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Recent Submissions
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Phase Transitions and Microstructural Changes During Oxidation and Reduction of a Weathered Ilmenite Concentrate
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)The present work aims to investigate the link between the oxidation and reduction of a weathered ilmenite concentrate in terms of phase transitions, microstructural changes, and element distribution. An ilmenite concentrate ... -
Automated Metal Cleanliness Analyzer (AMCA) – An Alternative Assessment of Metal Cleanliness in Aluminum Melts
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)The established industry standards for assessing the cleanliness of aluminum melts are PoDFA (Porous Disc Filtration Apparatus) and LiMCA (Liquid Metal Cleanliness Analyzer) analyses. PoDFA provides the necessary qualitative ... -
Contact-free reversible switching of improper ferroelectric domains by electron and ion irradiation
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Focused ion beam (FIB) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) are used to reversibly switch improper ferroelectric domains in the hexagonal manganite ErMnO3. Surface charging is achieved by local ion (positive charging) ... -
Fluorescent Nanocomposites: Hollow Silica Microspheres with Embedded Carbon Dots
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Intrinsically fluorescent carbon dots may form the basis for a safer and more accurate sensor technology for digital counting in bioanalytical assays. This work presents a simple and inexpensive synthesis method for producing ... -
Anisotropic in-plane dielectric and ferroelectric properties of tensile-strained BaTiO3 films with three different crystallographic orientations
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Ferroelectric properties of films can be tailored by strain engineering, but a wider space for property engineering can be opened by including crystal anisotropy. Here, we demonstrate a huge anisotropy in the dielectric ... -
Insulating improper ferroelectric domain walls as robust barrier layer capacitors
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)We report the dielectric properties of improper ferroelectric hexagonal (h-)ErMnO3. From the bulk characterization, we observe a temperature and frequency range with two distinct relaxation-like features, leading to high ... -
Characterization, thermodynamics and mechanism of formation of SiC-SiOx core–shell nanowires
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Silicon carbide nanowires are valuable for electronic and optical applications, due to their high mechanical and electrical properties. Previous studies demonstrated that nanowires can be produced easily, by mixing a ... -
Impurity removal from Si by Si-Ca-Mg ternary alloying-leaching system
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)In this work, Si-Ca-Mg alloys were made with different compositions and solidification conditions to investigate the impurity segregation and separation performance from Si, especially for the crucial P impurity at several ... -
Modelling the Age-Hardening Precipitation by a Revised Langer and Schwartz Approach with Log-Normal Size Distribution
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)A new numerical modelling approach integrating the Langer and Schwartz approach and log-normal particle size distribution has been developed to depict the precipitation kinetics of age-hardening precipitates in Al alloys. ... -
Rational design of mixed solvent and porous graphene-supported spinel oxide electrodes for high-rate and long cycle-life Mg batteries
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)The development of Mg batteries based on the interfacial charge storage mechanism, where the capacity originates from capacitive processes and the solvent-related interfacial reactions, could efficiently circumvent the ... -
Effects of Oxygen Mobility in La-Fe-Based Perovskites on the Catalytic Activity and Selectivity of Methane Oxidation
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)The mechanism and structure requirements of selective and total oxidation of methane in a chemical looping process are both experimentally and theoretically examined on La1–xSrxFeO3−δ (x = 0, 0.2, and 0.5) and La0.5Sr0.5 ... -
SiC crystalline micro bullets on bio-carbon based charcoal substrate
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Silicon carbide (SiC) micro bullets were grown on a bio-carbon based charcoal substrate, the morphology and crystal structure were analyzed. In order to collect the crystallographic details scanning electron microscopy ... -
Limiting Current Density of Oxygen Reduction under Ultrathin Electrolyte Layers: From the Micrometer Range to Monolayers
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)The oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) under ultrathin electrolyte layers is a key reaction in many processes, from atmospheric corrosion to energy conversion in fuel cells. However, the ORR current under ultrathin electrolyte ... -
Modeling Viscosity of High Titania Slag
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)TiO2-FeO-Ti2O3 slag system is the dominant system for industrial high-titania slag production. In the present work, viscosities of TiO2-FeO and TiO2-FeO-Ti2O3 systems were experimentally determined using the concentric ... -
On design, modelling, and analysis of a 10‐MW medium‐speed drivetrain for offshore wind turbines
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Utformingen av et drivverk med middels hastighet for 10-MW referanse offshore vindturbin for Danmarks Tekniske Universitet (DTU). Det foreslås en fire-punkts drivlinjeoppsett som er utstyrt med en girkasse med to planetrinn ... -
Phase transformation in quartz at elevated temperatures
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Natural quartz is a raw material in Si production. During heating, it will go through a series of phase transformations before melting in the furnace, from quartz to an intermediate amorphous phase and further to cristobalite. ... -
Life cycle assessment of renewable reductants in the ferromanganese alloy production: A review
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)This study examined the literature on life cycle assessment on the ferromanganese alloy production route. The environmental impacts of raw material acquisition through the production of carbon reductants to the production ... -
Bubble Evolution on Different Carbon Anode Designs in Cryolite Melt
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)The anode potential has been shown to be highly dependent on anode geometry and orientation in the Hall–Héroult process. This work is an experimental laboratory scale study of the effect of anode geometry and orientation ... -
Dipentamethylene thiuram tetrasulfide-based cathodes for rechargeable magnesium batteries
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Rechargeable Mg batteries (RMBs) represent a possible route for low-cost energy storage applications, but they are lacking a satisfactory cathode material. Conventional sulfur (S8) cathodes have shown promise, yet they ... -
Modeling of Recrystallization of Commercial Particle Containing Al-Alloys
(Chapter, 2020)In order to describe and discuss the recrystallization behavior of commercial particle containing Al-alloys, the physical basis and a mathematical formulation of a softening model nicknamed ALSOFT, accounting for the ...