基于3D打印技术制造柔性传感器研究进展

与传统的涂覆、沉积等加工手段相比，使用3D打印技术可制造复杂立体功能结构的传感器，将3D打印与柔性传感技术结合可以促进未来生物医疗、人工智能等领域的发展。本文介绍了国内外基于3D打印技术制造柔性传感器的最新进展，其中包括聚酰亚胺等多种基底材料、纳米金属等多种打印传感材料；按照熔融沉积、黏弹性墨水沉积、粉末烧结熔化、还原光聚合和材料喷射的制造原理分别阐述了多种传感器的材料选择、成型特点，并对制造方法进行总结分析。虽然3D打印制造柔性传感器件存在着缺乏行业标准及多种类打印材料等问题，但经过不断创新与发展，3D打印将成为柔性传感领域极佳的制造手段。     

硅渣和玻璃粉直接烧结制备多孔材料的气孔结构与力学性能

以硅渣和玻璃粉为原料,采用粉体直接烧结法制备多孔材料,研究了烧结温度(700~900℃)、烧结时间(15~120min)和升温速率(10~100℃·min^-1)对多孔材料表观密度、气孔率、物相组成、抗压强度的影响。结果表明:气孔结构均匀性随烧结温度的升高而降低;表观密度随烧结温度的升高先减小后增大,随保温时间的延长而增大,随升温速率的增大而减小,气孔率的变化趋势与表观密度的相反;多孔材料的主要物相为玻璃相和硅、SiC、SiO2、Ca2Al2SiO7等结晶相,且结晶度随烧结温度的升高而降低;抗压强度随烧结温度的升高呈先增大后减小的趋势;当烧结温度为750℃,升温速率为30℃·min^-1,烧结时间为30 min时,多孔材料的主晶相为硅和Ca2Al2SiO7,抗压强度最大(1.60MPa),表观密度为0.43g·cm^-3,气孔率为80%。     

Review of the phase change material (PCM) usage for solar domestic water heating systems (SDWHS)

The shortage in energy resources combined with the climb in greenhouse emissions is the main incentive beyond the deployment of solar energy resource in various applications. One of the most successful applications is the utilization of solar energy in the domestic water heating systems (DWHS) because 70% of the consumed energy in the residential segment is utilized for space heating and appliances in cold climates 1 . However, the full deployment of solar energy in domestic water heating is only possible when an energy storage system with acceptable price is available. Recently a new tendency for deploying phase change materials (PCMs) as an energy storage system is introduced in several solar DWHS. These systems are known as integrated PCM in solar DWHS and offer several advantages including high storage capacity, low storage volume, and isothermal operation during the charging and discharging phases. The present study reviews various techniques utilized for integrating the PCM in solar water heating systems and the utilized methods for enhancing the heat transfer characteristics of the PCM through the usage of extended surfaces and high conductive additives. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

基于复合相变材料的梯级组合蓄热特性研究

针对潜热蓄热装置内部相变材料（PCM）导热系数偏小，蓄热速率过低的问题，对基于复合相变材料的两级串联式梯级蓄热装置的相变过程进行了数值研究。通过对不同热物性PCM工况的对比与分析，得到了装置在不同工况下的蓄热特性。结果表明，存在最佳的热扩散系数，使固定熔点的PCM实现“均匀等速相变”。同时，增大PCM的热扩散系数可以有效降低加热面温度，但随着热扩散系数的增大，加热面温度降低幅度减小。通过分析Stefan数，得到了装置最佳的参数，使工况蓄热效果最佳。最后，通过Stefan数为2.88时的实验工况验证了相关规律的正确性。     

Y_2P_4O_(13):Eu~(3+)荧光材料的制备及其性能

采用湿化学法制备了Eu~(3+)掺杂Y_2P_4O_(13)荧光材料,通过X射线粉末衍射(XRD)、傅里叶变换红外光谱(FT-IR)和荧光光谱(FL)等手段表征制备产物的物相结构、荧光性能,并对合成原料中稀土与磷的比例(n(Y+Eu)/n(P))和pH调节剂种类对制备样品的物相结构及性能的影响进行分析。结果表明:合成原料中n(Y+Eu)/n(P)比值和pH调节剂种类直接影响着制备产物的物相结构与性能。在n(Y+Eu)/n(P)=12.1、以NH_4HCO_3为pH调节剂调节pH为6的条件下可获得正交晶系的Eu~(3+)掺杂Y_2P_4O_(13)荧光材料。所制备的Y_2P_4O_(13):2at%Eu~(3+)荧光材料在395nm光的激发下可发射出橙红光。     

