New product development team intelligence: Antecedents and consequences

Our study investigated the effect of team knowledge on new product development (NPD). By investigating 207 NPD projects, we found that the declarative and procedural knowledge of the team and their use of IT had a positive influence on the team's knowledge base; and that the higher the functional diversity of the project team, the greater their overall knowledge. We also found that team knowledge positively impacted new product creativity and success in the market place.     

The hydro-abrasive erosion wear behavior of duplex-treated surfaces of AISI H13 tool steel

The influence of duplex surface treatments consisting of a DC-pulsed plasma nitriding process and subsequent coatings of CrN and TiAlN deposited by physical vapor deposition(PVD)on AISI H13 tool steel was studied in this article.The treated samples were characterized using metallographic techniques,SEM,EDS,and microhardness methods.Hydro-abrasive erosion wear tests were performed in a specifically designed wear tester in which the samples were rotated in a wear tank containing a mixture of distilled water and ceramic abrasive chips with a fixed rotational speed.The wear rates caused by the abrasive particle impacts were assessed based on accumulated weight loss measurements.The worn surfaces were also characterized using optical microscopy,SEM,and EDS.Microhardness measurements indicated a significant increase in the surface hardness of the duplex-treated samples.The surfaces of the samples with the TiAlN coating were approximately 15 times harder than that of the untreated samples and 3 times that of the plasma nitrided samples.Hydro-abrasive erosion wear results showed that the duplex surface treatments,especially the CrN coating,displayed the highest erosion wear resistance.     

Liquid cooling based on thermal silica plate for battery thermal management system

To achieve safe, long lifetime, and high‐performance lithium‐ion batteries, a battery thermal management system (BTMS) is indispensable. This is especially required for enabling fast charging‐discharging and in aggressive operating conditions. In this research, a new type of battery cooling system based on thermal silica plates has been designed for prismatic lithium‐ion batteries. Experimental and simulations are combined to investigate the cooling capability of the BTMS associated to different number of cooling channels, flow rates, and flow directions while at different discharge C‐rates. Results show that the maximum temperature reached within the battery decreases as the amount of thermal silica plates and liquid channels increases. The flow direction had no significant influence on the cooling capability. While the performance obviously improves with the increase in inlet flow rate, after a certain threshold, the gain reduces strongly so that it does not anymore justify the higher energy cost. Discharged at 3 C‐rate, an inlet flow rate of 0.1 m/s was sufficient to efficiently cool down the system; discharged at 5 C‐rate, the optimum inlet flow rate was 0.25 m/s. Simulations could accurately reproduce experimental results, allowing for an efficient design of the liquid‐cooled BTMS.     

锂硫电池电解质的研究

文章综述了锂硫电池有机液态、凝胶聚合物和全固态电解质的研究进展;阐述了锂硫电池电解质现阶段研究工作中存在的问题,并展望了锂硫电池电解质未来的研究方向。     

Characterization of Properties in Friction Welded Stainless Steel and Copper Materials

The aim of this study is to investigate the metallurgical and mechanical properties of friction welded stainless steel-copper joints. One of the manufacturing methods used to produce parts made from different materials is the friction welding method. Application of classical welding techniques to such materials is difficult because of they have different thermal properties. Stainless steel-copper joints are inevitable for certain applications due to unique performances such as higher electric conductivity, heat conductivity, corrosion resistance, and mechanical properties. In the present study, austenitic stainless steel and copper parts were joined by friction welding. Tensile, fatigue, and notch-impact tests were applied to friction welded specimens, and the results were compared with those for the original materials. Microstructure, energy dispersive x-ray, and x-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis and hardness variations were conducted on the joints. Results showed that various intermetallic phases such as FeCu₄ and Cu₂NiZn occurred at the interface. It was found from the microstructure and XRD analysis that intermetallic phases formed in the interface which further caused a decrease in the strength of the joints. However, hardness of the copper increased slightly, whereas the hardness of steel decreases slightly on the horizontal distance from the center.     

适用于中国超宽带标准的0.18μm-CMOS单边带混频器设计

基于0.18 μm-CMOS工艺设计了一款适用于中国超宽带(UWB)标准的单边带(SSB)混频器.对电流换向型混频器进行分析,提出折叠PMOS跨导级结构使线性度和转换增益得以同时提升,并应用并联峰化技术扩展电路带宽,满足了系统超宽带、高线性度和增益适中的要求.结果表明,在6 GHz～9 GHz范围内,转换增益大于-2 dB且增益平坦,镜像抑制约为90dB,IP-1dB大于0 dBm,ⅡP3大于10 dBm.电路核心面积0.35mm×0.65 mm,工作电压为1.8 V,直流电流10.6 mA.     

CAD-guided sensor planning for dimensional inspection in automotive manufacturing

This paper addresses the vision-sensor-planning problem in part-dimensional inspection of automotive parts. First, a CAD-guided camera-planning system is developed, which utilizes the CAD information of inspected parts and a camera model to plan camera viewpoints. A recursive algorithm, which combines two existing vision-sensor-planning approaches, is developed to find feasible viewpoints. Second, to improve the performance of the eye-in-hand robot and reduce the computational cost of the robot placement problem, a new approach is developed to integrate the kinematics constraint into vision sensor planning. Experimental and simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness of our vision-sensor-planning system.     

Improving Photovoltaic Performance of Non-Fullerene Polymer Solar Cells Enables by Fine-Tuning Blend Microstructure via Binary Solvent Mixtures

Studies of the relationship between blend microstructure and photovoltaic performance are becoming more common, which is a prerequisite for rationally improving device performance. Non-fullerene acceptors usually have planar backbone conformation and strong intermolecular packing, normally resulting in excessive phase separation. Herein, an effective co-solvent blending strategy to turn the molecular organization of a chlorinated small molecule acceptor Y6-2Cl and phase separation of the corresponding active layer with PM6 as donor is demonstrated. The in situ photoluminescence measurements and relevant morphological characterizations illustrate that the film-forming process is fine-turned when using the mixtures of chloroform (CF) and chlorobenzene (CB) solvents, and the blend showed high domain purity with suitable phase-separated networks. Thus, better exciton dissociation and charge generation, more balanced charge transport, and less recombination loss are obtained in the co-solvent blade-coated devices. As a result, a maximum power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 16.17% is achieved, which is much higher than those of CF- and CB-bladed devices (14.08% and 11.44%, respectively). Of note is that the use of this co-solvent approach in the other two high-performance photovoltaic systems is also confirmed, demonstrating its good generality of employing in the printing organic solar cells.     

太阳能热水器防雷措施

目前国家尚未出台有关太阳能热水器防雷安装和验收标准,导致当前太阳能热水器防雷安装和验收标准不一,存在较大的安全隐患。通过对照有关规范,分析了当前太阳能热水器防雷措施存在的一些错误做法,提出一种新的太阳能热水器的防雷做法,供防雷技术人员和施工安装人员参考。     

原水浊度与混凝剂最佳投量的匹配

本文在试验的基础上。推导了原水浊度与混凝剂最佳投量之间的关系。得到了潭江水泵用碱式氯化铝作混凝剂时的最佳投量与浊度之间的半经验关系A=1.1C~(0.40)(mg/l)。