QE and Suns-V-oc study on the epitaxial CSiTF solar cells

In order to clarify the major factors having confined the efficiencies of as-prepared crystalline silicon thin film (CSiTF) solar cells on the SSP (silicon sheets from powder) ribbons, QE (quantum efficiency) and Suns-V-oc study were performed on the epitaxial CSiTF solar cells fabricated on the SSP ribbons, the SSP ribbons after surface being zone melting recrystallized (ZMR) and single crystalline silicon (sc-Si) substrates. The results show that the epi-layers deposited on the SSP ribbons have rough surfaces, which not only increases the diffusion reflectance on the surfaces but also makes the anti-reflection coatings become structure-loosened, both of which would deteriorate the light trapping effect; in addition, the epi-layers deposited on the SSP ribbons possess poor crystallographic quality, so the heavy grain boundary (GB) recombination limits the diffusion length of the minority carriers in the epi-layers, which makes the as-prepared CSiTF solar cells suffer the worse spectra response at long-wavelength range. Nearly all the dark characteristic parameters of the CSiTF solar cells are far away from the ideal values. The performances of the CSiTF solar cells are especially affected by too high I-02 (the dark saturation current of space charge region) values and too low R-sh (parallel resistance) values. The higher 102 values are mainly caused by the heavy GB recombination resulting from the poor crystallographic qualities of the silicon active layers in the space charge regions, while the lower R-sh values are attributed to the electrical leakage at the un-passivated PN junction or solar cell edges after the solar cells are cut by the laser scriber.

A CMOS front-end circuit for SONET OC-96 receiver

An optical receiver front-end for SONET OC-96 receivers was analyzed and designed in 0.18 mu m CMOS process. It consists of a transimpedance amplifier (TIA) and a limiting amplifier (LA). The TIA takes a fully differential configuration, and regulated cascode (RGC) input stage is implemented. The LA was realized by five cascaded identical gain stages with active inductor load. The TIA achieved 4.2GHz bandwidth for 0.5pF photodiode (PD) capacitance and 1.2k 0 transimpedance gain. The LA achieved 5.4GHz bandwidth and 29dB voltage gain. The optical sensitivity is -19dBm at 5-Gb/s for a bit-error rate of 10(-12), and it dissipates 45.5mW for I.8V supply.

Mechanism on flame retardancy of polystyrene/clay composites-The effect of surfactants and aggregate state of organoclay

Effects of organically modified montmorillonites (OMMTs) with different type and amount of modifiers on flame retardancy of polystyrene (PS) have been studied. The results from morphology analysis, gas chromatography-mass spectrometry and cone calorimeter have showed different mechanisms for the flame retardancy of PS/OMMTs composites, depending on surface property of OMNTrs. One is the catalysis of acid sites formed on the surface of octadecylammonium modified MMT (c-MMT) via Hoffman decomposition on the carbonization of degradation products, which promotes the formation of clay-enriched char barrier.

Thermal stability, crystallization, structure and morphology of syndiotactic 1,2-polybutadiene/organoclay nanocomposite

Syndiotactic 1,2-polybutadiene/organoclay nanocomposites were prepared and characterized by thermogravimetry analysis (TGA), X-ray diffraction (XRD), polarized optical microscopy (POM), and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), respectively. The XRD shows that exfoliated nanocomposites are formed dominantly at lower clay concentrations (less than 2%), at higher clay contents intercalated nanocomposites dominate. At the same time, the XRD indicates that the crystal structures of sPB formed in the sPB/organoclay nanocomposites do not vary, only the relative intensity of the peaks corresponding to (0 1 0) and (2 0 0)/(1 1 0) crystal planes, respectively, varies. The DSC and POM indicate that organoclay layers can improve cooling crystallization temperature, crystallization rate and reducing the spherulite sizes of sPB. TGA shows that under argon flow the nanocomposites exhibit slight decrease of thermal stability, while under oxygen flow the resistance of oxidation and thermal stability of sPB/organoclay nanocomposites were significantly improved relative to pristine sPB. The primary and secondary crystallization for pristine sPB and sPB/organoclay (2%) nanocomposites were analyzed and compared based on different approaches.

