A novel foam-like Ni@Ni(OH)2 composite nanomaterial, synthesized by an organometallic approach, exhibited remarkable robustness and high catalytic performance for CO2 hydrogenation to formate.

In the past 30 years, electroless nickel (EN) plating has grown to such proportions that these coatings and their applications are now found underground, in outer space, and in a myriad of areas in between. Moreover, in order to further improve the mechanical and tribological properties of the nickel-phosphorous (Ni-P) coatings, Ni-P/PTFE composite coatings can be obtained, which provides even ...

A novel microfibrous composite bed reactor was developed and was demonstrated for high efficiency hydrogen production by the decomposition of ammonia at moderate temperatures in portable fuel cell power system applications. By using a high-speed and low-cost papermaking technology combined with a subsequent sintering process, sinter-locked three-dimensional microfibrous networks consisting of a...

Materials. The PEDOT:PSS (Clevios PH 1000, 1 wt%) aqueous dispersion was purchased from Heraeus. Waterborne polyurethane (PU) was provided by DSM (China). Poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS, Sylgard 184, Dow Corning) prepolymer was prepared by mixing base silicone gel with a curing agent in a 10:1 weight ratio. Dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) was purchased from Aladdin Chemistry Co., Ltd., Shanghai, China....

In this research, Al-Ni particle composite strips are formed by accumulative roll bonding (ARB) process using Al strips and Ni powder. The rule of ARB cycles and volume percentage (Vol%) of Ni powder on the microstructure, wear resistance and mechanical properties of the formed composites are investigated. According to the tensile test results, the yield stress and tensile strengths of the Al -...

Watt’s bath and pulse reverse (PR) electrodeposition is used to produce spherical nickelmultiwall carbon nanotubes (Ni-MWCNT) of 2.00, 0.93, 1.63 and 6.71 μm diameter and a variety ofsize distributions. For 60 cycles, an absolute electrodeposition current of 18 A/dm2 is applied atcurrent ratios of ii = idissolution/ideposition = 0, 0.077, 0.200 and 0.368. A simple exponential equation isfitted ...

This paper proposes an H-type magnetoelectric (ME) composite structure consisting of a fork Fe-Ni magnetostrictive substrate and PZT piezoelectric plates. The fork composite structure has a higher ME voltage coefficient and a higher ME power output relative to other ME composite structures due to its higher quality (Q) factor. The fork composite structure can obtain an output power of 61μW at a...