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Thermodynamically consistent Cahn–Hilliard–Navier–Stokes equations using the metriplectic dynamics formalism

Cahn–Hilliard–Navier–Stokes (CHNS) systems describe flows with two-phases, e.g., a liquid with bubbles. Obtaining constitutive relations for general dissipative processes for such systems, which are thermodynamically consistent, can be a challenge. We show how the metriplectic 4-bracket formalism (Morrison and Updike, 2024) achieves this in a straightforward, in fact algorithmic, manner. First, from the noncanonical Hamiltonian formulation for the ideal part of a CHNS system we obtain an appropriate Casimir to serve as the entropy in the metriplectic formalism that describes the dissipation (e.g. viscosity, heat conductivity and diffusion effects). General thermodynamics with the concentration variable and its thermodynamics conjugate, the chemical potential, are included. Having expressions for the Hamiltonian (energy), entropy, and Poisson bracket, we describe a procedure for obtaining a metriplectic 4-bracket that describes thermodynamically consistent dissipative effects. The 4-bracket formalism leads naturally to a general CHNS system that allows for anisotropic surface energy effects. Furthermore, this general CHNS system reduces to cases in the literature, to which we can compare.

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Stochastic and mixed density functional theory within the projector augmented wave formalism for simulation of warm dense matter

Stochastic density functional theory (DFT) and mixed stochastic-deterministic DFT are burgeoning approaches for the calculation of the equation of state and transport properties in materials under extreme conditions. In the intermediate warm dense matter regime, a state between correlated condensed matter and kinetic plasma, electrons can range from being highly localized around nuclei to delocalized over the whole simulation cell. The plane-wave basis pseudopotential approach is thus the typical tool of choice for modeling such systems at the DFT level. Unfortunately, stochastic DFT methods scale as the square of the maximum plane-wave energy in this basis. To reduce the effect of this scaling and improve the overall description of the electrons within the pseudopotential approximation, we present stochastic and mixed DFT approaches developed and implemented within the projector augmented wave formalism. In conclusion, we compare results between the different DFT approaches for both single-point and molecular dynamics trajectories and present calculations of self-diffusion coefficients of solid density carbon from 1 to 50 eV.

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Simultaneous measurements of kinetic and scalar energy spectrum time evolution in the Richtmyer–Meshkov instability upon reshock

The Richtmyer–Meshkov instability (Richtmyer, Commun. Pure Appl. Maths , vol. 13, issue 2, 1960, pp. 297–319; Meshkov, Fluid Dyn. , vol. 4, issue 5, 1972, pp. 101–104) of a twice-shocked gas interface is studied using both high spatial resolution single-shot (SS) and lower spatial resolution, time-resolved, high-speed (HS) simultaneous planar laser-induced fluorescence and particle image velocimetry in the Wisconsin Shock Tube Laboratory's vertical shock tube. The initial condition (IC) is a shear layer with broadband diffuse perturbations at the interface between a helium–acetone mixture and argon. This IC is accelerated by a shock of nominal strength Mach number $M = 1.75$ , and then accelerated again by the transmitted shock that reflects off the end wall of the tube. An ensemble of experiments is analysed after reshock while the interface mixing width grows linearly with time. The kinetic and scalar energy spectra and the terms of their evolution equation are calculated and compared between SS and HS experiments. The inertial range scaling of the scalar power spectrum is found to follow Gibson's relation (Gibson, Phys. Fluids , vol. 11, issue 11, 1968, pp. 2316–2327) as a function of Schmidt number when the effective turbulent Schmidt number is used in place of the material Schmidt number that controls equilibrium scaling. Further, the spatially integrated scalar flux follows similar behaviour observed for the kinetic energy in large eddy simulation studies by Zeng et al. ( Phys. Fluids , vol. 30, issue 6, 2018, 064106) while the spatially varying scalar flux exhibits back scatter along the centre of the mixing layer and forward energy transfer in the spike and bubble regions.

