Applying microbial electrochemical technologies for the treatment of highly saline or thermophilic solutions is challenging due to the lack of proper inocula to enrich for efficient exoelectrogens. Brine pools from three different locations (Valdivia, Atlantis II and Kebrit) in the Red Sea were investigated as potential inocula sources for enriching exoelectrogens in microbial electrolysis cell...

INTRODUCTION: Pelvic ring fractures are a relatively common form of orthopaedic trauma. While mechanical stability may be restored by the insertion of iliosacral screws, the proximity of the ideal screw trajectory to the fifth lumbar and first sacral nerve roots (S1), as well as the spinal canal make nervous tissue injury a potential hazard. Fluoroscopy has typically been used to ensure proper ...

The Na-ion battery has recently gained a lot of interest as a low-cost alternative to the current Li-ion battery technology. Its feasibility strongly depends on the development of suitable electrode materials. In the present work we propose a novel anode candidate, boron-doped graphene, for the Na-ion battery. Our first-principles calculations demonstrate that the sodiation of boron-doped graph...

Direct formic acid fuel cells (DFAFCs) are electrochemical energy conversion devices well suited to power portable electronics, if researchers can harness their high theoretical efficiencies and address durability issues. To improve DFAFC efficiency, the mass transport of formic acid to the anode catalyst layer must be improved. Conventional serpentine anode flow field designs limit CO2 product...

This paper addresses investigation of the corrosion behavior of copper bearing anodes with high nickel content. Anodes are produced from different solid wastes formed during the copper or nickel row materials treatment. Nickel content in anode samples had values up to 10 mas %. The content of tin, lead and antimony was up to 1 % for each of elements. Sulphuric acid solution, concentration of 17...

Recently, heteroatom-doped carbon materials BCx, BCxN and CxN have been suggested the potential applications as anode materials in Li ion batteries, because these compounds consist of layered structure [1-3]. In particular, boron-doped carbon materials have been experimentally and theoretically investigated from different points of view, not only from fundamental scientific aspects, such as ele...

Transition metal dichalcogenides (TMD), analogue of graphene, could form various dimensionalities. Similar to carbon, one-dimensional (1D) nanotube of TMD materials has wide application in hydrogen storage, Li-ion batteries, and supercapacitors due to their unique structure and properties. Here we demonstrate the feasibility of tungsten disulfide nanotubes (WS2-NTs)/graphene (GS) sandwich-type ...

Porous composite anodes consisting of a yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ) backbone that was impregnated with CeO2 and various amounts of metallic components including Cu, Co and Pd were fabricated. The performance of these anodes was then tested in a solid oxide water electrolysis cell under conditions where the anode was exposed to the reducing gasses H2, CH4 and CO. The reducing gasses were us...

Structural and mechanical properties of diamond-like carbon films deposited by an anode layer source, Thin Solid Films 517 (2009) 6502. spectroscopy of diamond-like carbon films deposited by an anode layer source, Diamond Relat. Mater. 17 DLC films deposited at room-temperature by reactive magnetron sputtering and by an anode layer source – a comparative study, Relation between structural/topol...