Study on the performance efficiency, mechanism, power consumption and biochemical properties of E/Ce(IV)/PMS on the enhanced removal of RB19.

In this study, an advanced oxidation process with E/Ce(IV) synergistic PMS (E/Ce(IV)/PMS) was established for the efficient removal of Reactive Blue 19 (RB19). The catalytic oxidation performance of different coupling systems was examined and the synergistic effect of E/Ce(IV) with PMS in the system was substantiated. The oxidative removal of RB19 in E/Ce(IV)/PMS was excellent, achieving a removal efficiency of 94.47% and a reasonable power consumption (EE/O value was 3.27 kWh·m-3). The effect of pH, current density, Ce(IV) concentration, PMS concentration, initial RB19 concentration and water matrix on the removal efficiency of RB19 were explored. Additionally, quenching and EPR experiments showed that the solution contains different radicals such as SO4·-, HO∙ and 1O2, where 1O2 and SO4·- played key roles, but HO∙ just acted a weaker role. Ce ion trapping experiment confirmed that Ce(IV) was involved in the reaction process and played a major role (29.91%). RB19 was subject to three possible degradation pathways, and the intermediate products displayed well biochemical properties. To conclude, the degradation mechanism of RB19 was explored and discussed. In the presence of current, E/Ce(IV)/PMS performed a rapid Ce(IV)/Ce(III) cycle, continuously generating strong catalytic oxidation Ce(IV), The reactive radicals derived from the decomposition of PMS, in conjunction with Ce(IV) and direct electro-oxidation, efficiently destroyed the molecular structure of RB19 and showed an efficient removal rate.

Robust operation of distribution network based on photovoltaic/wind energy resources in condition of COVID-19 pandemic considering deterministic and probabilistic approaches.

In this paper, optimal allocation and planning of wind and photovoltaic energy resources are performed in a distribution network with the objective of reducing losses, improving reliability, and minimizing energy generation cost in terms of changes in load consumption pattern during the COVID-19 pandemic condition. The main goal is identifying the best operating point, ie the optimal location and size of clean energy resources in the worst load change conditions, which ensures the best network operation in all conditions during the COVID-19 condition via the turbulent flow of water-based optimization (TFWO). First, the deterministic approach is implemented in Hybrid and Distributed cases before and during COVID-19 conditions. The probabilistic approach is performed considering generation uncertainty during the COVID-19 conditions. The results showed better performance in the Distributed case with the lowest losses and higher reliability improvement. Moreover, the losses are significantly reduced and the reliability is improved during the COVID-19 pandemic conditions. The findings indicate that the allocation and planning during the COVID-19 conditions is a robust option in network operating point changes. Also, the probabilistic results showed that considering the uncertainty has increased active and reactive losses (4.67% and 5.82%) and weakened the reliability (10.26%) of the deterministic approach.

Ga-doped TiZnO transparent conductive oxide used as an alternative anode in blue, green, and red phosphorescent OLEDs.

X-ray diffraction was used to study the optoelectronic characteristics of Ga-doped TiZnO (GTZO) thin film and revealed increased crystallinity with annealing temperatures ranging from as-grown to 450 °C. The low thin film resistivity of 6.1 × 10(-4) Ω cm and the average high optical transmittance of 93% in the wavelength range between 350 and 800 nm make GTZO an alternative candidate for application in organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs). Both GTZO and indium-tin-oxide (ITO) anodes are employed for the successful fabrication of blue, green, and red phosphorescent OLEDs. The similar device electrical characteristics observed could be interpreted as evidence of the effectiveness of doping Ga in TiZnO. The simplified tri-layer blue, green, and red phosphorescent OLEDs demonstrated high performance with respective maximum efficiencies of 19.0%, 14.5%, and 9.1%, representing an improvement over ITO-based OLEDs. Furthermore, the OLEDs with the GTZO anode exhibited superior performance at higher current densities, demonstrating high potential for OLED display and lighting applications.