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Tanabe T, Nakamori K, Tanikawa T, Matsubara Y, Matsumoto F. Ultrathin nanosheet Sn3O4 for highly effective hydrogen evolution under visible light. J Photochem Photobiol A Chem 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2021.113486] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Vimalanathan K, Palmer T, Gardner Z, Ling I, Rahpeima S, Elmas S, Gascooke JR, Gibson CT, Sun Q, Zou J, Andersson MR, Darwish N, Raston CL. High shear in situ exfoliation of 2D gallium oxide sheets from centrifugally derived thin films of liquid gallium. NANOSCALE ADVANCES 2021; 3:5785-5792. [PMID: 36132680 PMCID: PMC9419649 DOI: 10.1039/d1na00598g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2021] [Accepted: 08/31/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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A diversity of two-dimensional nanomaterials has recently emerged with recent attention turning to the post-transition metal elements, in particular material derived from liquid metals and eutectic melts below 330 °C where processing is more flexible and in the temperature regime suitable for industry. This has been explored for liquid gallium using an angled vortex fluidic device (VFD) to fabricate ultrathin gallium oxide (Ga2O3) sheets under continuous flow conditions. We have established the nanosheets to form highly insulating material and have electrocatalytic activity for hydrogen evolution, with a Tafel slope of 39 mV dec-1 revealing promoting effects of the surface oxidation (passivation layer).
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- Kasturi Vimalanathan
- Flinders Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University Adelaide SA 5001 Australia
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- Flinders Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University Adelaide SA 5001 Australia
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- Flinders Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University Adelaide SA 5001 Australia
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- School of Science, Monash University Malaysia Jalan Lagoon Selatan, Bandar Sunway 47500 Selangor Malaysia
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- Flinders Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University Adelaide SA 5001 Australia
- School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin Institute for Functional Molecule and Interfaces, Curtin University Bentley Western Australia 6102 Australia
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- Flinders Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University Adelaide SA 5001 Australia
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- Flinders Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University Adelaide SA 5001 Australia
- Flinders Microscopy and Microanalysis, College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University Bedford Park SA 5042 Australia
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- Flinders Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University Adelaide SA 5001 Australia
- Flinders Microscopy and Microanalysis, College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University Bedford Park SA 5042 Australia
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- Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis, The University of Queensland Brisbane QLD 4072 Australia
- Materials Engineering, The University of Queensland Brisbane QLD 4072 Australia
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- Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis, The University of Queensland Brisbane QLD 4072 Australia
- Materials Engineering, The University of Queensland Brisbane QLD 4072 Australia
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- Flinders Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University Adelaide SA 5001 Australia
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- School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin Institute for Functional Molecule and Interfaces, Curtin University Bentley Western Australia 6102 Australia
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- Flinders Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University Adelaide SA 5001 Australia
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Haraguchi Y, Igarashi Y, Imai H, Oaki Y. Size‐Distribution Control of Exfoliated Nanosheets Assisted by Machine Learning: Small‐Data‐Driven Materials Science Using Sparse Modeling. ADVANCED THEORY AND SIMULATIONS 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/adts.202100158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Yuri Haraguchi
- Department of Applied Chemistry Faculty of Science and Technology Keio University 3‐14‐1 Hiyoshi Kohoku‐ku Yokohama 223–8522 Japan
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- Faculty of Engineering Information and Systems University of Tsukuba 1‐1‐1 Tennodai Tsukuba 305–8573 Japan
- JST PRESTO 4‐1‐8 Honcho Kawaguchi Saitama 332‐0012 Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry Faculty of Science and Technology Keio University 3‐14‐1 Hiyoshi Kohoku‐ku Yokohama 223–8522 Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry Faculty of Science and Technology Keio University 3‐14‐1 Hiyoshi Kohoku‐ku Yokohama 223–8522 Japan
- JST PRESTO 4‐1‐8 Honcho Kawaguchi Saitama 332‐0012 Japan
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Anam B, Gaston N. Structural, thermal, and electronic properties of two-dimensional gallium oxide(ß-Ga2O3) from first-principles design. Chemphyschem 2021; 22:2362-2370. [PMID: 34312962 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.202100267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2021] [Revised: 07/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Two-dimensional (2D) materials with exotic electronic, optical and mechanical properties have attracted tremendous attention in the last two decades, due to their potential applications in electronics, energy storage and conversion technologies. However, only a few dozen 2D materials have been successfully synthesized or exfoliated. Motivated by the recent discovery of 2D gallenene, we have explored new 2D allotropes of ß-Ga 2 O 3 , an emerging wide-band gap transparent conductive oxide (TCO) with a wide range of semiconducting applications. All the possible 2D allotropes of ß-Ga 2 O 3 with high energetic stability have been predicted using particle swarm optimization, combined with density functional theory calculations. The structural and dynamical stability of the predicted 2D allotropes has been analyzed. Although ß-Ga 2 O 3 is not a van der Waals material, results predict that one or two allotropes of ß-Ga 2 O 3 are stable. In addition, the accurate band structures of these 2D semiconducting oxides have been calculated using both the GGA and LDA-1/2 approach. Remarkably, monolayer Ga 2 O 3 (100) has a larger indirect band gap of 4 eV, demonstrating a new avenue for the discovery of 2D ß-Ga 2 O 3 based nano-devices with enhanced electronic properties.
