Pure Cu nanowires as catalyst were prepared by electrochemical deposition and were used in CO2 hydrogenation to methanol.The active sites of the Cu based catalyst were discussed.The performance and structural developm...Pure Cu nanowires as catalyst were prepared by electrochemical deposition and were used in CO2 hydrogenation to methanol.The active sites of the Cu based catalyst were discussed.The performance and structural development of the catalyst were observed during CO2 hydrogenation.A mechanism for the deactivation of the catalyst was discussed.The key factors that affect the deactivation of the catalyst were found.Cu nanowire sample was characterized by SEM,EDS,XRD,and BET.The results show that Cu nanowires have very high sintering resistance and catalytic stability.This helps to develop high performance catalysts.The changes in the grain size,SEM morphology and catalytic properties of the sample during CO2 hydrogenation show that the migration of the Cu atoms on the surface of the Cu nanowires can occur.Continuous migration of Cu atoms and sintering of Cu grains can lead to flow blockage in gas channels.The gas channel flow blockage or the sintering of Cu grains can lead to deactivation of the catalyst.However,the shape of catalytic performance curve indicates that the main reason for the deactivation of the catalyst is the gas channel flow blockage.展开更多
Numerical simulations of nanoparticle migration in a fully developed turbulent pipe flow are performed.The evolution of particle number concentration,total particle mass,polydispersity,particle diameter and geometric ...Numerical simulations of nanoparticle migration in a fully developed turbulent pipe flow are performed.The evolution of particle number concentration,total particle mass,polydispersity,particle diameter and geometric standard deviation is obtained by using a moment method to approximate the particle general dynamic equation.The effects of Schmidt number and Damkhler number on the evolution of the particle parameters are analyzed.The results show that nanoparticles move to the pipe center.The particle number concentration and total particle mass are distributed non-uniformly along the radial direction.In an initially monodisperse particle field,the particle clusters with various sizes will be produced because of coagulation.As time progresses,the particle cluster diameter grows from an initial value at different rates depending on the radial position.The largest particle clusters are found in the pipe center.The particle cluster number concentration and total particle mass decrease with the increase of Schmidt number in the region near the pipe center,and the particles with lower Schmidt number are of many dif-ferent sizes,i.e.more polydispersity.The particle cluster diameter and geometric standard deviation increase with the increase of Damkhler number at the same radial position.The migration properties for nano-sized particles are different from that for micro-sized particles.展开更多
The migration and dissolution of AgNPs in an aquatic system with plants was investigated.By using a hydroponic system with Eichhornia crassipes,the absorption and transportation processes of silver nanoparticles were ...The migration and dissolution of AgNPs in an aquatic system with plants was investigated.By using a hydroponic system with Eichhornia crassipes,the absorption and transportation processes of silver nanoparticles were investigated.The results show that AgNPs concentrations in the water phase declined with the increase in time,and the reduction degree was dependent on the initial concentrations of AgNPs.The silver concentrations in the roots(r=0.98,p<0.05),stems and leaves(r=1,p<0.001)were significantly positively correlated with the initial concentrations of AgNPs.Silver nanoparticles accumulated in plant roots more than stems and leaves.Compared with the addition of AgNO 3 at identical concentrations,lower removal rates of silver and plant uptake were observed in the AgNPs stress systems.A significant positive correlation was also found between the initial AgNPs concentrations and the removed amount of silver(r=0.99,p<0.001).For AgNPs,the primary removal mechanisms in these aquatic systems were agglomeration and sedimentation,while the absorption by plants had a relatively weak contribution.展开更多
The surface quality of the substrate is a crucial factor in building "clean" quantum-dimensional systems. There are a number of micro-nano metric methods for the analysis state of surface: the atomic force microsco...The surface quality of the substrate is a crucial factor in building "clean" quantum-dimensional systems. There are a number of micro-nano metric methods for the analysis state of surface: the atomic force microscopy, the scanning tunneling microscopy and others. The SE (surface electron) over substrate has a "soft" hydrogen-like spectrum in the normal direction and the SEs mobility along is sensitive to the inhomogeneities of the substrate and this is analyzed in work. The values of electron mobility and energy of thermal activation are basic parameters of transport process which essentially depend on the helium film thickness. For analysis of nano-size inhomogeneities of substrate here we apply a new method providing a uniformity of the film thickness on substrate and fixing of measuring cell with supply wires. The plunger with electro-mechanic driver into a hermetic chamber is used for variation the helium level and consequently the film thickness. Considering values the conductivity and the variation of potential along surface is estimated the effective size of roughness from several nanometers (for non-saturated helium film) to 10^2 nm (for saturated film).展开更多
