This article analyses the transition from the space-charge-limited (SCL) regime to the inverse sheath regime of a thermionic emissive probe, considering ionisation and collisions as presheath mechanisms. We show that, before the fully developed inver...
We examine the transition from the Fowler–Nordheim (FN) field emission regime to the space-charge-limited (SCLC) regime in the case of a pointed nanometric emitter with radius of curvature R ≥ 5 nm, for which the traditional FN equations do...
Because of the intermittent nature of renewable energy sources, such as solar or wind power, energy storage is becoming strategic for securing the energy transition. In this context, energy storage technologies must become robust, secure, and efficie...
The powertrain efficiency for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) can be maximized by gradually discharging the battery in a blended regime, where the engine is regularly used all over the driving cycle. A key step in designing an optimal PHEV co...
Partial state of charge (PSOC) is an important use case for lead–acid batteries. Charging times in lead–acid cells and batteries can be variable, and when used in PSOC operation, the manufacturer’s recommended charge times for singl...
Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) typically combine several power sources, which call for the use of optimal control strategy design techniques. The PHEV powertrain efficiency can be improved if the battery is gradually discharged by blending f...
This study investigates graphene oxide/carboxymethyl cellulose composite membranes containing 3 wt.% graphene oxide. The influence of the carboxymethyl cellulose content on the structural organization, mechanical properties, electrical resistivity, a...
Accurate imaging methods are important for understanding electrodeposition phenomena in metal batteries. Among the suitable imaging methods for this task is magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), which is a very powerful radiological diagnostic method. In...
Public charging infrastructure planning is shifting from spatial coverage expansion to demand-oriented siting and sizing. However, candidate sites often lack station-specific charging records, and the observed demand of existing stations is often con...
To clarify the effect of proteins on the charging and aggregation–dispersion characteristics of oxidized carbon nanohorn (CNHox), we measured the electrophoretic mobility and stability ratios as a function of concentrations of a model protein,...
An optimal combination of power and energy characteristics is beneficial for the further progress of supercapacitors-based technologies. We develop a nanoscale dynamic electrolyte model, which describes both static capacitance and the time-dependent...
Electrospray deposition (ESD) uses strong electric fields to produce generations of monodisperse droplets from solutions and dispersions that are driven toward grounded substrates. When soft materials are delivered, the behavior of the growing film d...
Modern heating furnaces use combined modes of heating the charge. At high heating temperatures, more radiation heating is used; at lower temperatures, more convection heating is used. In large heating furnaces, such as pusher furnaces, it is necessar...
We investigate a Dicke quantum battery in the dispersive regime, where the photons trapped in a resonant cavity are much more energetic with respect to the two-level systems embedded into it. Under such off-resonant conditions, even an empty cavity c...
Analyte migration order is a major aspect in all migration-based analytical separations methods. Presented here is the manipulation of the migration order of microparticles in an insulator-based electrokinetic separation. Three distinct particle mixt...
The atomistic structure and point-defect thermodynamics of the model
This work addresses the role of charge regulation (CR) and the associated fluctuations in the conformational and mechanical properties of weak polyelectrolytes. Due to CR, changes in the pH-value modifies the average macromolecular charge and conform...
Various engine types are thermodynamically equivalent in the quantum limit of small “engine action”. Our previous derivation of the equivalence is restricted to Markovian heat baths and to implicit classical work repository (e.g., laser light in the...
When a liquid film is thinning, the charge and the potential of its surfaces change simultaneously due to the interaction between the two surfaces. This phenomenon is an example for charge regulation and has been known for half a century for systems...
A compact model able to predict the electrical read-out of field-effect biosensors based on two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors is introduced. It comprises the analytical description of the electrostatics including the charge density in the 2D semico...
Using the dynamics of charged test particles, we study the interplay of extremely strong gravitational and magnetic fields acting on ionized Keplerian disks. We assume a Schwarzschild spacetime of mass M combined with a dipole magnetic field represen...
In this work, we employed a step-by-step sol-gel process to controllably deposit ultra-thin layers of SiO2 on anatase nanoparticles in the range between 0 and 1 nm. The deposition was confirmed by TEM, EDX, and ATR-FTIR (e.g., Ti-O-Si band at 960 cm-...
This paper introduces the mobile battery network for electronic devices through powerbanks in a city, and proposes an optimization model to find the optimum site and set-up of the network considering costumers demand, logistics components, the batter...
The transport and fate of antibiotics are significantly influenced by co-existing colloidal and nanosized substances, such as clay particles. Montmorillonite, a common clay mineral with a thin nano-sheet-like structure, enhances antibiotic (e.g., cip...
The exciton states and their influence on the optical absorption spectrum of CdSe and PbS nanoplatelets (NPLs) are considered theoretically in this paper. The problem is discussed in cases of strong, intermediate, and weak size quantization regimes o...
This study proposes a Hidden Semi-Markov Model (HSMM)-based framework for identifying and comparing traction-battery energy-flow regimes in a hybrid electric vehicle under route-controlled real-world driving conditions. Vehicle operating data were ac...
