Edge-enriched graphene with boron and nitrogen co-doping for enhanced oxygen reduction reaction

Carbon-based electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), especially in anion exchange membrane fuel cells (AEMFCs), have received a lot of attention because they exhibit excellent stability and are comparable to commercial Pt/C catalysts. Currently, to maximize the catalytic activity of carbon-based electrocatalysts, there are two major strategies: heteroatom doping or exposing active edge sites. However, the approach of increasing heteroatomic dopants of active edge sites has been rarely addressed. In this study, we present a simple strategy to prepare edge-enriched graphene catalysts with an increased ratio of heteroatomic dopants suitable for ORR of AEMFCs. The catalysts were prepared under harsh oxidation conditions, followed by a simple co-doping process with boron and nitrogen. The ORR activity of the catalysts was observed to be related to an increase of edge sites with heteroatomic dopants. We believe that the edge-enriched structure leads to accelerated electron transfer with enhanced oxygen adsorption.     

一种限制周期气固两相流直接数值模拟中整体质量流率的新方法

全周期边界条件的气固两相流系统是研究气固相互作用的一个常用计算模型。为平衡周期气固系统在流向上的受力,常对系统施加平衡系统总重力的固定压力梯度,但由于数值误差的影响,这种固定压力梯度的方法会使得气固系统整体不断加速进而导致模拟失真。为了降低系统质心加速度的影响,本文先后采用了前人提出的固定整体质量流率方法和本文提出的压力梯度后验修正方法,并对两种方法的模拟结果进行了对比。     

Femoral head avascular necrosis in sickle cell anemia: MR characteristics

Since considerable expansion of hematopoietic marrow occurs in patients with sickle cell anemia (SCA), magnetic resonance images of 20 hips in 10 patients with known homozygous SCA were reviewed to determine a) if low signal hematopoietic marrow extended into the femoral capital epiphysis and b) if the MR characteristics of avascular necrosis (AVN) differed depending on the type of epiphyseal marrow. Our results revealed variable epiphyseal marrow type; mixed (fatty and hematopoietic) marrow (42%), fatty marrow (32%), hematopoietic marrow (16%) and hemosiderotic marrow (10%). AVN occurred irrespective of the underlying marrow. Segmental areas of low signal intensity in variable shapes (ring, band, crescent or large homogeneous area) was the most consistent MR manifestation of AVN in SCA. A low signal intensity peripheral rim surrounding a central zone, isointense with epiphyseal marrow on T₁ and T₂ weighted images, was most frequently observed similar to that described in patients without hemoglobinopathy. The notable difference, however, was of segmental areas within the same femoral head that demonstrated variable central zone signal on T₂ weighted images. Further, while an increase in hip joint fluid is commonly seen with both early and advanced AVN in patients without hemoglobinopathy; it was increased in only one hip in patients with SCA. The observed differences in MR characteristics may be due to different pathophysiology of AVN in patients with SCA.     

不同的分子间势对LJD状态方程的影响

本文分別采用6-exp,M-M和LJ(6,12)三种形式的分子间作用势,计算了LJD理论的压缩性因子,以检验由于势的不同对LJD状态方程造成的影响。     

碳纳米纤维负载Co3S4复合材料的合成及其在染料敏化太阳电池对电极的应用

采用水热法合成四硫化三钴（Co₃S₄）催化材料,并利用球磨和喷涂技术将其制备成对电极,结合新型无碘电解液Co²⁺/Co³⁺用于染料敏化太阳电池（dye-sensitized solar cells,简称DSCs）来研究其光电性能。测试结果显示,基于Co₃S₄对电极,DSCs的能量转化效率（power conversion efficiency,简称PCE）只有6.06%,远远低于Pt对电极（8.05%）。为了提高Co₃S₄的催化能力,采用静电纺丝技术制备碳纳米纤维（electrospun carbon nanofibers,简称ECs）,结合水热法制备出不同负载量的碳纳米纤维负载四硫化三钴（Co₃S₄/ECs）复合催化材料用于对电极,结果表明,Co₃S₄/ECs的PCE最高可达（8.22±0.08）%,优于Pt对电极。     

Statistics of strange attractors by generalized cell mapping

It is proposed in this paper to use the generalized cell mapping to locate strange attractors of dynamical systems and to determine their statistical properties. The cell-to-cell mapping method is based upon the idea of replacing the state space continuum by a large collection of state space cells and of expressing the evolution of the dynamical system in terms of a cell-to-cell mapping. This leads to a Markov chain which in turn allows us to compute all the statistical properties as well as the invariant distribution. After a general discussion, the method is applied in this paper to strange attractors of a variety of systems governed either by point mappings or by differential equations. The results indicate that it is a viable, effective and attractive method. Some comments on this method in comparison with the method of direct iteration will also be made.     

显微动态图像分析技术及其在生物物理中的应用

介绍了一种可实时监测细胞生命活动的显微动态图像分析技术。该技术把显微光学成像技术、数字处理技术和动态图像分析技术结合为一体,可实现对活细胞的结构功能、生长过程和环境变化的影响等进行非侵入性连续监测。通过在细胞膜弹性模量测量中的应用表明,该技术不仅原理可靠,实现容易,应用方便,而且检测速度快,测量精度高,稳定性能好。此项技术可望在生物物理学的实验研究中获得广泛的应用。     

生物添加剂对汽油机燃油经济性及废气排放影响的研究

将一种棕榈油提取物作为添加剂,加入汽油中以研究其对汽油机燃油经济性和排放品质的影响。针对市场上正使用的辛烷值为93#的高清洁汽油和乙醇汽油,通过发动机台架试验对加剂前后的汽油机性能指标进行了对比和分析．结果表明:加入此种添加剂后对各种汽油的燃油经济性有大幅改善作用,对乙醇汽油的效果尤甚。加剂后可以使乙醇汽油的燃油经济性与普通汽油完全一样。对于93#高清洁汽油,除了未燃碳氢(HC)略有上升外,其他排放物如氮氧化物 (Nox)、一氧化碳等有所减少, CO2排放有明显的改善。对于乙醇汽油,则HC和CO2略有上升。     

LES-DSMC方法研究超细颗粒气固两相流动过程

采用考虑颗粒脉动流动对气相湍流流动影响的大涡模拟(LES)研究气相湍流,采用直接模拟蒙特卡罗方法(DSMC)模拟颗粒间的碰撞。单颗粒运动满足牛顿第二定律,颗粒相和气相相间作用的双向耦合由牛顿第三定律确定,考虑超细颗粒间的van der Waals作用力。数值模拟垂直管内超细颗粒气固两相流动,对颗粒相速度、浓度以及团聚物流动过程进行分析。     

各向同性湍流中颗粒引起湍流变动的直接模拟

本文通过直接数值模拟对均匀各向同性湍流中颗粒对湍流的变动作用进行了研究.颗粒相的体积分数很小而质量载荷足够大,以至于颗粒之间的相互作用可以忽略不计,而重点考虑颗粒与湍流间能量的交换。颗粒对湍流的反向作用使得湍动能的耗散率增强,以至于湍动能的衰减速率增大.湍动能的衰减速率随颗粒惯性的增大而增大。三维湍动能谱显示,颗粒对湍动能的影响在不同的尺度上是不均匀的。在低波数段,流体带动颗粒,而高波数段则相反.