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Study On The Electrogeneration And Properties Of Superoxide Ion In Aprotic Media By Using Carbon Nanotubes Powder Microelectrode, Ying-Liang Wei, Chen Shao, Hui Feng May 2007

Study On The Electrogeneration And Properties Of Superoxide Ion In Aprotic Media By Using Carbon Nanotubes Powder Microelectrode, Ying-Liang Wei, Chen Shao, Hui Feng

Journal of Electrochemistry

Multi-wall carbon nanotubes are filled in the cavity at the tip of a microelectrode to form a carbon nanotubes powder microelectrode(CNTs-PME).The CNTs-PME is used to study the electrochemical reduction of oxygen in aprotic media.It is a nearly reversible redox process of the O2/O2- couple at the CNTs-PME in the dimethyl sulfoxide(DMSO)solution.The heterogeneous electron transfer rate constant(ks)can be measured by steady-state voltammogram and the result is 9.8 10-3cm /s.As a weak oxidant,the reaction of O2- with epinephrine was studied by cyclic voltammetry.Additionally,the reaction of O2- with benzoic acid was also discussed …


Hydriding And Dehydriding Properties Of Mg/Mg(1.8)La(0.2)Ni Nanocomposites, Hong-Liang Sun, Yan-Yan Zhang, Hai-Chang Zhang, Hua-Bin Yang, Zuo-Xiang Zhou May 2007

Hydriding And Dehydriding Properties Of Mg/Mg(1.8)La(0.2)Ni Nanocomposites, Hong-Liang Sun, Yan-Yan Zhang, Hai-Chang Zhang, Hua-Bin Yang, Zuo-Xiang Zhou

Journal of Electrochemistry

Mg-x %Mg1.8La0.2Ni(x=10,20 and 30)nanocomposites have been synthesized by high-energy ball milling method.Results of the X-ray diffraction(XRD),transmission electron microscopy(TEM)and selected area electron diffraction(SAED)tests were showed that each composite had a nanocrystalline/amorphous structure,which was beneficial for the improvement of the hydriding and dehydriding properties of Mg.The hydrogen absorption temperature decreased and the hydrogen sorption kinetics were improved.Under the conditions of 423 K and the hydrogen pressure of 2.5MPa,each composite could reach the maximum hydriding capacity within 50 s.


Square Wave Stripping Voltammetric Behaviors Of Actinomycin D On Glod Electrode And Its Application, Qing-Tao Zhu, Fang Liao, Xiao-Ying He May 2007

Square Wave Stripping Voltammetric Behaviors Of Actinomycin D On Glod Electrode And Its Application, Qing-Tao Zhu, Fang Liao, Xiao-Ying He

Journal of Electrochemistry

The electrochemical behaviors of Actinomycin D(ACTD)at glod electrode were investigated by square wave stripping voltammeter in the KH2PO4-Na2HPO4 buffer solution(pH=5.90).The sensitive oxidation peak of ACTD was observed and the potential peak for ACTD is-0.17 V(vs.SCE).The Experimental parameters,such as pH value,amplitude,accumulation potential and time were optimized,and a direct electroanalytical method for determining ACTD was developed.The peak currents were proportional to the concentration of ACTD in the range of 0.1μmol·L-1~10.0μmol·L-1,and the linear regression coefficient equaled 0.9991.The detection limit for ACTD was 1.0×10-8mol·L-1.


Voltammetric Behavior And Electrocatalytic Properties Of Hemoglobin At Glassy Carbon Electrode Modified With Lauric Acid, Xin-Rui Miao, Xu-Hong Zhang, Ying Xie May 2007

Voltammetric Behavior And Electrocatalytic Properties Of Hemoglobin At Glassy Carbon Electrode Modified With Lauric Acid, Xin-Rui Miao, Xu-Hong Zhang, Ying Xie

Journal of Electrochemistry

The electrochemical behavior of hemoglobin at glassy carbon(GC)electrode modified with Lauric Acid was studied.In the potential of +0.6~-0.7 V(vs.Ag/AgCl),an irreversible cathodic peak was observed at-0.3 V at the scan rate of 20 mV·s-1.In the medium of 0.02 mol·L-1 KH2PO4-Na2HPO4(pH 7.0),ip increased with the increasing concentration of Hb and the value of pH.The peak currents were proportional to the concentrations of hemoglobin in the range of 1.00×10-8~5.00×10-9 mol·L-1 and 1.92×10-6~2.06×10-7 mol·L-1.The data was analyzed in details by simulating in order to …


