高能物理实验数据采集的新总线与链接

对于中型和大型高能物理实验的建造与运行来说，数据采集的总线标准是极其重要的。当前工业总线标准化的进展，将很快地产生下一代高性能的、用于规模可调系统的总线与链接标准。在这种情况下，需要进行新的系统结构学方面的研究，还需要进行极高数据传输率、快速电子器件等方面的研究，总线系统的发展应该得到工业上的支持，在机械结构上采用公制的标准等问题皆待解决。未来的系统将是一个各类总线系统共存的系统，所以，对互连的各标准系统之间的连接桥需进行研究。对高能物理实验来说，现有的总线和新的总线与链接标准已有可能满足从前端电子学设备到计算机的各种要求。

中国散裂中子源伴生质子辐照实验平台及其技术参数的确定

为了利用负氢离子加速器中伴随产生的质子成分,中国散裂中子源(China Spallation Neutron Source,CSNS)在直线加速器末端建设了伴生质子辐照实验平台(associated protons experimental platform,APEP)。为了确定其性能参数,采用散射测量、束斑照相、同位素活化法等实验方法对伴生质子辐照实验平台的主要参数进行了刻度。实验证实,该辐照平台可以提供的质子能量范围为10~80 MeV,束斑分布均匀,束流强度范围为1.2×10^(7)~4.0×10^(9) cm^(-2)·s^(-1)。伴生质子辐照实验平台运行稳定,每年提供超过5000 h的束流时间,可以满足宇航器件可靠性测试、探测器刻度、辐照育种以及材料抗辐照特性测试等多种应用需求。

大气中子单粒子效应研究现状及进展

介绍了国内外大气中子单粒子效应的现状和最新研究进展,主要包括单粒子效应的物理机制研究、新型半导体器件的抗大气中子辐照研究及当前国内外仿真大气中子辐照实验装置等。对未来大气中子引起的单粒子效应研究趋势做了展望。

中国散裂中子源快循环同步环形加速器横向准直器上质子束流损失造成的中子场分布

利用蒙特卡罗模拟软件FLUKA对中国散裂中子源快循环同步环形加速器中主准直器的中子场分布进行计算和分析,得到中子在铁屏蔽体和混凝土屏蔽体表面的总注量率、能谱和时间分布及其他次级粒子能谱。计算结果表明,屏蔽体阻挡和慢化了中子,使中子注量率减小且能谱分布向低能方向转移。从中子的能量和时间分布结果来看,中子场具有明显时间波动性,脉冲周期约为125μs。短周期的脉冲中子场在快响应中子宽谱探测器研发和标定方面具有很好的应用前景。

Effects of Activation Atmospheres on Structure and Activity of Mo-based Catalyst for Synthesis of Higher Alcohols

Activated carbon supported Mo-based catalysts were prepared and reduced under different activation atmospheres, including pure H2, syngas （H2/CO=2/1）, and pure CO. The cat- alysts structures were characterized by X-ray diffraction , X-ray absorption fine structure, and in situ diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy. The catalytic per- formance for the higher alcohol synthesis from syngas was tested. The pure H2 treatment showed a high reduction capacity. The presence of a large amount of metallic CoO and low valence state Mo^φ＋ （0〈φ〈2） on the surface suggested a super activity for the CO dissoci- ation and hydrogenation, which promoted hydrocarbons formation and reduced the alcohol selectivity. In contrast, the pure CO-reduced catalyst had a low reduction degree. The Mo and Co species at the catalyst mainly existed in the form of Mo^4＋ and Co^2＋. The syngas- reduced catalyst showed the highest activity and selectivity for the higher alcohols synthesis. We suggest that the syngas treatment had an appropriate reduction capacity that is between those of pure H2 and pure CO and led to the coexistence of multivalent Co species as well as the enrichment of Mo~＋ on the catalyst＇s surface. The synergistic effects between these active species provided a better cooperativity and equilibrium between the CO dissociation, hydrogenation and CO insertion and thus contributed beneficially to the formation of higher alcohols.

Ordered macroporous boron phosphate crystals as metal-free catalysts for the oxidative dehydrogenation of propane

Ordered macroporous materials with rapid mass transport and enhanced active site accessibility are essential for achieving improved catalytic activity.In this study,boron phosphate crystals with a three-dimensionally interconnected ordered macroporous structure and a robust framework were fabricated and used as stable and selective catalysts in the oxidative dehydrogenation(ODH)of propane.Due to the improved mass diffusion and higher number of exposed active sites in the ordered macroporous structure,the catalyst exhibited a remarkable olefin productivity of^16 golefin gcat^-1 h^-1,which is up to 2–100 times higher than that of ODH catalysts reported to date.The selectivity for olefins was 91.5%(propene:82.5%,ethene:9.0%)at 515℃,with a propane conversion of 14.3%.At the same time,the selectivity for the unwanted deep-oxidized CO2 product remained less than 1.0%.The tri-coordinated surface boron species were identified as the active catalytic sites for the ODH of propane.This study provides a route for preparing a new type of metal-free catalyst with stable structure against oxidation and remarkable catalytic activity,which may represent a potential candidate to promote the industrialization of the ODH process.

