・ Abstract – Characteristics of Zinc oxide (ZnO) piezoelectric thin films have been investigated for thin film bulk acoustic wave (BAW) resonators with relationship to bottom electrodes. A Metal/ZnO/Metal/SiO2 membrane structure, which has secondary harmonics, was adopted for the BAW resonators. The ZnO thin films, showed clear c-axis orientation, were made by rf sputtering on bottom electrodes...

A bottom-up approach was devised to build a crossbar device using the crosslinked SAM of the 5,5'-bis (mercaptomethyl)-2,2'-bipyridine-Ni(2+) (BPD- Ni(2+)) on a gold surface. To avoid metal diffusion through the organic film, the author used (i) nanoscale bottom electrodes to reduce the probability of defects on the bottom electrodes and (ii) molecular crosslinked technology to avoid metal diff...

One-dimensional flexible supercapacitor yarns are of considerable interest for future wearable electronics. The bottleneck in this field is how to develop devices of high energy and power density, by using economically viable materials and scalable fabrication technologies. Here we report a hierarchical graphene-metallic textile composite electrode concept to address this challenge. The hierarc...

A series of structural models of the Ni centre in [NiFeSe] hydrogenases has been developed which exhibits key structural features of the Ni site in the H2 cycling enzyme. Specifically, two complexes with a hydrogenase-analogous four-coordinate 'NiS3Se' primary coordination sphere and complexes with a 'NiS2Se2' and a 'NiS4' core are reported. The reactivity of the complexes towards oxygen and pr...

In the present study, effect of Ni alloying element on the characteristics of deposited weld metal of E7018-G electrode was evaluated. Therefore, electrodes contained different amounts of Ni (0-1.7wt.%) were designed, manufactured and welded via SMAW process. Microstructural studies revealed dichotomy effect of Ni on the deposited weld metal microstructure, i.e. increasing the Ni content up to ...

Nanoparticle electrodes in lithium-ion batteries have both near-surface and interior contributions to their redox capacity, each with distinct rate capabilities. Using combined electron microscopy, synchrotron X-ray methods and ab initio calculations, we have investigated the lithiation pathways that occur in NiO electrodes. We find that the near-surface electroactive (Ni(2+) → Ni(0)) sites sat...

Different nanocomposites between reduced graphene oxide (rGO) and Ni(OH)2 nanoparticles were synthesized through modifications in the polyol method (starting from graphene oxide (GO) dispersion in ethylene glycol and nickel acetate), processed as thin films through the liquid-liquid interfacial route, homogeneously deposited over transparent electrodes and spectroscopically, microscopically and...

The solid oxide electrochemical cell (SOC) is an energy conversion technology that can be operated reversibly, to efficiently convert chemical fuels to electricity (fuel cell mode) as well as to store electricity as chemical fuels (electrolysis mode). The SOC fuel-electrode carries out the electrochemical reactions CO2 + 2e(-) ↔ CO + O(2-) and H2O + 2e(-) ↔ H2 + O(2-), for which the electrocata...

Improving light extraction efficiency (LEE) of AlGaN-based deep-ultraviolet (DUV) emitting diodes (LEDs) has been attempted by thinning the p-AlGaN/p-GaN layer and adopting Ni/Au/Al composite electrodes. It is found that thin can reduce absorption electrodes achieve high reflectivity Ohmic contact to ensure enhancement maintain fine electrical properties. By this approach, maximum external quan...