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Sensitivity Study of Operating Conditions and Liquid Water Transport Behavior in an AEMFC Aided by Modeling and Neutron Radiography

June 1, 2025
Author(s)
Mrittunjoy Sarker, Felipe Mojica, Ami Neyerlin, Bryan Pivovar, Daniel Hussey, Jacob LaManna, David Jacobson, Po-Ya Chuang
Two types of anion exchange ionomers, powder and dispersion, are studied in this work. The gas diffusion electrode (GDE) with the dispersion-type ionomer exhibits strong hydrophobicity, thus not enabling sufficient ionic exchange during the potassium

NIST Neutron Source Pre-Conceptual Design

February 10, 2025
Author(s)
David Diamond, Abdullah Weiss, Osman Celikten, Jeremy Cook, Dagistan Sahin, Hubert King, Anil Gurgen, Joy Shen
A pre-conceptual design has been completed for a NIST Neutron Source (NNS). It would replace the existing facility at the NIST Center for Neutron Research (NCNR) to enable significantly more thermal and cold neutrons to be used in many more experiments

Insights into transient photovoltage lifetimes via dark J-V analysis in perovskite solar cells

September 23, 2024
Author(s)
Ganga Neupane, John Roller, Susanna Thon, Sheng Fu, Zhaoning Song, Yanfa Yan, Behrang Hamadani
Transient photovoltage (TPV) decay measurements have commonly been used to estimate the charge carrier lifetimes in solar cell devices. However, it has recently been demonstrated that an intrinsic material property such as the effective bulk carrier

Visualizing 3D Morphologies and Spatial Heterogeneities of Li after Fast- Charging via In-situ Neutron Tomography

March 22, 2024
Author(s)
Maha Yusuf, Anders Kaestner, Markus Wied, Jacob LaManna, Nghia Vo, Alison Dunlop, Andrew Jansen, Bryant Polzin, Stephen Trask, Markus Strobl, Vanessa Wood, Michael Toney, Johanna Weker
Mechanistic understanding of Li plating is imperative to developing fast-charging batteries for sustainable electric vehicles. Here, we report in-situ 3D characterization of the morphology and spatial heterogeneities of Li plating using neutron micro

Operando analysis of the positive active mass of lead batteries by neutron diffraction

January 30, 2024
Author(s)
Miguel Rodriuqez-Goemz, Javier Campo, Aloida Orera, Fernando de La Fuente, Jesus Valenciano, Holger Fricke, Yan Chen, Ke An, Daniel Hussey, Angel Larrea
We have analysed, through neutron diffraction experiments with the volume-gauge technique, the in operando performance of lead cells composed of industrial positive and negative electrodes, previously tank formed in the manufacturing plant. The cells, 6.5

Electrical and Electroluminescence Evaluation of 17 Year Old Monocrystalline Silicon Building Integrated Photovoltaic Modules

December 25, 2023
Author(s)
Andrew Shore, Tali Schlenoff, Bakary Coulibaly, David Navon, Stephanie Moffitt, Brian P. Dougherty, Behrang Hamadani
Longterm reliable operation of photovoltaic modules is necessary to ensure the technology is key to reducing the cost of solar energy. However, degradation mechanisms in the field are not always consistent or predictable. We present a dataset of 72

EOS-CG-2021: A Mixture Model for the Calculation of Thermodynamic Properties of CCS Mixtures

November 16, 2023
Author(s)
Tobias Neumann, Stefan Herrig, Ian Bell, Robin Beckmuller, Eric W. Lemmon, Monika Thol, Roland Span
Thermodynamic properties for CCS-relevant mixtures can be calculated with the fundamental equation of state presented in this work over wide ranges of pressure, temperature, and composition for gas, liquid, and supercritical states, as well as phase

Simultaneous characterization of operando multi-material distribution via high-contrast correlative tomographic microscopy

November 8, 2023
Author(s)
Pranay Shrestha, Jacob LaManna, Kieran Fahy, Pascal Kim, ChungHyuk Lee, Jason Lee, Elias Baltic, David Jacobson, Daniel Hussey, Aimy Bazylak
High-contrast tomographic microscopy of evolving multi-material systems, such as electrochemical devices, offers a unique and often exclusive perspective into inner workings of these complex systems. Here, we characterize the operando spatiotemporal

Thermal-hydraulic Assessment of the Proposed NIST Neutron Source Design

October 6, 2023
Author(s)
Anil Gurgen, Abdullah Weiss, Joy Shen
To replace the ageing reactor at the NIST Center for Neutron Research, a new reactor design is proposed, namely the NIST Neutron Source or NNS. The NNS will contain a light-water moderated and cooled core that would serve as a neutron source for a state-of

Imaging local luminescence variations in CdSe0.1Te0.9 thin films grown by the colossal grain growth process.

August 4, 2023
Author(s)
Ganga Neupane, Andrew Winchester, Nicolas Marquez Peraca, David Albin, Joel Duenow, Matthew Reese, Sujitra Pookpanratana, Susanna Thon, Behrang Hamadani
Clear visualization and understanding of luminescence properties of grain interiors and grain boundaries in polycrystalline thin-film photovoltaic materials are crucial to achieving high-performance solar cells. Luminescence-based measurements, for example

CO Reduction on Single-atom Copper

July 26, 2023
Author(s)
Yuxuan Wang, Hao Shen, Bin Xue, Boyang Li, Nicole Libretto, Han Zong, Wenjun Xie, Ziyuan Li, Guangye Zhou, Jeffrey Vetik, Jeffrey T. Miller, Guofeng Wang, Chao Wang, David Raciti

H2 Generation by the 10B(n,alpha)7Li Reaction in High Temperature Water

July 4, 2023
Author(s)
Alan Keith Thompson, Mohamad Al-Sheikhly, Steven Guerin, David Bartels, Cameron Goodwin, Sangho Nam
H2 produced in water from the 10B(n,α)7Li fission reaction has been measured up to 300 oC. Thermal energy neutrons from the Rhode Island Nuclear Science Center's 2 MW reactor interact with boric acid-containing water in temperature-controlled high-pressure