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The Importance of a Moving Boundary Approach for Modeling the SEI Layer Growth to Predict Capacity Fade

One of the contributing factors to the aging of lithium-ion batteries is the growth of the solid-electrolyte interphase (SEI) layer. The growth of the SEI layer leads to the irreversible loss of lithium available for cycling and increases the resistance of the battery. Physics-based models in literature model the kinetically limited or solvent diffusion-limited growth. In such models, the interface resistance is a constant, and the contribution to the overpotential of the intercalation reaction from the SEI layer is considered to be ohmic. In this study, we propose a model that describes the growth of the SEI layer on the electrode surface as a moving interface. The transport of lithium ions and the solvent in the electrolyte are affected by this moving interface. The equations that govern the species transport and the potential drop across the SEI layer are derived from dilute solution theory and solved by transforming the coordinates of the moving boundary. The ion transport induces changes in the conductivity across the SEI layer, which affects the potential drop that arises due to its growth. The effects of this potential on capacity fade are studied over cycling the battery.

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Three-dimensional phase field sintering simulations accounting for the rigid-body motion of individual grains

Sintering is a widely used powder processing technique in industrial applications. During sintering, atoms migrate to decrease the energy of the system via two main mechanisms: coarsening and densification, both of which lead to significant morphological variation of the sintered microstructure. When simulating sintering dynamics, the phase-field method has been broadly utilized because of its convenience in tracking morphology evolution. When a large number of grains is involved, it is common to use the same order parameter to describe multiple grains that are not in direct contact with one another (in order to reduce the computational memory demands). However, with this treatment it is difficult to handle the rigid-body motion of individual grains during densification. In this work, an implementation scheme is introduced to overcome the challenge of calculating individual particle motion based on existing equations. It uses a grouping algorithm and sets a cutoff radius on each grain for calculating the particle velocity during densification. This method allows for the incorporation of the densification mechanism, which has been commonly ignored in previous work, into phase-field sintering models in three-dimensional simulations with a large number of particles/grains. Moreover, through combination with the smoothed boundary method, material properties of sintered microstructures, such as the effective diffusivity and Young’s modulus, can be calculated during the sintering processes.

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A First Principles Approach to Spectral Phonon Transport in Heterostructures

Understanding thermal transport across interfaces which give rise to a thermal resistance (also known as Kapitza resistance) is a critical issue affecting the development of nanotechnologies. Much modern and emergent nanotechnology consist of adjacent materials, and phonon mediated heat transfer governs thermal behavior across internal interfaces in these devices. The physics of thermal transport in solids are governed both by phenomena occurring at the atomic scale and interactions with the material's microstructure. The forecasting of fundamental quantities such as temperature, heat flux and thermal conductivity typically employs the semi-classical Boltzmann transport equation to predict the macroscopic behavior of materials in terms of the microscopic dynamics of its heat carriers. Kapitza resistance was first discovered in liquid helium experiments and has led to a fundamental research thrust in micro and nano-scale heat transport, the behavior of thermal carriers across internal interfaces. Thermal interfacial resistance (TIR) is a widely studied phenomenon, first engaged by Swartz and Pohl through their development of the acoustic and diffuse mismatch methods, then continued through myriad efforts with varying methods and approaches in an attempt to resolve carrier behavior at thermal interfaces. Many of the fundamental approaches to TIR have been at the nanoscale, and research is conducted with molecular dynamics (MD) and density functional theory (DFT) methods. The limitations of these methods is system size; atomistic methods tend to be limited to system sizes of 100,000 atoms or less. Larger length-scale methods have also been pursued, based on the principles of acoustic or diffuse mismatch, but not all include simulation of TIR using a full phonon band spectrum, or temperature dependent methods. Our approach to enabling phonon transport in layered materials draws upon our previous work of demonstrating spectrally coupled phonon transport in homogeneous and heterogeneous materials. We use a semi-analytical approach in which the Bose-Einstein (B-E) statistics set the strength of the phonon radiance in a frequency group, but the B-E statistics are informed with information from the transport system. The B-E statistics in a single frequency group feels the influence of all the groups through the spatial temperature. We also include a new field term which is an indicator of the amount of non-equilibrium behavior of the phonon spectrum---this is added to the phonon source term in all groups to ensure closure and conservation of energy, as the phonon groups in the transport system and the analytical systems are coupled. This work builds upon our previous approach by adding a phonon coupling term at an internal interface, using the principles of the DMM through transmission and reflection coefficients. In this work, the coefficients are determined through computing a common temperature at the interface, influenced by the phonon band structure of both materials, in effect, providing mixing between the two material systems and using the common temperature to set the strength of the phonon radiance at the boundaries on either side of the interface. Our approach uses material properties computed along various crystallographic orientations, and while some isotropy is built into the interface condition, the material properties weight the phonon distributions in the proper crystalline direction. Greater resolution of phonon behavior in proximity to an interface, and more accurate predictions of TIR are obtained. While it is true the assumption of diffuse mismatch can yield inconsistent results compared to experiment especially at low temperatures, this work focuses on room temperature and beyond effects, for future applications in nuclear fuel, or thermoelectric devices; a modified mismatch approach may be feasible if applied properly. Additionally, our methods focus on bridging mesoscale to engineering scale

