Showing papers in "Current Applied Physics in 2020"

TL;DR: In this paper, the photocatalytic activity of metal oxide thin films in terms of its stability, charge transport and absorption properties is analyzed. And the authors summarized some key factors regarding the enhancement in photocatalysis performance of thin films.

TL;DR: In this article, the electrochemical properties of V2C and V2CT2 MXenes with and without vacancy as anode materials for Na-ion and Li-ion batteries, have been studied using first-principles calculation.

TL;DR: In this article, a highly integrated plasmonic sensor based on a multichannel metal-insulator-metal waveguide scheme for the simultaneous detection of multiple analytes is proposed.

TL;DR: In this article, Nitrogen-doped graphene quantum dots (N-GQDs) with high blue fluorescence efficiency were synthesized by the hydrothermal method from p-Phenylenediamine and p-Coumaric acid.

TL;DR: In this paper, the NiCo2S4 nanospheres arrayed on the surface of reduced graphene oxide (rGO) was fabricated via one-step hydrothermal method.

TL;DR: In this paper, a carbon quantum dots supported ZnO hollow sphere (ZnO/C-dots) was synthesized through a solvothermal method using polyethylene glycol 400 (PEG 400) as a solvent.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the microwave absorption performance of FeCoNi-coated PMMA (FeCoNi@PMMA) core-shell structures prepared by an electroless plating process.

TL;DR: In this article, a detailed investigation about the effect of Sc2O3: 1.5mol%Ho3+/5 mol%Yb3+ co-doped with Ce4+ ions prepared by sol-gel methods was performed systematically.

TL;DR: Compared with traditional methods, the reported microemulsion-based method for the synthesis of IONP-HMSs enables the formation of hollow-structured nanocomposite without any complex template-removing process, which could pave the way to improving the therapeutic efficacy in drug delivery system.

TL;DR: In this article, the deposition times of both ITO and Au layers were studied to optimize the overall transparency and conductivity, and the deposition duration of ITO layers was also studied to increase electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding effectiveness.

TL;DR: In this paper, the chain-like Fe3O4 nanostructures were synthesized using the mixtures such as iron nitrate and Rambutan using X-ray powder diffraction (XRD).

TL;DR: In this paper, the structural, magnetic and magnetocaloric properties of the resulting materials are presented and the crystal structures are characterised through multiphase Rietveld refinement of X-ray diffraction data.

TL;DR: In this paper, a facile low-cost and eco-friendly approach for conversion of Bf derived cellulose nanocrystals into strong blue luminescent graphene quantum dots (Bf-GQDs) by hydrothermal route was presented.

TL;DR: In this paper, the optical properties of spinel chalcogenides MgY2Z4 (Z = S and Se) were examined as a function of incident photon energy, which indicate that these materials can be utilized in optical devices operating in visible and UV region of electromagnetic spectrum.

TL;DR: In this article, a series of Dy3+ doped zinc-aluminoborosilicate glasses with chemical composition 30SiO2-(30-x) B2O3-10Al2O-3-15NaF-15ZnF2-xDy2O 3 (x ǫ = 0, 0.7, 1.0 and 1.5 ) were prepared by conventional melt-quenching method.

TL;DR: In this paper, Gallic acid (GA) containing microspheres were formed with sodium alginate (NaAlg) in formulations with different ratios and the arrest efficiencies ranged between 11.26 and 72.64%.

TL;DR: Li et al. as discussed by the authors incorporated carbon nanofibers (CNFs) into LiFePO4 composite cathode through conventional slurry formulation, and the improved high C-rate performance can be attributed to long-range conductive networks formed through bridges created by the CNFs.

TL;DR: In this article, a novel structure is proposed for the efficiency enhancement of experimentally designed Sb 2 Se 3 solar cell by device optimization, the band offset engineering, and Hole Transport Layer (HTL) with the aid of numerical modeling in SCAPS-1D simulator.

TL;DR: In this paper, a controversy arose over the interpretation of the recently observed hump features in Hall resistivity ρ x y from ultra-thin SrRuO3 (SRO) film; it was initially interpreted to be due to topological Hall effect but was later proposed to be from existence of regions with different anomalous Hall effect (AHE).

TL;DR: In this article, the layered double hydroxide (LDH) of NiZnFe and its composites with date-palm biochar and carbon nanotubes were synthesized for adsorbing reactive black 5 (RB5) dye from aqueous solutions.

TL;DR: In this article, a scalable method for enhancing the carbon electrode conductivity through the integration of aluminum and copper grids into prefabricated carbon-based perovskite photovoltaics was presented.

TL;DR: In this article, a three-dimensional model is developed for a planar intermediate temperature (IT) solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC), and a parametric study has been carried out to analyze the performance of SOFC.

TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of amount of catalyst loaded on the degradation efficiency of methylene blue (MB) dye in aqueous solution under UV and fluorescence illumination was investigated.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the emission properties of the Eu3+ ion doped BaZrO3 with doping site dependence (A-site vs. B-site), as well as ambient dependence in the post-annealing process.

TL;DR: In this paper, the lead acid battery was integrated with low concentration solar PV panels (CPV) followed by a feasibility study, and a theoretical model was developed for the integrated system to calculate various parameters of the CPV and lead acid batteries.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors proposed a roll-to-roll (R2R) production method for high throughput and mass production of solar cells, replacing costly indium tin oxide (ITO) which conventionally has served as the transparent electrode would be a great approach for roll to roll production of flexible cost effective solar cells.

TL;DR: In this article, a triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) was used as a self-powered impact sensor by falling small objects on it and the impact force of a 1 kg metallic ball from different height was calculated directly from the output voltage of TENG which showed an outstanding correlation with impact force calculated from work-energy theorem.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors applied the iodide ligand to passivate the CdSe nanocrystals with an excitonic absorption at 2.1 eV by a liquid-liquid extraction process.

TL;DR: In this paper, the characteristics of an atmospheric pressure glow discharge with a metal cathode and water anode and underwater plasma were compared during the formation of nanostructured molybdenum oxide.

TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of Sb doping on the structure and photoelectric properties of the SnO2 films were investigated, and the results showed that the doping did not change the basic crystal structure of the SNO2 film, but reduced the crystallinity of the film.