scholarly journals Recent advances in cathode engineering to enable reversible room-temperature aluminium–sulfur batteries

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sungjemmenla ◽  
Chhail Bihari Soni ◽  
Vipin Kumar

The electrochemical reversibility of the aluminum–sulfur (Al–S) battery critically depends on the physical and chemical properties of the sulfur cathode.

Author(s):  
Jiabei Guo ◽  
Hui Jiang ◽  
Yan Teng ◽  
Yue Xiong ◽  
Zhuhui Chen ◽  
...  

Magnetic carbon nanotubes (MCNTs), consisting of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs), have enormous exploration and application potentials due to their superior physical and chemical properties, such as unique...


1987 ◽  
Vol 105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takuji Goda ◽  
Hirotsugu Nagayama ◽  
Akihiro Hishinuma ◽  
Hideo Kawahara

AbstractA new coating process of silicon dioxide (SiO2) “LPD” process, has been developed recently. Silicon dioxide (SiO2) film can be deposited on any substrate at the room temperature by immersing in hexafluorosilicic acid (H2SiF6).In this study, physical and chemical properties of the “LPD- SiO2” film were investigated by using XPS, IR, ellipsometry, and etch rate measurement. The properties of this film deposited at the room temperature were almost the same as those of plasma CVD. The “LPD-SiO2” film without annealing was contained traces of F and OH. However, by annealing, F and OH were rapidly evaporated from the film and the film was getting densified.As the “LPD-SiO2” film deposited at the room temperature showed very good results of chemical etching rate and of step coverage, it is expected that it is possible to use this “LPD- SiO2” film in the wide range of industrial area.


RSC Advances ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 250-267
Author(s):  
S. Narayanan ◽  
P. Tamizhdurai ◽  
V. L. Mangesh ◽  
C. Ragupathi ◽  
P. Santhana krishnan ◽  
...  

Among the many industrially important zeolites, mordenite is found to be interesting because of its unique and exceptional physical and chemical properties.


1992 ◽  
Vol 247 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglas A. Loy ◽  
Roger A. Assink

ABSTRACTThe preparation and purification of macroscopic quantities of buckminsterfullerenes [1] or buckyballs has ignited an explosion of research into their physical and chemical properties, and a variety of strategies for preparing new fullerene-based materials. Free radical synthesis is an appealing approach for forming polymeric fullerene materials. We report a polymeric fullerene material prepared by reacting pure C60 with xylylene from the thermolysis of paracyclophane. Addition of xylylene to a purple solution of C60 in toluene solution at -78 °C resulted in an olive-green solution from which an insoluble brown powder precipitated upon warming to room temperature. Analyses of the powder by solid state 13C MAS NMR, IR, and thermal gravimetric analysis are consistent with C60-xylylene copolymer.


Author(s):  
Hongtao Liu ◽  
Yiyang Liu ◽  
Tao Su

Molten salts were widely used in nuclear and solar power field due to the excellent heat transfer and storage. Molten fluoride salts were selected as primary and secondary coolants in the Molten Salt Reactor Experiment (MSRE) developed by Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). Therefore, it is dramatically important to study the physical and chemical properties of molten fluoride salts that impact on the design of reactor core and thermohydraulics. The molecular structure directly determines the physical and chemical properties of matter, so it is also essential to study the structure of molten salts. Spectroscopy has been proven to be a very useful tool for investigating molten salts structures. However, the standard instrument is inapplicable for measurement of the high temperature molten salts, especially for molten fluoride salts. To obtain the ultraviolet-visible (UV-Vis) absorption spectra of molten salts at high temperature, an instrument was designed to study the structures of molten salts in situ. The instrument is mainly composed of a vertical pit furnace connecting with a glovebox and an assembled cuvette which can operate from room temperature up to 800°C. The assembled cuvette is made of Hastelloy C/N as the main body with a reverse ‘T’ contour and diamond or crystalline CaF2 etc. as the window plates, so it can withstand the corrosion produced by the sample and allow the interest light passing through. The effective spectral range of this instrument is from 200 to 1000 nm. Performances of the instrument are testified by spectral studies on water under room temperature and molten salts under high temperature.


2017 ◽  
Vol 105 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Li-Yong Yuan ◽  
Xiang-Hong Liao ◽  
Zhi-Rong Liu ◽  
Zhi-Fang Chai ◽  
Wei-Qun Shi

AbstractRoom temperature ionic liquids (RTILs) represent a recent new class of solvents with potential application in liquid/liquid extraction based nuclear fuel reprocessing due to their unique physical and chemical properties. The work herein provides a comparison of U(VI) extraction by 8-hydroxyquinoline (HOX) in a commonly used RTIL, i.e. 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate ([C


2010 ◽  
Vol 126-128 ◽  
pp. 952-956 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ching Yen Ho ◽  
Yu Hsiang Tsai ◽  
Feng Ming Sui

This paper investigates effects of particle size on heat transfer in copper powders. The understanding for thermal properties of the powder is advantageous to the advancement of the processing technologies such as laser cladding, laser sintering, powder metallurgy and its other applications. Nanosized particles possess characteristic physical and chemical properties different from those of bulk materials due to the confinement of electrons, excitons, and photons into small volumes. Therefore it is valuable to discuss the thermal behaviours of powders constituted by nanometer-sized particles. The powder is wrapped up in the slender tube. One end of the slender tube filled with powder is connected to the low constant-temperature reservoir and the other end is kept at room temperature. The temperature histories at the 1cm location of the slender tube from the low constant-temperature reservoir are recorded using thermal couples. Powders of particles with the sizes 50nm and 5000nm are employed in this experiment. The results show that the thermal diffusion in the 50nm Cu powder is faster than that in the 5000nm Cu powder.


2012 ◽  
Vol 512-515 ◽  
pp. 455-458 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xin Min ◽  
Ming Hao Fang ◽  
Yan Gai Liu ◽  
Zhao Hui Huang ◽  
Feng Jiao Liu ◽  
...  

ZrO2 ceramics have been widely used to many fields with its excellent physical and chemical properties, but the mechanical properties of YSZ ceramics, especially the fracture toughness, decline caused by the failure of the phase transformation toughening at high temperature. In this investigation, plate-like LaMgAl11O19 toughened ZrO2 ceramics were prepared by pressureless sintering at 1550 °C for 3h in air . The bulk density of the sintered samples are between 5.5 to 6.0 g/cm3, and the relative density are above 93%. The mechanical properties of the ZrO2-LaMgAl11O19 ceramics were studied systematically at room temperature. The flexure strength and fracture toughness of ZrO2-LaMgAl11O19 ceramic are 811.8 MPa and 13.9 MPa•m½ with the LMA addition of 2wt%.


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