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Batteries, Volume 3, Issue 4

December 2017 - 13 articles

Cover Story: It was shown, for the first time, that a thin film Al/nc–Si/Al structure with a porous top contact may spontaneously generate electromotive force (emf) up to 1V, upon interaction with water vapor in the surrounding atmosphere. The possibility of emf observation is denoted to the inequality of two aluminum electrodes. We investigated volt–ampere characteristics in different conditions and proposed a model of emf generation in the structures. View this paper

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Spontaneous Generation of Electromotive Force in Thin Film Al/Nanosilicon/Al Structures

Sergey G. Dorofeev,
Nikolay N. Kononov,
Sergei S. Bubenov,
Pavel A. Kotin,
Aleksandr N. Zolotykh and
Denis V. Grigoriev

Batteries2017, 3(4), 31;https://doi.org/10.3390/batteries3040031

10 October 2017

Contemporary pursuits in electronics include the miniaturization as well as flexibilization of devices. Although there are a large number of different thin and flexible electrochemical batteries, only a few can boast the possibility of working in hig...

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Effects of Alkaline Pre-Etching to Metal Hydride Alloys

Tiejun Meng,
Kwo-Hsiung Young,
Chaolan Hu and
Benjamin Reichman

Batteries2017, 3(4), 30;https://doi.org/10.3390/batteries3040030

5 October 2017

The responses of one AB5, two AB2, four A2B7, and one C14-related body-centered-cubic (BCC) metal hydrides to an alkaline-etch (45% KOH at 110 °C for 2 h) were studied by internal resistance, X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscope, inductive...

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Cell Performance Comparison between C14- and C15-Predomiated AB₂ Metal Hydride Alloys

Kwo-Hsiung Young,
John M. Koch,
Chubin Wan,
Roman V. Denys and
Volodymyr A. Yartys

Batteries2017, 3(4), 29;https://doi.org/10.3390/batteries3040029

25 September 2017

The performance of cylindrical cells made from negative electrode active materials of two selected AB2 metal hydride chemistries with different dominating Laves phases (C14 vs. C15) were compared. Cells made from Alloy C15 showed a higher high-rate p...

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