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Si-Containing Precursors For Si-Based Anode Materials Of Li-Ion Batteries: A Review, Lei Zhang, Xiaoxiao Liu, Qianjin Zhao, Shi Xue Dou, Hua-Kun Liu, Yunhui Huang, Xianluo Hu
Si-Containing Precursors For Si-Based Anode Materials Of Li-Ion Batteries: A Review, Lei Zhang, Xiaoxiao Liu, Qianjin Zhao, Shi Xue Dou, Hua-Kun Liu, Yunhui Huang, Xianluo Hu
Australian Institute for Innovative Materials - Papers
Lithium-ion batteries with high energy density are in demand for consumer electronics, electric vehicles, and grid-scale stationary energy storage. Si is one of the most promising anode materials due to its extremely high specific capacity. However, the full application of Si-based anode materials is limited by poor cycle life and rate capability resulted from low ionic/electronic conductivity and large volume change over cycling. In recent years, great progress has been made in improving the performance of Si anodes by employing nanotechnology. The preparation methods are essentially important, in which the precursors used are crucial to design and control the microstructure …
Seed Mediated One-Pot Growth Of Versatile Heterogeneous Upconversion Nanocrystals For Multimodal Bioimaging, Shihui Wen, Du Li, Deming Liu, Xiaoxue Xu, Yi Du, David R. G Mitchell, Bingyang Shi, Xiangyang Shi, Dayong Jin
Seed Mediated One-Pot Growth Of Versatile Heterogeneous Upconversion Nanocrystals For Multimodal Bioimaging, Shihui Wen, Du Li, Deming Liu, Xiaoxue Xu, Yi Du, David R. G Mitchell, Bingyang Shi, Xiangyang Shi, Dayong Jin
Australian Institute for Innovative Materials - Papers
The rapid development of a variety of molecular contrast agents makes the multimodality bioimaging highly attractive towards higher resolution, more sensitive, informative diagnosis. The key lies in the development of facile material synthesis that allows the integration of multiple contrast agents, ideally in a way that each of the components should be logically assembled to maximize their performances. Here, we report the one-pot programmable growth of multifunctional heterogeneous nanocrystal with tunable size, shape, composition, and properties. We demonstrated a facile one-pot hot-injection method to enable the highly selectively controlled growth of different sodium lanthanide fluoride nanomaterials in either longitudinal or …
Expeditious And Eco-Friendly Hydrothermal Polymerization Of Pedot Nanoparticles For Binderfree High Performance Supercapacitor Electrodes, Murugesan Rajesh, C Justin Raj, Byung Chul Kim, Ramu Manikandan, Sung Jin Kim, Sang-Yeup Prof Sang-Yeup Park, Kwangsoo Lee, Kook Hyun Yu
Expeditious And Eco-Friendly Hydrothermal Polymerization Of Pedot Nanoparticles For Binderfree High Performance Supercapacitor Electrodes, Murugesan Rajesh, C Justin Raj, Byung Chul Kim, Ramu Manikandan, Sung Jin Kim, Sang-Yeup Prof Sang-Yeup Park, Kwangsoo Lee, Kook Hyun Yu
Australian Institute for Innovative Materials - Papers
Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) is a promising conjugated polymer that has attracted attention because of its outstanding electronic properties, useful for a wide range of applications in energy storage devices. However, synthesis of high-quality PEDOT occurs via vapour phase polymerization and chemical vapour deposition techniques using extrinsic hard templates or complicated experimental setups. This study introduces a simple hydrothermal polymerization technique using ferric chloride (FeCl3) as an oxidizing agent to overcome the above drawback, which results in good conductive, crystalline PEDOT nanodendrites and nanospheres. The effects of varying the molar ratio of FeCl3 oxidant were investigated in terms of the structural, morphological …
