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In-Situ Synthesis of Nb2O5/g-C3N4 Heterostructures as Highly Efficient Photocatalysts for Molecular H2 Evolution under Solar Illumination
摘要： This work focuses on the synthesis of heterostructures with compatible band positions and a favourable surface area for the efficient photocatalytic production of molecular hydrogen (H2). In particular, 3‐dimensional Nb2O5/g‐C3N4 heterostructures with suitable band positions and high surface area have been synthesized employing a hydrothermal method. The combination of a Nb2O5 with a low charge carrier recombination rate and a g‐C3N4 exhibiting high visible light absorption resulted in remarkable photocatalytic activity under simulated solar irradiation in the presence of various hole scavengers (triethanolamine (TEOA) and methanol). The following aspects of the novel material have been studied systematically: the influence of different molar ratios of Nb2O5 to g‐C3N4 on the heterostructure properties, the role of the employed hole scavengers, and the impact of the co‐catalyst and the charge carrier densities affecting the band alignment. The separation/transfer efficiency of the photogenerated electron‐hole pairs is found to increase significantly as compared to that of pure Nb2O5 and g‐C3N4, respectively, with the highest molecular H2 production of 110 mmol/g·h being obtained for 10 wt % of g‐C3N4 over Nb2O5 as compared with that of g‐C3N4 (33.46 mmol/g·h) and Nb2O5 (41.20 mmol/g·h). This enhanced photocatalytic activity is attributed to a sufficient interfacial interaction thus favouring the fast photogeneration of electron‐hole pairs at the Nb2O5/g‐C3N4 interface through a direct Z‐scheme.
关键词： Z‐Scheme,H2 evolution,hydrothermal synthesis,graphitic carbon nitride,photocatalysis,heterostructures,Niobium(V) oxide
更新于2025-11-14 17:03:37
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α-Fe <sub/>2</sub> O <sub/>3</sub> Polyhedral Nanoparticles Enclosed by Different Crystal Facets: Tunable Synthesis, Formation Mechanism Analysis, and Facets-dependent <i>n</i> -Butanol Sensing Properties
摘要： Three kinds of polyhedral α-Fe2O3 nanoparticles enclosed by different facets including oblique parallel hexahedrons (op-hexahedral NPs), cracked oblique parallel hexahedrons (cop-hexahedral NPs), and octadecahedral nanoparticles (octadecahedral NPs), were successfully prepared by simply changing only one reaction parameter in the hydrothermal process. The structural and morphological of the products were systematically studied using various characterizations including X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and transmission electron microscopy (TEM), revealing that the three kinds of α-Fe2O3 nanoparticles were enclosed by {104}, {110}/{104}, and {102}/{012}/{104} crystal planes, respectively. The exposed facets and shape of the nanocrystals were found to be affected by the adding amount of ethylene glycol in the solvent. The gas-sensing properties and mechanism of the α-Fe2O3 samples were studied and analyzed, which indicated that the sensitivity of the three samples followed the order of octadecahedral NPs (cid:2) cop-hexahedral NPs (cid:2) op-hexahedral NPs due to the combined effects of specific surface area and oxygen defects in the nanocrystals.
关键词： Polyhedron,n-Butanol,Hydrothermal synthesis,α-Fe2O3 nanoparticles,Gas-sensing
更新于2025-11-14 17:03:37
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Graphene oxide/ZnO nanorods/graphene oxide sandwich structure: The origins and mechanisms of photoluminescence
摘要： In this paper, we present the structural and optical properties of Graphene oxide/ZnO nanorods/graphene oxide (GO/ZnO nanorods/GO) nanocomposites prepared via a hydrothermal method on Si (100) substrate. The X-ray diffraction measurements (XRD) confirm that the prepared samples are of hexagonal wurtzite structure with crystallite size around 50-60 nm. It was obvious from scanning electron microscopy (SEM) that by incorporating the ZnO nanorods between the inter-layer of GO confirmed the formation of sandwich-like nanocomposites structure. ZnO nanorods interaction with GO is displayed by the different vibrational frequencies in fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). The UV-Vis spectrum reveals the strongest absorption was observed around 370 nm, while calculating optical band gap energy (Eg) of GO/ZnO NRs/GO was found to be 3.15 eV. The photoluminescence (PL) measurements indicates that the ZnO nanorods have a strong visible emission centered at 559 nm attributed to the presence of impurities in the form of oxygen vacancies. After the nanorods were covered with GO layers, the PL intensity of the nanocomposite is quenched and shifted due to charge-transfer process. Consequently, the obtained results may lead to better performance for the optoelectronic applications.
