A poly ( p-phenylenevinylene ) ( PPV ) alternating copolymer, poly [ ( 2, 5-diphenylene-1, 3, 4-oxadiazole )-4-4' - vinylene-alt-2-methoxy-5-( 2-ethylhexyloxy )-1, 4-phenylenevinylene] (oxa-MEHPV), is synth...A poly ( p-phenylenevinylene ) ( PPV ) alternating copolymer, poly [ ( 2, 5-diphenylene-1, 3, 4-oxadiazole )-4-4' - vinylene-alt-2-methoxy-5-( 2-ethylhexyloxy )-1, 4-phenylenevinylene] (oxa-MEHPV), is synthesized by Heck coupling reaction and characterized with UV-vis, Fourier transform infrared ( FT-IR ), ^1H-NMR and photoluminescence ( PL ) spectroscopy, oxa-MEHPV possesses an outstanding thermal stability and shows excellent solubility in common organic solvents such as dichloromethane, chloroform, toluene, and tetrahydrofuran(THF). The introduction of the electron-deficient 1, 3, 4-oxadiazole units into the MEH-PPV backbone also increases the electron affinities of the conjugated segment, which leads to the blue-shift of the maximum absorption wavelength and makes the polymer have a high optical band-gap energy, good electron-transporting stability and high PL quantum yield.展开更多
The fluorine-containing organic polymer was synthesized from 3, 3', 4, 4'-Bisphenyltetracarboxylic (BPDA), and 2,2-Bis (3-amino-4-hydroxyyphenyl) hexafluoropropane (6FHP). It is a first-step preparation of a p...The fluorine-containing organic polymer was synthesized from 3, 3', 4, 4'-Bisphenyltetracarboxylic (BPDA), and 2,2-Bis (3-amino-4-hydroxyyphenyl) hexafluoropropane (6FHP). It is a first-step preparation of a preimided hydroxy-containing polyimide, followed by the covalent bonding of an active chromophore, dispersed red 19 (DR19), onto the backbone of the polyimide via the Mitsunobu reaction. The nonlinear optical (NLO) containing polyimide was synthesized. The differential scanning calorimeter (DSC)and thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA) exhibited Tg and the temperature Tg at which 5 % mass losses occurring of polymer were 248 and 309 ℃, respectively. A reflective electro-optic (EO) modulator using this polymer was fabricated. The optical nonlinearities were determined to be d33 = 5. 209×10^-9 esu (poling voltage of 3.6 kV, 205 ℃) and d33 =7. 418×10^-9esu (poling voltage of 3. 8 kV, 210 ℃) by the second harmonic generation method in in-situ condition at a fundamental wavelength of 1 064 nm. The EO coefficients 733 of the polymer layer in the EO modulator were determined to be 2. 182 pm/V (poling voltage of 3.6 kV, 205 ℃) and 3. 107 pm/V (poling voltage of 3.8 kV, 210 ℃) at 1064 nm by an attenuated-total-reflection (ATR) method.展开更多
Novel transfer functions are presented for a polymer electro-optic mieroring resonator switches. The resonating process ot the light in the microring is simulated using the formulas. Then the optimization of the struc...Novel transfer functions are presented for a polymer electro-optic mieroring resonator switches. The resonating process ot the light in the microring is simulated using the formulas. Then the optimization of the structural parameters is performed, and the characteristics are analyzed, such as the resonance time, output spectrum, operation voltage, insertion loss and crosstalk were analyzed. The simulation results show that the designed device exhibits favorable switching functions.展开更多
The multiphoton ionization of acetone-water clusters were detected at 355 nm laser wavelength by using the time of flight mass spectrometer(TOF-MS). The experiments show that all products are proto- nated. Three mai...The multiphoton ionization of acetone-water clusters were detected at 355 nm laser wavelength by using the time of flight mass spectrometer(TOF-MS). The experiments show that all products are proto- nated. Three main products such as (CH3COCH3),-(H2O)n_2 H^+ , (CH3COCH3),-(H2O)n-1 H^+ and (CH3COCH3),-(H2O),H^+ are concluded from the results. In order to study the equilibrium structures of the (CH3 COCH3 ),-(H2O)n-2 H^+ , the ab-initio calculation is used on them. The experiment is even done when the volume rate of acetone to water is 1:2.展开更多
The overall problem with PV (photovoltaic) systems is the high cost for the photovoltaic modules. This makes it interesting to concentrate irradiation on the PV-module, thereby reducing the PV area necessary for obt...The overall problem with PV (photovoltaic) systems is the high cost for the photovoltaic modules. This makes it interesting to concentrate irradiation on the PV-module, thereby reducing the PV area necessary for obtaining the same amount of output power. The tracking capability of two-axes tracking unit driving a new concentrating paraboloid for electric and heat production have been evaluated. The reflecting optics consisting of flat mirrors provides uniform illumination on the absorber which is a good indication for optimised electrical production due to series connection of solar cells. The calculated optical efficiency of the system indicates that about 80% of the incident beam radiation is transferred to the absorber. Simulations of generated electrical and thermal energy from the evaluated photovoltaic thermal (PV/T) collector show the potential of obtaining high total energy efficiency.展开更多