Carbonate muds are essential sedimentary components in geological carbon cycles. Model carbonate muds are prepared from crushed, sieved carbonate rock. The carbonate rock particles are primarily smaller than 62.5 µm. Steady-state shear viscosit...
Polyelectrolyte gels exhibit swelling behaviors that are dependent on the external environment. The swelling behaviors of highly charged polyelectrolyte gels can be well explained using the Flory–Rehner model combined with the Gibbs–Donnan effect and...
In the present work, by means of computer simulation, we studied the adsorption and diffusion of polyelectrolyte macromolecules on oppositely charged surfaces. We considered the surface coverage and the charge of the adsorbed layer depending on the i...
In this work, we report the nonlinear carriers’ transport in n-doped monocrystalline silicone with millimeter-scale length. Ohm, effective trap filling, and Mott–Gurney regimes are distinguished from the current–voltage (I–V)...
We investigate the effect of applied gate and drain voltages on the charge transport properties in a zinc oxide (ZnO) nanowire field effect transistor (FET) through temperature- and voltage-dependent measurements. Since the FET based on nanowires is...
The operational characteristics of capacitor-type detectors based on HPHT and CVD diamond have been investigated using perpendicular and parallel injection of carrier domain regimes. Simulations of the drift-diffusion current transients have been imp...
Motivated by recent developments in the field of multilevel quantum batteries, we present the model of a quantum device for energy storage with anharmonic level spacing, based on a superconducting circuit in the transmon regime. It is charged via the...
In a local gauge-invariant theory with massless Dirac fermions, a symmetry of the Lorentz-invariant fermion charge is larger than a symmetry of the Lagrangian as a whole. While the Dirac Lagrangian exhibits only a chiral symmetry, the fermion charge...
Quantum batteries represent a new and promising technological application of quantum mechanics, offering the potential for enhanced energy storage and fast charging. In this work, we study a quantum battery composed of three two-level systems with XX...
Battery energy storage systems (BESSs) are often used in partial-state-of-charge (PSOC) operation due to the desire for flexibility of charge and discharge. Lead–acid batteries are a good candidate to be used in battery energy storage due to th...
Relativistic motion introduces decoherence that limits quantum parameter estimation. Earlier treatments of bipartite Unruh–DeWitt detectors have often restricted the reduced state to the X-state form. We consider single-qubit and isolated-ancil...
A strongly temperature-dependent photo-induced transient absorption is measured in 6.5 mol% magnesium-doped lithium niobate at temperatures ranging from 45 K to 225 K. This phenomenon is interpreted as resulting from the generation and subsequent rec...
Heteroaggregation and homoaggregation is investigated with time-resolved multi-angle dynamic light scattering. The aggregation rates are measured in aqueous suspensions of amidine latex (AL) and sulfate latex (SL) particles in the presence of sodium...
Modeling ion transport through membrane channels is crucial for understanding cellular processes, and Poisson–Nernst–Planck (PNP) equations provide a fundamental continuum framework for such ionic fluxes. We investigate a quasi-one-dimens...
This paper investigates total ionizing dose (TID) effects in top-gated epitaxial graphene field-effect-transistors (GFETs). Measurements reveal voltage shifts in the current-voltage (I-V) characteristics and degradation of carrier mobility and minimu...
Electric vehicles battery systems (EVBS) are subject to complex charging/discharging processes that produce various amount of stress and cause significant temperature fluctuations. Due to the variable heat generation regimes, latent heat storage syst...
The melting of a coconut oil–CuO phase change material (PCM) embedded in an engineered nonuniform copper foam was theoretically analyzed to reduce the charging time of a thermal energy storage unit. A nonuniform metal foam could improve the effective...
We investigate theoretically the momentum-dependent frequency and damping of low-lying collective excitations of superconductors and charged superfluids in the BCS–BEC crossover regime. The study is based on the Gaussian pair-and-density fluctu...
A survey of theoretical studies of charge transfer involving collisions of multiply-charged ions with atomic neutrals (H and He) is presented. The calculations utilized the quantum-mechanical molecular-orbital close-coupling (MOCC) approach where the...
This paper presents the results of the mathematical modeling and experimental studies of charging a traction lithium-ion battery of a passenger electric car using an integrated charger based on a traction voltage inverter. An original three-stage cha...
A Timepix3 detector with a 300
The CompactLight European consortium is designing a state-of-the-art X-ray free-electron laser driven by radiofrequency X-band technology. Rooted in experimental data on photo-injector performance in the recent literature, this study estimates analyt...
Linear Shaped Charges (LSCs) have been assumed to function in the same manner as Conical Shaped Charges (CSCs) in the published literature that describes a metallic jet process for penetration. However, based on the facts that the LSC liner is compos...
After more than a century of history, the radiation-reaction problem in classical electrodynamics still surprises and puzzles new generations of researchers. Here, we revise and explain some of the paradoxical issues that one faces when approaching t...
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