A viewpoint on catalytic origin of boron nitride in oxidative dehydrogenation of light alkanes

Oxidative dehydrogenation of light alkanes to alkenes is an attractive alternative route for industrial direct dehydrogenation because of favorable thermodynamic and kinetic characteristics,but encounters difficulties in selectivity control for alkenes because of over-oxidation reactions that produce a substantial amount of undesired carbon oxides.Recent progress has revealed that boron nitride is a highly promising catalyst in the oxidative dehydrogenation of light alkanes because of its superior selectivity for and high productivity of light alkenes,negligible formation of CO2,and remarkable catalyst stability.From this viewpoint,recent works on boron nitride in the oxidative dehydrogenations of ethane,propane,butane,and ethylbenzene are reviewed,and the emphasis of this viewpoint is placed on discussing the catalytic origin of boron nitride in oxidative dehydrogenation reactions.After analyzing recent progress in the use of boron nitride for oxidative dehydrogenation reactions and finding much new evidence,we conclude that pure boron nitride is catalytically inert,and an activation period is required under the reaction conditions;this process is accompanied by an oxygen functionalization at the edge of boron nitride;the B-O species themselves have no catalytic activity in C-H cleavage,and the B-OH groups,with the assistance of molecular oxygen,play the key role in triggering the oxidative dehydrogenation of propane;the dissociative adsorption of molecular oxygen is involved in the reaction process;and a straightforward strategy for preparing an active boron nitride catalyst with hydroxyl groups at the edges can efficiently enhance the catalytic efficacy.A new redox reaction cycle based on the B-OH sites is also proposed.Furthermore,as this is a novel catalytic system,there is an urgent need to develop new methods to optimize the catalytic performances,clarify the catalytic function of boron species in the alkane ODH reactions,and disclose the reaction mechanism under realistic reaction conditions.

Bioleaching of chalcopyrite with different crystal phases by Acidianus manzaensis

Bioleaching of chalcopyrite with different crystal structures (α-phase,β-phase and γ-phase) by Acidianus manzaensis was comparatively studied by synchrotron radiation based X-ray diffraction (SR-XRD) and S K-edge X-ray absorption near edge structure (XANES) spectroscopy. The α-phase,β-phase and γ-phase chalcopyrite was prepared by heating original chalcopyrite at 583, 773 and 848 K, respectively. Bioleaching results showed that [Cu^2+] in the leaching solution of α-phase,β-phase,γ-phase and original chalcopyrite after 10 days of bioleaching was 1.27, 1.86, 1.43 and 1.13 g/L, respectively, suggesting that β-phase had a better leaching kinetics than others. SR-XRD and XANES results indicated that jarosite and chalcopyrite were the main components in the leaching residues in all cases, and elemental sulfur formed in the early stage of bioleaching. While for β-phase and γ-phase chalcopyrite during bioleaching, bornite was produced in the initial stage of leaching, and turned into chalcocite on day 6.

Relatedness between catalytic effect of activated carbon and passivation phenomenon during chalcopyrite bioleaching by mixed thermophilic Archaea culture at 65°C

The relatedness between catalytic effect of activated carbon and passivation phenomenon during chalcopyrite bioleachingby mixed thermophilic Archaea culture(Acidianus brierleyi,Metallosphaera sedula,Acidianus manzaensis and Sulfolobusmetallicus)at65°C was studied.Leaching experiments showed that the addition of activated carbon could significantly promote thedissolution of chalcopyrite for both bioleaching and chemical leaching.The results of synchrotron-based X-ray diffraction,ironL-edge and sulfur K-edge X-ray absorption near edge structure spectroscopy indicated that activated carbon could change thetransition path of electrons through galvanic interactions to form more readily dissolved secondary mineral chalcocite at a low redoxpotential(?400mV)and then enhanced the copper dissolution.Jarosite accumulated immediately in the initial stage of bioleachingwith activated carbon but copper dissolution was not hindered.However,much jarosite precipitated on the surface of chalcopyrite inthe late stage of bioleaching,which might account for the decrease of copper dissolution rate.More elemental sulfur(S0)was alsodetected with additional activated carbon but the mixed thermophilic Archaea culture had a great sulfur oxidation activity,thus S0waseliminated and seemed to have no significant influence on the dissolution of chalcopyrite.

Geometric effect promoted hydrotalcites catalysts towards aldol condensation reaction

In solid basic catalysis field,how to achieve optimized activity and desired stability through elaborate control over basic site properties remains a challenge.In this work,taking advantage of the structure memory effect of layered double hydroxides(LDHs),rehydrated Ca4 Al1-x Gax-LDHs and Ca4 Al1-x Inx-LDHs catalysts were prepared and applied in aldol condensation reaction that isobutyraldehyde(IBD)reacts with formaldehyde(FA)to obtain hydroxypivalaldehyde(HPA).Notably,the resulting re-Ca4 Al0.90Ga0.10-LDHs exhibits an extraordinarily-high catalytic activity(HPA yield:72%),which is to our best knowledge the highest level in this reaction.The weak Br?nsted basic site,7-coordinated Ca-OH group,which serves as an active site,catalyzes the condensation process and promotes the product desorption.Studies on structure-property correlations demonstrate that Ga as a structural promoter induces a moderate expansion of the laminate lattice,which results in a significant increase in the concentration of weak basic sites in re-Ca4Al0.90Ga0.10-LDHs,accounting for its high catalytic activity.This work illuminates that geometric structure of basic active sites can be tuned via introducing catalyst additive,which leads to a largely improved performance of hydrotalcite solid basic catalysts towards aldol condensation reaction.

