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    Characteristics and photocatalytic kinetics of ZnO films on glass tubes

    Yu, Hsuan-FuPei, I-Ching
    10页
    查看更多>>摘要:ZnO films on glass tubes were prepared by chemical bath deposition method. The glass tubes were surface activated by KMnO4(aq) and then submerged in an alkaline aqueous solution, containing Zn(CH3COO)(2), NH4OH and HO(CH2)(2)NH2 at 75 degrees C to undergo film formation. The microstructures of the dried and calcined ZnO films prepared using different conditions were examined. The films formed on KMnO4-activated glass tubes are composed of steeple-typed wurtzite ZnO columns. Photocatalytic activities of the ZnO films were evaluated by photocatalytically degrading the methylene blue (MB) in water under UV-light irradiation. The apparent reaction order for MB photocatalytic degradation by the ZnO films was 1st-order and the reaction rate constants (k), based on the area of substrates coated by the film, were estimated. The ZnO films prepared using a volume ratio of ammonia/ethanolamine = 2/12 and calcined at 500 degrees C gave a photocatalytic performance with an average k = 0.549 +/- 0.021 L/(m(2)center dot min).

    Energy conversion analysis of ion wind in surface dielectric barrier discharge at low pressure

    Liwei, ZhouLiqiu, WeiNa, SongDesheng, Zhou...
    19页
    查看更多>>摘要:Ionic wind actuators are widely used in temperature control, food drying, aircraft propulsion, combustion, air purification, and many other fields. The energy conversion efficiency of ion-wind actuator has been low for a long time. In this paper, a lumped parameter circuit model is established for the surface dielectric barrier discharge structure, and the energy conversion path in the discharge process is proposed for the first time. According to the circuit topology, part of the energy loss is calculated. Based on the mathematical calculations of the circuit model, we discovered the possibility of "negative capacitance effect" in the plasma area, and the experimental verified the correctness of the theoretical deduction and prediction. Meanwhile, the results show that the equivalent capacitance of the solid dielectric is equal to the bottom slope of Lissajous graph, and the negative capacitance effect can effectively reduce the proportion of solid dielectric loss and relaxed polarization loss. The negative capacitance effect improves the energy conversion efficiency of the ionic wind exciter, and the maximum increase ratio is about 47.8%. With the increase of voltage, the deviation between the calculated value of theoretical model and the measured value increases gradually, and finally stabilizes at about 41%.

    Bandgap engineering in massive-massless graphene superlattices

    Garcia-Cervantes, H.Lopez-Becerra, A.Rodriguez-Gonzalez, R.Rodriguez-Vargas, I....
    6页
    查看更多>>摘要:Bandgap engineering in graphene has become a fervent subject of research due to its relevance in technological applications. In this work, we proposed massive-massless graphene superlattices (MMGSLs) to tune the angle dependent transmission properties. We have considered breaking symmetry substrates to generate massive and massless regions. We report an angular dependence of the transmission gaps and minibands as a function of the angle of incidence of the Dirac electrons in MMGSLs. Our results show that the transmission gaps and minibands have a trigonometric angular dependence based on the secant in the entire transmission energy range. In addition, the transmission gaps and minibands are well-defined at normal incidence, in contrast to gated graphene superlattices. These findings indicate that MMGSLs could be a possibility for bandgap engineering in graphene.

    Effect of annealing temperature and atmosphere on the structural, morphological and luminescent properties of TiO2 nanotubes

    Talla, A.Suliali, N. J.Goosen, W. E.Urgessa, Z. N....
    10页
    查看更多>>摘要:Titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanotubes prepared on titanium metal substrate are thermally annealed at various temperatures in nitrogen, air, oxygen and vacuum. In all annealing atmospheres, except in vacuum, the anatase phase becomes less prominent than the rutile phase for annealing temperatures above 600 ?. The anatase phase is stable above 600 ? in vacuum but does not evolve significantly up to 900 C. The morphologies of the nanotubes tend to deteriorate with increased annealing temperature, particularly in nitrogen, air and oxygen atmospheres. However, the integrity of the nanotubes is maintained up to 900 ? in vacuum. The photoluminescence emissions suggest mainly the presence of oxygen vacancies and self-trapped excitons, with respective emission bands around 2.5 eV and 2.3 eV. The results show that the annealing temperature and atmosphere strongly influence the crystalline and optical properties of the TiO2 nanotubes.

