Cu-based metal-organic frameworks for highly sensitive X‑ray detector

Here, we constructed Pb-free Cu-DABDT-MOFs-based (DABDT = 2,5-diamino-1,4-benzenedithiol dihydrochloride) X-ray detectors. Combined with the advantage of high activation energy, Cu-DABDT-MOFs-based detector can effectively generate and capture electron under X-ray exposure...

High and low activation energy kinetics are different: Implications for hydrogen and protons in condensed matter

ABSTRACTAt high activation energy, kinetic processes require the accumulation of several excitations in order to take place. This accumulation implies an entropy, which we call multi-excitation entropy. This explains the isokinetic rule, which itself explains the existence of isoequilibrium relations. Understanding the implications of these effects helps clarify the microscopic mechanisms in kinetic processes, including hydrogen storage, and transport of protons, and potentially, of other ions, in condensed matter.

Front instability in a condensed phase combustion model

We consider a condensed phase (or solid) combustion model and its linearization around the travelling front solution. We construct an Evans function to characterize the eigenvalues of the linearized problem. We estimate this functional in the high activation energy limit. We deduce the existence of zeros with nonnegative real part for high activation energy, which proves the linear instability of the travelling front solution.

Thermogravimetric Analysis of Different Biomass Materials and the Primary Biomass Components

Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) was employed to study the pyrolysis and combustion characteristics of three primary biomass components (cellulose, xylan and lignin) and seven different biomass materials under both of nitrogen and air atmosphere. Based on the experimental results, the pyrolysis and combustion kinetics were calculated. The results indicated that the three primary biomass components exhibited different decomposition characteristics and pyrolysis kinetics. Xylan was the least thermal stable component, while the lignin would form much more solid residues than the cellulose and xylan under the nitrogen atmosphere. Moreover, the pyrolytic devolatilization process of the cellulose had high activation energy, so was the char combustion process of the lignin. The seven biomass materials showed similar pyrolysis characteristics, and poplar wood exhibited high activation energy values in both of pyrolysis and combustion processes.