Pseudocapacitive contributions to electrochemical kinetics in NiOx electrochromic anodes

Because of its ability to change optical absorption dynamically by applied electric field, nickel oxide (NiO) is a promising anodic material in smart windows, which can improve energy conversion efficiency in construction buildings. Although many works have achieved high electrochromic performance with different method. The underlying mechanism is still not fully investigated. In this article, we prepared the NiO films with large specific surface area and high stability by electron beam evaporation. X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) were employed to figure out the surface morphology and composition of as-deposited films. Afterwards, the electrochemical properties and optical performance of the prepared NiO films were investigated. On this basis, the origin of surface charge was fully analyzed by cyclic voltammetry and diffusion coefficient test. These experimental and theoretical results firmly confirm that both the surface reaction and capacitive effect bring about the excellent EC performance in NiO films. These results not only provide clear evidence about electrochemical kinetics in NiO films, but also offer some useful guidelines for the design of EC materials with higher performance and longer stability.     

Sparsity-inspired image reconstruction for electrical capacitance tomography

We present a new image reconstruction method for Electrical Capacitance Tomography (ECT). ECT image reconstruction is generally ill-posed because the number of measurements is small whereas the image dimensions are large. Here, we present a sparsity-inspired approach to achieve better ECT image reconstruction from the small number of measurements. Our approach for ECT image reconstruction is based on Total Variation (TV) regularization. We apply an efficient Split-Bregman Iteration (SBI) approach to solve the problem. We also propose three metrics to evaluate image reconstruction performance, i.e., a joint metric of positive reconstruction rate (PRR) and false reconstruction rate (FRR), correlation coefficient, and a shape and location metric. The results on both synthetic and real data show that the proposed TV-SBI method can better preserve the edges of images and better resolve different objects within reconstructed images, as compared to a representative state-of-the-art ECT image reconstruction algorithm, Projected Landweber Iteration with Linear Back Projection initialization (LBP-PLI).     

High areal capacitance of FeOOH-carbon nanotube negative electrodes for asymmetric supercapacitors

The relatively low capacitance of negative electrodes, as compared to the capacitance of advanced positive electrodes, poses a serious problem, since this limits the development of asymmetric supercapacitor (SC) devices with a large voltage window and enhanced power-energy characteristics. We fabricate negative SC electrodes with a high capacitance that match the capacitance of advanced positive electrodes at similar active mass loadings, as high as 37?mg?cm^?2. Cyclic voltammetry, impedance spectroscopy, galvanostatic charge-discharge data and the power-energy characteristics of the asymmetric SC device exhibit good electrochemical performance for a voltage window of 1.6?V. Our approach involves the development and application of particle extraction through liquid-liquid interface (PELLI) methods, new extraction mechanisms and efficient extractors to synthesize α-FeOOH and β-FeOOH electrode materials. The use of PELLI allows agglomerate-free processing of powders, which facilitates their efficient mixing with multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) and allows improved electrolyte access to the particle surface. Experiments to determine the properties of FeOOH-MWCNT composites provided insight into the influence of the electrode material and the structure of extractor molecules on the composite properties. The highest capacitance of 5.86?F?cm^?2 for negative electrodes and low impedance were achieved using α-FeOOH-MWCNT composites and a 16-phosphonohexadecanoic acid (PHDA) extractor. This extractor allows adsorption on particles, not only at the liquid-liquid interface, but also in the bulk aqueous phase and can potentially be used as a capping agent for particle synthesis and as an extractor in the PELLI method.     

