Black carbon(BC) deposited on snow and glacier surfaces can reduce albedo and lead to accelerated melt. An ice core recovered from Guoqu glacier on Mt. Geladaindong and analyzed using a Single Particle Soot Photometer...Black carbon(BC) deposited on snow and glacier surfaces can reduce albedo and lead to accelerated melt. An ice core recovered from Guoqu glacier on Mt. Geladaindong and analyzed using a Single Particle Soot Photometer(SP2) provides the ?rst long-term(1843-1982) record of BC from the central Tibetan Plateau. Post 1940 the record is characterized by an increased occurrence of years with above average BC, and the highest BC values of the record. The BC increase in recent decades is likely caused by a combination of increased emissions from regional BC sources, and a reduction in snow accumulation. Guoqu glacier has received no net ice accumulation since the 1980 s, and is a potential example of a glacier where an increase in the equilibrium line altitude is exposing buried high impurity layers. That BC concentrations in the uppermost layers of the Geladaindong ice core are not substantially higher relative to deeper in the ice core suggests that some of the BC that must have been deposited on Guoqu glacier via wet or dry deposition between 1983 and 2005 has been removed from the surface of the glacier, potentially via supraglacial or englacial meltwater.展开更多
Understanding global carbon cycle is critical to uncover the mechanisms of global warming and remediate its adverse ef fects on human activities.Organic carbon in marine sediments is an indispensable part of the globa...Understanding global carbon cycle is critical to uncover the mechanisms of global warming and remediate its adverse ef fects on human activities.Organic carbon in marine sediments is an indispensable part of the global carbon reservoir in global carbon cycling.Evaluating such a reservoir calls for quantitative studies of marine carbon burial,which closely depend on quantifying total organic carbon and black carbon in marine sediment cores and subsequently on obtaining their high-resolution temporal sequences.However,the conventional methods for detecting the contents of total organic carbon or black carbon cannot resolve the following specific difficulties,i.e.,(1)a very limited amount of each subsample versus the diverse analytical items,(2) a low and fluctuating recovery rate of total organic carbon or black carbon versus the reproducibility of carbon data,and(3)a large number of subsamples versus the rapid batch measurements.In this work,(i)adopting the customized disposable ceramic crucibles with the microporecontrolled ability,(ii)developing self-made or customized facilities for the procedures of acidification and chemothermal oxidization,and(iii)optimizing procedures and carbon-sulfur analyzer,we have built a novel Wang-Xu-Yuan method(the WXY method)for measuring the contents of total organic carbon or black carbon in marine sediment cores,which includes the procedures of pretreatment,weighing,acidification,chemothermal oxidation and quantification;and can fully meet the requirements of establishing their highresolution temporal sequences,whatever in the recovery,experimental efficiency,accuracy and reliability of the measurements,and homogeneity of samples.In particular,the usage of disposable ceramic crucibles leads to evidently simplify the experimental scenario,which further results in the very high recovery rates for total organic carbon and black carbon.This new technique may provide a significant support for revealing the mechanism of carbon burial and evaluating the capacity of marine carbon accumulation and sequestration.展开更多
