Effects of AgNPs-coating on the electrochemical performance of LiMn2O4 cathode material for lithium-ion batteries

Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry - The Jahn–Teller effect and severe side reactions with liquid electrolyte have been considered as the main obstacles to the further application of...     

What Role Does the Incident Light Intensity Play in Photocatalytic Conversion of CO2: Attenuation or Intensification?

Artificial photoreduction of CO₂ is vital for the sustainable development of human beings via solar energy storage in stable chemicals. This process involves intricate light-matter interactions, but the role of incident light intensity in photocatalysis remains obscure. Herein, the influence of excitation intensity on charge kinetics and photocatalytic activity is investigated. Model photocatalysts include the pure graphitic carbon nitride (g-C₃N₄) and g-C₃N₄ loaded with noble/non-noble-metal cocatalysts (Ag, TiN, and CuO). It is found that the increase of light intensity does not always improve the electron utilization. Overly high excitation intensities cause charge carrier congestion and changes the recombination mechanism, which is called the light congestion effect. The electron transport channels can be established to mitigate the light-induced effect via the addition of cocatalyst, leading to a nonlinear growth in the reaction rate with increasing light intensity. From experiments and simulations, it is found that the light intensity and active site density should be collectively optimized for increasing the energy conversion efficiency. This work elucidates the effect of light intensity on photocatalytic CO₂ reduction and emphasizes the synergistic relationship of matching the light intensity and the photocatalyst category. The study provides guidance for the design of efficient photocatalysts and the operation of photocatalytic systems.     

4 + 2]-annulations of chiral organosilanes: Application to the total synthesis of leucascandrolide A

Complete details of an asymmetric synthesis of leucascandrolide A (1) are described. The synthesis highlights the use of two diastereoselective [4 + 2]-annulations for the assembly of the functionalized bispyranyl macrolide 3. An efficient assembly and union of the oxazole-containing side chain 4 with macrolide 3 was carried out using a Mitsunobu reaction. A convergent route to the oxazole side chain was developed using a Sonogashira cross-coupling between 2-trifloyloxazole 16 and alkyne 17, which allowed for the installation of the C9'-C10' (Z)-olefin.     

谷朊粉/淀粉/甘油混合体系的流变行为与力学性能

研究了甘油增塑谷朊粉/淀粉混合体系的动态流变行为与单轴拉伸力学性能,考察了淀粉与水含量的影响.研究结果表明,含水量10%的混合体系储能模量(G′)随淀粉含量增大而增大,并在100℃出现橡胶平台.增塑谷朊粉在30℃呈现凝胶特性,在80℃出现交联网络结构.淀粉粒子可与小麦蛋白质形成复杂相互作用,阻碍蛋白质链段运动,导致模量与强度增加,断裂伸长率降低.含水量为20%与25%时,水份在淀粉粒子与蛋白质网络间起稀释和润滑作用,拉伸强度与断裂伸长率随淀粉含量的增高而降低.     

牛磺酸和甘氨酸在D290树脂上的离子交换平衡

研究了牛磺酸与甘氨酸在阴离子树脂D290上的离子交换平衡.采用静态法分别进行牛磺酸/氢氧根/D290树脂和甘氨酸/氢氧根/D290树脂体系的离子交换平衡实验并测定等温线;在不同的离子强度下进行了牛磺酸/甘氨酸/氢氧根/D290阴离子交换树脂体系的离子交换平衡实验,测定牛磺酸和甘氨酸在碱性条件下的竞争交换平衡等温线.实验结果表明,牛磺酸在D290阴离子交换树脂上的交换量大于甘氨酸的交换量,阴离子交换树脂对牛磺酸和甘氨酸的选择性系数分别为STau-,OH-=2.55,SGly-,OH-=1.65.在牛磺酸/甘氨酸/氢氧根/D290树脂体系中,D290树脂对牛磺酸/甘氨酸/氢氧根3种离子的选择性从高到底顺序是:牛磺酸＞甘氨酸＞氢氧根.树脂对牛磺酸的选择性要大于对甘氨酸的选择性.随着溶液中离子强度的增大,树脂对牛磺酸与甘氨酸之间的选择性下降.     