Studies Of Poly(3,4-Ethylenedioxythiophene) (Pedot) Films Containing Cationic Mn Porphyrins. A Loading-Dependent Demetalation Of Mn(Iii)Tpp In Pedot (Mn(Iii)Tpp=5,10,15,20-Tetraphenylporphyrinato Manganese(Iii)), Danijel Boskovic, Sivakumar Balakrishnan, Jun Chen, Pawel W. Wagner, Gerhard F. Swiegers
Studies Of Poly(3,4-Ethylenedioxythiophene) (Pedot) Films Containing Cationic Mn Porphyrins. A Loading-Dependent Demetalation Of Mn(Iii)Tpp In Pedot (Mn(Iii)Tpp=5,10,15,20-Tetraphenylporphyrinato Manganese(Iii)), Danijel Boskovic, Sivakumar Balakrishnan, Jun Chen, Pawel W. Wagner, Gerhard F. Swiegers
Australian Institute for Innovative Materials - Papers
Thin films of vapor-phase polymerized PEDOT incorporating various cationic Mn porphyrins were assessed for water oxidation catalysis under light illumination. Only Mn(III)TPP/PEDOT displayed a notable photocurrent and this was, counter-intuitively, greatest at the lowest loading levels examined. Studies revealed that a proportion of the Mn(III)TPP within the PEDOT became demetalated during polymerization, leaving free and protonated TPP. Despite the presence of an excess of chemical oxidant during the polymerization step, the Mn(III) ion was reduced - likely under the influence of light - to Mn(II), which was labilized out of the film. Whereas PEDOT films loaded with anionic Mn porphyrins …
Facile Fabrication Of Flexible Microsupercapacitor With High Energy Density, Yuqing Liu, Bo Weng, Qun Xu, Yuyang Hou, Chen Zhao, Stephen T. Beirne, Kewei Shu, Rouhollah Jalili, Gordon G. Wallace, Joselito M. Razal, Jun Chen
Facile Fabrication Of Flexible Microsupercapacitor With High Energy Density, Yuqing Liu, Bo Weng, Qun Xu, Yuyang Hou, Chen Zhao, Stephen T. Beirne, Kewei Shu, Rouhollah Jalili, Gordon G. Wallace, Joselito M. Razal, Jun Chen
Australian Institute for Innovative Materials - Papers
Flexible microsupercapacitors (fMSCs) with interdigitated electrode design are a promising platform as a power source or energy storage unit for wearable microelectronics. In this work, a facile fabrication of all-solid-state fMSCs is reported through a combination of simple technologies including bar coating and laser etching, to generate the interdigitated patterned electrodes. These novel fMSC devices made with interdigitated patterned electrodes can deliver outstanding areal capacitance (84.7 mF cm−2 at 5 mV s−1 and 45.5 mF cm−2 at 200 mV−1), high volumetric capacitance (14.5 F cm−3 at 5 mV s−1 and 7.83 F cm−3 at 200 mV−1), and high cycling stability …
Oxygen-Free Layer-By-Layer Assembly Of Lithiated Composites On Graphene For Advanced Hydrogen Storage, Guanglin Xia, Yingbin Tan, Xiaowei Chen, Fang Fang, Dalin Sun, Xingguo Li, Zaiping Guo, Xuebin Yu
Oxygen-Free Layer-By-Layer Assembly Of Lithiated Composites On Graphene For Advanced Hydrogen Storage, Guanglin Xia, Yingbin Tan, Xiaowei Chen, Fang Fang, Dalin Sun, Xingguo Li, Zaiping Guo, Xuebin Yu
Australian Institute for Innovative Materials - Papers
A facile hydrogenation-induced self-assembly strategy to synthesize lithium hydride (LiH) nanosheets with a thickness of 2 nm that are uniformly distributed on graphene is reported and designed. Taking advantage of LiH nanosheets with high reactivity and a homogeneous distribution on graphene support as a nanoreactor, the confined chemical synthesis of oxygen-free lithiated composites is effectively and efficiently realized.