Lithium–sulfur batteries are promising next-generation energy storage devices beyond conventional lithium ion batteries. However, it suffers from rapid capacity fading and poor cyclic stability. Here we report a faci...Lithium–sulfur batteries are promising next-generation energy storage devices beyond conventional lithium ion batteries. However, it suffers from rapid capacity fading and poor cyclic stability. Here we report a facile in situ sulfur deposition and chemical oxidative polymerization method for preparing acetylene black/sulfur@polypyrrole（AB/S@PPy） composite as a cathode material for lithium–sulfur batteries. It is demonstrated that PPy is covered uniformly onto the surface of the AB/S composite forming a core–shell structure. In the structure, AB in the matrix and PPy on the surface acts as a combined conductive framework to provide ions and electrons transport pathways, and to inhibit the dissolution or diffusion of polysulfide into the electrolyte. The as-designed AB/S@PPy composite exhibits excellent rate capability and cyclic stability. The initial discharge specific capacity is as high as 1179.4 m Ah/g, and remains at769.3 m Ah/g after 80 cycles at 0.2 C. Even at a high rate（0.5 C）, a maximum discharge capacity of 811.1 m Ah/g is still achieved for the AB/S@PPy composite after activation, and the capacity retention is over62.5% after 200 cycles.展开更多
Nanoscale ionic materials（NIMS） based on carbon black（CB） were prepared through a facile method. Firstly, CB was oxidized in the mixture of nitric acid and sulfuric acid, resulting in a large amounts of -COOH on s...Nanoscale ionic materials（NIMS） based on carbon black（CB） were prepared through a facile method. Firstly, CB was oxidized in the mixture of nitric acid and sulfuric acid, resulting in a large amounts of -COOH on surface of CB. Then oxidized CB was grafted by polyetheramine through neutralization reaction between -COOH of CB and -NH_2- of polyetheramine, and CB derivatives were obtained. This surface- functionalized CB can behave as liquid at ambient temperature in the absence of solvent by carefully varying the components. FTIR and thermaogravimelric analysis confirmed that the successively grafting of polyetheramine. TEM revealed the monodisperse core-shell structure of CB derivatives particles. The viscoelasticity of CB derivatives were closely related to the molecular weight and loading of polyetheramine. The unique core- shell and ionic structure and flowability of these CB derivatives could guide our future work on obtaining NIMs with tunable and controllable properties and broaden its commercial applications.展开更多
Growth of a black hole requires the participation of a near-by accretion disk if it is to occur at a significant rate. The Kerr solution of Einstein’s equation is a vacuum solution, but the center of a realistic Kerr...Growth of a black hole requires the participation of a near-by accretion disk if it is to occur at a significant rate. The Kerr solution of Einstein’s equation is a vacuum solution, but the center of a realistic Kerr black hole is not a vacuum, so the predicted disk singularity does not exist. Instead, the center of a black hole is occupied by an ultra-dense, spheroidal core whose diameter is greater than that of the theoretical disk singularity. The surface of a black hole’s core is continually bombarded by energetic particles from the external universe. Hence the cold remnant of a gravitationally-collapsed star that has often been assumed to be present at the center of a black hole must be replaced conceptually by a quark-gluon plasma whose temperature is of the order of 1012 K or more. The gravitational potential well of a black hole is extremely deep (TeV), but the number of discrete energy levels below the infinite-red-shift surface is finite. Information can be conveyed to observers in the external universe by thermally-excited fermions that escape from levels near the top of a black hole potential well.展开更多
通过自组装方式采用一步法制备了锂离子电池硅碳复合电极材料.使用X射线衍射仪(XRD)、透射电子显微镜(TEM)和扫描电子显微镜(SEM)等对样品结构进行表征.结果表明,聚乙烯吡咯烷酮(PVP)包覆的纳米硅颗粒(Si@PVP)均匀嵌入到具有三维网络纳...通过自组装方式采用一步法制备了锂离子电池硅碳复合电极材料.使用X射线衍射仪(XRD)、透射电子显微镜(TEM)和扫描电子显微镜(SEM)等对样品结构进行表征.结果表明,聚乙烯吡咯烷酮(PVP)包覆的纳米硅颗粒(Si@PVP)均匀嵌入到具有三维网络纳米孔结构的导电石墨化炭黑(GCB)骨架中,形成核壳复合型(Si@PVP-GCB)纳米颗粒,既提高了该复合电极材料的导电性能,又改善了材料的机械强度.在纳米级GCB颗粒内部存在的中空石墨环结构和包覆在纳米Si颗粒外面的PVP包覆层都有效缓冲了纳米Si颗粒在充放电过程中较大的体积变化,从而使纳米Si颗粒更加稳定.电化学测试结果表明,Si@PVP-GCB电极材料在电流密度为50 m A/g时,经过100次循环后其可逆容量仍达到545 m A·h/g时,远高于商品化的石墨微球(GMs)电极材料的容量(理论容量为372 m A·h/g).展开更多