The authors consider here some Oldroyd models of non-Newtonian flows consisting of a strong coupling between incompressible Navier-Stokes equations and some transport equations. It is proved that there exist global we...The authors consider here some Oldroyd models of non-Newtonian flows consisting of a strong coupling between incompressible Navier-Stokes equations and some transport equations. It is proved that there exist global weak solutions for general initial conditions. The existence proof relies upon showing the propagation in time of the compactness of solutions.展开更多
We have developed a process for chemical purification of carbon nanotubes for solution-processable thin-film transistors (TFTs) having high mobility. Films of the purified carbon nanotubes fabricated by simple drop ...We have developed a process for chemical purification of carbon nanotubes for solution-processable thin-film transistors (TFTs) having high mobility. Films of the purified carbon nanotubes fabricated by simple drop coating showed carrier mobilities as high as 164 cm2V-1s -1 normalized transconductances of 0.78 Sm-1 and on/off current ratios of 10^6. Such high performance requires the preparation of a suspension of micrometer-long and highly purified semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs). Our purification process includes length and electronic-type selective trapping of SWCNTs using recycling gel filtration with a mixture of surfactants. The results provide an important milestone toward printed high-speed and large-area electronics with roll-to-roll and ink-jet device fabrication.展开更多
Conjugated polymers attracted much attention in the past few decades due to their wide applications in various optoelectronic devices and circuits. The charge transport process in conjugated polymers mainly occurs in ...Conjugated polymers attracted much attention in the past few decades due to their wide applications in various optoelectronic devices and circuits. The charge transport process in conjugated polymers mainly occurs in the intrachain and interchain parts, where the interchain charge transport is generally slower than intrachain transport and may slow down the whole charge transport properties. Aiming at this issue, herein we employ semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes(s-SWNTs) as efficient charge-transporting jointing channels between conjugated polymer chains for improving the charge transport performance. Taking the typical conjugated polymer, ploy-N-alkyl-diketopyrrolopyrrole-dithienylthieno[3,2-b]thiophene(PDPP-TT) as an example, polymer thin film transistors(PTFTs) based on the optimized blended films of PDPP-TT/s-SWNTs exhibit an obviously increasing device performance compared with the devices based on pure PDPP-TT films, with the hole and electron mobility increased from 2.32 to 12.32 cm^2 V^-1 s^-1 and from 2.02 to 5.77 cm^2 V^-1 s^-1, respectively. This result suggests the importance of forming continuous conducting channels in conjugated polymer thin films, which can also be extended to other polymeric electronic and optoelectronic devices to promote their potential applications in large-area, low-cost and high performance polymeric electronic devices and circuits.展开更多
Ion mobility analysis is a well-known analytical technique for identifying gas-phase compounds in fastresponse gas-monitoring systems.However,the conventional plasma discharge system is bulky,operates at a high temper...Ion mobility analysis is a well-known analytical technique for identifying gas-phase compounds in fastresponse gas-monitoring systems.However,the conventional plasma discharge system is bulky,operates at a high temperature,and inappropriate for volatile organic compounds(VOCs)concentration detection.Therefore,we report a machine learning(ML)-enhanced ion mobility analyzer with a triboelectric-based ionizer,which offers good ion mobility selectivity and VOC recognition ability with a small-sized device and non-strict operating environment.Based on the charge accumulation mechanism,a multi-switched manipulation triboelectric nanogenerator(SM-TENG)can provide a direct current(DC)bias at the order of a few hundred,which can be further leveraged as the power source to obtain a unique and repeatable discharge characteristic of different VOCs,and their mixtures,with a special tip-plate electrode configuration.Aiming to tackle the grand challenge in the detection of multiple VOCs,the ML-enhanced ion mobility analysis method was successfully demonstrated by extracting specific features automatically from ion mobility spectrometry data with ML algorithms,which significantly enhance the detection ability of the SM-TENG based VOC analyzer,showing a portable real-time VOC monitoring solution with rapid response and low power consumption for future internet of things based environmental monitoring applications.展开更多
In this work we have investigated electron and hole transport through zig zag carbon nanotubes by solving Boltzmann Transport Equation(BTE).We find that the mobility of electrons is rather greater than holes.Carbo nan...In this work we have investigated electron and hole transport through zig zag carbon nanotubes by solving Boltzmann Transport Equation(BTE).We find that the mobility of electrons is rather greater than holes.Carbo nanotubes with longer diameter can carry higher current.Normally,transport of electrons(or holes) is dominated by scattering events,which relax the carrier momentum in an effort to bring the conducting material to equilibrium.展开更多
