This study evaluates the seasonal cycle of the activity of convectively coupled equatorial waves(CCEWs),including mixed Rossby-gravity(MRG) and tropical depression-type(TD-type) waves,based on the twentieth century ex...This study evaluates the seasonal cycle of the activity of convectively coupled equatorial waves(CCEWs),including mixed Rossby-gravity(MRG) and tropical depression-type(TD-type) waves,based on the twentieth century experiments of 18 global climate models(GCMs) from the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project phase 3(CMIP3).The ensemble result of the 18 GCMs shows that the observed seasonal cycle of MRG and TD-type wave activity cannot be well reproduced.The seasonal transition of wave activity from the southern hemisphere to the northern hemisphere is delayed from April in the observations to May in the simulations,indicating that the simulated active season of tropical waves in the northern hemisphere is delayed and shortened.This delayed seasonal transition of tropical wave activity is associated with a delayed seasonal transition of simulated mean precipitation.The mean precipitation in April and May shows a double-ITCZ problem,and the horizontal resolution is important to the delayed seasonal transition of wave activity.Because of the coincident seasonal cycle of MRG and TD-type wave activity and tropical cyclone(TC) geneses,the delayed seasonal transition of wave activity may imply a similar problem of TC genesis in the GCMs,namely,a delayed and shortened TC season in the northern hemisphere.展开更多
Three acceptor-donor-acceptor （A-D-A） small molecules DCAODTBDT, DRDTBDT and DTBDTBDT using dithieno[2,3-d：2＇,3＇-d＇]benzo[1,2-b：4,5-b＇]dithiophene as the central building block, octyl cyanoacetate, 3-octylrhod...Three acceptor-donor-acceptor （A-D-A） small molecules DCAODTBDT, DRDTBDT and DTBDTBDT using dithieno[2,3-d：2＇,3＇-d＇]benzo[1,2-b：4,5-b＇]dithiophene as the central building block, octyl cyanoacetate, 3-octylrhodanine and thiobarbituric acid as the end groups were designed and synthesized as donor materials in solution-processed photovoltaic cells （OPVs）. The impacts of these different electron withdrawing end groups on the photophysical properties, energy levels, charge carrier mobility, morphologies of blend films, and their photovoltaic properties have been systematically investigated. OPVs device based on DRDTBDT gave the best power conversion efficiency （PCE） of 8.34%, which was significantly higher than that based on DCAODTBDT （4.83%） or DTBDTBDT （3.39%）. These results indicate that rather dedicated and balanced consideration of absorption, energy levels, morphology, mobility, etc. for the design of small-molecule-based OPVs （SM-OPVs） and systematic investigations are highly needed to achieve high performance for SM-OPVs.展开更多
Vortex diode,as an important component in power fluidics,has been used in nuclear reprocessing engineering where it is desirable to avoid pumps with moving parts.The performance of the fluidic system depends on the ma...Vortex diode,as an important component in power fluidics,has been used in nuclear reprocessing engineering where it is desirable to avoid pumps with moving parts.The performance of the fluidic system depends on the matched design parameters of vortex diodes and the supporting facilities.However,no clear guidelines for design and optimization of vortex diodes system are available.Therefore,we carried out detailed experimental study on hydraulic characteristics of the vortex diodes system with changeable parameters to evolve such guidelines.The study covered a wide range of a vortex diode and vortex diodes system.The variation of averaged discharge and volumetric efficiency in respect to air supply pressure,liquid level of water tank and liquid level stroke of gas-liquid energy converter was studies.The experimental results were analyzed to develop design guidelines.The guidelines are shown to be useful for obtaining the design parameters that would yield the desired hydrau- lic performance for the required operating conditions.展开更多
基金supported financially by the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No.2010CB950403)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Major Research,Grant No. 40890151+2 种基金Grant Nos.40921160379 and 41105047)supported by the National Science Council (Grant No. NSC98-2745-M-001-005-MY3)supported by the National Science Foundation and the Office of Science (BER) of the U.S. Department of Energy
文摘This study evaluates the seasonal cycle of the activity of convectively coupled equatorial waves(CCEWs),including mixed Rossby-gravity(MRG) and tropical depression-type(TD-type) waves,based on the twentieth century experiments of 18 global climate models(GCMs) from the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project phase 3(CMIP3).The ensemble result of the 18 GCMs shows that the observed seasonal cycle of MRG and TD-type wave activity cannot be well reproduced.The seasonal transition of wave activity from the southern hemisphere to the northern hemisphere is delayed from April in the observations to May in the simulations,indicating that the simulated active season of tropical waves in the northern hemisphere is delayed and shortened.This delayed seasonal transition of tropical wave activity is associated with a delayed seasonal transition of simulated mean precipitation.The mean precipitation in April and May shows a double-ITCZ problem,and the horizontal resolution is important to the delayed seasonal transition of wave activity.Because of the coincident seasonal cycle of MRG and TD-type wave activity and tropical cyclone(TC) geneses,the delayed seasonal transition of wave activity may imply a similar problem of TC genesis in the GCMs,namely,a delayed and shortened TC season in the northern hemisphere.
基金supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology(2014CB643502,2016YFA0200200)the Natural Science Foundation of China(21404060,51422304,91433101)
文摘Three acceptor-donor-acceptor （A-D-A） small molecules DCAODTBDT, DRDTBDT and DTBDTBDT using dithieno[2,3-d：2＇,3＇-d＇]benzo[1,2-b：4,5-b＇]dithiophene as the central building block, octyl cyanoacetate, 3-octylrhodanine and thiobarbituric acid as the end groups were designed and synthesized as donor materials in solution-processed photovoltaic cells （OPVs）. The impacts of these different electron withdrawing end groups on the photophysical properties, energy levels, charge carrier mobility, morphologies of blend films, and their photovoltaic properties have been systematically investigated. OPVs device based on DRDTBDT gave the best power conversion efficiency （PCE） of 8.34%, which was significantly higher than that based on DCAODTBDT （4.83%） or DTBDTBDT （3.39%）. These results indicate that rather dedicated and balanced consideration of absorption, energy levels, morphology, mobility, etc. for the design of small-molecule-based OPVs （SM-OPVs） and systematic investigations are highly needed to achieve high performance for SM-OPVs.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.51006087)
文摘Vortex diode,as an important component in power fluidics,has been used in nuclear reprocessing engineering where it is desirable to avoid pumps with moving parts.The performance of the fluidic system depends on the matched design parameters of vortex diodes and the supporting facilities.However,no clear guidelines for design and optimization of vortex diodes system are available.Therefore,we carried out detailed experimental study on hydraulic characteristics of the vortex diodes system with changeable parameters to evolve such guidelines.The study covered a wide range of a vortex diode and vortex diodes system.The variation of averaged discharge and volumetric efficiency in respect to air supply pressure,liquid level of water tank and liquid level stroke of gas-liquid energy converter was studies.The experimental results were analyzed to develop design guidelines.The guidelines are shown to be useful for obtaining the design parameters that would yield the desired hydrau- lic performance for the required operating conditions.
