Capacitive deionization(CDI),as an emerging desalination technique,has been intensively explored because of its energy-saving,cost-effectiveness and sustainability.Despite the promise,CDI systems still encounter vario...Capacitive deionization(CDI),as an emerging desalination technique,has been intensively explored because of its energy-saving,cost-effectiveness and sustainability.Despite the promise,CDI systems still encounter various challenges involving active sites,mass transfer and stability that severely limit their further application.So far,there is still much-limited review across material,electrodes and devices to cope with the above challenges.Notably,carbon nanotubes(CNTs),have garnered significant attention owing to their exceptional conductivity,high specific surface area(S_(BET)),unique skeleton role and superior mechanical strength.More importantly,CNTs serve multifunctional roles in CDI systems,including active materials,conductive agents,binders,and even current collectors,while also making for the thick electrode framework construction.Specifically,this review first discusses current challenges in CDI system design.Subsequently,it systemic highlights how CNTs address these issues through material innovation,electrode optimization and device integration.Eventually,a conceptual model for CNT composite self-supporting CDI systems is further proposed,aiming to exploit advanced CDI desalination systems.Overall,this review underscores the pivotal role of CNTs in overcoming technical bottlenecks and driving the practical application of CDI for sustainable water treatment.展开更多
Aqueous zinc-halogen batteries are promising candidates for large-scale energy storage due to their abundant resources,intrinsic safety,and high theoretical capacity.Nevertheless,the uncontrollable zinc dendrite growt...Aqueous zinc-halogen batteries are promising candidates for large-scale energy storage due to their abundant resources,intrinsic safety,and high theoretical capacity.Nevertheless,the uncontrollable zinc dendrite growth and spontaneous shuttle effect of active species have prohibited their practical implementation.Herein,a double-layered protective film based on zinc-ethylenediamine tetramethylene phosphonic acid(ZEA)artificial film and ZnF2-rich solid electrolyte interphase(SEI)layer has been successfully fabricated on the zinc metal anode via electrode/electrolyte synergistic optimization.The ZEA-based artificial film shows strong affinity for the ZnF2-rich SEI layer,therefore effectively suppressing the SEI breakage and facilitating the construction of double-layered protective film on the zinc metal anode.Such double-layered architecture not only modulates Zn2+flux and suppresses the zinc dendrite growth,but also blocks the direct contact between the metal anode and electrolyte,thus mitigating the corrosion from the active species.When employing optimized metal anodes and electrolytes,the as-developed zinc-(dual)halogen batteries present high areal capacity and satisfactory cycling stability.This work provides a new avenue for developing aqueous zinc-(dual)halogen batteries.展开更多
The accurate measurement of volume fraction of oil-water two-phase flow on line is important in the oil field.This paper presents a new coaxial conductivity sensor for measuring the volume fraction of oil-water two-ph...The accurate measurement of volume fraction of oil-water two-phase flow on line is important in the oil field.This paper presents a new coaxial conductivity sensor for measuring the volume fraction of oil-water two-phase flow.This structure may get the more uniform sensitivity field and the vertical installation may get the more axial symmetry of the flow field,which improve the measurement accuracy.In order to minimize the influence of the edge effect,guard electrodes were designed.An anti-edge effect degree Ae was defined to optimize the length of the guard electrode.Different models of effective conductivity of two materials were used in calculating the oil volume fraction of oil-water two-phase flow.The experimental results indicate that Maxwell model is the best model under the condition of oil volume fraction less than 50%and the mean value of the calculation results using Maxwell model and Bruggeman model possesses higher accuracy in the range of oil volume fraction(50%-70%).The experimental results show that the sensor obtains similar measurement performance in both vertical upward and downward flow conditions.The accuracy of the sensor system is 2%when the oil volume fraction less than 50%,and the accuracy is about 5%when the oil volume fraction between 50%and 70%.展开更多
