Hierarchical Metal Sulfide/Carbon Spheres: A Generalized Synthesis and High Sodium‐Storage Performance

The development of suitable anode materials is far from satisfactory and is a major scientific challenge for a competitive sodium‐ion battery technology. Metal sulfides have demonstrated encouraging results, but still suffer from sluggish kinetics and severe capacity decay associated with the phase change. Herein we show that rational electrode design, that is, building efficient electron/ion mixed‐conducting networks, can overcome the problems resulting from conversion reactions. A general strategy for the preparation of hierarchical carbon‐coated metal sulfide (MS?C) spheres through thermal sulfurization of metal glycerate has been developed. We demonstrate the concept by synthesizing highly uniform hierarchical carbon coated vanadium sulfide (V₂S₃?C) spheres, which exhibit a highly reversibly sodium storage capacity of 777 mAh g^?1 at 100 mA g^?1, excellent rate capability (410 mAh g^?1 at 4000 mA g^?1), and impressive cycling ability.     

Exponential decay near resonance,without analyticity

We consider a quantum mechanical model which displays the behaviour associated with having a resonance or metastable state. The Hamiltonian depends on a parameter . When =0, there is an eigenstate ₀; when 0, ₀ dissolves into the continuous spectrum, showing approximate exponential decay. We prove this result without using dilatation analyticity. The model describes a two-state atom coupled to the quantized radiation field. The state space of the field is truncated, so that only the vacuum and one-photon states are included.This work was partially supported by NSF Grant DMS-8922941     

Li嵌入对V2O5电子结构及光学性质的影响

采用第一性原理局域密度近似法计算了V₂O₅的电子态密度和能带结构以及Li嵌入后对其电子结构和光学性质的影响。计算结果表明,V₂O₅是间接带隙半导体,Li的嵌入并没有改变其电子的跃迁方式。但Li的嵌入使得V₂O₅导带能量下移,禁带宽度减小,导带中原有的劈裂被分裂的能级填满;同时致使价带出现展宽。电子态密度计算结果表明Li的嵌入对临近的O和V的电子结构有较大的影响。Li2s电子的注入提高了V₂O₅的费米能级并导致其进入导带。由于价带中的电子只能跃迁到费米能级以上的导带空能级,这致使体系实际的光学带隙增大。同时随着Li注入量的进一步增加,价带的展宽更为明显,费米能级亦呈升高的趋势,使得光学带隙随着Li注入量的增加而增大。     

Speciation of vanadium in water with quinine modified resin micro-column separation/preconcentration and their determination by fluorination assisted electrothermal vaporization (FETV)-inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES)

A simple and selective method of flow injection (FI) using a micro-column packed with quinine modified resin as solid phase extractant has been developed for preconcentration and separation of trace amount of vanadium(V) and vanadium(IV) in water samples, followed by determination with fluorination assisted electrothermal vaporization (FETV)-inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES). At pH 3 ∼ 3.8, the modified resin is selective towards V(V) and almost not towards V(IV), while, V(IV) could be quantitatively adsorbed by the modified resin at pH 5 ∼ 7. The two vanadium species adsorbed by modified resin could be readily desorbed quantitatively with 0.3 ml of 0.5 mol l⁻¹ HCl. Both vanadium species in elution were then determined by ETV-ICP-OES with the use of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) as chemical modifier. Effects of acidity, sample flow rate, concentration of elution solution and interfering ions on the recovery of the analytes have been systematically investigated. Under the optimal conditions, the adsorption capacities of the quinine modified resin for V(V) and V(IV) are 7.6 and 8.0 mg g⁻¹, respectively. The detection limit (3σ) of V is 0.072 ng ml⁻¹ for FETV-ICP-OES and 0.56 pg ml⁻¹ for FETV-ICP-MS with enrichment factor of 62.5, and the relative standard deviation (R.S.D.) is 4.9% (n = 9, C = 0.2 μg ml⁻¹) and 3.8% (n = 9, C = 1.0 ng ml⁻¹), respectively. The proposed method has been applied to the determination of trace V(V) and V(IV) in different water samples, and the recoveries of V(V) and V(IV) are 100 ± 10%. In order to further verify the accuracy of the developed method, FETV-ICP-MS was employed to analyze the vanadium species in water samples after separation/preconcentration, and analytical results are in good agreement with that obtained by the proposed method. The developed method was also applied to the analysis of the total V in GBW07401 soil certified reference material and in GBW07605 tea leaves certified reference material, and the determined values coincided with the certified values very well.     

