Preparation and properties of biodegradable bamboo powder/polycaprolactone composites

The bamboo powder/polycaprolactone composites (BPPC) were prepared by torque-rheometer to investigate the effects of recipes and processing conditions on the rheological properties of BPPC. The morphological behavior and mechanical properties of BPPC were also studied. Results showed that the optimum recipe for composite materials is composed of 70% of polycaprolactone, 30% of bamboo powder according to volume, 1.6 % of aluminate coupling agent, 1.2% of stearic acid, and 2% of paraffin to bamboo powder according to mass ratio. The optimum processing condition parameters were determined as the rotational speed at 50 r·min-1 and the temperature at 100oC for BPPC. The BPPC (containing 30 copies bamboo powder) possessed eminent interfacial compatibility and mechanical properties of BPPC.

Organic Solar Cells Flexible P3HT：PCBM Thin Film and Improving Its Performance

Organic solar cells （OSCs） is a new generation of solar cells have emerged as an alternative to conventional Si-based solar cells owing to their advantages of low cost, ease of fabrication and their potential for the manufacture of flexible and large area solar cells. So we chose that part to beginning study of the material and all parameters effects in environmental condition because the solar cell working in environment. In this study the fabrication of poly（3-hexylthiophene） （P3HT） and [6,6]-phenyl C61-butyric acid methyl ester （PCBM） blend flexible thin film using spin coating was reported. Process parameters like solvent, electron donor to acceptor ratio, concentration and temperature were also studied. We used solvent systems to make active layer of P3HT：PCBM composite and PEDOT：PSS as a buffer layer. Highest absorption was obtained for the flexible thin film made with 1：1 and 1：0.75 ratio of P3HT to PCBM. Chloroform solvent in 40 gm/ml concentration at 90 ~C was the optimum conditions to make flexible device.

Recovery and Recycling of Ti Supported Bimodal Mesoporous Catalysts Prepared via Ship-in-a-bottle Method in the Epoxidation of Cyclohexene

Ti/BMMs （Ti supported bimodal mesoporous silica） catalysts have been prepared via self-assembly route com- bined with ship-in-a-bottle method. The recovery and recycling performances of Ti/BMMs were investigated in the epoxidation of cyclohexene. In order to the evaluate the regeneration methods and to examine the deactivation behaviors, the deactivated Ti/BMMs catalysts were washed in chloroform or calcinated at 450 ℃ for 6 h and then activity of the recovery catalysts were examined. Meanwhile, the structure features and surface properties of the regenerated catalysts were characterized by X-ray diffraction, N2-sorption analysis, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, thermogravi- metric analysis, UV visible spectroscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The results showed that the typical bimodal mesoporous structure of recycled Ti/BMMs catalysts was still maintained, and the phenomenon of Ti leaching during the catalytic process and recovery was negligible. In particular, spectroscopic observations indicated that the effects of the regeneration methods on the tetrahedrally-coordinated Ti species and catalytic deactivation were remarkable. The main reasons were related to the polarities of used solvents during recovery tests, the environment medium of adsorbed water inside mesopore channels and the deposition of bulky mole- cules of by-products on the mesoporous surface.

Preparation and properties of biodegradable bamboo powder/polycaprolactone composites

The bamboo powder/polycaprolactone composites （BPPC） were prepared by torque-rheometer to investigate the effects of recipes and processing conditions on the theological properties of BPPC. The morphological behavior and mechanical properties of BPPC were also studied. Results showed that the optimum recipe for composite materials is composed of 70% of polycaprolactone, 30% of bamboo powder according to volume, 1.6 % of aluminate coupling agent, 1.2% of stearic acid, and 2% of paraffin to bamboo powder according to mass ratio The optimum processing condition parameters were determined as the rotational speed at 50 r-min^-1 and the temperature at 100℃ for BPPC. The BPPC （containing 30 copies bamboo powder） possessed eminent interfacial compatibility and mechanical properties of BPPC.

作为翻译原则和方法的“推己及人”与“能近取譬”——以宇文所安的曹丕《典论·论文》英译为例

因汉语的特点,汉译英之中不可避免要处理钱锺书所说的"人化或生命化",其中牵涉儒家的"恕道"。而"推己及人"作为一种方法运用于翻译,在思想上重视的是善于"体贴":如何转化原作之中的意涵和形象,而表现在形式上则需要"能近取譬",亦即如何以具体、具象的方式传递其中的信息。宇文所安所作的曹丕《典论·论文》英译因背离了这两方面的要求,因而,其译文多有差池。

Nanobowl optical concentrator for efficient light trapping and high-performance organic photovoltaics

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.

