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Large-scale high-temperature solar energy storage using natural minerals
(Elsevier, 2017)
The present work is focused on thermochemical energy storage (TCES) in Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plants by means of the Calcium-Looping (CaL) process using cheap, abundant and non-toxic natural carbonate minerals. CaL ...
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Quantitative characterization of multicomponent polymers by sample-controlled thermal analysis
(American Chemical Society, 2010)
This paper explores the potential of sample-controlled thermal analysis (SCTA) in order to perform compositional analysis of multicomponent polymeric materials by means of thermogravimetric experiments. In SCTA experiments, ...
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Nanoclay nucleation effect in the thermal stabilization of a polymer nanocomposite: A kinetic mechanism change
(American Chemical Society, 2012)
The enhanced thermal stability of polymer-clay nanocomposites over the original polymers is one of their most interesting features, and it has been profusely studied within the last decades. Here, a thorough kinetic analysis ...
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Characterization of mechanosynthesized Bi1−xSmxFeO3 samples unencumbered by secondary phases or compositional inhomogeneity
(Elsevier, 2017)
High-quality samples, in terms of phase purity and dielectric properties, of composition Bi1−xSmxFeO3 (0.05 ≤ x ≤ 0.20) have for the first time been prepared by mechanosynthesis. Close inspection of the powder diffraction ...
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The SrCO3/SrO system for thermochemical energy storage at ultra-high temperature
(Elsevier, 2022)
Thermochemical energy storage (TCES) has attracted interest in the last years due to the possibility of attaining high energy densities, seasonal storage capacity and greater efficiencies than currently commercial thermal ...
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Flash Sintering Research Perspective: A Bibliometric Analysis
(MDPI, 2022-01)
Flash Sintering (FS), a relatively new Field-Assisted Sintering Technique (FAST) for ceramic processing, was proposed for the first time in 2010 by Prof. Rishi Raj’s group from the University of Colorado at Boulder. It ...
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Kinetic analysis of complex solid-state reactions. A new deconvolution procedure
(American Chemical Society, 2011)
The kinetic analysis of complex solid-state reactions that involve simultaneous overlapping processes is challenging. A method that involves the deconvolution of the individual processes from the overall differential kinetic ...
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Development of a high-pressure thermobalance working under constant rate thermal analysis
(Springer Nature, 2020)
A thermogravimetric instrument that works at high pressure of different gases has been designed and assembled. The instrument has been devised to work in a temperature range from room temperature to 1000 °C in various ...
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Pressure Effect on the Multicycle Activity of Natural Carbonates and a Ca/Zr Composite for Energy Storage of Concentrated Solar Power
(American Chemical Society, 2018)
This work is focused on the use of the Calcium-Looping process (CaL) in Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plants for Thermochemical Energy Storage (TCES). Cheap, abundant and nontoxic natural carbonate minerals, such as ...
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Phase-pure BiFeO3 produced by reaction flash-sintering of Bi2O3 and Fe2O3
(Royal Society of Chemistry, 2018)
Mixed powders of Bi2O3 and Fe2O3 are shown to yield single-phase, dense nanostructured polycrystals of BiFeO3 in reaction flash sintering experiments, carried out by applying a field of 50 V cm 1 and with the current ...