Herein, a hybrid structure of hematite (alpha-Fe2O3) nanorod arrays is designed, with surface catalyzed by Co molecular complex (Co(dca)(2), dca: dicyanamide) and then protected by TiO2 thin overlayer, for efficient a...
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Herein, a hybrid structure of hematite (alpha-Fe2O3) nanorod arrays is designed, with surface catalyzed by Co molecular complex (Co(dca)(2), dca: dicyanamide) and then protected by TiO2 thin overlayer, for efficient and stable photoelectrochemical (PEC) water oxidation. The obtained alpha-Fe2O3/Co(dca)(2)/TiO2 hybrid nanorod arrays show much improved and stabilized PEC performance as compared to the pristine, and even the Co(dca)(2) or TiO2 modified alpha-Fe2O3, with a photocurrent density of 0.35 mA cm(-2) obtained at 1.23 V vs. reversible hydrogen electrode (RHE), and an incident photon-to-current conversion efficiency (IPCE) reaching 16 % at 400 nm at 1.6 V vs. RHE. It has been demonstrated that the adsorbed Co(dca)(2) molecular complex could effectively promote the interface charge transfer process and accelerate the water oxidation reaction kinetics, meanwhile the atomic layer deposited TiO2 overlayer could passivate the surface defects of alpha-Fe2O3 and suppress the surface charge carrier recombination. Moreover, the TiO2 overlayer could effectively protect Co(dca)(2) from detaching from the alpha-Fe2O3 surface and thus stabilize the PEC activity for water oxidation reaction. The present study provides some available thoughts and methods for rational design of highly efficient photoelectrodes for water splitting from the perspective of the surface and interface engineered charge carrier transfer and water oxidation processes.
Spindles in precision boring machine often work in low speed and heavy load without internal cooling, and the thermal error is nonnegligible. So an external cooling system was designed, and the effectiveness of the de...
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Successful large-scale implementation of solar fuel technologies relies on cost, performance, and reliability of materials, devices, and infrastructures. Earth-abundant, low-cost, easily recyclable, and environmentall...
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Successful large-scale implementation of solar fuel technologies relies on cost, performance, and reliability of materials, devices, and infrastructures. Earth-abundant, low-cost, easily recyclable, and environmentally benign light absorbers are desired for renewable fuel generation technologies, such as solar photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting. Hematite is considered an ideal material for PEC oxygen evolution reaction, which is a critical component in the overall water splitting process for hydrogen fuel generation. However, intrinsic and operational limitations have prevented hematite-based PEC devices from reaching their highest theoretical solar-to-hydrogen efficiency of 15%-17%. Literature clearly shows that no single approach can eliminate these limitations. An overall fundamental understanding of the effect of dopant addition as well as their physical locations and functions within the photoelectrode, in both as-synthesized form and under operating conditions, is of critical importance to unleash the tremendous potentials of hematite-based PEC systems. In this short perspective, the concept of effective doping (i.e., increase of charge carrier density) up to the limit of dopant segregation at the grain boundaries to lower the charge recombination is discussed. Based on relevant theoretical and experimental data from the literature on the effects of surface-to-bulk doping as well as dopant segregation at the grain boundaries on hematite photoelectrode performance, we discuss here the views on the necessity of understanding these processes and their individual and synergistic effects to unravel a simple yet powerful approach to design and develop highly efficient hematite photoanodes for clean hydrogen generation using water and sunlight.
For the industrial equipment with boiling, critical heat flux (CHF) is an important parameter that determines its upper limit of heat load for safe operation. Therefore, increasing CHF is of great importance in engine...
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For the industrial equipment with boiling, critical heat flux (CHF) is an important parameter that determines its upper limit of heat load for safe operation. Therefore, increasing CHF is of great importance in engineering field. Previous studies proved that it's an effective way to enhance boiling heat transfer and CHF by electrohydrodynamics (EHD). However, it is difficult to investigate the influence mechanism of the electric field on the bubble dynamics and boiling heat transfer because of the limit of experimental technical methods. Thus, in this paper, a two-dimensional lattice Boltzmann model was established by coupling the pseudopotential model with phase-change model and electric field model to meet the lack of studies on simulating the pool boiling in presence of an electric field. After validating the rationality of the two-dimensional lattice Boltzmann model established at present study, the heat transfer during nucleate boiling and film boiling under a uniform electric field were studied in detail. In addition, the influence of electric field intensity on boiling curves and CHF was investigated quantitatively. In the partial nucleate boiling regime, a uniform electric field had limited influence on bubble dynamics and boiling heat transfer. In the fully developed nucleate boiling regime, increasing electric field intensity could enhance boiling heat transfer obviously. In the film boiling regime, increasing electric field intensity could slightly enhance averaged heat flux at first. After the electric field intensity reached a certain value, averaged heat flux increased rapidly. Increasing electric field intensity could expand the nucleate boiling regime, and enhance CHF and the wall temperature at CHF point. (C) 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Motivated by the principles of the cavitating Venturi nozzle (CVN) used for controlling fluid flow and addressing limitations of CVN, this paper proposes a mechanical choked Venturi nozzle (MCVN) which achieves chokin...
