Regulating zinc ion transport behavior and solvated structure towards stable aqueous Zn metal batteries

Aqueous Zn metal batteries(AZMBs)with intrinsic safety,high energy density and low cost have been regarded as promising electrochemical energy storage devices.However,the parasitic reaction on metallic Zn anode and the incompatibility between electrode and electrolytes lead to the deterioration of electrochemical performance of AZMBs during the cycling.The critical point to achieve the stable cycling of AZMBs is to properly regulate the zinc ion solvated structure and transfer behavior between metallic Zn anode and electrolyte.In recent years,numerous achievements have been made to resolve the formation of Zn dendrite and interface incompatible issues faced by AZMBs via optimizing the sheath structure and transport capability of zinc ions at electrode-electrolyte interface.In this review,the challenges for metallic Zn anode and electrode-electrolyte interface in AZMBs including dendrite formation and interface characteristics are presented.Following the influences of different strategies involving designing advanced electrode structu re,artificial solid electrolyte interphase(SEI)on Zn anode and electrolyte engineering to regulate zinc ion solvated sheath structure and transport behavior are summarized and discussed.Finally,the perspectives for the future development of design strategies for dendrite-free Zn metal anode and long lifespan AZMBs are also given.

Electrochemically triggered decoupled transport behaviors in intercalated graphite:From energy storage to enhanced electromagnetic applications

Pyrolytic graphite (PG) with highly aligned graphene layers,present anisotropic electrical and thermal transport behavior,which is attractive in electronic,electrocatalyst and energy storage.Such pristine PG could meeting the limit of electrical conductivity (~2.5×10^(4) S·cm^(−1)),although efforts have been made for achieving high-purity sp^(2) hybridized carbon.For manipulating the electrical conductivity of PG,a facile and efficient electrochemical strategy is demonstrated to enhance electrical transport ability via reversible intercalation/de-intercalation of AlCl_(4)^(-)into the graphitic interlayers.With the stage evolution at different voltages,variable electrical and thermal transport behaviors could be achieved via controlling AlCl_(4)^(-)concentrations in the PG because of substantial variation in the electronic density of states.Such evolution leads to decoupled electrical and thermal transport (opposite variation trend) in the in-plane and out-of-plane directions,and the in-plane electrical conductivity of the pristine PG (1.25×10^(4) S·cm^(−1)) could be massively promoted to 4.09×10^(4) S·cm(AlCl_(4)^(-)intercalated PG),much better than the pristine bulk graphitic papers used for the electrical transport and electromagnetic shielding.The fundamental mechanism of decoupled transport feature and electrochemical strategy here could be extended into other anisotropic conductive bulks for achieving unusual behaviors.

Numerical simulation of tritium behavior under a postulated accident condition for CFETR TEP system

China Fusion Engineering Test Reactor(CFETR)is China's self-designed and ongoing next-generation fusion reactor project.Tritium confinement systems in CFETR guarantee that the radiation level remains below the safety limit during tritium handling and operation in the fuel cycle system.Our tritium technology team is responsible for studying tritium transport behavior in the CFETR tritium safety confinement systems of the National Key R&D Program of China launched in 2017,and we are conducting CFETR tritium plant safety analysis by using CFD software.In this paper,the tritium migration and removal behavior were studied under a postulated accident condition for the Tokamak Exhaust Processing system of CFETR.The quantitative results of the transport behavior of tritium in the process room and glove box during the whole accident sequence(e.g.,tritium release,alarm,isolation,and tritium removal)have been presented.The results support the detailed design and engineering demonstration-related research of CFETR tritium plant.

Factors Influence Hanoians’ Choice of Non-Motorized Transport Mode to Access Bus Stations

Hanoi’s rapid urbanization has led to a surge in private vehicle ownership, particularly motorcycles, amidst inadequate public transportation infrastructure. Despite government efforts, many still prefer motorized transport, citing mobility and safety concerns, exacerbated by insufficient pedestrian infrastructure. This study examines the motivations behind this reliance on motorized vehicles, particularly motorcycles, in Hanoi. Findings reveal safety and convenience as primary factors driving motorized transport use, especially for accessing bus stations. Economic incentives could promote non-motorized travel and public transport adoption. Policy implications highlight the importance of addressing economic factors and improving access infrastructure to manage motorized vehicle reliance and foster sustainable urban mobility in Hanoi.

