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Chapter and Conference Paper
Effects of Sulphurization Temperature on Cuins2 Film Properties
CuInS2 films were synthesized by sulphurization of electrodepositing Cu-In precusor films and investigated the effect of sulphurization temperature on the properties of CIS films. Scanning electron microscopy and...
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Fast and catalytic pyrolysis of xylan: Effects of temperature and M/HZSM-5 (M = Fe, Zn) catalysts on pyrolytic products
Pyrolysis-gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (Py-GC/MS) was employed to achieve fast pyrolysis of xylan and on-line analysis of pyrolysis vapors. Tests were conducted to investigate the effects of temperatur...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Experimental Study and Mechanism Analysis of Modified Limestone by Red Mud for Improving Desulfurization
Red mud is a type of solid waste generated during alumina production from bauxite, and how to dispose and utilize red mud in a large scale is yet a question with no satisfied answer. This paper attempts to use...
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Catalysis in Supercritical Water Gasification of Biomass: Status and Prospects
High pressure and temperature demand containment structure of costly alloys for the supercritical water gasification (SCWG) apparatus. The catalyst is of great significance for realizing high gasification effi...
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Chapter
Low-Cost Nanomaterials for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting
Hydrogen represents a clean and high gravimetric energy density chemical fuel that could potentially replace fossil fuels and natural gas in electricity generation and powering vehicles. Central to the success...
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Open AccessDesign and application of microgrid operation control system based on IEC 61850
We consider the microgrid operation control technology including design of microgrid operation control system, MG control device and control strategy. We pay much attention on microgrid operation control devic...
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Growth of conformal graphene cages on micrometre-sized silicon particles as stable battery anodes
Nanostructuring has been shown to be fruitful in addressing the problems of high-capacity Si anodes. However, issues with the high cost and poor Coulombic efficiencies of nanostructured Si still need to be res...
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Selective deposition and stable encapsulation of lithium through heterogeneous seeded growth
Lithium metal is an attractive anode material for rechargeable batteries, owing to its high theoretical specific capacity of 3,860 mAh g−1. Despite extensive research efforts, there are still many fundamental cha...
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Active fuel design—A way to manage the right fuel for HCCI engines
Homogenous charge compression ignition (HCCI) engines feature high thermal efficiency and ultralow emissions compared to gasoline engines. However, unlike SI engines, HCCI combustion does not have a direct way...
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Open AccessFast valve power loss evaluation method for modular multi-level converter operating at high-frequency
There is no common accepted way for calculating the valve power loss of modular multilevel converter (MMC). Valve power loss estimation based on analytical calculation is inaccurate to address the switching po...
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Anion-redox nanolithia cathodes for Li-ion batteries
The development of lithium–air batteries is plagued by a high potential gap (>1.2 V) between charge and discharge, and poor cyclability due to the drastic phase change of O2 (gas) and Ox− (condensed phase) at the...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Development of a 3D Core Calculation Code: COCO
In the framework of Hualong Pressurized Reactor (HPR1000) developed by Chinese General Nuclear (CGN) Company, various industrial reactor design codes have been developed since 2010. In order to carry out effic...
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Enabling the high capacity of lithium-rich anti-fluorite lithium iron oxide by simultaneous anionic and cationic redox
Anionic redox reactions in cathodes of lithium-ion batteries are allowing opportunities to double or even triple the energy density. However, it is still challenging to develop a cathode, especially with Earth...
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Understanding Job-Housing Relationship from Cell Phone Data Based on Hadoop
Job-housing relationship has been a significant and classic topic in urban studies for many years. Compared with the studies based on data from census and public transportation surveys, cell phone data make it...
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Electrical Energy Storage for Buildings
There are numerous benefits associated with the addition of electrical energy storage (EES) systems in buildings. It can increase the renewable energy penetration in building, improve power supply grid, and st...
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Living Reference Work Entry In depth
Electrical Energy Storage for Buildings
There are numerous benefits associated with the addition of electrical energy storage (EES) systems in buildings. It can increase the renewable energy penetration in building, improve power supply grid, and st...
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Approaching the capacity limit of lithium cobalt oxide in lithium ion batteries via lanthanum and aluminium do**
Lithium cobalt oxides (LiCoO2) possess a high theoretical specific capacity of 274 mAh g–1. However, cycling LiCoO2-based batteries to voltages greater than 4.35 V versus Li/Li+ causes significant structural inst...
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Open AccessUsing benzene carboxylic acids to prepare zirconium-based catalysts for the conversion of biomass-derived furfural
Benzene carboxylic acid (BCAs) are common and useful chemical blocks, which can be derived from the abundant low rank coals (LRCs) via oxidative degradation. In this work, we proposed a novel strategy to utili...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
The Horizontal Extended Velocity Model of Steam Chamber Front in Dual-Well SAGD Process
The dual-well steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) process could effectively enhance the oil recovery, and the heat transfer on stream chamber front plays the key role on SAGD process efficiency. The expandi...
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Atomically dispersed platinum supported on curved carbon supports for efficient electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution
Dispersing catalytically active metals as single atoms on supports represents the ultimate in metal utilization efficiency and is increasingly being used as a strategy to design hydrogen evolution reaction (HE...
