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Thermally-operating regimes of a three-layer liquid metal battery are determined in terms of the aspect ratio. The heat exchange between the battery container and the environment is taken into account. Velocity fields and temperature…
In steels and single-crystal superalloys the control of the formation of topologically close-packed (TCP) phases is critical for the performance of the material. The structural stability of TCP phases in multi-component transition-metal…
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This article reviews the development of cathode materials for secondary lithium ion batteries since its inception with the introduction of lithium cobalt oxide in early 1980s. The time has passed and numerous cathode materials are designed…
Core-shell electrode particles are a promising morphology control strategy for high-performance lithium-ion batteries. However, experimental observations reveal that these structures remain prone to mechanical failure, with shell fractures…
Thin-film transistors (TFTs) represent a wide-spread tool to determine the charge-carrier mobility of materials. Mobilities and further transistor parameters like contact resistances are commonly extracted from the electrical…
We analyze, with Density Functional Theory (DFT) calculations, the adsorption energies of Li$_2$O$_2$, Na$_2$O$_2$ and NaO$_2$ on clean and oxygen passivated TiC (111) surfaces. We show, that after deposition of two molecular layers of…
The capability to isolate one to few unit-cell thin layers from the bulk matrix of layered compounds opens fascinating prospects to engineer novel electronic phases. However, a comprehensive study of the thickness dependence and of…
Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) are ubiquitous in everyday applications. However, Lithium (Li) is a limited resource on the planet and is therefore not sustainable. As an alternative to lithium, earth-abundant and cheaper multivalent metals…
In this study, we show that the discharge voltage pattern of a fractional-order supercapacitor from the same initial steady-state voltage into a constant resistor is dependent on the past charging voltage profile. The charging voltage was…
Many transition-metal oxides show very large ("colossal") magnitudes of the dielectric constant and thus have immense potential for applications in modern microelectronics and for the development of new capacitance-based energy-storage…
Since electronic and magnetic properties of many transition-metal oxides can be efficiently controlled by external factors such as the temperature, pressure, electric or magnetic field, they are regarded as promising materials for various…