Segmented Au-Ni nanowires are demonstrated to be highly effective thermocouples with a spatial resolution of a few nanometers and a temporal resolution in the microsecond range. The performance of the devices is characterized by a self-heating procedure in which an ac heating current with frequency ω is applied on the wires while monitoring the resulting thermoelectric voltage V(TH) at 2ω using a lock-in technique. An analytical model is developed that enables one to determine the time response of the thermocouples from plots of V(TH) as a function of ω.
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Chemphyschem
January 2025
Changchun University of Technology, No. 3000, Beiyuanda Street, Gaoxinbei District, Changchun, Jilin, China, CHINA.
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December 2024
School of Materials Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Frontiers Science Center for Smart Materials Oriented Chemical Engineering, Technology Innovation Center of High Performance Resin Materials (Liaoning Province), Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116024, China.
Sodium-metal batteries (SMBs) using solid-state polymer electrolytes (SPEs) show impressive superiority in energy density and safety. As promising candidates for SPEs, solid-state plastic crystal electrolytes (SPCE) based on succinonitrile (SN) plastic crystal could achieve high ion conductivity and wide voltage window. Nonetheless, the notorious SN decomposition reaction on the electrode/electrolyte interface seriously challenges the stable operation of the battery.
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January 2025
School of Figheries, Aquaculture, and Aquatic Sciences, College of Agriculture, Auburn University, AL 36849, USA. Electronic address:
Thirteen elements were measured in 76 surface grab sediment samples and 90 segments of four cores from Lakes Erie and Ontario. By combining the data obtained previously from Lakes Superior, Michigan, and Huron, the spatial distribution, temporal trends, major influencing factors, anthropogenic enrichments, categorization, and ecological risks of target metals in sediment were evaluated for the Great Lakes region. Regionwide, Lake Ontario had the highest median concentrations for Ag, As, Cd, Zn, and Pb, while the highest Cr concentration was found in the Western Basin of Lake Erie.
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December 2024
State Grid Tianjin Electric Power Research Institute, Tianjin 300180, China.
Large oil-immersed transformers have metal-enclosed shells, making it difficult to visually inspect the internal insulation condition. Visual inspection of internal defects is carried out using a self-developed micro-robot in this work. Carbon trace is the main visual characteristic of internal insulation defects.
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January 2025
Department of Physics, JC STEM Lab of Energy and Materials Physics, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 999077, P. R. China.
Solid polymer electrolytes (SPEs) are promising candidates for lithium metal batteries (LMBs) owing to their safety features and compatibility with lithium metal anodes. However, the inferior ionic conductivity and electrochemical stability of SPEs hinder their application in high-voltage solid-state LMBs (HVSSLMBs). Here, a strategy is proposed to develop a dual-anion-rich solvation structure by implementing ferroelectric barium titanate (BTO) nanoparticles (NPs) and dual lithium salts into poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF)-based SPEs for HVSSLMBs.
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