Nickel was recovered from nickel laterite using a sulfation-roasting-leaching process and the effects of operation parameters in- cluding acid addition, roasting temperature, and roasting time on nickel extraction and...Nickel was recovered from nickel laterite using a sulfation-roasting-leaching process and the effects of operation parameters in- cluding acid addition, roasting temperature, and roasting time on nickel extraction and iron dissolution were investigated using response sur- face methodology (RSM). Two second-order polynomial models of high significance were presented to show the relationship between the responses and the variables. The analysis of variance (ANOVA) showed high coefficients of determination (R2) of 0.894 and 0.980 for the two models, respectively. Optimum areas of 〉-80% Ni extraction and 〈5% Fe dissolution were obtained by the overlaid contours. Verification experiments in the optimum areas were conducted and the results indicate a close agreement with the predicted values obtained from the models.展开更多
Cerebral perfusion computed tomography(PCT)is an important imaging modality for evaluating cerebrovascular diseases and stroke symptoms.With widespread public concern about the potential cancer risks and health hazard...Cerebral perfusion computed tomography(PCT)is an important imaging modality for evaluating cerebrovascular diseases and stroke symptoms.With widespread public concern about the potential cancer risks and health hazards associated with cumulative radiation exposure in PCT imaging,considerable research has been conducted to reduce the radiation dose in X-ray-based brain perfusion imaging.Reducing the dose of X-rays causes severe noise and artifacts in PCT images.To solve this problem,we propose a deep learning method called NCS-Unet.The exceptional characteristics of non-subsampled contourlet transform(NSCT)and the Sobel filter are introduced into NCS-Unet.NSCT decomposes the convolved features into high-and low-frequency components.The decomposed high-frequency component retains image edges,contrast imaging traces,and noise,whereas the low-frequency component retains the main image information.The Sobel filter extracts the contours of the original image and the imaging traces caused by the contrast agent decay.The extracted information is added to NCS-Unet to improve its performance in noise reduction and artifact removal.Qualitative and quantitative analyses demonstrated that the proposed NCS-Unet can improve the quality of low-dose cone-beam CT perfusion reconstruction images and the accuracy of perfusion parameter calculations.展开更多
Owing to the advantages of high energy density and environmental friendliness,lithium-ion batteries(LIBs)have been widely used as power sources in electric vehicles,energy storage systems and other devices.Conventiona...Owing to the advantages of high energy density and environmental friendliness,lithium-ion batteries(LIBs)have been widely used as power sources in electric vehicles,energy storage systems and other devices.Conventional LIBs composed of liquid electrolytes(LEs)have potential safety hazards;thermal runaway easily leads to battery explosion and spontaneous combustion.To realize a large-scale energy storage system with higher safety and higher energy density,replacing LEs with solid-state electrolytes(SSEs)has been pursued.Among the many SSEs,sulfide SSEs are attractive because of their high ionic conductivities,easy processabilities and high thermostabilities.However,interfacial issues(interfacial reactions,chemo-mechanical failure,lithium dendrite formation,etc.)between sulfide SSEs and electrodes are factors limiting widespread application.In addition,the intrinsic interfacial issues of sulfide SSEs(electrochemical windows,diffusion mechanisms of Li^(+),etc.)should not be ignored.In this review,the behaviors,properties and mechanisms of interfaces in all-solid-state lithium batteries with a variety of sulfide SSEs are comprehensively summarized.Additionally,recent research progress on advanced characterization methods and designs used to stabilize interfaces is discussed.Finally,outlooks,challenges and possible interface engineering strategies are analyzed and proposed.展开更多
Correction to:Electrochemical Energy Reviews(2023)6:10 https://doi.org/10.1007/s41918-022-00176-0 The publication of this article unfortunately contained mistakes.The conflict of interest of one of the authors was mis...Correction to:Electrochemical Energy Reviews(2023)6:10 https://doi.org/10.1007/s41918-022-00176-0 The publication of this article unfortunately contained mistakes.The conflict of interest of one of the authors was missing.展开更多
Direct far-field visualization and characterization of surface plasmon polaritons(SPPs)are of great importance for fundamental studies and technological applications.To probe the evanescently confined plasmon fields,o...Direct far-field visualization and characterization of surface plasmon polaritons(SPPs)are of great importance for fundamental studies and technological applications.To probe the evanescently confined plasmon fields,one usually requires advanced near-field techniques,which is typically not applicable for real-time,high-throughput detecting or mapping of SPPs in complicated environments.Here,we report the utilization of rare-earth-doped nanoparticles to quantitatively upconvert invisible,evanescently confined SPPs into visible photoluminescence emissions for direct far-field visualization of SPPs in a complicated environment.The observed interference fringes between the SPPs and the coherent incident light at the metal surface provide a quantitative measurement of the SPP wavelength and the SPP propagating length and the local dielectric environments.It thus creates a new signaling pathway to sensitively transduce the local dielectric environment change into interference periodicity variation,enabling a new design of directly measurable,spectrometer-free optical rulers for rapid,ultrasensitive label-free detection of various biomolecules,including streptavidin and prostate-specific antigen,down to the femtomolar level.展开更多
文摘Nickel was recovered from nickel laterite using a sulfation-roasting-leaching process and the effects of operation parameters in- cluding acid addition, roasting temperature, and roasting time on nickel extraction and iron dissolution were investigated using response sur- face methodology (RSM). Two second-order polynomial models of high significance were presented to show the relationship between the responses and the variables. The analysis of variance (ANOVA) showed high coefficients of determination (R2) of 0.894 and 0.980 for the two models, respectively. Optimum areas of 〉-80% Ni extraction and 〈5% Fe dissolution were obtained by the overlaid contours. Verification experiments in the optimum areas were conducted and the results indicate a close agreement with the predicted values obtained from the models.
