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CdSe nanorod/TiO2 nanoparticle heterojunctions with enhanced solar- and visible-light photocatalytic activity

  • Fakher Laatar,
  • Hatem Moussa,
  • Halima Alem,
  • Lavinia Balan,
  • Emilien Girot,
  • Ghouti Medjahdi,
  • Hatem Ezzaouia and
  • Raphaël Schneider

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 2741–2752, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.273

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  • %, Sigma), p-benzoquinone (>98%, Sigma) and ethanol (>99%, anhydrous) were used as received without additional purification. All solutions were prepared using Milli-Q water (18.2 MΩ·cm, Millipore) as the solvent. Synthesis of CdSe nanorods CdSe NRs were synthetized via a solvothermal method according to
  • of CdSe/TiO2 composites CdSe NRs were prepared by a solvothermal method using diethylenetriamine as structure directing agent [43]. The CdSe rods were associated to TiO2 nanoparticles by a heat treatment at 300 °C for 1 h to construct a heterojunction between these materials that favors the charge
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Published 19 Dec 2017

Fabrication of carbon nanospheres by the pyrolysis of polyacrylonitrile–poly(methyl methacrylate) core–shell composite nanoparticles

  • Dafu Wei,
  • Youwei Zhang and
  • Jinping Fu

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 1897–1908, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.190

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  • batteries [3][4][5], fuel cells [6][7], supercapacitors [8][9], catalysis carriers [10][11], drug delivery [12][13] and adsorption [14][15]. Various techniques, including arc discharge [16], laser ablation [17], chemical vapor deposition [18], and solvothermal method [19], have been developed for the
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Published 11 Sep 2017

Two-dimensional carbon-based nanocomposites for photocatalytic energy generation and environmental remediation applications

  • Suneel Kumar,
  • Ashish Kumar,
  • Ashish Bahuguna,
  • Vipul Sharma and
  • Venkata Krishnan

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 1571–1600, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.159

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  • ], precipitation [55], and photo-reduction [13]. The hydrothermal/solvothermal method for the synthesis of graphene-based nanocomposites involves the treatment of its precursor in a confined volume, teflon-lined autoclave at elevated temperature, wherein high pressure is generated. This method is very important
  • , non-carcinogenic and non-flammable nature. However, other solvents like ethanol can also be used as the main solvent in solvothermal method. Hence this method involves a very simple and ecologically-friendly process for the synthesis of nanostructures. By controlling some other parameters, such as
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Published 03 Aug 2017

Synthesis of graphene–transition metal oxide hybrid nanoparticles and their application in various fields

  • Arpita Jana,
  • Elke Scheer and
  • Sebastian Polarz

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 688–714, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.74

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Published 24 Mar 2017

From iron coordination compounds to metal oxide nanoparticles

  • Mihail Iacob,
  • Carmen Racles,
  • Codrin Tugui,
  • George Stiubianu,
  • Adrian Bele,
  • Liviu Sacarescu,
  • Daniel Timpu and
  • Maria Cazacu

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 2074–2087, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.198

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  • employing either a classical thermal pathway (i.e., thermal decomposition in solution, solvothermal method, dry thermal decomposition/calcination) or using a nonconventional energy source (i.e., microwave or ultrasonic treatment) to convert precursors into iron oxides. The resulting materials were
  • characteristics and morphology is an important task for scientists. Iron oxide nanoparticles can be obtained using chemical, physical or biological methods. Among the best known chemical methods are coprecipitation, thermal decomposition, hydrothermal method, solvothermal method and others [5][12][13]. An
  • method Samples NPS1–NPS3 were prepared by a solvothermal method (Supporting Information File 1, Figure S10) from a mixture of μ3-oxo trinuclear iron acetate ([Fe3O(CH3COO)6(H2O)3]NO3·4H2O), FeAc2, used as the source of iron, sodium oleate (NaOI) and/or DA used as stabilizing agents, and TCAA as solvent
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Published 28 Dec 2016

Role of RGO support and irradiation source on the photocatalytic activity of CdS–ZnO semiconductor nanostructures

  • Suneel Kumar,
  • Rahul Sharma,
  • Vipul Sharma,
  • Gurunarayanan Harith,
  • Vaidyanathan Sivakumar and
  • Venkata Krishnan

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 1684–1697, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.161

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  • by vacuum drying overnight at same temperature. Synthesis of ZnO nanorods ZnO nanorods (NR) were synthesized through a previously reported solvothermal method [37]. In brief, 10 mL of 0.2 M zinc chloride (ZnCl2) solution in ethanol was added into 70 mL of 0.5 M sodium hydroxide (NaOH) solution
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Published 11 Nov 2016

High performance Ce-doped ZnO nanorods for sunlight-driven photocatalysis

  • Bilel Chouchene,
  • Tahar Ben Chaabane,
  • Lavinia Balan,
  • Emilien Girot,
  • Kevin Mozet,
  • Ghouti Medjahdi and
  • Raphaël Schneider

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 1338–1349, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.125

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  • , BP 70239, 54506 Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy Cedex, France 10.3762/bjnano.7.125 Abstract Ce-doped ZnO (ZnO:Ce) nanorods have been prepared through a solvothermal method and the effects of Ce-doping on the structural, optical and electronic properties of ZnO rods were studied. ZnO:Ce rods were characterized
  • ][42][43][44][45][46][47][48]. In this manuscript, a new solvothermal method for the preparation of small-sized ZnO:Ce rods with average length and diameter of ca. 130 nm and 23 nm, respectively, is first described. The effects of Ce-doping on ZnO rods size and morphology and on their optical
  • Structural and optical characterizations of Ce-doped ZnO rods Ce-doped ZnO rods have been synthesized by a solvothermal method in a Teflon-lined stainless steel autoclave at 160 °C for 24 h using Zn(OAc)2 and Ce2(SO4)3 as starting reagents (Scheme 1). Figure 1a shows the X-ray diffraction (XRD) patterns of
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Published 26 Sep 2016

Selective photocatalytic reduction of CO2 to methanol in CuO-loaded NaTaO3 nanocubes in isopropanol

  • Tianyu Xiang,
  • Feng Xin,
  • Jingshuai Chen,
  • Yuwen Wang,
  • Xiaohong Yin and
  • Xiao Shao

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 776–783, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.69

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  • reduce CO2 with water. H2 was introduced into this process as an electron donor. Ru/NaTaO3 was found to have the best activity (CH4 51.8 μmol/(g·h)) and product selectivity in converting CO2 to CH4. Junwang Tang and his team [17] prepared KTaO3 nanoflakes by a solvothermal method in a hexane–water
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Published 01 Jun 2016

Nanostructure sensitization of transition metal oxides for visible-light photocatalysis

  • Hongjun Chen and
  • Lianzhou Wang

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 696–710, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.82

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  • -mediated solvothermal method for the fabrication of nanosized CdS-sensitized TiO2 nanocrystals [27]. The obtained photocatalysts exhibited a high efficiency for the decomposition of methylene blue under visible light irradiation, demonstrating the strong coupling and effective electron transfers between
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