A new strategy to fabricate oxygen-promoted Cu,N co-doped carbon(OP-CuN@C)composites is *** strategy consists of only two simple steps:chemical polymerization and high temperature *** measurements were conducted to in...
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A new strategy to fabricate oxygen-promoted Cu,N co-doped carbon(OP-CuN@C)composites is *** strategy consists of only two simple steps:chemical polymerization and high temperature *** measurements were conducted to investigate the catalytic activity and mechanism of ORR on the resulting *** the electrochemical results indicate that OP-CuN@C exhibits the best ORR catalytic *** ORR onset potential of OP-CuN@C is slightly lower than that of commercial Pt/C *** good performance is attributed to the large specific surface area,high content of heteroatoms(pyridinic,graphitic nitrogen,and oxygen atom)and synergistic effect between divalent copper and nitrogen dopant.
Orthorhombic Nb_(2)O_(5) is a highly promising fast-charging anode material for sodium-ion ***,its poor intrinsic electronic/ionic conductivity limits its ***,we developed a one-step heat treatment method to create an...
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Orthorhombic Nb_(2)O_(5) is a highly promising fast-charging anode material for sodium-ion ***,its poor intrinsic electronic/ionic conductivity limits its ***,we developed a one-step heat treatment method to create an N-doped carbon coating on the outside and S-doped Nb_(2)O_(5) on the inside(CN-SCN).Ionic liquids are used as the source of C/N/S,which synergistically enhance the surface and bulk electronic/ionic *** N-doped carbon coating on the surface exhibits excellent electronic conductivity and a low ion-diffusion barrier,thanks to the high nitrogen ratio and extremely low content(<2 wt%).Auger electron spectroscopy analysis confirms that S atoms detach from the carbon chain of the ionic liquids and enter the bulk Nb_(2)O_(5),resulting in S-doped Nb_(2)O_(5),significantly facilitating reaction *** CN-SCN electrodes exhibit outstanding rate capability,achieving a capacity of up to 94 mAh g^(−1) even at a high current rate of 50 *** paired with activated carbon as the positive electrode,the sodium-ion capacitor with the CN-SCN anode exhibits a high-energy density of up to 59 Wh kg^(−1) and a long cycle life with 73%capacity retention after 10,000 *** work opens up possibilities for low-cost and large-scale production of high-rate Nb_(2)O_(5) for sodium-storage applications.
Carbon fibers(CFs)are widely used in various cutting-edge fields,such as aerospace,military,automobiles,and sports,owing to their unique combination of excellent mechanical properties,good thermal stability,and ***,th...
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Carbon fibers(CFs)are widely used in various cutting-edge fields,such as aerospace,military,automobiles,and sports,owing to their unique combination of excellent mechanical properties,good thermal stability,and ***,their inherent super-black appearance makes it difficult to satisfy the aesthetic/fashion requirements of the colorful world,and the flammability of CFs severely limits their practical utilization in high-temperature and other extreme ***,we fabricated full-color tunable colored CFs on a large-scale via atomic layer deposition,based on the monolayer film interference *** exhibited brilliant colors and excellent environmental durability in extreme environments,such as intense ultraviolet(UV)irradiation,accelerated laundering,friction,high-temperature,and low-temperature *** CFs also exhibited excellent fire-retardant performance that could withstand alcohol-lamp flame burning for 60 *** work provides insights into an innovative material/structural design that can help achieve rapid development of the CF industry and global carbon neutrality/sustainability.
Obstacle avoidance is of great importance for mobile robots since it provides protection for the robots’safety and ensures their routine *** are proven to play an important role in robots obstacle avoidance,and they ...
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Obstacle avoidance is of great importance for mobile robots since it provides protection for the robots’safety and ensures their routine *** are proven to play an important role in robots obstacle avoidance,and they are useful as ***,more sensors indicating additional space,larger weight load and more energy *** unnecessary sensors is conducive to the development of mobile robots and remains *** we demonstrate Sensor Free Obstacle-Passing Robots(SFOPRs)inspired by flies using the Obstacle-passing strategy instead of Obstacle *** ability to autonomously adjust its direction after hitting obstacles and the ability to continuously hit obstacles are 2 key problems that need to be solved to build this *** to arc-shaped head design and undulating motion behaviors,the robots can autonomously adjust their direction to the outline of obstacles,such as a 90°corner,dispersive irregular obstacles,and even an"S"type channel without the assistance of any ***,the caterpillar-like movement enables robots to continuously hit ***,collaborative awareness and mutual aid can be realized among two or more prototype robots,indicating simple yet functional units for future swarm *** study could provide a new strategy to pursue sensor-free obstacle-passing robots for future swarm robot applications.
The chemoselective hydrodeoxygenation of natural lignocellulosic materials plays a crucial role in converting biomass into value-added *** their complex molecular structures often require multiple active sites synergy...