Modification Of Electrolytic Manganese Dioxide, Shu-Rong Ding, Xin-Hai Li, Zhi-Xing Wang, Hua-Jun Guo May 2007

Modification Of Electrolytic Manganese Dioxide, Shu-Rong Ding, Xin-Hai Li, Zhi-Xing Wang, Hua-Jun Guo

Journal of Electrochemistry

The EMD samples coated with CMD-Bi compound were prepared by liquid-phase surface treatment method.XRD and SEM research indicated that the modified manganese dioxide, i.e, EMD/CMD-Bi, could keep γ-MnO2 crystal structure of EMD and had more pores on its surface with an obvious floccule layer.Electrochemical test indicated that the second electron reduction peak current increased by 1.5 times and the discharge capacity increased by 40.8% and 78.3% respectively than that of pure EMD electrode under the condition of-0.8 V(vs.Hg/HgO) cut-off voltage at 30.8 mA/g and 102.7 mA/g current density.


Electrochemical Performance Of Li(1-X)MXFepo4 Cathode Materials Synthesized By Polymer Pyrolysis Route, Ting Li, Jiang-Feng Qian, Yu-Liang Cao, Han-Xi Yang, Xin-Ping Ai May 2007

Electrochemical Performance Of Li(1-X)MXFepo4 Cathode Materials Synthesized By Polymer Pyrolysis Route, Ting Li, Jiang-Feng Qian, Yu-Liang Cao, Han-Xi Yang, Xin-Ping Ai

Journal of Electrochemistry

Olivine Li1-xMxFePO4(M=Cr3+, Mg2+, Mn2+, Ni2+) were synthesized by a polyacrylates-pyrolysis route. The structural and electrochemical properties of the as-synthesized cathode materials were investigated by powder X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and electrochemical charge/discharge cycling. The results indicate that the metallic ions doped at low concentration do not affect the crystalline structure of the material, but considerably improve the rate capability and cycle performance of LiFePO4 at high rate.


Bs News May 2007

Bs News

Building Services Engineering

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Stochastic Chaotic Motion Of Ships In Beam Seas, Li-Qin Liu, You-Gang Tang, Hong-Xia Li Apr 2007

Stochastic Chaotic Motion Of Ships In Beam Seas, Li-Qin Liu, You-Gang Tang, Hong-Xia Li

Journal of Marine Science and Technology–Taiwan

The stochastic chaotic motion and the threshold intensity of the external excitation force for onset of chaos of the ships in random beam waves are studied by the nonlinear stochastic dynamics theory. The random differential equation of ships’ rolling motion is established with considering the nonlinear damping, nonlinear restoring moment and the white noise wave excitation. The random Melnikov mean-square criterion is used to determine the threshold intensity for onset of chaos. The probability density function of the rolling response is calculated through solving the stochastic differential equations by applying the path integral method in the chaotic region. It is …


Study Of The Flow Field And Scalar Transport Of Indoor Ventilating Space Under The Impact Of Coanda Vortex, Je-Ee Ho, Hong-Tsu Young Apr 2007

Study Of The Flow Field And Scalar Transport Of Indoor Ventilating Space Under The Impact Of Coanda Vortex, Je-Ee Ho, Hong-Tsu Young

Journal of Marine Science and Technology–Taiwan

The vortex in the flow field will isolate the space to further reduce the indoor air exchange and convective efficiency. The Coanda vortex accompanied by the inlet jet usually has the most active effect on the flow field. Both its location and scalar size which are primary determined by the strength of the injected flow and the arrangement of inlet; outlet will deeply affect the air-exchange volume, even reduce the available ventilation space. A 2-D turbulent model with SIMPLE method is set up to simulate the air motion of indoors; it can easily describe the working of Coanda vortex in …


Internal Model Control Using Neural Network For Ship Roll Stabilization, Fuat Alarçïn Apr 2007

Internal Model Control Using Neural Network For Ship Roll Stabilization, Fuat Alarçïn

Journal of Marine Science and Technology–Taiwan

In this paper, a neural network (NN) based on internal model control (IMC) is developed to adjust control parameters for roll motions of a container ship. Controller architecture, which combines neural network with internal model control, has been outlined and its effectiveness demonstrated on the container ship roll stabilizer. The control signal error is used with back-propagation algorithm to update the weights of the neural controller. In conclusion, the neural network based on internal model control systems are analyzed, and compared to classical PID control results. As can be seen from numerical results, the NN based on IMC is implemented …


