layer.     

Hydrothermal Synthesis of Metal–Polyphenol Coordination Crystals and Their Derived Metal/N‐doped Carbon Composites for Oxygen Electrocatalysis

Cobalt (or iron)–polyphenol coordination polymers with crystalline frameworks are synthesized for the first time. The crystalline framework is formed by the assembly of metal ions and polyphenol followed by oxidative self‐polymerization of the organic ligands (polyphenol) during hydrothermal treatment in alkaline condition. As a result, such coordination crystals are even partly stable in strong acid (such as 2 m HCl). The metal (Co or Fe)‐natural abundant polyphenol (tannin) coordination crystals are a renewable source for the fabrication of metal/carbon composites as a nonprecious‐metal catalyst, which show high catalytic performance for both oxygen reduction reaction and oxygen evolution reaction. Such excellent performance makes metal–polyphenol coordination crystals an efficient precursor to fabricate low‐cost catalysts for the large‐scale application of fuel cells and metal–air batteries.     

大气环境下合成白光发射的Tb3+/Eu3+共掺杂全无机卤化物钙钛矿量子点

为克服因混合不同卤化物钙钛矿量子点发生阴离子交换反应、不稳定的红光发射卤化物钙钛矿量子点等而导致在获取白光发射方面存在的不足,提出了一种可以在大气环境下合成Tb³⁺,Eu³⁺稀土离子共掺杂全无机卤化物钙钛矿量子点的方法。调节Tb³⁺,Eu³⁺稀土离子的掺杂比例,调控从钙钛矿量子点主晶格到Tb³⁺和Eu³⁺离子的能量转移,获得了单一组分、白光发射的钙钛矿量子点(Tb,Eu):CsPbCl3和(Tb,Eu):CsPb(Cl/Br)3,并对量子点的形貌、结构、发光性能及能量传递机理和稳定性进行了详细研究。研究结果表明:在365nm激光激发下,不同含量Tb³⁺/Eu³⁺离子共掺杂的钙钛矿量子点(Tb,Eu):CsPbCl3发射光谱对应的色坐标位于1931色度图中的白光区域。在进料比PbCl2∶TbCl3∶EuCl3为1∶1.5∶1时,量子产率为3.59%,比纯的CsPbCl3量子点的量子产率(0.57%)提高了6倍。进一步研究发现,该(Tb,Eu):CsPbCl3量子点在空气中储存2个月之后,量子产率几乎保持不变(3.63%),保持了良好的稳定性。此外,研究了采用不同溶剂(正辛烷、十八烯)合成Tb³⁺/Eu³⁺共掺杂钙钛矿量子点的发光特性。Tb³⁺/Eu³⁺离子共掺杂的钙钛矿量子点(Tb,Eu):CsPbCl3可实现单一组分的白光发射,有良好的稳定性,具备一定的应用前景。     

The Structure and Catalytic Properties of MoVTeNbO Catalysts Modified by Adding Cr,Fe, Ce and W

Cr, Fe, Ce and W doped MoVTeNbO M2 phase catalysts were synthesized and used in the selective oxidation of propylene to acrylic acid (AA). Results show that the introduction of Cr, Fe, Ce and W substantially affects the physicochemical properties and catalytic performance of MoVTeNbO-based catalysts. Un-doped catalyst consists of M2 phase and TeO₂, while Cr, Fe, Ce and W-doped catalysts are mainly composed of M2 and MoO₃. It is indicated that doping of Cr, Fe, Ce and W can restrain the formation of TeO₂, but favour the formation of MoO₃. Un-doped, Cr and W-doped catalysts display irregular-shaped particles morphology, while Fe and Ce-doped catalysts display nanosheets morphology. In addition, the valence of superficial elements of catalysts changed greatly with the doping elements. For catalytic performance, in addition to Cr, the propylene conversion of the catalyst decreases obviously with doping of other elements, probably due to the drastically reduced specific surface area with doping of Fe, Ce and W. The existence of Cr and Ce can increase the selectivity to AA at all test temperatures (360–440 ℃), while Fe and W-doped catalysts only show higher selectivity than the un-doped one at high temperature of 420 and 440 ℃. It is illustrated that the catalysts with redox ability at relatively low temperature is more favorable for the selectivity to AA. Among them, Cr-doped catalyst shows the highest selectivity (85.3%) and yield (63.5%) of AA at test temperature of 380 ℃, which are 15.3 and 7.5% higher than that of un-doped catalyst, respectively.

Graphic Abstract

The M2 phase MoVTeNbO catalysts doped with Cr, Fe, Ce and W have been synthesized. It is demonstrated that the addition of Cr improves the stability of Te⁴⁺, and Cr-doped M2 phase shows excellent catalytic performance in the selective oxidation of propylene to acrylic acid.

     

Two‐dimensional adaptive mesh generation

In this paper, a two‐dimensional adaptive elliptic mesh generation system, derived from the Ryskin and Leal (RL) orthogonal mesh generation system based on the orthogonal condition (orthogonality) and the cell area equal‐distribution principle (adaptivity), is presented. The proposed generation system takes into account not only the mesh orthogonality and adaptivity but also the mesh smoothness by adopting a method that the distortion functions is determined by both the scale factors and the averaged scale factors of the constant mesh lines. Examples and application show that the proposed generation system is effective and easy to use. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

一种复合材料的大挠度曲梁单元

本文研究了加劲壳的非线性有限元分析方法,提出了一种梁元素来模拟加筋。该元素具有曲轴线,任意形状的薄壁剖面和任意铺层方式,与三维退化曲壳元素完全协调,相对于壳中面可以有偏心,所分析的结构可以是层合复合材料加劲壳或各向同性材料单层加劲壳。     

便携式自调心小型圆度仪控制系统设计

设计一种简单易行的便携式小型圆度仪的自动调心控制系统方案,使圆度仪的调心功能能够自动实现,不需要繁琐的人工找心定心步骤,提高圆度仪的测量效率,节省测量时间。此设计适合测量小型工件。传感器采用差动电感传感器(LVDT);使用集成电感传感器处理芯片;采用MC9S12DG128型单片机为主控芯片,偏心量采用DFT算法计算,转台的回转及调心都使用微步进电机实现。