Quantum Efficiency And Temperature Coefficients Of Gainp/Gaas Dual-Junction Solar Cell

GaInP/GaAs dual-junction solar cell with a conversion efficiency of 25.2% has been fabricated using metalorganic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) technique. Quantum efficiencies of the solar cell were measured within a temperature range from 25 to 160A degrees C. The results indicate that the quantum efficiencies of the subcells increase slightly with the increasing temperature. And red-shift phenomena of absorption limit for all subcells are observed by increasing the cell's work temperature, which are consistent with the viewpoint of energy gap narrowing effect. The short-circuit current density temperature coefficients dJ (sc)/dT of GaInP subcell and GaAs subcell are determined to be 8.9 and 7.4 mu A/cm(2)/A degrees C from the quantum efficiency data, respectively. And the open-circuit cell voltage temperature coefficients dV (oc)/dT calculated based on a theoretical equation are -2.4 mV/A degrees C and -2.1 mV/A degrees C for GaInP subcell and GaAs subcell.

中国植物功能型-生物群区的划分

气候在大尺度上决定着植被的分布、结构和组成，植被结构和生理状态的改变可以通过改变植被的反射率、粗糙度以及水分通量进而影响气候，这样形成了气候一植被的相互作用。在植被一气候相互作用的研究中，植物功能型是重要的概念和方法，它可以在详尽描述植被生物物理和生理特征的同时，有效削减植被的复杂性。植物功能型的概念和方法已经在植物群落、生态系统的复杂性和功能、古植被和古气候研究，以及陆面过程模型和动态全球植被模型中得到了广泛的应用。但是针对我国植被-气候的相互作用和区域尺度的全球变化研究，还需要一套特定的植物功能型．生物群区体系。 　　本论文根据我国植被生态学和植被分类的研究背景，结合植被．气候相互作用和区域全球变化研究的需要，提出了一套适宜于中国的植物功能型．生物群区划分方案。首先，根据中国植被和气候特征，筛选并确定了影响植被生物物理和生理属性以及植被分布的6个关键的植物功能特征：然后，根据这6个特征，对植物进行功能型划分，得到了29类植物功能型：再根据我国植被的实际情况和研究需要，选定了其中的18类作为我国的植物功能型。这套功能型包括了7类‘树’功能型，6类‘灌木’功能型和5类‘草’功能型，其中含有4类高寒植物功能型，专门用于描述青藏高原的植被分布，并根据需要设置了2类‘裸地，功能型。 　　根据我国气候一植被分布定量关系的相关研究以及BIOME1和Box体系的研究结果，选定7个环境变量作为限制我国植物功能型分布的关键气候因子：最冷月平均气温、最暖月平均气温、大于50C的有效生长积温、大于OºC的有效生长积温、Priestley-Taylor系数（实际蒸散与潜在蒸散的比值）、降水量、最暖月和最冷月平均气温之差。采用半峰宽法初步确定每个植物功能型的环境限定因子取值范围。并根据这套植物功能型及其环境参数建立了适宜于我国的生物群区体系，从而得到了我国的植物功能型-生物群区体系(the Chinese Plant functional Types and Biomes，CNPB)。 为了验证这套植物功能型-生物群区体系，将BIOME1和中国的植物功能型生物群区体系(CNPB)对中国植被在当前气候条件和未来气候情景下分布的模拟结果进行了比较。结果表明，这套体系可以更有效地模拟中国植被在当前和未来气候条件下的分布，特别是对青藏高原植被描述的详细程度有实质性的提高。

