Toward Forty Thousand-Cycle Aqueous Zinc-Iodine Battery: Simultaneously Inhibiting Polyiodides Shuttle and Stabilizing Zinc Anode through a Suspension Electrolyte

Aqueous zinc-iodine (Zn-I₂) batteries are promising candidates for grid-scale energy storage due to their safety and cost-effectiveness. However, the shuttle effect of polyiodides, Zn corrosion, and accumulation of by-products restrict their applications. Herein, a simple vermiculite nanosheets (VS) suspension electrolyte is designed for simultaneous confinement of polyiodides and stabilization of Zn anode. It is found that the generation of I₅⁻ as dominant intermediate and the precipitation reaction between I₅⁻ and alkaline by-products should cause irreversible iodine species loss. Benefiting from the high binding energy between polyiodides and silica-oxygen bonds of VS, dissolved polyiodides are effectively anchored on the surface of VS suspended in the bulk electrolyte to suppress the shuttle effect, which is confirmed by in situ Raman, Ultraviolet-visible characterizations and theoretical calculations. Furthermore, the self-assembly VS interfacial layer on the surface of Zn anode hinders side reactions induced by polyiodides. Meanwhile, the interlayer and surface excess negative charges of VS tend to be compensated by Zn²⁺ from diffuse layer, which serves as ion accelerators for transferring Zn²⁺ at the interface immediately, rendering dendrite-free Zn plating/stripping behavior. Consequently, the Zn-I₂ battery with VS electrolyte achieves an ultra-long lifespan of 40000 cycles with a negligible capacity decay at 20 C.     

Virtual access network embedding in wireless mesh networks

Network virtualization of a wireless mesh network (WMN) is an economical way for different subscribers to customize their exclusive access networks through a common network infrastructure. The most critical task of network virtualization is virtual network embedding, which can be divided into two sub-problems: node mapping and link mapping. Although there exist approaches to virtual network embedding in wired networks, the characteristics of WMNs make virtual network embedding become a unique and challenging problem. In this paper, virtual access network embedding is studied for WMNs. To support flexible resource allocation in virtual access network embedding, each access node is designed based on orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) dual-radio architecture. Through subcarrier allocation on each link, virtual access networks are gracefully separated from each other. To coordinate channel assignment across different links under the constraint of a limited number of orthogonal channels, a novel channel allocation algorithm is proposed to exploit partially-overlapped channels to improve resource utilization. Since the virtual access network embedding problem is NP-hard, a heuristic algorithm is developed based on an enhanced genetic algorithm to obtain an approximate but effective solution. Simulation results illustrate that the virtual access network embedding framework developed in this paper works effectively in WMNs.     

3G牌照发放对促进信息产业新发展的重大意义

本文从全球3G发展趋势、电信企业"做大做强"、国内3G发牌的条件、3G对其它产业的拉动、"数字奥运"等多个方面阐述了推动3G发牌的必要性与促进我国信息产业新发展的重大意义.     

多TDI CCD拼接遥感相机异速成像抗干扰设计

多TDI CCD拼接相机在异速工作模式下,不同通道的CCD图像间会存在相互干扰现象,不同行频差会在图像上产生不同斜率、不同宽度的干扰斜条纹。为了解决此问题,文中对原设计电路系统进行了详细分析和优化设计。首先,从异速时序在不同行周期的相位差别上进行分析,异速模式下不同CCD成像电路时序间存在行频差异,导致各个行周期内CCD个别像元上与其他像元叠加的干扰不一致,是干扰斜条纹产生的原因。然后,采取优化关键信号布线方式、系统地和电源布置、去耦电容接地方式等多方面对电路系统进行了改进,优化多TDI CCD成像系统电路抗异速干扰设计。最后,对改进后的电路系统进行测试,去除干扰斜纹,并将图像均方根噪声水平由21.5 mV降低到4.2 mV。结果表明:采用抗干扰技术,有效地去除了通道间干扰斜纹,提高了图像质量。     