GLOBAL EXISTENCE AND ASYMPTOTIC BEHAVIOR FOR AN 1-D COMPRESSIBLE ENERGY TRANSPORT MODEL

In this article, the global existence and the large time behavior of smooth solutions to the initial boundary value problem for a degenerate compressible energy transport model are established.

Phase Separation and Transport Behavior in La_(0.67-x)Sm_xSr_(0.33)MnO_3 System

The magnetic behavior and the transport behavior of La0.67-x Smx Sr0.33 MnO3 （x = 0. 00, 0. 10, 0. 20, 0. 30, 0. 40, 0. 50 and 0. 60 ） systems were studied through measuring the M-T curves, electron spin resonance （ ESR ） curves and ρ-T curves. The samples exhibit a long-range ferromagnetic order when x = 0. 00, 0. 10, a cluster-spin glass state when x = 0. 20 and 0. 30, and an anti-ferromagnetic state at low temperatures when x = 0. 40, 0. 50 and 0. 60. The samples of x = 0. 30 and 0.40 show phase separation at temperatures above Te. The transport behavior of the sample of x = 0. 60 becomes abnormal when the doping is high, and an insulator-metal transition occurs near To and then a metal-insulator transition occurs, which rarely appears in an ABO3 structure. It is concluded that the magnetic and electric behavior changes of the systems depend on the extra magnetism and lattice distortion effect induced by Sm doping.

Electron Transport Behavior in a Mirror Magnetic Field and a Uniform Electric Field

A Monte Carlo simulation technique has been used to model the electron transport' behavior, especially the electron density and energy distributions under the influence of a mirror magnetic field and a uniform electric field in a positive column of helium direct current(DC) gas discharge Graphs showing the electron density and energy distributions, and the percentage of electrons that reach the wall and the end of the positive column are presented. The results indicate that the mirror magnetic field can control the electron transport behavior in the positive column which are in good agreement with experimental results.

Electron Transport Behavior of Multiferroic Perovskite BiMnO_3 Prepared by Co-Precipitation Method

Perovskite BiMnO_3 samples are successfully synthesized by the co-precipitation method at relatively low pressure and moderate temperature.The temperature dependences of resistivity are measured and systematically investigated.It is shown that the electrical resistivity increases sharply with the decrease of temperature above 210 K and the fitted results demonstrate that the thermally activated conduction model is the dominant conduction mechanism for the electron transport behaviors in this temperature region.A dual conducting mechanism,i.e.,the variable range hopping and thermal activated conduction,is suggested to be responsible for the transport behaviors of BiMnO_3 in the region of 180-200 K.Moreover,the resistivity increases slightly with the decrease of temperature below 180 K and the transport is governed by the variable range hopping mechanism.

Sustainable urban transportation development in China:A behavioral perspective

The rapid development of economics requires highly efficient and environment-friendly urban transportation systems.Such requirement presents challenges in sustainable urban transportation.The analysis and understanding of transportation-related behaviors provide one approach to dealing with complicated transportation activities.In this study,the management of traffic systems is divided into four levels with a structural and systematic perspective.Then,several special cases from the perspective of behavior,including purchasing behaviors toward new energy vehicles,choice behaviors toward green travel,and behavioral reactions toward transportation demand management policies,are investigated.Several management suggestions are proposed for transportation authorities to improve sustainable traffic management.

Transport Property of La_(0.67-x)Sm_xSr_(0.33)MnO_3 at Heavy Samarium Doping (0.40≤x≤0.60)

The influence of heavy samarion （Sm） doping （0.40≤x≤0.60） on magnetic and electric properties of La0.67-xSmxSr0.33MnO3 was investigated by measuring the magnetization-temperature （M - T） curves, magnetization-magnetic density （ M - H） curves, resistivity-temperature （ρ- T） curves and magnetoresistivity-temperature （ MR - T） curves of the samples under different temperatures. It is found that, form from long-range ferromagnetic order to spin-cluster glass with the increase of Sm doping amount, the samples transstate and anti-ferromagnetic state; and when x = 0.60, the transport property becomes abnormal under magnetic background; and the magnetic structure changes and extra magnetic coupling induced by doping leads to colossal magnetoresistance effect. The transport mechanism of metallic conduction at low temperature is mainly electron-magneton interaction and can be fitted by the formula ρ = ρ0 ＋ AT^4.5, and the insulatorlike transport mechanism on high temperature range is mainly the function of variable-range hopping and can be fitted by the formula ρ = ρ0exp（T0/T）^1/4. In the formulas above, p is resistivity, T is temperature, and A, ρ0, T0 are constants.

