H2 is an important energy carrier for replacing fossil fuel in the future due to its high density and environmental friendliness. As a sustainable H2-generation method, photocatalytic production by water splitting has attracted much interest. Here, oil-soluble ZnxCd1–xS quantum dot (ZCS QD) with uniform particle size distribution were prepared hot-injection method. However, no H2-production act...

An enhanced soft switching technique for an interleaved boost converter has better performance characteristics when compared to conventional boost converter. As IBC operates under soft switching the main devices do not have any additional voltage & current stress on the auxiliary devices are at low level. Where main switches operates out of phase and share the output current while providing sof...

This paper presents implementations of a nonisolated, high voltage gain DC-DC converter. High voltage gain is achieved due to inclusion of resonance and transformer in the circuit. The performance of this converter is compared with two similar topologies namely coupled inductor-switched capacitor step-up converter and coupled inductor step-up converter. The proposed prototype is designed using ...

To meet the requirements of higher current ratings and lower thermal impedances, paralleling power field-effect transistor (FET) discretes or modules is often a cost-effective even an unavoidable solution. While FETs allows for significant reduction in conduction loss, switching loss increased hard-switching applications. This article proposes generic soft-switching modulation scheme parallel F...

g-C3N4-based photocatalysts with an intramolecular donor-acceptor structure still suffer from inadequate visible-light absorption and severe charge recombination. Constructing S-scheme heterojunction is a promising approach to address these issues. Herein, ZCS (ZnCdS nanospheres)@DBTCN (g-C3N4 modified by dibenzothiophene groups) photocatalyst was synthesized through self-assembly approach. The...

In this paper, an interleaved high-power zero-current-switching (ZCS) onboard charger (OBC) based on the three-phase single-switch buck rectifier is proposed for application to plug-in electric vehicles (EVs). The multi-resonant structure is used to achieve high efficiency and high power density, which are necessary to reduce the volume and weight of the OBC. This study focuses on the border co...

In this project the bridge less Z-source converter is introduced to power factor correction (PFC) applications. The concept is demonstrated through a wireless charging, namely Z-source resonant converter (ZSRC). The ZVS and ZCS operation will reduce the switching losses. Due to the Z-source network (ZSN), the ZSRC inherently performs PFC and regulate the system output voltage simultaneously, wi...

The main purpose of this paper is to develop a novel application of a resonant switch converter for battery chargers. A zero-current-switching ZCS converter with a quasiresonant converter QRC was used as the main structure. The proposed ZCS dc–dc battery charger has a straightforward structure, low cost, easy control, and high efficiency. The operating principles and design procedure of the pro...

To date there has only been one implementation of Holland’s Learning Classifier System (LCS) on real robots. In this paper the use of Wilson’s ZCS system is described for an obstacle avoidance task. Although the task is simple it does present some advances and change of emphasis over the previous LCS robotic implementation. The controller model is “event” based. Instead of the robot being assig...