Indian Institute of Technology Ropar

About: Indian Institute of Technology Ropar is a education organization based out in Ropar, India. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Catalysis & Computer science. The organization has 1014 authors who have published 2878 publications receiving 35715 citations.

Template-Free Synthesis of Zn1–xCdxS Nanocrystals with Tunable Band Structure for Efficient Water Splitting and Reduction of Nitroaromatics in Water

Abstract: A facile, one-pot, solvothermal synthesis of nanocrystals (NCs) of Zn1–xCdxS (x = 0.1 (S1)–0.9 (S9)) solid solutions has been successfully carried out using 4,4′-dipyridyldisulfide (DPDS = (C5H4N)2S2)) as a new temperature-dependent in situ source of S2– ions. Powder XRD patterns of the samples revealed gradual phase transformation from cubic to hexagonal upon increasing the Cd content (x) in the solid solutions Zn1–xCdxS (0 ≤ x ≤ 1). FESEM analyses showed almost spherical morphology of the solid solutions, S2, S5, and S9. HR-TEM analyses of S3 and S9 unveiled the presence of small nanocrystals (NCs) of size 7 and 15 nm, respectively, and highlights the discontinuity in the pattern of lattice fringes. Optical measurements revealed that Zn1–xCdxS solid solutions exhibit precisely tunable band structure with varying the concentration of Cd content. Furthermore, visible-light-assisted photocatalytic investigation revealed very good activity of the Zn0.7Cd0.3S solid solution for water splitting with H2 genera...

Application of artificial bee colony algorithm for inverse modelling of a solar collector

Abstract: This paper deals with the inverse analysis of a double-glazed flat-plate solar collector using the artificial bee colony (ABC) optimization algorithm. In domestic water heating, both low and high heat output from the solar collector is undesirable, so the solar collector is required to supply the hot water at a particular temperature only, which in turn requires a given distribution of heat loss factor. With this criterion, the present analysis is aimed at predicting feasible dimensions and configurations of a solar collector satisfying a prescribed distribution of heat loss factor using ABC algorithm. It is observed that many feasible alternatives of unknowns exist which satisfy a prescribed requirement, and using the ABC algorithm, the size of the solar collector can be minimised by 6–32% with reference to the existing records. The effects of changing ambient conditions are also studied. Furthermore, a comparative study of the ABC algorithm against other heuristic algorithms reveals its suitabil...