Sheet-like carbon-nitrogen (CNx)/graphene composites with a high content of nitrogen (x≤0.15) was prepared by the carbonization of polypyrrole (PPy)/reduced-graphene-oxide (rGO) composite at 600-800°C. We used r...Sheet-like carbon-nitrogen (CNx)/graphene composites with a high content of nitrogen (x≤0.15) was prepared by the carbonization of polypyrrole (PPy)/reduced-graphene-oxide (rGO) composite at 600-800°C. We used rGO instead of graphene oxide (GO) sheets as a template and a substrate to immobilize PPy since the PPy/GO composite agglomerates easily because of the dehydration of excess oxygen-containing groups on the GO sheets during the drying process. The dried PPy/rGO intermediate and its derived CNx/graphene products retain their high dispersion and loose-powder features. The as-prepared CNx/graphene composites have a total nitrogen content of about 10 at% and their nitrogen state is mainly of pyridinic and graphitic type. CNx/graphene composites exhibit excellent performance for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in terms of electrocatalytic activity, stability and immunity towards methanol crossover and CO poisoning, suggesting their potential as metal-free electrocatalysts for the ORR.展开更多
A high-order shock-fitting finite difference scheme is studied and used to do direc-tion numerical simulation (DNS) of hypersonic unsteady flow over a blunt cone with fast acoustic waves in the free stream, and the re...A high-order shock-fitting finite difference scheme is studied and used to do direc-tion numerical simulation (DNS) of hypersonic unsteady flow over a blunt cone with fast acoustic waves in the free stream, and the receptivity problem in the blunt cone hypersonic boundary layers is studied. The results show that the acoustic waves are the strongest disturbance in the blunt cone hypersonic boundary layers. The wave modes of disturbance in the blunt cone boundary layers are first, second, and third modes which are generated and propagated downstream along the wall. The results also show that as the frequency decreases, the amplitudes of wave modes of disturbance increase, but there is a critical value. When frequency is over the critial value, the amplitudes decrease. Because of the discontinuity of curvature along the blunt cone body, the maximum amplitudes as a function of frequencies are not monotone.展开更多
Based on an upwind compact difference scheme and the idea of monotonicity-preserving, a 5th order monotonicity-preserving upwind compact difference scheme (m-UCD5) is proposed. The new difference scheme not only retai...Based on an upwind compact difference scheme and the idea of monotonicity-preserving, a 5th order monotonicity-preserving upwind compact difference scheme (m-UCD5) is proposed. The new difference scheme not only retains the advantage of good resolution of high wave number but also avoids the Gibbs phenomenon of the original upwind compact difference scheme. Compared with the classical 5th order WENO difference scheme, the new difference scheme is simpler and small in diffusion and computation load. By employing the component-wise and characteristic-wise methods, two forms of the new difference scheme are proposed to solve the N-S/Euler equation. Through the Sod problem, the Shu-Osher problem and the two-dimensional Double Mach Reflection problem, numerical solutions have demonstrated this new scheme does have a good resolution of high wave number and a robust ability of capturing shock waves, leading to a conclusion that the new difference scheme may be used to simulate complex flows containing shock waves.展开更多
Direct numerical simulation of the turbulent boundary layer over a sharp cone with 20° cone angle (or 10° half-cone angle) is performed by using the mixed seventh- order up-wind biased finite difference sche...Direct numerical simulation of the turbulent boundary layer over a sharp cone with 20° cone angle (or 10° half-cone angle) is performed by using the mixed seventh- order up-wind biased finite difference scheme and sixth-order central difference scheme. The free stream Mach number is 0.7 and free stream unit Reynolds number is 250000/inch. The characteristics of transition and turbulence of the sharp cone boundary layer are compared with those of the flat plate boundary layer. Statistics of fully developed turbulent flow agree well with the experimental and theoretical data for the turbulent flat-plate boundary layer flow. The near wall streak-like structure is shown and the average space between streaks (normalized by the local wall unit) keeps approximately invariable at different streamwise locations. The turbulent energy equation in the cylindrical coordinate is given and turbulent en-ergy budget is studied. The computed results show that the effect of circumferen-tial curvature on turbulence characteristics is not obvious.展开更多
A second-order optimized monotonicity-preserving MUSCL scheme(OMUSCL2) is developed based on the dispersion and dissipation optimization and monotonicity-preserving technique.The new scheme(OMUSCL2) is simple in expre...A second-order optimized monotonicity-preserving MUSCL scheme(OMUSCL2) is developed based on the dispersion and dissipation optimization and monotonicity-preserving technique.The new scheme(OMUSCL2) is simple in expression and is easy for use in CFD codes.Compared with the original second-order or third-order MUSCL scheme,the new scheme shows nearly the same CPU cost and higher resolution to shockwaves and small-scale waves.This new scheme has been tested through a set of one-dimensional and two-dimensional tests,including the Shu-Osher problem,the Sod problem,the Lax problem,the two-dimensional double Mach reflection and the RAE2822 transonic airfoil test.All numerical tests show that,compared with the original MUSCL schemes,the new scheme causes fewer dispersion and dissipation errors and produces higher resolution.展开更多
Nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes (N-CNTs)/polyaniline (PANI) composites are developed as an electrode material for biosensors. The morphology, composition, and optical properties of the resulting products were characte...Nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes (N-CNTs)/polyaniline (PANI) composites are developed as an electrode material for biosensors. The morphology, composition, and optical properties of the resulting products were characterized by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), and ultraviolet-visible absorption spectra (UV-vis). Furthermore, N-CNTs/PANI composite was immobilized on the surface of a glassy carbon electrode (GCE) and applied to construct a sensor. The obtained N-CNTs/PANI-modified GCE showed one pair of redox peaks and high catalytic activity for the oxidation of dopamine (DA) in a neutral environment. Differential pulse voltam-mograms results illustrate that the fabricated DA biosensor has high anti-interference ability towards ascorbic acid (AA). In addition, the fabricated biosensor showed superior performances with two wide linear ranges from 1 to 80 μM and from 1.5 to 3.5 mM and a low detection limit of 0.01 μM.展开更多
High-energy-density batteries are in urgent need to solve the ever-increasing energy stroage demand for portable electronic devices,electric vehicles,and renewable solar and wind energy systems.Alkali metals,typically...High-energy-density batteries are in urgent need to solve the ever-increasing energy stroage demand for portable electronic devices,electric vehicles,and renewable solar and wind energy systems.Alkali metals,typically lithium(Li),sodium(Na)and potassium(K),are considered as the promising anode materials owing to their low electrochemical potential,low density,and high theoretical gravimetric capacities.However,the problem of dendrite growth of alkali metals during their plating/stripping process will lead to low Coulombic efficiencies,a short lifespan and huge volume expansion,eventually hindering their practical commercialization.To resolve this issue,a very effective approach is engineering the anodes on structured current collectors.This review summarizes the development of the alkali metal batteries and discusses the recent advances in rational design of anode current collectors.First,the challenges and strategies of suppressing alkali-metal dendrite growth are presented.Then the special attention is paid to the novel current collector design for dendrite-free alkali metal anodes.Finally,we give conclusions and perspective on the current challenges and future research directions toward advanced anode current collectors for alkali metal batteries.展开更多
Sodiumion batteries(SIBs)have attracted intensive attention as promising alternative to lithium-ionbatteries(LIBs)for large scale energy storage systems because of low cost of sodium,similar energy storage mechanism a...Sodiumion batteries(SIBs)have attracted intensive attention as promising alternative to lithium-ionbatteries(LIBs)for large scale energy storage systems because of low cost of sodium,similar energy storage mechanism and the reasonable performance.However,it is still a great challenge to search and design a robust structure of anode materials with excellent cycling stability and high rate capability for SIBs.Herein,multilayer porous vanadium nitride(VN)microsheets are synthesized through a facile and scalable hydrothermal synthesis-nitrogenization strategy as an effective anode material for SIBs.The multilayer porous VN microsheets not only offer more active sites for fast Na+insertion/extraction process and short diffusion pathway,but also effectively buffer the volume change of anode due to more space in the multilayer porous structure.The large proportions of capacitive behavior imply that the Na+charge storage depends on the intercalation pseudocapacitive mechanism.The multilayer porous VN microsheets electrodes manifest excellent cycling stability and rate capability,delivering a discharge capacity of 156.1 mA·h/g at 200 mA/g after 100 cycles,and a discharge capacity of 111.9 mA·h/g at 1.0 A/g even after 2300 cycles with the Coulombic efficiency of nearly 100%.展开更多
基金supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (2009CB930600)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (20833002, 20903057, 20905038, 20974046)+3 种基金the Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China (20093223120002)the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (BK2010525)the Foundation of Jiangsu Educational Committee (09KJB150007, 08KJB150011)the Scientific Research Foundation of Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications (NY208046)
文摘Sheet-like carbon-nitrogen (CNx)/graphene composites with a high content of nitrogen (x≤0.15) was prepared by the carbonization of polypyrrole (PPy)/reduced-graphene-oxide (rGO) composite at 600-800°C. We used rGO instead of graphene oxide (GO) sheets as a template and a substrate to immobilize PPy since the PPy/GO composite agglomerates easily because of the dehydration of excess oxygen-containing groups on the GO sheets during the drying process. The dried PPy/rGO intermediate and its derived CNx/graphene products retain their high dispersion and loose-powder features. The as-prepared CNx/graphene composites have a total nitrogen content of about 10 at% and their nitrogen state is mainly of pyridinic and graphitic type. CNx/graphene composites exhibit excellent performance for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in terms of electrocatalytic activity, stability and immunity towards methanol crossover and CO poisoning, suggesting their potential as metal-free electrocatalysts for the ORR.
