In this work, friction stir welding (FSW) was carried out for the flat butt welding tests of Al/Mg dissimilar alloys by introducing Ni foil interlayer with different thickness. The effect of the thickness of interlayer on microstructure and mechanical properties of the FSW joints was explored. The results revealed that with the increase of the thickness of Ni, the effective bearing area of the weld nugget zone (WNZ) increased. It achieved the maximum value when the thickness of interlayer was 0.3 mm, and a dense 'onion rings' structure which was composed of the cross distributions trips of magnesium alloy, aluminium alloy and the intermetallic compounds (IMCs), as well as the Ni particles of varying sizes were formed. Compared to the joint without introducing Ni, the introduction of Ni made the joints generate Mg 2 Ni and the Al 3 Mg 2 was partially replaced and led to the ultimate tensile strength (UTS) increased by 13.5%.
In this study, a uniform nanoporous NiO film, with a thickness of up to 2.6 μm, was prepared using polyethylene glycol (PEG). The addition of PEG significantly decreased the cracks in the NiO film and prevented the peeling of the NiO film from a fluorine-doped tin oxide substrate. The NiO cathode was prepared using CdSeS quantum dots (QDs) as the sensitizer, with an optimized photoelectric conversion of 0.80%. The optimized QD-sensitized NiO films were first assembled with the TiO2 anode to prepared QD-sensitized p–n-type tandem solar cells. The open circuit voltage was greater than that obtained using the separated NiO cathode or TiO2 anode.
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