Blar i Institutt for materialteknologi på emneord "Materialer for energiteknologi"
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An experimental investigation of co-sintering of oxygen permeable asymmetric membranes with composition La0.2Sr0.8Fe0.8Ta0.2O3-*.
(Master thesis, 2012)Asymmetric membranes of composition La0.2Sr0.8Fe0.8Ta0.2O3 were co-sintered from tape casted membranes and porous supports. The ceramic powders for dense and porous supports were obrained through coarsening and solid state ... -
Analysis of an Impedance Model for Porous Semiconductor Electrodes
(Master thesis, 2012)The main aim of this work was to analyze an impedance model for porous semiconductor electrodes consisting of spherical particles. The model should make it possible to analyze the flatband potential for this type of ... -
Composition and Surface Modifications of Silica Structures in Diatiom Frustules by Incorporation of Functional Oxides and Nitride Formation
(Master thesis, 2012)Renewable energy production featuring silicon photovoltaic solar cells are of considerable interest to reduce pollution and related environmental changes. Improvements in efficiency along with reductions in cost are key ... -
EBSD undersøkelser og in situ strekktesting av stål i SEM
(Master thesis, 2012)Denne masteroppgaven har tatt for seg undersøkelser av stål designet for lavtemperaurappliksjoner ved bruk av elektronmikroskop i kombinasjon med diffraksjon av tilbakespredte elektroner (Electron Backscatter Diffraction ... -
Hot Pressing and Characterization of Powder Based Silicon Substrates for Photovoltaic Applications.
(Master thesis, 2012)High purity silicon material in solar cell fabrication constitutes 40% of the total cost for conventional solar cell production. One approach to reduce costs would be to use less of this expensive silicon by making thin ... -
Hydrothermal Synthesis of LaFeO3
(Master thesis, 2011)This work explores the hydrothermal synthesis of LaFeO3 (LFO) nanorods with a high aspect ratio. Synthesis of rod shaped LFO is a stepping stone to the synthesis of strontium doped LFO (LSF) nanorods with high aspect ratio. ... -
Lifetime degradation in n-type Cz-Si
(Master thesis, 2012)The main object was to investigate the effect of donors, thermal donors and defects on the lifetime on n-type Czochralsky (Cz) silicon. Cz is a technique for making monocrystals by dipping a monocrystalline seed into the ... -
Microfluidic flow cells for studies of electrochemical reactions
(Master thesis, 2012)In this project the main goal was to establish a routine for making a microfluidic flow cell (MFFC) using soft lithography methods, and test the flow cell with different electrolytes, sulphuric acid and a ruthenium red-ox ... -
Optimization of Strength and Permeability of Tape casted Porous La0.2Sr0.8Fe0.8Ta0.2O3-δ
(Master thesis, 2012)Ceramics with mixed ionic and electronic conductivity are being investigated for oxygen separation from air, intended for the production of syngas. Asymmetric membranes, consisting of a dense membrane co-sintered with a ... -
Oxidation of silicon powder in humid air
(Master thesis, 2012)Silicon undergoes oxidation at room temperature, causing a formation of an oxide layer on its surface. Gaining knowledge about the oxide layer formed during ageing, is valuable with regards to production of high quality ... -
Refining of Silicon by Solidification of Al-Si Melt
(Master thesis, 2012)Primary silicon crystals grown from an Al-Si melt has been investigated by solidifying directionally and under electromagnetic field. The goal of this thesis was to increase the size of the primary Si crystals and to ... -
Removal of Boron from Silicon by Gas refining with Water and Hydrogen
(Master thesis, 2012)A high demand of silicon for solar cells has lead to a search of an alternative route to solar grade silicon. A suggested method is upgrading metallurgical grade silicon. This thesis focuses on the gas refining of silicon ... -
Stability and compatibility of fuel cells based on proton conducting materials
(Master thesis, 2011)Stability and compatibility of the proton conducting electrolyte material La6WO12 with the potential cathode materials LaCoO3 and La2NiO4 were investigated by means of solid-solid diffusion couples. Reactivity studies were ... -
Synthesis and Characterization of Hydrogen Transport Membranes
(Master thesis, 2012)Hydrogen transport membranes have gained interest from industry as an alternative to pressure swing adsorption or cryogenic distillation, and are aimed to reduce cost, equipment size, energy consumption and waste generation. ... -
Texturing of lead-free piezoelectric ceramics
(Master thesis, 2012)A procedure for texturing of lead-free piezoelectric ceramics based on sodium potassium niobate (KNN) was investigated with respect to texturing procedure and choice of materials.Material compositions that were considered ... -
Thermal characterisation of anode materials for Li-ion batteries
(Master thesis, 2012)Coin cells with lithium and graphite electrodes were assembled using different combinations of graphite material and electrolyte. Specifically, three commercially available graphite materials and five electrolyte compositions ... -
Wet-chemical deposition of silicon quantum dots for enhanced solar cell efficiency
(Master thesis, 2011)Silicon quantum dots were synthesised wet-chemically by three different methods based on reduction of silicon tetrachloride with the reduction agents potassium naphthalide, sodium cyclopentadiene and the alkalide of ...