简介:ThreeseriesofCeO2/CuOsampleswerepreparedbyimpregnationmethodandcharacterizedbyXRD,N2adsorption-desorption,temperatureprogrammedreduction(TPR),XPSandTEMtechniques.IncomparisonwiththesamplespreparedwithCuOasinitialsupport,thesampleswithCu(OH)2asinitialsupporthavehigherreducibilitiesandsmallerrelativeTPRpeakareas,andalsolargerspecificsurfaceareasatcalcinationtemperaturesof400℃–600℃.Asaresult,Cu(OH)2isbetterthanCuOasinitialsupportforpreferentialoxidationofCOinexcessH2(CO-PROX).Thebestcatalyticperformancewasachievedonthesamplecalcinedat600℃andwithanatomicratioofCe/Cuat40%.XPSanalysesindicatethatmoreinterfacelinkagesCe-O-Cucouldbeformedwhenitwascalcinedat600℃.AndtheatomicratioofCe/Cuat40%ledtoaproperreducibilityforthesampleasillustratedbytheTPRmeasurements.
简介:Two-dimensional(2D)graphitecarbonnitride(g-C3N4)nanosheetshavebeensuccessfullyusedasasaturableabsorber(SA)inapassivelyQ-switchedNd:LLFlaserat1.3μmforthefirsttime,tothebestofourknowledge.Underanincidentpumppowerof9.97W,theshortestpulsedurationof275nswasacquiredwithoutputpowerof0.96Wandpulserepetitionrateof154kHz,resultinginapulseenergyof6.2μJ.Inaddition,thesaturableabsorptionbehaviorsofzero-dimensional12nmg-C3N4nanoparticles(g-C3N4-NPs)andthree-dimensionalorderedmesoporousg-C3N4(mpg-C3N4)werealsoobserved,althoughtheirmorphologyandstructurewerequitedifferentfrom2Dg-C3N4.Theexperimentalresultsintroducethepotentialapplicationofg-C3N4nanomaterialsasSAsinQ-switchedlasers.
简介:WehavestudiedtheangularmagnetoresistanceofironpnictidesBaFe2-xNixAs2,whichshowsclear180degreeperiodicityasfittedbyacosinefunction.Inthex=0.065sample,thephaseofthetwo-foldsymmetrychanges90degreesabovethetetragonal-to-orthorhombicstructuraltransitiontemperatureTs.Sincethephaseatlowtemperatureisassociatedwiththerotationoforthorhombicdomainsbymagneticfield,weshowthatevenvacuumgreasecanpushthepresenceoforthorhombicdomainsattemperaturesmuchhigherthanTs.Ourresultssuggestthatresidualstressmayhavesignificanteffectsinstudyingthenematicordersanditsfluctuationsinironpnictides.
简介:Mode-andpolarization-divisionmultiplexingoffernewdimensionstoincreasethetransmissioncapacityofopticalcommunications.Selectiveswitchesarekeycomponentsinreconfigurableopticalnetworknodes.Anon-chipsilicon2×2mode-andpolarization-selectiveswitchthatcanroutefourdatachannelsontwomodesandtwopolarizationssimultaneouslyisproposedandexperimentallydemonstratedforthefirsttime,tothebestofourknowledge.Theoverallinsertionlossesarelowerthan8.6dB.Toreducetheinter-modalcrosstalk,polarizationbeamsplittersareaddedtofiltertheundesiredpolarizationsormodes.Themeasuredinter-modalandintra-modalcrosstalkvaluesarebelow-23.2and-22.8dBforallthechannels,respectively.
简介:TheAlkalineThermalTreatment(ATT)ofbiomassisoneofthefewbiomassconversionprocessesthathasapotentialforBECCS(bio-energywithcarboncaptureandstorage).Combiningin-situcarboncapturewithcreatesacarbon-neutralprocessthathasthepotentialtobecarbon-negative.Thisstudyhasshownthattheconversionofcellulosetosuppressedcanbeachievedthroughthereformingofgaseousintermediatesinafixedbedof10%Ni/ZrO2.Reformingoccursatlowtemperatures≤773K,whichcouldallowforimprovedsustainability.
简介:TheapplicationofLanthanumBromide(LaBr3)detectorsprovidesauniqueopportunitytomeasurelifetimeofexcitedstatesinpicosecond-nanosecondregion.Reducingthebackgroundisofcriticalimportancetogetpreciseresults.Forsomeexcitedstatesfeedingfromisomerswithlifetimelongerthan1μs,itcanbeachievedbytheSpectrometerforHeavyAtomandNuclearStructure(SHANS)[1].143Eunucleiwerepopulatedviathe123Sb(24Mg,4n)fusion-evaporationreaction.Mostoftheevaporationresiduesatgroundstateorlong-livedisomersweretransferredtodetectionterminalafteraflightofabout1.4μsinSHANS.Inthecaseof143Eu,threetransitionshavebeenobserved(Fig.1).
简介:QuantumdynamicscalculationsforthetitlereactionH(2S)+S2(X3-Σg)→SH(X2Π)+S(3P)areperformedbyusingagloballyaccuratedoublemany-bodyexpansionpotentialenergysurface[J.Phys.Chem.A1155274(2011)].TheChebyshevrealwavepacketpropagationmethodisemployedtoobtainthedynamicalinformation,suchasreactionprobability,initialstate-specifiedintegralcrosssection,andthermalrateconstant.Itisfoundnotonlythatthereisareactionthresholdnear0.7eVinbothreactionprobabilitiesandintegralcrosssectioncurves,butalsothatboththeprobabilityandcrosssectionincreasefirstlyandthendecreaseasthecollisionenergyincreases.Theexistenceoftheresonancestructureinboththeprobabilityandcrosssectioncurvesisascribedtothedeeppotentialwell.Thecalculationoftherateconstantrevealsthatthereactionoccurringonthepotentialenergysurfaceoftheground-stateHS2isslowtotakeplace.