Xiaobo Chen

TL;DR: In this paper, the role of nanotechnology in the development of selected renewable energy technologies is discussed, such as converting the energy of sunlight directly into electricity using solar cells, converting solar energy into hydrogen fuel by splitting water into its constituents, storing hydrogen in solid-state forms, and utilizing hydrogen to generate electricity through the use of fuel cells.

TL;DR: In this article, a series of nanostructured TiO2-CdS composite photocatalysts have been synthesized using an aqueous solution route at room temperature, and characterized with X-ray diffraction (XRD), Raman spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), UV-VIS absorption and Fourier transform infrared spectrography (FTIR).

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated vacuum-treated TiO2 nanocrystals and found that they displayed long-wavelength optical absorption due to the existence of oxygen vacancy and Ti3+ defects, and possibly the surface structural disorder.

TL;DR: In this paper, a nanostructured bismuth dendrite catalyst was designed and directly grown on treated carbon paper using a novel electrochemical deposition method, achieving a maximum faradaic efficiency of 96.4% with a current density of 15.2 mA cm−2.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present laser power dependence Raman spectroscopic studies of rutile titanium dioxide (TiO2) for both fundamental studies and technical applications to reveal the properties of the material.