Organic thin film transistors(OTFTs) based on poly(3-hexylthiophene)(P3HT)/Zinc oxide(ZnO) nanorods composite films as the active layers were prepared by spray-coating process. The OTFTs with P3HT/ZnO-nanorods composi...Organic thin film transistors(OTFTs) based on poly(3-hexylthiophene)(P3HT)/Zinc oxide(ZnO) nanorods composite films as the active layers were prepared by spray-coating process. The OTFTs with P3HT/ZnO-nanorods composite films owned higher carriers mobility than the OTFT based on pure P3 HT. It can be found that the mobility of OTFTs increased by 135% due to ZnO-nanorods doping. This was attributed to the improvement of the P3 HT crystallinity and the optimization of polymer chains orientation. Meanwhile, because of the distinction of work function between P3 HT and ZnO, the majority carriers would accumulate on either side of the P3HT-ZnO interface which benefited carrier transfer. The influence on the mobility of composite film was studied. In addition, the threshold voltage of devices changed positively with the increase of ZnO-nanorods due to the decrease of electrostatic potential for P3HT/ZnO-nanorods composite films. The effect could be explained by the energy level theory of semiconductor.展开更多
Boron nanosheets possess unique photoelectric properties, including photosensitivity, photoresponse,and optical nonlinearity. In this article, we show the interaction between light and boron nanosheets in which concen...Boron nanosheets possess unique photoelectric properties, including photosensitivity, photoresponse,and optical nonlinearity. In this article, we show the interaction between light and boron nanosheets in which concentric rings formed in the far field, which attributed to the strong Kerr nonlinearity of boron nanosheets. Furthermore, the distortion, regulation and relationship between the Kerr nonlinearity and effective mass or carrier mobility of the diffraction rings of boron nanosheets have been investigated.Our work shows that the spatial self-phase modulation effect of boron nanosheets is indeed caused by nonlocal electronic coherence. In addition, we have implemented all-light modulation and all-light logic gates based on the prepared boron nanosheets. We believe that our results will provide a powerful demonstration of nonlinear photonic devices based on boron nanosheets and a reference for photonic devices based on two-dimensional materials.展开更多
基金Project(51074205)supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China
文摘Pure Cu nanowires as catalyst were prepared by electrochemical deposition and were used in CO2 hydrogenation to methanol.The active sites of the Cu based catalyst were discussed.The performance and structural development of the catalyst were observed during CO2 hydrogenation.A mechanism for the deactivation of the catalyst was discussed.The key factors that affect the deactivation of the catalyst were found.Cu nanowire sample was characterized by SEM,EDS,XRD,and BET.The results show that Cu nanowires have very high sintering resistance and catalytic stability.This helps to develop high performance catalysts.The changes in the grain size,SEM morphology and catalytic properties of the sample during CO2 hydrogenation show that the migration of the Cu atoms on the surface of the Cu nanowires can occur.Continuous migration of Cu atoms and sintering of Cu grains can lead to flow blockage in gas channels.The gas channel flow blockage or the sintering of Cu grains can lead to deactivation of the catalyst.However,the shape of catalytic performance curve indicates that the main reason for the deactivation of the catalyst is the gas channel flow blockage.
基金Supported by the Major Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (11132008)
文摘Numerical simulations of nanoparticle migration in a fully developed turbulent pipe flow are performed.The evolution of particle number concentration,total particle mass,polydispersity,particle diameter and geometric standard deviation is obtained by using a moment method to approximate the particle general dynamic equation.The effects of Schmidt number and Damkhler number on the evolution of the particle parameters are analyzed.The results show that nanoparticles move to the pipe center.The particle number concentration and total particle mass are distributed non-uniformly along the radial direction.In an initially monodisperse particle field,the particle clusters with various sizes will be produced because of coagulation.As time progresses,the particle cluster diameter grows from an initial value at different rates depending on the radial position.The largest particle clusters are found in the pipe center.The particle cluster number concentration and total particle mass decrease with the increase of Schmidt number in the region near the pipe center,and the particles with lower Schmidt number are of many dif-ferent sizes,i.e.more polydispersity.The particle cluster diameter and geometric standard deviation increase with the increase of Damkhler number at the same radial position.The migration properties for nano-sized particles are different from that for micro-sized particles.
