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Technische Universität Darmstadt

EducationDarmstadt, Germany
About: Technische Universität Darmstadt is a education organization based out in Darmstadt, Germany. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Neutron & Finite element method. The organization has 17316 authors who have published 40619 publications receiving 937916 citations. The organization is also known as: Darmstadt University of Technology & University of Darmstadt.


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TL;DR: The CoS3 catalyst plays a critical role in improving the sulfur utilization, especially in high-loading sulfur cathodes (3-10 mg cm-2 ), and the Li2 S/Li2 S2 ratio in the discharge products increased to 5.60/1 from 1/1.63, resulting in a sulfur utilization increase.
Abstract: Lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries with high sulfur loading are urgently required in order to take advantage of their high theoretical energy density. Ether-based Li-S batteries involve sophisticated multistep solid-liquid-solid-solid electrochemical reaction mechanisms. Recently, studies on Li-S batteries have widely focused on the initial solid (sulfur)-liquid (soluble polysulfide)-solid (Li2 S2 ) conversion reactions, which contribute to the first 50% of the theoretical capacity of the Li-S batteries. Nonetheless, the sluggish kinetics of the solid-solid conversion from solid-state intermediate product Li2 S2 to the final discharge product Li2 S (corresponding to the last 50% of the theoretical capacity) leads to the premature end of discharge, resulting in low discharge capacity output and low sulfur utilization. To tackle the aforementioned issue, a catalyst of amorphous cobalt sulfide (CoS3 ) is proposed to decrease the dissociation energy of Li2 S2 and propel the electrochemical transformation of Li2 S2 to Li2 S. The CoS3 catalyst plays a critical role in improving the sulfur utilization, especially in high-loading sulfur cathodes (3-10 mg cm-2 ). Accordingly, the Li2 S/Li2 S2 ratio in the discharge products increased to 5.60/1 from 1/1.63 with CoS3 catalyst, resulting in a sulfur utilization increase of 20% (335 mAh g-1 ) compared to the counterpart sulfur electrode without CoS3 .

278 citations

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01 Jan 2005
TL;DR: A review of recent and ongoing work on numerical models for turbulent combustion systems based on a classical LES approach is presented in this article, where the results show that combustion-LES is able to provide predictions very close to measured data for configurations where the flow is governed by large turbulent structures.
Abstract: This paper reviews recent and ongoing work on numerical models for turbulent combustion systems based on a classical LES approach. The work is confined to single-phase reacting flows. First, important physico-chemical features of combustion-LES are discussed along with several aspects of overall LES models. Subsequently, some numerical issues, in particular questions associated with the reliability of LES results, are outlined. The details of chemistry, its reduction, and tabulation are not addressed here. Second, two illustrative applications dealing with non-premixed and premixed flame configurations are presented. The results show that combustion-LES is able to provide predictions very close to measured data for configurations where the flow is governed by large turbulent structures. To meet the future demands, new key challenges in specific modelling areas are suggested, and opportunities for advancements in combustion-LES techniques are highlighted. From a predictive point of view, the main target must be to provide a reliable method to aid combustion safety studies and the design of combustion systems of practical importance.

278 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, an ab initio calculation of the neutron distribution of the Neutron-rich nucleus Ca-48 is presented, and it is shown that the difference between the radii of the neutrons and proton distributions is significantly smaller than previously thought.
Abstract: What is the size of the atomic nucleus? This deceivably simple question is difficult to answer. Although the electric charge distributions in atomic nuclei were measured accurately already half a century ago, our knowledge of the distribution of neutrons is still deficient. In addition to constraining the size of atomic nuclei, the neutron distribution also impacts the number of nuclei that can exist and the size of neutron stars. We present an ab initio calculation of the neutron distribution of the neutron-rich nucleus Ca-48. We show that the neutron skin (difference between the radii of the neutron and proton distributions) is significantly smaller than previously thought. We also make predictions for the electric dipole polarizability and the weak form factor; both quantities that are at present targeted by precision measurements. Based on ab initio results for Ca-48, we provide a constraint on the size of a neutron star.

277 citations

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TL;DR: The high-pressure synthesis of zirconium and hafnium nitrides with the stoichiometry M3N4, where M = Zr, Hf, are reported, which may be the first members of a larger group of transition metal and/or lanthanides with interesting ferromagnetic or superconducting behaviour.
Abstract: High-pressure synthesis is a powerful method for the preparation of novel materials with high elastic moduli and hardness. Additionally, such materials may exhibit interesting thermal, optoelectronic, semiconductuing, magnetic or superconducting properties. Here, we report on the high-pressure synthesis of zirconium and hafnium nitrides with the stoichiometry M3N4, where M = Zr, Hf. Synthesis experiments were performed in a laser-heated diamond anvil cell at pressures up to 18 GPa and temperatures up to 3,000 K. We observed formation of cubic Zr3N4 and Hf3N4 (c-M3N4) with a Th3P4-structure, where M-cations are eightfold coordinated by N anions. The c-M3N4 phases are the first binary nitrides with such a high coordination number. Both compounds exhibit high bulk moduli around 250 GPa, which indicates high hardness. Moreover, the new nitrides, c-Zr3N4 and c-Hf3N4, may be the first members of a larger group of transition metal and/or lanthanide nitrides with interesting ferromagnetic or superconducting behaviour.

277 citations

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K. Aamodt1, N. Abel2, U. Abeysekara3, A. Abrahantes Quintana  +1106 moreInstitutions (80)
TL;DR: In this paper, the alignment of the inner tracking system of the ALICE Large Ion Collider Experiment (ALICE ITS) with the Millepede global approach has been studied and the results obtained for the ITS alignment using about 10(5) charged tracks from cosmic rays that have been collected during summer 2008.
Abstract: ALICE (A Large Ion Collider Experiment) is the LHC (Large Hadron Collider) experiment devoted to investigating the strongly interacting matter created in nucleus-nucleus collisions at the LHC energies. The ALICE ITS, Inner Tracking System, consists of six cylindrical layers of silicon detectors with three different technologies; in the outward direction: two layers of pixel detectors, two layers each of drift, and strip detectors. The number of parameters to be determined in the spatial alignment of the 2198 sensor modules of the ITS is about 13,000. The target alignment precision is well below 10 mu m in some cases (pixels). The sources of alignment information include survey measurements, and the reconstructed tracks from cosmic rays and from proton-proton collisions. The main track-based alignment method uses the Millepede global approach. An iterative local method was developed and used as well. We present the results obtained for the ITS alignment using about 10(5) charged tracks from cosmic rays that have been collected during summer 2008, with the ALICE solenoidal magnet switched off.

277 citations


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NameH-indexPapersCitations
Yang Gao1682047146301
Herbert A. Simon157745194597
Stephen Boyd138822151205
Jun Chen136185677368
Harold A. Mooney135450100404
Bernt Schiele13056870032
Sascha Mehlhase12685870601
Yuri S. Kivshar126184579415
Michael Wagner12435154251
Wolf Singer12458072591
Tasawar Hayat116236484041
Edouard Boos11675764488
Martin Knapp106106748518
T. Kuhl10176140812
Peter Braun-Munzinger10052734108
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No. of papers from the Institution in previous years
YearPapers
2023135
2022624
20212,462
20202,585
20192,609
20182,493