This paper provides an overview of recent studies on energy storage in bifunctional TiO₂ composite materials under UV and visible light. The working mechanism, property improvements and applications of these bifunctional TiO₂composite systems are introduced, respectively. The latest results...

A common strategy used in charitable appeals is emphasizing the outcomes of an individual's donation. However, the way donation outcomes are framed will have an effect on individual donation intentions. We advance existing theory on charitable behavior by demonstrating that charitable appeals...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present the state-of-the-art E-commerce logistics in supply chain management by investigating worldwide implementations and corresponding models together with supporting techniques via furniture industry. Design/methodology/approach Typical E-commerce...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the purchasing behaviours of two Beijing wine consumer groups and evaluate the influence of different factors on their decision making process to provide information to better understand the Chinese wine market and assist with market entry...

The well-known equity home bias has two components: an extensive and intensive margin. Using U.S. household portfolio data, we find that the decision to participate in foreign stock markets depends on investor's wealth, with richer investors more likely to participate (the extensive margin). We...

From the perspective of Iceberg Model, we analyze levels and structures of quality of migrant workers from knowledge, skills, social role, self-cognition, traits and motives. On the basis of these situations, we put forward countermeasures: value rural education and enhance skill training; make...

In this paper, a load adaptive control method to improve the efficiency and dynamic performance of the Phase-Shifted Full-Bridge (PSFB) converter which works under a wide range of load conditions is presented. The proposed control method can be used as a battery charger since this application...

Knowledge of influencing factors of industrial carbon emissions (ICE) is crucial to the efforts of reducing anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions. In this paper, main factors responsible for the ICE in Shanghai between 1996 and 2007 were identified and quantitatively analyzed using the Log-Mean...