The detection of ultralow or nonvolatile target analytes remains a significant challenge for artificial olfactory systems even after decades of development, which severely limits their widespread application. To overcome this challenge, an artificial olfactory system based on a colorimetric hydrogel array is constructed for the first time as a universal representative. As an effective extension of conventional artificial olfactory systems that integrates the merits of its predecessors, the proposed system accurately mimics olfactory mucosa and specific odorant binding proteins using hydrogels endowed with specific colorimetric reagents for the detection of hypochlorite, chlorate, perchlorate, urea, and nitrate. Therefore, the proposed system is capable of detecting and discriminating between these five airborne improvised explosive microparticulates with a detection limit as low as 39.4 pg. Additionally, the system demonstrates good reusability over ten cycles, rapid response time of ≈0.2 s, and excellent discrimination properties, despite significant variation. This proof-of-concept study on colorimetric artificial olfactory systems yields a novel strategy for the direct and discriminative detection of nonvolatile airborne microparticulates. 相似文献
With excellent specific capacity, superior cycle stability, safety and strong practical, Nb2O5 has been considered as one of the prospective anode materials for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). However, current study suggests that Nb2O5 electrode materials for LIBs still face the vital issues of low electrical conductivity and poor rate performance. Therefore, carbon-coated TT-Nb2O5 materials are designed and synthesized through solid state method in this work, which present high specific capacity (228 mA h g?1 at 0.2C), satisfactory rate properties (107 mA h g?1 at 20 C). The outstanding electrochemical property can not only give the credit to the pseudocapacitance effect of TT-Nb2O5, but also attribute to introduction of carbon. The homogeneous carbon-coated materials enhance the electrical conductivity, increase the electron transmission speed and alleviate particle crushing. This research not only offers a new method for preparing excellent electrode materials, but also provides a kind of excellent anode material with prospective application for LIBs. 相似文献
A novel sulfur–iodine (SI or IS) cycle integrated with HI–I2–H2O electrolysis for hydrogen production was developed and thermodynamically analyzed in this work. HI–I2–H2O electrolysis was used to replace the conventional concentration, distillation, and decomposition processes of HI, so as to simplify the flowsheet of SI cycle. And then the new cycle was divided into Bunsen reaction, H2SO4 decomposition and HI–I2–H2O electrolysis sections. Through incorporating the user-defined module of HI–I2–H2O electrolysis with Aspen Plus, the cycle was simulated and 0.448 mol/h (10 L/h) of H2 was produced. The overall energy and exergy efficiencies of the novel SI system were estimated to be 15.3–31.0% and 32.8%, respectively. Most exergy destruction occurred in the H2SO4 decomposer and condenser for H2SO4 decomposition and Bunsen reaction sections, which accounted for 93.0% and 63.4%, respectively. A high exergy efficiency of 92.4% for HI–I2–H2O electrolysis section with less exergy destruction was determined, mostly due to the transformation of the overall electricity in electrolytic cell to exergy. Appropriate internal heat exchange and waste heat recovery will favor improving the energy and exergy efficiencies. 相似文献
In this work, we suggested that an efficient ZnO-based photocatalyst can be prepared utilizing energy transfer among organic dyes for visible light-driven hydrogen evolution. Followed this idea, a photocatalytic system containing Eosin Y, Rose Bengal, ZnO nanorod array and Pt was fabricated. Meanwhile, photocatalytic H2 evolution over the as-prepared photocatalytic system was explored. The results indicate that the visible photocatalytic activity of ZnO nanorod array can be obviously enhanced utilizing the energy transfer between Eosin Y and Rose Bengal. This photocatalytic system possesses high activity for visible light-driven H2 evolution. A rate of H2 evolution of approximate 0.52 L m?2 h?1 was achieved under optimal condition, which is 130% and 58% higher than those of the photocatalytic systems containing individual dye, respectively. The present results may reveal a new strategy for preparation of efficient visible photocatalyst. 相似文献
The rapid development of solar cells based on lead halide perovskites (LHPs) has prompted very active research activities in other closely-related fields. Colloidal nanostructures of such materials display superior optoelectronic properties. Especially, one-dimensional (1D) LHPs nanowires show anisotropic optical properties when they are highly oriented. However, the ionic nature makes them very sensitive to external environment, limiting their large scale practical applications. Here, we introduce an amphiphilic block copolymer, polystyrene-block-poly(4-vinylpyridine) (PS-P4VP), to chemically modify the surface of colloidal CsPbBr3 nanowires. The resulting core-shell nanowires show enhanced photoluminescent emission and good colloidal stability against water. Taking advantage of the stability enhancement, we further applied a modified Langmuir-Blodgett technique to assemble monolayers of highly aligned nanowires, and studied their anisotropic optical properties.