scholarly journals Controlling the lithium proton exchange of LLZO to enable reproducible processing and performance optimization

Author(s):  
Melanie Rosen ◽  
Ruijie Ye ◽  
Markus Mann ◽  
Sandra Lobe ◽  
Martin Finsterbusch ◽  
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A new, mechanistic understanding of the lithium proton exchange in LLZO enables reproducible processing and performance optimization for tape-cast components.

Author(s):  
Curtis Marr ◽  
Xianguo Li

The composition and performance optimisation of cathode catalyst platinum and catalyst layer structure in a proton exchange membrane fuel cell has been investigated by including both electrochemical reaction and mass transport process. It is found that electrochemical reactions occur in a thin layer within a few micrometers thick, indicating ineffective catalyst utilization for the present catalyst layer design. The effective use of platinum catalyst decreases with increasing current density, hence lower loadings of platinum are feasible for higher current densities of practical interest without adverse effect on cell performance. The optimal void fraction for the catalyst layer is about 60% and fairly independent of current density, and a 40% supported platinum catalyst yields the best performance amongst various supported catalysts investigated. An optimal amount of membrane content in the void region of the catalyst layer exists for minimum cathode voltage losses due to competition between proton migration through the membrane and oxygen transfer in the void region. The present results will be useful for practical fuel cell designs.


2009 ◽  
Vol 23 (03) ◽  
pp. 537-540 ◽  
Author(s):  
JIANG HUI YIN ◽  
JUN CAO

A general proton exchange membrane fuel cell model including two finite-thickness catalysts is developed in this study, allowing for an in-depth understanding of the effects of the two key electrochemical reactions taking place in the two catalysts. The model is used to predict the performances of fuel cells employing two different flow channel designs, providing insights for fuel cell design and performance optimization.


Author(s):  
Kui Xu ◽  
Ming Zhang ◽  
Jie Liu ◽  
Nan Sha ◽  
Wei Xie ◽  
...  

Abstract In this paper, we design the simultaneous wireless information and power transfer (SWIPT) protocol for massive multi-input multi-output (mMIMO) system with non-linear energy-harvesting (EH) terminals. In this system, the base station (BS) serves a set of uplink fixed half-duplex (HD) terminals with non-linear energy harvester. Considering the non-linearity of practical energy-harvesting circuits, we adopt the realistic non-linear EH model rather than the idealistic linear EH model. The proposed SWIPT protocol can be divided into two phases. The first phase is designed for terminals EH and downlink training. A beam domain energy beamforming method is employed for the wireless power transmission. In the second phase, the BS forms the two-layer receive beamformers for the reception of signals transmitted by terminals. In order to improve the spectral efficiency (SE) of the system, the BS transmit power- and time-switching ratios are optimized. Simulation results show the superiority of the proposed beam-domain SWIPT protocol on SE performance compared with the conventional mMIMO SWIPT protocols.


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