An Experimental Study On Progressive Wave-Induced Stresses Duration In Seabed Soil, Shang-Chun Chang, Lien-Kwei Chien, Jaw-Guei Lin, Yung-Feng Chiu Apr 2007

An Experimental Study On Progressive Wave-Induced Stresses Duration In Seabed Soil, Shang-Chun Chang, Lien-Kwei Chien, Jaw-Guei Lin, Yung-Feng Chiu

Journal of Marine Science and Technology–Taiwan

The total stress behavior in seabed soil induced by progressive waves was investigated in time sequence through the experiments in a wave flume. The static stress measurements show that the natural deposit seabed retains an initial shear stress that reduces the resistance capacity of shear strength of the soil. The dynamic stress measurements show that, by comparing with seabed surface pressure, the vertical stress, horizontal stress, and pore water pressure are found to have different phase shifts. Such phase shifts strongly affect the duration behavior of the total stresses of the soil and different from the current theories that assume …


Lower Extremity Mechanics During Cutting Tasks In Different Shoe-Turf Combinations, Rafael Garcilazo Apr 2007

Lower Extremity Mechanics During Cutting Tasks In Different Shoe-Turf Combinations, Rafael Garcilazo

McNair Scholars Research Journal

The demands placed on the lower extremity when performing jumping and cutting maneuvers are depending, in part, on the interaction between the playing surface and the athlete's footwear. Higher demands are likely to result in increased incidence of injury, so for safety reasons it is important to quantify how the shoe-turf interface affects joint loads. The purpose of this study is to compare the forces on the lower extremity while landing and side cutting (rapid direction change at approximately 45 degrees) on artificial football turf with different styles of football cleats.


Ole Miss Engineer 2007 Apr 2007

Ole Miss Engineer 2007

Ole Miss Engineer

No abstract provided.


Electrical Characterization Of A Second-Gate In A Silicon-On-Insulator Transistor, Antonio Oblea Apr 2007

Electrical Characterization Of A Second-Gate In A Silicon-On-Insulator Transistor, Antonio Oblea

McNair Scholars Research Journal

As an independent double-gate, silicon-on-insulator transistor, the FlexfetTM is suited for a wide range of applications in analog and digital circuitry. This study investigates the ability of the JFET bottom-gate to adjust and control several parameters in the FlexfetTM as well as shield against performance degradation due to substrate biasing. The device parameters under investigation include drive current, leakage current, and threshold voltage. The newly assigned F-factor describes the ability of FlexfetTM’s bottomgate to adjust the threshold voltage. FlexfetTM exhibits nearly a 10x and 3.5x increase in drive current for the nMOS and pMOS devices, …


Investigation Of Single Pmosfet Gate Oxide Degradation On Nor Logic Circuit Operability, David Estrada Apr 2007

Investigation Of Single Pmosfet Gate Oxide Degradation On Nor Logic Circuit Operability, David Estrada

McNair Scholars Research Journal

The impact of gate oxide degradation of a single pMOSFET on the performance of the CMOS NOR logic circuit has been examined using a switch matrix technique. A constant voltage stress of -4.0V was used to induce a low level of degradation to the 2.0nm gate oxide of the pMOSFET. Characteristics of the CMOS NOR logic circuit following gate oxide degradation are analyzed in both the DC and V-t domains. The NOR gate rise time increases by approximately 30%, which may lead to timing or logic errors in high frequency digital circuits. Additionally, the voltage switching point of the NOR …


Biodesulphurization Within Natural Gas In Oil And Gas Field, Sri Astuti Rahayu, M. Fierdaus, Syafrizal Syafrizal, M. Udiharto Apr 2007

Biodesulphurization Within Natural Gas In Oil And Gas Field, Sri Astuti Rahayu, M. Fierdaus, Syafrizal Syafrizal, M. Udiharto

Makara Journal of Technology

The presence of sulphur compounds in natural gas can interfere to the quality of natural gas. The decline of combustion gas capacity, metal instrument corrosion in gas piping, and the environmental pollution from gas emission can affect by their presence. Bio-filter is one of the methods that selected to reduce sulphur content in natural gas. A lab scale study of hydrogen sulphide reduction in natural gas had conducted in oil and gas field using bio-filter method. The bio-filter system (±1 L volume) contains an active carbon and thiosulphide medium as a substrate, Thiobacillus thioparus as a single culture of sulphur …


Bs News Apr 2007

Bs News

Building Services Engineering

No abstract provided.


