配位自还原法制备纳米银及其电催化活性

Pt是质子交换膜燃料电池(PEMFC)阴极氧还原最好的催化剂,但价格昂贵,且易被渗透到阴极的燃料分子及中间体毒化,导致电池性能降低。 本文以乙二胺四甲叉膦酸(EDTMP)为配位剂和还原剂,采用配位自还原法快速合成银纳米粒子(Ag NPs),并研究了其对氧还原的电催化性能。 透射电子显微镜(TEM)、X射线衍射(XRD)等测试结果表明,Ag NPs分散性好且粒径均一,还原反应6 h所得Ag NPs的平均粒径约6 nm;循环伏安法(CV)等电化学测试发现,在碱性条件下此种合成方法制得的银作为电催化氧还原反应(ORR)的催化剂具有良好的催化活性,通过EDTMP配位自还原得到的Ag NPs对氧还原的半波电位(E1/2)比传统的NaBH4直接还原所制得Ag NPs的E1/2正移60 mV。     

生物膜电极在以苯酚为燃料的微生物燃料电池中的应用

以苯酚为燃料, 生物膜电极为负极, Ti/SnO₂-Sb₂O₅/PbO₂电极为正极, 构建了双室微生物燃料电池. 利用微电流驯化法和自然驯化法分别制备了生物膜电极, 研究了微生物的挂膜方法、 挂膜时间和负极基底材料种类对微生物燃料电池产电能力的影响. 结果表明, 微电流驯化法优于自然驯化法, 微电流驯化法制备的生物膜电极更利于电池的产电; 微生物的挂膜时间为8 d时, 电池的产电能力最高, 其最大输出功率密度达到39 mW/m²; 不同基底材料生物膜电极所组建的微生物燃料电池产电能力高低顺序为碳毡>石墨>钛网>泡沫钛.     

浸渍法制备硅钨酸修饰的炭载钯催化剂电催化甲酸氧化

用浸渍的方法制备了硅钨酸（SiWA）修饰的炭载Pd(Pd/C-SiWA)催化剂。 计时电流曲线研究表明,在Pd/C和Pd/C-SiWA催化剂电极上,3000 s时的电流密度分别为0.013和0.082 A/mg,分别为10 s时电流密度的2.5%和14.1%。 结果表明,Pd/C-SiWA催化剂对甲酸氧化的电催化稳定性要远远优于Pd/C催化剂。 这是因为Pd/C催化剂上SiWA的修饰抑制了甲酸的自分解, 从而减小了CO的毒化作用,改进了Pd/C催化剂对甲酸氧化的电催化和稳定性。     

Denoising method of X-ray phase contrast DR image for TRISO-coated fuel particles

TRISO （tristructural-isotropic） fuel is a type of micro fuel particles used in high-temperature gas-cooled reactors （HTGRs）. Among the quality evaluation methods for such particles, inqine phase contrast imaging technique （PCI） is more feasible for nondestructive measurement. Due to imaging hardware limitations, high noise level is a distinct feature of PCI images, and as a result, the dimensional measurement accuracy of TRISO-coated fuel particles decreases. Therefore, we propose an improved denoising hybrid model named as NL P-M model which introduces non-local theory and retains the merits of the Perona-Malik （P-M） model. The improved model is applied to numerical simulation and practical PCI images. Quanti- tative analysis proves that this new anisotropic diffusion model can preserve edge or texture information effectively, while ruling out noise and distinctly decreasing staircasing artifacts. Especially during the process of coating layer thickness measurement, the NL P-M model makes it easy to obtain continuous contours without noisy points or fake contour segments, thus enhancing the measurement accuracy. To address calculation complexity, a graphic processing unit （GPU） is adopted to realize the acceleration of the NL P-M denoising.     

Supersonic combustion and hypersonic propulsion

50 多年的努力和曲折经历证明了超声速燃烧冲压发动机概念的可行性. 本文对影响超燃冲压发动机技术成熟的主要因素作了扼要的分析. 高超声速推进的首要问题是净推力, 利用超声速燃烧获得推力遇到各种实际问题的制约, 它们往往互相牵制. 几次飞行试验表明高超声速飞行需要的发动机净推力仍差强人意, 液体碳氢燃料(煤油) 超燃冲压发动机在飞行马赫数5 上下的加速和模态转换过程, 成为高超声速吸气式推进继续发展的瓶颈. 研究表明, 利用吸热碳氢燃料不仅是发动机冷却的需要也是提高发动机推力和性能的关键举措, 燃料吸热后物性改变对燃烧性能的附加贡献对超燃冲压发动机的净推力至关重要.当前, 实验模拟技术和测量技术相对地落后, 无法对环境、尺寸和试验时间做到完全的模拟. 计算流体动力学(Computational Fluid Dynamics, CFD) 逐渐成为除实验以外唯一可用的工具, 然而, 超声速燃烧的数值模拟遇到湍流和化学反应动力学的双重困难. 影响对发动机的性能作正确可靠的评估.提出双模态超燃冲压发动机模态转换、吸热碳氢燃料主动冷却燃料催化裂解与超声速燃烧耦合、燃烧稳定性、实验模拟技术与装置、内流场特性和发动机性能测量、数值模拟中的湍流模型、煤油替代燃料及简化机理等研究前沿课题, 和未来5~10 年重点发展方向的建议.     