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- Bushra Anam
- University of Auckland - City Campus: University of Auckland, Department of Physics, 38 Princes Street, 1010, Auckland, NEW ZEALAND
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- University of Auckland, Department of Physics, 38 Princes Street, 1010, Auckland, NEW ZEALAND
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Javed MS, Hussain I, Batool S, Siyal SH, Najam T, Shah SSA, Imran M, Assiri MA, Hussain S. Energy storage properties of hydrothermally processed ultrathin 2D binder-free ZnCo 2O 4nanosheets. NANOTECHNOLOGY 2021; 32:385402. [PMID: 34139684 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/ac0c42] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2021] [Accepted: 06/17/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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High energy-density supercapacitors (SCs) with long operating life, cost-effective, and competitive cycling performance is attracted great research attention to competing in the requirements of the modern age. However, despite these benefits, SC hampers inadequate rate-capability and structural deterioration, which primarily affects its commercialization. Herein, ultra-thin two-dimensional (2D) ZnCo2O4nanosheets arein situanchored on the conductive surface of nickel foam (denoted as ZCO@NF) by hydrothermal process. The binder-free ZCO@NF is employed as an electrode for SCs and shows impressive charge storage properties. ZCO@NF electrode exhibited a high capacitance of 1250 (750) and 733 F g-1(440 C g-1) at 2.5 and 20 A g-1, respectively, demonstrating the outstanding rate-capability of 58.6% even at 8 times larger current density. Furthermore, the ZCO@NF electrode exhibits admirable capacitance retention of 96.5% after 10 000 cycles. This impressive performance of the ZCO@NF electrode is attributed to the high surface area which gives a short distance for ion/electron transfer, a high conductivity with extensive electroactive cities, and strong structural stability. The binder-free approach provides a strong relationship between the current collector and the active material, which turns into improved electrochemical operation as an electrode material for SCs.
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- Muhammad Sufyan Javed
- Institute for Advanced Materials, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
- School of Physical Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, People's Republic of China
- Siyuan Laboratory, Department of Physics, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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- Institute for Advanced Study; Institute of Microscale Optoelectronics, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, People's Republic of China
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- Metallurgy & Materials Engineering Department, Dawood University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi 74800, Pakistan
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- Institute for Advanced Study, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, People's Republic of China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, King Khalid University, PO Box 9004, Abha 61413, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, King Khalid University, PO Box 9004, Abha 61413, Saudi Arabia
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, People's Republic of China
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Noda K, Igarashi Y, Imai H, Oaki Y. Efficient Syntheses of 2D Materials from Soft Layered Composites Guided by Yield Prediction Model: Potential of Experiment‐Oriented Materials Informatics. ADVANCED THEORY AND SIMULATIONS 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/adts.202000084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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- Kyohei Noda
- Department of Applied ChemistryFaculty of Science and TechnologyKeio University 3‐14‐1 Hiyoshi, Kohoku‐ku Yokohama 223‐8522 Japan
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- Graduate School of Frontier SciencesThe University of Tokyo 5‐1‐5 Kashiwanoha Kashiwa 277‐8561 Japan
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- Department of Applied ChemistryFaculty of Science and TechnologyKeio University 3‐14‐1 Hiyoshi, Kohoku‐ku Yokohama 223‐8522 Japan
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- Department of Applied ChemistryFaculty of Science and TechnologyKeio University 3‐14‐1 Hiyoshi, Kohoku‐ku Yokohama 223‐8522 Japan
- JSTPRESTO 4‐1‐8 Honcho Kawaguchi Saitama 332‐0012 Japan
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Structural, electric and dielectric properties of perovskite based nanoparticles for energy applications. Z PHYS CHEM 2020. [DOI: 10.1515/zpch-2019-1558] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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A nanocomposite electrode, obtained by combining two high performance perovskite materials, such as lanthanum strontium cobalt ferrite, La0.6Sr0.4Co0.2Fe0.8O3−δ (LSCF) and gadolinium doped ceria, Ce0.85Gd0.15O1.5 (GDC), were investigated as a promising cathode for moderate temperature solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs). The synthesized material has good conductivity and catalytic performance. The purpose of this synthesis was to prepare a stable and highly performing nanocomposite cathode material. In this research work, LSCF and GDC were separately synthesized by co-precipitation and solid-state reaction method to gain a homogeneous perovskite phase. Varying concentrations of LSCF–GDC composite with GDC (10 wt.%, 20 wt.% and 30 wt.%) were synthesized followed by calcination at 600 °C to remove water content and to achieve an adequate porous structure for oxygen absorption and desorption. These fabricated LSCF, GDC, and the nanocomposite specimens were characterized for microstructure, particle size etc. via. X-ray diffraction method (XRD), scanning electron microscope (SEM) and the laser particle size analyzer. This procedural approach helps to expand new methods for generating bi-functional duel nano-sized perovskites with great performance and stability which can be utilized for advancement of renewable energy sectors especially for rechargeable fuel batteries.
