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The development of high-surface-area carbon electrodes with a defined pore size distribution and the incorporation of pseudo-active materials to optimize the overall capacitance and conductivity without destroying the stability are at present important research areas. Composite electrodes of carbon nano-onions (CNOs) and polypyrrole (Ppy) were fabricated to improve the specific capacitance of a...

Reactive, thermal degradation of py2Pt[MoCp(CO)3]2, (Me)(cod)PtMoCp(CO)3, orfPt3ðdppmÞ3ðCOÞ1⁄2MoðCpÞ g[BPh4]/Vulcan carbon powder composites affords Pt–Mo/carbon nanocomposites containing metal nanoparticles of approximate compositions, PtMo2, PtMo, or Pt3Mo, widely dispersed on the carbon support. Total metal loadings range from 29–58 wt%. When tested as an anode electrocatalyst in a PEM fuel ...

Carbon nanofiber (CNF) reinforced elastomer composites with light weight, sustainability of large deformation, chemical stability, corrosion and fatigue resistance, and vibration and noise reduction capability can have positive impact on a wide range of applications. However, this type of composite is still a under studied research area due to the difficulties in material handling and processin...

Carbon fiber-synthetic foam core sandwich composites are widely used for many structural applications due to their superior mechanical performance and low weight. Unfortunately these structures typically have very poor acoustic performance. There is increasingly growing demand in mitigating this noise issue in sandwich composite structures. This study shows that marrying carbon fiber composites...

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Ceramic-matrix composites containing TiC-TiN have been used in a variety of application because of their superior properties such as high hardness, good wear resistance and high chemical stability. In this research, effect of coke and coke/calcium beds in synthesis of Al 2O3-Ti(C, N) composites using alumino-carbothermic reduction of TiO 2 has been investigated. Al, TiO 2 and active ca...