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  • High quantum-yield phosphors via quantum splitting and upconversion

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    Jeong, Joayoung
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    The Gd3+ ion has been used to induce quantum splitting in luminescent materials by using cross-relaxation energy transfer (CRET). In Nd:LiGdF4, quantum splitting results from a two-step CRET between Gd3+ and Nd3+, first involving a transition 6G→6I on Gd3+ and an excitation within the 4f3 configuration of Nd3+ followed by...
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    efficiency of light production for a Xe discharge relative to a Hg discharge, the energy efficiency of a

  • New chemistry for electrochemical energy storage applications

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    Wang, Xingfeng
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    Electrochemical capacitors and batteries are two major electrochemical energy storage technologies, which have been investigated extensively to meet the rapidly-growing demand for higher energy, higher power, lower cost and enhanced safety in the past few decades. With the charge storage mechanism of electrostatic charge adsorption desorption via electrical double layers,...
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    reported for the first time, which enables aqueous capacitors to store a maximum energy of 7.1 Wh/kg, on

  • Calculation of Z-center energy levels

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    Johnson, Wilbur Vance
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    precisely the approach chosen by Slmpson(28) for his calculations of the F-center energy levels. A

  • Novel Charge Carriers for Aqueous Electrochemical Energy Storage

    Creator:
    Sandstrom, Sean K.
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    The continued long-term use of fossil fuels as a primary energy source has resulted in dramatic increases in greenhouse gas emissions and the associated concerns of climate change and environmental pollution. A key strategy to circumvent these issues is a global shift away from fossil fuels toward renewable energy sources....
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    portable electronics, the performance needs of storage batteries, used for stationary energy storage

  • Transition Metal Oxides for Aqueous Electrochemical Energy Storage

    Creator:
    Jiang, Heng
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    In the 21st century, environmental deterioration is now an indisputable fact. Reliable and economically viable electricity systems based on renewable sources are urgently needed to replace the environmentally detrimental fossil fuels. The feasibility of incorporating renewable-but-intermittent solar and wind energy heavily depends on the development of cost-effective and safe technologies,...
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    illustration of a major reason for DIBs,7 (b) Schematic open-circuit energy diagram of appropriate electrode

  • Modeling catalytic hydroeoxygenation in ultra-high vacuum : furan on clean and sulfided Mo(110)

    Creator:
    Tinseth, Glenn
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    The interactions of a model synthetic liquid fuel reactant (furan) with a model hydrodeoxygenation catalyst (clean and sulfided single crystal molybdenum) were investigated using the following UHV tools: Auger electron spectroscopy (AES), low energy electron diffraction (LEED), and temperature programed reaction spectroscopy (TPRS). In addition to furan, the reactions of...
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    Steve Kevan for providing the Mo(110) crystal slice and to the Department of Energy for their generous

  • Part I: Synthetic Studies toward C10-functionalized Lycopodium Alkaloids. Part II: Exploration of the Pummerer Cyclization and Its Application to the Total Syntheses of the Abietane Diterpenoids

    Creator:
    Li, Xin
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    This dissertation is separated into two parts according to the two major distinct research projects. In Part I, the full account of synthetic studies toward C10-functionalized lycopodium alkaloids is described. In Part II, the detailed discussion on the exploration of the Pummerer cyclization methodology and its application to the total...
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    ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Xin Li for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry presented

  • The Total Kinetic Energy Release in the Fast Neutron-induced Fission of ²³²Th

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    King, Jonathan W.
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    The post-emission total kinetic energy release (TKE) in the neutron induced fission of ²³²Th was measured (using white spectrum neutrons from LANSCE) for neutron energies from En = 3 to 91 MeV. In this energy range the average post-neutron total kinetic energy release decreases from 162.3 ± 0.3 at En...
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    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 4.2 The average post-TKE measured for the 232Th (n,f) reaction as a function of neutron energy

  • Unlocking Water's Potential for Energy Storage: Abundant Materials for a Ubiquitous Problem

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    Leonard, Daniel P.
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    Water is an absolute necessity for life as we know it. It provides a useful medium in which chemical reactions take place that allowed for the development of single cellular organisms. When combined with the evolutionary accident that was pho- tosynthesis, water became not only a useful medium chemical reactions,...
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    chemical reactions, but also a ready feedstock for the storage of chemical energy. The potential to use

  • Zero Kinetic Energy Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons

    Creator:
    Harthcock, Colin
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    In this dissertation, I describe spectroscopic studies of jet-cooled polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) and one nitrogen substituted PAH (PANH) using pulsed field zero kinetic energy (ZEKE) photoelectron spectroscopy and resonantly enhanced multiphoton ionization (REMPI) spectroscopy. Recently, there has been a demand for far-infrared (FIR) spectral information of astrophysically relevant molecules...
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    studies and the actual values of vibrational frequencies are both necessary for modeling the energy