Separation Of Organic Liquid Mixture By Flexible Nanofibrous Membranes With Precisely Tunable Wettability, Lanlan Hou, Li Wang, Nu Wang, Fengyun Guo, Jing Liu, Yuee Chen, Jingchong Liu, Yong Zhao, Lei Jiang
Separation Of Organic Liquid Mixture By Flexible Nanofibrous Membranes With Precisely Tunable Wettability, Lanlan Hou, Li Wang, Nu Wang, Fengyun Guo, Jing Liu, Yuee Chen, Jingchong Liu, Yong Zhao, Lei Jiang
Australian Institute for Innovative Materials - Papers
Separation of liquid mixtures, especially organic liquid mixtures, is widely used in industrial processes but still faces challenges with respect to separation in a high-efficiency, low-energy mode. In this work, we report a flexible wettability-tunable nanofibrous membrane composed of a high-performance fluoro-polymer as the matrix and fluorosilane as a surface energy regulator that can be successfully applied in immiscible organic liquid mixture separation. The separation is achieved by tuning the surface energy of a membrane to a value between the surface tensions of two organic liquids. Moreover, for use in different mixed liquid systems, we programmatically designed nanofibrous membranes with …
Social Media Analysis On Evaluating Organizational Performance: A Railway Service Management, Jie Yang, Ahm Mehbub Anwar
Social Media Analysis On Evaluating Organizational Performance: A Railway Service Management, Jie Yang, Ahm Mehbub Anwar
SMART Infrastructure Facility - Papers
The last decade has witnessed the dramatic expansion of online social media at the global level. It is widely believed that the influence of social media is of particular importance for public and private organisations. Unfortunately, there is very limited and anecdotal evidence to show the durable influence of social media on various components and functions within organisations. To this end, this study examines the impact of social media, particularly taking the railway services in New South Wales (NSW), Australia and the Twitter platform as an illustrative example. Topic modelling and sentiment analysis techniques are employed to analyse collected tweets …
A Fuzzy Rough Sets-Based Multi-Agent Analytics Framework For Dynamic Supply Chain Configuration, Nagesh Shukla, Senevi Kiridena
A Fuzzy Rough Sets-Based Multi-Agent Analytics Framework For Dynamic Supply Chain Configuration, Nagesh Shukla, Senevi Kiridena
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Considering the need for more effective decision support in the context of distributed manufacturing, this paper develops an advanced analytics framework for configuring supply chain networks. The proposed framework utilizes a distributed multi-agent system architecture to deploy fuzzy rough sets-based algorithms for knowledge elicitation and representation. A set of historical sales data, including network node-related information, is used together with the relevant details of product families to predict supply chain configurations capable of fulfilling desired customer orders. Multiple agents such as data retrieval agent, knowledge acquisition agent, knowledge representation agent, configuration predictor agent, evaluator agent and dispatching agent are used …
Simulation-Based Evaluation Of An Integrated Planning And Scheduling Algorithm For Maintenance Projects, Rohit Patil, Nagesh Shukla, Senevi Kiridena
Simulation-Based Evaluation Of An Integrated Planning And Scheduling Algorithm For Maintenance Projects, Rohit Patil, Nagesh Shukla, Senevi Kiridena
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The field of maintenance project planning and scheduling is attracting increasing attention due to ever growing competition among manufacturing organisations. There is a lack of studies that has tackled all the aspects of maintenance project implementation such as costs, resources, down times, uncertainties, operational constraints, among others. Therefore, an approach which uses a unitary structuring method and discrete event simulation to integrate relevant data about the maintenance projects is proposed. The results of the evaluation, on a case from paper-pulp industry, have shown that the proposed approach is able to overcome most of the issues of maintenance planning and scheduling.
