Modification of Polymeric Carbon Nitride with Au–CeO2 Hybrids to Improve Photocatalytic Activity for Hydrogen Evolution

The construction of a multi-component heterostructure for promoting the exciton splitting and charge separation of conjugated polymer semiconductors has attracted increasing attention in view of improving their photocatalytic activity. Here, we integrated Au nanoparticles (NPs) decorated CeO₂ (Au–CeO₂) with polymeric carbon nitride (PCN) via a modified thermal polymerization method. The combination of the interfacial interaction between PCN and CeO₂ via N-O or C-O bonds, with the interior electronic transmission channel built by the decoration of Au NPs at the interface between CeO₂ and PCN, endows CeAu–CN with excellent efficiency in the transfer and separation of photo-induced carriers, leading to the enhancement of photochemical activity. The amount-optimized CeAu–CN nanocomposites are capable of producing ca. 80 μmol· H₂ per hour under visible light irradiation, which is higher than that of pristine CN, Ce–CN and physical mixed CeAu and PCN systems. In addition, the photocatalytic activity of CeAu–CN remains unchanged for four runs in 4 h. The present work not only provides a sample and feasible strategy to synthesize highly efficient organic polymer composites containing metal-assisted heterojunction photocatalysts, but also opens up a new avenue for the rational design and synthesis of potentially efficient PCN-based materials for efficient hydrogen evolution.     

Methods for Elemental Analysis of Size-Resolved PM Samples Collected on Aluminium Foils: Results of an Intercomparison Exercise

Aluminium is the most common substrate in studies using impactors for the measurement of the number or the weight of size-segregated atmospheric particulate matter (PM), as its characteristics perfectly fit impactor requirements. However, its use is not recommended by manufacturers when one of the purposes of the study is the determination of the metal content in the sample. The aim of this work was to develop an efficient analytical procedure for the removal and acid digestion of PM samples collected on aluminium foils by a cascade impactor to perform the determination of metals. The possibility of performing the trace metal analysis of PM samples collected using aluminium foils is of great importance, as it allows the determination of an accurate size distribution and the elemental composition of the PM collected on each impactor stage. Two procedures were optimised by using different digestion and analysis techniques. Both procedures were then applied to the two halves of several Dekati low-pressure impactor (DLPI) samples, and the results were critically compared. The two procedures proved to be effective in the determination of extremely low concentrations of a large suite of analytes in different size fractions of PM emitted by a brake system.     

Degrees of Freedom of a K-User Interference Channel in the Presence of an Instantaneous Relay

In this paper, we study the degrees of freedom (DoF) of a frequency-selective K-user interference channel in the presence of an instantaneous relay (IR) with multiple receiving and transmitting antennas. We investigate two scenarios based on the IR antennas’ cooperation ability. First, we assume that the IR receiving and transmitting antennas can coordinate with each other and that the transmitted signal of each transmitting antenna can depend on the received signals of all receiving antennas, and we derive lower and upper bounds for the sum DoF of this model. In an interference alignment scheme, we divide receivers into two groups called clean and dirty receivers. We design our scheme such that a part of the messages of clean receivers can be de-multiplexed at the IR. Thus, the IR can use these message streams for an interference cancellation at the clean receivers. Next, we consider an IR, the antennas of which do not have coordination with each other and where the transmitted signal of each transmitting antenna depends only on the received signal of its corresponding receiving antenna. We also derive lower and upper bounds for the sum DoF for this model of IR. We show that the achievable sum DoF decreases considerably compared with the coordinated case. In both of these models, our schemes achieve the maximum K sum DoF if the number of transmitting and receiving antennas is more than a finite threshold.     

低密度等离子体融断开关的粒子模拟研究

采用2.5维柱坐标粒子模拟程序研究了低密度等离子体融断开关（PEOS）工作过程中的物理现象,介绍了计算模型的建立和复杂边界的算法处理。模拟结果表明,在PEOS导通电流的过程中,电流通道最初在等离子体的发生器端形成,并且随着导通时间的增大而向负载端漂移。离子的空间分布并没有明显的变化,当PEOS发生断路时,等离子体离子的密度会迅速降低,并最终导致PEOS阴极附近的等离子体的密度已接近为零,此时,阴极电子完全受磁场箍缩作用而不能到达阳极,PEOS完全断开。     

等离子体速率方程与复合机制X射线激光

应用通道理论的处理方法,求解等离子体所有离化度离子丰度和激发态布居的速率方程,模拟等离子体中各种复杂的原子物理过程。研究了初始完全处于裸核状态的锂等离子体离子丰度和激发态布居随着时间的演化,并探讨了类氢锂离子相对于基态复合机制X射线激光产生的可能性。     

激光触发多级多通道开关研究

研究了200kV激光触发多级多通道开关的运行机理,该开关在直流电压下以四倍频Nd:YAG激光器为触发源进行的实验结果表明：开关触发延迟时间及其抖动随开关电压、激光能量和充气压力上升呈指数下降趋势,对混合气体则随气体密度上升而上升。随透镜焦距的增大延迟时间及其抖动呈上升趋势。该开关实现了多通道放电。     

离子通道电子束回旋脉塞的等离子体波效应

研究了离子通道回旋电子束脉塞（ICECM）中的等离子体波非线性效应。利用流体理论与自洽非线性理论方法对ICECM中等离子体波效应的微观机理进行了分析。研究发现,等离子体波加强了电子束的纵向群聚,束-波互作用的能量交换效率及系统增益得到明显提高。数值模拟计算表明,对于中等等离子体密度、1.5kA电流和1MV加速电压的电子束,系统能够获得的脉冲功率和频率分别为200MW和280GHz的毫米波束。     

大气湍流对部分相干平顶高斯光束的影响

采用相屏近似处理方法对激光通过湍流大气的传输进行了数值模拟。从数值模拟的结果拟合出两个公式：一是通过湍流前后部分相干平顶高斯光束的束宽平方比随阶数、传输距离和湍流强度的变化关系式;一是通过湍流后的相干长度随初始光束相干长度、湍流相干长度的变化关系式。研究发现：部分相干平顶高斯光束分解为相互独立的厄米-高斯光束的叠加;相干性越差的光束受到湍流的影响程度就越小;湍流对光束传输的影响与光束自身相干特性对其传输的影响之间是不相关的。     

大气压力对激光辐照双层板接触传热的影响

考虑激光辐照下结构变形对双层板接触传热影响可以更真实地反映两板间的传热情况,通过实验和数值模拟分析了大气压力对接触传热的影响。结果表明：大气压力对接触热阻影响非常明显,当大气压力超过一定值后,双层板界面始终接触,后板中心的温升阶段成类抛物形状;当大气压力在某一范围内,大气压力与温度矩产生的靶板挠度相当,接触面时分时合,后板的温升阶段成振荡式类线性增加;当大气压力小于某一特定值时,后板温度有一突跃过程,通过适当的设计有可能观测到该现象。     

激光雷达测量大气温度的傅里叶分析方法

在对流层(小于12km）,由于大气中气溶胶的存在,传统的利用大气中瑞利散射光谱测量大气温度的方法具有一定的局限性。借助傅里叶分析方法对不同高度的大气后向散射光谱通过碘吸收池所产生的不同透过率曲线进行处理,同时考虑了对流层中气溶胶的影响,可得到对流层中不同高度、不同大气后向散射比条件下的温度轮廓线。