an analytical model is proposed and an analysis is conducted for solid oxide fuel cells with goals of higher power densities. the analytical model is designed to help optimize the size, spacing, and geome-trical shapes of current collectors. the model fully considers the ohmic, species concentration, and activa-tion polarizations. from the analysis of several cases, it is recommended that 3d pi...

The pulsed eddy current responses to varying material thickness and conductivity are modeled using an electrical circuit ideal transformer non-linear model. The Levenberg-Marquardt algorithm is used to curve fit the experimental signal to the model. The resulting synthetic signal is examined for its ability to preserve experimental signal features such as lift-off point of intersection (LOI), a...

A pre-annealing atmospheric pulsed laser exposure was applied to decrease the phase transition (from chemically disordered A1 phase to chemically ordered L10 phase) temperature of FePt nano-particles on a Si (100) substrate. Different pre-annealing laser energy densities of 0.024 and 0.079 J/cm were utilized to expose the pulsed laser deposition (PLD) FePt thin film samples under atmospheric co...

We report on metalorganic vapor phase epitaxy of highly conductive germanium-doped GaN layers and their application for blue tunnel-junction light emitting diodes (TJ-LEDs). Using Ge as donor, carrier densities up to 2 × 1020 cm−3 low bulk resistivities down 3 10−4 Ωcm are achieved. Under optimum growth conditions, no degradation the crystalline quality is observed exhibit high transparency mak...

Introduction: Since the initial demonstration by Fischer and coworkers of a GaInNAs laser at 1.52 mm [1], substantial improvements in device performance have recently been reported [2–6]. Despite this rapid improvement, the threshold current density and external efficiency have remained insufficient for commercial applications. Specifically, only a few continuous-wave (CW) devices have been rep...

stress and residual stress are the main problems in the operating performance of materials. they are the principal causes of material failure and can affect life time of component. however measurement or predictions of them are typically difficult. two common non-destructive methods, x-ray diffraction and ultrasound are not reliable methods for subsurface residual stress measurements and destru...