The film thickness dependent thermal stability of Al<Subscript>2</Subscript>O<Subscript>3</Subscript>:Ag thin films as high-temperature solar selective absorbers

The monolayer Al₂O₃:Ag thin films were prepared by magnetron sputtering. The microstructure and optical properties of thin film after annealing at 700 °C in air were characterized by transmission electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and spectrophotometer. It revealed that the particle shape, size, and distribution across the film were greatly changed before and after annealing. The surface plasmon resonance absorption and thermal stability of the film were found to be strongly dependent on the film thickness, which was believed to be associated with the evolution process of particle diffusion, agglomeration, and evaporation during annealing at high temperature. When the film thickness was smaller than 90 nm, the film SPR absorption can be attenuated until extinct with increasing annealing time due to the evaporation of Ag particles. While the film thickness was larger than 120 nm, the absorption can keep constant even after annealing for 64 h due to the agglomeration of Ag particles. On the base of film thickness results, the multilayer Al₂O₃:Ag solar selective thin films were prepared and the thermal stability test illustrated that the solar selectivity of multilayer films with absorbing layer thickness larger than 120 nm did not degrade after annealing at 500 °C for 70 h in air. It can be concluded that film thickness is an important factor to control the thermal stability of Al₂O₃:Ag thin films as high-temperature solar selective absorbers.     

分子动力学模拟压水反应堆中氢气对水的影响

通过分子动力学方法模拟了在常温常压下(1 atm, 298 K)和在压水堆环境下(155 atm, 626 K), 水分子数为256, 氢分子数为0, 25, 50, 75和100等不同数目时, 粒子系统的动力学性质和微观结构, 分析了不同氢气对水中溶解氧的影响. 从模拟结果可知, 在常温常压和压水堆环境下, 当氢粒子数分别为0, 25, 50, 75和100时, 粒子系统的均方位移会随氢分子数增加而增加, 并且常温常压下的增长幅度远小于压水堆环境下的增长幅度, 如压水堆环境下氢分子数为75时系统的均方位移约是常温常压下氢分子数为75时系统的均方位移的6.02倍, 比压水堆环境下氢分子数0时系统的均方位移增加了131.88%. 此外, 粒子系统的微观结构, 从径向分布函数看, 在常温常压下随着氢分子数目的增加而小幅度增加, 这与常温常压下因氢气溶解在水中增大了氧离子周围的粒子密度相符合. 而在压水堆环境下, 氢分子数为75, 50, 25与为0时的水比较, 其径向分布均不会有太大的变化, 而分子数为100时会出现明显增加, 与为0时的水比较其径向分布增加了22.00%. 模拟结果表明, 往压水堆中的水加入氢气能明显地抑制水中的溶解氧.     

单模光纤激光极限功率的数值研究

对光纤激光极限功率的探索和其受限因素的分析, 有利于为大功率光纤激光器的发展提供理论依据和实验指导. 本文考虑热效应、光效应、非线性效应和抽运亮度等因素对光纤激光极限功率的影响, 分析了掺镱和掺铥光纤的极限功率和受限因素. 在此基础上, 结合激光在光纤中单模传输的条件, 计算了单模掺镱和掺铥光纤激光的极限功率. 计算结果表明, 在现有技术条件下, 使用常规的976 nm和793 nm激光二极管抽运, 单模掺镱和掺铥光纤激光的极限功率分别为4.2 kW和7.8 kW, 其中单模掺铥光纤激光的功率水平还远低于它的极限功率的原因是受抽运亮度的限制. 最后分析指出减小纤芯的数值孔径和改进少模光束的光束质量是提升单模光纤激光极限功率的重要途径.     

金掺杂锯齿型石墨烯纳米带的电磁学特性研究

本文采用基于密度泛函理论的第一性原理计算了金原子填充锯齿型石墨烯纳米带 (ZGNRs)中双空位结构的电磁学特性. 计算结果表明: 边缘位置是金原子的最稳定掺杂位置, 杂质原子的引入导致掺杂边缘的磁性被抑制, 不过掺杂率足够大时, 掺杂边缘的磁性反而恢复了. 金掺杂纳米带的能带结构对掺杂率敏感: 随着掺杂率的增大, 掺杂纳米带分别表现半导体特性、半金属特性以及金属特性. 本文的计算表明金原子掺杂可以调制ZGNR的磁性以及能带特性, 为后续实验起指导作用, 有利于推动石墨烯材料在自旋电子学方面的应用.     