With the increasing number of ion qubits and improving performance of sophisticated quantum algorithms,more and more scalable complex ion trap electrodes have been developed and integrated.Nonlinear ion shuttling oper...With the increasing number of ion qubits and improving performance of sophisticated quantum algorithms,more and more scalable complex ion trap electrodes have been developed and integrated.Nonlinear ion shuttling operations at the junction are more frequently used,such as in the areas of separation,merging,and exchanging.Several studies have been conducted to optimize the geometries of the radio-frequency(RF)electrodes to generate ideal trapping electric fields with a lower junction barrier and an even ion height of the RF saddle points.However,this iteration is time-consuming and commonly accompanied by complicated and sharp electrode geometry.Therefore,high-accuracy fabrication process and high electric breakdown voltage are essential.In the current work,an effective method was proposed to reduce the junction’s pseudo-potential barrier and ion height variation by setting several individual RF electrodes and adjusting each RF voltage amplitude without changing the geometry of the electrode structure.The simulation results show that this method shows the same effect on engineering the trapping potential and reducing the potential barrier,but requires fewer parameters and optimization time.By combining this method with the geometrical shapeoptimizing,the pseudo-potential barrier and the ion height variation near the junction can be further reduced.In addition,the geometry of the electrodes can be simplified to relax the fabrication precision and keep the ability to engineer the trapping electric field in real-time even after the fabrication of the electrodes,which provides a potential all-electric degree of freedom for the design and control of the two-dimensional ion crystals and investigation of their phase transition.展开更多
The organic solar cell technology has attracted great interests due to its potential of low cost solution process capability. Bulk heterojunction organic solar cells offer a potentially much cheaper alternative way to...The organic solar cell technology has attracted great interests due to its potential of low cost solution process capability. Bulk heterojunction organic solar cells offer a potentially much cheaper alternative way to harness solar energy, and can be made flexible and large area. They can also be made translucent and in different colors. As a result, the inexpensive fabrication process such as solution- process techniques, mechanical flexibility, light weight and visible-light transparency features make organic solar technology attractive for application in new markets, such as smart sensors, power generating window panes, building architecture, greenhouses and outdoor lifestyle, etc. After a brief overview of basics of organic photo- voltaics, the enhancement of semitransparent organic solar cells over the two competing performance indices of power conversion efficiency and transmittance will be discussed.展开更多
基金financial support of the Postgraduate Research&Practice Innovation Program of Jiangsu Province(Grants No.163105819)Nanjing Forestry University High-level Talent Introduction Research Foundation(Grants No.163105774)。
文摘Capacitive deionization(CDI),as an emerging desalination technique,has been intensively explored because of its energy-saving,cost-effectiveness and sustainability.Despite the promise,CDI systems still encounter various challenges involving active sites,mass transfer and stability that severely limit their further application.So far,there is still much-limited review across material,electrodes and devices to cope with the above challenges.Notably,carbon nanotubes(CNTs),have garnered significant attention owing to their exceptional conductivity,high specific surface area(S_(BET)),unique skeleton role and superior mechanical strength.More importantly,CNTs serve multifunctional roles in CDI systems,including active materials,conductive agents,binders,and even current collectors,while also making for the thick electrode framework construction.Specifically,this review first discusses current challenges in CDI system design.Subsequently,it systemic highlights how CNTs address these issues through material innovation,electrode optimization and device integration.Eventually,a conceptual model for CNT composite self-supporting CDI systems is further proposed,aiming to exploit advanced CDI desalination systems.Overall,this review underscores the pivotal role of CNTs in overcoming technical bottlenecks and driving the practical application of CDI for sustainable water treatment.
基金support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(22209089,22178187)Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province(ZR2022QB048,ZR2021MB006)+2 种基金Excellent Youth Science Foundation of Shandong Province(Overseas)(2023HWYQ-089)the Taishan Scholars Program of Shandong Province(tsqn201909091)Open Research Fund of School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,Henan Normal University.
