Copper sulfides (Cu2–xS), are a novel kind of photothermal material exhibiting significant photothermal conversion efficiency, making them very attractive in various energy conversion related devices. Preparing high quality uniform Cu2‐xS nanocrystals (NCs) is a top priority for further energy‐and sustainability relevant nanodevices. Here, a shape‐controlled high quality Cu7S4 NCs synthesis strategy is reported using sulfur in 1‐octadecene as precursor by varying the heating temperature, as well as its forming mechanism. The performance of the Cu7S4 NCs is further explored for light‐driven water evaporation without the need of heating the bulk liquid to the boiling point, and the results suggest that as‐synthesized highly monodisperse NCs perform higher evaporation rate than polydisperse NCs under the identical morphology. Furthermore, disk‐like NCs exhibit higher water evaporation rate than spherical NCs. The water evaporation rate can be further enhanced by assembling the organic phase Cu7S4 NCs into a dense film on the aqueous solution surface. The maximum photothermal conversion efficiency is as high as 77.1%. 相似文献
A two layer Ti–6Al–4V(wt.%)/Ti–43Al–9V–Y(at.%) laminate composite sheet with a uniform interfacial microstructure and no discernible defects at the interfaces has been prepared by hot-pack rolling, and its interfacial microstructure and shear strength were characterized. Characterization of the interfacial microstructure shows that there was an interfacial region of uniform thickness of about 250 μm which consisted of two layers: Layer I on the TiAl side which was 80 μm thick and Layer II on the Ti–6Al–4V side which was 170 μm thick. The microstructure of Layer I consisted of massive γ phases, needlelike γ phases and B2 phase matrix, while the microstructure of Layer II consisted of α2 phase. The microstructure of the interfacial region is the result of the interdiffusion of Ti element from Ti–6Al–4V alloy layer into the TiAl alloy layer and Al element from the TiAl alloy layer into the Ti–6Al–4V alloy layer. The shear strength measurement demonstrated that the bonding strength between the TiAl alloy and Ti–6Al–4V alloy layers in the laminate composite sheet was very high. This means that the quality of the interfacial bonding between the two layers achieved by the multi-path rolling is high, and the interface between the layers is very effective in transferring loading, causing significantly improved toughness and plasticity of the TiAl/Ti–6Al–4V laminate composite sheet. 相似文献
Polyacrylonitrile (PAN) based high strength carbon fibers were anodically oxidized using the galvanostatic mode in alkaline electrolyte solutions to influence the chemical surface composition. The change of chemical and physical properties was investigated using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), energy dispersive X-ray analysis (EDX) and contact angle as well as zeta (ζ)-potential measurements.
An initially improved wettability for polar liquids, particularly water, was observed for oxidized carbon fibers. This result was confirmed by ζ-potential measurements. The chemical state of the oxygen containing surface groups changes during anodic oxidation in K2CO3/KOH due to further oxidation of C–OH and C=O groups to COOH groups. Therefore the surface acidity increases, which leads to a shift of the isoelectric point to lower pH values and increases the negative ζplateau value. The ζ–pH as well as the ζ–concentration dependence show the same tendency. During anodic oxidation of carbon fibers in KNO3/KOH electrolyte solution beside ‘normal’ (like C–OH, C=O and COOH) surface oxides also carboxylate groups (COO−K+) were formed at the fiber surface in contrast to an oxidation in K2CO3/KOH which introduces ‘normal' surface oxides. No influence could be observed of such an anodic oxidation on the single fiber tensile strength. Contact angle measurements of polycarbonate melt droplets onto single carbon fibers show no dependence of the surface composition. The interfacial shear strength, measured using the microdroplet pull-off test were compared with the thermodynamic work of adhesion. The calculated as well as the measured adhesion show the same absence of any influence of fiber treatment. 相似文献