A Semiconductor That Could Alleviate Computing's Climate Problem
While a lot of the focus on fighting climate change lands on things like gasoline vehicles and factory emissions, computers gobble up plenty of carbon-based energy on their own.
Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy
Impedance spectroscopy is a linear technique implemented to study the electrical properties of dielectric and semi-conductive materials by applying an AC electric field (stimulus) and measuring the electrical current through the sample (response) over a range of frequencies and temperatures. Impedance spectroscopy informs on the polarizations contributing to the dielectric behavior of materials as well as dielectric relaxation (Δε), thermal transitions (Tg), ferroelectric transitions (Tc), charge distribution in materials (bulk, depleted layers, grain boundaries, etc.).
Electrical and Mechanical Displacement Measurement
(also known as polarization and strain measurement)
This system measures the electrical and mechanical displacement of dielectric materials induced by an applied AC field. The following properties can be extracted:
- D-E hysteresis loop parameters, polarization density, energy storage and loss
- Electromechanical coupling: piezoelectricity, electrostriction, etc.
Cold-Sintering May Open Door To Improved Solid-State Battery Production
Compared to their traditional battery counterparts, solid-state batteries have higher energy potential and are safer, making them key to advancing electric vehicle development and use
Sulin Zhang
Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics and Bioengineering
(e) suz10@psu.edu
(o) 814-865-7640
N-231 Millennium Science Building
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sulin-zhang-640a2910/
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https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=tKAX2kcAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
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Qiming Zhang
Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering
(e) qxz1@psu.edu
(o) 814-863-8994
N-219 Millennium Science Complex
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Thomas Shrout
Senior Scientist and Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
(e) trs16@psu.edu
(o) 814-865-1645
N-332 Millennium Science Complex
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https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=bADmNvsAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
Clive Randall
Professor of Materials Science and Engineering Director, Materials Research Institute
(e) car4@psu.edu, (e) randall@matse.psu.edu
(o) 814-863-1328
N-221 Millennium Science Complex
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Shashank Priya
Associate Vice President for Research and Director of Strategic Initiatives
(e) sup103@psu.edu
(o) 814-863-9657
304 Old Main
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https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=93SKF_cAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
https://sites.psu.edu/priya/
Richard Meyer
Senior Research Associate and Associate Professor of Materials
(e) rjm150@psu.edu
(o) 814-865-9607
9730 Applied Research Lab
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