高温和光照对光系统I结构与功能的影响

光合膜上包含有捕光并将光能转化为化学能所必需的四类跨膜蛋白复合体，即PSII、PSI、Cytb6f和ATP合成酶，其中PSI利用吸收的光能诱导电子从膜内侧的PC传递至相对一侧的铁氧还蛋白，被还原的铁氧还蛋白在FNR（Fd-NADP+氧化还原酶）的作用下生成NADPH，因此关于PSI的研究是光合作用研究领域中的重大问题。为了进一步阐明PSI的结构和功能，本论文分别研究了热对PSI的影响和光诱导的PSI核心复合物（CPI）的积累过程： 1.以菠菜PSI颗粒为材料研究了热处理对PSI复合物的降解和失活作用; 2.以衣藻叶绿素暗合成突变体y-1为材料研究了类囊体膜形成过程（即光诱导的转绿过程）中PSI中CPI的变化。另外，由于膜脂在光合作用中具有重要的功能，本论文还研究了y-1突变体转绿过程中光合膜脂、脂肪酸的变化。 一．应用光谱学、氧电极和变性电泳等技术研究了高温(25oC~80oC)对PSI结构和功能的影响，主要结果如下： 1． 在热处理过程中，683nm组分（主要归属于LHCI）的吸收峰强度有显著的下降并发生峰位蓝移现象，显示该组分对热处理最敏感，首先遭到破坏。 2． 77K荧光显示随着处理温度的升高，728 nm处的峰强和峰位均发生了明显的变化，F728-F720和F680的比率下降，说明热处理抑制了LHCI 680向LHCI 730以及反应中心的能量传递。 3． SDS-PAGE显示PSI核心蛋白PsaA/B亚基以及LHCI亚基在热处理情况下发生了不同程度的降解和聚合。为了能够显著地观察到热处理对PSI多肽降解的影响，实验采用了更高的温度处理方法，结果显示，90oC、100oC时PsaA/B亚基完全降解，而LHCI亚基仍有少量存在，说明PSI核心蛋白PsaA/B比LHCI亚基具有更高的热敏感性。 4． 推测热处理情况下可能发生的机制是，捕光天线首先从PSI反应中心分离，随后发生了反应中心光化学反应的抑制，直至最后多肽的严重降解。 5． 利用红外光谱技术（FT-IR）对PSI蛋白二级结构的研究显示，PSI颗粒在60oC以上时发生了明显的蛋白构象变化,且随着温度的升高蛋白构象的变化越来越大，表明PSI蛋白具有较高的热稳定性和热变性温度，PSI蛋白酰胺I带(1700~1600 cm-1)二级结构的解析表明热处理过程中二级结构的主要变化是α-helical的下降和β-sheet的增加。 6． 利用CD光谱技术研究了热处理对PSI色素微环境的影响，结果表明热处理破坏了PSI色素蛋白复合物中色素的蛋白微环境，归属于LHCI的Chlb（645 nm处组分）在较低的温度处理条件下(25~60oC)蛋白微环境即发生破坏;随着处理温度的升高（70和80 oC），478 nm处（主要归属于LHCI的Chlb）和498 nm（归属于类胡萝卜素）处的CD信号强度快速下降，说明在高温条件下LHCI比核心复合物更敏感。 7． 研究发现，PSI的摄氧活性随着处理温度的升高而显著下降，70oC时几乎完全失去摄氧能力，表明70oC时PSI复合物受到了严重的破坏，这可能是由于热处理过程中色素的蛋白微环境以及蛋白结构尤其是PSI核心蛋白PsaA/B中跨膜α-helix的构象发生了严重的变化。 二．主要运用温和电泳和蛋白印迹技术检测了暗培养4天(脱绿)的y-1突变体在光照诱发的转绿过程中PSI的核心色素蛋白复合物（CPI）及其叶绿素脱辅基蛋白PsaA/B的变化。 1． 暗培养4天的衣藻脱绿细胞中，PSI的主要色素蛋白复合物-CPI完全缺失，然而核心多肽PsaA/B仍有一定量的积累，同时检测不到P700的含量。 2． 当脱绿的y-1细胞转移至光照下时，伴随着叶绿素的合成，色素蛋白复合物CPI和PsaA/B脱辅基蛋白的合成也逐渐达到正常水平，说明叶绿素和PsaA/B蛋白进行组装并形成了具有功能的PSI反应中心,P700含量也得到了恢复。 3． 实验证明了光照是形成光合系统色素蛋白复合物的重要前提。同时发现，叶绿体基因编码的PSI核心多肽PsaA/B能够在暗条件下合成。而根据资料(Berends et al.,1987)报道，在豌豆、大麦的黄化体中不能合成PsaA/B蛋白，这可能是由于在脱绿的y-1细胞中叶绿体仍然具有相对完整的大小和形状，而在叶绿体的被膜上定位着多种与光合作用相关的酶系统。 三. 利用薄层层析及气相色谱分析技术对转绿期间y-1突变体光合膜脂和脂肪酸组成的含量变化进行了分析。结果表明： 1． 光照能够促进各种脂的积累并影响脂的组成，同时有利于脂肪酸脱饱和酶的激活。MGDG中脂肪酸不饱和程度明显升高，表现为16:0及18:1的下降，以及16:4，18：2和18:3（9，12，15）等的升高，说明光照促进了MGDG sn-2位的16:0脱饱和为16:4以及sn-1位的18：1脱饱和为18:3，也说明MGDG是脂肪酸脱饱和的重要底物。 2． 已有的资料（Ohnishi和Yamada，1980;1983）指出PG及其sn-2位的16:1（3t）的合成是光依赖的，而本实验中，在衣藻的黄化细胞中含有相当量的PG及其特有的16:1（3t）（22.80%），且转绿过程中变化并不十分显著。这可能是由于黄化的y-1细胞中叶绿体的形状并没有发生很大变化，说明叶绿体被膜上的相应酶系统才是PG合成的必需因素。 3． 相比于脱绿的y-1细胞，光照12小时后，各种脂中18：2的百分含量有显著的增加，这来源于18：2是脂肪酸脱饱和的重要中间产物。