Enhancing the performance of poly(3-hexylthiophene)/ZnO nanorod arrays based hybrid solar cells through incorporation of a third component

Sparse ZnO nanorod arrays(NRAs)are fabricated on transparent conducting oxide coated glass substrates by using a modified liquid phase epitaxial growth method.By adjusting the polymer concentrations and the spin-coating parameters,full infiltration of poly(3-hexylthiophene)(P3HT)into the as-prepared ZnO NRAs is achieved at 130°C in vacuum.A third component is incorporated into the P3HT/ZnO NRAs ordered bulk heterojunctions(BHJs)either through ZnO surface modification with N719dye or CdS shell layer or by inclusion of a fullerene derivative into the P3HT matrix.Experimental results indicate that performances of the hybrid solar cells are improved greatly with the incorporation of a third component.However,the working principles of these third components differ from one another,according to morphology,structure,optical property,charge transfer and interfacial properties of the composite structures.An ideal device architecture for hybrid solar cells based on P3HT/ZnO NRAs ordered BHJs is proposed,which can be used as a guidance to further increase the power conversion efficiency of such solar cells.

Enhanced Electrical Properties in Carbon Nanotube/Poly （3-hexylthiophene） Nanocomposites Formed Through Non-Covalent Functionalization

Poly（3-hexylthiophene） （P3HT） has received much attention as a good candidate to replace inorganic semiconductors for flexible electronics due to its solution-processability. However, the low charge mobility of P3HT is an obstacle to its commercialization. To overcome this problem, we propose a new non-covalent functionalization method for carbon nanotubes （CNTs） for use in CNT/P3HT nanocomposites. By using modified pyrene molecules with hydrophobic long alkyl chains, the non-covalently functionalized CNTs can become well dispersed in hydrophobic solutions and organic semiconductor matrices. Fabrication of organic thin-film transistors （OTFTs） from the non-covalently functionalized CNT/organic semiconductor nanocomposites shows that our non-covalent functionalization method significantly reduces damage to CNTs during functionalization when compared with covalent functionalization by treatment with acids. The OTFTs show 15 times enhancement of field effect mobility （1.5 × 10^-2 cm^2/（V.s）） compared to the mobility of OTFTs made from pure P3HT. This enhancement is achieved by addition of only 0.25 wt% of CNTs to P3HT.

A-D-A-type small molecular acceptor with one hexyl-substituted thiophene as π bridge for fullerene-free organic solar cells

An A-D-A-type small molecule, DCF-2HT, was synthesized using fluorene as the central block and 2- （2,3-dihydro-3-oxo- 1H-inden- 1-ylidene）propanedinitrile as the end groups, with one hexyl-substituted thiophene as a n bridge, for use as an acceptor material in organic solar cells. Devices based on DCF-2HT and the polymer donors PBDB-T or PTB7-Th were fabricated and optimized. Power conversion efficiencies of 5.71% and 4.83% were obtained for PBDB-T： DCF-2HT- and PTB7-Th： DCF-2HT-based devices, respectively.

Stereomeric effects of bisPC_(71)BM on polymer solar cell performance

Two stereomers of bisadduct analogues of [6, 6]-phenyl-C71-butyric acid methyl ester （bisPC71BM） were synthesized and their geometrical structures with cis- or trans-configuration were identified by X-ray crystallogra- phy. Although both of the bisPC71BM have similar spec- trometric and electrochemical properties, the spatial orientation of the two addition groups on C7o has impact on crystal packing and molecular assembly of bisPC71BM isomers and, in turn, photovoltaic performance in polymer solar cell based on poly（3-hexylthiophene） （P3HT） （with power conversion efficiency of 1.72 % and 1.84 % for the solar cells involving cis- and trans-bisPC71BM, respec- tively）. Although the power conversion efficiency remains to be improved, this work exemplifies that the photovoltaic properties of fullerene-based electron acceptors areinfluenced by aggregation of the stereomeric molecules and thus extends the guidelines for rational design of efficient fullerene acceptor.

Constructing vertical phase separation of polymer blends via mixed solvents to enhance their photovoltaic performance

A polymer blend comprising poly(3-hexylthiophene)(P3HT)donor and poly[2,7-(9,9′-octyl-fluorene)-alt-5,5-(4′,7′-di-2-thienyl-5′,6′-bis(hexyloxy)-2′,1′,3′-benzothiadiazole)](PFDTBT-OC6)acceptor is used as the active layer to fabricate all-polymer solar cells.The blend morphology variance processed with pure and mixed solvents,and the related photovoltaic performance,are investigated in detail.It is found that,due to its low surface energy,a thin P3HT enrichment layer on the top surface of the active layer greatly increases bimolecular recombination and results in S-kinks of the illuminated current density-voltage curves.With the incorporation of p-xylene(a marginal solvent of P3HT)in the blend solution,the P3HT enrichment atop the active layer surface is effectively decreased because the high boiling-point p-xylene suppresses the diffusion of P3HT chains toward the top surface during the film-drying process.The bimolecular recombination was thus improved and the S-kinks of the photovoltaic curves were completely removed.The overall power conversion efficiencies of the devices are strongly boosted(from 0.88%to 1.41%)when chlorobenzene:p-xylene mixed solvent is used to replace pure chlorobenzene.