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Nazir A, Khalid F, Rehman SU, Sarwar M, Iqbal M, Yaseen M, Iftikhar Khan M, Abbas M. Structural, electric and dielectric properties of perovskite based nanoparticles for energy applications. Z PHYS CHEM 2020. [DOI: 10.1515/zpc-2019-1558] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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A nanocomposite electrode, obtained by combining two high performance perovskite materials, such as lanthanum strontium cobalt ferrite, La0.6Sr0.4Co0.2Fe0.8O3−δ (LSCF) and gadolinium doped ceria, Ce0.85Gd0.15O1.5 (GDC), were investigated as a promising cathode for moderate temperature solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs). The synthesized material has good conductivity and catalytic performance. The purpose of this synthesis was to prepare a stable and highly performing nanocomposite cathode material. In this research work, LSCF and GDC were separately synthesized by co-precipitation and solid-state reaction method to gain a homogeneous perovskite phase. Varying concentrations of LSCF–GDC composite with GDC (10 wt.%, 20 wt.% and 30 wt.%) were synthesized followed by calcination at 600 °C to remove water content and to achieve an adequate porous structure for oxygen absorption and desorption. These fabricated LSCF, GDC, and the nanocomposite specimens were characterized for microstructure, particle size etc. via. X-ray diffraction method (XRD), scanning electron microscope (SEM) and the laser particle size analyzer. This procedural approach helps to expand new methods for generating bi-functional duel nano-sized perovskites with great performance and stability which can be utilized for advancement of renewable energy sectors especially for rechargeable fuel batteries.
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- Arif Nazir
- Department of Chemistry , The University of Lahore , Lahore , Pakistan
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- Department of Chemistry , The University of Lahore , Lahore , Pakistan
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- Department of Chemistry , The University of Lahore , Lahore , Pakistan
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- Government Islamia Degree College Sambrial , Sialkot , Pakistan
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- Department of Chemistry , The University of Lahore , Lahore , Pakistan
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- Department of Physics , University of Agriculture , Faisalabad , Pakistan
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- Department of Basic Sciences , College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences Jhang Campus, UVAS , Lahore , Pakistan
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Irfan A, Pannipara M, Al-Sehemi AG, Mumtaz MW, Assiri MA, Chaudhry AR, Muhammad S. Exploring the Effect of Electron Withdrawing Groups on Optoelectronic Properties of Pyrazole Derivatives as Efficient Donor and Acceptor Materials for Photovoltaic Devices. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2019. [DOI: 10.1515/zpch-2018-1166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Multifunctional pyrazole derivative, i.e. 3-amino-1-(5-hydroxy-3-methyl-1H-pyrazol-4-yl)-1H-benzo[f]chromene-2-carbonitrile (PBCC) has been synthesized and characterized. To shed light on various properties of interests, the ground state geometry was optimized by adopting Density Functional Theory (PBE/TZ2P). The effect of different functionals on the absorption wavelengths was studied by using Time-Domain DFT (TDDFT), e.g. GGA functional PBE, hybrid functionals B3LYP and PBE0, rang separated functionals CAM-B3LYP, LCY-PBE and CAMY-B3LYP, Dispersion Corrections PBE-D3 and B3LYP-D3. Among all these functionals PBE and PBE-D3 were found to be good choices which reproduced the absorption spectra of the PBCC. With the aim to enhance the electro-optical, charge transfer and photovoltaic properties, five new derivatives were designed by di-substituting the –F, –Cl, –Br, –COOH and –CN at benzochromene moiety. The electron injection barrier, band gap alignment and related calculated photovoltaic parameters revealed that PBCC and its newly designed derivatives would be proficient to be used in photovoltaic devices. These compounds can be used as donor materials in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) with favorable type-II band alignment. Moreover, PBCC and most of its derivatives might also be good choice as efficient acceptors with poly(dithieno[3,2-b:2,3-d]pyrrole thiophene) (PDTPr-T) and donor materials with Phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PC61BM) in organic solar cells.
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- Ahmad Irfan
- Department of Chemistry , Faculty of Science, King Khalid University , Abha 61413, P.O. Box 9004 , Saudi Arabia , Tel.: +00966172419481, Fax: +00966172418426
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science , King Khalid University , Abha 61413, P.O. Box 9004 , Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science , King Khalid University , Abha 61413, P.O. Box 9004 , Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science , King Khalid University , Abha 61413, P.O. Box 9004 , Saudi Arabia
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- Deanship of Scientific Research , University of Bisha , Bisha 61922, P.O. Box 551 , Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Physics , Faculty of Science, King Khalid University , Abha 61413, P.O. Box 9004 , Saudi Arabia
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