Dynamical energy equipartition of the Toda model with additional on-site potentials

We study the dynamical energy equipartition properties in the integrable Toda model with additional uniform or disordered on-site energies by extensive numerical simulations. The total energy is initially equidistributed among some of the lowest frequency linear modes. For the Toda model with uniform on-site potentials, the energy spectrum keeps its profile nearly unchanged in a relatively short time scale. On a much longer time scale, the energies of tail modes increase slowly with time. Energy equipartition is far away from being attached in our studied time scale. For the Toda model with disordered on-site potentials, the energy transfers continuously to the high frequency modes and eventually towards energy equipartition. We further perform a systematic study of the equipartition time teq depending on the energy density ε and the nonlinear parameter α in the thermodynamic limit for the Toda model with disordered on-site potentials. We find teq∝ （1/ε）^a（1/α）^b, where b≈ 2a. The values of a and b are increased when increasing the strengths of disordered on-site potentials or decreasing the number of initially excited modes.

Preface for the special issue on "Driver behavior,highway capacity and transportation resilience"

Transportation plays a vital role both in urban economy and usuallives, which is recognized as one of the major functions of a city, along with dwelling, work, and recreation. As an organic system, urban traffic has attracted increased attention during recent years. However, the majority of studies focused on roadways and vehicular technologies, and limited research has been conducted to address the driver characteristics and their impact. A major possible reason is the scarcity of reliable data. In fact, traditional traffic data obtained from cross-sectional detectors as well as video capture devices are not sufficient to fully capture driver behavior. Only in the recent years, with the availability of transportation-related ＂big data＂ and particu- larly the overwhelming information onboard and from road- side facilities, the impacts of driver behavior may be investigated in more detail. In general, driver behavior in microscopic level may include car-following, lane-changing, and gap acceptance models, which are believed largely to affect roadway capacity. Furthermore, safety concerns especially when drivingin an urban environment due to the interaction of different modes, also increase the complexity of quantifying the quality of service of various transportation facilities. These potential complexities in driver behavior challenge academia to develop supporting models and methods of analysis.

Powder transport behavior in RH degasser with powder injection through up snorkel: a transient numerical model

A transient numerical model was established to predict the dispersion,distribution,and circulation behavior of the powder injected through the up snorkel in a Ruhrstahl–Heraeus(RH)degasser.The effects of the powder diameter,the lifting gas flow rate,and the powder injection rate on the powder transport were investigated.Local powder concentration was measured by a cold model.The results showed that the predicted powder concentration agreed well with the measured.The powder injection process is divided into three periods,named dispersion period,aggregation and circulation period,and dynamically stable period according to the powder transport behavior.The powder diameter has a great effect on the particle dispersion.When the particles size changes from 30 to 500μm,the powder dispersion characteristic index changes from 0.110 to 0.741,and the ladle top zone powder mass ratio changes from 0.118 to 0.685.The powder circulation mass flow rate increases to 101.0 kg min^(-1)(150μm)and then decreases to 46.6 kg min^(-1)(500μm).Powders with a diameter of more than 220μm can change the steel flow mode in the RH degasser.Increasing the lifting gas flow could slightly improve the powder dispersion.Variation in the powder injection rate has almost no effect on the powder dispersion.

Spin-dependent transport characteristics of nanostructures based on armchair arsenene nanoribbons

By employing non-equilibrium Green＇s function combined with the spin-polarized density-functional theory, we investigate the spin-dependent electronic transport properties of armchair arsenene nanoribbons（a As NRs）. Our results show that the spin-metal and spin-semiconductor properties can be observed in a As NRs with different widths. We also find that there is nearly 100% bipolar spin-filtering behavior in the a As NR-based device with antiparallel spin configuration. Moreover, rectifying behavior and giant magnetoresistance are found in the device. The corresponding physical analyses have been given.

