Die Wissenschaftliche Elektrochemie der Gegenwart und die Technische der Zukunft

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“…One expression of this ambition came from Wilhelm Ostwald. “The way in which the greatest of all technical questions– the procurement of cheap energy– can be solved,” he wrote in 1894, “must be found by electrochemistry (Ostwald, 1894a, 1894b). ” Ostwald made clear that all chemical reactions were a consequence of rearranging atomic electrons, but that combustion (burning) only allows partial use of the resulting heat energy.…”

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The closed carbon cycle in a managed, stable Anthropocene

Johnson

2024

The Anthropocene Review

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The striking influence humans are exerting on their environment will likely result in the stabilization of a new climatic equilibrium of the Anthropocene, possibly without historical precedent. Many conceivable outcomes would reshape the planet’s biodiversity. If the Earth-human interaction is to endure in its current state, which still shares characteristics with the Holocene, one necessary development is that humans close the various biogeochemical cycles (C, N, P, K, etc) they have fundamentally altered (i.g. Haber-Bosch). Many of the technologies required to close the chemical cycles, such as the emissions-free production of methanol from industrial exhaust, already exist. Historical examples show, however, that deployment of technology can lag behind innovation resulting in an implementation gap that hinders our ability to mitigate climate change. However, assuming we close this gap, biogeochemical cycles can act as a gage for a “successful” Anthropocene in which mitigation strategies stave off much of what will otherwise become widespread forced adaption to a new, possibly hostile climate. Closed chemical cycles supporting human consumption can be causally linked to human action and precisely marked in time; they will leave an indelible global stratigraphic record, namely in that human influence decreases. Such a development would be a sign that humans had achieved a managed, stable (or at least steady) state within acceptable planetary boundaries of the Earth-human system. This article focuses on closing the carbon cycle over the following decades and proposes, as a measure of progress, the flattening of the Suess effect, a well-known indicator of human impact.

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The closed carbon cycle in a managed, stable Anthropocene

Johnson

2024

The Anthropocene Review

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“…Gegen den Widerstand des Finanzministers [23], den er von vornherein mit dem "Eindruck der Überraschung" zu erschüttern plante, setzte er die Schaffung dieser Institution in Göttingen durch. Von Ostwald hatte Althoff dafür eine spezielle, "auch für den Laien und Finanzmann handgreifliche" Argumentation erbeten [24]: Der schrieb: "Die deutsche Chemie, die physikalische Chemie, die Elektrochemie und Nernst in Göttingen" [25] und unterstützte Althoff auch mit weiteren Veröffentlichungen zur publizistischen Proklamation der Sachlage [26].…”

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Friedrich Theodor Althoffs Beziehungen zur Chemie

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2008

Chemie in nserer Zeit

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Vor 100 Jahren verstarb Friedrich Theodor Althoff, der über 25 Jahre lang als vortragender Rat im “Preußischen Ministerium der Geistlichen, Unterrichts‐ und Medicinalangelegenheiten” (Kultusministerium) wirkte. Nachhaltig beeinflusste er das deutsche Hochschulwesen und dessen Beziehungen zur Industrie sowie die internationalen Wissenschaftsbeziehungen. Sein Zuständigkeitsbereich umfasste sowohl Hochschulen und Universitäten, Denkmalpflege, Bibliotheken und die medizinischen Forschungseinrichtungen, als auch die universitäre Berufungspolitik und die Förderung sowie Gründung wissenschaftlicher Einrichtungen. Er führte neuartige Organisationsformen ein wie beispielsweise die jährliche “Konferenz deutscher Universitätsverwaltungen in Hochschulangelegenheiten” (die späteren Kultusministerkonferenzen). Mit Menschenkenntnis und vielseitiger Kommunikation (“System Althoff”) veranlasste er den leistungsgerechten Einsatz besonders begabter Gelehrter. Hoch geehrt und auch viel geschmäht galt er als der “heimliche Kultusminister”.

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“…In 1894, the Nobel laureate F. W. Ostwald stunningly asserted that electrochemistry is the only solution to the biggest challenge of his time, namely, securing affordable and clean energy . More than one century later, today, we are still looking for paths toward sustainable energy .…”

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Generalization of Porous Electrode Theory for Noninteger Dimensional Space

Huang

2017

J. Phys. Chem. C

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Conventional porous electrode theories are formulated in integer dimensional space; they employ the volume averaging method to simplify consideration of structural complexities and introduce volume fraction and tortuosity as two effective structural descriptors. In this work, I generalize the porous electrode theory for noninteger dimensional space using fractional calculus, in which fractional dimensionalities are invoked as quintessential structural descriptors. The present theory furnishes a theoretical framework for describing mass transport and reactions in fractal electrodes, which is of practical implications for modeling of porous electrodes in electrochemical energy devices that can be irregular, fragmented, and fractal.

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Die Wissenschaftliche Elektrochemie der Gegenwart und die Technische der Zukunft

Abstract: Organ der Deutsehen Elektroehemisehen Gesellsehaft, des Berliner Elektroteehniker-Vereins und des Leipziger Elektroteehnisehen Vereins.

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The closed carbon cycle in a managed, stable Anthropocene

The closed carbon cycle in a managed, stable Anthropocene

Friedrich Theodor Althoffs Beziehungen zur Chemie

Generalization of Porous Electrode Theory for Noninteger Dimensional Space

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