硝酸处理的活性碳催化苯一步合成苯酚

将市售的煤质活性炭用不同浓度的硝酸处理后,在乙腈体系下催化苯一步羟化成苯酚. 并对处理过的活性炭进行Boehm滴定、XPS/EDX、BET等方法表征,发现活性炭表面羧基的数量是影响其催化活性的主要因素. 得到苯酚的最高收率为15.7%,选择性为87.2%.     

脉冲控制量子系统的哈密顿量约化

探索了脉冲控制的含近简并能级的有限维量子系统的哈密顿量的约化．由一个非简并基态能级和几个近简并激发态能级组成的量子系统被一个短脉冲控制,目标是控制所有激发态的布居数之和．考虑了两个可以看成等价二能级系统的例子,当脉冲强度比较弱时,得到了原始系统和约化系统的简单关系;当脉冲强度比较强时,对于只含一个频率的脉冲,一阶近似的关系也是存在的．     

Point-wise hierarchical reconstruction for discontinuous Galerkin and finite volume methods for solving conservation laws

We develop a new hierarchical reconstruction (HR) method  and  for limiting solutions of the discontinuous Galerkin and finite volume methods up to fourth order of accuracy without local characteristic decomposition for solving hyperbolic nonlinear conservation laws on triangular meshes. The new HR utilizes a set of point values when evaluating polynomials and remainders on neighboring cells, extending the technique introduced in Hu, Li and Tang [9]. The point-wise HR simplifies the implementation of the previous HR method which requires integration over neighboring cells and makes HR easier to extend to arbitrary meshes. We prove that the new point-wise HR method keeps the order of accuracy of the approximation polynomials. Numerical computations for scalar and system of nonlinear hyperbolic equations are performed on two-dimensional triangular meshes. We demonstrate that the new hierarchical reconstruction generates essentially non-oscillatory solutions for schemes up to fourth order on triangular meshes.     

Transfer matrices of dipoles with bending radius variation

With the increasing demand of high brightness in light source, the uniform dipole can not meet the needs of low emittance, and thus the dipole with bending radius variation is introduced in this paper. The transfer matrix of a non-uniform dipole whose bending radius is linearly changed is chosen as an example and a very simple calculation formula of non-uniform dipole transfer matrices is given. The transfer matrices of some common profile non-uniform dipoles are also listed. The comparison of these transfer matrices and the matrices calculated with slices method verifies the numerical accuracy of this formula. This method can make the non-uniform beam dynamic problem simpler, very helpful for emittance research and lattice design with non-uniform dipoles.     

Laser-induced damage characteristic of porous alumina optical films

Pure aluminum films were deposited on B270 glass by electron beam evaporation technique. The aluminum films, which were used as anode, were placed in phosphoric acid to prepare porous alumina films using a two-step anodization method. They were subsequently annealed in high temperature to improve transmission. The microstructure, transmitted spectrum and laser damage characteristics of the alumina films were then tested. Their microstructure formed in phosphoric acid was retiform. The transmissivity can be increased efficiently if the annealing temperature is adequately high. The laser-damaged spots of the porous films were formed by innumerable small damaged pits with no mutual effect. In contrast, the laser-damaged spots of the compact films were formed by several larger damaged pits which acted together toward expansion. The damage process of the porous films comprised heat ablation and stress fracture.     

Investigation on densification of Al2O3/B4C ceramic by ab initio calculation and experiment

Compared to experiment, the adsorption energies, bonding properties, and electronic structure of two different Al₂O₃/B₄C bridge sites with seven different Al₂O₃ surfaces are investigated by ab initio periodic density functional theory. The Al₂O₃/B₄C ceramic sintered in Ar is synthesized and measured by XRD and TEM. The calculated results reveal that the densification of O_bridge site of Al₂O₃/B₄C surface is better than that of Al_bridge. The Al₂O₃ (1 1 3)/B₄C with O_bridge is the most favorable and stable. The electronic structure shows that the electron hybridization exists between Al, O atoms and C, B atoms. The results indicate that the calculated results are in good agreement with the experiment.