A high Li-ion diffusion kinetics in multidimensional and compact-structured electrodes via vacuum filtration casting

Manufacturing process,diffusion co-efficient and areal capacity are the three main criteria for regulating thick electrodes for lithium-ion batteries(LIBs).However,simultaneously regulating these criteria for LIBs is desirable but remains a significant challenge.In this work,niobium pentoxide(Nb_(2)O_(5))anode and lithium iron phosphate(LiFePO_(4))cathode materials were chosen as the model materials and demonstrate that these three parameters can be simultaneously modulated by incorporation of micro-carbon fibers(MCF)and carbon nanotubes(CNT)with both Nb_(2)O_(5) and LFP via vacuum filtration approach.Both as-prepared MNC-20 anode and MLC-20 cathode achieves high reversible areal capacity of≈5.4 m A h cm^(-2)@0.1 C and outstanding Li-ion diffusion coefficients of≈10~(-8)cm~2 s~(-1)in the half-cell configuration.The assembled MNC-20‖MLC-20 full cell LIB delivers maximum energy and power densities of244.04 W h kg^(-1)and 108.86 W kg^(-1),respectively.The excellent electrochemical properties of the asprepared thick electrodes can be attributed to the highly conductive,mechanical compactness and multidimensional mutual effects of the MCF,CNT and active materials that facilitates rapid Li-ion diffusion kinetics.Furthermore,electrochemical impedance spectroscopy(EIS),symmetric cells analysis,and insitu Raman techniques clearly validates the enhanced Li-ion diffusion kinetics in the present architecture.

Capacity Titration Technique for Determining the Solid Diffusion Coefficient of Intercalary Species within Insertion-host Materials

In this paper, the capacity titration technique （CT technique） was developed on basis of the RPG （ratio of potentio-charge capacity to galvano-charge capacity） method to continuously determine the solid diffusion coefficient D of the intercalary species within insertion-host materials with a small voltage region. The linear equations of D vs. q （value of ratio of the potentio-charge capacity to the galvano-charge capacity） were given in different range of q. By the CT technique,the Li^＋ solid diffusion coefficients D within LiMn2O4 at different voltages were determined. The results showed that the values of D varied from 3.447×10^-9 cm^2/s to 7.60×10^-11 cm^2/s in the voltage range of charge from 3.3V to 4.3V as a function of voltage with “W” shape.

Electronic and thermal properties of Ag-doped single crystal zinc oxide via laser-induced technique

The doping of ZnO has attracted lots of attention because it is an important way to tune the properties of ZnO.Postdoping after growth is one of the efficient strategies.Here,we report a unique approach to successfully dope the single crystalline ZnO with Ag by the laser-induced method,which can effectively further post-treat grown samples.Magnetron sputtering was used to coat the Ag film with a thickness of about 50 nm on the single crystalline ZnO.Neodymium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet(Nd:YAG)laser was chosen to irradiate the Ag-capped ZnO samples,followed by annealing at700℃for two hours to form ZnO:Ag.The three-dimensional(3D)information of the elemental distribution of Ag in ZnO was obtained through time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry(TOF-SIMS).TOF-SIMS and core-level x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy(XPS)demonstrated that the Ag impurities could be effectively doped into single crystalline ZnO samples as deep as several hundred nanometers.Obvious broadening of core level XPS profiles of Ag from the surface to depths of hundred nms was observed,indicating the variance of chemical state changes in laser-induced Ag-doped ZnO.Interesting features of electronic mixing states were detected in the valence band XPS of ZnO:Ag,suggesting the strong coupling or interaction of Ag and ZnO in the sample rather than their simple mixture.The Ag-doped ZnO also showed a narrower bandgap and a decrease in thermal diffusion coefficient compared to the pure ZnO,which would be beneficial to thermoelectric performance.

Thermal diffusivity of light-emitting diode packaging material determined by photoacoustic piezoelectric technique

Thermal property is one of the most important properties of light-emitting diode （LED）. Thermal property of LED packaging material determines the heat dissipations of the phosphor and the chip surface, accordingly having an influence on the light-emitting efficiency and the life-span of the device. In this paper, photoacoustic piezoelectric （PAPE） technique has been employed to investigate the thermal properties of polyvinyl alcohol （]？VA） and silicon dioxide, which are the new and the traditional packaging materials in white LED, respectively. Firstly, the theory of PAPE technique has been developed for two-layer model in order to investigate soft materials; secondly, the experimental system has been set up and adjusted by measuring the reference sample; thirdly, the thermal diffusivities of PVA and silicon dioxide are measured and analysed. The experimental results show that PVA has a higher thermal diffusivity than silicon dioxide and is a better packaging material in the sense of thermal diffusivity for white LED.