苦苣苔科植物的组织培养和离体保存

苦苣苔科(Gesneriaceae)植物种类繁多, 全世界约150属3700余种,我国有58属470余种，大部分具有极高的观赏价值，许多是传统的民间草药。虽然我国苦苣苔科植物资源丰富，然而很多种类分布区域狭窄，种群数量稀少，加之生境受到破坏，许多已经面临灭绝的危险。本研究拟通过组织培养、玻璃化超低温保存以及快速繁殖，达到保护和扩繁珍稀濒危苦苣苔科植物的目的。 以药用唇柱苣苔（Chirita medica D. Fang ex W. T. Wang）和粉绿异裂苣苔（Pseudochirita guangxiensis W.T.Wang var. glauca Y. G. Wei et Y. Liu）为材料，取幼嫩叶片为外植体，通过组织培养实验得到最佳诱导不定芽培养基：MS培养基附加30 g l-1蔗糖，7.5 g l-1琼脂，药用唇柱苣苔附加0.10 mg l-1 BA ，0.10 mg l-1 NAA，粉绿异裂苣苔附加0.05 mg l-1IAA，1.00 mg l-1BA。最高不定芽诱导率分别为：90.3%和85.0%。最佳生根培养基：1/2MS培养基附加30 g l-1蔗糖，5 g l-1活性炭，7 g l-1琼脂，生根率为100%，诱导产生6.11条根，根长为18.8mm（药用唇柱苣苔）；1/2MS培养基附加10-20g l-1蔗糖，1 g l-1活性炭，7 g l-1琼脂，诱导生成6.8-7.4条根，均长17.7-22.0mm（粉绿异裂苣苔）。 在组织培养的基础上进行了苦苣苔科植物的玻璃化超低温冷冻保存研究。以烟叶唇柱苣苔（C. heterotricha Merr.）和濒危植物药用唇柱苣苔叶片外植体为材料，经过自然干燥、装载液处理、玻璃化溶液处理、液氮冷冻保存，成功实现了玻璃化超低温冷冻保存，经过液氮冷冻保存后的材料可以继续分化、生长。适当时间的玻璃化试剂处理对于材料无致死作用，不经液氮冷冻，可以达到100%存活。-20 oC 、-40 oC、液氮保存后，存活率随温度下降而下降，表明冷冻致死的原因在于冰晶形成；提高冷冻后成活率的关键是控制干燥脱水，经过适当的自然干燥，材料存活率分别达到50.0%和27.8%。 以叶片为外植体材料，通过组织培养和快速繁殖可以大规模扩繁苦苣苔科植物。主要步骤为：外植体叶片消毒→不定芽诱导培养→生根诱导培养→继代保存或炼苗移栽，经过3-4个月时间可获得大量栽培植株。已成功保存并培养了40余种苦苣苔科植物，包括濒危苦苣苔及高观赏价值苦苣苔。

Molecular evolution of GH in primates: characterisation of the GH genes from slow loris and marmoset defines an episode of rapid evolutionary change

Pituitary growth hormone (GH), like several other protein hormones, shows an unusual episodic pattern of molecular evolution in which sustained bursts of rapid change are imposed on long periods of very slow evolution (near-stasis). A marked period of rap

Mobility and profiles of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans in sediment of Ya-Er Lake, China

