Effect of heat treatment on the electrochemical performance of V2O5.nH2O as a cathode material for aqueous rechargeable zinc ion batteries

Jiaqi Li,Yanwei Li,Jinhuan Yao,Bin Huang,Jiqiong Jiang,Jianwen Yang 한국공업화학회 2022 Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Vol.115 No.-

The influence of heat treatment (100 °C, 150 °C, 200 °C, 300 °C, and 400 °C) on the structure and the zinc ion storage performance of V2O5·nH2O is explored. The results show that the interlayer water content, interlayer distance, and V4+ content in V2O5·nH2O can be regulated by heat treatment. Electrochemical characterization demonstrates that the as-prepared vanadium pentoxide without heat treatment shows rather poor cycling stability (only 56 m Ah g−1 after 600 cycles at 0.5 A/g). After being heat treated in the temperature range of 100 to 200 °C, the zinc ion storage performance of vanadium pentoxide can be enhanced dramatically. Particularly, the vanadium pentoxide after being heat-treated at 150 °C exhibits the best cycling stability (179 mA h g−1 after 600 cycles at 0.5 A/g), superior high-rate capability (117 mA h g−1 at 3.0 A/g), and faster electrochemical reaction kinetics. The results reported in this work could provide clues for regulating and optimizing the electrochemical performance of vanadium pentoxide as a cathode material for ZIBs.

Effects of aflatoxin B1 combined with ochratoxin A and/or zearalenone on metabolism, immune function, and antioxidant status in lactating dairy goats

Huang, Shuai,Zheng, Nan,Fan, Caiyun,Cheng, Ming,Wang, Shang,Jabar, Adil,Wang, Jiaqi,Cheng, Jianbo Asian Australasian Association of Animal Productio 2018 Animal Bioscience Vol.31 No.4

Objective: This experiment investigated the effects of aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) alone or mixed with ochratoxin A (OTA) and/or zearalenone (ZEA) on the metabolism, immune function, and antioxidant status of dairy goats. Methods: Fifty lactating Laoshan dairy goats were randomly assigned to one of five treatment groups (n = 10) for 14 days. Goats were fed no additive (control) or administered with $50{\mu}g\;AFB1/kg$ dry matter (DM) (AFB1), $50{\mu}g\;AFB1/kg$ $DM+100{\mu}g\;OTA/kg$ DM (AFB1+OTA), $50{\mu}g\;AFB1/kg$ $DM+500{\mu}g\;ZEA/kg$ DM (AFB1+ZEA), or $50{\mu}g\;AFB1/kg$ $DM+100{\mu}g\;OTA/kg$ $DM+500{\mu}g\;ZEA/kg$ DM (AFB1+OTA+ZEA). Results: Dry matter intake and milk production were lower in goats fed AFB1+OTA+ZEA than in controls. Supplementation with AFB1, OTA, and ZEA significantly decreased red blood cell count, hematocrit, mean corpuscular volume, mean corpuscular hemoglobin, and mean platelet volume, and significantly increased white blood cell count, when compared with the control group. Compared with control, the combination of AFB1, OTA, and ZEA significantly increased alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activities, total bilirubin (TBIL), interleukin-6, and malondialdehyde (MDA), but significantly reduced immunoglobulin A concentration, the activities of superoxide dismutase (SOD) and glutathione peroxides (GSH-Px), and total antioxidant capacity (T-AOC) in serum. Administration of AFB1 combined with OTA led to higher ALP, ALT, TBIL, and MDA, as well as lower milk production, SOD and GSH-Px activities, and T-AOC, than administration of AFB1 combined with ZEA. Conclusion: The mixture of AFB1, OTA, and ZEA exerted the greatest adverse effects on dairy goats, meanwhile the deleterious damage of the other mycotoxin combinations were in varying degrees. The findings of this study could provide guidance for the prevention and treatment of the consequences of contamination of animal feeds with combinations of mycotoxin.

Ginsenoside compound K protects against cerebral ischemia/ reperfusion injury via Mul1/Mfn2-mediated mitochondrial dynamics and bioenergy

Qingxia Huang,Jing Li,Jinjin Chen,Zepeng Zhang,Peng Xu,Hongyu Qi,Zhaoqiang Chen,Jiaqi Liu,Jing Lu,Mengqi Shi,Yibin Zhang,Ying Ma,Daqing Zhao,Xiangyan Li The Korean Society of Ginseng 2023 Journal of Ginseng Research Vol.47 No.3

