Ni-P Amorphous Alloy Efficient Electrocatalyst with Hierarchical Structure toward Borohydride Oxidation

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jingjing Yu ◽  
Bihao Hu ◽  
Chuanlan Xu ◽  
Jiazhi Meng ◽  
Shu Yang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Catalytic Activity ◽  
Amorphous Alloy ◽  
Hierarchical Structure ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Practical Application ◽  
Borohydride Oxidation

Nickel is widely researched in the electrooxidation of borohydride due to its low cost and abundant reserves, but it’s catalytic activity and stability need to be improved for practical application....

scholarly journals High catalytic activity for formaldehyde oxidation of an interconnected network structure composed of δ-MnO2 nanosheets and γ-MnOOH nanowires

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 429-439
Author(s):  
Ying Tao ◽  
Rong Li ◽  
Ai-Bin Huang ◽  
Yi-Ning Ma ◽  
Shi-Dong Ji ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Catalytic Activity ◽  
Network Structure ◽  
Manganese Oxides ◽  
Active Oxygen Species ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
High Dispersion ◽  
Hydroxyl Groups ◽  
High Catalytic Activity ◽  
Interconnected Network ◽  
Surface Hydroxyl

AbstractAmong the transition metal oxide catalysts, manganese oxides have great potential for formaldehyde (HCHO) oxidation at ambient temperature because of their high activity, nontoxicity, low cost, and polybasic morphologies. In this work, a MnO2-based catalyst (M-MnO2) with an interconnected network structure was successfully synthesized by a one-step hydrothermal method. The M-MnO2 catalyst was composed of the main catalytic agent, δ-MnO2 nanosheets, dispersed in a nonactive framework material of γ-MnOOH nanowires. The catalytic activity of M-MnO2 for HCHO oxidation at room temperature was much higher than that of the pure δ-MnO2 nanosheets. This is attributed to the special interconnected network structure. The special interconnected network structure has high dispersion and specific surface area, which can provide more surface active oxygen species and higher surface hydroxyl groups to realize rapid decomposition of HCHO.

COMPARISON OF EFFICIENCY OF THE RAPID WHOLE BLOOD AGGLUTINATION TEST WITH THE SERUM AGGLUTINATION TEST FOR PULLORUM DISEASE

1932 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 381-386 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacob Biely ◽  
William Roach
Keyword(s):  
Laboratory Test ◽  
Whole Blood ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Agglutination Test ◽  
Practical Application ◽  
Serum Agglutination

The results obtained with the rapid whole blood agglutination test for pullorum disease, applied in the field, agree closely with the results secured with the rapid serum agglutination test, applied in the laboratory.The accuracy of the diagnosis was found to depend upon the training and experience of the technician. When the whole blood agglutination test was applied by inexperienced persons, the results obtained differed from the laboratory test by 12% as compared with a difference of 1.3% when the whole blood agglutination test was applied by an experienced technician.The rapid whole blood agglutination test was found to lend itself very readily to practical application in the field. The extremely low cost makes feasible the application and repetition of the test on a large scale.Since it is known from previous work that one agglutination test will not eliminate all carriers of pullorum disease, the rapid whole blood agglutination test should be applied several times a year until at least two successive negative tests are obtained on each bird of the flock.

scholarly journals Multi-Target Detection Method Based on Variable Carrier Frequency Chirp Sequence

Sensors ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (10) ◽  
pp. 3386 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Wang ◽  
Jinsong Du ◽  
Jie Gao
Keyword(s):  
Intelligent Transportation Systems ◽  
Simple Structure ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Doppler Frequency ◽  
Transportation Systems ◽  
Practical Application ◽  
Frequency Aliasing ◽  
Application Requirements ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
Cw Radar

Continuous waveform (CW) radar is widely used in intelligent transportation systems, vehicle assisted driving, and other fields because of its simple structure, low cost and high integration. There are several waveforms which have been developed in the last years. The chirp sequence waveform has the ability to extract the range and velocity parameters of multiple targets. However, conventional chirp sequence waveforms suffer from the Doppler ambiguity problem. This paper proposes a new waveform that follows the practical application requirements, high precision requirements, and low system complexity requirements. The new waveform consists of two chirp sequences, which are intertwined to each other. Each chirp signal has the same frequency modulation, the same bandwidth and the same chirp duration. The carrier frequencies are different and there is a frequency shift which is large enough to ensure that the Doppler frequencies for the same moving target are different. According to the sign and numerical relationship of the Doppler frequencies (possibly frequency aliasing), the Doppler frequency ambiguity problem is solved in eight cases. Theoretical analysis and simulation results verify that the new radar waveform is capable of measuring range and radial velocity simultaneously and unambiguously, with high accuracy and resolution even in multi-target situations.

Cu-ion induced self-polymerization of Cu phthalocyanine to prepare low-cost organic cathode materials for Li-ion batteries with ultra-high voltage and ultra-fast rate capability

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haichang Zhang ◽  
Rui Zhang ◽  
Xingjiang Liu ◽  
Fei Ding ◽  
Chunsheng Shi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Voltage ◽  
Cathode Materials ◽  
Fast Rate ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Rate Capability ◽  
Li Ion Batteries ◽  
Practical Application ◽  
Battery Materials ◽  
Li Ion ◽  
Synthesis Routes

High cost, complex synthesis routes and low yield are pressing challenges hindering the practical application of organic battery materials. Herein, copper(II) phthalocyanine (CuPc), one of the most frequently used blue...