The transparent solid medium of a thermotropic liquid crystal polymer have a comb structure of mesogenic side chains which exhibit a nonlinear optical response of electronic origin.The main chain of the liquid crystal...The transparent solid medium of a thermotropic liquid crystal polymer have a comb structure of mesogenic side chains which exhibit a nonlinear optical response of electronic origin.The main chain of the liquid crystal polymers can be selected from a number of suitable polymerized monomeric and comonomeric structures such as polyvinyl,polysiloxane,polyoxyalkylene, polyester etc.The electrooptic light modulator is provided,which have potential to using in the systems of laser modulation and deflection,and information control in optical circuitry etc.展开更多
A new functionalized heteroleptic iridium complex coordinated with 1-phenylisoquinoline (1-piq) and a functionalized fl-diketone (G1), Ir(1-piq)2G1, was synthesized and characterized by 1H-NMR, mass spectrometry...A new functionalized heteroleptic iridium complex coordinated with 1-phenylisoquinoline (1-piq) and a functionalized fl-diketone (G1), Ir(1-piq)2G1, was synthesized and characterized by 1H-NMR, mass spectrometry and elemental analysis. The larger conjugation of the replacement of acetylacetone (acac) by a functionalizedβ-diketonate ligand led to a significant decrease in the HOMO level toward vacuum level, while Ir(1-piq)2G1 and Ir(1-piq)2(acac) showed red phosphorescent emissions of about 620 nm in dichloromethane solution. The phosphorescent polymer light-emitting devices were achieved, with the complexes incorporated with polyfluorene (PFO) as a host polymer doped with 30% of 5-(4-biphenylyl)-2-(4-tert-butylphenyl)-1,3,4-oxadiazole (PBD) as electron transport material. The energy transfer mechanism of the devices was also discussed. The lower EL performance of Ir(1-piq)2G1 is ascribed to the inter-ligand energy transfer, indicating that it is important to control the energy level of the cyclometalated and ancillary ligands.展开更多
We have prepared new chiral Schiff base complexes, and copper(Ⅱ) (2) to investigate steric effect of ligands for 1 and bis(N-R-l-phenylethyl-5- methoxysalicydenaminato) nickel(Ⅱ) (1) 2 and known bis(N-R-l...We have prepared new chiral Schiff base complexes, and copper(Ⅱ) (2) to investigate steric effect of ligands for 1 and bis(N-R-l-phenylethyl-5- methoxysalicydenaminato) nickel(Ⅱ) (1) 2 and known bis(N-R-l-phenylethyl-3,5-dichlorosalicydenaminato) nickel(Ⅱ) (3) and copper(Ⅱ) (4). By using two kinds of photochromic dyes, disperse red 1 (DRI) and azobenzene (AZ), we investigated the efficiency of increasing optical anisotropy of organic/inorganic hybrid materials of 1 through 4+AZ or DRI+PMMA in polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) cast films by Weigert effect (and compared with cis-trans isomerization by alternate UV and visible light for 3 and 4 to previous study). Gradual increase of optical anisotropy was observed for all the hybrid materials regardless of flexibility of Schiff base complexes, and the degree of dichroism and weak intermolecular interactions were discussed based on polarized absorption electronic spectra.展开更多
Photodynamic therapy(PDT)as a non-invasive anticancer modality has received increasing attention due to its advantages of noninvasiveness,high temporospatial selectivity,simple and controllable operation,etc.PDT mainl...Photodynamic therapy(PDT)as a non-invasive anticancer modality has received increasing attention due to its advantages of noninvasiveness,high temporospatial selectivity,simple and controllable operation,etc.PDT mainly relies on the generation of toxic reactive oxygen species(ROS)by photosensitizers(PSs)under the light irradiation to cause cancer cell apoptosis and death.However,solid tumors usually exhibit an inherent hypoxic microenvironment,which greatly limits the PDT efficacy of these high oxygen-dependent conventional type II PSs.Therefore,it is of great importance to design and develop efficient type I PSs that are less oxygen-dependent for the treatment of hypoxic tumors.Herein,a new strategy for the preparation of efficient type I PSs by introducing the photoinduced electron transfer(PET)mechanism is reported.DR-NO_(2) is obtained by introducing 4-nitrobenzyl to(Z)-2-(5-(4-(diethylamino)-2-hydroxybenzylidene)-4-oxo-3-phenylthiazolidin-2-ylidene)malononitrile(DR-OH)with aggregation-induced emission(AIE)feature.The AIE feature ensures their high ROS generation efficiency in aggregate,and the PET process leads to fluorescence quenching of DR-NO_(2) to promote triplet state formation,which also promotes intramolecular charge separation and electron transfer that is conducive for type I ROS particularly superoxide radicals generation.In addition,DR-NO_(2) nanoparticles are prepared by nanoprecipitation to possess nanoscaled sizes,high cancer cell uptake,and excellent type I ROS generation ability,which results in an excellent performance in PDT ablation of MCF-7 cancer cells.This PET strategy for the development of type I PSs possesses great potential for PDT applications against hypoxic tumors.展开更多
