Publications related to Tantalum

Morphology of Nanostructured Tantalum Oxide Controls Stem Cell Differentiation and Improves Corrosion Behavior

Tantalum is receiving increasing attention in the biomedical field due to its biocompatible nature and superior mechanical properties. However, the bioinert nature of tantalum still poses a challenge and limits its integration into the bone tissue. To addr ...

Amer Chemical Soc2023

Ultrahigh Electrostrictive Effect in Lead-Free Ferroelectric Ceramics Via Texture Engineering

Dragan Damjanovic, Li Jin, Yuan Sun

The electrostrictive effect, which induces strain in ferroelectric ceramics, offers distinct advantages over its piezoelectric counterpart for high-precision actuator applications, including anhysteretic behavior even at high frequencies, rapid reaction ti ...

Amer Chemical Soc2023

Optoelectronic or photovoltaic device with metal halide perovskite film treated by passivating agent

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Lukas Pfeifer, Essa Awadh R Alharbi, Anurag Krishna

This invention relates to an optoelectronic or photovoltaic device comprising a perovskite or metal halide perovskite film treated by one or more compounds of formula (I): ((R1-NH(R2)-R3)+)nW (I), wherein n is an integer selected from 1, 2, or 3; R1, R2, R ...

2023

Enhanced radio-frequency performance of niobium films on copper substrates deposited by high power impulse magnetron sputtering

Fabio Avino

We present a study of radio frequency properties of niobium films deposited on copper by two different approaches based on High Power Impulse Magnetron Sputtering, namely with a DC voltage biased substrate and with bipolar target voltage. Such approaches e ...

2022

Supplementary datasets for "ARBRE: Computational resource to predict pathways towards industrially important aromatic compounds"

Vassily Hatzimanikatis, Homa Mohammadi Peyhani, Anastasia Sveshnikova

Supplementary datasets accompanying the manuscript "ARBRE: Computational resource to predict pathways towards industrially important aromatic compounds" published in the Metabolic Engineering Journal (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ymben.2022.03.013). In line w ...

Zenodo2022

Microstructure Selection in Laser Remelted Fe-C-Si Alloys

Wilfried Kurz, Philippe Gilgien

Laser surface remelting at various velocities has been employed to study the selection of microstructures of high-purity Fe-C-Si alloys containing nominally 3.2 to 4.2 wt.% C and 1 to 3 wt.% Si. The microstructure of the remelted region consisted of metast ...

WALTER DE GRUYTER GMBH2021

Strong coloration of nanoporous tungsten oxides by in-vacuo lithiation for all-solid-state electrochromic devices

Andreas Schueler, Anna Krammer, Maxime Lagier, Olivia Valérie Charlotte Bouvard, Luc Burnier

Electrochromic windows allow for an improved management of solar heat gains in buildings and enhanced visual comfort of building users. All-solid-state electrochromic devices can be especially durable. During their fabrication lithium has to be inserted, p ...

ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA2021

C-H Bond Activation by an Isolated Dinuclear U(III)/U(IV) Nitride

Rosario Scopelliti, Marinella Mazzanti, Ivica Zivkovic

Synthetic studies of bimetallic uranium nitride complexes with the N(SiMe3)(2) ligand have generated a new nitride complex of U(III), which is highly reactive toward C-H bonds and H-2. Treatment of the previously reported U(IV)/U(IV) nitride complex [Na(DM ...

2020

Theory of double-kink nucleation in dilute BCC alloys

William Curtin, Alireza Ghafarollahi

Yielding in pure BCC metals and dilute substitutional alloys occurs by double-kink nucleation and propagation along screw dislocations. At low temperatures, the yield stress is controlled by double-kink nucleation. Here, an analytical statistical model is ...

PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD2020

Atomic Scale Investigations into the Origins of Ductility in Mg Alloys

Rasool Ahmad

The industrial applications of Mg, the lightest structural metal, and abundant in Earth's crust, are hampered by its low intrinsic ductility and low fracture toughness at room temperature which is attributed to the underlying less symmetric and plastically ...

