Ethanol induced method was applied to prepare Cu-Fe-Zr catalysts for conversion of syngas to higher alcohols. The catalytic performance of the catalysts induced by ethanol was superior to that of the catalyst prepared...Ethanol induced method was applied to prepare Cu-Fe-Zr catalysts for conversion of syngas to higher alcohols. The catalytic performance of the catalysts induced by ethanol was superior to that of the catalyst prepared by the conventional precipitation method. Among various procedures for ethanol induced method, it was found that incorporation of ethanol in the precipitation process was the better. After incorporation of ethanol, the crystal size of CuO decreased and the reduction of copper species became easier. The better activity of Cu-Fe-Zr catalysts prepared by ethanol induced procedures was probably caused by the higher dispersion of Cu species.展开更多
Defect engineering is in the limelight for the fabrication of electrochemical energy storage devices.However,determining the influence of the defect density and location on the electrochemical behavior remains challen...Defect engineering is in the limelight for the fabrication of electrochemical energy storage devices.However,determining the influence of the defect density and location on the electrochemical behavior remains challenging.Herein,self-organized TiO_(2)nanotube arrays(TNTAs)are synthesized by anodization,and their oxygen defect location and density are tuned by a controllable post-annealing process.TNTAs annealed at 600℃ in N2 exhibit the highest capacity(289.2 m Ah g^(-1)at 0.8 C)for lithium-ion storage,while those annealed at 900℃ in N2 show a specific capacitance of 35.6 m F cm^(-2)and stability above96%after 10,000 cycles for supercapacitor.Ex situ electron paramagnetic resonance spectra show that the surface-exposed oxygen defects increase,but the bulk embedded oxygen defects decrease with increasing annealing temperature.Density functional theory simulations reveal that a higher density of bulk oxygen defects corresponds to higher localized electrons states,which upshift the Fermi level and facilitate the lithium intercalation kinetic process.Meanwhile,differential charge density calculation indicates that the increase of surface oxygen defects in the anatase(101)plane leads to higher density excess electrons,which act as negative charge centers to enhance the surface potential for ion adsorption.This oxygen-deficient location and density tunable strategy introduce new opportunities for high-energy and high-power-density energy storage systems.展开更多
The popularization of portable,implantable and wearable microelectronics has greatly stimulated the rapid development of high-power planar micro-supercapacitors(PMSCs).Particularly,the introduction of new functionalit...The popularization of portable,implantable and wearable microelectronics has greatly stimulated the rapid development of high-power planar micro-supercapacitors(PMSCs).Particularly,the introduction of new functionalities(e.g.,high voltage,flexibility,stretchability,self-healing,electrochromism and photo/thermal response)to PMSCs is essential for building multifunctional PMSCs and their smart selfpowered integrated microsystems.In this review,we summarized the latest advances in PMSCs from various functional microdevices to their smart integrated microsystems.Primarily,the functionalities of PMSCs are characterized by three major factors to emphasize their electrochemical behavior and unique scope of application.These include but are not limited to high-voltage outputs(realized through asymmetric configuration,novel electrolyte and modular integration),mechanical resilience that includes various feats of flexibility or stretchability,and response to stimuli(self-healing,electrochromic,photo-responsive,or thermal-responsive properties).Furthermore,three representative integrated microsystems including energy harvester-PMSC,PMSC-energy consumption,and all-in-one selfpowered microsystems are elaborately overviewed to understand the emerging intelligent interaction models.Finally,the key perspectives,challenges and opportunities of PMSCs for powering smart microelectronics are proposed in brief.展开更多
Butyrate and butyrate-producing bacteria are important indicators of gut microbial metabolism in human health.Ten non-digestible carbohydrates(NDCs),including inulin,fructooligosaccharide(FOS),oatsβ-glucans(OGS),oats...Butyrate and butyrate-producing bacteria are important indicators of gut microbial metabolism in human health.Ten non-digestible carbohydrates(NDCs),including inulin,fructooligosaccharide(FOS),oatsβ-glucans(OGS),oatsβ-glucan oligosaccharides(OGOS),Astragalus polysaccharides(APS),Astragalus oligosaccharides(AOS),xanthan gum oligosaccharides(XGOS),gellan gum oligosaccharides(GGOS),curdlan oligosaccharides(COS),and pullulan oligosaccharides(POS)were used to investigate NDC specifi city in modulating butyrate-producing bacteria and butyrate production in 48 h in vitro fermentation studies in combination with fecal inocula from 7 healthy donors and 11 patients with type 2 diabetes(T2D).We observed that the amount of these ten NDCs utilized depended on NDC structure and inter-individual gut microbial differences.XGOS and GGOS fermentations signifi cantly increased butyrate-producing bacteria(especially f_Lachnospiraceae)and butyric acid production.Furthermore,XGOS and GGOS fermentations showed a better ability to consistently modulate gut microbiota composition and metabolic properties between individuals of healthy donors or T2D patients when compared to inulin,FOS,APS,AOS,OGS,OGOS,COS and POS fermentation.This research indicated that xanthan gum and gellan gum oligosaccharides have strong specifi city to enhance butyrate-producing bacteria and butyrate production.展开更多