文摘Aqueous zinc-halogen batteries are promising candidates for large-scale energy storage due to their abundant resources,intrinsic safety,and high theoretical capacity.Nevertheless,the uncontrollable zinc dendrite growth and spontaneous shuttle effect of active species have prohibited their practical implementation.Herein,a double-layered protective film based on zinc-ethylenediamine tetramethylene phosphonic acid(ZEA)artificial film and ZnF2-rich solid electrolyte interphase(SEI)layer has been successfully fabricated on the zinc metal anode via electrode/electrolyte synergistic optimization.The ZEA-based artificial film shows strong affinity for the ZnF2-rich SEI layer,therefore effectively suppressing the SEI breakage and facilitating the construction of double-layered protective film on the zinc metal anode.Such double-layered architecture not only modulates Zn2+flux and suppresses the zinc dendrite growth,but also blocks the direct contact between the metal anode and electrolyte,thus mitigating the corrosion from the active species.When employing optimized metal anodes and electrolytes,the as-developed zinc-(dual)halogen batteries present high areal capacity and satisfactory cycling stability.This work provides a new avenue for developing aqueous zinc-(dual)halogen batteries.
基金supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.61072101)Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University(Grant No.NCET-10-0621)the Independent Innovation Foundation of Tianjin University
文摘The accurate measurement of volume fraction of oil-water two-phase flow on line is important in the oil field.This paper presents a new coaxial conductivity sensor for measuring the volume fraction of oil-water two-phase flow.This structure may get the more uniform sensitivity field and the vertical installation may get the more axial symmetry of the flow field,which improve the measurement accuracy.In order to minimize the influence of the edge effect,guard electrodes were designed.An anti-edge effect degree Ae was defined to optimize the length of the guard electrode.Different models of effective conductivity of two materials were used in calculating the oil volume fraction of oil-water two-phase flow.The experimental results indicate that Maxwell model is the best model under the condition of oil volume fraction less than 50%and the mean value of the calculation results using Maxwell model and Bruggeman model possesses higher accuracy in the range of oil volume fraction(50%-70%).The experimental results show that the sensor obtains similar measurement performance in both vertical upward and downward flow conditions.The accuracy of the sensor system is 2%when the oil volume fraction less than 50%,and the accuracy is about 5%when the oil volume fraction between 50%and 70%.
基金supported from the Natural Science Foundation of Guizhou Province of China(Grants No.ZCKJ2021015)Guizhou Science Platform and Talent(Grants No.GCC[2023]090)+1 种基金supported by Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation(Grants No.2020A1515010864)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grants No.11904423).
文摘With the increasing number of ion qubits and improving performance of sophisticated quantum algorithms,more and more scalable complex ion trap electrodes have been developed and integrated.Nonlinear ion shuttling operations at the junction are more frequently used,such as in the areas of separation,merging,and exchanging.Several studies have been conducted to optimize the geometries of the radio-frequency(RF)electrodes to generate ideal trapping electric fields with a lower junction barrier and an even ion height of the RF saddle points.However,this iteration is time-consuming and commonly accompanied by complicated and sharp electrode geometry.Therefore,high-accuracy fabrication process and high electric breakdown voltage are essential.In the current work,an effective method was proposed to reduce the junction’s pseudo-potential barrier and ion height variation by setting several individual RF electrodes and adjusting each RF voltage amplitude without changing the geometry of the electrode structure.The simulation results show that this method shows the same effect on engineering the trapping potential and reducing the potential barrier,but requires fewer parameters and optimization time.By combining this method with the geometrical shapeoptimizing,the pseudo-potential barrier and the ion height variation near the junction can be further reduced.In addition,the geometry of the electrodes can be simplified to relax the fabrication precision and keep the ability to engineer the trapping electric field in real-time even after the fabrication of the electrodes,which provides a potential all-electric degree of freedom for the design and control of the two-dimensional ion crystals and investigation of their phase transition.
文摘The organic solar cell technology has attracted great interests due to its potential of low cost solution process capability. Bulk heterojunction organic solar cells offer a potentially much cheaper alternative way to harness solar energy, and can be made flexible and large area. They can also be made translucent and in different colors. As a result, the inexpensive fabrication process such as solution- process techniques, mechanical flexibility, light weight and visible-light transparency features make organic solar technology attractive for application in new markets, such as smart sensors, power generating window panes, building architecture, greenhouses and outdoor lifestyle, etc. After a brief overview of basics of organic photo- voltaics, the enhancement of semitransparent organic solar cells over the two competing performance indices of power conversion efficiency and transmittance will be discussed.