    Perovskite-based Lossy-mode resonance sensor in visible light spectrum: Comparison and optimization of optical enhancements

    Yadollahzadeh, S.Aghbolaghi, R.Parvizi, R.
    7页
    查看更多>>摘要:This work considered a two-dimensional hybrid organic-inorganic perovskite thin film with various thicknesses within a sandwiched structure of P3HT: PC61BM and PEDOT: PSS (the top and bottom sides). The optical absorption based on the method of attenuated total reflection was calculated. Then, a detailed primeval study on the lossy mode resonance (LMR) behavior of perovskite thin film as a refractive index sensor was theoretically investigated by defining surrounding media with various refractive indices ranging from 1.33 to 1.44. Since one of the efficient ways to improve the performance of the LMR sensor is optimizing the thickness of the lossy layer, herein, both polarization absorption spectra were studied. The results revealed that the transverse magnetic (TM) mode experienced more loss variation with exhibiting higher red-shift versus rather than transverse electric (TE) mode. The highest sensitivity of 3400 refractive index unit (RIU-1) was achieved; with such high sensitivity to the surrounding environment variations, the proposed structure indicates a versatile prospect. We believe that the perovskite-based LMR sensor can play an influential role in signal detection in biochemical sensors.

    Thermal transport properties of hexagonal monolayer group-III nitride nanoribbons

    Karaaslan, Yenal
    6页
    查看更多>>摘要:In this study, the thermal transport properties of hexagonal monolayer BN, AlN, and GaN nanoribbons are systematically investigated using non-equilibrium molecular dynamics simulations. Firstly, the effect of length, width, and temperature on the lattice thermal conductivities of these ribbons are explored. It is observed that increases in sample geometry lengths of simulations and decreases in temperature lead to an increase in the thermal conductivity of all three materials. Secondly, thermal rectification coefficients of ribbons are calculated by creating asymmetric thermal contacts through non-equilibrium molecular dynamics simulations. Thus, it is shown that thermal rectification factors of up to 20% can be achieved by manipulating the thermal asymmetry ratio in pristine structures without asymmetry of group-III nitride nanoribbons. These results imply that group-III nitride nanoribbons may be considered as an alternative option to control the heat flow in thermal management and thermoelectric device applications.

    Lattice Dynamics of Bi1.9Dy0.1Te3 Topological Insulator

    Ghosh, LabanyaGangwar, Vinod K.Singh, MahimaKumar, Satya Vijay...
    8页
    查看更多>>摘要:In this report, we have investigated the Density functional theory (DFT) calculation, temperature-dependent thermoelectric power and Raman spectroscopy of Bi1.9Dy0.1Te3 topological insulator (TI). In this system, discrepancy due to the rare earth ion Dy initiates a Red-shift in Raman active modes in the Bi2Te3 TI. Here, the lattice thermal conductivity (kappa(L)) was evaluated in the Umklapp scattering limit using the temperature dependency of the vibrational phonon modes and was used to evaluate the Figure of merit (ZT) of the system. It has been demonstrated that the estimated Power factor and ZT is very large, confirming the efficiency of Bi1.9Dy0.1Te3 for better thermoelectric and electronic applications. Such immense thermoelectric power value of the corresponding system was further supported by the DFT calculation.

    Nonlinear spin excitations in a Heisenberg antiferromagnet with NNN and D-M interactions

    Jeyaseeli, A. JarletLatha, M. M.
    9页
    查看更多>>摘要:Spin deviation vs site number in an inhomogeneous (site dependent) antiferromagnet incorporating next nearest neighbour (NNN) and Dzyaloshinski-Moriya (D-M) interactions along with nearest neighbour and anisotropic interactions is investigated. In this context, a model Hamiltonian for 1D inhomogeneous antiferromagnetic spin system with site dependent inhomogenities is constructed. Glauber coherent state representation along with H-P representation is applied to derive the Heisenberg equation of motion. The dynamics in the continuum level is investigated using the Sine-Cosine (SC) function method and the results are analysed graphically.

    Magneto-optic effects of monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides induced by ferrimagnetic proximity effect

    Da, Haixia
    6页
    查看更多>>摘要:Monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides upon the application of proximity exchange interactions have recently attracted great attention due to their abilities of producing the anomalous Hall effect and tunable spin polarized edge currents. However, the magnetic distribution of the magnetic exchange field mainly focuses on the ferromagnetic order. Here, we argue that the nonzero magneto-optical responses can be excited in monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides subject to magnetic exchange field with ferrimagnetic order, which are the hallmarks of magneto-optical materials. This unusual effect comes from the joint contribution of spin orbit coupling and the ferrimagnetic order of magnetic exchange field, whose broken time reversal symmetry is confirmed by the topology of energy spectra. Our results suggest an alternative pathway to control the magnetooptical effects of monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides, which might stimulate further theoretical and experimental interest.

    Optothermal and temperature reliant phonon dynamics probed by Raman spectroscopy

    Patel, K. D.Solanki, G. K.Pathak, V. M.Jha, Prafulla K....
    7页
    查看更多>>摘要:The work compares the dependency of temperature on the out of plane and in-plane Raman modes of DVT grown crystalline WSe2 with that of Co and Ni incorporated samples. The structural validations were recognized from their X-Ray diffractograms. The alteration in the mode positions reliant on temperature led to the deduction of first-order temperature coefficients in the range of 10-3 cm-1/K. The observed shift originates from the threephonon anharmonic process. The optothermal method, where the laser holds the role of a heat source in instigating a shift in the modes has also been documented, thermal conductivity of the materials has been deduced from the same.