基金The National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.51479034,5151101102)Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(No.2242016R30008)
文摘The migration and dissolution of AgNPs in an aquatic system with plants was investigated.By using a hydroponic system with Eichhornia crassipes,the absorption and transportation processes of silver nanoparticles were investigated.The results show that AgNPs concentrations in the water phase declined with the increase in time,and the reduction degree was dependent on the initial concentrations of AgNPs.The silver concentrations in the roots(r=0.98,p<0.05),stems and leaves(r=1,p<0.001)were significantly positively correlated with the initial concentrations of AgNPs.Silver nanoparticles accumulated in plant roots more than stems and leaves.Compared with the addition of AgNO 3 at identical concentrations,lower removal rates of silver and plant uptake were observed in the AgNPs stress systems.A significant positive correlation was also found between the initial AgNPs concentrations and the removed amount of silver(r=0.99,p<0.001).For AgNPs,the primary removal mechanisms in these aquatic systems were agglomeration and sedimentation,while the absorption by plants had a relatively weak contribution.
文摘The surface quality of the substrate is a crucial factor in building "clean" quantum-dimensional systems. There are a number of micro-nano metric methods for the analysis state of surface: the atomic force microscopy, the scanning tunneling microscopy and others. The SE (surface electron) over substrate has a "soft" hydrogen-like spectrum in the normal direction and the SEs mobility along is sensitive to the inhomogeneities of the substrate and this is analyzed in work. The values of electron mobility and energy of thermal activation are basic parameters of transport process which essentially depend on the helium film thickness. For analysis of nano-size inhomogeneities of substrate here we apply a new method providing a uniformity of the film thickness on substrate and fixing of measuring cell with supply wires. The plunger with electro-mechanic driver into a hermetic chamber is used for variation the helium level and consequently the film thickness. Considering values the conductivity and the variation of potential along surface is estimated the effective size of roughness from several nanometers (for non-saturated helium film) to 10^2 nm (for saturated film).
文摘The authors consider here some Oldroyd models of non-Newtonian flows consisting of a strong coupling between incompressible Navier-Stokes equations and some transport equations. It is proved that there exist global weak solutions for general initial conditions. The existence proof relies upon showing the propagation in time of the compactness of solutions.
文摘We have developed a process for chemical purification of carbon nanotubes for solution-processable thin-film transistors (TFTs) having high mobility. Films of the purified carbon nanotubes fabricated by simple drop coating showed carrier mobilities as high as 164 cm2V-1s -1 normalized transconductances of 0.78 Sm-1 and on/off current ratios of 10^6. Such high performance requires the preparation of a suspension of micrometer-long and highly purified semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs). Our purification process includes length and electronic-type selective trapping of SWCNTs using recycling gel filtration with a mixture of surfactants. The results provide an important milestone toward printed high-speed and large-area electronics with roll-to-roll and ink-jet device fabrication.
基金financial support from the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (2017YFA0204503 and 2016YFB0401100)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51725304, 51633006, 51703159, 51733004 and 21875259)+1 种基金the Strategic Priority Research Program (XDB12030300)the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the National Program for Support of Top-notch Young Professionals
文摘Conjugated polymers attracted much attention in the past few decades due to their wide applications in various optoelectronic devices and circuits. The charge transport process in conjugated polymers mainly occurs in the intrachain and interchain parts, where the interchain charge transport is generally slower than intrachain transport and may slow down the whole charge transport properties. Aiming at this issue, herein we employ semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes(s-SWNTs) as efficient charge-transporting jointing channels between conjugated polymer chains for improving the charge transport performance. Taking the typical conjugated polymer, ploy-N-alkyl-diketopyrrolopyrrole-dithienylthieno[3,2-b]thiophene(PDPP-TT) as an example, polymer thin film transistors(PTFTs) based on the optimized blended films of PDPP-TT/s-SWNTs exhibit an obviously increasing device performance compared with the devices based on pure PDPP-TT films, with the hole and electron mobility increased from 2.32 to 12.32 cm^2 V^-1 s^-1 and from 2.02 to 5.77 cm^2 V^-1 s^-1, respectively. This result suggests the importance of forming continuous conducting channels in conjugated polymer thin films, which can also be extended to other polymeric electronic and optoelectronic devices to promote their potential applications in large-area, low-cost and high performance polymeric electronic devices and circuits.