Background: Ginsenoside compound K (CK), the main active metabolite in Panax ginseng, has shown good safety and bioavailability in clinical trials and exerts neuroprotective effects in cerebral ischemic stroke. However, its potential role in the prevention of cerebral ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury remains unclear. Our study aimed to investigate the molecular mechanism of ginsenoside CK against cerebral I/R injury. Methods: We used a combination of in vitro and in vivo models, including oxygen and glucose deprivation/reperfusion induced PC12 cell model and middle cerebral artery occlusion/reperfusion induced rat model, to mimic I/R injury. Intracellular oxygen consumption and extracellular acidification rate were analyzed by Seahorse multifunctional energy metabolism system; ATP production was detected by luciferase method. The number and size of mitochondria were analyzed by transmission electron microscopy and MitoTracker probe combined with confocal laser microscopy. The potential mechanisms of ginsenoside CK on mitochondrial dynamics and bioenergy were evaluated by RNA interference, pharmacological antagonism combined with co-immunoprecipitation analysis and phenotypic analysis. Results: Ginsenoside CK pretreatment could attenuate mitochondrial translocation of DRP1, mitophagy, mitochondrial apoptosis, and neuronal bioenergy imbalance against cerebral I/R injury in both in vitro and in vivo models. Our data also confirmed that ginsenoside CK administration could reduce the binding affinity of Mul1 and Mfn2 to inhibit the ubiquitination and degradation of Mfn2, thereby elevating the protein level of Mfn2 in cerebral I/R injury. Conclusion: These data provide evidence that ginsenoside CK may be a promising therapeutic agent against cerebral I/R injury via Mul1/Mfn2 mediated mitochondrial dynamics and bioenergy.

Experimental Study on the Mechanism of Intermittent Water and Mud Inrush Caused by Dredging and Rainfall considering Sedimentary Characteristics in Karst Tunnels

Xin Huang,Tong Wang,Zhenhao Xu,Zhengguo Zhu,Jiaqi Guo,Peng Lin,Yongchao Tian 대한토목학회 2023 KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering Vol.27 No.5

The mechanism of intermittent water and mud inrush is a difficult problem faced by disaster prevention and safe construction in karst tunnels. Aiming at revealing the mechanism of intermittent water and mud inrush, we developed an integrated testing system for filling medium deposition in karst caves and intermittent water and mud inrush. By conducting a serial of laboratory experiments, we analyzed the sedimentary characteristics of the filling medium in karst caves and the catastrophic process of intermittent water and mud inrush induced by dredging and rainfall under realistic sedimentary conditions. The results show that the filling medium exhibits layered deposition characteristics, which are affected by the water circulation time, the amount of sediments carried by water and the water flow rate. The first inrush incubation time reduces with the water head increases. The critical water head and the disaster incubation time increase with the deposition height increases. Under the same conditions, the first inrush incubation time of gravel type, silt type, and clay type filling medium decrease sequentially. The results can provide a theoretical basis for preventing intermittent water and mud inrush disasters in karst tunnels.

Multiple model switching adaptive control for vibration control of cantilever beam with varying load using MFC actuators and sensors

Zhiyuan Gao,Jiaqi Huang,Zhonghua Miao,Xiaojin Zhu 국제구조공학회 2020 Smart Structures and Systems, An International Jou Vol.25 No.5

Vibration at the tip of various flexible manipulators may affect their operation accuracy and work efficiency. To suppress such vibrations, the feasibility of using MFC actuators and sensors is investigated in this paper. Considering the convergence of the famous filtered-x least mean square (FXLMS) algorithm could not be guaranteed while it is employed for vibration suppression of plants with varying secondary path, this paper proposes a new multiple model switching adaptive control algorithm to implement the real time active vibration suppression tests with a new multiple switching strategy. The new switching strategy is based on a cost function with reconstructed error signal and disturbance signal instead of the error signal from the error sensor. And from a robustness perspective, a new variable step-size sign algorithm (VSSA) based FXLMS algorithm is proposed to improve the convergence rate. A cantilever beam with varying tip mass is employed as flexible manipulator model. MFC layers are attached on both sides of it as sensors and actuators. A co-simulation platform was built using ADAMS and MATLAB to test the feasibility of the proposed algorithms. And an experimental platform was constructed to verify the effectiveness of MFC actuators and sensors and the real-time vibration control performance. Simulation and experiment results show that the proposed FXLMS algorithm based multiple model adaptive control approach has good convergence performance under varying load conditions for the flexible cantilever beam, and the proposed FX-VSSA-LMS algorithm based multiple model adaptive control algorithm has the best vibration suppression performance.

SYNTHESIS OF SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES FROM LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS

QIANG ZHANG,YI LIU,JIAQI HUANG,WEIZHONG QIAN,YAO WANG,FEI WEI 성균관대학교(자연과학캠퍼스) 성균나노과학기술원 2008 NANO Vol.3 No.2

Hydrocarbons such as methane, ethylene, and CO with high purity (> 99.9%) have been widely used to synthesize single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs). Here, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) was used to synthesize SWCNTs by catalytic chemical vapor deposition. The LPG converted into CNTs and other stable hydrocarbons. The BET specific surface area of SWCNT was about 583 m2/g. The as-grown SWCNT showed good graphitization. The graphitization can be further modulated by the growth temperature. Certain amount of sulfur in LPG was a promoter for SWCNT growth. Compared SWCNTs obtained from methane, more semiconductive SWCNTs were synthesized from LPG as carbon source. The LPG is in low price, thus, a methodology to lower the production cost of SWCNTs with hydrocarbon mixtures is realized.

