Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) undoubtedly are considered a viable option to meet the ever-increasing demands for portable consumer electronic devices and electric vehicles. To this requirement, intensive research is being conducted on increasing volumetric gravimetric energy density of LIBs as well developing high-capacity electrode materials LIB. In study, novel copper-coated graphite felt curr...

This work intends to extend the electromechanical characterisation of dielectric elastomer actuators. Planar actuators were realised with a 50 m-thick film of an acrylic elastomer coated with compliant electrodes. The isotonic transverse strain, the isometric transverse stress and the driving current, due to a 2 s high voltage impulse, were measured for four electrode materials (thickened elect...

Direct determination of tin in human hair was performed by graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry. Human hair was cut into 3-5 mm long and 1-2 mg of the sample was directly introduced into a pyrolytically coated graphite tube, of which the injection hole was enlarged to a diameter of approximately 5 mm. After introduction of the sample, 20 μl of 30 mg Pd/l in 1 mol/l HCl was added as a...

A single-use electrochemical sensor using ionic liquid mediated hollow fiber-graphite working electrode was fabricated for the first time. The screening tool was developed by coupling this electrode with differential pulse voltammetry (DPV) for in-situ pre-concentration and determination of Zn(II) and Cu(II). In our plot, porous polypropylene hollow fiber membrane divided into pieces of 2 cm, t...

The objective of the study was to evaluate the performance of an amperometric enzyme based lactate sensor and to investigate the possibility of replacing a double lumen catheter based blood withdrawal system with a heparin coated single lumen system. The inner lumen of a double lumen catheter which was placed in a peripheral vein was perfused with heparin solution. The outer lumen was used to c...

A 3D non-enzymatic glucose disposable electrochemical sensor based on screen-printed graphite macroelectrodes (SPEs), modified with Ni, Cu, and Ni/Cu hydroxides, was prepared by a facile cost-effective method for the first time.

In methanogenic microbial electrolysis cells (MMCs), CO2 is reduced to methane using a methanogenic biofilm on the cathode by either direct electron transfer or evolved hydrogen. To optimize methane generation, we examined several cathode materials: plain graphite blocks, graphite blocks coated with carbon black or carbon black containing metals (platinum, stainless steel or nickel) or insolubl...

Electrochemical impedance and self-discharge studies were carried out to investigate lithium intercalation into bare and Ni-coated KS10 graphite. Values of the charge-transfer resistances, exchange current densities, surface film resistances, and lithium-ion diffusion coefficients as functions of the state of charge (SOC) all favored the 10 wt % Ni composite KS10 graphite over bare KS10 graphit...