关键词： ZnO nanorods,hydrothermal method,excitation effect,graphene oxide
更新于2025-11-14 15:25:21
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Energy Transfer from Ce3+ to Tb3+ in Yttrium and Gadolinium Orthoborates Obtained by Hydrothermal Synthesis
摘要： We studied the structure, IR absorption spectra, the spectral characteristics of photoluminescence and morphology of cerium- and terbium-doped orthoborates of gadolinium and yttrium obtained by hydrothermal synthesis at 200°C, as well as solid solutions of orthoborates on the basis of yttrium, gadolinium, and lutetium with composition RECe0.01Tb0.1BO3 (RE = Lu0.5Gd0.39, Lu0.5Y0.39, and Y0.5Gd0.39). The X-ray diffraction spectrum of yttrium orthoborate Y1 – x – yCexTbyBO3 is described by a hexagonal lattice with space group P63/m, which, after annealing at 970°C, transforms into a monoclinic lattice with space group C2/c. High-temperature annealing of the studied orthoborates leads to a multiple, more than two orders of magnitude, increase in the luminescence intensity of Tb3+ ions when the samples are excited in the absorption band of cerium ions. This effect is the result of a significant increase in the concentration of Ce3+ ions in the orthoborates at high temperatures. It is shown that the luminescence of terbium ions is due to energy transfer from Ce3+ to Tb3+, which proceeds with high efficiency (～85%) by the mechanism of dipole-dipole interaction between cerium and terbium.
关键词： orthoborates,luminescence,Ce3+,hydrothermal synthesis,energy transfer,Tb3+
更新于2025-11-14 15:14:40
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Visible light active CZTS sensitized CdS/TiO2 tandem photoanode for highly efficient photoelectrochemical hydrogen generation
摘要： A tandem photoanode consisting of Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) nanoparticles layer over CdS/TiO2 heterostructure thin film on FTO substrate has been fabricated for photoelectrochemical hydrogen generation. CdS thin film has been deposited by chemical bath deposition over the spin-coated TiO2 thin film, which is followed by the deposition of CZTS nanoparticles layer by spray coating technique resulting in a CZTS/CdS/TiO2/FTO photoanode. The coating of CZTS nanoparticles layer over CdS/TiO2 films resulted in the tandem structure of different band level positions, which enhances the optical absorption in the visible region and also leads to higher separation of the photogenerated charge carriers. A substantial enhancement (39 times) in the PEC activity has been demonstrated for the CZTS/CdS/TiO2/FTO photoanode as compared to TiO2/FTO photoanode, which is due to cascade band gap from 3.2 eV to 1.7 eV and formation of heterojunction at interfaces. The enhancement in the charge transport properties of CZTS/CdS/TiO2/FTO photoanode has been confirmed from the electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) measurement. The EIS results confirm that the CZTS/CdS/TiO2/FTO photoanode exhibited lowest charge transfer resistance (Rct = 302 Ω/cm2) as compared to CdS/TiO2 (Rct = 615 Ω/cm2) and TiO2 (Rct = 1700 Ω/cm2) photoanode. A mechanism depicting the enhanced the performance of photoelectrochemical (PEC) CZTS/CdS/TiO2/FTO photoanode has been proposed.
关键词： EIS,Hydrothermal,PEC,Hydrogen generation,CZTS nanoparticles
更新于2025-10-22 19:40:53
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Dose-dependent enhancement of bioactivity by surface ZnO nanostructures on acid-etched pure titanium
摘要： Zinc (Zn) is found to be essential in biologic osseous functions, and deficiency of Zn may cause delayed skeletal growth and osteoporosis. Additionally, Zn-based coatings are reported to be effective to promote the bioactivity of implants. In this study, we employed the hydrothermal treatment to incorporate Zn into the surface of acid-etched pure Ti. The process was conducted in ammonia solution with an increased Zn precursor concentration (0.0002 M, 0.002 M and 0.02 M, respectively). XPS analysis demonstrated that the nanostructures were composed of ZnO. Proliferation and alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity of osteoblast-like SaOS-2 cells were enhanced dose-dependently, compared to those on the acid-etched pure Ti without ZnO nanostructures. This study addresses a favourable surface modification method to improve the bioactivity of implants.
关键词： nanostructure,titanium,bone regeneration,hydrothermal treatment,ZnO
更新于2025-09-23 15:23:52
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Optimizing one-dimensional TiO2 for photocatalytic hydrogen production from a water-ethanol mixture and other electron donors
摘要： This work is focused on synthesizing and employing one-dimensional (1D) titanium dioxide (TiO2) for hydrogen (H2) production. Based on using electron donors (EDs) (ethanol, methanol, formic acid and 1,2,3 propanetriol), the increased H2 production, when compared to P25 TiO2 nanoparticles, was due to the large specific surface area (SSA) and enhanced electron mobility of 1D TiO2. The impact of the 1D TiO2 synthesis reaction conditions (temperature, NaOH concentration and the TiO2 precursor concentration) on the photocatalytic H2 production rate was evaluated using a 3-factor 3-level Box Behnken design (BBD). The BBD model demonstrated that the temperature and the NaOH concentration significantly affected the 1D TiO2 phase structure, crystal size, SSA, bandgap and the photocatalytic H2 production rate. The phase structure and crystal size of 1D TiO2 were key factors affecting the H2 production rate. 1D TiO2 containing an anatase phase with a mean crystal size of 20.1±0.2 nm was synthesized at 126oC, 15 M NaOH and 49 g·L-1 TiO2. The maximum H2 production rate of 475±12 μmol·h-1 (quantum efficiency (ε) = 20.2±0.5%) for the 1D TiO2 sample was significantly enhanced when compared to commercial TiO2 P25. The H2 production rate for the optimized 1D TiO2 was significantly enhanced by decorating the structure with Pt and Au. Hydrothermal synthesized of 1D TiO2 provided an efficient and low cost method for producing H2 from ethanol, methanol, formic acid and 1,2,3 propanetriol.