NeuDATool:an Open Source Neutron Data Analysis Tools,Supporting GPU Hardware Acceleration,and across-Computer Cluster Nodes Parallel

Empirical potential structure refinement is a neutron scattering data analysis algorithm and a software package.It was developed by the disordered materials group in the British spallation neutron source(ISIS)in 1980s,and aims to construct the most-probable atomic structures of disordered materials in the field of chemical physics.It has been extensively used during the past decades,and has generated reliable results.However,it implements a shared-memory architecture with open multi-processing(OpenMP).With the extensive construction of supercomputer clusters and the widespread use of graphics processing unit(GPU)acceleration technology,it is now possible to rebuild the EPSR with these techniques in the effort to improve its calculation speed.In this study,an open source framework NeuDATool is proposed.It is programmed in the object-oriented language C++,can be paralleled across nodes within a computer cluster,and supports GPU acceleration.The performance of NeuDATool has been tested with water and amorphous silica neutron scattering data.The test shows that the software can reconstruct the correct microstructure of the samples,and the calculation speed with GPU acceleration can increase by more than 400 times,compared with CPU serial algorithm at a simulation box that has about 100 thousand atoms.NeuDATool provides another choice to implement simulation in the(neutron)diffraction community,especially for experts who are familiar with C++programming and want to define specific algorithms for their analysis.

Unveiling the active sites of ultrathin Co-Fe layered double hydroxides for the oxygen evolution reaction

Two-dimensional layered double hydroxides(LDHs)have been identified as promising electrocatalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction(OER);however,the simple and effective synthesis of high-quality LDHs remains extremely challenging and the active sites have not been clarified.Herein,we report a facile solution-reaction method for preparing an ultrathin(thickness<2 nm)nonprecious CoFe-based LDH.Co_(1)Fe_(0.2) LDH delivers a current density of 10 mA cm^(-2) and a high turnover frequency of 0.082 s^(-1) per total 3d metal atoms at a low overpotential of 256 mV.Its mass activity is 277.9 A g^(-1) at an overpotential of 300 mV for the OER.Kinetic studies reveal the Co site as the main active center for the OER.The doped Fe lowers the reaction barrier by accelerating the charge-transfer process.Theoretical calculations reveal that the surface Co sites adjacent to Fe atoms are the active centers for the OER and the subsurface Fe dopants excessively weaken the OH^(*)adsorption,thus increasing the energy barrier of the rate-determining step.This study can guide the rational design of high-performance CoFe-based LDHs for water splitting.

Promoting NO_(x)reduction via in situ activation of perovskite supported Pd catalysts under alternating lean-burn/fuel-rich operating atmospheres

Herein,we report the excellent De-NO_(x)performance of La0.7Sr0.3MnO3(LSM)perovskite-supported Pd catalysts(Pd-LSM)in alternating lean-burn/fuel-rich atmospheres using C3H6 as reductant and describe the in situ activation of the Pd catalysts via metal-support interaction(MSI)tuning.The NO_(x)reduction conversion of the Pd-LSM catalyst increased significantly from 56.1%to 90.1%and the production of N2O was suppressed.Our results demonstrated that this behavior was mainly attributed to the in situ transformation of Pd2+into Pd0 during the reaction.The generated Pd0 species could readily activate the C3H6 reductant and achieve an eight-fold higher turnover frequency than Pd2+for the reduction of NO_(x).Moreover,excessive MSIs inhibited the in situ generation of Pd0,and thereby,lowered the De-NO_(x)activity of the catalyst even at high Pd dispersion.In addition,the Pd-LSM catalysts exhibited much higher S tolerance than conventional Al_(2)O_(3)-supported catalysts.Our study provides a new approach for analyzing and designing highly active metal catalysts operated under dynamic alternating oxidizing/reducing atmospheric conditions.

Amorphous ferric oxide as a hole-extraction and transfer layer on nanoporous bismuth vanadate photoanode for water oxidation

An amorphous ferric oxide layer was prepared on a bismuth vanadate photoanode.This resulted in improved charge carrier separation and surface catalytic performance compared with the photoanode without the oxide layer.The photocurrent of the oxide‐layer‐containing photoanode was2.52mA/cm2at1.23V versus the reversible hydrogen electrode,in potassium phosphate buffer,(0.5mol/L,pH=7.0).The amorphous ferric oxide layer on the photoanode contained low‐valence‐state iron species(FeII),which enabled efficient hole extraction and transfer.