压差式漏率测试仪的实验研究

将薄膜电容真空计的测量室接于被测密闭容器，静态真空室接于一个比较容器，即组成一台压差式漏率测试仪。首先使两容器压力平衡，真空计读数为零。当被测容器存在漏孔时，真空计薄膜两侧形成压差，真空计指示读数，继而计算出该容器的漏率。应用商品真空计在抽真空测试时，检测的最小可测漏率达10－4～10-5Pa·L／s；而在充压测试时，因受气体温度变化的影响，灵敏度会降低几个量级。该仪器有可能具备寻找漏孔位置和确定漏孔漏率的功能。     

电容检测纱线传感器转换特性对纱线不匀率测试的影响

讨论了纱线测试中受电容检测纱线传感器转换特性的非线性影响，测得的条干不匀率值与纱线的实际条干不匀率值之间的差异，从理论上估计了纱线在不同的电容检测槽内测试时，由于其截面充满系数不同而引起的相对差异，并用试验数据加以验证。     

高电容比射频/微波MEMS膜开关的理论分析和数值模拟

建立了一个MEMS膜开关电容比理论模型，由于这个模型比较全面地考虑了开关阈值电压、维持电压、偏置电压和介质膜内的电场强度等因素对电容比的影响，因而能较为正确地反映开关的电容特性。用数值方法计算了影响开关电容比的因素，并对计算结果进行了分析和讨论。提出了使用脉冲电压作为偏置电压可以使介质膜gj的厚度减少到50nm，从而使开关的电容比增加到3800。最后，讨论了实现高电容比MEMS膜开关的可行性。     

一种“绝对型”电容薄膜真空计的研制

介绍用磁控溅射制作的从大气往真空约覆盖5个量程的“绝对型”电容薄膜真空规，以及与该真空规配套的真空计的电路。该真空计测量范围为1．3～105Pd，真空规与电容信号检测电路置于同一金属壳内，以避免外界干扰。规的恒温胜温度波动小于±0．1℃，有效地降低了温度的影响。电路的非线性小于0．4％，高真空下北输出漂移小于0．1％，在13～105Pa各量程内，最大校准误差小于读数的4％。     

基于I~2C总线的AD7745控制与读取方法

AD7745是一种响应快速兼超低功耗的高精度电容数字转换器,其采用的通信总线I2C是一种简单双向的两线制同步串行总线,它只需要一根数据线和一根时钟线即可实现连接器件之间的数据传送,但目前广泛应用的51系列单片机均不具有这种接口;文章详细研究了AD7745芯片内部的测量原理及寄存器配置方式,设计了其与单片机的硬件连接电路,使用STC89C52RC单片机的两条普通I/O线,通过软件编程模拟I2C总线所要求的操作时序,实现了对AD7745的控制与数据读取;同时,给出了其中关键程序,调试结果证明了该系统的有效性与稳定性。     

A study of the passive films on chromium by capacitance measurement

Using capacitance measurement and Mott-Schottky analysis, the semiconducting properties of passive films formed on chromium within the passive potential range under different conditions were investigated. The study reveals a p-type behavior of the passive layers. Two semiconductive parameters, i.e., the acceptor density (N_A) and the flatband potential (E_FB), which are mainly related to composition and surface charges of the passive films, have been measured. The effect of film formation potential, passivation time, pH and composition of solutions on the parameters are discussed. N_A increases either with lowering film formation potentials or with prolonging passivation times. This is attributed to the transformation of a less hydrated oxide film into a more hydrated form. The changes of E_FB are discussed as a function of adsorptive anions and pH values of electrolyte solution.     

基于NSGA-II算法的电容称重传感器抗偏载能力的优化

为了满足在保证电容称重传感器最小识别极距变化的同时达到提高其抗偏载能力的要求,对传感器进行了多目标优化的研究。分析计算了电容称重传感器力学性能与结构参数之间的关系,建立了以其导向性能和抗弯性能为优化目标的1/1000g精度电容称重传感器的多目标优化模型。应用Isight优化软件中的改进型非支配解遗传（NSGA-II）算法得到电容称重传感器的Pareto最优解集,并通过有限元验证了优化结果的准确性。研究表明,在保证电容称重传感器最小识别极距变化的前提下,极大地屏蔽了偏载对电容精度的影响,结果具有很强的实用性。