Objective: The objectives of the current study were to understand the dissolution behaviors of amorphous solid dispersions (ASD) using different screening methods and their correlation to the dissolution of formulated products.
Materials and methods: A poorly soluble compound, compound E, was used as a model compound. ASDs were prepared with HPMC, Kollidon VA64 and Eudragit EPO using hot-melt extrusion. Different techniques including precipitation, powder, capsule and compact dissolution and the dissolution of formulated products were conducted in USP simulated gastric fluid using a USP II dissolution apparatus.
Results and discussions: It was found that a precipitation study could generally predict powder, capsule and compact dissolution. Yet, it was recommended to run the dissolution at a higher paddle speed or for a longer duration to improve the predictability. It was also recommended to run powder, capsule and compact dissolution at both slow and high speeds to gain insights into wetting, dispersion and the dissolution of a system. Sometimes, capsule or compact dissolution could not be predicted by precipitation or powder dissolution due to plug formation. In this case, properly designed dosage forms were needed to break up this plug to optimize the dissolution profiles. On the contrary, formulations and dissolution conditions would have minimal effects on the dissolution profiles of a fast-dissolving solid dispersion.
Conclusions: Different techniques are available to select the right polymers to optimize dissolution behaviors. However, it is important to understand the merits and limitations of each technique in order to optimize the formulations for amorphous solid dispersions. 相似文献
Uncontrollable Li dendrite growth and low Coulombic efficiency severely hinder the application of lithium metal batteries. Although a lot of approaches have been developed to control Li deposition, most of them are based on inhibiting lithium deposition on protrusions, which can suppress Li dendrite growth at low current density, but is inefficient for practical battery applications, with high current density and large area capacity. Here, a novel leveling mechanism based on accelerating Li growth in concave fashion is proposed, which enables uniform and dendrite‐free Li plating by simply adding thiourea into the electrolyte. The small thiourea molecules can be absorbed on the Li metal surface and promote Li growth with a superfilling effect. With 0.02 m thiourea added in the electrolyte, Li | Li symmetrical cells can be cycled over 1000 cycles at 5.0 mA cm?2, and a full cell with LiFePO4 | Li configuration can even maintain 90% capacity after 650 cycles at 5.0 C. The superfilling effect is also verified by computational chemistry and numerical simulation, and can be expanded to a series of small chemicals using as electrolyte additives. It offers a new avenue to dendrite‐free lithium deposition and may also be expanded to other battery chemistries. 相似文献
Ni0.11ZnxCo0.03Fe2.86-xO4 spinel ferrite films with x = 0.00, 0.23, 0.34, 0.43 and 0.51 were prepared on Ag-coated glass substrates from nitrate and dimethylamine borane solution at 80 °C. The Ni0.11ZnxCo0.03Fe2.86-xO4 ferrite films are singe-phased spinel ferrite. With the Zn content x increasing from 0 to 0.51, the lattice constant of the ferrite films increases from 0.8383 to 0.8425 nm. The Ni0.11Zn0.51Co0.03Fe2.35O4 film is about 500 nm thick and composed of uniform equiaxed granules of about 40–50 nm. The Raman spectrum analysis indicates that the Zn2+ ions occupy the A sites. Saturation magnetization increases with x increasing from 0 to 0.35, reaches a maximum value of 460 kA/m at x = 0.35, and then decreases with further increase of x. Coercivity decreases monotonically from 12.3 to 1.7 kA/m with x increasing from 0 to 0.51. The change in magnetic properties may be explained by the decrease of A–B interactions and the anisotropy constant due to the incorporation of non-magnetic Zn2+ ions. 相似文献
As promising cathode materials, iron‐based phosphate compounds have attracted wide attention for sodium‐ion batteries due to their low cost and safety. Among them, sodium iron fluorophosphate (Na2FePO4F) is widely noted due to its layered structure and high operating voltage compared with NaFePO4. Here, a mesoporous Na2FePO4F@C (M‐NFPF@C) composite derived from mesoporous FePO4 is synthesized through a facile ball‐milling combined calcination method. Benefiting from the mesoporous structure and highly conductive carbon, the M‐NFPF@C material exhibits a high reversible capacity of 114 mAh g?1 at 0.1 C, excellent rate capability (42 mAh g?1 at 10 C), and good cycling performance (55% retention after 600 cycles at 5 C). The high plateau capacity obtained (>90% of total capacity) not only shows high electrochemical reversibility of the as‐prepared M‐NFPF@C but also provides high energy density, which mainly originates from its mesoporous structure derived from the mesoporous FePO4 precursor. The M‐NFPF@C serves as a promising cathode material with high performance and low cost for sodium‐ion batteries. 相似文献
Characteristics of white organic light-emitting devices based on phosphor sensitized fluorescence are improved by using a multiple-emissive-layer structure, in which a phosphorescent blue emissive layer is sandwiched between red and green&yellow ones. In this device, bis[(4,6–difluorophenyl)–pyridinato–N,C2] (picolinato), bis(2,4–diphenyl–quinoline) iridium (III) acetylanetonate, fac tris (2-phenylpyridine) iridium, and 5,6,11,12–tetraphenylnaphthacene are used as blue, red, green, and yellow emitters, respectively. The device has a maximum luminance of more than 30,000 cd/m2, a maximum luminous efficiency of 27 cd/A, a maximum external quantum efficiency of 12.4%, and a color rendering index of 81 at 100 cd/m2. 相似文献
The conversion of sunlight into electricity has been dominated by photovoltaic and solar thermal power generation. Photovoltaic cells are deployed widely, mostly as flat panels, whereas solar thermal electricity generation relying on optical concentrators and mechanical heat engines is only seen in large-scale power plants. Here we demonstrate a promising flat-panel solar thermal to electric power conversion technology based on the Seebeck effect and high thermal concentration, thus enabling wider applications. The developed solar thermoelectric generators (STEGs) achieved a peak efficiency of 4.6% under AM1.5G (1 kW m(-2)) conditions. The efficiency is 7-8 times higher than the previously reported best value for a flat-panel STEG, and is enabled by the use of high-performance nanostructured thermoelectric materials and spectrally-selective solar absorbers in an innovative design that exploits high thermal concentration in an evacuated environment. Our work opens up a promising new approach which has the potential to achieve cost-effective conversion of solar energy into electricity. 相似文献