Article
Engineering, Chemical
Michele Gibelli, Giulio Cordaro, Alessandro Donazzi
Summary: In this study, symmetric electrolyte-supported YSZ cells infiltrated with LSF were prepared, characterized, and tested in the oxygen reduction reaction. The effects of calcination temperature and precursors load on the ORR activity were investigated, with optimal performance achieved at 750 degrees C and with LSF loads between 20% and 40%. Equivalent circuit analysis of the EIS results indicated that the reactivity at the LSF/gas interface is rate-determining.
INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Xiaoming Wang, Boen Tang, Penghui Wen, Weiping Dong, Linlin Wang, Dongyun Wang
Summary: Solution precursor plasma spraying (SPPS) was used to prepare a porous YSZ/LSM composite cathode for solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC). The surface morphology and microstructure of the composite cathode deposits were characterized. It was found that the as-sprayed YSZ/LSM deposits exhibited a porous aggregate with fine pores and small particles. Additionally, annealing treatment resulted in the formation of a continuous perovskite phase porous coating on the composite cathode. The polarization test showed low polarizations for the composite cathode at high temperatures.
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Storm W. D. Gourley, Ryan Brown, Brian D. Adams, Drew Higgins
Summary: The development of safe, inexpensive, and long service life stationary energy storage infrastructure is crucial for decarbonization in power and automotive sectors. Rechargeable Zn-ion batteries (ZIBs) are considered a promising technology for stationary applications, with low manufacturing costs, high safety, and excellent recyclability. However, challenges such as active material dissolution, lack of realistic performance demonstrations, and the need for manufacturing validation and cost analysis hinder the commercialization efforts of ZIBs.
Review
Chemistry, Physical
Elena Filonova, Elena Pikalova
Summary: The development of low-cost, commercially competitive solid oxide fuel cells with reduced operating temperatures is closely related to the search for new functional materials and technologies to improve the properties of established materials. Efforts are being made to improve air electrodes, which contribute to the degradation of cell performance at reduced temperatures. This review summarizes methods to improve the electrochemical performance of conventional air electrodes and provides background information for further development of electrode modification technologies.
Article
Chemistry, Applied
Saeed Ur Rehman, Ho-Seon Song, Hye-Sung Kim, Muhammad Haseeb Hassan, Dong-Woo Joh, Rak-Hyun Song, Tak-Hyoung Lim, Jong-Eun Hong, Seok-Joo Park, Seung-Bok Lee
Summary: In this study, a facile and scalable urea assisted ultrasonic spray infiltration technique was proposed for the nanofabrication of durable nanostructured solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) cathodes. The technique eliminates the need for high temperature calcination cycles and allows for faster fabrication of the cathodes. The results showed that the urea assisted infiltration combined with ultrasonic spray technique can be scaled up for any desired cathode area and lead to highly durable SOFC performance.
JOURNAL OF ENERGY CHEMISTRY
(2022)
Article
Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
Zhenshan Bing, David Lerch, Kai Huang, Alois Knoll
Summary: The subject of deep reinforcement learning (DRL) has developed rapidly and is now applied in various fields. However, artificial agents trained with RL algorithms require large amounts of training data. The concept of meta-reinforcement learning (meta-RL) enables agents to learn new skills from a small amount of experience. This study introduces a training strategy for non-stationary environments and a task representation based on Gaussian mixture models.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON PATTERN ANALYSIS AND MACHINE INTELLIGENCE
(2023)
Article
Electrochemistry
Thomas H. Taylor, Sixbert P. Muhoza, Michael D. Gross
Summary: Infiltrating chloride salts can form LaOCl phase and improve oxygen adsorption kinetics on the LSM-YSZ cathode, ultimately reducing impedance. Additionally, scavenging lanthanum from LSM and producing YSZ nanoparticles further enhance the performance of the cathode by reducing high frequency impedance and ohmic resistance.
JOURNAL OF THE ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Mechanical
Fansong Li, Hao Wu, Pingbo Wu
Summary: The study introduces a method for calculating dynamic stress in vibration fatigue under non-stationary state using modal superposition and finite element analysis. The results show good agreement between simulated and experimental dynamic stress, indicating the effectiveness of the proposed method for dynamic stress simulation in structural vibration fatigue.