EPFL2020

Color neutral nanocomposite nickel-tantalum oxide for electrochromic windows

Andreas Schueler, Josef Andreas Schuler, Olivia Valérie Charlotte Bouvard

Electrochromic windows can darken on demand to limit the solar gains entering a building to reduce the risk of overheating, while preserving the view towards the exterior. Yet, the switching speed and contrast as well as the durability of commercial produc ...

IOP2019

Coatings with tailored electronic and optical properties for advanced glazing

Olivia Valérie Charlotte Bouvard

Modern envelope glazing relies on nanoscale coatings to meet a range of specific needs. Low emissivity coatings can improve the thermal performance of glazing thanks to a thin metallic film. However, the conductive nature of this layer leads to an attenuat ...

EPFL2019

Experiments and modelling for glow discharge plasmas applied to niobium sputter deposition in superconducting radiofrequency cavities

Thibaut François Hugo Richard

Thin film coatings are ubiquitous in modern daily lives, from the semi-conductor industry to aesthetic applications, and rely on the modification of a given material to enhance its surface properties. At CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research), t ...

EPFL2019

Electronic Structures and Catalytic Activities of Niobium Oxides as Electrocatalysts in Liquid-Junction Photovoltaic Devices

Ulf Anders Hagfeldt, Sheng Meng, Sining Yun, Hang Liu

Two types of nanosized niobium oxides and their composites, pseudohexagonal Nb2O5 (TT-Nb2O5), monoclinic NbO2 (M-NbO2), and the coexistence of TT-Nb2O5 and M-NbO2 (TT-Nb2O5/M-NbO2), are successfully synthesized through the urea-metal chloride route, and th ...

WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH2019

Stabilization of the Perovskite Phase of Formamidinium Lead Triiodide by Methylammonium, Cs, and/or Rb Doping

Ursula Röthlisberger, Michael Saliba, Olga Syzgantseva

In this work we perform a computational study comparing the influence of monovalent cation substitution by methylammonium (MA(+)), cesium (Cs+), and rubidium (Rb+) on the properties of formamidinium lead triiodide (FAPbI(3))based perovskites. The relative ...

2017

In situ core-level and valence-band photoelectron spectroscopy of reactively sputtered tungsten oxide films

Andreas Schueler, Anna Krammer, Olivia Valérie Charlotte Bouvard

In this paper, we study tungsten oxides deposited by reactive magnetron sputtering. The total working pressure during deposition was varied in order to obtain different morphology. The effects on the electronic properties and chemical composition were stud ...

Wiley-Blackwell2016

Influence of anodization time on the surface modifications on alpha-Fe2O3 photoanode upon anodization

Yelin Hu, Artur Braun

In searching for a suitable semiconductor material for hydrogen production via photoelectrochemical water splitting, alpha-Fe2O3 received significant attention as a promising photoanode due to its band gap (similar to 2.1 eV), good stability, low cost, and ...

Materials Research Society2016

Highly efficient dye-sensitized solar cells achieved through using Pt-free Nb2O5/C composite counter electrode and iodide-free redox couples

Ulf Anders Hagfeldt, Weiwei Zhang, Wenyan Li

To improve the catalytic activity of Nb2O5, a composite Nb2O5/C (Nb2O5 imbedded in carbon support) is synthesized with a simple in situ method and then introduced the composite into dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs) as a counter electrode (CE) catalyst. Ba ...

Elsevier Science Bv2016

High-Temperature Ammonolysis of Thin Film Ta2O5 Photoanodes: Evolution of Structural, Optical, and Photoelectrochemical Properties

Ali Dabirian

Tantalum nitride (Ta3N5) and oxynitride (TaON) are promising materials for photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting due to near-ideal band gaps and band edge positions. However, the high-temperature ammonolysis process that is usually used to make these ...

Amer Chemical Soc2015

Analysis of the CICC Performance Through the Measurement of the Thermal Strain Distribution of the Nb-3 Sn Filaments in the Cable Cross Section

Pierluigi Bruzzone, Ciro Calzolaio

The knowledge of the thermal strain distribution of the Nb3Sn filaments in a cable in conduit conductor (CICC) cross section is a key parameter in understanding the cable performance evolution when it undergoes electromagnetic (EM) cyclic loading. A CICC i ...

IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2014