The optical control ability of photonic crystal fiber(PCF)is a distinctive property suitable for improving sensing and plasma performance.This article proposes a dual-core D-channel PCF sensor that can detect two samp...The optical control ability of photonic crystal fiber(PCF)is a distinctive property suitable for improving sensing and plasma performance.This article proposes a dual-core D-channel PCF sensor that can detect two samples simultaneously,which effectively solves the problems of coating difficulty and low wavelength sensitivity.The PCF has four layers of air holes,which dramatically reduces the optical fiber loss and is more conducive to the application of sensors in actual production.In addition,by introducing dual cores on the upper and lower sides of the central air hole,reducing the spacing between the core and the gold nanolayer,a stronger evanescent field can be generated in the cladding air hole.The optical fiber sensor can detect the refractive index of two samples simultaneously with a maximum sensitivity of 21300 nm/RIU.To the best of our knowledge,the sensitivity achieved in this work is the highest sensitivity with the dual sample synchronous detection sensors.The detection range of the refraction index is 1.35-1.41,and the resolution of the sensor is 4.695×10^(-6).Overall,the sensor will be suitable for medical detection,organic chemical sensing,analyte detection,and other fields.展开更多
A novel scheme for high-efficiency terahertz(THz)wave generation based on optimized cascaded difference frequency generation(OCDFG)with planar waveguide is presented.The phase mismatches of each-order cascaded differe...A novel scheme for high-efficiency terahertz(THz)wave generation based on optimized cascaded difference frequency generation(OCDFG)with planar waveguide is presented.The phase mismatches of each-order cascaded difference frequency generation(CDFG)are modulated by changing the thickness of the waveguide,resulting in a decrement of phase mismatches in cascaded Stokes processes and an increment of phase mismatches in cascaded anti-Stokes processes simultaneously.The modulated phase mismatches enhance the cascaded Stokes processes and suppress the cascaded anti-Stokes processes simultaneously,yielding energy conversion efficiencies over 25%from optical wave to THz wave at 100 K.展开更多
基金Natural Science Foundation of State Key Laboratory of Coal Conversion(No09-610)
文摘Ethanol induced method was applied to prepare Cu-Fe-Zr catalysts for conversion of syngas to higher alcohols. The catalytic performance of the catalysts induced by ethanol was superior to that of the catalyst prepared by the conventional precipitation method. Among various procedures for ethanol induced method, it was found that incorporation of ethanol in the precipitation process was the better. After incorporation of ethanol, the crystal size of CuO decreased and the reduction of copper species became easier. The better activity of Cu-Fe-Zr catalysts prepared by ethanol induced procedures was probably caused by the higher dispersion of Cu species.
基金supported by the National Nature Science Foundation of China(11575025,U1832176)the Science and Technology Project of Beijing(Z171100002017008)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities。
文摘Defect engineering is in the limelight for the fabrication of electrochemical energy storage devices.However,determining the influence of the defect density and location on the electrochemical behavior remains challenging.Herein,self-organized TiO_(2)nanotube arrays(TNTAs)are synthesized by anodization,and their oxygen defect location and density are tuned by a controllable post-annealing process.TNTAs annealed at 600℃ in N2 exhibit the highest capacity(289.2 m Ah g^(-1)at 0.8 C)for lithium-ion storage,while those annealed at 900℃ in N2 show a specific capacitance of 35.6 m F cm^(-2)and stability above96%after 10,000 cycles for supercapacitor.Ex situ electron paramagnetic resonance spectra show that the surface-exposed oxygen defects increase,but the bulk embedded oxygen defects decrease with increasing annealing temperature.Density functional theory simulations reveal that a higher density of bulk oxygen defects corresponds to higher localized electrons states,which upshift the Fermi level and facilitate the lithium intercalation kinetic process.Meanwhile,differential charge density calculation indicates that the increase of surface oxygen defects in the anatase(101)plane leads to higher density excess electrons,which act as negative charge centers to enhance the surface potential for ion adsorption.This oxygen-deficient location and density tunable strategy introduce new opportunities for high-energy and high-power-density energy storage systems.