Total proteins extracted from Pinellia ternata with different types of leaves have been assayed by UV absorbance, blue native polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (BN-PAGE) and sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide ge...Total proteins extracted from Pinellia ternata with different types of leaves have been assayed by UV absorbance, blue native polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (BN-PAGE) and sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS- PAGE). We found that the total protein contents of P. ternata with the herbaceous peony and claw types of leaves were much higher than that with other types of leaves. P. ternata collected from Nanchuan County, except the ones with herbaceous peony leaves, displayed a high similarity with each other. Both UV absorbance and cluster analysis indicated that the protein content in P. ternata with the herbaceous peony leaves was less affected by habitats than that with other types of leaves. The results showed that it was necessary to increase the homogeneity of seeds for improving the protein content ofP. ternata.展开更多
A novel hybrid solar concentrating Photovoltaic/Thermal (CPV/T) system with beam splitting technique is presented. In this system, a beam splitter is used to separate the concentrated solar radiation into two parts: o...A novel hybrid solar concentrating Photovoltaic/Thermal (CPV/T) system with beam splitting technique is presented. In this system, a beam splitter is used to separate the concentrated solar radiation into two parts: one for the PV power generation and the other for thermal utility. The solar concentrator is a flat Fresnel-type concentrator with glass mirror reflectors. It can concentrate solar radiation onto solar cells with high uniformity, which is beneficial to improving the efficiency of solar cells. The thermal receiver is separated to the solar cells, and therefore, the thermal fluid can be heated to a relatively high temperature and does not affect the performance of solar cells. A dimensionless model was developed for the performance analysis of the concentrating system. The effects of the main parameters on the performance of the concentrator were analyzed. The beam splitter with coating materials Nb2O3 /SiO2 was designed by using the needle optimization technique, which can reflect about 71% of the undesired radiation for silicon cell(1.1m < 3m) to the thermal receiver for thermal utility. The performance of this CPV/T system was also theoretically analyzed.展开更多
In order to reduce transmission loss of the optical waveguide in Mach-Zehnder (M-Z) electro-optical (EO) polymer modulator,the basic iterative formula of semi-vector finite-difference beam propagation method (FD-BPM) ...In order to reduce transmission loss of the optical waveguide in Mach-Zehnder (M-Z) electro-optical (EO) polymer modulator,the basic iterative formula of semi-vector finite-difference beam propagation method (FD-BPM) is obtained from the scalar wave equation. The transition waveguide is combined with S-type bend branch waveguide for the M-Z EO modulator in the branch waveguide. The effects of structure parameters such as ridge width,length of the branch waveguide and interferometer spacing on the transmission loss are systematically studied by using the semi-vector FD-BPM method. The structure is optimized as an S-sine bend branch waveguide,with rib width w=7μm,length of branch waveguide L=1200μm and interferometer spacing G=22 μm. The results show that the optimized structure can reduce transmission loss to 0.083 dB,which have a certain reference value to the design of optical waveguide in M-Z polymer modulator.展开更多
This study presents a novel solar concentrating photovoltaic/concentrating solar power (CPV/CSP) hybrid system, which mainly contains CPV modules with an evaporative cooling subsystem, a thermal receiver and an orga...This study presents a novel solar concentrating photovoltaic/concentrating solar power (CPV/CSP) hybrid system, which mainly contains CPV modules with an evaporative cooling subsystem, a thermal receiver and an organic Rankine cycle (ORC). The cooling fluid is boiled when cooling the CPV modules, and superheated vapor that is effective for power generation with an ORC is generated after absorbing low-concentration solar radiation in the thermal receiver. A steady-state physical model is developed to carry out energy analysis of the hybrid sys- tem. The results show that when saturated vapor is fed into the thermal receiver, the peripheral low-concentration solar radiation that is discarded in conventional CPV or CPV/ thermal systems is effective to get a high-temperature superheated vapor (e.g., above 120 ℃). The overall solar- to-electricity efficiency can be increased from 28.4 % for the conventional CPV system to 44 % for the hybrid sys- tem with 500 suns. Even though the overall efficiency decreases from 44.0 % to 36.8 % when the concentration ratio increases from 500 to 2,000 suns, there is still a considerable efficiency improvement compared with the conventional CPV systems. The results indicate that the proposed hybrid system provides a viable solution for solar power generation with high efficiencies.展开更多
