Hierarchically Structured Nb_(2)O_5 Microflowers with Enhanced Capacity and Fast-Charging Capability for Flexible Planar Sodium Ion Micro-Supercapacitors

Planar Na ion micro-supercapacitors(NIMSCs) that offer both high energy density and power density are deemed to a promising class of miniaturized power sources for wearable and portable microelectron-ics. Nevertheless, the development of NIMSCs are hugely impeded by the low capacity and sluggish Na ion kinetics in the negative electrode.Herein, we demonstrate a novel carbon-coated Nb_(2)O_5 microflower with a hierarchical structure composed of vertically intercrossed and porous nanosheets, boosting Na ion storage performance. The unique structural merits, including uniform carbon coating, ultrathin nanosheets and abun-dant pores, endow the Nb_(2)O_5 microflower with highly reversible Na ion storage capacity of 245 mAh g^(-1) at 0.25 C and excellent rate capability.Benefiting from high capacity and fast charging of Nb_(2)O_5 microflower, the planar NIMSCs consisted of Nb_(2)O_5 negative electrode and activated car-bon positive electrode deliver high areal energy density of 60.7 μWh cm^(-2),considerable voltage window of 3.5 V and extraordinary cyclability. Therefore, this work exploits a structural design strategy towards electrode materials for application in NIMSCs, holding great promise for flexible microelectronics.

Electrodeposited 3D hierarchical NiFe microflowers assembled from nanosheets robust for the selective electrooxidation of furfuryl alcohol

A robust and green strategy for the selective upgrading of biomass-derived platform chemicals towards highly valuable products is important for the sustainable development.Herein,the efficient electrocatalytic oxidation of biomass-derived furfuryl alcohol(FFA)into furoic acid(FurAc)catalyzed by the electrodeposited non-precious NiFe microflowers was successfully reached under the low temperature and ambient pressure.The 3D hierarchical NiFe microflowers assembled from ultrathin nanosheets were controllably synthesized by the electrodeposition method and uniformly grown on carbon fiber paper(CFP).Electrochemical analysis confirmed that NiFe nanosheets more preferred in the selective oxidation of FFA(FFAOR)than oxygen evolution reaction(OER).The linear sweep voltammetry(LSV)in FFAOR displayed a clear decrease towards lower potential,resulting in 30 mV reduction of overpotential at 20 mA cm^(-2) compared with that of OER.The optimal catalyst Ni_(1)Fe_(2) nanosheets exhibited the highest selectivity of FurAc(94.0%)and 81.4%conversion of FFA within 3 h.Besides,the influence of various reaction parameters on FFAOR was then explored in details.After that,the reaction pathway was investigated and rationally proposed.The outstanding performance for FFAOR can be ascribed to the unique structure of 3D flower-like NiFe nanosheets and oxygen vacancies,resulting in large exposure of active sites,faster electron transfer and enhanced adsorption of reactants.Our findings highlight a facile and convenient mean with a promising green future,which is promising for processing of various biomass-derived platform chemicals into value-added products.

Porous Graphene Microflowers for High-Performance Microwave Absorption

Graphene has shown great potential in microwave absorption(MA) owing to its high surface area, low density,tunable electrical conductivity and good chemical stability.To fully realize graphenes& MA ability, the microstructure of graphene should be carefully addressed. Here we prepared graphene microflowers(Gmfs) with highly porous structure for high-performance MA filler material. The efficient absorption bandwidth(reflection loss B-10 dB) reaches 5.59 GHz and the minimum reflection loss is up to -42.9 dB, showing significant increment compared with stacked graphene. Such performance is higher than most graphene-based materials in the literature. Besides, the low filling content(10 wt%) and low density(40–50 mg cm^(-3))are beneficial for the practical applications. Without compounding with magnetic materials or conductive polymers,Gmfs show outstanding MA performance with the aid of rational microstructure design. Furthermore, Gmfs exhibit advantages in facile processibility and large-scale production compared with other porous graphene materials including aerogels and foams.