MECHANICAL SYSTEMS AND SIGNAL PROCESSING
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Nader Akbari, Subhajit Nandy, Keun Hwa Chae, Mohammad Mahdi Najafpour
Summary: This study introduces an efficient and durable OER catalyst for water splitting. FeNi alloy was anodized in a two-electrode system in KOH solution and used as an OER electrocatalyst. The mechanism of the OER, including metal hydroxide transformations and anion adsorption, should be carefully considered.
Article
Telecommunications
Shuai Ye, Tianyu Wang, Shaowei Wang
Summary: In dynamic spectrum access (DSA), unlicensed secondary users (SUs) estimate the idle probabilities of primary channels and opportunistically access the channel with the highest idle probability for transmission. This paper investigates DSA in non-stationary environments, proposing Thompson sampling based methods for both single-SU and multi-SU scenarios. The proposed methods outperform existing ones in terms of successful transmission ratio in various network settings.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON COGNITIVE COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKING
(2023)
Article
Electrochemistry
A. I. Kovrova, V. P. Gorelov, A. V. Kuzmin, E. S. Tropin, D. A. Osinkin
Summary: By preparing Ce20R submicron barrier layers on YSZ solid electrolyte, the chemical interaction between the electrode and the electrolyte can be prevented effectively, greatly increasing the electrode's polarization conductivity.
JOURNAL OF SOLID STATE ELECTROCHEMISTRY
(2021)
Article
Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
Ruichu Cai, Liting Huang, Wei Chen, Jie Qiao, Zhifeng Hao
Summary: In this paper, we propose a Gaussian-based Variational Temporal Abstraction model (GVTA) to detect and learn non-stationary causal mechanisms from multiple time series. Our method utilizes a hierarchical cyclic state-space model to detect stationary states and uses a Gaussian process algorithm to estimate the causal mechanisms for each stationary state. Experimental results demonstrate the correctness and effectiveness of our method.
APPLIED INTELLIGENCE
(2023)
Article
Automation & Control Systems
Yasin Abbasi-Yadkori, Andraes Gyorgy, Nevena Lazic
Summary: This paper studies the dynamic regret performance of learning algorithms in the non-stationary stochastic multi-armed bandit problem. We propose a method that achieves near-optimal dynamic regret in K-armed bandit problems without prior knowledge of the number of changes in the optimal arm.
JOURNAL OF MACHINE LEARNING RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Alodia Orera, Alejandro Betato, Jorge Silva-Trevino, Angel Larrea, Miguel A. Laguna-Bercero
Summary: The study focuses on enhancing the performance of oxygen electrodes by infiltrating metal oxide nanoparticles. Different metal oxides such as cerium oxide, praseodymium or manganese oxide will be examined for their effect on the performance of lanthanum strontium manganite oxygen electrodes. The infiltration of metal oxides significantly improves the current densities in both fuel cell and electrolysis modes in comparison with literature results for microtubular configuration.
JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A
(2022)
Article
Fisheries
Eric J. Ward, Lewis A. K. Barnett, Sean C. Anderson, Christian J. C. Commander, Timothy E. Essington
Summary: This article discusses the impact of non-stationary processes resulting from climate change and other drivers on ecological responses. By modeling the spatiotemporal variability in population structure, it is found that different species exhibit different spatial distribution trends.
ICES JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Michael R. Armstrong, Harry B. Radousky, Ryan A. Austin, Elissaios Stavrou, Hongxiang Zong, Graeme J. Ackland, Shaughnessy Brown, Jonathan C. Crowhurst, Arianna E. Gleason, Eduardo Granados, Paulius Grivickas, Nicholas Holtgrewe, Hae Ja Lee, Tian T. Li, Sergey Lobanov, Joseph T. McKeown, Bob Nagler, Inhyuk Nam, Art J. Nelson, Vitali Prakapenka, Clemens Prescher, John D. Roehling, Nick E. Teslich, Peter Walter, Alexander F. Goncharov, Jonathan L. Belof
Summary: In Zr, a dynamically stabilized body-centered cubic (bcc) intermediate state was discovered under uniaxial loading at sub-nanosecond timescales instead of the expected transformation to the omega-Zr phase. Experiments and simulations highlighted the importance of metastability and time dependence in phase transformations, emphasizing the need to consider kinetics in addition to the phase diagram in material crystalline structure prediction.
