As the green and sustainable development of human society highly relies on renewable energy,it has been recognized that electrocatalysis is a key technology to this end.High efficient ways of carbon-neutralization(eCO...As the green and sustainable development of human society highly relies on renewable energy,it has been recognized that electrocatalysis is a key technology to this end.High efficient ways of carbon-neutralization(eCO_(2)RR),reverse artificial nitrogen cycle(RANC),and oxygen chemistry(OER and ORR)all can be driven by electrocatalysis.Advanced theoretical study is an important means to fundamentally understanding electrocatalytic reactions.Herein,we review a few significant issues in theoretical electrocatalysis.First,electrochemical barriers and potential effects are essential for a more accurate description of reaction mechanism and activity.Meanwhile,consideration of competitive reaction path is also one of the important aspects,as novel insights and anomalous volcano trend can be obtained.Finally,a microenvironment exerted by confined space can tune the capacitance of electrochemical interface and(electro)chemical potential of proton,resulting in a possibility to improve reaction activity,which opens a new avenue for design of catalyst.展开更多
In this work, a preliminary numerical model of the behavior of retro-reflective materials used as envelope coatings on street canyon buildings facades has been tested. Retro-reflective materials have a surface finish ...In this work, a preliminary numerical model of the behavior of retro-reflective materials used as envelope coatings on street canyon buildings facades has been tested. Retro-reflective materials have a surface finish that allows to reflect the solar radiation back in the same direction of the incident radiation. In the last years this kind of materials has been studied as buildings envelope coating for their potentials in the reduction of the UHI effect. As a matter of fact, the angular dependence of their optical-radiative response would help to mitigate the phenomenon of radiative entrapment due to the urban fabric environment. For this reason, an urban canyon was selected as the most common urban architecture to perform the analysis. A virtual retroreflective material has been simulated considering its response as almost diffusive but in the same direction of the incident radiation. The assessment of the energy advantages of the adoption of a virtual retro-reflective material as envelope coating is investigated by means of a numerical model developed in MATLAB and based on the Gebhart factors theory. The final purpose of the numerical model is the evaluation of the surfaces solar loads by a comparison between perfectly diffusive materials and RR materials used as fa？ades coating.展开更多
Fly ash is an industrial by-product from coal combustion and has been widely used as mineral admixture in normal and high strength concretes. Owing to the pozzolanic reaction between calcium hydroxide and fly ash, com...Fly ash is an industrial by-product from coal combustion and has been widely used as mineral admixture in normal and high strength concretes. Owing to the pozzolanic reaction between calcium hydroxide and fly ash, compared with Portland cement, the hydration of concrete containing fly ash is much more complex. In this paper, by considering the production of calcium hydroxide in cement hydration and its consumption in the pozzolanic reaction, a numerical model is proposed to simulate the hydration of concrete containing fly ash. Similar to the hydration reaction of cement, fly ash activity is divided into three processes: an initial dormant period, a phase-boundary reaction process and a diffusion process. The mutual interactions between the cement hydration and fly ash reaction are considered through the available calcium hydroxide amount and available capillary water amount in the system. The properties of hardening fly ash blended concrete, such as the reaction degree of fly ash, chemically bound water, calcium hydroxide, and compressive strength, are determined from the contributions of cement hydration and fly ash pozzolanic reaction. The evaluated results show good accordance with the experimental results.展开更多
文摘As the green and sustainable development of human society highly relies on renewable energy,it has been recognized that electrocatalysis is a key technology to this end.High efficient ways of carbon-neutralization(eCO_(2)RR),reverse artificial nitrogen cycle(RANC),and oxygen chemistry(OER and ORR)all can be driven by electrocatalysis.Advanced theoretical study is an important means to fundamentally understanding electrocatalytic reactions.Herein,we review a few significant issues in theoretical electrocatalysis.First,electrochemical barriers and potential effects are essential for a more accurate description of reaction mechanism and activity.Meanwhile,consideration of competitive reaction path is also one of the important aspects,as novel insights and anomalous volcano trend can be obtained.Finally,a microenvironment exerted by confined space can tune the capacitance of electrochemical interface and(electro)chemical potential of proton,resulting in a possibility to improve reaction activity,which opens a new avenue for design of catalyst.
文摘In this work, a preliminary numerical model of the behavior of retro-reflective materials used as envelope coatings on street canyon buildings facades has been tested. Retro-reflective materials have a surface finish that allows to reflect the solar radiation back in the same direction of the incident radiation. In the last years this kind of materials has been studied as buildings envelope coating for their potentials in the reduction of the UHI effect. As a matter of fact, the angular dependence of their optical-radiative response would help to mitigate the phenomenon of radiative entrapment due to the urban fabric environment. For this reason, an urban canyon was selected as the most common urban architecture to perform the analysis. A virtual retroreflective material has been simulated considering its response as almost diffusive but in the same direction of the incident radiation. The assessment of the energy advantages of the adoption of a virtual retro-reflective material as envelope coating is investigated by means of a numerical model developed in MATLAB and based on the Gebhart factors theory. The final purpose of the numerical model is the evaluation of the surfaces solar loads by a comparison between perfectly diffusive materials and RR materials used as fa？ades coating.
基金supported by 2012 Research Grant from Kangwon National University
文摘Fly ash is an industrial by-product from coal combustion and has been widely used as mineral admixture in normal and high strength concretes. Owing to the pozzolanic reaction between calcium hydroxide and fly ash, compared with Portland cement, the hydration of concrete containing fly ash is much more complex. In this paper, by considering the production of calcium hydroxide in cement hydration and its consumption in the pozzolanic reaction, a numerical model is proposed to simulate the hydration of concrete containing fly ash. Similar to the hydration reaction of cement, fly ash activity is divided into three processes: an initial dormant period, a phase-boundary reaction process and a diffusion process. The mutual interactions between the cement hydration and fly ash reaction are considered through the available calcium hydroxide amount and available capillary water amount in the system. The properties of hardening fly ash blended concrete, such as the reaction degree of fly ash, chemically bound water, calcium hydroxide, and compressive strength, are determined from the contributions of cement hydration and fly ash pozzolanic reaction. The evaluated results show good accordance with the experimental results.