Magneto-electric behaviors of La_(0.67-x)Nd_(x)Sr_(0.33)MnO_(3) system

The polycrystalline samples La_(0.67-x)Nd_(x)Sr_(0.33)MnO_(3)(x=0.1,0.2,0.3,0.4,0.5)were prepared by standard solid-state reaction method,and the M–T curves,electron spin resonance(ESR)curves,infrared spectra,Raman spectra,ρ–T curves and MR–T curves of the compounds above were measured.The results show that single phase can be obtained at different Nd substitution ratios,and with the increase in Nd doping,the magnetic structure of the system transforms from long-range ferro-magnetic order to spin cluster glass state and antiferro-magnetic state;and the phase separation appears in the samples with x=0.3 and 0.4.The transport property exhibits variation with the increase in Nd doping,and the electric behavior of the sample transforms(from metal state to insulator–metal transition,and then insulator state)is accompanied by colossal magnetoresistance(CMR)effect,which can be attributed to the different couplings of sublattices induced by Nd doping and the interface tun-neling effect related to the spin.

Influence of elution conditions on DNA transport behavior in free solution by hydrodynamic chromatography

We have previously developed bare narrow-bore capillary chromatography. In this work, high-performance DNA separation was realized for a size range of 10–800 base pairs(bp) utilizing bare narrow-bore capillary chromatography with 750 nm- radius capillaries. Separation behavior of double-stranded DNA(ds DNA) fragments was investigated over a range of eluent concentrations and elution pressures. DNA molecules were hydrodynamically separated in a size-dependent manner in free solution without any sieving matrices, with the longer fragments being eluted out from the capillary earlier. It was found that the eluent concentration variously influenced the transport behavior for different-sized DNA fragments depending upon the configuration of DNA molecules and the association of counterions. Ionic strength of the solutions strongly impacted DNA persistence length. Enhanced elution pressure could shorten analysis time with a slight loss in resolution. Excellent efficiency of two million theoretical plates per meter was achieved, which indicates the enormous potential of bare narrow-bore capillary chromatography for the analysis of DNA fragments. These findings would be useful in understanding the transport behavior of DNA fragments in confined dimensions for chromatography in free solution.

Skeletal element distributions of the large herbivores from the Lingjing site,Henan Province,China

More than ten thousands of bone fragments were recovered from the Lingjing site, Henan Province during 2005 and 2006. In this paper, through the quantification and statistical analyses of the skeletal elements of the two predominant species in this assemblage, aurochs (Bos primigenius) and horse (Equus caballus), the differential influences and weights of a variety of taphonomic agencies in the formation of the assemblage are assessed respectively. Compared to the natural agencies, hominid hunting and the subsequent disarticulation, slaughtering, and their transport of the bone elements of the prey species are the main factors accounting for the formation of the present assemblage. More importantly, this study initiatively identifies hominid's differential treatment of the bones of aurochs and horse in the Paleolithic record of East Asia and demonstrably suggests that hominids at the site have already practiced sophisticated hunting techniques and subsistence strategies and may be quite familiar with the ecological and anatomical characteristics and nutritional values of the large-sized prey animals and can accordingly take different processing and handling strategies at the hunting site.

Tunable metallic-like transport in polypyrrole

Conjugated polymers(CPs),organic macromolecules with a linear backbone of alternating C–C and C=C bonds,possess unique semiconductive properties,providing new opportunities for organic electronics,photonics,information,and energy devices.Seeking the metallic or metallic-like,even superconducting properties beyond semiconductivity in CPs is always one of the ultimate goals in polymer science and condensed matter.Only two metallic and semi-metallic transport cases—aniline-derived polyaniline and thiophene-derived poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)—have been reported since the development of CPs for four decades.Controllable synthesis is a key challenge in discovering more cases.Here we report the metallic-like transport behavior of another CP,polypyrrole(PPy).We observe that the transport behavior of PPy changes from semiconductor to insulator-metal transition,and gradually realizes metallic-like performance when the crystalline degree increases.Using a generalized Einstein relation model,we rationalized the mechanism behind the observation.The metallic-like transport in PPy demonstrates electron strong correlation and phonon–electron interaction in soft condensation matter,and may find practical applications of CPs in electrics and spintronics.