Assembling ZnO Nanorods into Microflowers through a Facile Solution Strategy: Morphology Control and Cathodoluminescence Properties

In this work, flowerlike ZnO micro/nanostructures assembled from nanorods are obtained through a facile hydrothermal route. The experimental results indicated that the as-synthesized ZnO microflowers have an average diameter of 2 μm, composed of nanorods of an average diameter of 200 nm and a tapered morphology.ZnO with other morphologies were also obtained by varying the reaction conditions. Systematical conditiondependent experiments were conducted to reveal the growth mechansim of the microflowers. It is suggested that the zinc source types, solution p H value, and reaction temperature, as well as reaction time are responsible for the variations of ZnO morphology. Luminescence properties of ZnO microflowers were investigated through monitoring different parts of nanorods, showing good optical quality.

Simple Template-Free Synthesis of Bi₂O₃Microflowers Composed of Nanorods

This paper reports that α-Bi2O3 microflowers can be synthesized by an extremely simple and easy approach of inducing a reaction through the addition of NaOH aqueous solution to a mixed aqueous solution of Bi(NO3)3·5H2O and HNO3 scanning electron microscopy images of the Bi2O3 microflowers indicate that the Bi2O3 nanorods grew radially from the centre of the microflower to form the microflower shape. The findings of this study show that control of the reaction temperature, reaction time, and raw material mixture ratio plays an important role in the formation of α-Bi2O3 microflowers. It is especially revealed that α-Bi2O3 microflowers can be formed at low temperatures with short reaction times. It has thus far been reported that flower-shaped Bi2O3 particles or their precursors can be synthesized by the addition of additives such as organic molecules or certain inorganic ions. The present work reports on the discovery of ways to synthesize flower-shaped Bi2O3 particles without the use of special additives.

Hierarchical In_(2)S_(3)microflowers decorated with WO_(3)quantum dots:Sculpting S-scheme heterostructure for enhanced photocatalytic H_(2)evolution and nitrobenzene hydrogenation

Solar energy conversion and high-value chemical production are of utmost importance.However,the de-velopment of efficient photocatalysts with strong redox ability remains challenging.Here we report a unique 3D/0D In_(2)S_(3)/WO_(3)S-scheme heterojunction photocatalyst obtained by depositing WO_(3)quantum dots(QDs)onto hierarchical In_(2)S_(3)microflowers.The In_(2)S_(3)/WO_(3)composite exhibits outstanding visible light absorption,with a maximum optical response of up to 600 nm.The electronic interaction and charge separation at interfaces are explored by in situ X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy(XPS)and density func-tional theory(DFT)calculations.The difference in work function causes In_(2)S_(3)to donate electrons to WO_(3)upon combination,leading to the formation of an internal electric field(IEF)at the interfaces.Due to the IEF and bent energy bands,the transfer and separation of photogenerated charge carriers follow an S-scheme pathway within In_(2)S_(3)/WO_(3).Owing to the strong redox ability,spatial charge separation and lower H 2-generation barrier of S active sites,the optimized In_(2)S_(3)/WO_(3)heterojunctions show enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen evolution of 0.39 mmol h^(-1)g^(-1),6.7 times that of pristine In_(2)S_(3).In addition,the In_(2)S_(3)/WO_(3)S-scheme heterojunctions afford a remarkable activity for photocatalytic nitrobenzene hydro-genation with nearly 98%conversion and 99%selectivity of aniline within 1 h.Our work might present new insights into developing efficient S-scheme heterojunctions for various photocatalytic applications.