The sediment of Ya-Er Lake had been heavily polluted by polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs) from the former chloralkali industry. The total amounts of PCDD/Fs and I-TEQ decreased along the water flow direction and also decreased from top to bottom layers of sediment cores. Sediment of Pond 1 was dominated by PCDF, especially TCDF. In contrast, in the other four ponds, PCDD dominated in all layers and octachlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin (OCDD) predominated in all of the homologues. When homologue profiles from sediments and water samples were compared using principal component analysis (PCA), the first two principal components represented 95.2% of the variance in the data. The first component explained 75.9% of the variance and the second one 19.3%. Two clusters were most distinct, presenting a shift in PCDD/Fs composition from PCDF to heptachlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin (HpCDD) and OCDD in sediments and water from Pond I to Ponds 2-5. The pattern variation between Pond 1 and Ponds 2-5 in Ya-Er Lake was most likely due to the change of process in the chemical plant after the dams between the ponds were built. The results of the present study also showed that log K-oc of PCDD/Fs calculated from data of sediment and water in the field were comparable with theoretical log K-oc. The results also implied that the concentrations of PCDD/Fs in water and sediments could be predicted from each other by log K-oc. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.

A column method for determination of soil organic partition coefficients of eight pesticides

A column method was developed to conveniently and reliably determine the soil organic partition coefficients (K-oc) of three insecticides (methiocarb, azinphos-methyl, fenthion), four fungicides (triadimenol, fuberidazole, tebuconazole, pencycuron), and one herbicide (atrazine), in which real soil acted as a stationary phase and the water solution of pesticide as an eluent. The processes of sorption equilibrium were directly shown through a breakthrough curve(BTC). The log K-oc values are 1.69, 1.95, 2.25, 2.55, 2.69, 2.67, 3.10, and 3.33 for atrazine, triadimenol, methiocarb, fuberidazole, azinphos-methyl, tebuconazole, fenthion and pencycuron, respectively.

High rate deposition of microcrystalline silicon films by high-pressure radio frequency plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD)

Hydrogenated microcrystalline silicon (mu c-Si:H) thin films were prepared by high-pressure radio-frequency (13.56 MHz) plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (rf-PECVD) with a screened plasma. The deposition rate and crystallinity varying with the deposition pressure, rf power, hydrogen dilution ratio and electrodes distance were systematically studied. By optimizing the deposition parameters the device quality mu c-Si:H films have been achieved with a high deposition rate of 7.8 angstrom/s at a high pressure. The V-oc of 560 mV and the FF of 0.70 have been achieved for a single-junction mu c-Si:H p-i-n solar cell at a deposition rate of 7.8 angstrom/s.

Substantial photo-response of InGaN p-i-n homojunction solar cells

InGaN p-i-n homojunction structures were grown by metal-organic chemical vapor deposition, and solar cells with different p-contact schemes were fabricated. X-ray diffraction measurements demonstrated that the epitaxial layers have a high crystalline quality. Solar cells with semitransparent p-contact exhibited a fill factor (FF) of 69.4%, an open-circuit voltage (V-oc) of 2.24 V and an external quantum efficiency (EQE) of 41.0%. On the other hand, devices with grid p-contact showed the corresponding values of 57.6%, 2.36 V, 47.9% and a higher power density. These results indicate that significant photo-responses can be achieved in InGaN p-i-n solar cells.

Quantum efficiency and temperature coefficients of GaInP/GaAs dual-junction solar cell

GaInP/GaAs dual-junction solar cell with a conversion efficiency of 25.2% has been fabricated using metalorganic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) technique. Quantum efficiencies of the solar cell were measured within a temperature range from 25 to 160A degrees C. The results indicate that the quantum efficiencies of the subcells increase slightly with the increasing temperature. And red-shift phenomena of absorption limit for all subcells are observed by increasing the cell's work temperature, which are consistent with the viewpoint of energy gap narrowing effect. The short-circuit current density temperature coefficients dJ (sc)/dT of GaInP subcell and GaAs subcell are determined to be 8.9 and 7.4 mu A/cm(2)/A degrees C from the quantum efficiency data, respectively. And the open-circuit cell voltage temperature coefficients dV (oc)/dT calculated based on a theoretical equation are -2.4 mV/A degrees C and -2.1 mV/A degrees C for GaInP subcell and GaAs subcell.