关键词： hydrogen production,hydrothermal,1D titanium dioxide,TiO2-B,anatase,photocatalyst,quantum yield
更新于2025-09-23 15:23:52
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Multicolour tuning and perfect white emission from novel PbWO4:Yb3+:Ho3+:Tm3+ nanophosphor
摘要： Upconverting (UC) nanoparticles have been an eye-candy for the people of optical world in the past decade because of their stupendous luminescence properties, photostability, effective quantum efficiency and most of all for its voluminous power of converting Infra-red (IR) waves into visible radiation. In this article, we have successfully synthesized novel Yb3+, Ho3+, Tm3+ doped lead tungstate nanophosphor by facile hydrothermal technique, where the product can also be scaled up in a large quantity. The phase purity and structure of the samples were characterized using X-Ray diffractometer and the structural morphology was studied using FEG TEM which shows formation of nano sphere of about 30-40 nm. Photoluminescence studies of the nanophosphor were carried out using spectroflurophotometer which shows red, green and blue emission due to the energy level transitions viz 5F5 → 5I8 and 5S2/5F4 → 5I8 of Ho3+,1G4 → 3H6, of Tm3+ respectively. The pumping power variation data was recorded using variable power which implies that the UC mechanism is a mixture of two and three photon process. The biexponential decay kinetics experiment was also done using the pulse mood laser source which shows the mean lifetime of 21.09 μs, 12.03 μs and 29.43 μs for blue, green and red emission respectively. Due to the perfect intermixing of the red, green and blue emission in the optimum sample a bright white light is obtained with CIE coordinates indexed as (0.34573,0.3449). The correlated colour temperature (CCT) values of the bright white light was calculated using McCamy’s approximations and it was found to be 4960 K which is almost equivalent to the colour “Horizon Daylight”. The colour temperature found after calculation, must be eye-friendly and hence perfect for using in optoelectronics applications.
关键词： Luminescence,White Light,Upconversion,Hydrothermal,Nanophosphor
更新于2025-09-23 15:23:52
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Exploration of new birefringent crystals in bismuth d0 transition metal selenites
摘要： The first examples of bismuth fluoride selenites with d0-TM/Te(VI) polyhedrons, namely, Bi4TiO2F4(SeO3)4 (1), Bi4NbO3F3(SeO3)4 (2), Bi4TeO4F2(TeO3)2(SeO3)2 (3), Bi2F2(MoO4)(SeO3) (4) and Bi2ZrO2F2(SeO3)2 (5) have been successfully synthesized under hydrothermal reactions by aliovalent substitution. The five new compounds feature three different types of structures. Compounds 1-3, containing Ti(IV), Nb(V) and Te(VI) respectively, are isostructural, exhibiting a new 3D framework composed of 3D bismuth oxyfluoride architecture with intersecting tunnels occupied by d0-TM/Te(VI) octahedrons and selenite/tellurite groups. Compound Bi4TeO4F2(TeO3)2(SeO3)2 (3) is the first structure containing Se(IV) and mixed-valent Te(IV)/Te(VI) cations simultaneously. Compound 4 features a new 3D structure formed by 3D bismuth oxyfluoride network with MoO4 tetrahedrons and selenites groups embeded in the 1D tunnels. Compound 5 displays a novel pillar-layered 3D open framework consisted of 2D bismuth oxide layers bridged by the [ZrO2F2(SeO3)2]6- polyanions. Theoretical calculations revealed that the five compounds displayed very strong birefringence. The birefringence values of compounds 1-3, especially, are above 0.19 at 1064 nm, which are bigger than the mineral calcite. Based on the structure and property analysis, we found that the asymmetric SeO3 groups (and TeO3 in compound 3) displayed the largest anisotropy compared with the bismuth cations and the d0 TM/Te polyhedrons, which is beneficial to the birefringence.
关键词： metal selenites,d0 transition metals,aliovalent substitution,hydrothermal reactions,birefringent crystals
更新于2025-09-23 15:23:52
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Utilizing an In Situ Reduction in the Synthesis of BaMoOF5
摘要： A new molybdenum containing oxyfluoride, BaMoOF5, space group Cmcm with lattice parameters of a = 7.1445(3), b = 6.7894(3), c = 10.1969(4), was synthesized via a mild hydrothermal crystal growth method. The synthesis resulted in high-quality single crystals of the title material, which were characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The structure is discussed in detail.
关键词： Crystal growth,In situ reduction,Mild hydrothermal
更新于2025-09-23 15:23:52