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Subramanian, S.S. (author), Yang, K. (author), Li, Mengran (author), Sassenburg, M. (author), Abdinejad, M. (author), Irtem, I.E. (author), Middelkoop, J. (author), Burdyny, T.E. (author)The electrochemical reduction of CO2 (CO2RR) on silver catalysts has been demonstrated under elevated current density, longer reaction times, and intermittent operation. Maintaining performance requires that CO2 can access the entire geometric catalyst area, thus maximizing catalyst utilization. Here we probe the time-dependent factors...journal article 2022
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Gu, Guanjie (author), Yang, Changgui (author), Li, Zhuhao (author), Feng, Xiangdong (author), Chang, Ziyi (author), Wang, Ting-Hsun (author), Zhang, Yunshan (author), Luo, Yuxuan (author), Zhang, Hong (author), Wang, Ping (author), Du, S. (author), Chen, Yong (author), Zhao, Bo (author)Body Channel Communication (BCC) offers a low-loss signal transmission medium for ultra-low-power wearable devices on human body [1]. However, the effective communication range on human body is limited to less than 1m in the state-of-the-art BCC transceivers [2], where the signal loss at the interface of body surface and BCC receiver remains to...conference paper 2022
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Lu, Zhiwei (author), Li, Xiaoling (author), Wei, Jinxiu (author), Cai, Miao (author), Yang, Daoguo (author), Zhang, Kouchi (author)UVC-LED is known as a deep ultraviolet LED. The application development and disinfection efficiency of UVC-LED modules are important problems encountered when UVC-LED products are rushed into commercialization. In this article, a specific disinfection experiment with a UVC-LED module was combined to analyze the disinfection efficiency. UVC-LEDs...conference paper 2022
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He, Xianqi (author), Yang, Lin (author), Lu, Chao (author), Gong, Jianwei (author), Li, Z. (author)In urban environments, the complex and uncertain intersection scenarios are challenging for autonomous driving. To ensure safety, it is crucial to develop an adaptive decision making system that can handle the interaction with other vehicles. Manually designed model-based methods are reliable in common scenarios. But in uncertain environments,...conference paper 2022
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Wang, J. (author), Li, Runlong (author), He, Yuan (author), Yang, Yang (author)In this article, the interference mitigation (IM) problem is tackled as a regression problem. A prior-guided deep learning (DL)-based IM approach is proposed for frequency-modulated continuous-wave (FMCW) radars. Considering the complex-valued nature of radar signals, a complex-valued convolutional neural network, which is different from the...journal article 2022
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Yang, Huiru (author), Li, Junfeng (author), Shao, Ziyuan (author), Tan, C. (author), Gao, Chenshan (author), Cui, Hongyuan (author), Tang, Xiaosheng (author), Liu, Yufei (author), Zhang, Kouchi (author), Ye, H. (author)The development of high-performance gas sensing materials is one of the development trends of new gas sensor technology. In this work, in order to predict the gas-sensitive characteristics of HfSe<sub>2</sub> and its potential as a gas-sensitive material, the interactions of nonmetallic element (O, S, Te) doped HfSe<sub>2</sub> monolayer and...journal article 2022
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Zhang, Yingyu (author), Yang, Juan (author), van Haaften, M.A. (author), Li, Linyi (author), Lu, Shenglian (author), Wen, Weiliang (author), Zheng, Xiuguo (author), Pan, Jian (author), Qian, Tingting (author)Plant photosynthesis and biomass production are associated with the amount of intercepted light, especially the light distribution inside the canopy. Three virtual canopies (n = 80, 3.25 plants/m2) were constructed based on average leaf size of the digitized plant structures: ‘small leaf’ (98.1 cm2), ‘medium leaf’ (163.0 cm2) and ‘big leaf’ (241...journal article 2022
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Li, Mengran (author), Yang, K. (author), Abdinejad, M. (author), Zhao, Chuan (author), Burdyny, T.E. (author)Carbon dioxide (CO<sub>2</sub>) electrolysis is a promising route to utilise captured CO<sub>2</sub> as a building block to produce valuable feedstocks and fuels such as carbon monoxide and ethylene. Very recently, CO<sub>2</sub> electrolysis has been proposed as an alternative process to replace the amine recovery unit of the commercially...review 2022
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Wen, Donghao (author), Li, Quanfeng (author), Ou, Yiyi (author), Yang, Yunlin (author), Qi, Zeming (author), Dorenbos, P. (author), Liang, Hongbin (author)Ce<sup>3+</sup> and Eu<sup>2+</sup> doped and Ce<sup>3+</sup>-Eu<sup>2+</sup> co-doped Sr<sub>2</sub>MgSi<sub>2</sub>O<sub>7</sub> phosphors are prepared via a high-temperature solid-state reaction technique. The synchrotron radiation vacuum ultraviolet-ultraviolet (VUV-UV) excitation and ultraviolet-visible (UV-vis) emission spectra of...journal article 2022
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Yang, Jixiang (author), van Lier, J.B. (author), Li, Jian (author), Guo, Jinsong (author), Fang, Fang (author)Conventional sewage treatment applying activated sludge processes is energy-intensive and requires great financial input, hampering widespread implementation. The introduction of anaerobic membrane bioreactors (AnMBR) followed by an algal reactor growing species of commercial interest, may present an alternative, contributing to the envisaged...review 2022
