Phosphorus/Phosphide-Based Materials for Alkali Metal-Ion Batteries.

Phosphorus- and phosphide-based materials with remarkable physicochemical properties and low costs have attracted significant attention as the anodes of alkali metal (e.g., Li, Na, K, Mg, Ca)-ion batteries (AIBs).

Investigation of Microstructure and Mechanical Performance of IN738LC Superalloy Thin Wall Produced by Pulsed Plasma Arc Additive Manufacturing.

The IN738LC Ni-based superalloy strengthened by the coherent γ'-Ni(Al,Ti) intermetallic compound is one of the most employed blade materials in gas turbine engines and IN738LC thin wall components without macro-cracks were fabricated by pulsed plasma arc additive manufacturing (PPAAM), which is more competitive when considering convenience and cost in comparison with other high-energy beam additive manufacturing technologies. The as-fabricated sample exhibited epitaxial growth columnar dendrites along the building direction with discrepant secondary arm spacing due to heat accumulation. A lot of fine γ' particles with an average size of 81 nm and MC carbides were observed in the interdendritic region.

Theoretical screening of efficient single-atom catalysts for nitrogen fixation based on a defective BN monolayer.

The electrocatalytic reduction of naturally abundant N2 to NH3 is an attractive approach to replace the Haber-Bosch nitrogen-fixation process that causes enormous energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. However, designing high-performance catalysts toward the electrocatalytic N2 reduction reaction (eNRR) remains one of the greatest challenges in this area. Herein, high-throughput screening of catalysts for the NRR among a series of transition metal atoms supported on a defective hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) nanosheet is performed through spin-polarized density functional theory (DFT) computations.

Synergistic Effect of Doping and Compositing on Photocatalytic Efficiency: A Case Study of LaTiO.

Charge generation and separation are two key issues in developing a high-efficiency semiconductor for the visible-light-driven photocatalysis. Here, we use the layered perovskite-type wide-gap semiconductor LaTiO (LTO) as a model to systematically explore the synergistic effect of doping (with sulfur or nitrogen) and heterojunction (with graphitic CN) on improving visible light absorption and photoexcited charge separation by means of density functional theory calculations. It is found that the anion (N or S) doping into the LTO(010) surface can not only shift the optical absorption edge to the visible region, but also creates some partially occupied or unoccupied states in the band gap that would facilitate the formation of recombination centers.

Microstructural evolution and mechanical property of Ti-6Al-4V wall deposited by continuous plasma arc additive manufacturing without post heat treatment.

Plasma arc additive manufacturing (PAM) is a novel additive manufacturing (AM) technology due to its big potential in improving efficiency, convenience and being cost-savings compared to other AM processes of high energy bea\m. In this research, several Ti-6Al-4V thin walls were deposited by optimized weld wire-feed continuous PAM process (CPAM), in which the heat input was gradually decreased layer by layer. The deposited thin wall consisted of various morphologies, which includes epitaxial growth of prior β grains, horizontal layer bands, martensite and basket weave microstructure, that depends on the heat input, multiple thermal cycles and gradual cooling rate in the deposition process.

2-Amino-3-nitro-pyridinium 4-hy-droxy-benzene-sulfonate.

In the crystal structure of the title salt, C(5)H(6)N(3)O(2) (+)·C(6)H(5)O(4)S(-), N-H⋯O and O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds link the cations and anions. The dihedral angle between the rings of the cation and anion is 79.91 (6)°.

Mechanistic insight into the function of the C-terminal PKD domain of the collagenolytic serine protease deseasin MCP-01 from deep sea Pseudoalteromonas sp. SM9913: binding of the PKD domain to collagen results in collagen swelling but does not unwind the collagen triple helix.

Deseasin MCP-01 is a bacterial collagenolytic serine protease. Its catalytic domain alone can degrade collagen, and its C-terminal PKD domain is a collagen-binding domain (CBD) that can improve the collagenolytic efficiency of the catalytic domain by an unknown mechanism. Here, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), atomic force microscopy (AFM), zeta potential, and circular dichroism spectroscopy were used to clarify the functional mechanism of the PKD domain in MCP-01 collagenolysis.

Passively Q-switched dual-wavelength laser output of LD-end-pumped ceramic Nd:YAG laser.

We reported a dual-wavelength laser with a ceramic Nd:YAG as laser material and Cr:YAG as frequency selector and saturable absorber. Continuous-wave output power was achieved to be as high as 6.19 W at 1052 nm.