Boron-doping-induced Defect Engineering Enables High-performance Graphene Cathode for Aluminum Batteries

Rechargeable aluminum batteries (RABs) have received significant interest due to the low cost, high volumetric capacity, and low flammability of aluminum. However, the paucity of reliable cathode materials poses substantial...

Oxidized coal as a sorbent for softening water

Sorption tests carried out oxidized nitric acid active carbon in H+- and Na+- form in relation to cations Mg2+ and Ca2+ and mixture thereof. Values obtained statistical volumetric capacity samples and mass loss them during processing nitric acid, that is oxidation state. Discovered correlation between these data and relevant sorption volume samples. Demonstrated a possible water softening oxidized coal subject to specific solution acidity.

Flexible Tellurium-Based Electrode for High-Performance Lithium-Tellurium Battery

Low-dimensional nanomaterials have attracted considerable attention for next-generation flexible energy devices owing to their excellent electrochemical properties and superior flexibility. Herein, uniform Tellurium nanotubes (Te NTs) were prepared through a facile hydrothermal method, and then a flexible and freestanding electrode was fabricated with Te NTs as active materials and a small amount of nanofibrillated celluloses (NFCs) as a flexible matrix through a vacuum filtration method without adding extra conductive carbon or a binder. The resulting Te-based electrode exhibits a high volumetric capacity of 1512 mAh cm−3 at 200 mA g−1, and delivers admirable cyclic stability (capacity retention of 104% over 300 cycles) and excellent rate performance (833 mAh cm−3 at 1000 mA g−1), which benefits from the unique structure and intrinsically superior conductivity of Te NTs. After bending 50 times, the Te-based electrode delivers a desirable volumetric capacity of 1117 mAh cm−3, and remains 93% of initial capacity after 100 cycles. The results imply that the Te-based electrode exhibits excellent electrochemical properties and superior flexibility simultaneously, which can serve as a potential candidate for the flexible lithium batteries.

BASE FERTILIZATION COMPENSATION AS A METHODOLOGY FOR COMPARISON OF CONTAINERS VOLUMES

The current methodology for comparing the volumetric capacity of containers does not make it possible to differentiate the effects caused by the higher concentration of fertilizers, available by volume of container, from the real effect of the growth space and fertilization. The fertilization compensation aims to correct the effect of the concentration of fertilizers, guaranteeing the same proportion of fertilization in different volumetric capacities of containers, making it possible to be a new methodology for the production of forest seedlings. The methodological proposal was applied to the production of Handroanthus ochraceus seedlings, testing two volumetric capacities, 55 and 115 cm³, of containers, of the tube type and six doses of controlled release fertilizer, namely: 0.19; 0.24; 0.30; 0.40; 0.51, and 0.63 g / tube in a completely randomized design with four replications. The height and diameter of the collection were evaluated biweekly up to 150 days after sowing and the dry matter of the aerial and root parts. The results demonstrate that regardless of the volumetric capacity of the container, the highest doses of fertilizer resulted in greater morphological characteristics. Therefore, the effect responsible for the differential growth between the volumetric capacity of the containers, normally attributed to the greater space available for root development, is actually attributed to the greater availability of nutrients, which the fertilization compensation aims to keep constant. It was concluded that the use of basic fertilization compensation proved to be efficient for comparisons between volumetric container capacities.