Tetraphenylethene (TPE) is a popular luminogen characterized by aggregation-induced emission and has been widely used to construct solid-state emissive materials. In this work, two thermally stable polymers (P1 and P2...Tetraphenylethene (TPE) is a popular luminogen characterized by aggregation-induced emission and has been widely used to construct solid-state emissive materials. In this work, two thermally stable polymers (P1 and P2) consisting of TPE conjugated to the 2,7-positions of fluorene and carbazole, respectively, are synthesized and characterized. Both polymers are weakly fluorescent in solutions but show greatly enhanced emission as the aggregate formation, presenting an aggregation-enhanced emission feature. Two kinds of polymer light-emitting diodes are fabricated utilizing P1 and P2 as emitters (EML) (device I: ITO/PEDOT:PSS (45 nm)/PVK:EML (1:1 wt%, 55 nm)/TPBI (38 nm)/Ca:Ag; device II: ITO/PEDOT:PSS (45 nm)/ PVK:OXD-7:EML (3:1:3 wt%, 55 nm)/TPBI (38 nm)/Ca:Ag). The device II of P2 shows the best performances, affording a maximum luminance of 6500 cd/m 2 and a high peak efficiency of 2.11 cd/A.展开更多
2-hydroxynaphthylidene-1′-naphthylamine(HNAN) and –NO_(2) modified HNAN(HNAN-NO_(2)) Schiff base compounds were synthesized and exhibited strong visible light absorption(<650 nm). These compounds were added to po...2-hydroxynaphthylidene-1′-naphthylamine(HNAN) and –NO_(2) modified HNAN(HNAN-NO_(2)) Schiff base compounds were synthesized and exhibited strong visible light absorption(<650 nm). These compounds were added to poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene)(P(VDF-Tr FE))ferroelectric polymer, obtaining composites with high photoelectric response under visible and infrared light. It was found that the modification of HNAN by the nitro group and the poling of the composites under a high electric field can greatly enhance the photoelectric response of the composites. The composites can generate high photovoltages of 1386 and352.7 mV under irradiation with near-infrared light(915 nm)and green light(532 nm). The mechanism of the photoelectric response of the composites under green light was explored and it was found that the response originates mainly from the coupling effect of the photothermal effect of the Schiff base and the pyroelectric effect of the ferroelectric polymer. The composites, which can be utilized as photodetector materials,are promising for next-generation artificial retina applications and the sensing capability of retina can be extended in a wide wavelength range from visible to infrared light.展开更多
Light-emitting electrochemical cells(LECs) are organic photonic devices based on a mixed electronic and ionic conductor.The active layer of a polymer-based LEC consists of a luminescent polymer,an ion-solvating/transp...Light-emitting electrochemical cells(LECs) are organic photonic devices based on a mixed electronic and ionic conductor.The active layer of a polymer-based LEC consists of a luminescent polymer,an ion-solvating/transport polymer,and a compatible salt.The LEC p-n or p-i-n junction is ultimately responsible for the LEC performance.The LEC junction,however,is still poorly understood due to the difficulties of characterizing a dynamic-junction LEC.In this paper,we present an experimental and modeling study of the LEC junction using scanning optical imaging techniques.Planar LECs with an interelectrode spacing of 560μm have been fabricated,activated,frozen and scanned using a focused laser beam.The optical-beam-induced-current(OBIC)and photoluminescence(PL) data have been recorded as a function of beam location.The OBIC profile has been simulated in COMSOL that allowed for the determination of the doping concentration and the depletion width of the LEC junction.展开更多
Geometrical light trapping is a simple and prom- ising strategy to largely improve the optical absorption and efficiency of solar cell. Nonetheless, implementation of geo- metrical light trapping in organic photovolta...Geometrical light trapping is a simple and prom- ising strategy to largely improve the optical absorption and efficiency of solar cell. Nonetheless, implementation of geo- metrical light trapping in organic photovoltaic is challenging due to the fact that uniform organic active layer can rarely be achieved on textured substrate. In this work, squarely ordered nanobowl array (SONA) is reported for the first time and [6,6]- phenyl-C6rbutyric acid methyl ester (PCBM):poly(3-hexyl- thiophene) (P3HT)-based organic photovoltaic (OPV) device on SONA demonstrated over 28 % enhancement in power conversion efficiency over the planar counterpart. Interestingly, finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) optical simulation revealed that the superior light trapping by SONA originated from optical concentrator effect by nanobowl. Furthermore, aiming at low-cost, solution processible, and resource sus- tainable flexible solar cells, we employed Ag nanowires for the top transparent conducting electrode. This work not only revealed the in-depth understanding of light trapping by nanobowl optical concentrator, but also demonstrated the fea- sibility of implementing geometrical light trapping in OPV.展开更多
基金The National Basic Research Program of China(973Program)(No.2007CB936300)the High Technology Research and Devel-opment Program of Jiangsu Province(No.BG2006033).