Nitrogen-doped carbon-coated hollow SnS_(2)/NiS microflowers for high-performance lithium storage

Nitrogen-doped carbon-coated hollow SnS_(2)/NiS(SnS_(2)/NiS@N–C)microflowers were obtained using NiSn(OH)6 nanospheres as the template via a solventthermal method followed by the polydopamine coating and carbonization process.When served as an anode material for lithium-ion batteries,such hollow SnS_(2)/NiS@N–C microflowers exhibited a capacity of 403.5 mAh·g^(−1) at 2.0 A·g^(−1) over 200 cycles and good rate performance.The electrochemical reaction kinetics of this anode was analyzed,and the morphologies and structures of anode materials after the cycling test were characterized.The high stability and good rate performance were mainly due to bimetallic synergy,hollow micro/nanostructure,and nitrogen-doped carbon layers.The revealed excellent electrochemical energy storage properties of hollow SnS_(2)/NiS@N–C microflowers in this study highlight their potential as the anode material.

Solid-state template-free fabrication of uniform Mo2C microflowers with lithium storage towards Li-ion batteries

Herein,we first report one-step synthesis of uniform Mo2 C microflowers(MCMFs)from low-cost precursors via industrialized solid-state strategy.With fine optimization in precursor ratio and pyrolysis temperatures,the as-fabricated MCMFs are assembled well with interconnected single-crystalline nanosheet subunits.More encouragingly,the resultant MCMFs are further highlighted as a competitive anode with robust and long-duration lithium-storage behaviors towards high-performance Li-ion batteries.

Graphene oxide-decorated Fe2（MoO4）3 microflowers as a promising anode for lithium and sodium storage

Mixed transition metal oxides （MTMOs） have received intensive attention as promising anode materials for lithium-ion batteries （LIBs） and sodium-ion batteries （SIBs）. In this work, we demonstrate a facile one-step water-bath method for the preparation of graphene oxide （GO） decorated Fe2（MoO4）3 （FMO） microflower composite （FMO/GO）, in which the FMO is constructed by numerous nanosheets. The resulting FMO/GO exhibits excellent electrochemical performances in both LIBs and SIBs. As the anode material for LIBs, the FMO/GO delivers a high capacity of 1,220 mAh·g^-1 at 200 mA·g^-1 after 50 cycles and a capacity of 685 mAh·g^-1 at a high current density of 10 A·g^-1. As the anode material for SIBs, the FMO/GO shows an initial discharge capacity of 571 mAh·g^-1 at 100 mA·g^-1, maintaining a discharge capacity of 307 mAh·g^-1 after 100 cycles. The promising performance is attributed to the good electrical transport from the intimate contact between FMO and graphene oxide. This work indicates that the FMO/GO composite is a promising anode for high-performance lithium and sodium storage.

Boron-assisted growth of silica nanowire arrays and silica microflowers for bendable capacitor application

Aligned silica nanowire arrays and silica microflowers were fabricated using boron as the catalyst and under the flow N2 gas. The obtained product had no catalyst contamination. And silica nanowires had long lengths of a few hundreds. The growth of nanowire arrays and microflowers was explained using mechanism. Parallel-plate capacitors using silica nanowire mat as the dielectric were fabricated. The silica nanowire capacitor shows a specific capacitance of 0.24 n F/cm~2 at the frequency of 100 Hz. The capacitor is not monotone changing with the frequency. The measurement of mechanical properties shows that the tunneling current increases along with an increase in bending angle of the capacitor.

两种填充型双电渗泵的制作与流量控制

自制了同柱双电渗泵和异柱双电渗泵,考察了这两种填充型双电渗泵的泵流速及流量与驱动电压的关系,并将其与填充型单电渗泵进行了比较,说明了其优势。

Self-assembled VS_(2) microflowers buffering volume change during charging and discharging towards high-performance zinc ion batteries

VS_(2) has attracted increasing attention as a cathode material for aqueous zinc ion batteries because of its proper large layer spacing,weak interlayer interactions,multiple valence states of V,and excellent electrical conductivity,but its large volume change during charging and discharging leads to poor cycling stability.Herein,we report a one-step hydrothermal synthesis of VS_(2) microflowers with proper lamellar spacing,which provides a stable framework for the insertion/deinsertion of zinc ions and enhances the cycling stability,delivering an initial charge capacity of 128.3 mAh g^(-1) at 3 A g^(-1) and maintains a charge capacity of 100.1 mAh g^(-1) after 900 cycles.In addition,the optimized VS_(2) cathode shows specific capacities of 215.7 and 150.5 mAh g^(-1) at the current densities of 0.1 and 2 A g^(-1),respectively,demonstrating that the microflower structure with a high specific surface area and a short diffusion distance also significantly enhances the rate performance.