Mechanical Study On Using Of Accr Thermal Conductor At 500 Kv Sutet, Suprihadi Prasetyono Apr 2007

Mechanical Study On Using Of Accr Thermal Conductor At 500 Kv Sutet, Suprihadi Prasetyono

Makara Journal of Technology

Mechanical Study on using of ACCR Thermal Conductor at 500 kV SUTET. At the height of electricity demand increasing recently, circumstance of environment more limited and also expense of high investment, making thermal conductor (conductor thermal resistance) considered to be one of alternative in the electricity transmission bottlenecks. These days it has been developed thermal conductor ACCR (Aluminium Conductor Composite Reinforced) which can operate with temperature up to 240oC, so that making the current carrying capacity being higher than conventional conductor. This research aimed to study load current leading to mechanical characteristic ACCR conductor included tension, length of elongation and …


Production Of Medium Chain Length Polyhydroxyalkanoates From Oleic Acid Using Pseudomonas Putida Pga1 By Fed Batch Culture, Sidik Marsudi, Irene K.P. Tan, Seng Neon Gan, K. B. Ramachandran Apr 2007

Production Of Medium Chain Length Polyhydroxyalkanoates From Oleic Acid Using Pseudomonas Putida Pga1 By Fed Batch Culture, Sidik Marsudi, Irene K.P. Tan, Seng Neon Gan, K. B. Ramachandran

Makara Journal of Technology

Bacterial polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) are a class of polymers currently receiving much attention because of their potential as renewable and biodegradable plastics. A wide variety of bacteria has been reported to produce PHAs including Pseudomonas strains. These strains are known as versatile medium chain length PHAs (PHAs-mcl) producers using fatty acids as carbon source. Oleic acid was used to produce PHAs-mcl using Pseudomonas putida PGA 1 by continuous feeding of both nitrogen and carbon source, in a fed batch culture. During cell growth, PHAs also accumulated, indicating that PHA production in this organism is growth associated. Residual cell increased until the …


Simple: System Automatic Essay Assessment For Indonesian Language Subject Examination, Anak Agung Putri Ratna, Bagio Budiardjo, Djoko Hartanto Apr 2007

Simple: System Automatic Essay Assessment For Indonesian Language Subject Examination, Anak Agung Putri Ratna, Bagio Budiardjo, Djoko Hartanto

Makara Journal of Technology

SIMPLE: System Automatic Essay Assessment for Indonesian Language Subject Examination. Evaluation of study of a student is a very important aspect of an educational process. Evaluation is aimed at measuring the level of student understanding of the given lecture materials. Measuring student understanding of the course material, using essay-type exam, is generally used as the evaluation tool. In this essay-type exam, the student has to answer questions using sentences, whereby choices of possible answers are not indicated. The student has to answer the questions with his/her sentences. The answers may vary, since it reflects the student’s best thoughts of the …


Utilization Of Bagasse Cellulose For Ethanol Production Through Simultaneous Saccharification And Fermentation By Xylanase, M. Samsuri, Misri Gozan, R. Mardias, M. Baiquni, Heri Hermansyah, Anondho Wijanarko, Bambang Prasetya, M. Nasikin Apr 2007

Utilization Of Bagasse Cellulose For Ethanol Production Through Simultaneous Saccharification And Fermentation By Xylanase, M. Samsuri, Misri Gozan, R. Mardias, M. Baiquni, Heri Hermansyah, Anondho Wijanarko, Bambang Prasetya, M. Nasikin

Makara Journal of Technology

Utilization of Bagasse Cellulose for Ethanol Production through Simultaneous Saccharification and Fermentation by Xylanase. Bagasse is a solid residue from sugar cane process, which is not many use it for some product which have more added value. Bagasse, which is a lignosellulosic material, be able to be use for alternative energy resources like bioethanol or biogas. With renewable energy resources a crisis of energy in Republic of Indonesia could be solved, especially in oil and gas. This research has done the conversion of bagasse to bioethanol with xylanase enzyme. The result show that bagasse contains of 52,7% cellulose, 20% hemicelluloses, …


Construction Of Short-Length High-Rates Ldpc Codes Using Difference Families, Deny Hamdani, Ery Safrianti Apr 2007

Construction Of Short-Length High-Rates Ldpc Codes Using Difference Families, Deny Hamdani, Ery Safrianti