文摘A poly ( p-phenylenevinylene ) ( PPV ) alternating copolymer, poly [ ( 2, 5-diphenylene-1, 3, 4-oxadiazole )-4-4' - vinylene-alt-2-methoxy-5-( 2-ethylhexyloxy )-1, 4-phenylenevinylene] (oxa-MEHPV), is synthesized by Heck coupling reaction and characterized with UV-vis, Fourier transform infrared ( FT-IR ), ^1H-NMR and photoluminescence ( PL ) spectroscopy, oxa-MEHPV possesses an outstanding thermal stability and shows excellent solubility in common organic solvents such as dichloromethane, chloroform, toluene, and tetrahydrofuran(THF). The introduction of the electron-deficient 1, 3, 4-oxadiazole units into the MEH-PPV backbone also increases the electron affinities of the conjugated segment, which leads to the blue-shift of the maximum absorption wavelength and makes the polymer have a high optical band-gap energy, good electron-transporting stability and high PL quantum yield.
基金Jiangsu Planned Projects for Postdoctoral ResearchFunds(No0602037B)the Natural Science Foundation of Higher Edu-cation Institutions of Jiangsu Province (No05KJB150016)+1 种基金the Nation-al Natural Science Foundation of China (No50377005)the Fund ofJiangsu University (No06JDG015)
文摘The fluorine-containing organic polymer was synthesized from 3, 3', 4, 4'-Bisphenyltetracarboxylic (BPDA), and 2,2-Bis (3-amino-4-hydroxyyphenyl) hexafluoropropane (6FHP). It is a first-step preparation of a preimided hydroxy-containing polyimide, followed by the covalent bonding of an active chromophore, dispersed red 19 (DR19), onto the backbone of the polyimide via the Mitsunobu reaction. The nonlinear optical (NLO) containing polyimide was synthesized. The differential scanning calorimeter (DSC)and thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA) exhibited Tg and the temperature Tg at which 5 % mass losses occurring of polymer were 248 and 309 ℃, respectively. A reflective electro-optic (EO) modulator using this polymer was fabricated. The optical nonlinearities were determined to be d33 = 5. 209×10^-9 esu (poling voltage of 3.6 kV, 205 ℃) and d33 =7. 418×10^-9esu (poling voltage of 3. 8 kV, 210 ℃) by the second harmonic generation method in in-situ condition at a fundamental wavelength of 1 064 nm. The EO coefficients 733 of the polymer layer in the EO modulator were determined to be 2. 182 pm/V (poling voltage of 3.6 kV, 205 ℃) and 3. 107 pm/V (poling voltage of 3.8 kV, 210 ℃) at 1064 nm by an attenuated-total-reflection (ATR) method.
基金supported by National Science Foundation of China(60576045)the National "973" Project (2006CB 302803)
文摘Novel transfer functions are presented for a polymer electro-optic mieroring resonator switches. The resonating process ot the light in the microring is simulated using the formulas. Then the optimization of the structural parameters is performed, and the characteristics are analyzed, such as the resonance time, output spectrum, operation voltage, insertion loss and crosstalk were analyzed. The simulation results show that the designed device exhibits favorable switching functions.
文摘The multiphoton ionization of acetone-water clusters were detected at 355 nm laser wavelength by using the time of flight mass spectrometer(TOF-MS). The experiments show that all products are proto- nated. Three main products such as (CH3COCH3),-(H2O)n_2 H^+ , (CH3COCH3),-(H2O)n-1 H^+ and (CH3COCH3),-(H2O),H^+ are concluded from the results. In order to study the equilibrium structures of the (CH3 COCH3 ),-(H2O)n-2 H^+ , the ab-initio calculation is used on them. The experiment is even done when the volume rate of acetone to water is 1:2.