Big Data, Big Theory: Moving Beyond New Empiricism To Generate Powerful Explanations, Sarah Katherine Howard, Karl A. Maton, Ellie Rennie, Jun Ma, Jie Yang, Julian Thomas, Matthew Ciao, Rangan Srikhanta
Big Data, Big Theory: Moving Beyond New Empiricism To Generate Powerful Explanations, Sarah Katherine Howard, Karl A. Maton, Ellie Rennie, Jun Ma, Jie Yang, Julian Thomas, Matthew Ciao, Rangan Srikhanta
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Abstract presented at the 3rd ISA Forum of Sociology, 10-14 July 2016, Vienna, Austria
A Review Of Supply Network Configuration Literature And Decision Support Tools, Subodha Dharmapriya, Senevi Kiridena, Nagesh Shukla
A Review Of Supply Network Configuration Literature And Decision Support Tools, Subodha Dharmapriya, Senevi Kiridena, Nagesh Shukla
SMART Infrastructure Facility - Papers
Supply chain literature highlights the increasing importance of effective supply network configuration decisions that take in to account such realities as market turbulence and demand volatility, as well as ever expanding global production networks. Supply network configurations decisions that account for these contingencies are expected to meet the evolving needs of customers while delivering better outcomes for all parties involved. This paper presents the findings of a structured review of supply network configuration literature which is synthesized under the two categories, drivers of supply network configuration decisions and the key parameters considered in developing decision support tools. This review also …
Principles And Experimentations Of Self-Organizing Embedded Agents Allowing Learning From Demonstration In Ambient Robotics, Nicolas R. Verstaevel, Christine Regis, Marie-Pierre Gleizes, Fabrice Robert
Principles And Experimentations Of Self-Organizing Embedded Agents Allowing Learning From Demonstration In Ambient Robotics, Nicolas R. Verstaevel, Christine Regis, Marie-Pierre Gleizes, Fabrice Robert
SMART Infrastructure Facility - Papers
Ambient systems are populated by many heterogeneous devices to provide adequate services to their users. The adaptation of an ambient system to the specific needs of its users is a challenging task. Because human-system interaction has to be as natural as possible, we propose an approach based on Learning from Demonstration (LfD). LfD is an interesting approach to generalize what has been observed during the demonstration to similar situations. However, using LfD in ambient systems needs adaptivity of the learning technique. We present ALEX, a multi-agent system able to dynamically learn and reuse contexts from demonstrations performed by a tutor. …
Solving Continuous Network Design Problem With Generalized Geometric Programming Approach, Bo Du, David Wang
Solving Continuous Network Design Problem With Generalized Geometric Programming Approach, Bo Du, David Wang
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To satisfy growing travel demand and reduce traffic congestion, the continuous network design problem (CNDP) is often proposed to optimize road network performance by the expansion of road capacity. In the determination of the equilibrium travel flow pattern, equilibrium principles such as deterministic user equilibrium (DUE) and stochastic user equilibrium (SUE) may be applied to describe travelers' route choice behavior. Because of the different mathematical formulation structures for the CNDP with DUE and SUE principles, most of the existing solution algorithms have been developed to solve the CNDP for either DUE or SUE. In this study, a more general solution …
Porosity Of Bleb Capsule Declines Rapidly With Fluid Challenge, Surinder Singh Pandav, Craig M. Ross, Faisal Thattaruthody, Ritambhra Nada, Nirbhai Singh, Natasha Gautam, Stephen T. Beirne, Gordon G. Wallace, Mark B. Sherwood, Jonathan G. Crowston, Michael Coote
Porosity Of Bleb Capsule Declines Rapidly With Fluid Challenge, Surinder Singh Pandav, Craig M. Ross, Faisal Thattaruthody, Ritambhra Nada, Nirbhai Singh, Natasha Gautam, Stephen T. Beirne, Gordon G. Wallace, Mark B. Sherwood, Jonathan G. Crowston, Michael Coote
Australian Institute for Innovative Materials - Papers
Introduction: The porosity of the fibrous capsule around a glaucoma drainage device (GDD) may be the most important functional attribute. The factors that determine capsular porosity are not well understood. Failed GDD surgeries are usually associated with thick impervious capsules and components of aqueous have been implicated in this process. Purpose: In this study, we interrogated the effect of passage of nonaqueous fluid on capsular porosity in mature (but aqueous naïve) blebs in a previously reported GDD model (the "Center for Eye Research Australia Implant"). Materials and methods: The study was performed at two centers using 17 New Zealand White …