利用日本MTSAT(multi-functional transport satellite)红外亮温资料,提取热带气旋云团中云顶较高、对流较旺盛的深对流信息,根据提取的对流核数量、对流核距热带气旋中心距离、对流核亮温极值等信息表征热带气旋强弱,初步建立了热带气...利用日本MTSAT(multi-functional transport satellite)红外亮温资料,提取热带气旋云团中云顶较高、对流较旺盛的深对流信息,根据提取的对流核数量、对流核距热带气旋中心距离、对流核亮温极值等信息表征热带气旋强弱,初步建立了热带气旋强度估测模型;并根据该估算模型的误差分布对强度(用最大风速表示)大于40m·s^(-1)和小于18m·s^(-1)的样本结果进行了线性修正,修正后的结果与中国气象局《热带气旋年鉴》热带气旋最佳路径资料比较得到非独立样本和独立样本的强度平均绝对误差分别为5.5m·s^(-1)和5.9m·s^(-1),均方根误差分别为6.9m·s^(-1)和7.7m·s^(-1);对于热带低压、强台风及以上的估计平均绝对误差分别降至4.9,4.7m·s^(-1),准确度较好。试验表明:利用热带气旋云团中的对流核数量、分布、冷暖与其强度建立的统计关系模型是可行的,该算法的估算精度与Dvorak方法、AMSU(advanced microwave sounding unit)定强算法相当。展开更多
基金funded by the National Science Foundation(OISE-0653933 and EAR-0957935)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(41121001,41225002)Geological Society of America Graduate Research Grant
文摘Black carbon(BC) deposited on snow and glacier surfaces can reduce albedo and lead to accelerated melt. An ice core recovered from Guoqu glacier on Mt. Geladaindong and analyzed using a Single Particle Soot Photometer(SP2) provides the ?rst long-term(1843-1982) record of BC from the central Tibetan Plateau. Post 1940 the record is characterized by an increased occurrence of years with above average BC, and the highest BC values of the record. The BC increase in recent decades is likely caused by a combination of increased emissions from regional BC sources, and a reduction in snow accumulation. Guoqu glacier has received no net ice accumulation since the 1980 s, and is a potential example of a glacier where an increase in the equilibrium line altitude is exposing buried high impurity layers. That BC concentrations in the uppermost layers of the Geladaindong ice core are not substantially higher relative to deeper in the ice core suggests that some of the BC that must have been deposited on Guoqu glacier via wet or dry deposition between 1983 and 2005 has been removed from the surface of the glacier, potentially via supraglacial or englacial meltwater.
基金Supported by the National Basic Research Program of China(973 Program)(No.2012CB956004)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(No.16lgjc22)
文摘Understanding global carbon cycle is critical to uncover the mechanisms of global warming and remediate its adverse ef fects on human activities.Organic carbon in marine sediments is an indispensable part of the global carbon reservoir in global carbon cycling.Evaluating such a reservoir calls for quantitative studies of marine carbon burial,which closely depend on quantifying total organic carbon and black carbon in marine sediment cores and subsequently on obtaining their high-resolution temporal sequences.However,the conventional methods for detecting the contents of total organic carbon or black carbon cannot resolve the following specific difficulties,i.e.,(1)a very limited amount of each subsample versus the diverse analytical items,(2) a low and fluctuating recovery rate of total organic carbon or black carbon versus the reproducibility of carbon data,and(3)a large number of subsamples versus the rapid batch measurements.In this work,(i)adopting the customized disposable ceramic crucibles with the microporecontrolled ability,(ii)developing self-made or customized facilities for the procedures of acidification and chemothermal oxidization,and(iii)optimizing procedures and carbon-sulfur analyzer,we have built a novel Wang-Xu-Yuan method(the WXY method)for measuring the contents of total organic carbon or black carbon in marine sediment cores,which includes the procedures of pretreatment,weighing,acidification,chemothermal oxidation and quantification;and can fully meet the requirements of establishing their highresolution temporal sequences,whatever in the recovery,experimental efficiency,accuracy and reliability of the measurements,and homogeneity of samples.In particular,the usage of disposable ceramic crucibles leads to evidently simplify the experimental scenario,which further results in the very high recovery rates for total organic carbon and black carbon.This new technique may provide a significant support for revealing the mechanism of carbon burial and evaluating the capacity of marine carbon accumulation and sequestration.
