A review of bipolar plate materials and flow field designs in the all-vanadium redox flow battery

RK Gautam, A Kumar - Journal of Energy Storage, 2022 - Elsevier
A bipolar plate (BP) is an essential and multifunctional component of the all-vanadium redox
flow battery (VRFB). BP facilitates several functions in the VRFB such as it connects each …

High pH buffer capacity biomass fly ash-based geopolymer spheres to boost methane yield in anaerobic digestion

RM Novais, T Gameiro, J Carvalheiras… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2018 - Elsevier
Anaerobic digestion (AD) is a well-known technology for organic waste treatment with
recognised environmental benefits including the generation of renewable energy (methane) …

Effective mechanical reinforcement of inorganic polymers using glass fibre waste

RM Novais, J Carvalheiras, MP Seabra… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2017 - Elsevier
Glass fibre waste (GFW) coming from wind turbine blade production was used for the first
time as a reinforcement agent in inorganic polymer (geopolymer) production. The influence …

Dispersion and re-agglomeration phenomena during melt mixing of polypropylene with multi-wall carbon nanotubes

S Jamali, MC Paiva, JA Covas - Polymer Testing, 2013 - Elsevier
The present work reports study of the dispersion and re-agglomeration of carbon nanotubes
in a polymer melt using a prototype mixer that enables precise control over the processing …

[HTML][HTML] Factors affecting barrier performance of composite anti-corrosion coatings prepared by using electrochemically exfoliated few-layer graphene as filler

S Daradmare, S Raj, AR Bhattacharyya… - Composites Part B …, 2018 - Elsevier
The electro-exfoliated few-layer graphene (FLG) sheet and epoxy composite systems were
studied as model composite coatings. Increasing the loading up to 1 wt% increased the …

[HTML][HTML] Dispersion and re-agglomeration of graphite nanoplates in polypropylene melts under controlled flow conditions

C Vilaverde, RM Santos, MC Paiva, JA Covas - Composites Part A: Applied …, 2015 - Elsevier
The kinetics of GnP dispersion in polypropylene melt was studied using a prototype small
scale modular extensional mixer. Its modular nature enabled the sequential application of a …

Effects of the surface modification of carbon fiber by growing different types of carbon nanomaterials on the mechanical and thermal properties of polypropylene

F Ghaemi, R Yunus, MAM Salleh, SA Rashid… - Rsc Advances, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
The potential usage of different types of carbon nanoparticles in the herringbone, tubular
and sheet structures of graphene plates, such as carbon nanofibers (CNF), carbon …

Heat resistant and thermally conductive polylactide composites achieved by stereocomplex crystallite tailored carbon nanofiber network

T Gu, D Sun, X Qi, J Yang, Y Lei, Y Wang - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2021 - Elsevier
As a renewable and environmentally friendly polymer, poly (L-lactic acid)(PLLA) has
immense feasibility to replace traditional thermoplastics. However, the present application of …

Effects of particle size and surface chemistry on the dispersion of graphite nanoplates in polypropylene composites

RM Santos, ST Mould, P Formánek, MC Paiva… - Polymers, 2018 - mdpi.com
Carbon nanoparticles tend to form agglomerates with considerable cohesive strength,
depending on particle morphology and chemistry, thus presenting different dispersion …

Morphology study of immiscible polymer blends in a vane extruder

JP Qu, HZ Chen, SR Liu, B Tan, LM Liu… - Journal of applied …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
This study reports the morphology development of polymer blends in a novel vane extruder
in which polymer mainly suffers from elongational deformation field. Rapidly cooled samples …