Schur spaces and weighted spaces of type H ∞

Abstract

We extend some results related to composition operators on H _υ(G) to arbitrary linear operators on H _υ0(G) and H _υ(G). We also give examples of rank-one operators on H _υ(G) which cannot be approximated by composition operators.     

Effects of growth temperature on Li-N dual-doped p-type ZnO thin films prepared by pulsed laser deposition

Li-N dual-doped p-type ZnO (ZnO:(Li,N)) thin films have been prepared by pulsed laser deposition. The introduction of Li and N was confirmed by secondary ion mass spectrometry measurements. The structural, electrical, and optical properties as a function of growth temperature were investigated in detail. The lowest room-temperature resistivity of 3.99 Ω cm was achieved at the optimal temperature of 450 °C, with a Hall mobility of 0.17 cm²/V s and hole concentration of 9.12 × 10¹⁸ cm⁻³. The ZnO:(Li,N) films exhibited good crystal quality with a complete c-axis orientation, a high transmittance (about 90%) in the visible region, and a predominant UV emission at room temperature. The two-layer-structure p-ZnO:(Li,N)/n-ZnO homojunctions were fabricated on a sapphire substrate. The current-voltage characteristics exhibited the rectifying behavior of a typical p-n junction.     

SCR催化剂的组成对其脱硝性能的影响

在以TiO₂为载体的基础上,考察了活性组分WO₃和V₂O₅的质量分数以及SiO₂和Al₂O₃的加入对SCR催化剂脱硝性能的影响,筛选出的最佳催化剂组成与某商业催化剂的催化活性、制备方法和催化剂组成进行比较。结果表明,SiO₂和Al₂O₃的加入会降低催化剂的脱硝性能,筛选出的最佳催化剂组成为0.5%V₂O₅～10%WO₃/TiO₂;与实验室通过溶胶 凝胶法制备载体然后负载活性组分的制备方法不同,商业催化剂是将粒径均匀的锐钛矿型TiO₂与玻璃纤维（主要成分为SiO₂和Al₂O₃）通过黏合剂混合制备成型的催化剂载体,然后负载活性组分;由于制备方法和催化剂组成等方面的较大差异,0.5%V₂O₅～10%WO₃/TiO₂在低于603K时具有很好的NO脱除率,而商业催化剂在实际烟气温度(603K~663K)范围内,能稳定保持90%以上脱硝率。     

A New Cyclic Bisdesmoside from Tubers of Bolbostemma paniculatum

The structure of tubeimoside V (1), a new cyclic bisdesmoside, isolated from tubers of Bolbostemma paniculatum (Tu Bei Mu), was established by means of 2D NMR spectral and chemical methods. Compound 1 has inter-saccharide chain bridging by a dicrotalic acid to form aunique macrocyclic structure.     

Geometrical,electronic, and magnetic properties of Au n V (n = 1–8) clusters: A density functional study

The geometrical, electronic, and magnetic properties of small Au _n V (n?=?1–8) clusters have been investigated using density functional theory at the PW91 level. An extensive structural search indicates that the V atom in low-energy Au _n V isomers tends to occupy the most highly coordinated position and the ground-state configuration of Au _n V clusters favors a planar structure. The substitution of a V atom for an Au atom in the Au _{n +1} cluster transforms the structure of the host cluster. Maximum peaks are observed for the ground-state Au _n V clusters at n?=?2 and 4 for the size dependence of the second-order energy differences, implying that the Au₂V and Au₄V clusters possess relatively higher stability. The energy gap of the Au₃V cluster is the largest of all the clusters. This may be ascribed to its highly symmetrical geometry and closed eight-electron shell. For ground-state clusters with the same spin multiplicity, as the clusters size increases, the vertical ionization potential decreases and the electron affinity increases. Magnetism calculations for the most stable Au _n V clusters demonstrate that the V atom enhances the magnetic moment of the host clusters and carries most of the total magnetic moment.