Donghua University

About: Donghua University is a education organization based out in Shanghai, China. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Fiber & Nanofiber. The organization has 21155 authors who have published 21841 publications receiving 393091 citations. The organization is also known as: Dōnghuá Dàxué & China Textile University.

Application of FBG sensors for geotechnical health monitoring, a review of sensor design, implementation methods and packaging techniques

Abstract: Fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensor has been considered as a reliable sensor for health monitoring of structural and geotechnical projects. Various types of FBG based sensors have been proposed in past few decades and employed for health monitoring of many geotechnical structures. This paper presents an overview of the recent development and application of FBG based sensors for health monitoring of several key geotechnical structures, including soil nail systems, slopes, and piles. Different sensor design, implementation and packaging methods, advantages and limitations of using FBG based sensors in different projects are reviewed. Comparative analysis of using two mathematical methods for the prediction of ground movement using FBG sensor data are also carried out. The two typical mathematical methods include Finite Difference Method (FDM) and Numerical Integration method (NIM). Possible technical challenges of applying FBG sensors for geotechnical monitoring are discussed.

Ti3C2 MXene-derived carbon-doped TiO2 coupled with g-C3N4 as the visible-light photocatalysts for photocatalytic H2 generation

Abstract: Photocatalytic hydrogen production is a fascinating clean energy technology to solve the environmental issues and energy crisis. Herein, Ti3C2, a member of MXene, is successfully designed as a precursor for preparing C-TiO2/g-C3N4 photocatalyst without extra carbon addition, and the C-TiO2/g-C3N4 photocatalysts exhibit drastically improved photocatalytic hydrogen generation activity. When the mass ratio of Ti3C2 to g-C3N4 is 10 wt% in the composite, the prepared C-TiO2/g-C3N4 composite photocatalyst shows the highest photocatalytic H2 production activity as high as of 1409 μmol/h/g, which is about 8 times and 24 times higher than the activity of pure g-C3N4 and C-TiO2, respectively. The possible mechanism is assumed that the achieved intimate heterojunction between the Ti3C2 MXene-derived C-doped TiO2 and g-C3N4 can efficiently facilitate the photogenerated charge transfer and inhibit the recombination of electronics and holes, which markedly enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen production activity of C-TiO2/g-C3N4 photocatalysts under visible light.