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Nanosheets Of Cuco₂O₄ As A High-Performance Electrocatalyst In Urea Oxidation, Camila Zequine, Ram K. Gupta, Pawan K. Kahol
Nanosheets Of Cuco₂O₄ As A High-Performance Electrocatalyst In Urea Oxidation, Camila Zequine, Ram K. Gupta, Pawan K. Kahol
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The urea oxidation reaction (UOR) is a possible solution to solve the world’s energy crisis. Fuel cells have been used in the UOR to generate hydrogen with a lower potential compared to water splitting, decreasing the costs of energy production. Urea is abundantly present in agricultural waste and in industrial and human wastewater. Besides generating hydrogen, this reaction provides a pathway to eliminate urea, which is a hazard in the environment and to people’s health. In this study, nanosheets of CuCo₂O₄ grown on nickel foam were synthesized as an electrocatalyst for urea oxidation to generate hydrogen as a green fuel. …
Civilian Acquirer For Fire Safety (Cafs), Antara Das, Marcus Allen, Clark Shaver
Civilian Acquirer For Fire Safety (Cafs), Antara Das, Marcus Allen, Clark Shaver
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The department of Electronics Engineering Technology (EET) of Pittsburg State University has designed a prototype of an autonomous rover to help firefighters to find lives trapped in a building during an event of fire. The rover prototype has been named CAFS, which is the abbreviated form for Civilian Acquirer for Fire Safety. This device intends to produce the first ever autonomous system to locate, record, and transmit people’s location from within a building to a user outside of the building. According to the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), on 2017, 72% of the fire that happened in the USA was …
Metal-Doped Catalysts For Hydrogen Evolution Reaction, Tucker Morey, Ram K. Gupta, Pawan K. Kahol
Metal-Doped Catalysts For Hydrogen Evolution Reaction, Tucker Morey, Ram K. Gupta, Pawan K. Kahol
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The highly efficient electrochemical hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) provides a promising way to solve energy and environment problems. In this work, various transition metals (Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Ag, and Pt) were selected to support on molybdenum carbides by a simple organic-inorganic precursor carburization process. X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis results indicated that the ß-MO₂C phase was formed in all metal-doped samples. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analysis indicated that the binding energy of MO₂+ species (MO₂C) shifted to a lower value after metal was doped on the molybdenum carbide surface. Comparing with pure ß-MO₂C, the electrocatalytic activity for HER was improved by …
Almond Based Electrocatalyst For Fuel Cell Applications, Kinsey Morey, Tucker Morey, Brooks Neria, Khamis Siam, Pawan K. Kahol
Almond Based Electrocatalyst For Fuel Cell Applications, Kinsey Morey, Tucker Morey, Brooks Neria, Khamis Siam, Pawan K. Kahol
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Hydrogen is considered one of the cleanest energy sources. Water spitting is one of the efficient ways to produce hydrogen as a fuel at the industrial level. Water splitting via electrolysis requires an efficient electrocatalyst to reduce the voltage required for water splitting. Currently, precious metals such as platinum are considered as one of the most efficient electrocatalysts for hydrogen production via electrolysis of water. The current challenge is to find a cost-effective alternative for this process. Molybdenum and carbon are low cost and abundant materials which could be used for the synthesis of cost-effective electrocatalysts for hydrogen production. In …
Electrocatalytic Properties Of Lanthanum-Based Perovskites For Water Splitting And Energy Storage Applications, Xavier R. Martinez, Khamis Siam, Pawan K. Kahol, Ram K. Gupta
Electrocatalytic Properties Of Lanthanum-Based Perovskites For Water Splitting And Energy Storage Applications, Xavier R. Martinez, Khamis Siam, Pawan K. Kahol, Ram K. Gupta
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Recent changes in global weather patterns have punctuated the need for mollification through a cleaner energy option. As part of the plan, hydrogen production for fuel cells offers substantial power without carbon emissions. Overall water splitting, with the aid of a low cost electrocatalyst could prove to be an abundant green fuel source. Utilizing readily available transition metals, three perovskite nanostructures were studied as a multifunctional material for hydrogen production as well as energy storage. LaCoO₃ (LCO), LaFeO₃ (LFO), and LaMnO₃ (LMO) were synthesized and characterized by X-ray diffraction and then dip coated onto nickel foam as electrodes in a …
Molybdenum Oxides For Energy Generation And Storage Using Efficient Clean Method, Camila Zequine, Pawan K. Kahol, Ram K. Gupta