Influences of double diffusion upon radiative flow of thin film Maxwell fluid through a stretching channel

This work explores the influence of double diffusion over thermally radiative flow of thin film hybrid nanofluid and irreversibility generation through a stretching channel.The nanoparticles of silver and alumina have mixed in the Maxwell fluid(base fluid).Magnetic field influence has been employed to channel in normal direction.Equations that are going to administer the fluid flow have been converted to dimension-free notations by using appropriate variables.Homotopy analysis method is used for the solution of the resultant equations.In this investigation it has pointed out that motion of fluid has declined with growth in magnetic effects,thin film thickness,and unsteadiness factor.Temperature of fluid has grown up with upsurge in Brownian motion,radiation factor,and thermophoresis effects,while it has declined with greater values of thermal Maxwell factor and thickness factor of the thin film.Concentration distribution has grown up with higher values of thermophoresis effects and has declined for augmentation in Brownian motion.

Performance Analysis of Optical Wireless Communication System Employing Neuro-Fuzzy Based Spot-Diffusing Techniques

The spot-diffusing technique provides better performance compared to conventional diffuse system for indoor optical-wireless communication (OWC) system. In this paper, the performance of an OW spot-diffusing communication system using Neuro-Fuzzy (NF) adaptive multi-beam transmitter configuration has been proposed. The multi-beam transmitter generates multiple spots pointed in different directions, hence, forming a matrix of diffusing spots based on position of the receiver and receiver mobility. Regardless of the position of the transmitter and receiver, NF controller target the spots adaptively at the best locations and allocates optimal power to the spots and beam angle are adapted in order to achieve better signal-to-noise plus interference ratio (SNIR). Maximum ratio combining (MRC) is used in the imaging receiver. The proposed OW spot-diffusing communication system is compared with other spot-beam diffusion methods proposed in literature. Performance evaluation revels that the proposed NF based OW spot-diffusing communication system outperforms other spot-beam diffusion methods.

General limited information diffusion method of small-sample information analysis in insurance

When analyzing and evaluating risks in insurance, people are often confronted with the situation of incomplete information and insufficient data, which is known as a small-sample problem. In this paper, a one-dimensional small-sample problem in insurance was investigated using the kernel density estimation method （KerM） and general limited information diffusion method （GIDM）. In particular, MacCormack technique was applied to get the solutions of GIDM equations and then the optimal diffusion solution was acquired based on the two optimization principles. Finally, the analysis introduced in this paper was verified by treating some examples and satisfying results were obtained.

Role of Kirkendall effect in diffusion processes in solids

In the 1940s, KIRKENDALL showed that diffusion in binary solid solutions cannot be described by only one diffusion coefficient. Rather, one has to consider the diffusivity of both species. His findings changed the treatment of diffusion data and the theory of diffusion itself. A diffusion-based framework was successfully employed to explain the behaviour of the Kirkendall plane. Nonetheless, the complexity of a multiphase diffusion zone and the morphological evolution during interdiffusion requires a physico-chemical approach. The interactions in binary and more complex systems are key issues from both the fundamental and technological points of view. This paper reviews the Kirkendall effect from the circumstances of its discovery to recent developments in its understanding, with broad applicability in materials science and engineering.

Image quality and diagnostic performance of free-breathing diffusion-weighted imaging for hepatocellular carcinoma

