4 research outputs found
Curious Case of Positive Current Collectors: Corrosion and Passivation at High Temperature
In
the evaluation of compatibility of different components of cell
for high-energy and extreme-conditions applications, the highly focused
are positive and negative electrodes and their interaction with electrolyte.
However, for high-temperature application, the other components are
also of significant influence and contribute toward the total health
of battery. In present study, we have investigated the behavior of
aluminum, the most common current collector for positive electrode
materials for its electrochemical and temperature stability. For electrochemical
stability, different electrolytes, organic and room temperature ionic
liquids with varying Li salts (LiTFSI, LiFSI), are investigated. The
combination of electrochemical and spectroscopic investigations reflects
the varying mechanism of passivation at room and high temperature,
as different compositions of decomposed complexes are found at the
surface of metals
Hybrid Multiferroic Nanostructure with Magnetic–Dielectric Coupling
The development of methods to economically synthesize
single wire
structured multiferroic systems with room temperature spin–charge
coupling is expected to be important for building next-generation
multifunctional devices with ultralow power consumption. We demonstrate
the fabrication of a single nanowire multiferroic system, a new geometry,
exhibiting room temperature magnetodielectric coupling. A coaxial
nanotube/nanowire heterostructure of barium titanate (BaTiO<sub>3</sub>, BTO) and cobalt (Co) has been synthesized using a template-assisted
method. Room temperature ferromagnetism and ferroelectricity were
exhibited by this coaxial system, indicating the coexistence of more
than one ferroic interaction in this composite system
Thermally Assisted Nonvolatile Memory in Monolayer MoS<sub>2</sub> Transistors
We
demonstrate a novel form of thermally-assisted hysteresis in the transfer
curves of monolayer MoS<sub>2</sub> FETs, characterized by the appearance
of a large gate-voltage window and distinct current levels that differ
by a factor of ∼10<sup>2</sup>. The hysteresis emerges for
temperatures in excess of 400 K and, from studies in which the gate-voltage
sweep parameters are varied, appears to be related to charge injection
into the SiO<sub>2</sub> gate dielectric. The thermally-assisted memory
is strongly suppressed in equivalent measurements performed on bilayer
transistors, suggesting that weak screening in the monolayer system
plays a vital role in generating its strongly sensitive response to
the charge-injection process. By exploiting the full features of the
hysteretic transfer curves, programmable memory operation is demonstrated.
The essential principles demonstrated here point the way to a new
class of thermally assisted memories based on atomically thin two-dimensional
semiconductors
Conduction Mechanisms in CVD-Grown Monolayer MoS<sub>2</sub> Transistors: From Variable-Range Hopping to Velocity Saturation
We
fabricate transistors from chemical vapor deposition-grown monolayer
MoS<sub>2</sub> crystals and demonstrate excellent current saturation
at large drain voltages (<i>V</i><sub>d</sub>). The low-field
characteristics of these devices indicate that the electron mobility
is likely limited by scattering from charged impurities. The current–voltage
characteristics exhibit variable range hopping at low <i>V</i><sub>d</sub> and evidence of velocity saturation at higher <i>V</i><sub>d</sub>. This work confirms the excellent potential
of MoS<sub>2</sub> as a possible channel-replacement material and
highlights the role of multiple transport phenomena in governing its
transistor action