Molybdenum Oxides For Energy Generation And Storage Using Efficient Clean Method, Camila Zequine, Pawan K. Kahol, Ram K. Gupta
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To solve the growing energy issues, significant efforts have been focused on the search of earth-abundant elements that can provide multifunctional behavior for both energy generation and storage. Due to the low-cost and rich chemical nature, transition metal oxide nanostructures have been used in the fabrication of energy devices, such as fuel cells and lithium batteries. In this work, nickel, cobalt and iron molybdates were synthesized via a simple hydrothermal method in order to fabricate electrodes for oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and a supercapacitor. FeMoO₄ required an overpotential of 294 mV to achieve a current density of 10 mA/cm2 for …
Implementation Of Solar Car Technology, Greg Mccartney, Marcus Allen, Dedrick Cooper, Lelan Delissa, Eric Mayer
Implementation Of Solar Car Technology, Greg Mccartney, Marcus Allen, Dedrick Cooper, Lelan Delissa, Eric Mayer
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Under the leadership of Dr. Erik Mayer, Pittsburg State University hosted the first Kansas Solar Race Competition. The purpose of this competition is to motivate students to learn about different aspects of solar car technology. The competition motivates students by bringing multiple teams together in a friendly competition to test out their uniquely engineered and constructed wireless cars. The cars will compete in different competitions such as an agility competition and a drag race. After the competition, the students are able to learn from the ingenuity of other teams and spark a curiosity to continue to learn about solar car …
Extrusion Production Of 3d Printer Filament For Additive Manufacturing, Patrick Hardy, Cole Angermayer, Rhett Lokey, Rebeca Book, Jeanne H. Norton
Extrusion Production Of 3d Printer Filament For Additive Manufacturing, Patrick Hardy, Cole Angermayer, Rhett Lokey, Rebeca Book, Jeanne H. Norton
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Additive manufacturing, also known as 3D printing, is becoming a go-to production method for short production runs and rapid prototyping on a commercial scale. The growth of additive manufacturing is due to many factors including development of concept modeling, product designing, prototyping, and customized parts. Pittsburg State University’s College of Technology strives to stay at the cutting edge of processing materials for additive manufacturing. The capability of making our own 3D-printer filament would allow students to work with new and different materials and would allow students to learn at the forefront of 3D printing technology. The Wayne Yellowjacket Extruder and …
Improved Molding Tool For Plastics Engineering Technology Injection Molder, Caleb Luthi, Tyler Burger, Andrew Huffman, Paul Herring, Jeanne H. Norton
Improved Molding Tool For Plastics Engineering Technology Injection Molder, Caleb Luthi, Tyler Burger, Andrew Huffman, Paul Herring, Jeanne H. Norton
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Plastic injection molding is an extremely versatile, preferred method of producing plastic parts because it is extremely efficient. In the business of injection molding, it is important to have machines and tools that work properly to get the job done. One such tool is the mold, which forms high quality plastic parts. The main objective of this project is to refurbish the current Frisbee mold to create promotional products for PSU’s Department of Engineering Technology. Parts were created with the existing mold to determine what issues needed to be addressed, including: excessive flash on the parts/runner, a poor runner/gate design, …
Construction Of High-Performance 3d Nanostructured Flower-Like Iron-Nickel Sulfide For Supercapacitor, Chen Zhao, Sanket Bhoyate, Chunyang Zhang, Ram K. Gupta, Pawan K. Kahol
Construction Of High-Performance 3d Nanostructured Flower-Like Iron-Nickel Sulfide For Supercapacitor, Chen Zhao, Sanket Bhoyate, Chunyang Zhang, Ram K. Gupta, Pawan K. Kahol
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The global energy crisis and environmental pollution have stimulated increasing attention to developing clean and renewable alternative energy sources. One of the most efficient and greenest energy storage devices is supercapacitor which could store energy via electrical double layer and redox reactions. Supercapacitors are widely employed for many portable electronics and hybrid electric vehicles due to their high-power density, fast charge-discharge rate, and good cycle stability. In this work, 3D nanostructured flower-like iron-nickel sulfide was synthesized on the nickel foam using a facile hydrothermal method. The iron-nickel sulfide electrode showed outstanding performance for supercapacitor with a high areal capacitance of …