To retrospectively evaluate the diagnostic performance of free-breathing diffusion-weighted imaging (FB-DWI) with modified imaging parameter settings for detecting hepatocellular carcinomas (HCCs). METHODSFifty-one patients at risk for HCC were scanned with both FB-DWI and respiratory-triggered DWI with the navigator echo respiratory-triggering technique (RT-DWI). Qualitatively, the sharpness of the liver contour, the image noise and the chemical shift artifacts on each DWI with b-values of 1000 s/mm2 were independently evaluated by three radiologists using 4-point scoring. We compared the image quality scores of each observer between the two DWI methods, using the Wilcoxon signed-rank test. Quantitatively, we compared the signal-to-noise ratios (SNRs) of the liver parenchyma and lesion-to-nonlesion contrast-to-noise ratios (CNRs) after measuring the signal intensity on each DWI with a b-factor of 1000 s/mm2. The average SNRs and CNRs between the two DWI methods were compared by the paired t-test. The detectability of HCC on each DWI was also analyzed by three radiologists. The detectability provided by the two DWI methods was compared using McNemar’s test. RESULTSFor all observers, the averaged image quality scores of FB-DWI were: Sharpness of the liver contour [observer (Obs)-1, 3.08 ± 0.81; Obs-2, 2.98 ± 0.73; Obs-3, 3.54 ± 0.75], those of the distortion (Obs-1, 2.94 ± 0.50; Obs-2, 2.71 ± 0.70; Obs-3, 3.27 ± 0.53), and the chemical shift artifacts (Obs-1, 3.38 ± 0.60; Obs-2, 3.15 ± 1.07; Obs-3, 3.21 ± 0.85). The averaged image quality scores of RT-DWI were: Sharpness of the liver contour (Obs-1, 2.33 ± 0.65; Obs-2, 2.37 ± 0.74; Obs-3, 2.75 ± 0.81), distortion (Obs-1, 2.81 ± 0.56; Obs-2, 2.25 ± 0.74; Obs-3, 2.96 ± 0.71), and the chemical shift artifacts (Obs-1, 2.92 ± 0.59; Obs-2, 2.21 ± 0.85; Obs-3, 2.77 ± 1.08). All image quality scores of FB-DWI were significantly higher than those of RT-DWI (P < 0.05). The average SNR of the normal liver parenchyma by FB-DWI (11.0 ± 4.8) was not significantly different from that shown by RT-DWI (11.0 ± 5.0); nor were the lesion-to-nonlesion CNRs significantly different (FB-DWI, 21.4 ± 17.7; RT-DWI, 20.1 ± 15.1). For all three observers, the detectability of FB-DWI (Obs-1, 43.6%; Obs-2, 53.6%; and Obs-3, 45.0%) was significantly higher than that of RT-DWI (Obs-1, 29.1%; Obs-2, 43.6%; and Obs-3, 34.5%) (P < 0.05). CONCLUSIONFB-DWI showed better image quality and higher detectability of HCC compared to RT-DWI, without significantly reducing the SNRs of the liver parenchyma and lesion-to-nonlesion CNRs.

Solution of Stochastic Cubic and Quintic Nonlinear Diffusion Equation Using WHEP, Pickard and HPM Methods

In this paper, the cubic and quintic diffusion equation under stochastic non homogeneity is solved using Wiener- Hermite expansion and perturbation (WHEP) technique, Homotopy perturbation method (HPM) and Pickard approximation technique. The analytic solution of the linear case is obtained using Eigenfunction expansion .The Picard approximation method is used to introduce the first and second order approximate solution for the non linear case. The WHEP technique is also used to obtain approximate solution under different orders and different corrections. The Homotopy perturbation method (HPM) is also used to obtain some approximation orders for mean and variance. Using mathematica-5, the methods of solution are illustrated through figures, comparisons among different methods and some parametric studies.

Free boundary value problems for a class of generalized diffusion equation

The transport behavior of free boundary value problems for a class ofgeneralized diffusion equations was studied. Suitable similarity transformations were used toconvert the problems into a class of singular nonlinear two-point boundary value problems andsimilarity solutions were numerical presented for different representations of heat conductionfunction, convection function, heat flux function, and power law parameters by utilizing theshooting technique. The results revealed the flux transfer mechanism and the character as well asthe effects of parameters on the solutions.

High-Resolution Profiles of Dissolved Reactive Phosphorus in the Porewaters of Lake Sediments Assessed by DGT Technique

The technique of DGT (diffusive gradients in thin films) was applied to obtain high-resolution vertical profiles of dissolved reactive phosphorus (DRP) in sediment porewater of Lake Chaohu, a shallow eutrophication lake. Three kinds of DGT probes (with three thicknesses of diffusive gel: 0.38 mm, 0.78 mm and 1.18 mm) measured vertical concentration and induced flux from solid to solution phase which had intricate variations with depth. The results indicated that higher concentrations and induced fluxes of DRP were achieved by using DGT probe with thicker diffusion layer (CDGT1.18 > CDGT0.78 > CDGT0.38) and relatively stable DRP concentration profiles using DGT probes with 0.78 mm diffusive gel were obtained in each sediment core. The DRP concentrations displayed a clear gradient from Core C1 to Core C3 in sediment porewaters due to different sources and exchange degrees of reactive phosphorus. Compared to the concentrations obtained by the centrifugation technique, the concentrations of DRP resulting from the DGT technique were higher because some dissolved reactive phosphorus compounds have always been neglected using conventional centrifugation method.