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China,China (Grant Nos.22125903,51872283,22109040)the“Transformational Technologies for Clean Energy and Demonstration”Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No.XDA21000000)+4 种基金the Dalian Innovation Support Plan for High Level Talents,China (2019RT09)DICP,China (DICP I202032)the Dalian National Laboratory For Clean Energy (DNL),CAS,DNL Cooperation Fund,CAS,China (DNL202016,DNL202019)the Top-Notch Talent Program of Henan Agricultural University,China (30500947)the Joint Fund of the Yulin University and the Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy,China (YLU-DNL Fund 2021002,YLU-DNL Fund 2021009)。
文摘The popularization of portable,implantable and wearable microelectronics has greatly stimulated the rapid development of high-power planar micro-supercapacitors(PMSCs).Particularly,the introduction of new functionalities(e.g.,high voltage,flexibility,stretchability,self-healing,electrochromism and photo/thermal response)to PMSCs is essential for building multifunctional PMSCs and their smart selfpowered integrated microsystems.In this review,we summarized the latest advances in PMSCs from various functional microdevices to their smart integrated microsystems.Primarily,the functionalities of PMSCs are characterized by three major factors to emphasize their electrochemical behavior and unique scope of application.These include but are not limited to high-voltage outputs(realized through asymmetric configuration,novel electrolyte and modular integration),mechanical resilience that includes various feats of flexibility or stretchability,and response to stimuli(self-healing,electrochromic,photo-responsive,or thermal-responsive properties).Furthermore,three representative integrated microsystems including energy harvester-PMSC,PMSC-energy consumption,and all-in-one selfpowered microsystems are elaborately overviewed to understand the emerging intelligent interaction models.Finally,the key perspectives,challenges and opportunities of PMSCs for powering smart microelectronics are proposed in brief.
基金supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(2021YFC2101100)Project funded by China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2021M701463)+2 种基金the National Key R&D Program of China(2017YFD0400302)the National first-class discipline program of light industry technology and engineering(LITE2018-17)the Program of Introducing Talents of Discipline to Universities(111-2-06).
文摘Butyrate and butyrate-producing bacteria are important indicators of gut microbial metabolism in human health.Ten non-digestible carbohydrates(NDCs),including inulin,fructooligosaccharide(FOS),oatsβ-glucans(OGS),oatsβ-glucan oligosaccharides(OGOS),Astragalus polysaccharides(APS),Astragalus oligosaccharides(AOS),xanthan gum oligosaccharides(XGOS),gellan gum oligosaccharides(GGOS),curdlan oligosaccharides(COS),and pullulan oligosaccharides(POS)were used to investigate NDC specifi city in modulating butyrate-producing bacteria and butyrate production in 48 h in vitro fermentation studies in combination with fecal inocula from 7 healthy donors and 11 patients with type 2 diabetes(T2D).We observed that the amount of these ten NDCs utilized depended on NDC structure and inter-individual gut microbial differences.XGOS and GGOS fermentations signifi cantly increased butyrate-producing bacteria(especially f_Lachnospiraceae)and butyric acid production.Furthermore,XGOS and GGOS fermentations showed a better ability to consistently modulate gut microbiota composition and metabolic properties between individuals of healthy donors or T2D patients when compared to inulin,FOS,APS,AOS,OGS,OGOS,COS and POS fermentation.This research indicated that xanthan gum and gellan gum oligosaccharides have strong specifi city to enhance butyrate-producing bacteria and butyrate production.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.61601183 and 31671580)the Key Technologies Research and Development Program of Henan Province,China(Grant No.202102210390 and 222102210242)Young Backbone Teachers in University of Henan Province,China(Grant No.2020GGJS099)。
文摘The optical control ability of photonic crystal fiber(PCF)is a distinctive property suitable for improving sensing and plasma performance.This article proposes a dual-core D-channel PCF sensor that can detect two samples simultaneously,which effectively solves the problems of coating difficulty and low wavelength sensitivity.The PCF has four layers of air holes,which dramatically reduces the optical fiber loss and is more conducive to the application of sensors in actual production.In addition,by introducing dual cores on the upper and lower sides of the central air hole,reducing the spacing between the core and the gold nanolayer,a stronger evanescent field can be generated in the cladding air hole.The optical fiber sensor can detect the refractive index of two samples simultaneously with a maximum sensitivity of 21300 nm/RIU.To the best of our knowledge,the sensitivity achieved in this work is the highest sensitivity with the dual sample synchronous detection sensors.The detection range of the refraction index is 1.35-1.41,and the resolution of the sensor is 4.695×10^(-6).Overall,the sensor will be suitable for medical detection,organic chemical sensing,analyte detection,and other fields.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.61735010,31671580,and 61601183)Natural Science Foundation of Henan Province,China(Grant No.162300410190)Program for Science&Technology Innovation Talents in Universities of Henan Province,China(Grant No.18HASTIT023)。
文摘A novel scheme for high-efficiency terahertz(THz)wave generation based on optimized cascaded difference frequency generation(OCDFG)with planar waveguide is presented.The phase mismatches of each-order cascaded difference frequency generation(CDFG)are modulated by changing the thickness of the waveguide,resulting in a decrement of phase mismatches in cascaded Stokes processes and an increment of phase mismatches in cascaded anti-Stokes processes simultaneously.The modulated phase mismatches enhance the cascaded Stokes processes and suppress the cascaded anti-Stokes processes simultaneously,yielding energy conversion efficiencies over 25%from optical wave to THz wave at 100 K.