A Heuristic Combinatorial Optimisation Approach To Synthesising A Population For Agent-Based Modelling Purposes, Nam N. Huynh, Johan Barthelemy, Pascal Perez
A Heuristic Combinatorial Optimisation Approach To Synthesising A Population For Agent-Based Modelling Purposes, Nam N. Huynh, Johan Barthelemy, Pascal Perez
SMART Infrastructure Facility - Papers
This paper presents an algorithm that follows the sample-free approach to synthesise a population for agent based modelling purposes. This algorithm is among the very few in the literature that do not rely on a sample survey data to construct a synthetic population, and thus enjoy a potentially wider applications where such survey data is not available or inaccessible. Different to existing sample-free algorithms, the population synthesis presented in this paper applies the heuristics to part of the allocation of synthetic individuals into synthetic households. As a result the iterative process allocating individuals into households, which normally is the most …
Enhanced Simultaneous Detection Of Ractopamine And Salbutamol - Via Electrochemical-Facial Deposition Of Mno2 Nanoflowers Onto 3d Rgo/Ni Foam Templates, Mingyan Wang, Wei Zhu, Lin Ma, Juan Juan Ma, Dongen Zhang, Zhi Wei Tong, Jun Chen
Enhanced Simultaneous Detection Of Ractopamine And Salbutamol - Via Electrochemical-Facial Deposition Of Mno2 Nanoflowers Onto 3d Rgo/Ni Foam Templates, Mingyan Wang, Wei Zhu, Lin Ma, Juan Juan Ma, Dongen Zhang, Zhi Wei Tong, Jun Chen
Australian Institute for Innovative Materials - Papers
In this paper, we report a facile method to successfully fabricate MnO2 nanoflowers loaded onto 3D RGO@nickel foam, showing enhanced biosensing activity due to the improved structural integration of different electrode materials components. When the as-prepared 3D hybrid electrodes were investigated as a binder-free biosensor, two well-defined and separate differential pulse voltammetric peaks for ractopamine (RAC) and salbutamol (SAL) were observed, indicating the simultaneous selective detection of both β-agonists possible. The MnO2/RGO@NF sensor also demonstrated a linear relationship over a wide concentration range of 17nM to 962nM (R=0.9997) for RAC and 42nM to 1463nM (R=0.9996) for SAL, with the detection …
Evaluation Of Persistent-Mode Operation In A Superconducting Mgb2 Coil In Solid Nitrogen, Dipakkumar Patel, Md Shahriar Hossain, Khay Wai W. See, Wenbin Qiu, Hiroki Kobayashi, Zongqing Ma, Seong Jun Kim, Jonggi Hong, Jin Yong Park, Seyong Choi, Minoru Maeda, Mohammed Shahabuddin, Matthew A. Rindfleisch, Michael Tomsic, S X. Dou, Jung Ho Kim
Evaluation Of Persistent-Mode Operation In A Superconducting Mgb2 Coil In Solid Nitrogen, Dipakkumar Patel, Md Shahriar Hossain, Khay Wai W. See, Wenbin Qiu, Hiroki Kobayashi, Zongqing Ma, Seong Jun Kim, Jonggi Hong, Jin Yong Park, Seyong Choi, Minoru Maeda, Mohammed Shahabuddin, Matthew A. Rindfleisch, Michael Tomsic, S X. Dou, Jung Ho Kim
Australian Institute for Innovative Materials - Papers
We report the fabrication of a magnesium diboride (MgB2) coil and evaluate its persistent-mode operation in a system cooled by a cryocooler with solid nitrogen (SN2) as a cooling medium. The main purpose of SN2 was to increase enthalpy of the cold mass. For this work, an in situ processed carbon-doped MgB2 wire was used. The coil was wound on a stainless steel former in a single layer (22 turns), with an inner diameter of 109 mm and height of 20 mm without any insulation. The two ends of the coil were then joined to make a persistent-current switch to …
A Critical Review Of Electrochemical Noise Measurement As A Tool For Evaluation Of Organic Coatings, Seyed S. Jamali, Douglas J. Mills
A Critical Review Of Electrochemical Noise Measurement As A Tool For Evaluation Of Organic Coatings, Seyed S. Jamali, Douglas J. Mills
Australian Institute for Innovative Materials - Papers
The simplicity of measuring equipment and versatility of data analysis makes electrochemical noise measurement an ideal technique for acquiring electrochemical information about the corrosion behavior of a painted metal relatively quickly. Hence the method has great potential for use in the laboratory as well as in field situations. However, special care must be taken in choosing data acquisition parameters, reference electrodes and symmetry of electrodes in order to achieve reproducible measurements. These areas have been discussed in this review along with methods of data analysis, alternative electrode configurations for on-site measurements and novel applications of the technique.