文摘The overall problem with PV (photovoltaic) systems is the high cost for the photovoltaic modules. This makes it interesting to concentrate irradiation on the PV-module, thereby reducing the PV area necessary for obtaining the same amount of output power. The tracking capability of two-axes tracking unit driving a new concentrating paraboloid for electric and heat production have been evaluated. The reflecting optics consisting of flat mirrors provides uniform illumination on the absorber which is a good indication for optimised electrical production due to series connection of solar cells. The calculated optical efficiency of the system indicates that about 80% of the incident beam radiation is transferred to the absorber. Simulations of generated electrical and thermal energy from the evaluated photovoltaic thermal (PV/T) collector show the potential of obtaining high total energy efficiency.
文摘The transparent solid medium of a thermotropic liquid crystal polymer have a comb structure of mesogenic side chains which exhibit a nonlinear optical response of electronic origin.The main chain of the liquid crystal polymers can be selected from a number of suitable polymerized monomeric and comonomeric structures such as polyvinyl,polysiloxane,polyoxyalkylene, polyester etc.The electrooptic light modulator is provided,which have potential to using in the systems of laser modulation and deflection,and information control in optical circuitry etc.
基金Project(50803008) supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaProject(2002CB613403) supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) of China+1 种基金Project(09JJ6085) supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province,ChinaProject(08hjyh02) supported by the Open Project Program of Key Laboratory of Environmentally Friendly Chemistry and Applications of Ministry of Education,China
文摘A new functionalized heteroleptic iridium complex coordinated with 1-phenylisoquinoline (1-piq) and a functionalized fl-diketone (G1), Ir(1-piq)2G1, was synthesized and characterized by 1H-NMR, mass spectrometry and elemental analysis. The larger conjugation of the replacement of acetylacetone (acac) by a functionalizedβ-diketonate ligand led to a significant decrease in the HOMO level toward vacuum level, while Ir(1-piq)2G1 and Ir(1-piq)2(acac) showed red phosphorescent emissions of about 620 nm in dichloromethane solution. The phosphorescent polymer light-emitting devices were achieved, with the complexes incorporated with polyfluorene (PFO) as a host polymer doped with 30% of 5-(4-biphenylyl)-2-(4-tert-butylphenyl)-1,3,4-oxadiazole (PBD) as electron transport material. The energy transfer mechanism of the devices was also discussed. The lower EL performance of Ir(1-piq)2G1 is ascribed to the inter-ligand energy transfer, indicating that it is important to control the energy level of the cyclometalated and ancillary ligands.
文摘We have prepared new chiral Schiff base complexes, and copper(Ⅱ) (2) to investigate steric effect of ligands for 1 and bis(N-R-l-phenylethyl-5- methoxysalicydenaminato) nickel(Ⅱ) (1) 2 and known bis(N-R-l-phenylethyl-3,5-dichlorosalicydenaminato) nickel(Ⅱ) (3) and copper(Ⅱ) (4). By using two kinds of photochromic dyes, disperse red 1 (DRI) and azobenzene (AZ), we investigated the efficiency of increasing optical anisotropy of organic/inorganic hybrid materials of 1 through 4+AZ or DRI+PMMA in polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) cast films by Weigert effect (and compared with cis-trans isomerization by alternate UV and visible light for 3 and 4 to previous study). Gradual increase of optical anisotropy was observed for all the hybrid materials regardless of flexibility of Schiff base complexes, and the degree of dichroism and weak intermolecular interactions were discussed based on polarized absorption electronic spectra.
文摘Photodynamic therapy(PDT)as a non-invasive anticancer modality has received increasing attention due to its advantages of noninvasiveness,high temporospatial selectivity,simple and controllable operation,etc.PDT mainly relies on the generation of toxic reactive oxygen species(ROS)by photosensitizers(PSs)under the light irradiation to cause cancer cell apoptosis and death.However,solid tumors usually exhibit an inherent hypoxic microenvironment,which greatly limits the PDT efficacy of these high oxygen-dependent conventional type II PSs.Therefore,it is of great importance to design and develop efficient type I PSs that are less oxygen-dependent for the treatment of hypoxic tumors.Herein,a new strategy for the preparation of efficient type I PSs by introducing the photoinduced electron transfer(PET)mechanism is reported.DR-NO_(2) is obtained by introducing 4-nitrobenzyl to(Z)-2-(5-(4-(diethylamino)-2-hydroxybenzylidene)-4-oxo-3-phenylthiazolidin-2-ylidene)malononitrile(DR-OH)with aggregation-induced emission(AIE)feature.The AIE feature ensures their high ROS generation efficiency in aggregate,and the PET process leads to fluorescence quenching of DR-NO_(2) to promote triplet state formation,which also promotes intramolecular charge separation and electron transfer that is conducive for type I ROS particularly superoxide radicals generation.In addition,DR-NO_(2) nanoparticles are prepared by nanoprecipitation to possess nanoscaled sizes,high cancer cell uptake,and excellent type I ROS generation ability,which results in an excellent performance in PDT ablation of MCF-7 cancer cells.This PET strategy for the development of type I PSs possesses great potential for PDT applications against hypoxic tumors.
