3D-structured carbon-coated MnO/graphene nanocomposites with exceptional electrochemical performance for Li-ion battery anodes

MnO has a high theoretical capacity, moderate discharge plateau, and low polarization when it is used as the anode material in lithium battery. However, the issues that limit its application are its poor conductivity and large volume changes, which can easily result in the collapse of electrode structure during long-term cycling. In the present work, a carbon-coated MnO/graphene 3D-network anode material is synthesized by an electrostatic adsorption of dispersed precipitates precipitation method. The MnO nanoparticles coated by carbon are uniformly distributed on the surface of graphene nanosheets and form a 3D sandwich-like nanostructure. A carbon layer is coated on the surface of MnO nanoparticles, which slows down the volume expansion in the process of lithium intercalation. The graphene nanosheets are cross-linked through carbons in this 3D nanostructure, which provides mechanical support and effective electron conduction pathways during the charge-discharge. The electrochemical tests indicate that the prepared 3D carbon-coated MnO/graphene electrode exhibits an excellent rate capacity of 1247.3 and 713.2 mAh g^?1 at 100 and 1000 mA g^?1, respectively. The capacity is 792.2 mAh g^?1 after long cycle at a current density of 1000 mA g^?1. The specific capacity is higher than that of MnO-based composite lithium anode materials currently reported. The superior rate and cycling performances are attributed to the unique 3D-network structure, which provides an effectively conductive network, buffers volume expansion, and prevents falling and aggregation of MnO in the charge and discharge process of the electrode materials. The 3D-structured carbon-coated MnO/graphene anode material will have an excellent application prospect.

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Graphical abstract Cyclic performance at 1 A g^?1 and SEM images (inset) of the 3D-structured carbon-coated MnO/graphene nanocomposite.

     

聚乳酸熔体纺丝、粘接和吸附性能的初步研究

针对制备香烟过滤嘴用丝束和过滤嘴棒的特殊需要,研究了聚乳酸的纺丝、粘接和吸附性能,通过流变学测量考察了各种加工因素对熔体流动性和可纺性的影响,特别是残留水分的影响,用分子量、DSC和力学性能测量跟踪了熔体纺丝和后加工过程.所获结果对确定聚乳酸树脂的规格范围,确定纺丝和后加工工艺,具有参考价值.     

IN MEMORIAM PROFESSOR DONGGAO DENG

Donggao Deng, professor of mathematics, the associate Editor of ATA,was born in June 8, 1935 in Rongqi Town, Shunde City, GuangdongProvince, China. He passed away by illness in Guangzhou on October21, 2007.     

Enhancement of top emission for organic light-emitting diode via scattering surface plasmons by nano-aggregated outcoupling layer

A stable self nano-aggregated bathocuproine film was fabricated and introduced atop of a conventional organic light emitting diode for enhancing top emission. It leads to a 2.7–2.1-fold enhancement on top emission at applied voltage from 4 to 9 V which is much larger than the 1.5–1.3-fold enhancement for a device overlaid with an amorphous bathocuproine film. The more effective outcoupling of this method probably arises from surface plasmon modes being scattered by only the nanostructured surface, and thus without phase cancellation, at the bathocuproine/air boundary. Moreover, this method nearly preserves the original electroluminescent spectra and has no damage on electrical properties.     

Multimedia-MAC protocol: its performance analysis and applications for WDM networks

The design of the medium-access control (MAC) protocol is the most crucial aspect for high-speed and high-performance local and metropolitan area networks, since the decisions made at this level determine the major functional characteristics of these networks. Most of the MAC protocols proposed in the literature are not suitable for multimedia applications, since they have been designed with one generic traffic type in mind. As a result, they perform quite well for the traffic types they have been designed for, but poorly for other traffic streams with different characteristics. In this paper, we propose an integrated MAC protocol called the Multimedia-MAC (M-MAC), which integrates different MAC protocols into a hybrid protocol in a shared-medium network to efficiently accommodate various types of multimedia traffic streams with different characteristics and quality-of-service demands, namely, a constant-bit-rate traffic, bursty traffic (say, variable-bit-rate traffic), and emergency messages (say, control messages). We have developed a mathematical framework for the analysis and performance evaluation of our M-MAC protocol, which involves a queueing system with vacation. We have applied our M-MAC design approach to a wavelength-division multiplexing network, and evaluated its performance under various traffic conditions.     

空间自适应有源噪声控制技术

应用有源噪声控制理论,在比较反馈控制结构和前控制结构后,提出采用模型参考自适应中的ＭＲＡＳ趋稳定性设计方法,构造一种反馈结构自适应降噪的实施方案。实验表明,消声效果明显。     

A Counterexample in the Central Limit Theorem

We construct a c₀-valued random variable X such that (S_n/n)_nNhas a convergent subsequence, but X does not satisfy the centrallimit theorem. 1991 Mathematics Subject Classification 60B12.     

功率RF LDMOS的关键参数研究

在功率RF LDMOS器件中,击穿电压、截止频率fT和导通电阻Ron是器件性能的关键参数,为提高这几个器件性能参数可采取的各种措施又往往是互相矛盾和相互制约的.文中研究了几个关键参数之间的关系和优化方案,以及国际上在这方面所开展的研究和取得的进展,为进一步的研究和探索提供参考.     

用排序网实现ATM信元淘汰

本文探讨了修改排序网实现信元淘汰的方法（简称Ｂ网）。比较了Ｂ网和［１］中淘汰网（简称Ｋ网）的复杂性和时延。给出了集线比λ＝Ｌ／Ｎ的临界值λ０（Ｎ），并证明当λ＞λ０（Ｎ）时Ｂ网有较小复杂性和较小时延。     

On the Well-Posedness Problem and the Scattering Problem for the Dullin-Gottwald-Holm Equation

In this paper, we study the well-posedness of the Cauchy problem and the scattering problem for a new nonlinear dispersive shallow water wave equation (the so-called DGH equation) which was derived by Dullin, Gottwald and Holm. The issue of passing to the limit as the dispersive parameter tends to zero for the solution of the DGH equation is investigated, and the convergence of solutions to the DGH equation as ²0 is studied, and the scattering data of the scattering problem for the equation can be explicitly expressed; the new exact peaked solitary wave solutions are obtained in the DGH equation. After giving the condition of existing peakon in the DGH equation, it turns out to be nonlinearly stable for the peakon in the DGH equation.