Materials Science and Engineering / Malzeme Bilimi ve Mühendisliği

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    Citation - WoS: 11
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    Magnesium-Ion Battery Anode From Polymer-Derived Sioc Nanobeads
    (Wiley, 2023) Guo, Wuqi; Kober, Delf; Gurlo, Aleksander; Bekheet, Maged F.; İçin, Öykü; Ahmetoğlu, Çekdar Vakıf
    Tin-containing silicon oxycarbide (SiOC/Sn) nanobeads are synthesized with different carbon/tin content and tested as electrodes for magnesium-ion batteries. The synthesized ceramics are characterized by thermogravimetric-mass spectroscopy, Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction (XRD), Raman spectroscopy, N2 sorption analysis, scanning electron microscope, energy-dispersive X-ray, and elemental analysis. Galvanostatic cycling tests, rate performance tests, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), cyclic voltammetry (CV) tests, and ex situ XRD measurements are conducted. Results of battery performance tests present a high capacity of 198.2 mAh g-1 after the first discharging and a reversible capacity of 144.5 mAh g-1 after 100 cycles at 500 mA g-1. Excellent rate performance efficiency of 85.2% is achieved. Battery performances in this research are influenced by surface area, and tin contentof the SiOC/Sn nanobeads. EIS, CV tests, and ex situ XRD measurements reveal that higher surface area contributes to higher capacity by providing more accessible Mg2+ ion storage sites and higher rate capability by improving the diffusion process. Higher Sn content increases battery capacity through reversible Mg-Mg2Sn-Mg alloying/dealloying process and improves the rate performances by increasing electrical conductivity. Besides, SiOC advances cycling stability by preventing electrode collapse and enhances the capacity due to higher surface capacitive effects. SiOC nanobeads containing Sn nanoparticles are synthesized and tested as anode for magnesium-ion batteries. The anodes show high performance with reversible capacity of 144.5 mAh g-1 after 100 cycles at 500 mA g-1 and excellent rate performance efficiency of 85.2% from 50 to 500 mA g-1.image
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    Citation - WoS: 19
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    Processing of Polymer-Derived, Aerogel-Filled, Sic Foams for High-Temperature Insulation
    (Wiley, 2023) Zambotti, Andrea; Ionescu, Emanuel; Gargiulo, Nicola; Caputo, Domenico; Ahmetoğlu, Çekdar Vakıf; Santhosh, Balanand; Biesuz, Mattia
    Porous polymer-derived ceramics (PDCs) are outperforming materials when low-density and thermal inertia are required. In this frame, thermal insulating foams such as silicon carbide (SiC) ones possess intriguing requisites for aerospace applications, but their thermal conductivity is affected by gas phase heat transfer and, in the high temperature region, by radiative mechanisms. Owing to the versatility of the PDC route, we present a synthesis pathway to embed PDC SiC aerogels within the open cells of a SiC foam, thus sensibly decreasing the thermal conductivity at 1000 degrees C from 0.371 W center dot m(-1)K(-1) to 0.243 W center dot m(-1)K(-1). In this way, it was possible to couple the mechanical properties of the foam with the insulating ability of the aerogels.The presented synthesis was optimized by selecting, among acetone, n-hexane, and cyclohexane, the proper solvent for the gelation step of the aerogel formation to obtain a proper mesoporous colloidal structure that, after ceramization at 1000 degrees C, presents a specific surface area of 193 m(2)center dot g(-1). The so-obtained ceramic composites present a lowest density of 0.18 g center dot cm(-3), a porosity of 90% and a compressive strength of 0.76 MPa.
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    Citation - WoS: 7
    Citation - Scopus: 7
    Hydrothermal Synthesis of Potassium–sodium Niobate Powders
    (Wiley, 2022) Pişkin, Cerem; Karacasulu, Levent; Ischia, Gloria; Bortolotti, Mauro; Ahmetoğlu, Çekdar Vakıf
    Potassium–sodium niobates (KxNa1−xNbO3, 0 < x < 1, KNN) were hydrothermally synthesized under varying alkaline ratios (K+/Na+), total hydroxide concentration, reaction temperature, and time. Compositional surveys were developed by using Rietveld analyses derived quantitative volume fractions. The data demonstrated that phase pure KNN synthesis can be achieved by reacting the niobium source with the hydroxide solution having 6 M total hydroxide concentration, cation ratio (K+/Na+) of above 6 at temperatures ≥200°C for 24 h. Dissolution–precipitation events through intermediate products including hexaniobates were postulated as a plausible formation mechanism. It was shown also that the single-phase KNN approaching the morphotropic phase boundary (MPB) could be obtained by further incorporation of sodium ions into the crystal via post-annealing at 800°C/2 h, following the hydrothermal synthesis.