GLOBAL EXISTENCE AND EXPONENTIAL STABILITY OF SOLUTIONS TO THE QUASILINEAR THERMO-DIFFUSION EQUATIONS WITH SECOND SOUND

This article is devoted to the study of global existence and exponential stability of solutions to an initial-boundary value problem of the quasilinear thermo-diffusion equations with second sound by means of multiplicative techniques and energy method provided that the initial data are close to the equilibrium and the relaxation kernel is strongly positive definite and decays exponentially.

Densification and Diffusion Bonding of W-CuComposites by HIP Processing

Applications of HIP technique on W-Cu composites are studied and developed. TheCuinfiltrated W composites without nickel can be densified easily by HIP processing at the tempera-ture below the melting point of copper. The relative density of W-Cu composites increases from 96%-97% to nearly full dense for the materials in which copper contents are more than 30 percent inweight and improves to near 99 percent for W-Cu20 composites. The properties of W-Cu materials ,such as strength, hardness and electrical conductivity, and the homogeneity of properties are im-proved significantly. The diffusion bonding of W-Cu to W-Cu or Cu by HIP processing is also stud-ied. The bonding strength is in correspondence with that of matrix. It is possible to produce largedimension W-Cu workpieces and (W-Cu)-Cu complex layer materials in commercial scale.

Solving Nonlinear Stochastic Diffusion Models with Nonlinear Losses Using the Homotopy Analysis Method

This paper deals with the construction of approximate series solutions of diffusion models with stochastic excitation and nonlinear losses using the homotopy analysis method (HAM). The mean, variance and other statistical properties of the stochastic solution are computed. The solution technique was applied successfully to the 1D and 2D diffusion models. The scheme shows importance of choice of convergence-control parameter to guarantee the convergence of the solutions of nonlinear differential Equations. The results are compared with the Wiener-Hermite expansion with perturbation (WHEP) technique and good agreements are obtained.

A Simple Time-Resolved Optical Measurement of Diffusion Transport Dynamics of Photoexcited Carriers and Its Demonstration in Intrinsic GaAs Films

We develop a tightly focused pump-probe absorption technique to study diffusion dynamics of photoexcited carriers.It has many advantages including the simple setup and operations,higher detection sensitivity,an analytic descriptive model and fast data samplings.Diffusion dynamics are measured twice,separately using two different-sized probe spots,instead of many time-delayed diffusion profiles of a carrier pocket measured using spatially probe-spot scanning.An analytic model is derived to describe diffusion dynamics.Diffusion dynamics in GaAs are measured to demonstrate the feasibility of this technique.The diffusion coefficient is obtained and agrees well with the reported experimental and theoretical results.

The Influence of Eddy Diffusivity Variation on the Atmospheric Diffusion Equation

The advection diffusion equation was solved analytically using separation of variables technique, considering first the wind speed and eddy diffusivity as constants;second as variables dependent on vertical height z. Comparison between predicted two models and observed concentration on Inshas, Cairo (Egypt) is done.

Determination of Li+ solid diffusion coefficient in LiMn2O4 by CITT

The capacity intermittent titration technique (CITT) was developed based on the ratio of potentio-charge capacity to galvano-charge capacity (RPG) method, to continuously determine the solid diffusion coefficient (D) of the intercalary species within insertion-host materials with a small voltage region. The linear equations of D vs the value of ratio of the potentio-charge capacity to the galvano-charge capacity (q) were given. By the CITT technique,the Li+ solid diffusion coefficients within LiMn2 O4 at different voltages were determined. The results show that the values of D varied from 3. 447× 10-9 to 7.60× 10-11 cm2/s in the voltage range of charge from 3.3 to 4.3 V as a function of voltage with "W" shape.

A Split-Step Predictor-Corrector Method for Space-Fractional Reaction-Diffusion Equations with Nonhomogeneous Boundary Conditions

A split-step second-order predictor-corrector method for space-fractional reaction-diffusion equations with nonhomogeneous boundary conditions is presented and analyzed for the stability and convergence.The matrix transfer technique is used for spatial discretization of the problem.The method is shown to be unconditionally stable and second-order convergent.Numerical experiments are performed to confirm the stability and secondorder convergence of the method.The split-step predictor-corrector method is also compared with an IMEX predictor-corrector method which is found to incur oscillatory behavior for some time steps.Our method is seen to produce reliable and oscillatioresults for any time step when implemented on numerical examples with nonsmooth initial data.We also present a priori reliability constraint for the IMEX predictor-corrector method to avoid unwanted oscillations and show its validity numerically.