Near unity quantum yield of light-driven redox mediator reduction and efficient H2 generation using colloidal nanorod heterostructures

The advancement of direct solar-to-fuel conversion technologies requires the development of efficient catalysts as well as efficient materials and novel approaches for light harvesting and charge separation. We report a novel system for unprecedentedly efficient (with near-unity quantum yield) light-driven reduction of methylviologen (MV(2+)), a common redox mediator, using colloidal quasi-type II CdSe/CdS dot-in-rod nanorods as a light absorber and charge separator and mercaptopropionic acid as a sacrificial electron donor. In the presence of Pt nanoparticles, this system can efficiently convert sunlight into H(2), providing a versatile redox mediator-based approach for solar-to-fuel conversion. Compared to related CdSe seed and CdSe/CdS core/shell quantum dots and CdS nanorods, the quantum yields are significantly higher in the CdSe/CdS dot-in-rod structures. Comparison of charge separation, recombination and hole filling rates in these complexes showed that the dot-in-rod structure enables ultrafast electron transfer to methylviologen, fast hole removal by sacrificial electron donor and slow charge recombination, leading to the high quantum yield for MV(2+) photoreduction. Our finding demonstrates that by controlling the composition, size and shape of quantum-confined nanoheterostructures, the electron and hole wave functions can be tailored to produce efficient light harvesting and charge separation materials.     

Product of Toeplitz operators on the harmonic Dirichlet space

In this paper, we study Toeplitz operators with harmonic symbols on the harmonic Dirichlet space, and show that the product of two Toeplitz operators is another Toeplitz operator only if one factor is constant.     

Numerical correction of splicing dislocation between sub-holograms in synthetic aperture digital holography using convolution approach

We propose a new correction method for the splicing dislocation of sub-holograms in synthetic aperture digital holography. By adjusting the splicing distances between sub-holograms during the numerical recon- struction process using the convolution approach, the influence of non-paraxial aberration for the quality of the synthetic reconstructed image is avoided and synthetic reconstructed images corresponding to different splicing distances are obtained. Then, the accurate splicing distance between sub-holograms is determined by evaluating the quality of the corresponding synthetic reconstructed images. Accurate correction for the splicing dislocation of sub-holograms is achieved and high-quality reconstructed images without non- paraxial aberration are obtained.     

Time-varying coefficient estimation in differential equation models with noisy time-varying covariates

We study the problem of estimating time-varying coefficients in ordinary differential equations. Current theory only applies to the case when the associated state variables are observed without measurement errors as presented in Chen and Wu (2008) [4] and [5]. The difficulty arises from the quadratic functional of observations that one needs to deal with instead of the linear functional that appears when state variables contain no measurement errors. We derive the asymptotic bias and variance for the previously proposed two-step estimators using quadratic regression functional theory.     

Rh2(S-biTISP)2-catalyzed asymmetric functionalization of indoles and pyrroles with vinylcarbenoids

Asymmetric functionalization of N-heterocycles by vinylcarbenoids in the presence of catalytic amounts of Rh(2)(S-biTISP)(2) has been successfully developed. This bridged dirhodium catalyst not only selectively enforces the reaction to occur at the vinylogous position of the carbenoid but also affords high levels of asymmetric induction.     

Experimental and theoretical study of the charge transport property of 4,4′-N,N′-dicarbazole-biphenyl

The hole and electron mobilities of the amorphous films of the organic semiconductor 4,4′-N,N′-dicarbazole-biphenyl (CBP) at different electric fields were measured through the time of flight (TOF) method. Based on its crystalline structure, the hole and electron mobilities of CBP were calculated. A detailed comparison between experimental and theoretical results is necessary for further understanding its charge transport properties. In order to do this, charge mobilities at zero electric field, μ(0), were deduced from experimental data as a link between experimental and theoretical data. It was found that the electron transport of CBP is less affected by traps compared with its hole transport. This unusual phenomenon can be understood through the distributions of frontier molecular orbitals. We showed that designing materials with frontier molecular orbitals localized at the center of the molecule has the potency to reduce the influence of traps on charge transport and provide new insights into designing high mobility charge transport materials.     

Dielectric susceptibility of a ferroelectric bilayer film with surface transition layers

Using the transverse Ising model within the framework of the mean-field theory, we investigate a ferroelectric bilayer film with the surface transition layer within each constituent slab and an antiferroelectric interfacial coupling between two slabs. The combined influence of the surface transition layer and antiferroelectric interfacial coupling on the dielectric susceptibility of a bilayer film is discussed in detail. The results show that the surface transition layer plays a crucial role in dielectric susceptibility of a bilayer film.     

一类四元数矩阵三次方程的可解性(英文)

确立了某类分块矩阵[M（₁1） M₁₂ XM₂₁ Y M₂₃Z M₃₂ M₃₃]的最大秩公式,其中,X,Y和Z是三个受限于四元数线性矩阵方程A₁X=C₁,XB₁=C₂,A₂Y=D₁,YB₂=D₂,A₃Z=E₁,ZB₃=E₂的变量矩阵.作为该公式的一项应用,我们推导出上述矩阵方程解集等同于某类四元数三次矩阵方程组A₁X=C₁,XB₁=C₂,A₂Y=D₁,YB₂=D₂,A₃Z=E₁,ZB₃=E₂,XYZ=J解集的条件.     

用于EMBCCD图像信号采集的SDRAM控制器设计

SDRAM作为高速大容量存储器应用于视频采集系统十分方便。首先简介了SDRAM存储器的控制原理,然后介绍了EMBCCD(电子倍增背照明CCD)成像系统中图像数据的缓存和VGA显示。利用FPGA成功地实现了SDRAM控制器的设计。该控制器能够控制两片SDRAM乒乓操作,实现了EMBCCD图像信号的缓存。所获得的视频图像稳定、清晰、流畅。     

碳源对锂离子电池正极材料Li3V2（PO4）3性能的影响

分别以柠檬酸、葡萄糖和蔗糖为碳源,采用球磨与碳热还原结合法制备了锂离子电池正极材料Li3V2(PO4)3/C。采用TG-DTA分析确定了合成过程的反应机理。通过XRD、SEM及恒电流充放电等测试研究了碳源对产物物理及电化学特性的影响。结果表明,碳源的选择对产物形貌和电化学性能影响较大。不同碳源制备的材料都具有单一相的Li3V2(PO4)3晶体结构,以柠檬酸为碳源制备的磷酸钒锂综合电化学性能较好,0.1 C和1 C条件下,首次放电容量分别为151.0 mAh·g-1和131.6 mAh.g-1,50次循环后容量保持率为95.0%和96.6%。