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 10632050 and 10502052)
文摘A high-order shock-fitting finite difference scheme is studied and used to do direc-tion numerical simulation (DNS) of hypersonic unsteady flow over a blunt cone with fast acoustic waves in the free stream, and the receptivity problem in the blunt cone hypersonic boundary layers is studied. The results show that the acoustic waves are the strongest disturbance in the blunt cone hypersonic boundary layers. The wave modes of disturbance in the blunt cone boundary layers are first, second, and third modes which are generated and propagated downstream along the wall. The results also show that as the frequency decreases, the amplitudes of wave modes of disturbance increase, but there is a critical value. When frequency is over the critial value, the amplitudes decrease. Because of the discontinuity of curvature along the blunt cone body, the maximum amplitudes as a function of frequencies are not monotone.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 110632050, 10872205)the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2009CB724100)Projects of CAS INFO-115-B01
文摘Based on an upwind compact difference scheme and the idea of monotonicity-preserving, a 5th order monotonicity-preserving upwind compact difference scheme (m-UCD5) is proposed. The new difference scheme not only retains the advantage of good resolution of high wave number but also avoids the Gibbs phenomenon of the original upwind compact difference scheme. Compared with the classical 5th order WENO difference scheme, the new difference scheme is simpler and small in diffusion and computation load. By employing the component-wise and characteristic-wise methods, two forms of the new difference scheme are proposed to solve the N-S/Euler equation. Through the Sod problem, the Shu-Osher problem and the two-dimensional Double Mach Reflection problem, numerical solutions have demonstrated this new scheme does have a good resolution of high wave number and a robust ability of capturing shock waves, leading to a conclusion that the new difference scheme may be used to simulate complex flows containing shock waves.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 10632050 and 10502052) Informatization Construction of Knowledge Innovation Projects of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. INF105-SCE)
文摘Direct numerical simulation of the turbulent boundary layer over a sharp cone with 20° cone angle (or 10° half-cone angle) is performed by using the mixed seventh- order up-wind biased finite difference scheme and sixth-order central difference scheme. The free stream Mach number is 0.7 and free stream unit Reynolds number is 250000/inch. The characteristics of transition and turbulence of the sharp cone boundary layer are compared with those of the flat plate boundary layer. Statistics of fully developed turbulent flow agree well with the experimental and theoretical data for the turbulent flat-plate boundary layer flow. The near wall streak-like structure is shown and the average space between streaks (normalized by the local wall unit) keeps approximately invariable at different streamwise locations. The turbulent energy equation in the cylindrical coordinate is given and turbulent en-ergy budget is studied. The computed results show that the effect of circumferen-tial curvature on turbulence characteristics is not obvious.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos.10632050,10872205,11072248)the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No.2009CB724100)+1 种基金the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (Grant No.2009AA010A139)the Chinese Academy Sciences Program (Grant No.KJCX 2-EW-J01)
文摘A second-order optimized monotonicity-preserving MUSCL scheme(OMUSCL2) is developed based on the dispersion and dissipation optimization and monotonicity-preserving technique.The new scheme(OMUSCL2) is simple in expression and is easy for use in CFD codes.Compared with the original second-order or third-order MUSCL scheme,the new scheme shows nearly the same CPU cost and higher resolution to shockwaves and small-scale waves.This new scheme has been tested through a set of one-dimensional and two-dimensional tests,including the Shu-Osher problem,the Sod problem,the Lax problem,the two-dimensional double Mach reflection and the RAE2822 transonic airfoil test.All numerical tests show that,compared with the original MUSCL schemes,the new scheme causes fewer dispersion and dissipation errors and produces higher resolution.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (20905038, 20903057, 20974046, 50803027, 20874048 & 20804020)the National Basic Research Program of China (2009CB930600)+1 种基金the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (08KJB150011 & 09KJB150007)the Fok Ying-Tong Education Foundation under Grant 111051