Article
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Ian Sullivan, Huanlei Zhang, Cheng Zhu, Marissa Wood, Art J. Nelson, Sarah E. Baker, Christopher M. Spadaccini, Tony Van Buuren, Meng Lin, Eric B. Duoss, Siwei Liang, Chengxiang Xiang
Summary: Three-dimensionally printed nickel molybdenum electrocatalysts with hierarchically porous structures were synthesized and evaluated for hydrogen evolution reaction in a flow-through configuration, showing efficient bubble removal and decreased overpotentials. An analytical model was developed to quantitatively evaluate voltage losses, while the electrochemical performance was systematically studied, achieving high electrochemical accessible surface areas and low overpotentials using the flow-through configuration.
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Applied
John G. Reynolds, Nicolas K. Muetterties, A. J. Nelson, Harris E. Mason, Jason S. Moore, Keith R. Coffee, Evan M. Kahl
Summary: This study investigates the transformation of TATB into more reactive compounds and the potential precursors to toxic gases when exposed to thermal environments. The results show that the thermal treatment produces an amorphous carbon residue with heteroatoms that could further decompose, potentially releasing toxic light gases. Additionally, characterization on the molecular scale reveals the degradation of the material much more than TATB and the presence of various bonding types including C-C, C-N, N-H, N-C, N=C, N equivalent to C, C-O-, and -OH.
PROPELLANTS EXPLOSIVES PYROTECHNICS
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Shohini T. Sen-Britain, Nathan D. Keilbart, Kyoung E. Kweon, Tuan Anh Pham, Chris A. Orme, Brandon C. Wood, Art J. Nelson
Summary: A multimodal characterization of new and reused Ti5553 powder reveals changes in surface oxide composition due to reuse, with Al oxide regions becoming more hydroxylated, potentially affecting recyclability. Further study of surface transformations may help eliminate unnecessary variation in LPBF.
APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Ziqi Liu, Angela Macedo Andrade, Simranjit Grewal, Art J. Nelson, Kalvin Thongrivong, Hung-Sen Kang, Haoyu Li, Ziad Nasef, Gerardo Diaz, Min Hwan Lee
Summary: This study utilizes atomic layer deposition to introduce trace amounts of ceria into a Co/CoOx-embedded N-doped carbon nanostructure, enhancing catalytic activity and durability. The optimally prepared catalyst exhibits excellent performance in oxygen reduction and oxygen evolution reactions, with quasi-operando observations revealing the multifaceted roles of the introduced ceria.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Stephen E. Weitzner, Tuan Anh Pham, Christine A. Orme, S. Roger Qiu, Brandon C. Wood
Summary: Ion (de)hydration is a key step in interfacial processes, and predicting its kinetics remains challenging. Static proxies like hydration energy and valence are useful but cannot fully capture the dynamic softness of the hydration shell. Dynamic descriptors are essential for correctly describing ion transfer processes.
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Sarah E. Baker, Alexander A. Baker, Christine A. Orme, Matthew A. Worthington, Tian T. Li, Edwin M. Sedillo, Jessica Dudoff, Jonathan R. Lee, Joshua D. Kuntz, Scott K. McCall
Summary: Exceptionally coercive SmCo5 particles are produced through calcium vapor reduction, which have record-breaking room temperature coercivity and can maintain stability at elevated temperatures. These particles can be used as building blocks for traditional or advanced manufacturing techniques, providing consistent performance across a wide range of temperatures.
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Clara Anduix-Canto, Daniel Peral, Victor Perez-Padilla, Anna Maria Diaz-Rovira, Alejandro Belmez Lledo, Christine A. Orme, Stanislas Petrash, Thomas Engels, Kang Wei Chou
Summary: This study presents a mechanism for the electrical debonding of ionic acrylic adhesives based on imidazolium ionic liquids, which allowed for the recording of ionic diffusion and chemical reactions during the debonding process under real conditions. Ionic species diffusion towards the electrodes triggers the debonding through electrochemical reactions at the adhesive-substrate interfaces. Understanding this mechanism is crucial for the development of new electrically debondable adhesives to promote circular economy and sustainable environment.