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Motivated by the principles of the cavitating Venturi nozzle (CVN) used for controlling fluid flow and addressing limitations of CVN, this paper proposes a mechanical choked Venturi nozzle (MCVN) which achieves choking flow via a mechanical action. The MCVN is constructed by inserting a floating springed blockage into a Venturi nozzle to imitate the bubble dynamics of CVN. First, an initial MCVN design was derived theoretically. Then, using numerical simulation and an iterative procedure, this original design was corrected to build an optimized design. Finally, the optimized design was investigated and tested both numerically and experimentally. The experimental results show that the MCVN can maintain constant flow with a flow control error of 3.8% and a maximum back pressure ratio of 0.97. Since MCVN can achieve constant flow without fluid vaporization, the pressure ratio range for applying a choking flow device is expanded and some limitations of CVN are overcome. The principles and experimental results obtained in this research can be used as a framework for the design of improved constant flow control devices for liquid flow.
We report the synthesis of nanosized polystyrene (PSt) microspheres with good uniformity, strong absorptivity, good shear resistance and controllable size. The PSt nanofluid, entitled with a high surface adsorption of...
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We report the synthesis of nanosized polystyrene (PSt) microspheres with good uniformity, strong absorptivity, good shear resistance and controllable size. The PSt nanofluid, entitled with a high surface adsorption of nanoparticles, can effectively reduce interfacial tension without using surfactants and alter the wettability towards a more water-wet condition. Subsequently, their fluidic properties for chemical enhanced oil recovery of PSt nanofluidic microspheres were also investigated based upon core flooding experiments, sand-pack and NMR tests. It is found that remaining oil displacement can be realized by regulating the nanofluid behavior, including wettability and interfacial tension. Moreover, deep fluid diversion could be achieved through profile control by plugging pores. All these advantages made the PSt nanofluid to be favorable for oilfield practice.
The co-combustion of biomass and coal in a utility boiler could provide cleaner power production and ensure sustainable utilization of the solid fuels. This paper aims to numerically investigate complex pro-cesses in ...
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The co-combustion of biomass and coal in a utility boiler could provide cleaner power production and ensure sustainable utilization of the solid fuels. This paper aims to numerically investigate complex pro-cesses in the tangentially-fired 900 MWth boiler furnace during direct co-firing of lignite and biomass with 10% thermal share of agricultural residues (wheat straw, corn straw and soybean straw) under vari-able boiler loads (100%, 85% and 70%). Simulations are conducted by means of in-house developed com-puter code, supported by the specially designed user-friendly graphical interface. Co-firing of agricultural residues provides lower pollutant emissions, somewhat higher furnace exit gas temperature and increase in unburnt carbon in bottom/fly ash, compared to the lignite combustion without biomass. Soybean is found to be the most suitable for co-firing regarding its ash melting point, however due to its abundance and availability the wheat straw is selected for this study. Co-combustion at partial boiler loads results in reduction of NOx and SOx up to 34% and 9.5%, respectively. Burners arrangement and furnace aerody-namics affect the abatement of pollutants. This study may help the global effort s in fighting the climate change, efficiently and cost-effectively, thus offering considerable economic and social benefits. (c) 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
The deposition of an atomically precise nanocluster, for example, Ag-44(SR)(30), onto a large-band-gap semiconductor such as TiO2 allows a clear interface to be obtained to study charge transfer at the interface. Chan...
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The deposition of an atomically precise nanocluster, for example, Ag-44(SR)(30), onto a large-band-gap semiconductor such as TiO2 allows a clear interface to be obtained to study charge transfer at the interface. Changing the light source from visible light to simulated sunlight led to a three orders of magnitude enhancement in the photocatalytic H-2 generation, with the H-2 production rate reaching 7.4 mmol h(-1) g(catalyst)(-1). This is five times higher than that of TiO2 modified with Ag nanoparticles and even comparable to that of TiO2 modified with Pt nanoparticles under similar conditions. Energy band alignment and transient absorption spectroscopy reveal that the role of the metal clusters is different from that of both organometallic complexes and plasmonic nanoparticles: A type II heterojunction charge-transfer route is achieved under UV/Vis irradiation, with the cluster serving as a small-band-gap semiconductor. This results in the clusters acting as co-catalysts rather than merely photosensitizers.
Discovering an active and durable catalyst for oxygen reduction reaction is crucial to the commercialization of fuel cells, but remains grand challenging. Here we report, for the first time, the trace doping of early ...
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Discovering an active and durable catalyst for oxygen reduction reaction is crucial to the commercialization of fuel cells, but remains grand challenging. Here we report, for the first time, the trace doping of early transition metal (ETM) Re into ultrathin PtNiGa nanowires (Re-PtNiGa NWs) to construct a novel catalyst integrating the superior activity, long-time durability, and high utilization efficiency of Pt atoms. Impressively, the Re-PtNiGa tetrametallic NWs present a 19.6-fold enhancement in mass activity (3.49 A mg(Pt)(-1)) compared to commercial Pt/C catalyst and only a 10.6% loss in mass activity after 20,000 cycles of durability test. Moreover, the real fuel cell assembled by Re-PtNiGa NWs on the cathode strongly supports its great potential in fuel cells. The density functional theory calculations reveal that introduction of ETM Re into PtNiGa NWs could weaken binding strength of oxygenated species and elevate dissolution potential, well rationalizing the great enhancements in activity and durability.
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