Electro-hydrodynamic fabrication of ZnO-based dye sensitized solar cells

The electro-hydrodynamic (EHD) technique has been successfully applied for manufacturing ZnO photoanode in dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). Porous structure of ZnO film after calcinations was beneficial to the absorption of dye and infiltration of electrolyte. By using ionic liquid as an electrolyte, a high short-circuit photocurrent density of 12.1 mA/cm² was attained and the overall photo-to-electric energy conversion efficiency (η) was 3.4% under an AM-1.5 illumination at 100 mW/cm². At the same time, the influence factors on the solar cell performance, such as the concentrations of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) during EHD process and light intensity were discussed. PACS 81.07.Bc; 84.60.Jt; 81.15.Rs     

Efficient generation of a photon pair in a bulk periodically poled potassium titanyl phosphate

In this report, we demonstrate the efficient generation of collinearly propagating photon pairs in a bulk periodically poled potassium titanyl phosphate pumped by a cw laser. The detected coincidence counts are more than 7400/s with 3.58 mW pump power in a Hanbury-Brown-Twiss-type experiment. The estimated photon pair production rate is about 0.73 MHz/mW. This is very promising for some applications, such as quantum key distribution, proof of the Bell-inequality, preparation of single photon states in broadband wave packets, Franson-type interference and so on.     

Facile Assembly of Dispersed ZrMCM‐41 Nanoparticles Promoted in‐situ by Zirconium Salt

Mesoporous ZrMCM‐41 nanoparticles were synthesized by a usual way where tetraethyl‐orthosilicate (TEOS) and zirconium nitrate were used as the inorganic precursors. The obtained nanoscale ZrMCM‐41 was characterized by X‐ray diffraction, N₂ physis‐sorption, scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy. Characterization results revealed that zirconium salt added in the synthesis had a crucial effect on the assembly of nanoscale ZrMCM‐41 with relatively uniform particle size, which was rarely observed in reported studies for ZrMCM‐41 synthesized using the similar method. Meanwhile, the possible mechanism behind the synthesis was discussed based on the character of hydrolysis and condensation of TEOS and the mild acidic environment induced by the hydrolysable zirconium salt under aqueous conditions. Thus obtained nanoscale ZrMCM‐41 with developed pore structures may be advantageous to general applications in catalysis or adsorption host‐guest chemistry in terms of efficient mass transport of guest molecules.     

Polyvinylidene fluoride/polystyrene hybrid fibers with high ionic conductivity and enhanced mechanical strength as lithium-ion battery separators

Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry - Ionic conductivity is an important separator parameter influencing the cycle life and rate capability of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). To improve the ionic...     

On the conformal mappings in the unit disk fixing arbitrarily many boundary points

In this paper, we give a method of constructing conformal mappings defined in the unit disk which can fix arbitrarily many points on the unit circle.     

RABA (Reductive Alkylation By Acetone): A novel stable isotope labeling approach for quantitative proteomics

Quantitative proteomics is challenging and various stable isotope based approaches have been developed to meet the challenge. Hereby we describe a simple, efficient, reliable, and inexpensive method named reductive alkylation by acetone (RABA) to introduce stable isotopes to peptides for quantitative analysis. The RABA method leads to alkylation of N-terminal and lysine amino groups with isopropyl moiety. Using unlabeled (d₀) and deuterium labeled (d₆) acetone, a 6 Da mass split is introduced to each isopropyl modification between the light and heavy isotope labeled peptides, which is ideally suited for quantitative analysis. The reaction specificity, stoichiometry, labeling efficiency, and linear range of the RABA method have been thoroughly evaluated in this study using standard peptides, tryptic digest of proteins, as well as human cell lysate. Reliable quantitative results have been consistently obtained in all experiments. We also applied the RABA method to quantitative analysis of proteins in spinal cords of transgenic mouse models of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Highly homologous proteins (transgenic human SOD1 and endogenous mouse SOD1) were distinguished and quantified using the method developed in this study. In addition, the quantitative results using the RABA approach were independently validated by Western blot.     

Novel ring-cleaving reaction of 4-nitro-1,1,2,2,9,9,10,10-octafluoro[2.2]paracyclophane with nucleophiles

When 4-nitro-AF4 is treated with nucleophiles such as alkoxides and cyanide, a novel ring opening, cyclophane destroying reaction is observed whereby, via an S_NAr mechanism, the nucleophile attacks the bridgehead aryl carbon vicinal to the nitro group with subsequent aryl-CF₂ bond cleavage.     

双圈连通图的L(2,1)-labelling

给定图G,G的一个L(2,1)-labelling是指一个映射f:V(G)→{0,1,2,…},满足:当dG(u,v)=1时,f(u)-f(v)≥2;当dG(u,v)=2时,f(u)-f(v)≥1.如果G的一个L(2,1)-labelling的像集合中没有元素超过k,则称之为一个k-L(2,1)-labelling.G的L(2,1)-labelling数记作l(G),是指使得G存在k-L(2,1)-labelling的最小整数k.如果G的一个L(2,1)-labelling中的像元素是连续的,则称之为一个no-holeL(2,1)-labelling.本文证明了对每个双圈连通图G,l(G)=△ 1或△ 2.这个工作推广了[1]中的一个结果.此外,我们还给出了双圈连通图的no-hole L(2,1)-labelling的存在性.     

湿有效能量预报暴雨的动力分析

根据7个例子的对比分析表明:湿有效能量对预报暴雨具有较好的指示性,但在某些条件下湿有效能量在有无暴雨发生两者上并无明显差别。对暴雨和无暴雨个例的动力条件分析表明:(1)有暴雨时,在杭州地区为一个相对辐散区(300—900百帕),并伴有较强的上升运动,无暴雨时则为相对辐合区;(2)暴雨时高空有一支强的急流,暴雨区位于高空发散流场和急流中心的入口区右侧。(3)稳定度大小两者也有明显差异。分析结果对业务预报有一定参考价值。