基金supported by the research grant of‘‘Chip-Scale MEMS Micro-Spectrometer for Monitoring Harsh Industrial Gases”(R-263-000-C91-305)at the National University of Singapore(NUS),Singaporethe research grant of RIE Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering(AME)programmatic grant A18A4b0055‘‘Nanosystems at the Edge”at NUS,Singapore。
文摘Ion mobility analysis is a well-known analytical technique for identifying gas-phase compounds in fastresponse gas-monitoring systems.However,the conventional plasma discharge system is bulky,operates at a high temperature,and inappropriate for volatile organic compounds(VOCs)concentration detection.Therefore,we report a machine learning(ML)-enhanced ion mobility analyzer with a triboelectric-based ionizer,which offers good ion mobility selectivity and VOC recognition ability with a small-sized device and non-strict operating environment.Based on the charge accumulation mechanism,a multi-switched manipulation triboelectric nanogenerator(SM-TENG)can provide a direct current(DC)bias at the order of a few hundred,which can be further leveraged as the power source to obtain a unique and repeatable discharge characteristic of different VOCs,and their mixtures,with a special tip-plate electrode configuration.Aiming to tackle the grand challenge in the detection of multiple VOCs,the ML-enhanced ion mobility analysis method was successfully demonstrated by extracting specific features automatically from ion mobility spectrometry data with ML algorithms,which significantly enhance the detection ability of the SM-TENG based VOC analyzer,showing a portable real-time VOC monitoring solution with rapid response and low power consumption for future internet of things based environmental monitoring applications.
文摘In this work we have investigated electron and hole transport through zig zag carbon nanotubes by solving Boltzmann Transport Equation(BTE).We find that the mobility of electrons is rather greater than holes.Carbo nanotubes with longer diameter can carry higher current.Normally,transport of electrons(or holes) is dominated by scattering events,which relax the carrier momentum in an effort to bring the conducting material to equilibrium.
基金supported by the foundation for Innovation Research Groups of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)(Grant No.61421002)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.61571097)
文摘Organic thin film transistors(OTFTs) based on poly(3-hexylthiophene)(P3HT)/Zinc oxide(ZnO) nanorods composite films as the active layers were prepared by spray-coating process. The OTFTs with P3HT/ZnO-nanorods composite films owned higher carriers mobility than the OTFT based on pure P3 HT. It can be found that the mobility of OTFTs increased by 135% due to ZnO-nanorods doping. This was attributed to the improvement of the P3 HT crystallinity and the optimization of polymer chains orientation. Meanwhile, because of the distinction of work function between P3 HT and ZnO, the majority carriers would accumulate on either side of the P3HT-ZnO interface which benefited carrier transfer. The influence on the mobility of composite film was studied. In addition, the threshold voltage of devices changed positively with the increase of ZnO-nanorods due to the decrease of electrostatic potential for P3HT/ZnO-nanorods composite films. The effect could be explained by the energy level theory of semiconductor.
基金partially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (61875133 and 11874269)the Science and Technology Project of Shenzhen (JCYJ20190808143801672, JCYJ20190808150803580, JCYJ20180305125036005, JCYJ20180 305124842330, and JCYJ20180305125443569)the Guangdong Natural Science Foundation (2018A030313198)。
文摘Boron nanosheets possess unique photoelectric properties, including photosensitivity, photoresponse,and optical nonlinearity. In this article, we show the interaction between light and boron nanosheets in which concentric rings formed in the far field, which attributed to the strong Kerr nonlinearity of boron nanosheets. Furthermore, the distortion, regulation and relationship between the Kerr nonlinearity and effective mass or carrier mobility of the diffraction rings of boron nanosheets have been investigated.Our work shows that the spatial self-phase modulation effect of boron nanosheets is indeed caused by nonlocal electronic coherence. In addition, we have implemented all-light modulation and all-light logic gates based on the prepared boron nanosheets. We believe that our results will provide a powerful demonstration of nonlinear photonic devices based on boron nanosheets and a reference for photonic devices based on two-dimensional materials.