In Situ Artificial Hybrid SEI Layer Enabled High-Performance Prelithiated SiOx Anode for Lithium-Ion Batteries

Considered the promising anode material for next-generation high-energy lithium-ion batteries, SiO_x has been slow to commercialize due to its low initial Coulombic efficiency (ICE) and unstable solid electrolyte interface (SEI) layer, which leads to reduced full-cell energy density, short cycling lives, and poor rate performance. Herein, a novel strategy is proposed to in situ construct an artificial hybrid SEI layer consisting of LiF and Li₃Sb on a prelithiated SiO_x anode via spontaneous chemical reaction with SbF₃. In addition to the increasing ICE (94.5%), the preformed artificial SEI layer with long-term cycle stability and enhanced Li⁺ transport capability enables a remarkable improvement in capacity retention and rate capability for modified SiO_x. Furthermore, the full cell using Li(Ni_0.8Co_0.1Mn_0.1)O₂ and a pre-treated anode exhibits high ICE (86.0%) and capacity retention (86.6%) after 100 cycles at 0.5 C. This study provides a fresh insight into how to obtain stable interface on a prelithiated SiO_x anode for high energy and long lifespan lithium-ion batteries.     

A unifying proof of global asymptotical stability of neural networks with delay

We present some new global stability results of neural networks with delay and show that these results generalize recently published stability results. In particular, several different stability conditions in the literature which were proved using different Lyapunov functionals are generalized and unified by proving them using the same Lyapunov functional. We also show that under certain conditions, reversing the directions of the coupling between neurons preserves the global asymptotical stability of the neural network.     

基于全固型掺镱光子带隙光纤的被动锁模全光纤环形孤子激光器

采用全固型掺镱光子带隙光纤(AS-Yb-PBGF)作增益介质并提供反常群速色散(GVD),设计了一种被动锁模全光纤环形孤子激光器。没有使用任何块状色散补偿元件。因此,该激光器腔型结构简单、紧凑、环境稳定性高,更容易实现全光纤结构。脉冲在激光腔内的传输用广义非线性薛定谔方程描述,并采用分步傅里叶方法数值模拟了该激光器的单孤子运转的动力学过程。计算时,将AS-Yb-PBGF的长度选取为0.4m,改变激光腔内单模光纤(SMF)的长度,得出了最佳运转参数:当AS-Yb-PBGF固定为0.4 m时,选择单模光纤等于0.4 m,就可以实现脉冲宽度为244 fs,脉冲能量为14 pJ和时间带宽乘积为0.32,即接近傅里叶变换极限的单孤子运转。     

A high EMS daisy-chain SPI interface for battery monitor system

A high EMS current-mode SPI interface for battery monitor IC (BMIC) is presented to form a daisy-chain bus configuration for the cascaded BMICs and the communication between the MCU and master BMIC. Based on analog and digital mixed filtering technique, the proposed daisy-chain can avoid the isolated communication issue in electromagnetic interference environment, and reduce the extensively required I/O ports of MCU, at the same time reduce the system cost. The proposed daisy-chain interface was introduced in a 6-ch battery monitor IC which was fabricated with 0.35 μm 30 V BCD process. The measurement result shows that the presented daisy-chain SPI interface achieves better EMS performance with different EMI injection while just consuming a total operation current up to 1 mA.     

An efficient cooperative hybrid routing protocol for hybrid wireless mesh networks

Hybrid wireless mesh networks are the most generic types of wireless mesh networks. Unlike static mesh routers, which have multiple radio interfaces and almost no energy constraint, mobile mesh clients are usually equipped with a single radio interface and have energy limitations. A cooperative hybrid routing protocol (CHRP) combining advantages of proactive and reactive routing protocols by letting them work cooperatively is proposed in this paper, which can adapt to features of both routers and clients. In CHRP, in order to make a proper route selection, channel condition, interference and constrained energy of clients are considered in the node-aware routing metric. Besides, a cross-layer approach is used in CHRP. Both gateway and client oriented data flows are considered comprehensively. The simulation results using ns-3 show the advantage of the proposed CHRP in terms of average packet loss rate, average latency, average network throughput, average energy consumption of clients and the minimum residual energy of clients.     

