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  • Master Thesis
    Doping Effect on the Anode Material Capability of 2d Bn Nanosheets
    (01. Izmir Institute of Technology, 2024) Elmacı Irmak, Nuran; Özdemir, Mustafa Coşkun; Irmak, Nuran Elmacı
    In this thesis, the potential of BNN surfaces doped with Al, Cl, Co, Fe, Ga, O, P, and S atoms as anode materials in K, Li, Mg, and Na ion batteries was investigated. Semi-empirical tight-binding combined with meta-dynamics methods and density functional theory were utilized to discover these properties. The effects of doping atoms on the electronic structure and geometry of BNN surfaces were also studied. Changes in the electronic structure and conductivity were reported by examining the HOMO-LUMO orbitals and the energy differences between these orbitals. Using previously reported experimental data and examining similar studies from the literature, the atoms to be doped were chosen. While vacancies at the sites of boron atoms in single-layer boron-nitride nanosheets were observed, vacancies formed by nitrogen atoms were not observed, indicating that boron vacancies are much more likely for the doping position. So that doping was performed on the boron atom. The level of quantum calculations used in this work was validated using experimental data. B3LYP/def2-SVP/D4/gCP level of theory is used for all calculations for BNN-nanosheets studied in this thesis. The bond lengths and the HOMO-LUMO energy difference were found to be nearly the same as the experimental data. The conductivity of the BNN surface was increased with the doping process. However, significant improvements are followed by doping of cobalt, iron, and sulfur atoms with 35%, 34%, and 26% alteration, respectively. For a suitable battery manufacture, the potential anode material should offer structures with high theoretical specific capacity, low anode electrode voltage, and minimal volume change between charged/discharged states. It was observed that none of the doped-BNN surfaces involved in this study were suitable for the use of anode material in magnesium ion batteries. On the other hand, they can be used as a negative electrode for potassium, lithium, and sodium batteries. Their capacity in lithium is better than Na and K batteries. Our results suggest that most of the doped BNN surface with ions studied in this thesis could be used as anode materials. However, none of them owns a better battery capacity than classic lithium batteries.
  • Master Thesis
    Investigations on Nanoscale Wetting, Fluid Transport, and Droplet Evaporation at Nanostructured Surfaces by Molecular Dynamics Simulations
    (01. Izmir Institute of Technology, 2021) Şatıroğlu, Ezgi; Barışık, Murat; Özkol, Ünver
    There is a significant need to understand solid-liquid interactions at nanoscale to determine the fluid behavior in several revolutionary applications. Specifically, nanoscale surface wetting, nanoscale liquid transport, and nanoscale heat transfer are the most sought-after subjects in recent scientific and industrial applications. This thesis focuses on characterization and possible control of wetting, fluid flow, and heat transfer using nanoscale surface structures. First, wetting behavior on a nanostructured surface was studied to resolve contact angle hysteresis. The droplet was found stabilized at a metastable state with a contact angle significantly different from its equilibrium value due to contact line pinning from the surface asperities. The contact angle was found to increase linearly by increasing droplet size when the droplet is pinned. However, these pinning effects become negligible, and the contact angle reaches the equilibrium value of the corresponding surface when the surface structure size becomes negligible compared to droplet size. Second, fluid flow in nanostructured nanochannels was studied to determine the transport behavior. While the slip boundary condition on a smooth surface correlated with the wetting angle, transport in a nanostructured channel remained mostly independent from wetting condition of the corresponding surface structure. Lastly, droplet evaporation over nanopatterned surfaces was investigated. When the droplet temperature reached the Leidenfrost point, a sudden increase in the interface thermal resistance was observed, which significantly decreased the heat transfer to the droplet. Increasing the size of the surface structure pushed the Leidenfrost point to higher surface temperatures. Current results contribute to various disciplines in engineering and applied sciences.
  • Master Thesis
    The Preparation Characterization and Sintering of Nanocrystalline Ceramics
    (01. Izmir Institute of Technology, 1999) Çağlar, Özlem; Çiftçioğlu, Muhsin
    Nanocrystalline Titania was prepared by a chemical synthesis technique commonly known as sol-gel method. In the sol gel method, Titanium (IV) Isopropoxide was mixed with Isopropanol and Nitric Acid solution in predetermined ratios. A rapid hydrolysis reaction occurs between Titanium (IV) Isopropoxide and water in the Nitric Acid solution resulting in the formation of Titan oxide (Titania). The sols were clear sols and then gelled without any change in its clarity.Nanocrystalline Titania were tried to prepare by two different techniques in this work. The first technique involved the drying of the gel and subsequent sintering of the dried gel. A number of organic additives (oxalic acid, acetic acid, polyacrylic acid and stearic acid) were mixed into the sol before gelation in order to control drying (drying control chemical addives-DCCAs). Powders was prepared from sols and gels by several processes and a solid form was obtained by dry pressing and subsequently sintered in second technique. Oxalic acid was the most efficient DCCA among the others.The dried gels and powder compacts were sintered at 650, 700, 750, 800, and 850C. The sintering behaviors of them were examined. Relative densities of the dried gels were between 79-99% depending on the sintering temperature. The green body density of the pellets were varied between 41-52%. Their relative densities after sintering were varied between 55-83% depending on the sintering temperature. The pellets were pressed at different pressures to observe the pressure effect on the densification. Increase in pressure improve the densification behavior. The best route for the nanocrystalline powder preparation was the Route 4. This powder had smaller size of agglomerate most probably the agglomerates were broken during the ultrasonic radiation.The pore size analyses showed the pore structure of the gel. The pore size of the gels are about 35 nm. FTIR Spectra gave the crystal structure of the sols gels and powders. As a result, the sintering behavior of the dried gels is better than the powder compacts. The pellets can be densified to higher densities by appropriate forming technique. Although, the dried gels have significantly high densities, the shape and the weight of the gels can not be controlled.