Undoped and Sn, Ni-doped nanostructured ZnO thin films were deposited on glass substrates using a successive ionic layer adsorption and reaction (SILAR) method at room temperature. The SILAR deposited zinc oxide films have been rapid photothermal processing (RPP) at various temperatures to study the effect of annealing on the sensing properties. Structural, electrical and sensing properties wer...

The all-d-metal Ni-Mn-Ti Heusler alloy has giant elastocaloric effect and excellent mechanical properties, which is different from the conventional Ni-Mn-based alloys. In this work, preferred site occupation, phase stability, martensitic transformation, magnetic electronic structure of B-doped Ni2Mn1.5Ti0.5 alloys are systematically investigated by first-principles calculations. results show th...

Title of Document: MODEL DEVELOPMENT FOR GADOLINIADOPED CERIA-BASED ANODES IN SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS Lei Wang, Doctor of Philosophy, 2014 Directed By: Professor Gregory S. Jackson, Department of Mechanical Engineering Intermediate temperature (500 700 °C) solid oxide fuel cells (IT-SOFCs) with gadolinia-doped ceria (GDC) electrolytes have significant commercial potential due to reduced material...

Among the various Pd1Nix alloys (x = 0.33, 1 and 3) supported on nitrogen-doped carbon, Pd1Ni1/N–C has highest activity for formic acid (HCO2H, FA) dehydrogenation as a result of synergistic interactions between Pd Ni atoms.

Despite the increasing interest in metallic glasses for a variety of engineering applications, the structure and corrosion properties still remain unknown. In particular, these properties for Ni P alloy, a typical metallic glass, are greatly dependent upon the phosphorus content in the alloy. In this report, a relationship between the structural property and the interface corrosion behavior of ...

In this study, a VG FIM100 was taken into operation, consisting of a field-ion microscope (FIM), a time-of-flight atom probe (TOFAP) and an imaging atom probe. A tungsten specimen was used to calibrate the conversion of flight times to m/n values. The resulting relative mass resolution of the TOFAP was calculated to be m/Deltam approximately 500 FWHM. In time-of-flight measurements of homemade ...

Non-precious-metal-based oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) catalysts hold great prospects for rechargeable metal–air batteries and reversible electrolyzer/fuel cell systems. Among the various earth-abundant noble-metal-free catalysts, Mn- Ni-based single-atom (SACs) are attracting attention ORRs. Herein, we designed a facile efficient strategy to obtain Mn/Ni dual-metal in which atomic Mn Ni site...