Li-ion batteries dominate portable energy storage due to their exceptional power and energy characteristics. Yet, various consumer devices and electric vehicles demand higher specific energy and power with longer cycle life. Here we report a full-cell battery that contains a lithiated Si/graphene anode paired with a selenium disulfide (SeS2) cathode with high capacity and long-term stability. S...

2014 The pure-hydrogen discharges in surface-plasma sources with a semiplanotron electrode configuration are described. In short pulse (10-3 s) mode the extracted Hemission density was up to 1.1 A/cm2 at cathode discharge current density 60 A/cm2. The multi-slit short pulse extraction delivered the Houtput with current of up to 1 A. In the long pulse (0.6 s) mode the Hyield was 0.15 A at discha...

Metal cathodes installed in rf guns typically exhibit much lower quantum efficiency than the theoretical limit. Experimenters often use some sort of in situ technique to “clean” the cathode to improve the QE. The most common technique is laser cleaning where the laser is focused to a small spot and scanned across the cathode surface. However, since the laser is operated near the damage threshol...

Rechargeable aqueous Zn/MnO2 battery chemistry in a neutral or mildly acidic electrolyte has attracted extensive attention recently because all the components (anode, cathode, and electrolyte) in a Zn/MnO2 battery are safe, abundant, and sustainable. However, the reaction mechanism of the MnO2 cathode remains a topic of discussion. Herein, we design a highly reversible aqueous Zn/MnO2 battery w...

Rechargeable magnesium battery (rMB) has received increased attention as a promising alternative to current Li-ion technology. However, the lack of appropriate cathode that provides high-energy density and good sustainability greatly hinders the development of practical rMBs. To date, the successful Mg2+-intercalation was only achieved in only a few cathode hosts, one of which is manganese diox...

In 1971 the first research work on hollow cathode arcs (abbreviated HCA) started at Giessen University. Emphasis has been put on the operation of this hollow cathode arc for the ion beam neutralization of the electric propulsion unit RIT 10. In this application the HCA works as an electron source delivering electrons for main discharge starting and beam neutralization. But beside this, diagnost...

Olivine LiFePO4 has received much attention recently as a promising storage compound for cathodes in lithium ion batteries. It has an energy density similar to that of LiCoO 2, the current industry standard for cathode materials in lithium ion batteries, but with a lower raw materials cost and an increased level of safety. An inherent limitation of LiFePO4 acknowledged by researchers studying t...

A physics-based single particle model was used to simulate the life cycling data of a lithium ion cell. The simulation indicates that there are robably three stages of capacity fade in a lithium ion cell used at low rates. In the first stage, lithium ions are lost to a film formation reaction (e.g. EI formation) and, consequently, the cathode becomes less intercalated during cycling. In the sec...

The development of manganese dioxide as the cathode for aqueous Zn-ion battery (ZIB) is limited by the rapid capacity fading and material dissolution. Here, a highly reversible aqueous ZIB using graphene scroll-coated α-MnO2 as the cathode is proposed. The graphene scroll is uniformly coated on the MnO2 nanowire with an average width of 5 nm, which increases the electrical conductivity of the M...