Publications by authors named "Barbara Gorska"

We report on electrical double-layer capacitors (EDLCs) performing effectively at low temperature (down to -40 °C), owing to the tuned characteristics of both the ionic liquid (IL) electrolyte and carbonaceous electrodes. The transport properties of the electrolyte have been enhanced by adding a low-viscosity IL with the tetracyanoborate anion, [EMIm][TCB], to a mixture of [EMIm][FSI] with [EMIm][BF ], which was already successfully applied for this application. The formulated ternary electrolyte, [EMIm][FSI] [BF ] [TCB] , remained in the liquid state until it reached the glass transition at -99 °C and displayed a relatively low viscosity and high conductivity (η=23.

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Global warming is expected to cause reductions in organism body size, a fundamental biological unit important in determining biological processes. Possible effects of increasing temperature on biomass size spectra in coastal benthic communities were investigated. We hypothesized higher proportions of smaller size classes in warmer conditions.

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This manuscript reports on the novel insight into the development of high voltage carbon/carbon electrochemical capacitors operating in aqueous solutions of alkali metals and ammonium thiocyanates (KSCN, NaSCN, LiSCN, and NHSCN). The effect of salt concentration, electrode porosity and current collectors on the capacitance value, system stability, and power performance has been investigated. Therefore, thiocyanate-based electrolytes were recognized as cheap and highly conductive electrolytic solutions (up to 401 mS cm for NHSCN at RT) allowing a cell voltage of 1.

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