Fe2O3 has been the interest of many studies due to its applications in various scientific and industrial fields including in environment, corrosion, soil science, and exhaust emissions. Fe2O3 is a chemical mixture tha...
Fe2O3 has been the interest of many studies due to its applications in various scientific and industrial fields including in environment, corrosion, soil science, and exhaust emissions. Fe2O3 is a chemical mixture that can be applied as a catalyst to reduce exhaust emissions because it is capable of binding CO and HC contained in motorcycle exhaust gases The growth of motor vehicles results in air pollution and an increase in exhaust emissions consisting of 70.50% CO and 18.34% HC. One effort to reduce exhaust emission levels is by applying a catalytic converter to the exhaust system. This research was an experimental research aiming to investigate the difference in emission level of CO and HC between a motorcycle with and without a catalytic converter. The types of fuel used were RON 88, RON 90, RON 92, and RON 98. The results showed that the application of Fe2O3 as a catalyst could reduce the level of CO significantly in RON 88, i.e. 91.43% CO, and the level of HC in RON 88 and RON 92, i.e. 53.27% and 91.07% HC respectively.
We develop a dual porous (DP) TiO2 film for the electron transporting layer (ETL) in carbon cathode based perovskite solar cells (C-PSCs). The DP TiO2 film was synthesized via a facile PS-templated method with t...
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We develop a dual porous (DP) TiO2 film for the electron transporting layer (ETL) in carbon cathode based perovskite solar cells (C-PSCs). The DP TiO2 film was synthesized via a facile PS-templated method with the thickness being controlled by the spin-coating speed. It was found that there is an optimum DP TiO2 film thickness for achieving an effective ETL, a suitable perovskite]TiO2 interface, an efficient light harvester and thus a high performance C-PSC. In particular, such a DP TiO2 film can act as a scaffold for complete-filling of the pores with perovskite and for forming high-quality perovskite crystals that are seamlessly interfaced with Ti02 to enhance interracial charge injection. Leveraging the unique advantages of DP TiO2 ETL, together with a dense-packed and pinhole-free TiO2 compact layer, PCE of the C-PSCs has reached 9.81% with good stability.
Recent reports have demonstrated the Z2 topological property of the superconductor PbTaSe2 (Tc∼3.8 K). PbTaSe2 simultaneously exhibits superconductivity and nontrivial Z2 topology without the need for doping or proxi...
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Recent reports have demonstrated the Z2 topological property of the superconductor PbTaSe2 (Tc∼3.8 K). PbTaSe2 simultaneously exhibits superconductivity and nontrivial Z2 topology without the need for doping or proximity effect. Scanning tunneling microscopy confirms that the topological surface states are gapped by superconductivity, indicating the likelihood of the chiral px+ipy pairing mechanism. Motivated by these exciting findings, we predict by means of the first-principles scheme that ABSe2 (A=Pb or Sn and B=Ta or Nb) is also a superconductor with nontrivial Z2 topology. Among these, SnNbSe2 shows the highest Tc∼7.0 K. Due to the fact that the required energy resolution to detect the Majorana bound states is of the order of Δ2/ɛF, the predicted higher Tc of ABSe2 may help mitigate some experimental challenges and provides a better platform for the exploration of the topological superconductivity.
The conversion of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) into solar fuels by imitation of a natural photosynthesis using only water vapor and sunlight for energy has attracted widespread attention recently. One of the key c...
The conversion of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) into solar fuels by imitation of a natural photosynthesis using only water vapor and sunlight for energy has attracted widespread attention recently. One of the key challenges is to design a photocatalyst that can bind and activate the CO2 molecule with smallest possible activation energy and produce selective solar fuel production. In this contribution, we report a combined experimental and computational studies on Ni nanocluster loaded black TiO2 (Ni@TiO2[Vo]) with built-in dual active sites for selective photocatalytic CO2 conversion. Our findings reveal that, the synergistic effect of deliberately induced unsaturated Ni nanocluster and oxygen vacancies provide (1) energetically stable CO2 binding sites with lowest activation energy (0.08eV), (2) highly reactive sites, (3) fast electron transfer pathway, (4) enhanced light harvesting by lowering the band gap. The Ni@TiO2[Vo] photocatalyst has demonstrated highly selective and enhanced photocatalytic activity of more than 18 times higher solar fuel production than the commercial TiO2 (P-25). An insight to the mechanism of interfacial charge transfer and product formation mechanism are explored. The proposed approach to adsorb and activate CO2 molecule on dual active sites can be applied to design other catalysts for photocatalytic CO2 reduction.
A liquid crystal device which shows the capacity to perform as an electrical switchable diffraction grating is demonstrated. Periodical modulation in field-induced refractive index was realized in the in-plane switchi...
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The development of energy‐conversion devices using water movement has actively progressed. Ionovoltaic devices, which are driven by ion dynamics, show ion specificity by which different ions with identical charges sh...
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The development of energy‐conversion devices using water movement has actively progressed. Ionovoltaic devices, which are driven by ion dynamics, show ion specificity by which different ions with identical charges show different output performance. However, the ion specificity remains poorly understood because the influence of the ion species on generated electric signals is not elucidated. The ion specificity in electric signals induced by flowing water droplet was investigated in terms of its relationship with the potential profile across the solid–liquid interface.
To prepare PEGylated recombinant human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (rHuG-CSF) with enhanced pharmacokinetic properties we prepared a cysteine-substituted mutant of rHuG-CSF (mrHuG-CSF). For site-specific PEG...
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Human apolipoprotein kringle domain V (rHualkV) that has an anti-angiogenic activity was expressed and purified in large scale from Pichia pastoris. rHualkV was captured by SP-Streamline resin directly from 40 L cultu...
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