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Holomorphic waves of black hole microstructure

We obtain the largest families constructed to date of $$ \frac{1}{8} $$ 1 8 -BPS solutions of type IIB supergravity. They have the same charges and mass as supersymmetric D1-D5-P black holes, but they cap off smoothly with no horizon. Their construction relies on the structure of superstratum states, but allows the momentum wave to have an arbitrary shape. Each family is based on an arbitrary holomorphic function of one variable. More broadly, we show that the most general solution is described by two arbitrary holomorphic functions of three variables. After exhibiting several new families of such “holomorphic superstrata,” we reformulate the BPS backgrounds and equations in holomorphic form and show how this simplifies their structure. The holomorphic formulation is thus both a fundamental part of superstrata as well as an effective tool for their construction. In addition, we demonstrate that holomorphy provides a powerful tool in establishing the smoothness of our solutions without constraining the underlying functions. We also exhibit new families of solutions in which the momentum waves of the superstrata are highly localized at infinity but diffuse and spread into the infra-red limit in the core of the superstratum. Our work also leads to some results that can be tested within the dual CFT.

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A family of independent Variable Eddington Factor methods with efficient preconditioned iterative solvers

We present a family of discretizations for the Variable Eddington Factor (VEF) equations that have high-order accuracy on curved meshes and efficient preconditioned iterative solvers. The VEF discretizations are combined with the Discontinuous Galerkin transport discretization from to form effective high-order, linear transport methods. The VEF discretizations are derived by extending the unified analysis of Discontinuous Galerkin methods for elliptic problems presented by Arnold et al. to the VEF equations. This framework is used to define analogs of the interior penalty, second method of Bassi and Rebay, minimal dissipation local Discontinuous Galerkin, and continuous finite element methods. The analysis of subspace correction preconditioners, which use a continuous operator to iteratively precondition the discontinuous discretization, is extended to the case of the non-symmetric VEF system. Numerical results demonstrate that the VEF discretizations have arbitrary-order accuracy on curved meshes, preserve the thick diffusion limit, and are effective on a proxy problem from thermal radiative transfer in both outer transport iterations and inner preconditioned linear solver iterations. We demonstrate that the VEF solution converges to the S N transport solution as the mesh is refined on both problems with smooth and non-smooth behavior in angle. Parallel performance studies show that the interior penalty VEF discretization's linear solve weak scales out to 1024 processors and strong scales well on a single node. Particular attention is paid to the parallel performance of the VEF algorithm when used in combination with a parallel block Jacobi transport sweep.

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Increased light-emission efficiency in disordered (In, Ga)N through the correlated reduction of recombination rates

Experiments have shown that the light-emission efficiency of indium gallium nitride (InGaN) lightemitting diodes improves with increasing indium concentration. It is widely thought that compositional fluctuations due to indium incorporation suppress diffusion of carriers to non-radiative centers, thus leading to defect-insensitive emission. However, recent experiments have challenged this hypothesis by revealing unexpectedly long diffusion lengths at room temperature. Here, we demonstrate an alternative mechanism involving the correlated reduction in radiative and nonradiative recombination rates that explains the increase in light-emission efficiency of InGaN with increasing indium concentration, without invoking the suppression of carrier diffusion. Furthermore, our analysis challenges the notion that carrier localization gives rise to defect tolerance in InGaN.

