• Selective Charging Behavior in an Ionic Mixture Electrolyte- Supercapacitor System for Higher Energy and Power 

      Wang, Xuehang; Mehandzhiyski, Aleksandar Yordanov; Arstad, Bjørnar; Van Aken, Katherine L.; Tyler S., Mathis; Gallegos, Alejandro; Tian, Ziqi; Ren, Dingding; Sheridan, Edel; Grimes, Brian Arthur; Jiang, De-en; Wu, Jianzhong; Gogotsi, Yury; Chen, De (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)
      Ion–ion interactions in supercapacitor (SC) electrolytes are considered to have significant influence over the charging process and therefore the overall performance of the SC system. Current strategies used to weaken ionic ...
    • Selective etching of nanostructured a-Si:Al and its effect on porosity, Al gradient and surface oxidation 

      Kjeldstad, Torunn; Thøgersen, Annett; Stange, Marit Synnøve Sæverud; Jensen, Ingvild Julie Thue; Nilsen, Ola; Galeckas, Augustinas; Monakhov, Eduard (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Nanoporous amorphous silicon (a-Si) with <5 nm cylindrical pores have been fabricated by phase separation of aluminum (Al) and silicon, forming self-assembled Al nanowires (NWs), followed by subsequent removal of Al by wet ...
    • Selective Vacuum Evaporation by the Control of the Chemistry of Gas Phase in Vacuum Refining of Si 

      Hoseinpur Kermani, Arman; Andersson, Stefan; Tang, Kai; Safarian, Jafar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      ( Engelsk ) The evaporation of P from liquid Si under vacuum and reduced pressures of H2, He, and Ar was studied to evaluate the feasibility of effective P removal with insignificant Si loss. It was found that the introduction ...
    • Self-Reinforced Polypropylene Composites based on Discontinuous Tapes - An Experimental and Numerical Study of the Influence of Tape Length 

      Goutianos, Stergios; Cabrera, Norbert; Alcock, Benjamin; Reynolds, Neil; Peijs, Ton (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      The creation of highly oriented, coextruded polypropylene (PP) tapes allows the production of recyclable self-reinforced polypropylene (SRPP) or all-PP composites, with a large temperature processing window and high volume ...
    • Self-Sensing Well Cement 

      Gawel, Kamila; Szewczyk, Dawid; Cerasi, Pierre (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Chemical reactions with reservoir fluids and geology related in-situ stress changes may cause damages to cement sealing material in plugged and abandoned oil, gas and CO2 wells. To avoid leakages, a legitimate monitoring ...
    • Semen quality parameters including metabolites, sperm production traits and fertility in young Norwegian Red AI bulls 

      Narud, Birgitte; Khezri, Abdolrahman; Nordborg, Anna; Klinkenberg, Geir; Zeremichael, Teklu Tewoldebrhan; Stenseth, Else-Berit; Heringstad, Bjørg; Kommisrud, Elisabeth; Myromslien, Frøydis Deinboll (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Genomic selection in cattle breeding has gradually allowed younger bulls to be recruited for semen production. In this study, sperm quality parameters, seminal plasma and sperm metabolites, semen production capacity and ...
    • Sensitivity and Uncertainty Analysis in a Circulating Fluidized Bed Reactor Modeling 

      Barahmand, Zahir; Jayarathna, Chameera; Ratnayake, Chandana (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      As in many real applications, in the world of fine powders and small particles, there are uncertainties and vagueness in the parameters such as particle size, sphericity, initial solid void fraction, envelope density, etc. ...
    • Separation of Aluminum from More Noble Elements in an Electrolysis Cell with Side-by-Side Geometry 

      Solheim, Asbjørn; Kjos, Ole Sigmund; Skybakmoen, Egil; Gudbrandsen, Henrik (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Currently, recycled metal is diluted with primary metal to keep the concentration of alloying elements within specification. This will be more difficult in the future, when a larger proportion of the metal is made from ...
    • Shallow Impurity Band in ZrNiSn 

      Schrade, Matthias; Berland, Kristian; Kosinskiy, Andrey; Heremans, Joseph P.; Finstad, Terje (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      ZrNiSn and related half Heusler compounds are candidate materials for efficient thermoelectric energy conversion with a reported thermoelectric figure-of-merit of n-type ZrNiSn exceeding unity. Progress on p-type materials ...
    • Shaping of metal-organic framework UiO-66 using alginates: Effect of operation variables 

      Lee, Daniel W; Didriksen, Terje; Olsbye, Unni; Blom, Richard; Grande, Carlos Adolfo (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Shaping of metal-organic frameworks into macro-structured particles for reactors and separation processes is a fundamental step in their way towards commercialization. Extrusion techniques which are used for shaping many ...
    • Shaping of metal-organic framework UiO-66 using alginates: Effect of operation variables 