Makara Journal of Technology

Low-density parity-check (LDPC) code is linear-block error-correcting code defined by sparse parity-check matrix. It is decoded using the massage-passing algorithm, and in many cases, capable of outperforming turbo code. This paper presents a class of low-density parity-check (LDPC) codes showing good performance with low encoding complexity. The code is constructed using difference families from combinatorial design. The resulting code, which is designed to have short code length and high code rate, can be encoded with low complexity due to its quasi-cyclic structure, and performs well when it is iteratively decoded with the sum-product algorithm. These properties of LDPC code are …


Kinetic Model For Triglyceride Hydrolysis Using Lipase:Review, Heri Hermansyah, A. Wijanarko, Dianursanti Dianursanti, Misri Gozan, Praswasti P. D.K Wulan, Rita Arbianti, Roekmijati W. Soemantojo, Tania Surya Utami, Yuliusman Yuliusman, Momoji Kubo, Naomi Shibasaki Kitakawa, Toshiy Yonemoto Apr 2007

Kinetic Model For Triglyceride Hydrolysis Using Lipase:Review, Heri Hermansyah, A. Wijanarko, Dianursanti Dianursanti, Misri Gozan, Praswasti P. D.K Wulan, Rita Arbianti, Roekmijati W. Soemantojo, Tania Surya Utami, Yuliusman Yuliusman, Momoji Kubo, Naomi Shibasaki Kitakawa, Toshiy Yonemoto

Makara Journal of Technology

Triglyceride hydrolysis using lipase has been proposed as a novel method to produce raw materials in food and cosmetic industries such as diacylglycerol, monoacylglycerol, glycerol and fatty acid. In order to design a reactor for utilizing this reaction on industrial scale, constructing a kinetic model is important. Since the substrates are oil and water, the hydrolysis takes place at oil-water interface. Furthermore, the triglyceride has three ester bonds, so that the hydrolysis stepwise proceeds. Thus, the reaction mechanism is very complicated. The difference between the interfacial and bulk concentrations of the enzyme, substrates and products, and the interfacial enzymatic reaction …


Sulfonation Of Cptfe Film Grafted Styrene For Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell, Yohan Yohan Apr 2007

Sulfonation Of Cptfe Film Grafted Styrene For Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell, Yohan Yohan

Makara Journal of Technology

Sulfonation of cPTFE Film grafted Styrene for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell. Sulfonation of γ-ray iradiated and styrene-grafted crosslinked polytetrafluoroethylene film (cPTFE-g-S film) have been done. The aim of the research is to make hydropyl membrane as proton exchange membrane fuel cell. Sulfonation was prepared with chlorosulfonic acid in chloroethane under various conditions. The impact of the percent of grafting, the concentration of chlorosulfonic acid, the reaction time,and the reaction temperature on the properties of sulfonated film is examinated. The results show that sulfonation of surface-grafted films is incomplete at room temperature. The increasing of concentration of chlorosulfonic acid and …


Bs News Mar 2007

Bs News

Building Services Engineering

No abstract provided.


Studies On The Ion Conductive Performance Of Composite Polymer Electrolyte Containing Nano-Scale Sio2, Lin Ye, Yu-Mei Zhao, Xiao-Wen Zhang, Zeng-Guo Feng, Ying Bai, Feng Wu Feb 2007

Studies On The Ion Conductive Performance Of Composite Polymer Electrolyte Containing Nano-Scale Sio2, Lin Ye, Yu-Mei Zhao, Xiao-Wen Zhang, Zeng-Guo Feng, Ying Bai, Feng Wu

Journal of Electrochemistry

Nano-silicon oxide was doped into a novel comblike polyether,poly(3-(methoxy(triethylenoxy))methyl-3'-methyloxetane) to prepare a series of composite polymer electrolyte.The ion conductivity measurement revealed that the composite polymer electrolyte added with 5% weight fraction of SiO2 has the highest ion conductivity of 7.8×10-5 S/cm at 30℃ and 4.5×10-4 S/cm at 80℃,which is increased 30%~60% as compared to the polymer electrolyte without adding any SiO2.DSC results implied that the nano-silicon oxide inserts into the macromolecule chains to increase the free volume and decrease the glass transition temperature to enhance the ion conductivity.In addition,it seems that the crystallization occurred due …


Preparation And Lithium Storage Performance Of Nano-Structural Sno2/Carbon Nanotubes Composite Electrodes, Hong-Bing Wei, Ling Huang, Xiao-Bin Wu, Fu-Sheng Ke, Jin-Shu Cai, Xiao-Yong Fan, Fang-Zu Yang, Shi-Gang Sun Feb 2007