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Particle-number distribution in large fluctuations at the tip of branching random walks

Here, we investigate properties of the particle distribution near the tip of one-dimensional branching random walks at large times t , focusing on unusual realizations in which the rightmost lead particle is very far ahead of its expected position, but still within a distance smaller than the diffusion radius ~$\sqrt{t}$. Our approach consists in a study of the generating function $G_{Δx}(λ) = Σ_n$ ${λ^n}p_n(Δx)$ for the probabilities $p_n(Δx)$ of observing $\textit{n}$ particles in an interval of given size $Δ\textit{x}$ from the lead particle to its left, fixing the position of the latter. This generating function can be expressed with the help of functions solving the Fisher-Kolmogorov-Petrovsky-Piscounov (FKPP) equation with suitable initial conditions. In the infinite-time and large-$Δ\textit{x}$ limits, we find that the mean number of particles in the interval grows exponentially with $Δ\textit{x}$, and that the generating function obeys a nontrivial scaling law, depending on $Δ\textit{x}$ and λ through the combined variable $[Δx — f(λ)]^3 / Δx^2$, where $\textit{f}$(λ) ≡ – ln(1 – λ) – ln [– ln(1 – λ)]. From this property, one may conjecture that the growth of the typical particle number with the size of the interval is slower than exponential, but, surprisingly enough, only by a subleading factor at large Δ$\textit{x}$. The scaling we argue is consistent with results from a numerical integration of the FKPP equation.

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Development of a Performance Portable Non-Equilibrium Plasma Fluid Solver on Adaptive Grids

This presentation will describe the numerical techniques, programming paradigms, verification, and performance of a non-equilibrium plasma fluid solver that can effectively utilize current and upcoming central processing and graphics processing unit (CPU+GPU) architectures. Our plasma fluid model solves the conservation equations for self-consistent electrostatic Poisson, electron and heavy species transport, and electron temperature on adaptive Cartesian grids. Our solver is written using performance portable adaptive mesh management library, AMReX (Zhang et al., JOSS, 4 (37) 1370, 2019), and can be built and run on widely available vendor specific GPU architectures (NVIDIA/AMD/Intel). We utilize a non-subcycled second order semi-implicit time-stepping method where all adaptive mesh refinement (AMR) levels are advanced with the same time step. The composite multi-level multigrid solver from within AMReX is used for each of the governing equations that are cast into a Helmholtz equation form. We have also developed a python based chemical mechanism parser framework that uses a similar format as CANTERA (Goodwin et al., Zenodo, 2018) yaml files as input. Our custom parser reads the yaml file and provides C++ files with transport and production rate functions that can be executed on both host (CPU) and device (GPU). We present verification of our solver using method of manufactured solutions that indicate formal second order accuracy with central diffusion and fifth order weighted-essentially-non-oscillatory (WENO) advection scheme. We also verify our solver with published literature on low-pressure capacitive and high-pressure streamer discharges. Our initial performance studies indicate 10X speed-up using 20 NVIDIA GPUs versus 200 CPUs for an atmospheric streamer discharge problem solved on a 512 x 1024 x 512 grid.

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Venturing into Unexplored Phase Space: Synthesis, Structure, and Properties of MgCo 3 B 2 Featuring a Rumpled Kagomé Network