      Lee, Daniel Wolseop; Didriksen, Terje; Olsbye, Unni; Blom, Richard; Grande, Carlos Adolfo (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Shaping of metal-organic frameworks into macro-structured particles for reactors and separation processes is a fundamental step in their way towards commercialization. Extrusion techniques which are used for shaping many ...
    • Short-Range Structure of Ti0.63V0.27Fe0.10D1.73 from Neutron Total Scattering and Reverse Monte Carlo Modelling 

      Mauroy, Henrik; Klyukin, Konstantin; Shelyapina, Marina G.; Keen, David A.; Thøgersen, Annett; Hauback, Bjørn; Sørby, Magnus Helgerud (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Ti-V-based body-centered cubic (BCC) alloys have potential for large-scale hydrogen storage if expensive vanadium is substituted with much cheaper Fe-containing ferrovanadium. Use of ferrovanadium reduces the alloys’ ...
    • SiC crystalline micro bullets on bio-carbon based charcoal substrate 

      Jayakumari, Sethulakshmy; Vullum, Per Erik; Van Helvoort, Antonius; Tangstad, Merete (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Silicon carbide (SiC) micro bullets were grown on a bio-carbon based charcoal substrate, the morphology and crystal structure were analyzed. In order to collect the crystallographic details scanning electron microscopy ...
    • SiC formation and SiO reactivity of methane at high temperatures 

      Aarnæs, Trygve Storm; Tangstad, Merete; Ringdalen, Eli (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Methane (CH4) is a carbon source currently not in use in the production of silicon. Using a gaseous carbon source instead of conventional solid carbon sources presents an opportunity to rethink silicon production. Preliminary ...
    • Silica from diatom frustules as anode material for Li-ion batteries 

      Norberg, Andreas Nicolai; Wagner, Nils Peter; Kaland, Henning; Vullum-Bruer, Fride; Svensson, Ann Mari (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      In spite of its insulating nature, SiO2 may be utilized as active anode material for Li-ion batteries. Synthetic SiO2 will typically require sophisticated synthesis and/or activation procedures in order to obtain a ...
    • Silicon anodes for lithium-ion batteries produced from recovered kerf powders 

      Wagner, Nils Peter; Tron, Artur; Tolchard, Julian R; Noja, Gianluigi; Bellmann, Martin Pawel (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Silicon kerf waste from a photovoltaic silicon production process is assessed as an anode material for application as a lithium ion battery anode. In contrast to previous studies, the Si-kerf is used as-produced, with no ...
    • Silicon carbide formation from methane and silicon monoxide 

      Aarnæs, Trygve Storm; Ringdalen, Eli; Tangstad, Merete (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Silicon carbide (SiC) formation plays an important role during the production of elemental silicon. SiC forms through a high temperature reaction between silicon monoxide gas (SiO) and carbon. Currently, the carbon sources ...
    • Silicon powder-based wafers for low-cost photovoltaics: Laser treatments and nanowire etching 

      Jia, Guobin; Plentz, Jonathan; Gawlik, Annett; S. Azar, Amin; Stokkan, Gaute; Syvertsen, Martin; Almeida Carvalho, Patricia; Dellith, Jan; Dellith, Andrea; Andrä, Gudrun; Ulyashin, Alexander (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)
      In this study, laser-treated polycrystalline Si (pc-Si) wafers, fabricated by wire sawing of hot-pressed ingots sintered from Si powder, have been investigated. As-cut wafers and those with high-quality thin Si layers ...
    • Silicon-carbon composite anodes from industrial battery grade silicon 

      Foss, Carl Erik Lie; Andersen, Hanne Flåten; Ulvestad, Asbjørn; Kirkengen, Martin; Vullum, Per Erik; Voje, Jorunn; Tronstad, Ragnar; Mokkelbost, Tommy; Mæhlen, Jan Petter (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      In this work, silicon/carbon composites for anode electrodes of Li-ion batteries are prepared from Elkem’s Silgrain® line. Gentle ball milling is used to reduce particle size of Silgrain, and the resulting Si powder consists ...
    • Simplified model description of a CLOP reactor for system simulation and analysis 

      Morud, John; Tobiesen, Finn Andrew; Cloete, Schalk Willem Petrus; Larring, Yngve; Chikukwa, Actor; Pishahang, Mehdi (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)
      In order to perform overall system simulations and optimization at the flowsheet level, simplified models of process units are required. We present a simplified model of the CLOP reactor (chemical looping for oxygen ...