Influence of the Morphological Characteristics of Separator Membranes on Ionic Mobility in Lithium Secondary Batteries

2017 ◽  
Vol 121 (5) ◽  
pp. 2512-2520 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuria Saito ◽  
Wataru Morimura ◽  
Sadamu Kuse ◽  
Rika Kuratani ◽  
Satoshi Nishikawa
2019 ◽  
Vol 52 (5) ◽  
pp. 2112-2119 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuria Saito ◽  
Sahori Takeda ◽  
Shigemasa Yamagami ◽  
Toshiki Yagi ◽  
Keisuke Watanabe ◽  
...  

2019 ◽  
Vol 123 (36) ◽  
pp. 21888-21895 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuria Saito ◽  
Sahori Takeda ◽  
Junichi Nakadate ◽  
Tomoya Sasaki ◽  
Taehyung Cho

Membranes ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 277
Author(s):  
Yuria Saito

Further improvement in the performance of lithium secondary batteries will be an indispensable issue to realize a decarbonized society. Among them, the batteries for electric vehicles still have many issues to be addressed because they are subject to various conditions such as high-power performance, safety, and cost restrictions for widespread use. Those subjects require extensive researches from the improvement of each element material to control the battery system to optimize the total performance. Based on this idea, we have been conducting research focusing on ion movement to elucidate the ion conduction mechanism from the microscopic point of view. It has been recognized that the ionic mobility in the battery, which dominates the power performance of the battery, is affected by the solid environment in which the ions move (separator and electrode materials) and the evaluation of ion movement, including the interaction with the surroundings, is necessary as an essential step for battery design. In this article, I will introduce the evaluation approach of ion dynamics and the evaluation results of mobility and interactive situations of carrier ions in the practical separator membranes and gel electrolytes. Finally, the direction of material design is outlined through this review.


Author(s):  
M. J. Kramer ◽  
Alan L. Coykendall

During the almost 50 years since Streptococcus mutans was first suggested as a factor in the etiology of dental caries, a multitude of studies have confirmed the cariogenic potential of this organism. Streptococci have been isolated from human and animal caries on numerous occasions and, with few exceptions, they are not typable by the Lancefield technique but are relatively homogeneous in their biochemical reactions. An analysis of the guanine-cytosine (G-C) composition of the DNA from strains K-1-R, NCTC 10449, and FA-1 by one of us (ALC) revealed significant differences and DNA-DNA reassociation experiments indicated that genetic heterogeneity existed among the three strains. The present electron microscopic study had as its objective the elucidation of any distinguishing morphological characteristics which might further characterize the respective strains.


Author(s):  
N. Savage ◽  
A. Hackett

A cell line, UC1-B, which was derived from Balb/3T3 cells, maintains the same morphological characteristics of the non-transformed parental culture, and shows no evidence of spontaneous virus production. Survey by electron microscopy shows that the cell line consists of spindle-shaped cells with no unusual features and no endogenous virus particles.UC1-B cells respond to Moloney leukemia virus (MLV) infection by a change in morphology and growth pattern which is typical of cells transformed by sarcoma virus. Electron microscopy shows that the cells are now variable in shape (rounded, rhomboid, and spindle), and each cell type has some microvilli. Virtually all (90%) of the cells show virus particles developing at the cell surface and within the cytoplasm. Maturing viruses, typical of the oncogenic viruses, are found along with atypical tubular forms in the same cell.


Author(s):  
Anne F. Bushnell ◽  
Sarah Webster ◽  
Lynn S. Perlmutter

Apoptosis, or programmed cell death, is an important mechanism in development and in diverse disease states. The morphological characteristics of apoptosis were first identified using the electron microscope. Since then, DNA laddering on agarose gels was found to correlate well with apoptotic cell death in cultured cells of dissimilar origins. Recently numerous DNA nick end labeling methods have been developed in an attempt to visualize, at the light microscopic level, the apoptotic cells responsible for DNA laddering.The present studies were designed to compare various tissue processing techniques and staining methods to assess the occurrence of apoptosis in post mortem tissue from Alzheimer's diseased (AD) and control human brains by DNA nick end labeling methods. Three tissue preparation methods and two commercial DNA nick end labeling kits were evaluated: the Apoptag kit from Oncor and the Biotin-21 dUTP 3' end labeling kit from Clontech. The detection methods of the two kits differed in that the Oncor kit used digoxigenin dUTP and anti-digoxigenin-peroxidase and the Clontech used biotinylated dUTP and avidinperoxidase. Both used 3-3' diaminobenzidine (DAB) for final color development.


Author(s):  
Daryl A. Cornish ◽  
George L. Smit

Oreochromis mossambicus is currently receiving much attention as a candidater species for aquaculture programs within Southern Africa. This has stimulated interest in its breeding cycle as well as the morphological characteristics of the gonads. Limited information is available on SEM and TEM observations of the male gonads. It is known that the testis of O. mossambicus is a paired, intra-abdominal structure of the lobular type, although further details of its characteristics are not known. Current investigations have shown that spermatids reach full maturity some two months after the female becomes gravid. Throughout the year, the testes contain spermatids at various stages of development although spermiogenesis appears to be maximal during November when spawning occurs. This paper describes the morphological and ultrastructural characteristics of the testes and spermatids.Specimens of this fish were collected at Syferkuil Dam, 8 km north- west of the University of the North over a twelve month period, sacrificed and the testes excised.


Author(s):  
Barbara A. Wood

A controversial topic in the study of structure-property relationships of toughened polymer systems is the internal cavitation of toughener particles resulting from damage on impact or tensile deformation.Detailed observations of the influence of morphological characteristics such as particle size distribution on deformation mechanisms such as shear yield and cavitation could provide valuable guidance for selection of processing conditions, but TEM observation of damaged zones presents some experimental difficulties.Previously published TEM images of impact fractured toughened nylon show holes but contrast between matrix and toughener is lacking; other systems investigated have clearly shown cavitated impact modifier particles. In rubber toughened nylon, the physical characteristics of cavitated material differ from undamaged material to the extent that sectioning of heavily damaged regions by cryoultramicrotomy with a diamond knife results in sections of greater than optimum thickness (Figure 1). The detailed morphology is obscured despite selective staining of the rubber phase using the ruthenium trichloride route to ruthenium tetroxide.


Planta Medica ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 73 (09) ◽  
Author(s):  
M Tanase ◽  
C Sand ◽  
D Bobit ◽  
D Lazurca ◽  
M Boncut ◽  
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