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The chemoselective hydrodeoxygenation of natural lignocellulosic materials plays a crucial role in converting biomass into value-added *** their complex molecular structures often require multiple active sites synergy for effective activation and achieving high ***,it is reported that a high-entropy alloy(HEA)on high-entropy oxide(HEO)hetero-structured catalyst for highly active,chemoselective,and robust vanillin *** heterogenous HEA/HEO catalysts were prepared by thermal reduction of senary HEOs(NiZnCuFeAlZrO_(x)),where exsolvable metals(e.g.,Ni,Zn,Cu)in situ emerged and formed randomly dispersed HEA nanoparticles anchoring on the HEO *** catalyst exhibits excellent catalytic performance:100%conversion of vanillin and 95%selectivity toward high-value 2-methyl-4 methoxy phenol at low temperature of 120℃,which were attributed to the synergistic effect among HEO matrix(with abundant oxygen vacancies),anchored HEA nanoparticles(having excellent hydrogenolysis capability),and their intimate hetero-interfaces(showing strong electron transferring effect).Therefore,our work reported the successful construction of HEA/HEO heterogeneous catalysts and their superior multifunctionality in biomass conversion,which could shed light on catalyst design for many important reactions that are complex and require multifunctional active sites.
NiTi-based shape memory alloys(SMAs)are considered as cutting-edge intelligent functional ***,it remains a great challenge to obtain ultrafine-grained(UFGed)bulk materials with mm-scale size as well as outstanding sup...
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NiTi-based shape memory alloys(SMAs)are considered as cutting-edge intelligent functional ***,it remains a great challenge to obtain ultrafine-grained(UFGed)bulk materials with mm-scale size as well as outstanding superelastic ***,UFGed bulk Ti_(35)Zr_(15)Ni_(35)Cu_(15)NiTi-based SMA is successfully prepared via spark plasma sintering of amorphous ribbon precursor at different sintering temperatures,and microstructural evolution and superelastic properties are symmetrically *** is found that its grain size ranges from UFG to micro-grain with increased sintering temperature regard-less of the predominant B2 matrix in all bulk ***,the orientation relationships between B2 matrix and nano-scale fcc(Ti,Zr)_(2)Ni precipitate evolve from coherent to ***,the UFGed samples exhibit perfect superelasticity with the high recoverable strain of∼5.8%,the stable recov-ery rate above 99%,and the great critical stress inducing martensitic transformation higher than 1 GPa,far superior to the corresponding ones of suction-cast micro-grained TiZrNiCu ***,the perfect superelasticity is attributed to the good resistance to dislocation slip or grain boundary slip by residual nano-scale amorphous phase or secondary phase of coherent and semi-coherent fcc(Ti,Zr)_(2)Ni *** addition,the gentle superelastic plateau is associated to the favorable transfer stress and the strong ability to accommodate dislocation movement,which is generated by the coherent interface between nano-scale fcc(Ti,Zr)_(2)Ni and UFGed B2 *** results suggest that spark plasma sintering of amorphous alloy precursor is a feasible route to obtaining excellent superelasticity in NiTi-based SMAs.
Microstructures determine mechanical properties of steels,but in actual steel product process it is difficult to accurately control the microstructure to meet the *** microstructure characterization methods are time c...
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Microstructures determine mechanical properties of steels,but in actual steel product process it is difficult to accurately control the microstructure to meet the *** microstructure characterization methods are time consuming and results are not rep-resentative for overall quality level as only a fraction of steel sample was selected to be *** this paper,a macro and micro coupled 3D model was developed for nondestructively characterization of steel *** electromagnetic signals analysis,the relative permeability value computed by the micro cellular model can be used in the macro electromagnetic sensor *** effects of different microstructure components on the relative permeability of duplex stainless steel(grain size,phase fraction,and phase distribu-tion)were *** output inductance of an electromagnetic sensor was determined by relative permeability values and can be val-idated *** findings indicate that the inductance value of an electromagnetic sensor at low frequency can distinguish dif-ferent *** method can be applied to real-time on-line characterize steel microstructures in process of steel rolling.
The world today is very different from how it *** consumption rate of fos-sil fuels compared with the available re-sources and the calamity of global warm-ing frighten *** entire planet is at risk,but these are our **...
The world today is very different from how it *** consumption rate of fos-sil fuels compared with the available re-sources and the calamity of global warm-ing frighten *** entire planet is at risk,but these are our *** is the cause and so mankind should find sustainable and green energy solutions to satisfy the needs of society.
Isothermal forging(IF)is an effective method for forming difficult-to-deform materials like P/M *** the isothermal compression microstructural evolution mechanism of a novel P/M s-peralloy provides the basis for its o...
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Isothermal forging(IF)is an effective method for forming difficult-to-deform materials like P/M *** the isothermal compression microstructural evolution mechanism of a novel P/M s-peralloy provides the basis for its optimized IF *** this study,the isothermal compression tests of a novel fine-grained P/M nickel-based superalloy were carried out at 1000-1150℃with strain rates of 0.001-0.01 s^(−1).The results indicated that the alloy exhibits three distinct flow characteristics:continuous softening after reaching the peak stress,near-steady superplastic flow,and discontinuous hardening,corresponding to different strain rate sensitivity exponent(m)*** microstructural evolution mechanisms,including grain boundary sliding(GBS),dynamic recrystallization(DRX),and grain growth,are dominated in different m-value ***,different roles of primaryγ’play in microstruc-tural evolution were clarified.A moderate fraction of primaryγ’with 8.5%-14.2%can well coordinate the GBS and hinder excessive grain growth at a high m value domain(m>0.4).When 0.2
MgO transparent ceramics (TCS) have attracted great interests in the field of infrared window materials due to its wide transmission range, excellent thermal conductivity, and balanced mechanical properties. To date, ...
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