Effect of Wax Composition and Shear Force on Wax Aggregation Behavior in Crude Oil: A Molecular Dynamics Simulation Study

To explore the influence of different wax components and the shear effect exerted by the pump and pipe wall in the process of crude oil pipeline transportation on the microbehavior of wax aggregation in crude oil at low temperatures, molecular dynamics models of binary and multivariate systems of crude oil with different wax components are established in this paper. The simulation results are compared with the existing experimental results and the NIST database to verify the rationality and accuracy of the models. By using the established binary model to simulate four crude oil systems containing different wax components, it can be found that the longer the wax molecular chain, the more easily the wax molecules aggregate. The influence of temperature on the aggregation process of wax molecules with different chain lengths is also studied. The lower the temperature, the greater the difference in wax molecular aggregation degree caused by the difference in molecular chain length. Nonequilibrium molecular dynamics is used to simulate the shear process of a multivariate system of crude oil, and the micromechanisms of the shear effect on the aggregation process of wax molecules are studied. Shearing can destroy the stable structure of crude oil, resulting in the orientation and conformational transformation of wax molecules, and obtaining the region of wax molecules sensitive to temperature and shear effects, the temperatures of which are below the wax precipitation point and the shear rate of which is lower than the maximum shear rate to prevent the molecular structure from being destroyed. At the same time, the sensitivity of wax components with different chain lengths to the shear effect is studied. The research results provide theoretical guidance for ensuring the safe and economic operation of waxy crude oil production.     

Recurrence in β-expansion over formal Laurent series

In this paper, we study the quantitative recurrence and hitting sets of β-transformation T _β on the unit disk I of formal Laurent series field

变分正则化图像复原模型与算法综述

图像复原就是对图像退化模型进行处理以恢复图像的原始信息.由于引起图像退化的因素和性质各不相同,所以图像复原是一个复杂的数学过程,本质上是求解不适定的反问题.本文综述了变分正则化图像复原模型与算法.首先,系统阐述了图像复原中的去噪(分解)模型、去模糊模型、修复模型.其次,构建了一个统一的变分正则化图像复原模型并总结了各种典型的数值求解方法.最后,指出在今后进一步研究中值得关注的8个问题.     

Solving fractional nonlinear Fredholm integro-differential equations by the second kind Chebyshev wavelet

In this paper, we first construct the second kind Chebyshev wavelet. Then we present a computational method based on the second kind Chebyshev wavelet for solving a class of nonlinear Fredholm integro-differential equations of fractional order. The second kind Chebyshev wavelet operational matrix of fractional integration is derived and used to transform the equation to a system of algebraic equations. The method is illustrated by applications and the results obtained are compared with the existing ones in open literature. Moreover, comparing the methodology with the known technique shows that the present approach is more efficient and more accurate.     

Upconversion luminescence and magnetic properties of ligand-free monodisperse lanthanide doped BaGdF5 nanocrystals

Lanthanide (Ln=Yb³⁺, Er³⁺and Tm³⁺) doped monodisperse oleate-capped BaGdF₅ nanocrystals with a mean diameter of approximately 18 nm were prepared via liquid-solid-solution method. The cell parameter of the as-prepared cubic BaGdF₅ nanocrystals is 5.884 Å, which is different from the reported 6.023 Å (JCPDS 24-0098). When excited by a 980 nm laser, these Ln³⁺ doped nanocrystals exhibit multi-color up-conversion (UC) emissions including blue, yellow and white, by precisely adjusting the dopant concentration of Yb³⁺, Er³⁺ and Tm³⁺. The oleate ligands capped on the surface of the as-synthesized products, which can be conversed from hydrophobic to hydrophilic along with certain extent of weakening of UC intensity, can be moved by the acid treatment process. The measured field dependence of magnetization (M-H curves) of the BaGdF₅ nanocrystals shows excellent paramagnetism. At room temperature, the magnetization of BaGd_0.798Yb_0.2Tm_0.002F₅ nanocrystals is 0.9165 emu/g and the magnetic mass susceptibility reaches 6.11×10⁻⁵ emu g⁻¹ Oe⁻¹ at 15 kOe. Our results indicate that these bi-functional hydrophilic Ln³⁺ doped BaGdF₅ nanocrystals have potential applications in color displays, bioseparation and optical-magnetic dual modal nanoprobes in biomedical imaging.