ADVANCED MATERIALS INTERFACES
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Xiaojie Xu, En Ju Cho, Logan Bekker, A. Alec Talin, Elaine Lee, Andrew J. Pascall, Marcus A. Worsley, Jenny Zhou, Caitlyn C. Cook, Joshua D. Kuntz, Seongkoo Cho, Christine A. Orme
Summary: This study presents a flexible and robust diffusive memristor as an artificial nociceptor (pain sensor) based on a copolymer of chlorotrifluoroethylene and vinylidene fluoride. The device exhibits outstanding switching endurance and in situ conductive atomic force microscopy is employed to dynamically switch individual filaments. It is hypothesized that the high thermal stability and high elasticity of the copolymer contribute to its superior morphological stability. The integration of different components results in the demonstration of a bioinspired injury response system capable of sensing pain, showing signs of injury, and healing.
Review
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Yakun Zhu, Tae Wook Heo, Jennifer N. Rodriguez, Peter K. Weber, Rongpei Shi, Bruce J. Baer, Felipe F. Morgado, Stoichko Antonov, Kyoung E. Kweon, Erik B. Watkins, Daniel J. Savage, James E. Chapman, Nathan D. Keilbart, Younggil Song, Qi Zhen, Baptiste Gault, Sven C. Vogel, Shohini T. Sen-Britain, Matthew G. Shalloo, Chris Orme, Michael Bagge-Hansen, Christopher Hahn, Tuan A. Pham, Digby D. Macdonald, S. Roger Qiu, Brandon C. Wood
Summary: This article reviews recent advances in multiscale characterization and modeling efforts in Ti hydriding. Unanswered questions and key challenges are identified, and new perspectives are proposed to solve these remaining issues. Specific opportunities for integrating advanced characterization and multiscale modeling are discussed and demonstrated to elucidate chemistry and composition, microstructure phenomena, and macroscale performance and testing.
CURRENT OPINION IN SOLID STATE & MATERIALS SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Electrochemistry
Shubham Sharma, Alexandra Zagalskaya, Stephen E. Weitzner, Lisa Eggart, Seongkoo Cho, Tim Hsu, Xiao Chen, Joel B. Varley, Vitaly Alexandrov, Christine A. Orme, Tuan Anh Pham, Brandon C. Wood
Summary: In this study, a computational framework based on density functional theory was introduced to predict the potential energy landscape for metal dissolution. Using aluminum as an example, it was demonstrated that the dissolution kinetics is governed by competing kinetics between metal-metal bond breaking and ion migration processes. The kinetic transition between these processes was found to depend on the operating electrode potential, among other factors. A simple Marcus-theory-type model was used to describe the kinetics and thermodynamics of these processes.
ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA
(2023)
Article
Electrochemistry
Auston L. Clemens, Jonathan T. Davis, Christine A. Orme, Anna Ivanovskaya, Rohan Akolkar, Nikola A. Dudukovic
Summary: The emergence of advanced manufacturing methods has expanded the design space for functional components, particularly 3D foams used in electrocatalysis reactors. However, there is a lack of design guidelines for electrodeposition onto these complex substrates. This study presents a continuum level model that couples potential distributions and electro-nucleation phenomena to guide the electrodeposition process and optimize plating of porous substrates under fluid flow conditions.
JOURNAL OF THE ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY
(2023)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Maya Berlin-Udi, Clemens Matthiesen, P. N. Thomas Lloyd, Alberto M. Alonso, Crystal Noel, Benjamin Saarel, Christine A. Orme, Chang-Eun Kim, Art J. Nelson, Keith G. Ray, Vincenzo Lordi, Hartmut Haffner
Summary: The aim of our study is to understand how the microscopic properties of a metal surface affect its electric field noise characteristics. We conducted a series of experiments involving heating, milling, and electron treatments on a single surface ion trap to investigate the thermal transformation process. Using Ca-40(+) ions as detectors, we monitored the electric field noise at frequencies close to 1 MHz and tracked changes in the composition of the contaminated metal surface using an Auger spectrometer.
Article
Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Angela Macedo Andrade, Ziqi Liu, Simranjit Grewal, Art J. Nelson, Ziad Nasef, Gerardo Diaz, Min Hwan Lee
Summary: This report demonstrates a bimetallic Co/Cu-embedded N-doped carbon structure for trifunctional catalysis of oxygen reduction, oxygen evolution and hydrogen evolution reactions in alkaline media. The hybrid catalyst, synthesized through a metal-organic framework-based process, enables an active trifunctional catalysis with multiple favorable characteristics, including a high-surface-area morphology with a high concentration of sp(2) bonding for facilitated electron conduction.
DALTON TRANSACTIONS
(2021)