A High Energy Density Solar Rechargeable Redox Battery, Mohammad Ali Mahmoudzadeh, Ashwin R. Usgaocar, Joseph Giorgio, David L. Officer, Gordon G. Wallace, John D. W Madden
A High Energy Density Solar Rechargeable Redox Battery, Mohammad Ali Mahmoudzadeh, Ashwin R. Usgaocar, Joseph Giorgio, David L. Officer, Gordon G. Wallace, John D. W Madden
Australian Institute for Innovative Materials - Papers
An integrated solar energy conversion and storage system is presented using a dye sensitized electrode in a redox battery structure. A stable discharge voltage is shown with high areal energy storage capacity of 180 W h cm-2 by choosing iodide/polysulfide as the pair of active materials matched with permeable porous electrodes. The solar rechargeable battery system offers a higher round-trip efficiency and potential cost savings on fabrication compared to individual devices.
Correlation Of Impedance And Effective Electrode Area Of Dextran Sulfate Doped Pedot Modified Electrodes, Alexander R. Harris, Robyn C. Hutchinson, Paul J. Molino, Robert M. I Kapsa, Graeme M. Clark, Antonio G. Paolini, Gordon G. Wallace
Correlation Of Impedance And Effective Electrode Area Of Dextran Sulfate Doped Pedot Modified Electrodes, Alexander R. Harris, Robyn C. Hutchinson, Paul J. Molino, Robert M. I Kapsa, Graeme M. Clark, Antonio G. Paolini, Gordon G. Wallace
Australian Institute for Innovative Materials - Papers
The impedance of electrodes at 1 kHz is typically reported to assess the signal-to-noise ratio of neural recording electrodes. The impedance response of platinum electrodes modified by poly-3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene doped with dextran sulfate has been examined. The modified electrodes have lower impedance at low and intermediate frequencies compared to unmodified electrodes. The impedance and phase angle at low frequencies is strongly correlated with the electrode area. The geometric and linear diffusion charge densities of the modified electrodes are also dependent on the electrode area and impedance at low frequencies. A 3 time constant equivalent circuit provided a better fit to the …
Mos2 With An Intercalation Reaction As A Long-Life Anode Material For Lithium Ion Batteries, Zhe Hu, Qiannan Liu, Weiyi Sun, Weijie Li, Zhanliang Tao, Shulei Chou, Jun Chen, S X. Dou
Mos2 With An Intercalation Reaction As A Long-Life Anode Material For Lithium Ion Batteries, Zhe Hu, Qiannan Liu, Weiyi Sun, Weijie Li, Zhanliang Tao, Shulei Chou, Jun Chen, S X. Dou
Australian Institute for Innovative Materials - Papers
MoS2 with expanded layers was synthesized and characterized as an anode material for lithium ion batteries in an ether-based electrolyte by cutting off the terminal discharge voltage at 1.0 V to prevent a MoS2 conversion reaction. The as-prepared MoS2 achieved 96% capacity retention even after 1400 cycles and showed good performance in a full cell with LiCoO2 as the counter electrode.