Simulation of flow through porous anode in MFC at higher power density

Microbial fuel cell (MFC) is a novel environmental friendly energy device which has received great attention due to its technology for producing electricity directly from organic or inorganic matter by using bacteria as catalyst. To date, many experiments have been carried out to achieve the maximum power output with advective flow through porous anode to the cathode in the MFC. However, the precise mechanical mechanism of flow through anode and the quantified relationship between electrode spacing and MFC performance are not yet clearly understood. It has been found experimentally that the power output can be increased apparently at certain electrode spacing configuration. Based on these available experimental data, this paper investigates the effect of spacing between electrodes, the Darcy number of porous anode and the Reynolds number on the power production performance of MFC by using lattice Boltzmann method. The numerical simulation results present that the distance between electrodes significantly influences the flow velocity and residence time of the organic matter attached to the anode in the MFC. Moreover, it is found that the Darcy number of porous anode and the Reynolds number can regulate the output efficiency of MFC. These results perform better understanding of the complex phenomena of MFC and will be helpful to optimize MFC design.     

高活性、高抗毒性的甲酸燃料电池阳极催化剂

甲酸燃料电池是一种近年发展起来的新型燃料电池,具有极好的商业化前景,但其发展受到很多因素的制约,其中阳极催化剂是影响其性能的关键因素。本文从催化剂的制备方法、催化剂载体和掺杂其他元素等方面介绍了近年来国内外在提高催化剂的活性和抗毒性方面所做的重要研究工作。具体包括:电沉积法、有机溶胶法等重要制备方法,碳纳米管、石墨烯和复合材料作为催化剂载体的研究以及通过掺杂其他元素制备合金催化剂和复合催化剂来提高催化剂活性和抗毒性的相关研究工作。本文还对甲酸燃料电池的发展做了展望。     

基于光谱技术的农林生物质原料组分和热值的快速测定

快速检测生物质原料特性对生产高品质压缩成型燃料具有重要意义。利用光谱技术建立松木、杉木和棉杆三类农林生物质组分(水分、灰分、挥发分和固定碳)和热值预测模型。相比原始光谱,基于一阶导数光谱的偏最小二乘回归(PLS)模型预测精度较高。灰分、挥发分和水分PLS模型交叉校验决定系数(R2)分别为0.97,0.94和0.90,预测偏差比率(RPD)分别为6.57,4.00和3.01。固定碳和热值PLS模型精度一般,R2分别为0.85和0.87,RPD分别为2.55和2.73。实验结果表明,利用可见-近红外光谱技术完全可以替代传统工业分析方法,从而实现农林生物质原料组分和热值的快速测定。     

A domain decomposition method for two-phase transport model in the cathode of a polymer electrolyte fuel cell

Using Kirchhoff transformation, we develop a Dirichlet–Neumann alternating iterative domain decomposition method for a 2D steady-state two-phase model for the cathode of a polymer electrolyte fuel cell (PEFC) which contains a channel and a gas diffusion layer (GDL). This two-phase PEFC model is represented by a nonlinear coupled system which typically includes a modified Navier–Stokes equation with Darcy’s drag as an additional source term of the momentum equation, and a convection–diffusion equation for the water concentration with discontinuous and degenerate diffusivity. For both cases of dry and wet gas channel, we employ Kirchhoff transformation and Dirichlet–Neumann alternating iteration with appropriate interfacial conditions on the GDL/channel interface to treat the jump nonlinearities in the water equation. Numerical experiments demonstrate that fast convergence as well as accurate numerical solutions are obtained simultaneously owing to the implementation of the above-described numerical techniques along with a combined finite element-upwind finite volume discretization to automatically control the dominant convection terms arising in the gas channel.     

An EDXRF method for determination of uranium and thorium in AHWR fuel after dissolution

A fast energy dispersive x‐ray fluorescence (EDXRF) method requiring only microgram amounts of analytes, i.e. uranium (U) and thorium (Th), in their mixtures in solution form is described. Calibration solutions and samples covering the fuel composition range (0–5% of U in U + Th) of advanced heavy water reactor (AHWR) were prepared by mixing uranium and thorium solutions. A known fixed amount of internal standard yttrium (Y) was added to these solutions. EDXRF spectra of calibration solutions and samples were measured by taking 20 µl aliquots on 30 mm diameter filter papers, after drying, using a Rh target tube operated at 40 kV and 500 µA. Calibration plots were made by plotting U/Y, U/Th and Th/Y amount ratios against the respective intensity ratios of Th Lα, U Lα and Y Kα. In the first set, U was determined using Y as an internal standard, and for Th determination, U, thus determined, was used as an internal standard since the amounts of Th and Y were kept constant in the calibration solutions and samples. In the second set, both U and Th were varied and determined using Y as internal standard. The results of U and Th determinations showed a precision of about 3% (1s) and the results deviated from the expected values by <3% in most of the cases. This approach has an advantage that it requires only microgram amounts of sample, thus mitigating radiation hazards associated with radioactive samples as well as the amount of radioactive analytical waste generated is quite less. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.