基金Natural Science Foundation of Chongqing (Grant No. 2006BB5403)
文摘Total proteins extracted from Pinellia ternata with different types of leaves have been assayed by UV absorbance, blue native polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (BN-PAGE) and sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS- PAGE). We found that the total protein contents of P. ternata with the herbaceous peony and claw types of leaves were much higher than that with other types of leaves. P. ternata collected from Nanchuan County, except the ones with herbaceous peony leaves, displayed a high similarity with each other. Both UV absorbance and cluster analysis indicated that the protein content in P. ternata with the herbaceous peony leaves was less affected by habitats than that with other types of leaves. The results showed that it was necessary to increase the homogeneity of seeds for improving the protein content ofP. ternata.
基金supported by the National Basic Research Program of China ("973" Program), (Grantt No. 2010CB227305)the CAS Solar Energy Action Program (Grant No. CX2090130012)
文摘A novel hybrid solar concentrating Photovoltaic/Thermal (CPV/T) system with beam splitting technique is presented. In this system, a beam splitter is used to separate the concentrated solar radiation into two parts: one for the PV power generation and the other for thermal utility. The solar concentrator is a flat Fresnel-type concentrator with glass mirror reflectors. It can concentrate solar radiation onto solar cells with high uniformity, which is beneficial to improving the efficiency of solar cells. The thermal receiver is separated to the solar cells, and therefore, the thermal fluid can be heated to a relatively high temperature and does not affect the performance of solar cells. A dimensionless model was developed for the performance analysis of the concentrating system. The effects of the main parameters on the performance of the concentrator were analyzed. The beam splitter with coating materials Nb2O3 /SiO2 was designed by using the needle optimization technique, which can reflect about 71% of the undesired radiation for silicon cell(1.1m < 3m) to the thermal receiver for thermal utility. The performance of this CPV/T system was also theoretically analyzed.
基金supported by the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (No.2009AA03Z413)
文摘In order to reduce transmission loss of the optical waveguide in Mach-Zehnder (M-Z) electro-optical (EO) polymer modulator,the basic iterative formula of semi-vector finite-difference beam propagation method (FD-BPM) is obtained from the scalar wave equation. The transition waveguide is combined with S-type bend branch waveguide for the M-Z EO modulator in the branch waveguide. The effects of structure parameters such as ridge width,length of the branch waveguide and interferometer spacing on the transmission loss are systematically studied by using the semi-vector FD-BPM method. The structure is optimized as an S-sine bend branch waveguide,with rib width w=7μm,length of branch waveguide L=1200μm and interferometer spacing G=22 μm. The results show that the optimized structure can reduce transmission loss to 0.083 dB,which have a certain reference value to the design of optical waveguide in M-Z polymer modulator.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(51106149 and 51406051)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universitiesthe Foundation of Key Laboratory of Thermo-Fluid Science and Engineering(Xi’an Jiaotong University),Ministry of Education,Xi’an710049,China
文摘This study presents a novel solar concentrating photovoltaic/concentrating solar power (CPV/CSP) hybrid system, which mainly contains CPV modules with an evaporative cooling subsystem, a thermal receiver and an organic Rankine cycle (ORC). The cooling fluid is boiled when cooling the CPV modules, and superheated vapor that is effective for power generation with an ORC is generated after absorbing low-concentration solar radiation in the thermal receiver. A steady-state physical model is developed to carry out energy analysis of the hybrid sys- tem. The results show that when saturated vapor is fed into the thermal receiver, the peripheral low-concentration solar radiation that is discarded in conventional CPV or CPV/ thermal systems is effective to get a high-temperature superheated vapor (e.g., above 120 ℃). The overall solar- to-electricity efficiency can be increased from 28.4 % for the conventional CPV system to 44 % for the hybrid sys- tem with 500 suns. Even though the overall efficiency decreases from 44.0 % to 36.8 % when the concentration ratio increases from 500 to 2,000 suns, there is still a considerable efficiency improvement compared with the conventional CPV systems. The results indicate that the proposed hybrid system provides a viable solution for solar power generation with high efficiencies.