Molten salts-assisted synthesis of special open-cell Fe, N co-doped porous carbon as an efficient electrocatalyst for zinc-air batteries

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoying Gao ◽  
Xuan Xie ◽  
Kanjun Sun ◽  
Xiaofei Lei ◽  
Tianyu Hou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Catalytic Activity ◽  
Porous Carbon ◽  
Molten Salts ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
High Catalytic Activity ◽  
Open Cell ◽  
Co Doped ◽  
Excellent Stability ◽  
Zinc Air Batteries

Fe, N co-doped carbon electrocatalyst is one of the most attractive alternatives to Pt/C catalysts due to its high catalytic activity, excellent stability and low cost. However, obtaining stable and...

Benchmarking Untrustworthiness

2010 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 32-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Afonso Araújo Neto ◽  
Marco Vieira
Keyword(s):  
Database Management ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Database Management Systems ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Practical Application ◽  
Large Database ◽  
Security Metrics ◽  
High Reward

Benchmarking security is hard and, although there are many proposals of security metrics in the literature, no consensual quantitative security metric has been previously proposed. A key difficulty is that security is usually more influenced by what is unknown about a system than by what is known. In this paper, the authors propose the use of an untrustworthiness metric for benchmarking security. This metric, based on the idea of quantifying and exposing the trustworthiness relationship between a system and its owner, represents a powerful alternative to traditional security metrics. As an example, the authors propose a benchmark for Database Management Systems (DBMS) that can be easily used to assess and compare alternative database configurations based on minimum untrustworthiness, which is a low-cost and high-reward trust-based metric. The practical application of the benchmark in four real large database installations shows that untrustworthiness is a powerful metric for administrators to make informed security decisions by taking into account the specifics needs and characteristics of the environment being managed.

scholarly journals Improving the Performance of Zn-Air Batteries with N-Doped Electroexfoliated Graphene

Materials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 2115 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Ilnicka ◽  
Malgorzata Skorupska ◽  
Piotr Romanowski ◽  
Piotr Kamedulski ◽  
Jerzy P. Lukaszewicz
Keyword(s):  
Catalytic Activity ◽  
Photoelectron Spectroscopy ◽  
Noble Metals ◽  
Electrode Materials ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Reduction Reaction ◽  
Graphene Sheets ◽  
High Catalytic Activity ◽  
Energy Storage Devices

The constantly growing demand for active, durable, and low-cost electrocatalysts usable in energy storage devices, such as supercapacitors or electrodes in metal-air batteries, has triggered the rapid development of heteroatom-doped carbon materials, which would, among other things, exhibit high catalytic activity in the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). In this article, a method of synthesizing nitrogen-doped graphene is proposed. Few-layered graphene sheets (FL-graphene) were prepared by electrochemical exfoliation of commercial graphite in a Na2SO4 electrolyte with added calcium carbonate as a separator of newly-exfoliated FL-graphene sheets. Exfoliated FL-graphene was impregnated with a suspension of green algae used as a nitrogen carrier. Impregnated FL-graphene was carbonized at a high temperature under the flow of nitrogen. The N-doped FL-graphene was characterized through instrumental methods: high-resolution transmission electron microscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and Raman spectroscopy. Electrochemical performance was determined using cyclic voltamperometry and linear sweep voltamperometry to check catalytic activity in ORR. The N-doped electroexfoliated FL-graphene obeyed the four-electron transfer pathways, leading us to further test these materials as electrode components in rechargeable zinc-air batteries. The obtained results for Zn-air batteries are very important for future development of industry, because the proposed graphene electrode materials do not contain any heavy and noble metals in their composition.

Electrochemical Sensor for Determination of Pb2+ Based on Gold Nanoparticles

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (6) ◽  
pp. 3356-3360
Author(s):  
Hao Yong Yin ◽  
Yi Fan Zheng ◽  
Ling Wang
Keyword(s):  
Gold Nanoparticles ◽  
Electrochemical Sensor ◽  
Electrochemical Detection ◽  
Tin Oxide ◽  
Indium Tin Oxide ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Differential Pulse ◽  
Practical Application

We report the formation of gold nanoparticles on indium tin oxide conducting glass (ITO) surface via electrodeposition method at room temperature. The prepared nano-Au electrodes has been fabricated for sensitive detection of Pb2+, and showed highly selective response toward Pb2+. The electrochemical detection of Pb2+ were determined by differential pulse stripping voltammetric (DPSV). The nano-Au electrochemical sensor could detect Pb2+ from 0.5 to 10 μM with detection limits of 0.06 μM (S/N= 3) and sensitivity of 0.27996 mA μM−1. The proposed sensor is simple, reliable, sensitive, selective, and low-cost, thus holds potential for practical application in Pb2+ detection.

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