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TCAD simulation study of dual ferroelectric gate field-effect transistors with a recessed channel geometry for non-volatile memory applications
In this study, we propose a ferroelectric FET (FeFET) structure termed dual ferroelectric recessed channel FeFET (DF-RFeFET), employing metal–ferroelectric (FE)–metal–FE–metal–SiO2 interlayer (IL)–silicon (MFMFMI...
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Role of sulfuric acid in thermostabilization and carbonization of lyocell fibers
Carbonized fibers with quantifiable mechanical properties were prepared from environmentally benign lyocell fibers (LFs) through sulfuric acid-catalyzed continuous thermostabilization and following carbonizati...
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Circular Economy Meets the Fashion Industry: Challenges and Opportunities in New York City
With increasing awareness and urgency to address the risks of climate change, resource depletion, and waste accumulation, the concept of the circular economy is gaining momentum as a guiding framework to desig...
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Reconfigurable Photovoltaic Array Systems for Adaptive and Fault-Tolerant Energy Harvesting
This chapter introduces a reconfigurable photovoltaic (PV) cell array for adaptive and fault-tolerant energy harvesting in view of component modeling, architectures, properties, and reconfigurable algorithms f...
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A multi-level hierarchical communication network architecture for distributed generators
Power systems have been dramatically changing with cutting-edge information technologies. The new power system infrastructure has evolved and has been studied by many institutes and companies. Future power sys...
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Open AccessStrain-induced enhancement of plasma dispersion effect and free-carrier absorption in SiGe optical modulators
The plasma dispersion effect and free-carrier absorption are widely used to change refractive index and absorption coefficient in Si-based optical modulators. However, the weak free-carrier effects in Si cause...
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Conclusions and Future Directions
EES systems offer various benefits of improved energy efficiency, reliability, availability, and cost-effectiveness for wide range of applications including the power grid, renewable power sources, EV/HEV, and...
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Background and Related Work
An EES element is a unit device or apparatus that stores electrical energy. Electrical energy can be stored in various forms of energy, such as mechanical energy, thermal energy, electrochemical energy, electrost...
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Implementation and Application
In this section, we present two experimental results. We first present a simulation of the proposed optimization technique applied to an EV. The EV presented in the simulation is comprised of a PV module, a re...
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Introduction
Electrical energy is a high quality form of energy, which can be easily and efficiently converted into other forms of energy and used to control other lower quality forms of energy [6]. Transformity of energy,...
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Hybrid Electrical Energy Storage Systems Design
In this chapter, we discuss high-level concepts of HEES systems. We first present the desirable characteristics of a HEES system that we achieve by the optimization techniques that we discuss in this book. We ...
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Architectures for Energy Efficiency
In this chapter, we propose two novel architectures for improving energy efficiency. The first architecture that we introduce is a reconfigurable EES array architecture. It enables dynamic changes of series an...
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Joint Optimization with Power Sources
In this chapter, we discuss joint optimization of power sources and HEES systems. We first introduce a technique to maximize the energy transferred from a PV module to a HEES system by maximizing power convers...
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Structural modifications of multiwalled carbon nanotubes and their effects on optical properties
Multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) with outermost diameters of ~5 to more than 100 nm are modified and investigated for structural and optical properties. MWCNTs are sonicated for a long time (100 min) to ...
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Open AccessAn SNR-based admission control scheme in WiFi-based vehicular networks
In WiFi-based vehicular networks, the performance anomaly problem can be serious because different vehicles with diverse channel conditions access the channel by a random access protocol. In this article, we f...
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Analysis of Session Handoff Probability in NEMO-Based Vehicular Networks
Network Mobility (NEMO) basic support protocol enables seamless mobility in vehicular networks. In this paper, we analyze the session handoff probability in NEMO-based vehicular environments. We develop analyt...
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Open AccessCall admission control with heterogeneous mobile stations in cellular/WLAN interworking systems
Although different call admission control (CAC) schemes have been proposed for cellular-wireless local area network (WLAN) interworking systems, no studies consider mobile stations (MSs) only with a single int...
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Luminous efficiency of AC Plasma Display Panels with MgO−TiO2
In order to improve both the operating voltage and the luminous efficiency of the protective layer for AC Plasma Display Panels, controlled amount of TiO2 was added to the pure MgO. The effect of the TiO2 additio...
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Effect of TiO2 Addition on the Secondary Electron Emission and Discharge Properties of MgO Protective Layer
Secondary electron emission from a cathode material in AC PDP (Plasma Display Panel) is dominated by potential emission mechanism, which is sensitive to band structure of a protective layer. Therefore, the sec...