Characteristics and optimization of 4H-SiC MESFET with a novel p-type spacer layer incorporated with a field-plate structure based on improved trap models

A novel structure of 4H-SiC MESFETs is proposed that focuses on surface trap suppression.Characteristics of the device have been investigated based on physical models for material properties and improved trap models.By comparing with the performance of the well-utilized buried-gate incorporated with a field-plate （BG-FP） structure,it is shown that the proposed structure improves device properties in comprehensive aspects. A p-type spacer layer introduced in the channel layer suppresses the surface trap effect and reduces the gate-drain capacitance(C_gd) under a large drain voltage.A p-type spacer layer incorporated with a field-plate improves the electric field distribution on the gate edge while the spacer layer induces less C_gd than a conventional FP.For microwave applications,4H-SiC MESFET for the proposed structure has a larger gate-lag ratio in the saturation region due to better surface trap isolation from the conductive channel.For high power applications,the proposed structure is able to endure higher operating voltage as well.The maximum saturation current density of 460 mA/mm is yielded.Also,the gate-lag ratio under a drain voltage of 20 V is close to 90%.In addition,5%and 17.8%improvements in f_T and f_max are obtained compared with a BG-FP MESFET in AC simulation,respectively.Parameters and dimensions of the proposed structure are optimized to make the best of the device for microwave applications and to provide a reference for device design.     

Imaging‐Guided Combined Photothermal and Radiotherapy to Treat Subcutaneous and Metastatic Tumors Using Iodine‐131‐Doped Copper Sulfide Nanoparticles

Combining different therapeutic strategies to treat cancer by overcoming limitations of conventional cancer therapies has shown great promise in both fundamental and clinical studies. Herein, by adding ¹³¹I when making iodine‐doped CuS nanoparticles, CuS/[¹³¹I]I nanoparticles are obtained, which after functionalization with polyethylene glycol (PEG) are used for radiotherapy (RT) and photothermal therapy (PTT), by utilizing their intrinsic high near‐infrared absorbance and the doped ¹³¹I‐radioactivity, respectively. The combined RT and PTT based on CuS/[¹³¹I]I‐PEG is then conducted, achieving remarkable synergistic therapeutic effects as demonstrated in the treatment of subcutaneous tumors. In the meanwhile, as revealed by bimodal nuclear imaging and computed tomography (CT) imaging, it is found that CuS/[¹³¹I]I‐PEG nanoparticles after being injected into primary solid tumors could migrate to and retain in their nearby sentinel lymph nodes. Importantly, the combined RT and PTT applied on those lymph nodes to assist surgical resection of primary tumors results in remarkably inhibited cancer metastasis and greatly prolonged animal survival. In vivo toxicology studies further reveal that our CuS/I‐PEG is not obviously toxic to animals at fourfold of the treatment dose. This work thus demonstrates the potential of combining RT and PTT using a single nanoagent for imaging‐guided treatment of metastatic tumors.     

Optimal joint utility based load balancing algorithm for heterogeneous wireless networks

The rapid development of mobile broadband services with continuously increasing traffic volumes has resulted in a number of challenges, including ubiquitous network coverage, high bandwidth, and reliable services for reasonable price, etc. To address these challenges, evolved packet system (EPS) is proposed as the evolution of the packet core network. While resource management and load balancing issues in EPS are discussed in 3GPP standardization, relatively few research works consider mechanism design for load information monitoring and evaluation. Furthermore, even though some load balancing algorithms have been proposed for integrated networks, the load balancing scheme design which achieves the optimization of joint system performance has not been extensively studied. In this paper, an inter-access system anchor based load balancing mechanism is introduced which performs load monitoring and evaluation for access gateways and networks, and an optimal load balancing algorithm is proposed for heterogeneous integrated networks. To characterize the performance of integrated networks, the concept of utility function is introduced and the comprehensive performance of integrated networks which support both single type service and multimedia service is modeled mathematically. Applying vertical handoff as an efficient mechanism for achieving load balancing, the optimal number of handoff users is obtained through solving the optimization problem. Numerical results demonstrate that load balancing between access networks can be achieved, and the optimal number of handoff users corresponding to the maximal joint network utility can be obtained.     

高速光接收组件同轴结构封装关键技术研究

在接入网中,低成本、小尺寸的同轴结构封装10 Gb/s光接收组件起着非常重要的作用。在微波频段,封装器件引入的寄生参数已经成为制约其高频特性的主要因素之一。基于传输线理论,建立了包含芯片、金丝、管座的小信号等效电路模型。等效电路元件与实际封装器件有对应的关系。组件高频特性随元件参数值变化而变化。仿真结果表明金丝对其高频特性影响很严重。为了减小金丝电感,提出一种优化方案。并结合实际工艺条件,制作了样品,实验结果表明该样品的传输速率达到10 Gb/s,满足10 Gb/s光网络传输的要求。