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Calorimetry

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Preparation of high-conductivity, high-capacity phase change media capsules with enhanced thermos-chemical stability in thermal energy storage applications

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Thermal energy storage using the effects of the latent heat in the solid-liquid phase transformation has found its way into every day applications. Reusable, organic phase change media stabilize low temperatures of parcels, and salt/water tanks act as buff ...

EPFL2019

Effect of annealing temperature on the performance of printable carbon electrodes for perovskite solar cells

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Iwan Zimmermann

Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) with mesoporous TiO2 electron transport layers have reached > 22% efficiency at laboratory scale ( < 1 cm(2)), however, these layers are fabricated using spin-coating, which is not conducive to large-scale or high throughput f ...

ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV2019

Effect of Ions and Admixtures on the Growth of Synthetic Calcium Silicate Hydrate (C-S-H)

Jirawan Siramanont

This thesis investigates the effect of different parameters such as Fe (III), D-gluconate and heterogeneous particles on the nucleation and growth of synthetic C-S-H by using the dropwise precipitation method. Firstly, the effect of Fe (III) on the synthet ...

EPFL2018

High-pressure NMR spectroscopic and calorimetric studies on formic acid dehydrogenation and carbon dioxide hydrogenation

Cornel Fink

Our current energy production is convenient and simple, but it is not sustainable. The negative impacts on our environment are omnipresent in the form of smog, extinction of species, and global warming. A major challenge of our generation is the transition ...

EPFL2018

A heat integration method with location-dependent heat distribution losses

François Maréchal, Ivan Daniel Kantor, Hür Ebuzer Bütün

Energy consumption in industrial processes is mainly in the form of heat. Thus, heat recovery is one of the main focuses in industrial energy efficiency problems. Heat integration (HI) techniques have been studied extensively to solve such problems. One of ...

2018

Benzimidazolium salt-based solid-state electrolytes afford efficient quantum-dot sensitized solar cells

Paul Joseph Dyson, Zhaofu Fei, Zhangjun Huang

A novel solid-state electrolyte based on 1,3-dihexylbenzimidazolium ([DHexBIm]) cations combined with Br-, BF4- or SCN- anions is used in CdS/CdSe sensitized quantum dot sensitized solar cells (QDSSCs). A power conversion efficiency of 4.26% was achieved w ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2017

A systematic approach for thermal stability predictions of chemicals and their risk assessment: Pattern recognition and compounds classification based on thermal decomposition curves

Thierry Meyer, Nadia Baati, Annik Nanchen

In the context of process and product design, predictive models are increasingly employed. Decomposition properties of chemicals may be experimentally determined through calorimetric measurements, and a few molecular structure-based models- which correlate ...

Institution of Chemical Engineers2017

Effects of partial crystallization in Pt-Si-B-based bulk metallic glasses on glass transition and crystallization of the remaining amorphous matrix

Ludger Weber, Hamed Kazemi, Cyrill Werner Cattin

The influence of partial crystallization on the evolution of the characteristic temperatures, i.e. of the glass transition and the onset of crystallization, the density, and the mechanical properties of the bulk metallic glass Pt(49.95)Si(6)AB(24)Ge(3)Cu(1 ...

Elsevier2017

Recrystallization behavior of multi-directionally forged over-aged and solution treated Al-Cu-Mg alloy during non-isothermal annealing

Roland Logé

The recrystallization behavior of an Al-Cu-Mg alloy is investigated in multi-directionally forged over-aged and solution treated alloys, during non-isothermal annealing. Deformation and non-isothermal annealing are performed with a Gleeble 3800 thermo-mech ...

Elsevier Sci Ltd2017

Amorphous Ternary Charge-Cascade Molecules for Bulk Heterojunction Photovoltaics

Kevin Sivula, Liang Yao, Nestor Guijarro Carratala, Xavier Adrian Jeanbourquin, Xiaoyun Yu, Muhammad Aiman Bin Rahmanudin Hamdan, Melissa Catherine Olson

Ternary bulk heterojunctions with cascade-type energy-level configurations are of significant interest for further improving the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of organic solar cells. However, controlling the self-assembly in solution-processed ternary ...

Amer Chemical Soc2017

Reactor Dynamics Investigation Based On Calorimetric Data

Thierry Meyer, Francis Stoessel, Michal Dabros, Charles Ibrahim Guinand

A simple and general procedure has been developed to determine the thermal behaviour of a reactor based on heat balance, PID temperature control, and jacket behaviour. Using only temperature heating/cooling ramps followed by isothermal stages, such a proce ...

Wiley-Blackwell2017