基金supported in part by Science and Technology Program of Guangdong (No. 2018B030333001)the State’s Key Project of Research and Development Plan (Nos. 2017YFC0109202,2017YFA0104302 and 2017YFC0107900)the National Natural Science Foundation (Nos. 81530060 and 61871117)
文摘Cerebral perfusion computed tomography(PCT)is an important imaging modality for evaluating cerebrovascular diseases and stroke symptoms.With widespread public concern about the potential cancer risks and health hazards associated with cumulative radiation exposure in PCT imaging,considerable research has been conducted to reduce the radiation dose in X-ray-based brain perfusion imaging.Reducing the dose of X-rays causes severe noise and artifacts in PCT images.To solve this problem,we propose a deep learning method called NCS-Unet.The exceptional characteristics of non-subsampled contourlet transform(NSCT)and the Sobel filter are introduced into NCS-Unet.NSCT decomposes the convolved features into high-and low-frequency components.The decomposed high-frequency component retains image edges,contrast imaging traces,and noise,whereas the low-frequency component retains the main image information.The Sobel filter extracts the contours of the original image and the imaging traces caused by the contrast agent decay.The extracted information is added to NCS-Unet to improve its performance in noise reduction and artifact removal.Qualitative and quantitative analyses demonstrated that the proposed NCS-Unet can improve the quality of low-dose cone-beam CT perfusion reconstruction images and the accuracy of perfusion parameter calculations.
基金support from the Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos.LR20E020002,LD22E020006Zhe-jiang Provincial Ten-thousand Talents Plan under Grant No.2020R51004+1 种基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)under Grant Nos.U20A20253,21972127,51677170Dr.Fan thanks the support by the U.S.Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy(EERE)under the Vehicle Technology Program under Contact DE EE0008864.
文摘Owing to the advantages of high energy density and environmental friendliness,lithium-ion batteries(LIBs)have been widely used as power sources in electric vehicles,energy storage systems and other devices.Conventional LIBs composed of liquid electrolytes(LEs)have potential safety hazards;thermal runaway easily leads to battery explosion and spontaneous combustion.To realize a large-scale energy storage system with higher safety and higher energy density,replacing LEs with solid-state electrolytes(SSEs)has been pursued.Among the many SSEs,sulfide SSEs are attractive because of their high ionic conductivities,easy processabilities and high thermostabilities.However,interfacial issues(interfacial reactions,chemo-mechanical failure,lithium dendrite formation,etc.)between sulfide SSEs and electrodes are factors limiting widespread application.In addition,the intrinsic interfacial issues of sulfide SSEs(electrochemical windows,diffusion mechanisms of Li^(+),etc.)should not be ignored.In this review,the behaviors,properties and mechanisms of interfaces in all-solid-state lithium batteries with a variety of sulfide SSEs are comprehensively summarized.Additionally,recent research progress on advanced characterization methods and designs used to stabilize interfaces is discussed.Finally,outlooks,challenges and possible interface engineering strategies are analyzed and proposed.
文摘Correction to:Electrochemical Energy Reviews(2023)6:10 https://doi.org/10.1007/s41918-022-00176-0 The publication of this article unfortunately contained mistakes.The conflict of interest of one of the authors was missing.
基金X.D.acknowledge the financial support from the National Science Foundation through grant No.1610361.
文摘Direct far-field visualization and characterization of surface plasmon polaritons(SPPs)are of great importance for fundamental studies and technological applications.To probe the evanescently confined plasmon fields,one usually requires advanced near-field techniques,which is typically not applicable for real-time,high-throughput detecting or mapping of SPPs in complicated environments.Here,we report the utilization of rare-earth-doped nanoparticles to quantitatively upconvert invisible,evanescently confined SPPs into visible photoluminescence emissions for direct far-field visualization of SPPs in a complicated environment.The observed interference fringes between the SPPs and the coherent incident light at the metal surface provide a quantitative measurement of the SPP wavelength and the SPP propagating length and the local dielectric environments.It thus creates a new signaling pathway to sensitively transduce the local dielectric environment change into interference periodicity variation,enabling a new design of directly measurable,spectrometer-free optical rulers for rapid,ultrasensitive label-free detection of various biomolecules,including streptavidin and prostate-specific antigen,down to the femtomolar level.
基金supported by NSFC(Nos.21025521 and 21035001)National Key Basic Research Program(No. 2011CB911000)+1 种基金EU FP7-HEALTH-2010 Programme-GlycoHIT(No. 260600)CSIRT Program and NSF of Hunan Province(No.10JJ7002)
文摘Received 3 December 2012 Received in revised form 27 December 2012 Accepted 31 December 2012 Available online 4 February 2013