Preparation And Lithium Storage Performance Of Nano-Structural Sno2/Carbon Nanotubes Composite Electrodes, Hong-Bing Wei, Ling Huang, Xiao-Bin Wu, Fu-Sheng Ke, Jin-Shu Cai, Xiao-Yong Fan, Fang-Zu Yang, Shi-Gang Sun

Journal of Electrochemistry

The Nano-structural SnO2/Carbon Nanotubes Composites were prepared in a solution of SnCl2,ethylene glycol(EG),purified MWCNTs and sodium dodecyl sulfate(SDS) at 160 ℃.The phase structure and surface morphology of the composites were measured by XRD HRTEM and SEM.The results indicate that there are high dispersions and high loadings of SnO2 nanoparticles on MWCNTs.Electrochemical lithium storage performance was studied preliminarily on the obtained samples.MWCNTs modified with SnO2 nanoparicles were shown to have a higher electrochemical reversible capacity than that of MWCNTs during the charge and discharge process.MWCNTs can accommodate the larger structure strain of the active materials …


Effect Of 2,2'-Dipyridyldipyridyl And K4Fe(Cn)6 On Electroless Copper Plating Using Glyoxylic Acid As Reducing Agent, Dan-Dan Shen, Fang-Zu Yang, Hui-Huang Wu Feb 2007

Effect Of 2,2'-Dipyridyldipyridyl And K4Fe(Cn)6 On Electroless Copper Plating Using Glyoxylic Acid As Reducing Agent, Dan-Dan Shen, Fang-Zu Yang, Hui-Huang Wu

Journal of Electrochemistry

The electroless copper plating was studied in a bath consisting of glyoxylic acid as reducing agent,Na2EDTA as complexing agent,both 2,2'-dipyridyl and K4Fe(CN)6 as additives,focused on the influence of the additives on the deposition rate,as well as on the composition,structures and surface morphology of the deposits.It was found that adding an optimum amount of 2,2'-dipyridyl and K4Fe(CN)6 to the bath will not only improve the stability of the bath,but also increase the deposition rate by 100 %.The simultaneous addition of both additives causes the deposits to bright appearance and the change in morphology.The …


Effects Of Direct Current Bias Potentials On Lipid Membranes Forming On A Glassy Carbon Electrode, Yu-Hui Li, Hong-Wei Zhang, Gui-Lan Song, Zhan-Jun Zhang, Sheng-Min Cai Feb 2007

Effects Of Direct Current Bias Potentials On Lipid Membranes Forming On A Glassy Carbon Electrode, Yu-Hui Li, Hong-Wei Zhang, Gui-Lan Song, Zhan-Jun Zhang, Sheng-Min Cai

Journal of Electrochemistry

The effects of direct current(DC) bias voltage on the structure of lipid membranes forming on a glassy carbon electrode(GCE) was investigated by cyclic voltammetry(CV) and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy(EIS).The experiment showed that the lipid membranes can be formed with either positive or negative bias potential exerted.When bias voltage was exerted,bilayer lipid membranes tended to form due to the electrostatic interaction between the superficial positive charges on the polarized electrode and the negative charged part of PC.When the positive bias voltage overrun the range,the lacunas on s-BLMs would increase,and the BLMs would be broken.A proper equivalent circuit was nonlinearly fitted,based on the …


Charge-Discharge Behaviors And Properties Of A Lab-Scale All-Vanadium Redox-Flow Single Cell, Ping Zhao, Hua-Min Zhang, Yue-Hua Wen, Bao-Lian Yi Feb 2007

Charge-Discharge Behaviors And Properties Of A Lab-Scale All-Vanadium Redox-Flow Single Cell, Ping Zhao, Hua-Min Zhang, Yue-Hua Wen, Bao-Lian Yi

Journal of Electrochemistry

An experimental setup with two external saturated calomel reference electrodes(SCE)and two flow cells was established for flow battery research application.By using this setup,the cell voltage,potentials and open circuit potentials of the positive and negative electrodes for a lab-scale flow battery single cell,could be determined simultaneously during charge-discharge(C-D) cycle test.Then,the ohmic internal resistance drop(iR drop),overpotentials at the negative and positive electrodes of the cell during C-D process,were calculated.The average iR drop accounts for about 74% of the total voltage losses during the C-D cycle at current density of 60 mA·cm-2,suggesting the voltage efficiency(VE) of vanadium redox-flow battery(VRB) single cell …