MgCo 3 B 2 , a novel ternary boride in a previously unexplored phase space, was synthesized using the hydride route. In situ powder X-ray diffraction and DFT calculations aided in the discovery of this compound, whose structure was then determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Like the closely related CeCo 3 B 2 , MgCo 3 B 2 crystallizes in centrosymmetric space group P6/mmm (a = 4.883(2) Å, c = 2.926(2) Å at 210 K, Z = 1). Unlike CeCo 3 B 2 , however, it adopts a disordered structure that features a rumpled Kagomé network of Co atoms, and Mg atoms fill the channels of a Co–B framework. Although the structural disorder leads to motifs that are similar to those observed in MgNi 3 B 2 and other related ternary borides, no evidence of an ordered superstructure was found by single-crystal X-ray diffraction or high-resolution powder X-ray diffraction. In the case of CeCo 3 B 2 , boron atoms occupy the center of regular Co 6 trigonal prisms; in MgCo 3 B 2 , boron atoms are shifted from the center of the prism to form B–B dimers with roughly the same length as those found in MgNi 3 B 2 . Magnetic susceptibility data exhibit an unusual temperature dependence that cannot be convincingly modeled by the modified Curie–Weiss equation, consistent with DFT calculations predicting a nonmagnetic ground state. Intrinsic susceptibility at 300 K is 1.42 × 10 –3 emu/mol Oe, which is comparable to that of paramagnetic YCo 3 B 2 and CeCo 3 B 2 with a similar structure and composition. Here, this study showcases the efficacy of combining several methodologies to discover new solids in unexplored phase spaces. This approach includes in situ PXRD data to monitor reactions of precursors upon heating, a diffusion-enhanced synthesis method, and DFT assessment of compound stability.

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MOSCATO Development and Integration in Fiscal Year 2022

During FY21, we conducted ongoing development work for the MOSCATO (Molten Salt Chemistry and Transport) solver. The code development work primarily consisted of transitioning capabilities from the original version of the solver, which was written in OpenFOAM, into Nek5000. In doing so, a fast, highly parallelizable solver was created that is capable of complex chemistry and corrosion simulations for engineering-scale molten salt systems. The Nek5000 version of MOSCATO is now fully featured and capable of higher-fidelity simulations than were previously possible. Demonstration cases including a thermal convection loop have been simulated to test these new capabilities. We built upon the work for FY22 and improved the code from several different perspectives. First, we improved the user interface by adding a new component to the official Nek5000 input file (.par). This new part contains documents parameters like, salt properties (density, viscosity, Cp, thermal conductivity), diffusion coefficients, standard potential, etc. Second, we built a conversion script to extract salt properties from the MSTDB-TP salt database and write to MOSCATO input file. Third, we migrated the code to NekRS, which is the GPU branch of Nek5000 and suitable for next generation supercomputers. Verification and Validation (V&V) work was also continued in FY22. Two tasks were performed. The first V&V task involved the validation of the Poisson-Nernst-Planck equation solver and Butler-Volmer electrode kinetics, by comparing with numerical and experimental data about thermoelectric cells. The second task involved the comparisons to corrosion results from a thermal convection loop run during the MSRE era. Satisfactory agreement was obtained from both tasks.

Yuan, Haomin↗

Water and Solute Activities Regulate CO 2 Reduction in Gas-Diffusion Electrodes

Electrolysis of CO 2 at gas-diffusion electrodes (GDEs) has typically been limited by the supply of gas to the electrocatalyst, overshadowing the importance of the supply of water. However, at high current densities that approach 1 A cm –2 , where the electrolyte becomes highly concentrated in the catalyst layer of a GDE, the activity of water and solutes deviate from their bulk dilute solution values, potentially slowing reaction rates and changing reaction equilibrium potentials. In addition, as flow plates for the gas stream are introduced to enable larger electrodes and high single pass conversion of CO 2 to product, variations in the gas composition will become important. By drawing upon literature for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), here we explain how to account for these effects in future modeling and experimental work, with particular attention to accurate use of the Nernst equation for electrode potentials and the Arrhenius equation for reaction rates. Specifically, using measurements of KOH solvent and solute activity reported in literature, and assuming the second protonation of CO 2 by water as the rate-determining step, we show the Nernst equation dilute-solution approximation of the CO 2 to CO equilibrium potential to be accurate below 5 M KOH, but it has a 74 mV error when increasing the concentration up to 10 M KOH. Finally, a simple one-dimensional model of a serpentine flow-field on a GDE demonstrated that a reactor with constant pressure of 1 bar and 1 A cm –2 at the inlet had only ~0.3 A cm –2 at the outlet for a conversion in CO 2 partial pressure from 0.90 to 0.48 bar, showing the significant practical implications of this work.