基金the financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51674221)
文摘Lithium–sulfur batteries are promising next-generation energy storage devices beyond conventional lithium ion batteries. However, it suffers from rapid capacity fading and poor cyclic stability. Here we report a facile in situ sulfur deposition and chemical oxidative polymerization method for preparing acetylene black/sulfur@polypyrrole（AB/S@PPy） composite as a cathode material for lithium–sulfur batteries. It is demonstrated that PPy is covered uniformly onto the surface of the AB/S composite forming a core–shell structure. In the structure, AB in the matrix and PPy on the surface acts as a combined conductive framework to provide ions and electrons transport pathways, and to inhibit the dissolution or diffusion of polysulfide into the electrolyte. The as-designed AB/S@PPy composite exhibits excellent rate capability and cyclic stability. The initial discharge specific capacity is as high as 1179.4 m Ah/g, and remains at769.3 m Ah/g after 80 cycles at 0.2 C. Even at a high rate（0.5 C）, a maximum discharge capacity of 811.1 m Ah/g is still achieved for the AB/S@PPy composite after activation, and the capacity retention is over62.5% after 200 cycles.
基金Funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.51003084)the Scientific Research Foundation for the Returned Overseas Chinese Scholars,State Education Ministry
文摘Nanoscale ionic materials（NIMS） based on carbon black（CB） were prepared through a facile method. Firstly, CB was oxidized in the mixture of nitric acid and sulfuric acid, resulting in a large amounts of -COOH on surface of CB. Then oxidized CB was grafted by polyetheramine through neutralization reaction between -COOH of CB and -NH_2- of polyetheramine, and CB derivatives were obtained. This surface- functionalized CB can behave as liquid at ambient temperature in the absence of solvent by carefully varying the components. FTIR and thermaogravimelric analysis confirmed that the successively grafting of polyetheramine. TEM revealed the monodisperse core-shell structure of CB derivatives particles. The viscoelasticity of CB derivatives were closely related to the molecular weight and loading of polyetheramine. The unique core- shell and ionic structure and flowability of these CB derivatives could guide our future work on obtaining NIMs with tunable and controllable properties and broaden its commercial applications.
文摘Growth of a black hole requires the participation of a near-by accretion disk if it is to occur at a significant rate. The Kerr solution of Einstein’s equation is a vacuum solution, but the center of a realistic Kerr black hole is not a vacuum, so the predicted disk singularity does not exist. Instead, the center of a black hole is occupied by an ultra-dense, spheroidal core whose diameter is greater than that of the theoretical disk singularity. The surface of a black hole’s core is continually bombarded by energetic particles from the external universe. Hence the cold remnant of a gravitationally-collapsed star that has often been assumed to be present at the center of a black hole must be replaced conceptually by a quark-gluon plasma whose temperature is of the order of 1012 K or more. The gravitational potential well of a black hole is extremely deep (TeV), but the number of discrete energy levels below the infinite-red-shift surface is finite. Information can be conveyed to observers in the external universe by thermally-excited fermions that escape from levels near the top of a black hole potential well.
文摘通过自组装方式采用一步法制备了锂离子电池硅碳复合电极材料.使用X射线衍射仪(XRD)、透射电子显微镜(TEM)和扫描电子显微镜(SEM)等对样品结构进行表征.结果表明,聚乙烯吡咯烷酮(PVP)包覆的纳米硅颗粒(Si@PVP)均匀嵌入到具有三维网络纳米孔结构的导电石墨化炭黑(GCB)骨架中,形成核壳复合型(Si@PVP-GCB)纳米颗粒,既提高了该复合电极材料的导电性能,又改善了材料的机械强度.在纳米级GCB颗粒内部存在的中空石墨环结构和包覆在纳米Si颗粒外面的PVP包覆层都有效缓冲了纳米Si颗粒在充放电过程中较大的体积变化,从而使纳米Si颗粒更加稳定.电化学测试结果表明,Si@PVP-GCB电极材料在电流密度为50 m A/g时,经过100次循环后其可逆容量仍达到545 m A·h/g时,远高于商品化的石墨微球(GMs)电极材料的容量(理论容量为372 m A·h/g).