Preparation of Co- or Mn-substituted LTL zeolites and their catalytic properties in cyclohexane oxidation

Co-or Mn-substituted LTL zeolites were hydrothermally synthesized by a novel organic-ligand-assisted method.XRD,UVVis DRS,XPS,and EPR techniques verified that the Co and Mn ions were incorporated into the zeolite framework.No organic species were retained in as-synthesized Co or Mn-LTL zeolites,which resulted in porous materials without calcination.In the oxidation of cyclohexane with tert-butyl hydroperoxide(TBHP),the Co-LTL and Mn-LTL gave a 40%–48%KA oil(cyclohexanone and cyclohexanol)yield as well as nearly 100%TBHP conversion under mild reaction conditions.The reactions were confirmed to be heterogeneous and to have proceeded catalytically.No loss of catalytic activity or leaching of metal active sites ions were observed during 4 reuses.

In-depth study on aminolysis of poly(ε-caprolactone): Back to the fundamentals

The aminolysis can effectively introduce primary amine （- quent surface fiiofunctionalization reactions. However, less NH2） groups onto polyester materials, enabling a variety of subse- attention has been paid to the basic knowledge of aminolysis reac- tion in terms of reaction kinetics and its influences on materials properties. In this study, taking the widely used poly（e-caprolactone） （PCL） as a typical example, the influences of diamines and solvent property on the surface -NH2 density are firstly assessed by using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy （XPS） and colorimetric analysis. Results show that smaller dia- mine molecules and nonpolar alcohols could accelerate the reaction. The reaction kinetics with 1,6-hexanediamine is further investigated as a function of temperature, reaction time, and diamine concentration. During the initial stage, the reaction shows a 1^st order kinetics with the diamine concentration and has an activation energy of 54.5 kJ/mol. Ionization state of the -NH2 groups on the PCL surface is determined, revealing that the pKa of -NH3^＋ （〈5） is much lower than that of the corresponding diamine molecules in solution. After aminolysis, surface hydrophilicity of PCL membrane is significantly enhanced, while surface elastic modulus and average molecular weight are decreased to some extent, and others such as weight, surface mor- phology and bulk mechanical strength are not apparently changed. The introduced -NH2 groups are found to be largely lost at 37 ℃, but can be mostly maintained at low temperature.

Gold nanoparticles： sonocatalytic synthesis using ethanolic extract of Andrographis paniculata and functionalization with polycaprolactone-gelatin composites

Gold nanoparticles （AuNPs） were synthesized by sonication using ethanolic leaf extract of Andrographis paniculata. We investigated the optimum parameters for AuNP synthesis and functionalization with polycaprolactone-gelatin （PCL-GL） composites. The AuNPs were characterized with various biophysical techniques such as TEM, XRD, FT-IR and EDX spectroscopy. TEM images showed that nanoparticles were spherical in shape with a size range from 5 to 75 nm. EDX analysis revealed the presence of molecular oxygen and carbon on the surface of AuNPs. The synthesized AuNPs were tested for their effect on HeLa （human cervical cancer） and MCF- 7 （human breast cancer） cell lines and found to be nontoxic and biocompatible, which are potential carriers for hydrophobic drugs.

Enhancing the selective hydrogenation of benzene to cyclohexene over Ru/TiO_2 catalyst in the presence of a very small amount of ZnO

Highly efficient and greener hydrogenation of benzene to cyclohexene is of great importance but is challenging.In this work,Ru/Ti O2 catalyst was prepared by a simple chemical-reduction method.The catalyst was characterized by transmission electron spectroscopy(TEM),X-ray powder diffraction(XRD),Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy(FTIR),X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy(XPS),and nitrogen adsorption-desorption techniques.It was shown that the Ru nanoparticles with average size of about 2.2 nm were dispersed uniformly on the surface of the Ti O2 support.The effect of a very small amount of Zn O in Na OH solution on the selectivity to cyclohexene was investigated under different conditions by using Ru/Ti O2 catalyst.It was found that the addition of a small amount of Zn O to the Na OH solution could effectively enhance the selectivity to cyclohexene and that the yield of cyclohexene could reach 41.5%.Control experiments revealed that the main reason for the enhancement of the selectivity to cyclohexene was the presence of Zn O in the form of Na2Zn(OH)4 in the alkaline solution,which effectively retarded the further hydrogenation of cyclohexene.A recycling experiment showed that the yield of cyclohexene was not obviously decreased after four reuses.