Under AM1.5G illumination a photoconversion efficiency of 4.06% was achieved for the CdS/Au/TiO2 NTA photoelectrode, suggesting the promise of the material architecture for achieving high-performance cost-effective materials.
All of these use material architecture to combine simple building blocks into complex functional structures.
Furthermore, genetic algorithm optimization procedures necessitated in determining the type of reinforcing material, architecture (stacking sequence of laminates, woven type of fabric), shape and size of the final product in order to meet certain design deliverables are explored.
Modeling the response of laminated composite structures to mechanical and environmental loadings is complicated, even in the elastic phase, by the multilayered material architecture and the presence of unavoidable imperfections and flaws at the layer interfaces; stress and displacement fields exhibit complex zig-zag through-thickness distributions and discontinuities.
Evidently, the use of such approach makes it possible to adjust the architecture by refining of the material architecture where it is needed to efficiently meet the requirements of a given application.
Model material architectures, comprised of discontinuous silicon carbide platelets suspended in aluminum matrix, that mimic nacre's microstructure were constructed for analysis with the finite-volume direct averaging micromechanics (FVDAM) theory.
The observed anisotropic effects are explained by examining the load transfer as a function of local material architecture.
The heterojunction material architecture exhibits a methane yield of 2.31 μmol m−2 h−1, a rate approximately ten times higher than TiO2 nanotube array films synthesized using similar anodization conditions.
The material architecture has proven to be of great interest for use in water photoelectrolysis, photocatalysis, heterojunction solar cells, and gas sensing.
