Neutron, proton or heavy ion irradiation can create a large amount of defect clusters, including bubbles, voids and dislocation loops in irradiated metallic materials. Consequently, radiation may lead ...

Aluminum is nice and light, but as an easily crushable soft drink can shows, that comes at the cost of strength. By introducing faults into the metal's crystalline structure, researchers at Purdue ...

Stacking faults in β-NaMnO 2 severely reduce their capacity during charging/discharging cycles. Copper doping effectively eliminates stacking faults, significantly improving cycling stability, ...

Silicon carbide (SiC) is a promising semiconductor material for power electronic devices, but it suffers from bipolar degradation, which severely limits its lifespan. To address this long-standing ...

Silicon carbide (SiC) is a crystalline material utilized to develop a wide array of electronic devices, including transistors and other high-power, high-frequency, and high-temperature devices. As ...

Researchers at the Tokyo University of Science have solved one of the (many) sodium ion battery challenges, and discovered why the associated material works so well. The material is β-NaMnO 2, a ...