Similar physical simulation of microflow in micro-channel by centrifugal casting process

By means of similar physical simulation, liquid metal filling flow pattern in the microscale during the centrifugal casting process was studied. It was found that, in microscale, the flow channel with the maximum cross-sectional area was filled first, and the micro flow channels with 0.1 mm in diameter were filled when the rotational speed was increased to 964 r/min. The total fluid energy remained constant during the mould filling, and the changes of cross-sectional area only occurred in the microflow channels with 0.3 mm in diameter. Filling velocity increased with processing time, and a peak value was achieved rapidly, followed by a gentle increase as the process proceeded further. The time required to achieve the peak filling rate decreased dramatically with increase of rotational speed.

An Experimental Study of Liquid-Liquid Microflow Pattern Maps Accompanied with Mass Transfer

This paper presents the experimental results of liquid-liquid microflows in a coaxial microfluidic device with mass transfer.Three working systems were n-butanol + phosphoric acid(PA) + water,methyl isobutyl ketone(MIBK) + PA + water,30% kerosene in tri-n-butylphosphate(TBP) + PA + water.The direction and intensity of mass transfer were adjusted by adding PA in one of two phases mutual saturated in advance.When PA transferred from the organic phase to the aqueous phase,tiny aqueous droplets may generate inside the organic phase by mass transfer inducement to form a new W/O/W flow pattern directly on some special cases.Once the PA concentration was very high,violent Marangoni effect could be observed to throw part of organic phase out of droplets as tail.The interphase transfer of PA could expand the jetting flow region,in particular for systems with low or medium inter-facial tension and when the mass transfer direction was from the aqueous phase to the organic phase.

Analysis of Vibrational Performance of A Piezoelectric Micropump with Diffuse/Nozzle Microchannel

Piezoelectric transducers of different external diameters are designed and fabricated and incorporated into micropumps. Through finite element analysis, it is shown that the volume efficiency of the micropump reaches its maximum value for the first mode of vibration. The variation of maximum displacement with frequency is determined under free and forced vibration. Results demonstrate that this variation shows the same trend for different driving waves at the same driving voltage. The maximum displacement under forced vibration is less than that under free vibration. The displacement increases with decreasing distance from the center of the transducer. The maximum displacement is inversely proportional to the diameter of the transducer and proportional to the driving voltage under both free and forced vibrations. Finally, the micropump flow rate and pressure are measured and are found to manifest the same trend as the maximum displacement under the same driving conditions. For a piezoelectric transducer of 12 mm external diameter, the maximum flow rate and pressure value are 150 μL/min and 346 Pa, respectively, under sine-wave driving at 100 Vpp driving voltage.

Pancreatic blood perfusion in sodium taurocholate－induced pancreatitis in rats

The alterations of mean arterial pressure, pancreatic microflow, serum amylase and lipase,and pancreatic histology were studied in 42 rats in acute necrotizing pancreatitis induced by various concentrations of sodium taurocholate. The results showed that disturbance of pancreatic microflow which was shown by diminished pancreatic microflow occurred dramatically in the early stage of acute pancreatitis (AP) when mean arterial pressure remained stable, as concentration of the inducer increased,levels of serum amylase and lipase increased, pancreatic pathology worsened, and disturbance of pancreatic microflow further evolved. It is suggested that disturbance of pancreatic microflow might occur in the early stage of AP; disturbance of pancreatic microflow might be coincident with the pancreatic enzymes which were directly released into the blood stream during pancreatitis and with the severity of pancreatitis.