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51273053, 21104012, 21284034 and 61106017)the Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province (Y4110331)+1 种基金the Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Teams in Chinese Universities (IRT 1231)the Project of Zhejiang Key Scientific and Technological Innovation Team (2010R50017)
文摘Tetraphenylethene (TPE) is a popular luminogen characterized by aggregation-induced emission and has been widely used to construct solid-state emissive materials. In this work, two thermally stable polymers (P1 and P2) consisting of TPE conjugated to the 2,7-positions of fluorene and carbazole, respectively, are synthesized and characterized. Both polymers are weakly fluorescent in solutions but show greatly enhanced emission as the aggregate formation, presenting an aggregation-enhanced emission feature. Two kinds of polymer light-emitting diodes are fabricated utilizing P1 and P2 as emitters (EML) (device I: ITO/PEDOT:PSS (45 nm)/PVK:EML (1:1 wt%, 55 nm)/TPBI (38 nm)/Ca:Ag; device II: ITO/PEDOT:PSS (45 nm)/ PVK:OXD-7:EML (3:1:3 wt%, 55 nm)/TPBI (38 nm)/Ca:Ag). The device II of P2 shows the best performances, affording a maximum luminance of 6500 cd/m 2 and a high peak efficiency of 2.11 cd/A.
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2017YFA0701301)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51373161 and51672261)。
文摘2-hydroxynaphthylidene-1′-naphthylamine(HNAN) and –NO_(2) modified HNAN(HNAN-NO_(2)) Schiff base compounds were synthesized and exhibited strong visible light absorption(<650 nm). These compounds were added to poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene)(P(VDF-Tr FE))ferroelectric polymer, obtaining composites with high photoelectric response under visible and infrared light. It was found that the modification of HNAN by the nitro group and the poling of the composites under a high electric field can greatly enhance the photoelectric response of the composites. The composites can generate high photovoltages of 1386 and352.7 mV under irradiation with near-infrared light(915 nm)and green light(532 nm). The mechanism of the photoelectric response of the composites under green light was explored and it was found that the response originates mainly from the coupling effect of the photothermal effect of the Schiff base and the pyroelectric effect of the ferroelectric polymer. The composites, which can be utilized as photodetector materials,are promising for next-generation artificial retina applications and the sensing capability of retina can be extended in a wide wavelength range from visible to infrared light.
基金supported by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.Faleh AlTal is supported by an Ontario Trillium Fellowship
文摘Light-emitting electrochemical cells(LECs) are organic photonic devices based on a mixed electronic and ionic conductor.The active layer of a polymer-based LEC consists of a luminescent polymer,an ion-solvating/transport polymer,and a compatible salt.The LEC p-n or p-i-n junction is ultimately responsible for the LEC performance.The LEC junction,however,is still poorly understood due to the difficulties of characterizing a dynamic-junction LEC.In this paper,we present an experimental and modeling study of the LEC junction using scanning optical imaging techniques.Planar LECs with an interelectrode spacing of 560μm have been fabricated,activated,frozen and scanned using a focused laser beam.The optical-beam-induced-current(OBIC)and photoluminescence(PL) data have been recorded as a function of beam location.The OBIC profile has been simulated in COMSOL that allowed for the determination of the doping concentration and the depletion width of the LEC junction.
基金supported by the HK-RGCGeneral Research Funds(HKUST 605710,604809,612111,612113)partially supported by ITS/117/13 from Hong Kong Innovation Technology Commission
文摘Geometrical light trapping is a simple and prom- ising strategy to largely improve the optical absorption and efficiency of solar cell. Nonetheless, implementation of geo- metrical light trapping in organic photovoltaic is challenging due to the fact that uniform organic active layer can rarely be achieved on textured substrate. In this work, squarely ordered nanobowl array (SONA) is reported for the first time and [6,6]- phenyl-C6rbutyric acid methyl ester (PCBM):poly(3-hexyl- thiophene) (P3HT)-based organic photovoltaic (OPV) device on SONA demonstrated over 28 % enhancement in power conversion efficiency over the planar counterpart. Interestingly, finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) optical simulation revealed that the superior light trapping by SONA originated from optical concentrator effect by nanobowl. Furthermore, aiming at low-cost, solution processible, and resource sus- tainable flexible solar cells, we employed Ag nanowires for the top transparent conducting electrode. This work not only revealed the in-depth understanding of light trapping by nanobowl optical concentrator, but also demonstrated the fea- sibility of implementing geometrical light trapping in OPV.