文摘Nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes (N-CNTs)/polyaniline (PANI) composites are developed as an electrode material for biosensors. The morphology, composition, and optical properties of the resulting products were characterized by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), and ultraviolet-visible absorption spectra (UV-vis). Furthermore, N-CNTs/PANI composite was immobilized on the surface of a glassy carbon electrode (GCE) and applied to construct a sensor. The obtained N-CNTs/PANI-modified GCE showed one pair of redox peaks and high catalytic activity for the oxidation of dopamine (DA) in a neutral environment. Differential pulse voltam-mograms results illustrate that the fabricated DA biosensor has high anti-interference ability towards ascorbic acid (AA). In addition, the fabricated biosensor showed superior performances with two wide linear ranges from 1 to 80 μM and from 1.5 to 3.5 mM and a low detection limit of 0.01 μM.
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.51772157,21905141)the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions,China(No.YX03003)+1 种基金the Keypoint Research and Invention Program of Jiangsu Province,China(No.BE2018010-3)Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials(SICAM)and the Synergetic Innovation Center for Organic Electronics and Information Displays of Nanjing University of Post & Telecommunication,China。
文摘High-energy-density batteries are in urgent need to solve the ever-increasing energy stroage demand for portable electronic devices,electric vehicles,and renewable solar and wind energy systems.Alkali metals,typically lithium(Li),sodium(Na)and potassium(K),are considered as the promising anode materials owing to their low electrochemical potential,low density,and high theoretical gravimetric capacities.However,the problem of dendrite growth of alkali metals during their plating/stripping process will lead to low Coulombic efficiencies,a short lifespan and huge volume expansion,eventually hindering their practical commercialization.To resolve this issue,a very effective approach is engineering the anodes on structured current collectors.This review summarizes the development of the alkali metal batteries and discusses the recent advances in rational design of anode current collectors.First,the challenges and strategies of suppressing alkali-metal dendrite growth are presented.Then the special attention is paid to the novel current collector design for dendrite-free alkali metal anodes.Finally,we give conclusions and perspective on the current challenges and future research directions toward advanced anode current collectors for alkali metal batteries.
基金This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.91963119,51772157,21805140,21905141)the Priority Academic Development Program of the Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions,China(No.YX030003)+4 种基金the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(No.2018M642287)the Jiangsu Province Postdoctoral Research Grant Program,China(No.2018K156C)the Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials,China(SICAM)the Project of the Synergetic Innovation Center for Organic Electronics and Information Displaysand the Australian Research Council,China(No.DE190100445).
文摘Sodiumion batteries(SIBs)have attracted intensive attention as promising alternative to lithium-ionbatteries(LIBs)for large scale energy storage systems because of low cost of sodium,similar energy storage mechanism and the reasonable performance.However,it is still a great challenge to search and design a robust structure of anode materials with excellent cycling stability and high rate capability for SIBs.Herein,multilayer porous vanadium nitride(VN)microsheets are synthesized through a facile and scalable hydrothermal synthesis-nitrogenization strategy as an effective anode material for SIBs.The multilayer porous VN microsheets not only offer more active sites for fast Na+insertion/extraction process and short diffusion pathway,but also effectively buffer the volume change of anode due to more space in the multilayer porous structure.The large proportions of capacitive behavior imply that the Na+charge storage depends on the intercalation pseudocapacitive mechanism.The multilayer porous VN microsheets electrodes manifest excellent cycling stability and rate capability,delivering a discharge capacity of 156.1 mA·h/g at 200 mA/g after 100 cycles,and a discharge capacity of 111.9 mA·h/g at 1.0 A/g even after 2300 cycles with the Coulombic efficiency of nearly 100%.