The Effect of Repeat Cardiopulmonary bypass on Epicardial Microflow and Graft Flow during Intraoperative Heart Failure

Objective\ The relationship between graft blood flow, epicardial microflow, mean arterial pressure and hemorheologic changes was studied during intraoperative heart failure. Methods\ These parameters were done to evaluate the use of repeated cardiopulmonary bypass support for the intraoperative heart failure following aorto coronary bypass surgery. Included in this study were 10 patients with a mean age of 70 and unstable angina undergoing coronary bypass grafting and suffering from intraoperative heart failure. The epicardiai microflow, graft flow, mean arterial pressure and blood cell filterability were measured. Resluts\ During heart failure, the mean arterial pressure fell by 41%(P<0.01), graft flow by 67%(P<0.01) and epicardialmicroflow by 64%(P<0.01). After 15 to 56 min of assisted cardiopulmonary bypass support, the epicardial microflow and graft flow were partially restored, while red cell and white cell filterability was reduced by 31% and 64% respectively (P<0.01). There were significant correlations between graft flow, epicardial microflow, blood cell filterability and cardiopulmonary bypass time. All patients recovered and were discharged from the hospital.Conclusion\ It is concluded that the use of temporary assisted CPB support to treat intrapoperative heart failure allows the recovery of the myocardium and thereby restores the mean arterial pressure. The recovery of graft flow and epicardial flow occurred to a lesser extent. The CPB support seemed to be suitable for about 60 min probably because of increasing disturbance to the blood cell filterability, graft flow and the epicardial microcirculation.\;

Lattice Boltzmann Simulations in the Slip and Transition Flow Regime with the Peano Framework

We present simulation results of flows in the finite Knudsen range, that is in the slip and transition flow regime. Our implementations are based on the Lattice Boltzmann method and are accomplished within the Peano framework. We validate our code by solving two- and three-dimensional channel flow problems and compare our results with respective experiments from other research groups. We further apply our Lattice Boltzmann solver to the geometrical setup of a microreactor consisting of differently sized channels and a reactor chamber. Here, we apply static adaptive grids to further reduce computational costs. We further investigate the influence of using a simple BGK collision kernel in coarse grid regions which are further away from the slip boundaries. Our results are in good agreement with theory and non-adaptive simulations, demonstrating the validity and the capabilities of our adaptive simulation software for flow problems at finite Knudsen numbers.

Geometric Inversion of Two-Dimensional Stokes Flows – Application to the Flow between Parallel Planes

Geometric inversion is applied to two-dimensional Stokes flow in view to find new Stokes flow solutions. The principle of this method and the relations between the reference and inverse fluid velocity fields are presented. They are followed by applications to the flow between two parallel plates induced by a rotating or a translating cylinder. Thus hydrodynamic characteristics of flow around circular bodies obtained by inversion of the plates are thus deduced. Typically fluid flow patterns around two circular cylinders in contact placed in the centre of a rotating or a translating circular cylinder are illustrated.

Continuous microflow visible-light photocatalytic N-formylation of piperidine and its kinetic study

N-formylation of amines,a class of synthetically important reactions,is typically conducted using metal catalysts that are relatively expensive or not readily available and usually needs harsh conditions to increase the reaction efficiency.Here,an efficient continuous microflow strategy was developed for the gas-liquid visible-light photocatalytic N-formylation of piperidine,which achieved a reaction yield of 82.97%and a selectivity of>99%at 12 min using cheap organic dye photocatalyst under mild reaction conditions.The influence of essential parameters,including light intensity,temperature and equivalents of the gas,additive and photocatalyst,on the reaction yield was systematically studied.Furthermore,kinetic investigations were conducted,exhibiting the dependence of reaction rate and equilibrium yield of N-formylpiperidine on light intensity,temperature and photocatalyst equivalent.The microflow photocatalytic approach established in this work,which realized a markedly higher space-time yield than the conventional batch method(37.9 vs.0.212 mmol h-1 L-1),paves the way for the continuous,green and efficient synthesis of N-formamides.