Graphene-Wrapped Reversible Reaction For Advanced Hydrogen Storage, Guanglin Xia, Yingbin Tan, Feilong Wu, Fang Fang, Dalin Sun, Zaiping Guo, Zhenguo Huang, Xuebin Yu
Graphene-Wrapped Reversible Reaction For Advanced Hydrogen Storage, Guanglin Xia, Yingbin Tan, Feilong Wu, Fang Fang, Dalin Sun, Zaiping Guo, Zhenguo Huang, Xuebin Yu
Australian Institute for Innovative Materials - Papers
Here, we report the fabrication of a graphene-wrapped nanostructured reactive hydride composite, i.e., 2LiBH4-MgH2, made by adopting graphene-supported MgH2 nanoparticles (NPs) as the nanoreactor and heterogeneous nucleation sites. The porous structure, uniform distribution of MgH2 NPs, and the steric confinement by flexible graphene induced a homogeneous distribution of 2LiBH4-MgH2 nanocomposite on graphene with extremely high loading capacity (80 wt%) and energy density. The well-defined structural features, including even distribution, uniform particle size, excellent thermal stability, and robust architecture endow this composite with significant improvements in its hydrogen storage performance. For instance, at a temperature as low as 350 °C, a …
Comment On "Cycling Li-O2 Batteries Via Lioh Formation And Decomposition", Yue Shen, Wang Zhang, Shulei Chou, S X. Dou
Comment On "Cycling Li-O2 Batteries Via Lioh Formation And Decomposition", Yue Shen, Wang Zhang, Shulei Chou, S X. Dou
Australian Institute for Innovative Materials - Papers
Copyright 2016 by the American Association for the Advancement of Science; all rights reserved. Liu et al. (Research Article, 30 October 2015, p. 530) described a lithium-oxygen (Li-O2) battery based on lithium iodide (LiI)-assisted lithium hydroxide (LiOH) formation and decomposition.We argue that LiOH cannot be oxidized by triiodide (I3 -). The charge capacity is from the oxidation of I- instead of LiOH. The limited-capacity cycling test is misleading when the electrolyte contributes considerable parasitic reaction capacity.
An Improved Synthesis Of Unsolvated Nab3h8 And Its Application In Preparing Na2b12h12, Weidong Chen, Guotao Wu, Teng He, Zhao Li, Zaiping Guo, Hua-Kun Liu, Zhenguo Huang, Ping Chen
An Improved Synthesis Of Unsolvated Nab3h8 And Its Application In Preparing Na2b12h12, Weidong Chen, Guotao Wu, Teng He, Zhao Li, Zaiping Guo, Hua-Kun Liu, Zhenguo Huang, Ping Chen
Australian Institute for Innovative Materials - Papers
Octahydrotriborates are potential hydrogen storage materials and chemical vapor deposition precursors to boride films. Their syntheses have been quite challenging, however. In this paper, an improved facile route for the preparation of unsolvated sodium octahydrotriborate (NaB3H8), which is an important precursor to other octahydrotriborates and derivatives, is reported. The key steps in the synthesis involve dispersing Na finely in inert media and preparing fresh tetrahydrofuran (THF)·BH3 at room temperature. High purity unsolvated NaB3H8 can be obtained in tens of grams or more in one batch, depending on the reactor size. Using NaB3H8 as the precursor, sodium dodecaborate (Na2B12H12) has been …
High Pressure Polymorphs And Amorphization Of Upconversion Host Material Nay(Wo4)2, Fang Hong, Binbin Yue, Zhenxiang Cheng, Martin Kunz, Bin Chen, Ho-Kwang Mao
High Pressure Polymorphs And Amorphization Of Upconversion Host Material Nay(Wo4)2, Fang Hong, Binbin Yue, Zhenxiang Cheng, Martin Kunz, Bin Chen, Ho-Kwang Mao
Australian Institute for Innovative Materials - Papers
The pressure effect on the structural change of upconversion host material NaY(WO4)2 was studied by using in-situ synchrotron X-ray diffraction. A transition from the initial scheelite phase to the M-fergusonite phase occurs near 10 GPa, and another phase transition is found near 27.5 GPa, which could be an isostructural transition without symmetry change. The sample becomes amorphous when the pressure is fully released from high pressure. This work demonstrates the possibility of synthesizing various polymorph structures for non-linear optical applications with a high pressure, chemical doping, or strained thin-film nanostructure process.