Sustainable transition in small island developing states: Assessing the current situation

Transitioning to sustainable energy systems is an overriding challenge for small islands. Indeed, these territories must succeed within the next decades with the objective of energy independence and transitioning to a sustainable situation. In this research, a statistical approach is performed to explore and discuss a comprehensive study on small islands' sustainability from the standpoint of renewable energy. It is about identifying whether small islands are moving toward a sustainability path. Three steps are necessary to achieve this. A principal components analysis (PCA) is first investigated to identify which explanatory variables have a significant contribution on the percentage of data variance. Then, PCA-based hierarchical clustering highlights the island organization in two different years (2010 and 2014). It is a panel of 35 Small Islands Developing States (SIDS) that served as a basis for the PCA and classification. Finally, a sustainability indicator is proposed to qualify the level of sustainability of each group of islands. Sustainability is understood through the lens of the share of renewables, the electricity situation, economic development and geographical localization. The obtained results clearly show that the dynamics of transition is not clearly engaged for the small islands. Most of them have actually become more vulnerable during the 2010–2014 time span.     

木质素化学降解及其在聚合物材料中应用的研究进展

木质素是自然界储量丰富的可再生天然酚类高分子，可替代传统化石资源应用于聚合物材料合成。木质素分子结构中的大分子刚性骨架可赋予材料独特的力学性能和热稳定性。但木质素化学组成和分子结构复杂、反应活性低，限制了在聚合物材料领域的应用。化学降解是一种高效、高选择性且应用广泛的降解方法，经化学降解处理得到的木质素低聚物具有活性官能团多、反应活性高、溶解性好等优点，有利于拓展木质素在聚合物材料领域的高附加值应用。重点综述了近年来国内外有关木质素化学降解及其降解产物应用于聚合物材料的研究进展。     

Recent advances in carbon nanotubes-based microwave absorbing composites

With the blossom of information industry, electromagnetic wave technology shows increasingly potential in many fields. Nevertheless, the trouble caused by electromagnetic waves has also drawn extensive attention. For instance, electromagnetic pollution can threaten information safety in vital fields and the normal function of delicate electronic devices. Consequently, electromagnetic pollution and interference become an urgent issue that needs to be addressed. Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have become a potential candidate to deal with these problems due to many advantages, such as high dielectric loss, remarkable thermodynamic stability, and low density. With the appearance of climbing demands, however, the carbon nanotubes combining various composites have shown greater prospects than the single CNTs in microwave absorbing materials. In this short review, recent advances in CNTs-based microwave absorbing materials were comprehensively discussed. Typically, we introduced the electromagnetic wave absorption mechanism of CNTs-based microwave absorbing materials and generalized the development of CNTs-based microwave absorbers, including CNTs-based magnetic metal composites, CNTs-based ferrite composites, and CNTs-based polymer composites. Ultimately, the growing trend and bottleneck of CNTs-based composites for microwave absorption were analyzed to provide some available ideas to more scientific workers.     

Improvement of Ni-Cermet performance of protonic ceramic fuel cells by catalyst

Generally, the NiO composite anode becomes porous after reduction. To infiltrate additional catalysts such as Pd into the NiO-composite anode before reducing NiO to Ni, a porous NiO composite anode for protonic ceramic fuel cells (PCFCs) was fabricated in this study. The porous NiO composite was fabricated by adding graphite as a pore former along with CuO as a sintering agent. The addition of graphite increased the porosity of the NiO composite anode but resulted in poor sinterability, which was addressed by adding CuO as a sintering agent to the NiO composite anode. The Pd catalyst was added to the NiO-composite anode before reducing NiO to Ni. The composite anode for PCFC with three components, namely Ni, protonic ceramics, and a Pd catalyst, was obtained by reducing NiO to Ni during the measurement. The addition of the Pd catalyst improved the anode performance in methane fuel and hydrogen fuel by enhancing the catalytic activity for the electrochemical reaction on the surface.