Genome wide association study on feed conversion ratio using imputed sequence data in chickens

Jiaying Wang,Xiaolong Yuan,Shaopan Ye,Shuwen Huang,Yingting He,Hao Zhang,Jiaqi Li,Xiquan Zhang,Zhe Zhang 아세아·태평양축산학회 2019 Animal Bioscience Vol.32 No.4

Objective: Feed consumption contributes a large percentage for total production costs in the poultry industry. Detecting genes associated with feeding traits will be of benefit to improve our understanding of the molecular determinants for feed efficiency. The objective of this study was to identify candidate genes associated with feed conversion ratio (FCR) via genome-wide association study (GWAS) using sequence data imputed from single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) panel in a Chinese indigenous chicken population. Methods: A total of 435 Chinese indigenous chickens were phenotyped for FCR and were genotyped using a 600K SNP genotyping array. Twenty-four birds were selected for sequencing, and the 600K SNP panel data were imputed to whole sequence data with the 24 birds as the reference. The GWAS were performed with GEMMA software. Results: After quality control, 8,626,020 SNPs were used for sequence based GWAS, in which ten significant genomic regions were detected to be associated with FCR. Ten candidate genes, ubiquitin specific peptidase 44, leukotriene A4 hydrolase, ETS transcription factor, R-spondin 2, inhibitor of apoptosis protein 3, sosondowah ankyrin repeat domain family member D, calmodulin regulated spectrin associated protein family member 2, zinc finger and BTB domain containing 41, potassium sodium-activated channel subfamily T member 2, and member of RAS oncogene family were annotated. Several of them were within or near the reported FCR quantitative trait loci, and others were newly reported. Conclusion: Results from this study provide valuable prior information on chicken genomic breeding programs, and potentially improve our understanding of the molecular mechanism for feeding traits.

Optimized Assembly of Micro-/Meso-/Macroporous Carbon for Li–S Batteries

Qiong Tang,Heqin Li,Min Zuo,Jing Zhang,Yiqin Huang,Peiwen Bai,Jiaqi Xu,Kuan Zhou 성균관대학교(자연과학캠퍼스) 성균나노과학기술원 2017 NANO Vol.12 No.2

In order to explore the effect of hierarchical porous carbon on the performances of Li–S batteries, we synthesized three kinds of micro-/meso-/macroporous carbon materials with different pore properties by facile hard-template method. Different from the majority of reports on porous carbon ensuing large specific surface area (SSA) and total pore volume, it was found that in the case of identically high sulfur content, the pore size distribution substantially influences the performances of Li–S batteries rather than the SSA and total pore volume. Furthermore, in the assembly of micro-/meso-/macropores, the micropore volume ratio to the total pore volume is dominant to the capabilities of batteries. Among the samples, the porous carbon carbonized with the precursor of sucrose at 950℃ presents the highest initial discharge specific capacity of 1327 mAh/g and retention of 630 mAh/g over 100 cycles at 0.2C rate along with the best rate capability. This sample possesses the largest micropore volume ratio of 47.54% but a medium SSA of 1217 m2 /g and inferior total pore volume of 0.54 cm3 /g. The abundant micropores effectively improve the conductivity of dispersed sulfur particles, inhibit the loss of sulfur series and enable the cathode to exhibit superior electrochemical performances.

Polydopamine/β-cyclodextrin/coal fly ash composite for the highly efficient extraction of uranium from water environment

Yan Wang,Yong Zhang,Xiaolin Liu,Sen Sun,Shiyi Qin,Jiaqi Huang,Bowei Chen 한국공업화학회 2023 Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Vol.127 No.-

To obtain a green, low-cost and efficient adsorbent, polydopamine (PDA) and b-cyclodextrin (b-CD) wereadopted to modify coal fly ash (CFA) to prepare polydopamine/b-cyclodextrin/coal fly ash composite(PDA/b-CD/CFA). The successful introduction of PDA and b-CD was proved by FT-IR, XRD and XPS. Theuranium extraction efficiency on PDA/b-CD/CFA reached 95.6% (pH = 5.0, T = 298 K, C0 = 10 mg/L andm/V = 0.2 g/L) and the whole adsorption process was perfectly fitted by the Pseudo-second-order model(R2 = 0.999), illustrating that uranium was extracted via chemisorption. The correlation coefficient R2 ofLangmuir model was 0.999, which was higher than other models, meaning that uranium extractionbehavior on PDA/b-CD/CFA was uniform monolayer adsorption. The maximum extraction capacity of uraniumon PDA/b-CD/CFA calculated by Langmuir model was 537.6 mg/g, which was larger than most ofreported adsorbents, indicating that PDA/b-CD/CFA was a potential candidate for uranium extractionfrom water environment. Moreover, PDA/b-CD/CFA performed excellent uranium extraction propertieswith the existence of coexisting ions and the desorption efficiency of uranium by PDA/b-CD/CFA washigher to 95.8% at the fifth cycles, fully suggesting that PDA/b-CD/CFA possessed good selectivity andcycle stability. Characterization results demonstrated that uranium was immobilized on PDA/b-CD/CFAthrough chelation, complexing action, electrostatic interaction and hydrogen bonding.