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2015

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University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering: Faculty Publications

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Voigt, Reuss, Hill, And Self-Consistent Techniques For Modeling Ultrasonic Scattering, Christopher M. Kube, Joseph A. Turner Jan 2015

Voigt, Reuss, Hill, And Self-Consistent Techniques For Modeling Ultrasonic Scattering, Christopher M. Kube, Joseph A. Turner

Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering: Faculty Publications

An elastic wave propagating in a metal loses a portion of its energy from scattering caused by acoustic impedance differences existing at the boundaries of anisotropic grains. Theoretical scattering models capture this phenomena by assuming the incoming wave is described by an average elastic moduli tensorC0ijkl (x) that is perturbed by a grain with elasticityCijkl (x ') where the scattering event occurs when x = x. Previous models have assumed that C0ijkl (x) is the Voigt average of the singlecrystal elastic moduli tensor. However, this assumption …


Acoustic Nonlinearity Parameters For Transversely Isotropic Polycrystalline Materials, Christopher M. Kube, Joseph A. Turner Jan 2015

Acoustic Nonlinearity Parameters For Transversely Isotropic Polycrystalline Materials, Christopher M. Kube, Joseph A. Turner

Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering: Faculty Publications

This article considers polycrystalline materials with macroscopic elastic anisotropy and the effect of the anisotropy on the quadratic nonlinearity parameter used to describe second harmonic generation in solids. The polycrystal is assumed to have transversely isotropic elastic symmetry, which leads to a directional dependence of the nonlinearity parameters. Additionally, the anisotropy leads to second harmonic generation from an input shear wave. Estimates of the longitudinal and shear wave nonlinearity parameters are given as a function of single-crystal elastic constants, macroscopic anisotropy constants, and propagation direction. An inverse model is presented that relates measured nonlinearity parameters to the macroscopic anisotropy constants. …


Acoustic Attenuation Coefficients For Polycrystalline Materials Containing Crystallites Of Any Symmetry Class, Christopher M. Kube, Joesph A. Turner Jan 2015

Acoustic Attenuation Coefficients For Polycrystalline Materials Containing Crystallites Of Any Symmetry Class, Christopher M. Kube, Joesph A. Turner

Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering: Faculty Publications

This letter provides a theoretical extension to the elastic properties of polycrystals in order to describe elastic wave scattering from grain boundaries. The extension allows the longitudinal and shear attenuation coefficients for scattering to be derived and is valid for polycrystals containing crystallites of any symmetry class. Attenuation curves are given for polycrystalline SiO2, ZrO2, and SnF2, which contain monoclinic crystallites. This work will allow ultrasonic techniques to be applied to new classes of materials containing nontrivial microstructures.


Interfacial Electronic Structure At The Ch3nh3pbi3/Moox Interface, Peng Liu, Xiaoliang Liu, Lu Lyu, Haipeng Xie, Hong Zhang, Dongmei Niu, Han Huang, Cheng Bi, Zhengguo Xiao, Jinsong Huang, Yongli Gao Jan 2015

Interfacial Electronic Structure At The Ch3nh3pbi3/Moox Interface, Peng Liu, Xiaoliang Liu, Lu Lyu, Haipeng Xie, Hong Zhang, Dongmei Niu, Han Huang, Cheng Bi, Zhengguo Xiao, Jinsong Huang, Yongli Gao

Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering: Faculty Publications

Interfacial electronic properties of the CH3NH3PbI3 (MAPbI3)/MoOx interface are investigated using ultraviolet photoemission spectroscopy and X-ray photoemission spectroscopy. It is found that the pristine MAPbI3 film coated onto the substrate of poly (3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) poly(styrenesulfonate)/indium tin oxide by two-step method behaves as an n-type semiconductor, with a band gap of ~1.7 eV and a valence band edge of 1.40 eV below the Fermi energy (EF). With the MoOx deposition of 64A ° upon MAPbI3, the energy levels of MAPbI3 shift toward higher binding energy by 0.25 eV due to electron transfer …


The Operation Mechanism Of Poly(9,9-Dioctylfluorenyl-2,7-Diyl) Dots In High Efficiency Polymer Solar Cells, Chunyu Liu, Yeyuan He, Xinyuan Zhang, Zhiqi Li, Liang Shen, Zhihui Zhang, Wenbin Guo, Shengping Ruan Jan 2015