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PyAlbany: A Python interface to the C++ multiphysics solver Albany

Albany is a parallel C++ finite element library for solving forward and inverse problems involving partial differential equations (PDEs). In this paper we introduce PyAlbany, a newly developed Python interface to the Albany library. PyAlbany can be used to effectively drive Albany enabling fast and easy analysis and post-processing of applications based on PDEs that are pre-implemented in Albany. PyAlbany relies on the library PyBind11 to bind Python with C++ Albany code. Here we detail the implementation of PyAlbany and showcase its capabilities through a number of examples targeting a heat-diffusion problem. In particular we consider the following: (1) the generation of samples for a Monte Carlo application, (2) a scalability study, (3) a study of parameters on the performance of a linear solver, and finally (4) a tool for performing eigenvalue decompositions of matrix-free operators for a Bayesian inference application.

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Singularities in nearly uniform one-dimensional condensates due to quantum diffusion

Dissipative systems often exhibit wavelength-dependent loss rates. One prominent example is Rydberg polaritons formed by electromagnetically induced transparency, which have long been a leading candidate for studying the physics of interacting photons and also hold promise as a platform for quantum information. In this system, dissipation is in the form of quantum diffusion, i.e., proportional to k 2 (k being the wavevector) and vanishing at long wavelengths as k→0. Here, we show that one-dimensional condensates subject to this type of loss are unstable to long-wavelength density fluctuations in an unusual manner: after a prolonged period in which the condensate appears to relax to a uniform state, local depleted regions quickly form and spread ballistically throughout the system. We connect this behavior to the leading-order equation for the nearly uniform condensate—a dispersive analog to the Kardar-Parisi-Zhang equation—which develops singularities in finite time. Furthermore, we show that the wavefronts of the depleted regions are described by purely dissipative solitons within a pair of hydrodynamic equations, with no counterpart in lossless condensates. We close by discussing conditions under which such singularities and the resulting solitons can be physically realized.

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First-principles equations of state and structures of liquid metals in multi-megabar conditions

Liquid metals at extreme pressures and temperatures are widely interested in the high-pressure community. Based on density functional theory molecular dynamics, we conduct first-principles investigations on the equation of state ( EOS) and structures of four metals (Cu, Fe, Pb, and Sn) at 1.5–5 megabar conditions and 5 × 10 3 –4 × 10 4 K. Our first-principles EOS data enable evaluating the performance of four EOS models in predicting Hugoniot densities and temperatures of the four systems. We find the melting temperature of Cu is 1000–2000 K higher and shows a similar Clapeyron slope, in comparison to those of Fe. Our structure, coordination number, and diffusivity analysis indicates all the four liquid metals form similar simple close-packed structures. Our results set theoretical benchmarks for EOS development and structures of metals in their liquid states and under dynamic compression.

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Simplified calculation of the area specific impedance for solid-state battery design

Simplified algebraic area specific impedance (ASI) correlations have been developed for solid-state composite battery electrodes made of a single ion conducting electrolyte, conductive additive, and intercalation active material. Two ASI expressions were developed, one for short times ( i.e. , pulsed power operation) and another for the pseudo steady state operation (i.e., sustained discharge for energy estimation). A full electrochemical model based on porous electrode theory was developed to examine the accuracy of the simplified ASI expressions. The simplified expressions agree favorably with full model results over a wide range of parameters (i.e. , electrode thicknesses, electrolyte conductivities, solid-state diffusion coefficients, specific surface areas, etc.) and conditions (i.e. , C-rates, states of charge, and pulse times). Under most conditions, the error between the full model and the correlations is well below 7 %. Higher errors were observed for the pseudo steady state expression at high/ low states of charge where the assumption of uniform reaction distributions loses validity. Here, the short time ASI has higher error at low states of charge due to the nonlinearity of the open circuit voltage equation, which is assumed linear in the formulation of the simplified algebraic expression.

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