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Daniel S. Hussey, Joseph Fairweather, Dusan Spernjak, Adam Weber, David Harvey, Silvia Wessell, David L. Jacobson, Kateryna Artyushkova, Rangachary Mukundan, Rodney Borup
The corrosion of carbon in the electrode supports of proton-exchange-membrane fuel cells leads to electrode collapse, reduced active catalyst area, and increased surface hydrophilicity. While these effects have been linked to performance degradation over
Daniel S. Hussey, Youngju Kim, Jongyul Kim, Seung W. Lee
We introduce an analyzer grating based on a structured scintillator fabricated by a gadolinium oxysulfide powder filling method for a symmetric Talbot-Lau neutron grating interferometer. The analyzer grating, based on a structured scintillator, is an
Daniel S. Hussey, David L. Jacobson, R. A. Winholtz, Hongbin Ma, Corey Borgmeyer, Corey Wilson
An experimental investigation into the parameters affecting heat transport in two three-dimensional oscillating heat pipes (OHP) was implemented. A three-dimensional (3D) OHP is one in which the center axes of the circular channels containing the internal
Neutron radiography enables direct visualization and quantification of many water transport phenomena in proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs). The advantage of the technique is that neutrons have a long penetration length through most common PEMFC
Daniel S. Hussey, Jacob LaManna, Eli Baltic, David L. Jacobson
We report on efforts to improve the achievable spatial resolution in neutron imaging by centroiding the scintillation light from gadolinium oxysulfide scintillators. The current state- of-the-art neutron imaging spatial resolution is about 10 µm, and many
Daniel S. Hussey, Muhammad Abir, B. Khaykovich, C. Pfleiderer, Pau Jorba, Marc Seifert, Michael Schulz
We performed spatially resolved imaging of ferromagnetic transitions in Ni3Al and HgCr2Se4 crystals. These neutron depolarization measurements discovered bulk magnetic inhomogeneities in the ferromagnetic transition temperature with the spatial resolution
Micrometer to centimeter scale analyses of the crystalline phase volume fractions in a trip- assisted duplex stainless steel were performed as a function strain using electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD), in situ neutron diffraction, and energy
Daniel S. Hussey, Adam J. Brooks, Caroline G. Lowery, Gerald L. Knapp, Bridget E. Cadigan, Shengmin Guo, Leslie G. Butler
A novel neutron far field interferometer is explored for sub-micron porosity detection in laser sintered SS316 test objects. The results shown are images and volumes of the first quantitative neutron dark-field tomography at various autocorrelation lengths
Daniel S. Hussey, Gary Koenig, Jacob LaManna, David L. Jacobson
Lithium-ion batteries receive significant research effort due to their advantages in energy and power density that is important to enabling many devices. One route to further increase energy density is to fabricate thicker electrodes in the battery cell
Daniel S. Hussey, David L. Jacobson, Hongbin Ma, R. A. Winholtz, Corey Wilson, Corey Borgmeyer
Identical oscillating heat pipes (OHP) charged separately with water and acetone were observed thermally and visually at varying condenser temperatures and heat inputs. Neutron radiography allowed visualization of hydrogen rich liquid water and acetone
Daniel S. Hussey, Jacob LaManna, David L. Jacobson, Gary Koenig
In efforts to increase the energy density of lithium-ion batteries, researchers have attempted to both increase the thickness of battery electrodes and increase the relative fractions of active material. One system that has both of these attributes are
Platinum group metal-free (PGM-free) catalysts are a low-cost alternative to expensive PGM catalysts for polymer electrolyte fuel cells. However, due to the low volumetric activity of PGM-free catalysts, the catalyst layer thickness of the PGM-free
The use of neutron imaging is demonstrated for visualizing and quantifying water content in partially saturated granular porous media. Due to the unique difference in the total neutron cross sections of water, sand and air, a significant contrast for the