Showing papers in "Current Applied Physics in 2018"

TL;DR: In this paper, the properties of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) and poly(vinyl pyrrolidone) (PVP) with zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles were investigated.

TL;DR: In this article, the elastic moduli of the quaternary glass system xPbO-(30-x)SiO2-46.67B2O3-23.33Na2O (x = 0, 5, 10 and 15 mol%) have been evaluated.

TL;DR: In this paper, the preparation and applications of nanoporous gold (NPG) were reviewed and two basic characterization methods for morphology and surface area of prepared NPG structures were discussed.

TL;DR: In this article, a high performance microwave absorbing material against electromagnetic pollution was designed by synthesizing conducting polymer based composite encapsulated with Barium strontium titanate (BST), reduced graphene oxide (RGO), and Fe3O4 nanoparticles via chemical oxidative polymerization of pyrrole.

TL;DR: In this article, a detailed surface study reveals that there are four orientations for nucleobase adsorption that none of the vibrational spectrums demonstrated imaginary frequency, recognizing that all of the relaxed structures are at the minimum of energy.

TL;DR: In this article, high-resolution scanning electron microscopy (HR-SEM) have used to find the composite electrolyte membrane porous size (10μm) and it has support to understand the morphological structure of the membrane.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors presented numerical modeling of experimentally designed CZTS solar cell by applying CZTSe as back surface field (BSF) layer and compared the simulated results with real experimental results.

TL;DR: In this paper, first-principles calculations were performed to investigate the electronic and optical properties of GaS/GaSe van der Waals heterostructures formed by stacking two-dimensional GaSe and GaSe monolayers.

TL;DR: In this paper, a co-precipitation technique was used to synthesize CoYbxFe2-xO4 (x = 0.00, 0.025, 0.,05, 0,075, and 0.10) spinel ferrites, and structural, dielectric and magnetic properties were measured.

TL;DR: In this article, a ternary flexible nanocomposite of bacterial cellulose/graphene/polyaniline (BC/GE/PANI) was constructed via a facile two-step strategy.

TL;DR: In this article, the effect of La3+ and Pr3+ co-doping on structural, thermal and electrical properties of ceria ceramics useful as solid electrolytes in intermediate temperature solid oxide fuel cells (IT-SOFCs) has been studied.

TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of deposition parameters (dc power, substrate temperature, N2/(N2+Ar) flow rate and substrate bias) on the microstructure, mechanical and tribological properties of high-entropy alloy (AlCrNbSiTiV)N nitride films are prepared using direct current (dc) reactive magnetron sputtering, with an equiatomic AlCrNiTiV alloy target.

TL;DR: In this article, a core-shell structure where HDPE was the core, polystyrene was the shell, and polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF)/polystyrene (PS)/high density polyethylene (HDPE) ternary blends displayed a coreshell structure.

TL;DR: In this article, the effect of cytosine and guanine molecules on the surface of Cr-doped C20 fullerene (C19Cr) and Ni-decompositioned C19Ni was studied using first-principles density functional theory (DFT).

TL;DR: In this article, Mn-Co:60-40 composition shows maximum specific capacitance which is 679 F/g at scan rate 5mV/sec. The synergistic effect of MnCo mixed metal oxide electrode having good conductivity, large surface area and improved charge transportation than individual electrode material leads to enhancing supercapacitor performance of electrode material for its practical application.

TL;DR: In this paper, ruthenium oxide (RuO2) has been deposited on stainless steel and studied the influence of surface modification of solid electrodes on capacitance properties, which revealed that RuO2 electrodes can be exploited for their outstanding capacitive behaviour by properly controlling the morphology of the deposits.

TL;DR: In this paper, a relative performance assessment of copper tin sulfide (CTS) thin film solar cells with different phases such as, cubic, tetragonal, and orthorhombic as an absorber layer has been carried out by AMPS-1D simulation software.

TL;DR: In this article, a reduced graphene oxide/Strontium titanate (RGO/SrTiO3) heterostructured nanocomposite was synthesized by coupling Hummer's synthesized graphene oxide (GO) with hydrothermally synthesized SrTiO 3 nanoparticles (Sr TiO 3) through a facile and unique high energy ultrasonication technique using triple solvents.

TL;DR: In this article, a sonic triboelectric nanogenerator with 7-fold enhanced output power is reported, in which carbon nanotubes are utilized to increase the electrode's effective surface area.

TL;DR: In this paper, a double gradient Ga/(Ga+In) profile was proposed for CIGS solar cells and the power conversion efficiency of the double gradient band gap cell was improved to 24.90%.

TL;DR: A green and simple one-pot route was developed for the synthesis of highly fluorescent amino-functionalized graphene quantum dots (a-GQDs) via hydrothermal process without any further modification or surface passivation.

TL;DR: In this article, a study on MgCl2 activation treatment to CdSe thin films for solar cell applications as absorber layer is undertaken and different physical properties of e-beam evaporated cdSe films (thickness 550nm) grown on glass and ITO substrates are investigated and found that strongly dependent on the post-chlorine treatment.

TL;DR: In this article, a multi-functional additive for stable cycling of layered nickel-rich cathode material at high voltage was proposed, where silyl-functionalized dimethoxydimethylsilane was used as a multifunctional additive.

TL;DR: Using first-principles calculations, the authors successfully investigated the electrochemical performance of the monoclinic NaMnO2 for the sodium ion batteries and found that it possesses a voltage window of 354-252'V and theoretical reversible capacity of 136'000mAh g−1.

TL;DR: In this paper, the influence of W6+, Ti4+ and W6+/Ti4+ dopants on the microstructures and electrical properties of CBN-based ceramics was investigated.

TL;DR: In this article, the photolitography method was used for producing interdigitated configurations for cathode and anode electrodes of a field ionization gas sensor in which Mn helical nano-flowers with 3-fold symmetry were deposited using oblique angle deposition together with rotation of the substrate about its surface normal, with each rotation divided into six sections.

TL;DR: In this paper, the synthesis and electrocatalytic performance of metal-free, nitrogen-doped carbon nano-onions (N-CNOs) for oxygen reduction reactions in alkaline electrolyte was investigated.

TL;DR: In this paper, a Mossbauer spectra analysis of USPIO nanoparticles was performed and the structure of the nanoparticles consisting of stoichiometric γ-Fe2O3 core and non-stoichiometric shell.

TL;DR: In this paper, an organic/inorganic ultraviolet photodetector was fabricated using thermal evaporation technique using thermal ion emission theory (TIE) and temperature-temporally evaporated copper (II) acetylacetonate thin film of thickness 200nm deposited on an n-type silicon substrate.