无线射频识别系统中的可能攻击

文章分析了无线射频识别系统中的可能攻击,包括针对标签和阅读器的攻击和针对后端数据库的攻击。     

铁氧体-硅双层基片微带线的谱域导抗法分析

该文提出两种铁氧体-硅双层基片的微带线结构,并通过对麦克斯韦方程的坐标旋转和傅里叶变换导出波导纳,用谱域导抗法进行特性分析。尤其是对微带线的色散特性进行了计算,讨论了微带线各种参数对色散特性的影响,并对它们的特性进行了对比,发现其中一种结构的色散受各因素的影响很小,尤其是介质的工艺尺度,可用于更高集成电路的制造中。     

物联网的由来与发展趋势

近来,物联网成为炙手可热的名词,许多人预言物联网将彻底改变人们的生活方式,带动万亿级的产业发展,成为信息化发展的新的推动力量。但是究竟什么是物联网,它离我们还有多远,仍是众说纷纭,见仁见智。本文试图通过分析物联网和互联网的关系,从人类现代信息化发展的历史角度,用结构化模型的方式,对物联网的概念给予辨析,并提出物联网的未来演进路径。     

遥感相机的智能调焦方法

为了将基于图像处理的智能调焦方法引入到空间遥感相机中,从而提高其在轨调焦能力,提出了采用辅助CCD的遥感相机智能调焦方法。该方法解决了推扫式遥感相机由于图像动态变化导致的比较基准不确定问题,为智能调焦方法在遥感相机中的应用开创了途径。在阐述基本调焦原理的基础上,给出了实际应用中多片CCD级联时评价区域选择依据和算法,并以Variance函数为评价函数对调焦过程进行了仿真模拟,实验结果表明:该方法能够可靠、自动地搜索到最佳聚焦位置,获取清晰图像,适用于遥感相机使用。     

ISAR Imaging of Maneuvering Targets Based on the Range Centroid Doppler Technique

A new inverse synthetic aperture radar (ISAR) imaging approach is presented for application in situations where the maneuverability of noncooperative target is not too severe and the Doppler variation of subechoes from scatterers can be approximated as a first-order polynomial. The proposed algorithm is referred to as the range centroid Doppler (RCD) ISAR imaging technique and is based on the stretch Keystone-Wigner transform (SKWT). The SKWT introduces a stretch weight factor containing a range of chirp rate into the autocorrelation function of each cross-range profile and uses a 1-D interpolation of the phase history which we call stretch keystone formatting. The processing simultaneously eliminates the effects of linear frequency migration for all signal components regardless of their unknown chirp rate in time-frequency plane, but not for the noise or for the cross terms. By utilizing this novel technique, clear ISAR imaging can be achieved for maneuvering targets without an exhaustive search procedure for the motion parameters. Performance comparison is carried out to evaluate the improvement of the RCD technique versus other methods such as the conventional range Doppler (RD) technique, the range instantaneous Doppler (RID) technique, and adaptive joint time-frequency (AJTF) technique. Examples provided demonstrate the effectiveness of the RCD technique with both simulated and experimental ISAR data.     

Carbon Nanotube‐Encapsulated Noble Metal Nanoparticle Hybrid as a Cathode Material for Li‐Oxygen Batteries

Although Li‐oxygen batteries offer extremely high theoretical specific energy, their practical application still faces critical challenges. One of the main obstacles is the high charge overpotential caused by sluggish kinetics of charge transfer that is closely related to the morphology of discharge products and their distribution on the cathode. Here, a series of noble metal nanoparticles (Pd, Pt, Ru and Au) are encapsulated inside end‐opened carbon nanotubes (CNTs) by wet impregnation followed by thermal annealing. The resultant cathode materials exhibit a dramatic reduction of charge overpotentials compared to their counterparts with nanoparticles supported on CNT surface. Notably, the charge overpotential can be as low as 0.3 V when CNT‐encapsulated Pd nanoparticles are used on the cathode. The cathode also shows good stability during discharge–charge cycling. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations reveal that encapsulation of “guest” noble metal nanoparticles in “host” CNTs is able to strengthen the electron density on CNT surfaces, and to avoid the regional enrichment of electron density caused by the direct exposure of nanoparticles on CNT surface. These unique properties ensure the uniform coverage of Li₂O₂ nanocrystals on CNT surfaces instead of localized distribution of Li₂O₂ aggregation, thus providing efficient charge transfer for the decomposition of Li₂O₂.