简介:Rotation in Reaction 19F+51VRotationinReaction19F+51V¥WangQi;LuJun;XuHushan;LiSonglin;ZhuYongtaiandZhangYuhuIndLssi...
简介:Theeffectofbismuth(Bi)forbothVO2+/VO2+andV3+/V2+redoxcouplesinvanadiumflowbatteries(VFBs)hasbeeninvestigatedbydirectlyintroducingBionthesurfaceofcarbonfelt(CF).TheresultsshowthatBihasnocatalyticeffectforVO2+/VO2+redoxcouple.Duringthefirstchargeprocess,BiisoxidizedtoBi3+(neverreturnbacktoBimetalinthesubsequentcycles)duetothelowstandardredoxpotentialof0.308V(vs.SHE)forBi3+/BiredoxcouplecomparedwithVO2+/VO2+redoxcoupleandBi3+exhibitno(orneglectable)electro-catalyticactivity.Additionally,therelationshipbetweenBiloadingandelectrochemicalactivityforV3+/V2+redoxcouplewasstudiedindetail.2wt%Bi-modifiedcarbonfelt(2%-BiCF)exhibitsthehighestelectrochemicalactivity.Usingitasnegativeelectrode,ahighenergyefficiency(EE)of79.0%canbeachievedatahighcurrentdensityof160mA/cm2,whichis5.5%higherthanthepristineone.Moreover,theelectrolyteutilizationratioisalsoincreasedbymorethan30%.Eventhecelloperatedat140mA/cm2forover300cycles,theEEcanreach80.9%withoutobviousfluctuationandattenuation,suggestingexcellentcatalyticactivityandelectrochemicalstabilityinVFBs.
简介:Vanadiumalloys(V-Cr-Tiseries)areimportantcandidatematerialsforblanketcomponentsoffusionreactorsduetotheirlowactivationandhighstrengthatelevatedtemperatures.Low-temperatureirradiationembrittlementdeterminestheoperationtemperaturelimitofVanadiumalloysfortheapplicationtostructuralmaterialsoffusionreactorsirradiationresponseofvanadiumalloysneedstobeclarifiedfortheirapplication.Inthepresentstudy,specimensoftwoalloys(V-4Cr-4TiandV-5Cr-5Ti)wereirradiatedwithenergeticHeionsandheavyionstounderstandhardeningofthealloysduetoheliumaccumulationandcascadedamageproduction.
简介:Broadband(1.6–18THz)terahertztime-domainspectroscopy(THz-TDS)andtime-resolvedterahertzspectroscopy(TRTS)wereperformedona54μmthickchalcogenideglass(As30Se30Te40)samplewithatwo-colorlaser-inducedairplasmaTHzsystemintransmissionandreflectionmodes,respectively.Twoabsorptionbandsat2–3and5–8THzwereobserved.TRTSrevealsanultrafastrelaxationprocessofthephotoinducedcarrierresponse,welldescribedbyarateequationmodelwithafiniteconcentrationofmid-bandgaptrapstatesforself-trappedexcitons.ThephotoinducedconductivitycanbewelldescribedbytheDrude–Smithconductivitymodelwithacarrierscatteringtimeof12–17fs,andweobservesignificantcarrierlocalizationeffects.Afastrefractiveindexchangewasobserved100fsbeforetheconductivityreacheditsmaximum,with2ordersofmagnitudelargeramplitudethanexpectedfortheopticallyinducedTHzKerreffect,indicatingthatfreecarriersareresponsibleforthetransientindexchange.
简介:Accordingtothewell-establishedlight-to-electricityconversiontheory,resonantexcitedcarriersinthequantumdotswillrelaxtothegroundstatesandcannotescapefromthequantumdotstoformphotocurrent,whichhavebeenobservedinquantumdotswithoutap–njunctionatanexternalbias.Here,weexperimentallyobservedmorethan88%oftheresonantlyexcitedphotocarriersescapingfromInAsquantumdotsembeddedinashort-circuitedp–njunctiontoformphotocurrent.Thephenomenoncannotbeexplainedbythermionicemission,tunnelingprocess,andintermediate-bandtheories.Anewmechanismissuggestedthatthephotocarriersescapedirectlyfromthequantumdotstoformphotocurrentratherthanrelaxtothegroundstateofquantumdotsinducedbyap–njunction.Thefindingisimportantforunderstandingthelow-dimensionalsemiconductorphysicsandapplicationsinsolarcellsandphotodiodedetectors.
简介:TheGroupofEnergyMaterials(GEM)inIMPisengagedintheirradiationresponseofmaterialscandidatetoadvancednuclearenergysystems(GenIV,fusionreactors).Themajorprogressofresearchinourgroupin2016isintheirradiationhardening/embrittlementofoxide-dispersion-strengthened(ODS)ferriticsteelsandVanadiumalloys,andinthemechanismsunderlyingdamageproductioninsiliconcarbide(SiC)fibers.Abriefdescriptionisgivenasfollows.1.EffectoftheoxidenanoparticlesontheirradiationhardeningofODSferriticsteelsTheinfluenceofoxidenanoparticlesontheirradiationresistanceofODSferriticsteelsisacrucialissuefortheupgradeofODSsteels.
简介:Duetolowactivationcharacteristics,desirablehigh-temperaturestrength,goodresistancetoradiationdamageandusablefabricationproperties,vanadium(V)alloysareattractivecandidatestructuralmaterialsforfusionreactors[1].Irradiationinducedhardening/embrittlementatlowtemperatureisamajorproblemforthematerialsapplicationinfusionreactor[2].Inthisstudy,H/Heionswithvariousenergieswereusedtoirradiateapurevanadium(V)andaValloy(V-4Ti)toobtainadamageplateaufromsamplesurfacetothedepthof1.5m,asshowninFig.1[3].Thedetailsofirradiationparameters(energies,fluences)forHandHeionsareshowninTable1.NanoindentationwasperformedtoinvestigatethehardeningbehaviorofV-4TialloyandpureVunderirradiation.