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Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science
Education•Kolkata, India•
About: Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science is a education organization based out in Kolkata, India. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Excited state & Catalysis. The organization has 3867 authors who have published 10457 publications receiving 220098 citations.
Topics: Excited state, Catalysis, Ligand, Thin film, Band gap
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TL;DR: In this paper, the optical transmission and reflection data for aluminum doped zinc oxide films have been analyzed and the optical absorption coefficient (α ) and hence the refractive index ( n ), extinction coefficient ( k ) and the band gap ( E g ) have been determined for these films using different methods.
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TL;DR: It is found that the density of surface Fe(3+) ions in particular facets was the key factor for the photocatalytic activity and was higher on the bitruncated-dodecahedron shape nanocrystals by coexposed {104, {100} and {001} facets, attributing to higher catalytic activity.
Abstract: We have developed a new green chemical approach for the shape-controlled synthesis of single-crystalline hematite nanocrystals in aqueous medium. FESEM, HRTEM and SAED techniques were used to determine the morphology and crystallographic orientations of each nanocrystal and its exposed facets. PXRD and HRTEM techniques revealed that the nanocrystals are single crystalline in nature; twins and stacking faults were not detected in these nanocrystals. The structural, vibrational, and electronic spectra of these nanocrystals were highly dependent on their shape. Different shaped hematite nanocrystals with distinct crystallographic planes have been synthesized under similar reaction conditions, which can be desired as a model for the purpose of properties comparison with the nanocrystals prepared under different reaction conditions. Here we investigated the photocatalytic performance of these different shaped-nanocrystals for methyl orange degradation in the presence of white light (λ > 420 nm). In this study, we found that the density of surface Fe3+ ions in particular facets was the key factor for the photocatalytic activity and was higher on the bitruncated-dodecahedron shape nanocrystals by coexposed {104}, {100} and {001} facets, attributing to higher catalytic activity. The catalytic activity of different exposed facet nanocrystals were as follows: {104} + {100} + {001} (bitruncated-dodecahedron) > {101} + {001} (bitruncated-octahedron) > {001} + {110} (nanorods) > {012} (nanocuboid) which provided the direct evidence of exposed facet-driven photocatalytic activity. The nanocrystals were easily recoverable using an external magnet and reused at least six times without significant loss of its catalytic activity.
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TL;DR: A hexagonal crystal with a perfect basal cleavage, Graphite as mentioned in this paper, which is a type of graphite, has been shown to exhibit remarkable magnetic properties, such as -22 × 10-6 per gm at room temperature.
Abstract: GRAPHITE is a hexagonal crystal with a perfect basal cleavage. The carbon atoms in it are arranged in layers parallel to the basal plane, the atoms in each layer forming a regular hexagonal net-work1. The distance between adjacent layers is 3·4 A., which is much larger than the distance between adjacent atoms in the same layer, namely, 1·42 A. The crystal exhibits some remarkable magnetic properties. Whereas its susceptibility along directions in the basal plane is about - 0·5 × 10-6 per gm., which is nearly that of diamond, the susceptibility along the normal to the plane is more than forty times greater, being equal to -22 × 10-6 per gm. at room temperature2. The abnormal diamagnetism along the latter direction shows a striking temperature dependence3, and is structure-sensitive2.
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TL;DR: The effect of platinum loading and methanol-water ratio on the photocatalytic activity of the faceted TiO2 nanocrystals are investigated and it is found that hydrogen evolution rates have been enhanced significantly upon Pt loading.
Abstract: We report a non-trivial facile chemical approach using ionic liquid ([bmim][Cl]) as a porogen for the synthesis of (001) faceted TiO2 nanocrystals having mesoscopic void space. This faceted TiO2 nanomaterial has been doped with Pt nanoclusters through chemical impregnation. The resulting Pt-doped TiO2 nanomaterials are thoroughly characterized by powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD), Raman spectroscopy, field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM), ultra high resolution transmission electron microscopy (UHR-TEM), energy dispersive X-ray spectrometry (EDX), UV-vis diffuse reflection spectroscopy (DRS) and N2 sorption studies. These Pt/TiO2 nanocrystals with (001) exposed facets are employed as efficient and benign catalysts for hydrogen production from pure water and methanol–water systems under one AM 1.5G sunlight illumination. The effect of platinum loading and methanol–water ratio on the photocatalytic activity of the faceted TiO2 nanocrystals are investigated and it is found that hydrogen evolution rates have been enhanced significantly upon Pt loading. Under optimized reaction conditions the highest photocatalytic activity of 11.2 mmol h−1 g−1 has been achieved over ca. 1.0 wt% Pt loaded Pt/TiO2 nanocrystals with (001) exposed facets, which is one of the highest hydrogen evolution rates over the noble metal/TiO2 system reported to date in the literature.
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TL;DR: Cadmium replaced calcium of the biomass as revealed from the EDX analysis indicating that the adsorption proceeds through ion exchange mechanism, and was found to follow pseudo-second order rate kinetics.
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Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
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Yves Pommier | 123 | 789 | 58898 |
Flemming Besenbacher | 114 | 728 | 51827 |
Katsuhiko Ariga | 112 | 864 | 45242 |
Shunichi Fukuzumi | 111 | 1256 | 52764 |
Rajdeep Mohan Chatterjee | 110 | 990 | 51407 |
Kwang S. Kim | 97 | 642 | 62053 |
Amar K. Mohanty | 81 | 538 | 31856 |
Nigel D. Browning | 81 | 646 | 23621 |
Andrea Caneschi | 80 | 435 | 25896 |
Rodolphe Clérac | 78 | 506 | 22604 |
Subrata Ghosh | 78 | 841 | 32147 |
Miaofang Chi | 77 | 304 | 22817 |
Yuan Ping Feng | 77 | 650 | 25846 |
D. D. Sarma | 70 | 521 | 18082 |
Asim Bhaumik | 69 | 466 | 16882 |