Revealing the Effect of Surface Composition on Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes Supported Pt-Fe Alloy Electrocatalysts for Methanol Oxidation Performance

The designs of efficient and inexpensive Pt-based catalysts for methanol oxidation reaction (MOR) are essential to boost the commercialization of direct methanol fuel cells. Here, the highly catalytic performance PtFe alloys supported on multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) decorating nitrogen-doped carbon (NC) have been successfully prepared via co-engineering of the surface composition and electronic structure. The Pt₁Fe₃@NC/MWCNTs catalyst with moderate Fe³⁺ feeding content (0.86 mA/mg_Pt) exhibits 2.26-fold enhancement in MOR mass activity compared to pristine Pt/C catalyst (0.38 mA/mg_Pt). Furthermore, the CO oxidation initial potential of Pt₁Fe₃@NC/MWCNTs catalyst is lower relative to Pt/C catalyst (0.71 V and 0.80 V). Benefited from the optimal surface compositions, the anti-corrosion ability of MWCNT, strong electron interaction between PtFe alloys and MWCNTs and the N-doped carbon (NC) layer, the Pt₁Fe₃@NC/MWCNTs catalyst presents an improved MOR performance and anti-CO poisoning ability. This study would open up new perspective for designing efficient electrocatalysts for the DMFCs field.     

Excellent UV-absorbing cotton fabric with high durability and hydrophobicity based on surface-initiated ATRP of polymerizable organic UV-absorber

Cellulose - Ultraviolet (UV) protective cotton fabric is a convenient and reliable way to protect human body from sunlight. Herein, a polymerizable UV-absorber,...     

High-performance nonfused ring electron acceptor with a steric hindrance induced planar molecular backbone

Three nonfused ring electron acceptors (NFREAs) TTC6,TT-C8T and TT-TC8 were purposefully designed and synthesized.The molecular geometry can be adjusted by the steric hindrance of lateral substituents.According to the DFT calculations,from TTC6 to TT-C8T and TT-TC8,planarity of the molecular backbone is gradually improved,accompanying with the enhancing of intramolecular charge transfer effect.As for TT-TC8,the two phenyl substituents are almost perpendicular to the molecular backbone,which endues the acceptor with good solubility and suppresses it to form over-aggregation.Multidirectional regular molecular orientation and closer molecular stacking are formed in TT-TC8 film.As a result,TT-TC8 based devices afford the highest PCE of 13.13%,which is much higher than that of TTC6 (4.41%) and TT-C8T (10.42%) and among the highest PCE values based on NFREAs.     

Graphene Saturable Absorber Mirror for Mode-Locked Orange Pulse Laser

Journal of Russian Laser Research - We demonstrate a passively-mode-locked Pr3+: LuLiF4 laser operated at the 604 nm orange wave-length, using monolayer graphene as a saturable absorber. The...     

Investigation of Thermal Gradient Mechanical Fatigue Test Methods for Nickel-based Superalloys

Experimental Mechanics - Temperature gradients significantly affect the material fatigue process. A reliable and robust test procedure is needed for quantifying the effects of temperature gradients...     

血管内皮生长因子结合可降解壳聚糖治疗大鼠心肌梗塞的研究

摘要:目的 研 究 血 管 内 皮 生 长 因 子 ( vascular endothelial growth factor, VEGF ) 结 合 可 降 解 壳 聚 糖 ( degradablechitosan,DC)对心肌梗塞大鼠的治疗作用。 方法 将 32 只 SD 大鼠随机分为假手术组、模型组、VEGF 组和 VEGF+ DC 组,每组 8 只。 4 组大鼠均采用结扎冠状动脉左前降支的方法进行造模,其中假手术组只穿线不结扎。 造模后, 向模型组大鼠心肌注射 100 μL 生理盐水,VEGF 组大鼠于同一位置注射同体积 VEGF 溶液,VEGF+DC 组大鼠注射 VEGF+DC 溶液。 造模 4 周 后,对 所 有 实 验 大 鼠 进 行 超 声 心 功 能 检 测,考 察 左 心 室 收 缩 期 及 舒 张 期 前 壁 厚 度( LVAW;s 和 LVAW;d) 、左心室收缩期及舒张期内径( LVID;s 和 LVID;d) 、左心室收缩期及舒张期容积( LV Vol;s 和 LV Vol;d) 、左室射血分数( EF% )及短轴缩短率( FS% ) ,血流动力学考察左室舒张末压( EDP ) 和等容收缩期及 舒张期左心室内压力上升最大速率( + dp / dt 和 - dp / dt) ,计算左心室指数( LVM / BW) 并对心肌进行苏木素-伊红 ( HE)染色观察各组实验大鼠心肌病理变化。 结果 VEGF 组和 VEGF+DC 组大鼠的心肌梗塞均得到有效改善,其 中 VEGF+DC 组的改善作用更加显著。 结论 VEGF 结合 DC 对心肌梗塞大鼠的心功能具有改善作用,具有一定的治疗作用。     

Study on the static properties of spiral springs under static loading

Applied Mathematics and Mechanics - Spiral springs have a wide range of applications in various fields. As a result of the complexity of friction, few theoretical analyses of spring belts under...     

Event-triggered design for discrete-time nonlinear systems with control constraints

Nonlinear Dynamics - In order to solve the constrained-input problem and reduce the computing resources, a novel event-triggered optimal control method is proposed for a class of discrete-time...