The Operation Mechanism Of Poly(9,9-Dioctylfluorenyl-2,7-Diyl) Dots In High Efficiency Polymer Solar Cells, Chunyu Liu, Yeyuan He, Xinyuan Zhang, Zhiqi Li, Liang Shen, Zhihui Zhang, Wenbin Guo, Shengping Ruan

Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering: Faculty Publications

The highly efficient polymer solar cells were realized by doping poly(9,9-dioctylfluorenyl-2,7-diyl) (PFO) dots into active layer. The dependence of doping amount on devices performance was investigated and a high efficiency of 7.15% was obtained at an optimal concentration, accounting for a 22.4% enhancement. The incorporation of PFO dots (Pdots) is conducted to the improvement of Jsc and fill factor mainly due to the enhancement of light absorption and charge transport property. Pdots blended in active layer provides an interface for charge transfer and enables the formation of percolation pathways for electron transport. The introduction of Pdots was proven an effective …


Phase Transformation And Magnetic Properties Of Rapidly Solidified Mn-Al-C Alloys Modified With Zr, Yunlong Geng, Micheal J. Lucis, Pamela Rasmussen, Jeffrey E. Shield Jan 2015

Phase Transformation And Magnetic Properties Of Rapidly Solidified Mn-Al-C Alloys Modified With Zr, Yunlong Geng, Micheal J. Lucis, Pamela Rasmussen, Jeffrey E. Shield

Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering: Faculty Publications

Mn54-xAl43C3Zrx (x=1, 3) alloys were prepared by rapid solidification followed by heat treatment to produce the ferromagnetic s phase. The substitution of Zr for Mn in the structure resulted in an increase of the saturation magnetization (Ms) compared to that of Mn54-xAl43C3. While the highest Ms (12861 emu/g) was obtained in Mn54-xAl43C3Zr1, the coercivity was also improved to 1.62 kOe, compared to 1.25 kOe for Mn54-xAl43C3. To further improve the coercivity through grain …


Surface Analytical Investigation On Organometal Triiodide Perovskite, Chengong Wang, Xiaoliang Liu, Congcong Wang, Zhengguo Xiao, Cheng Bi, Yuchuan Shao, Jinsong Huang, Yongli Gao Jan 2015

Surface Analytical Investigation On Organometal Triiodide Perovskite, Chengong Wang, Xiaoliang Liu, Congcong Wang, Zhengguo Xiao, Cheng Bi, Yuchuan Shao, Jinsong Huang, Yongli Gao

Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering: Faculty Publications

In a little over a year, there has been an unexpected breakthrough and rapid evolution of highly efficient solid-state hybrid solar cells based on organometal trihalide perovskite materials. This technology has the potential to produce solar cells with the very highest efficiencies while retaining the very lowest cost. The authors have measured the electronic density of states of CH3NH3PbI3 using ultraviolet photoemission spectroscopy (UPS), inverse photoemission spectroscopy (IPES), and x-ray photoemission spectroscopy (XPS). The valence band maximum and conduction band minimum positions are obtained from the UPS and IPES spectra, respectively, by linear extrapolation of …


Erratum: “The Operation Mechanism Of Poly (9,9-Dioctylfluorenyl-2,7-Diyl) Dots In High Efficiency Polymer Solar Cells” [Appl. Phys. Lett. 106, 193904 (2015)], Chunyu Liu, Yeyuan He, Xinyuan Zhang, Zhiqi Li, Jinfeng Li, Liang Shen, Zhihui Zhang, Wenbin Guo, Shengping Ruan Jan 2015

Erratum: “The Operation Mechanism Of Poly (9,9-Dioctylfluorenyl-2,7-Diyl) Dots In High Efficiency Polymer Solar Cells” [Appl. Phys. Lett. 106, 193904 (2015)], Chunyu Liu, Yeyuan He, Xinyuan Zhang, Zhiqi Li, Jinfeng Li, Liang Shen, Zhihui Zhang, Wenbin Guo, Shengping Ruan

Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering: Faculty Publications

We have noticed an error in Fig. 7 of the original article. Figs. 7(a) and 7(b) should be exchanged and the revised figure is shown below. We apologize for this error.1