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Yang, Yang (author), Yang, Xiaoyi (author), Sakamoto, Takuya (author), Fioranelli, F. (author), Li, Beichen (author), Lang, Yue (author)In recent years, gait-based person identification has gained significant interest for a variety of applications, including security systems and public security forensics. Meanwhile, this task is faced with the challenge of disguised gaits. When a human subject changes what he or she is wearing or carrying, it becomes challenging to reliably...journal article 2022
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Yang, Zhengxian (author), Shi, Peng (author), Zhang, Yong (author), Li, Z. (author)The influences of liquid-binder ratio and mixing sequence on the performance of superabsorbent polymer (SAP)-containing alkali-activated slag (AAS) mortar are investigated in this study. It is found that the SAP absorbs much less liquid in upper supernatant of AAS than in water. Mixing SAP with liquid first induces a larger absorption...journal article 2022
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Lei, Yutian (author), Peng, Guoqiang (author), Wang, H. (author), Wang, Gang (author), Yang, Siwei (author), Wang, Qian (author), Li, Zhen Hua (author), Jin, Zhiwen (author)Inorganic 2D layered CsPbI<sub>3</sub> is awaiting to overcome the phase instability of traditional 3D components. However, the most reported Ruddlesden–Popper (RP) phase 2D CsPbI<sub>3</sub> leads to larger interlayer distance and weaker interlayer coupling since the existence of the van der Waals gap, which deteriorates the performance of...journal article 2022
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Liu, C. (author), Yang, Lu (author), Li, Z. (author), Nie, Shuai (author), Hu, Chuanlin (author), Wang, Fazhou (author)Due to the satisfactory property and high productivity, heat-cured concretes have been widely used in engineering practice. However, heat curing process also brings some drawbacks that are detrimental to the long-term property of this material. To address this issue, lightweight fine aggregate (LWFA) was employed to provide internal curing ...journal article 2022
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Yang, Z. (author), Li, Z. (author)A better understanding of wheel-rail dynamic interaction is necessary for the capacity increase of railway transportation. This chapter briefly introduces the consequences, modeling and detection methods of wheel-rail dynamic interaction, and maintenance of the weak track spots where wheel-rail dynamic interaction often occurs. Wheel-rail...book chapter 2022
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Abbink, David (author), Hao, Peng (author), Laval, Jorge (author), Shalev-Shwartz, Shai (author), Wu, Cathy (author), Yang, Terry (author), Hamdar, Samer (author), Chen, Danjue (author), Xie, Yuanchang (author), Li, Xiaopeng (author), Haque, Mohaiminul (author)This chapter summarizes the presentations of speakers addressing such issues during the Automated Vehicles Symposium 2020 (AVS20) held virtually on July 27–30, 2020. These speakers participated in the break-out session titled “Artificial Intelligence for Automated Vehicle Control and Traffic Operations: Challenges and Opportunities”. The...book chapter 2022
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He, C. (author), Yang, Z. (author), Zhang, P. (author), Li, S. (author), Naeimi, M. (author), Li, Z. (author)Polygonal wear is a common type of damage on the railway wheel tread, which could induce wheel-rail impacts and further components failure. This study presents a finite element (FE) thermomechanical model to investigate the causes of wheel polygonal wear. The FE model is able to cope with three possible causes of polygonal wear: thermal...conference paper 2022
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Wang, Yihui (author), Zhu, Songwei (author), Li, Shukai (author), Yang, Lixing (author), De Schutter, B.H.K. (author)In practice, the operation of high-speed trains is often affected by adverse weather conditions or equipment failures, which result in delays and even cancellations of train services. In this article, a novel two-layer hierarchical model predictive control (MPC) model is proposed for on-line high-speed railway delay management and train...journal article 2022
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Chen, C. (author), Li, Changjun (author), Reniers, G.L.L.M.E. (author), Yang, F. (author)The terrorist attack on the Abqaiq oil plant in Saudi Arabia on September 14, 2019 attracted global attention to the significant role of safety and security in the sustainable oil and gas supply chain and the vulnerability of supply infrastructures subject to intentional and unintentional damages. Different from other oil and gas supply...journal article 2021
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Yang, K. (author), Li, Mengran (author), Subramanian, S.S. (author), Blommaert, M.A. (author), Smith, W.A. (author), Burdyny, T.E. (author)Advancing reaction rates for electrochemical CO2 reduction in membrane electrode assemblies (MEAs) have boosted the promise of the technology while exposing new shortcomings. Among these is the maximum utilization of CO2, which is capped at 50% (CO as targeted product) due to unwanted homogeneous reactions. Using bipolar membranes in an MEA ...journal article 2021