Base Metal Co-Fired Multilayer Piezoelectrics, Lisheng Gao, Hanzheng Guo, Shujun Zhang, Clive A. Randall
Base Metal Co-Fired Multilayer Piezoelectrics, Lisheng Gao, Hanzheng Guo, Shujun Zhang, Clive A. Randall
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Piezoelectrics have been widely used in different kinds of applications, from the automobile industry to consumer electronics. The novel multilayer piezoelectrics, which are inspired by multilayer ceramic capacitors, not only minimize the size of the functional parts, but also maximize energy efficiency. Development of multilayer piezoelectric devices is at a significant crossroads on the way to achieving low costs, high efficiency, and excellent reliability. Concerning the costs of manufacturing multilayer piezoelectrics, the trend is to replace the costly noble metal internal electrodes with base metal materials. This paper discusses the materials development of metal co-firing and the progress of integrating …
Individual-Level Simulation Model For Cost Benefit Analysis In Healthcare, Nagesh Shukla, Vu Lam Cao, Van Hoang Phuong, Marian D. Shanahan, Alison Ritter, Pascal Perez
Individual-Level Simulation Model For Cost Benefit Analysis In Healthcare, Nagesh Shukla, Vu Lam Cao, Van Hoang Phuong, Marian D. Shanahan, Alison Ritter, Pascal Perez
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Illicit drug use creates significant burden at societal, family and personal levels. Every year substantial resources are allocated for treatment and the consequences of illicit drug use in Australia and around the world. Heroin is one of the major forms of illicit drugs. Several independent heroin treatment strategies or interventions exist and state-of-the art research demonstrates their efficacy and relative costeffectiveness. However, assessing total potential gains and burden from providing all treatment interventions or varying the mix of heroin treatments has never been attempted. This paper proposed an individual-level simulation model (ISM) which addresses net social benefit over a lifetime …
Regional Planning And Policy Analysis In Australia Through Integrated Economic Modelling, Ashkan Masouman, Charles Harvie, Pascal Perez
Regional Planning And Policy Analysis In Australia Through Integrated Economic Modelling, Ashkan Masouman, Charles Harvie, Pascal Perez
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Several attempts have been proposed in the literature to relax the restrictive assumptions of a standalone input-output model. Particularly, endogenisation of the household sector, which exhibits the highest constant returns to scale, has been continuously recognised as a key objective of such attempts. This objective increases in importance as we move from national to regional economies. Most of the studies in the literature collapse the intermediate demand information into a solo composite variable. The intermediate demand information serves as a priori data, which represents the inter-sectoral1 relationships within a regional economy. In this paper, estimation of sectoral employment by embedding …
Adopting Incentive Mechanisms For Large-Scale Participation In Mobile Crowdsensing: From Literature Review To A Conceptual Framework, Robert Ighodaro Ogie
Adopting Incentive Mechanisms For Large-Scale Participation In Mobile Crowdsensing: From Literature Review To A Conceptual Framework, Robert Ighodaro Ogie
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Mobile crowdsensing is a burgeoning concept that allows smart cities to leverage the sensing power and ubiquitous nature of mobile devices in order to capture and map phenomena of common interest. At the core of any successful mobile crowdsensing application is active user participation, without which the system is of no value in sensing the phenomenon of interest. A major challenge militating against widespread use and adoption of mobile crowdsensing applications is the issue of how to identify the most appropriate incentive mechanism for adequately and efficiently motivating participants. This paper reviews literature on incentive mechanisms for mobile crowdsensing and …