[en] High-surface area, three-dimensional (3D) microstructures are designed and fabricated by the sequential electroplating of sacrificial and structural layers in a photoresist mold. A conformal coating of electrochemically deposited nickel hydroxide (Ni(OH)_2) films on these MEMS-enabled multilayer structures enabled the formation of functional electrodes for electrochemical energy storage devices. The characterization of the electrodes is performed galvanostatically at various charge and discharge rates. Electrodes with a varying number of laminations are shown to yield areal capacities from 0.1 to 5.2 mAh cm"–"2. Power characteristics of the electrodes are determined by applying ultra-high charge rates of up to 120 C. At this high charge rate, the electrode is able to deliver 90% of its capacity. (paper)

[en] The motional Stark effect (MSE) diagnostic on DIII-D has been expanded to take advantage of a change in the neutral beam geometry, adding 24 new MSE channels viewing a beam injected counter to the plasma current. When data from these channels are used with those from two older MSE arrays viewing a different beam, the overall radial resolution improves near the magnetic axis at least a factor of 2, and the uncertainty in calculations of vertical magnetic field and radial electric field decreases in the edge at least a factor of 4. The new design uses two optical systems mounted on the same vacuum port with a common shutter and shielding

[en] This paper reports the design, fabrication and testing of a three-dimensional zinc–air microbattery with improved areal energy density and areal capacity, particularly at high discharge rates. The device is based on a multilayer, micron-scale, low-resistance metallic skeleton with an improved surface area. This skeleton consists of alternating Cu and Ni layers supporting Zn as electrodeposited anode electrode, and provides a high surface area, low-resistance path for electron transfer. A proof-of-concept zinc–air microbattery based on this technology was developed, characterized and compared with its two-dimensional thin-film counterparts fabricated on the same footprint area with equal amount of the Zn anode electrode. Using this approach, we were able to improve a single-layer initial structure with a surface area of 1.3 mm² to a scaffold structure with ten layers having a surface area of 15 mm². Discharging through load resistances ranging from 100 to 3000 Ω, the areal energy density and areal capacity of the microbattery were measured as 2.5–3 mWh cm⁻² and ∼2.5 mAh cm⁻², respectively.