Showing papers in "Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids in 2019"

TL;DR: In this article, the temperature dependence of composition, unit cell parameters, thermal expansion coefficients and microstructure during complete thermal decomposition of calcite has been investigated by in-situ high-temperature X-ray powder diffraction.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors scrutinize the up-to-date advances in nanofluids by utilizing the properties of nonlinear mixed convection and binary chemical reaction with Arrhenius activation energy in time-dependent Carreau flow.

TL;DR: In this paper, a green synthetic strategy using Abelmoschus esculentus (okra) mucilage was used to synthesize biogenic zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NPs).

TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide a review on the equally rich, although far less explored, aspects of the bulk of spin-orbit coupled materials and summarize the criteria for the formation of similar localized modes in the presence of crystal dislocations.

TL;DR: In this paper, a mixed convective Jeffrey nanoliquid stratified flow considering magnetohydrodynamics is formulated, where heat absorption and heat generation aspects in addition to convective conditions and thermal radiation are considered.

TL;DR: In this article, a green combustion method using Aloe vera latex as a fuel was employed to synthesize nanocrystalline cupric oxide (CuO), which was confirmed by powder X-ray diffraction.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the entropy generation effectiveness in hydromagnetic flow of viscous fluid by permeable rotating disk and proposed a new chemically reacted species model featuring activation energy is taken into account.

TL;DR: In this article, the phase and morphologies of heterostructure Ag/ZnO composites were characterized by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscope and Xray photoelectron spectroscopy.

TL;DR: In this paper, ZnO nanoparticles were synthesized by a conventional method using Pithecellobium dulce peel extract and the phytochemicals present in the peel act as stabilizing agents.

TL;DR: In this article, material properties of the recently synthesized Lu-based MAX phase Lu2SnC and facilitate comparison with the Sn-containing MAX phases M2snC are calculated for the first time.

TL;DR: Oxygen vacancy-containing BiOBr microspheres with dual functions of adsorption-photocatalysis were synthesized by a simple solvothermal method in this article.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors introduced Cu2O as a hole-transporting material in perovskite solar cells and showed that the defect states at the perovsite/ZnO interface had a stronger influence on solar cell performance than those at the C2O/perovskites interface.

TL;DR: In this article, the difference of structure and properties between SnO2 and composite was characterized by XRD, FESEM, elemental mapping, UV-vis spectroscopy, BET and XPS surface analysis.

TL;DR: In this paper, a simple equation for effective conductivity of polymer carbon nanotubes (CNT) nanocomposites (PCNT) by the properties of CNT, interphase and tunneling regions as well as the fraction of networked CNT after percolation threshold was suggested.

TL;DR: For cost-effective fabrication of pure and 0.8% Dy doped PbI2 thin films on FTO substrate using spin coating process, a facile microwave route (within 15'min) at 700W power was developed as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: In this paper, the photocatalytic performance of Ag/ZnO nanoparticles was studied following the photodegradation of the dye methylene blue under UV and solar irradiation.

TL;DR: In this paper, the performance and stability of Ag-ZnO nanocomposites for the photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue under ultraviolet (UV) light irradiation were evaluated.

TL;DR: In this paper, the Ni0.5Zn0.4 ferrite nanopowder crystallized in the inverse spinel structure and synthesized by co-precipitation method is presented.

TL;DR: In this article, X-ray diffraction and vibrational spectroscopy techniques were employed to study the structure, cation distribution and ordering in the Co2+ substituted nickel ferrite (NCFO) samples.

TL;DR: In this paper, a solution casting of polyethylene oxide/carboxymethyl cellulose (PEO/CMC)/barium titanate (BaTiO3) was performed using the solution casting technique.

TL;DR: In this paper, spherical n-type ZnS nanoparticles have been synthesized by co-precipitation method for absorption of UV-Vis region of solar spectrum without adding any impurity.

TL;DR: In this article, a highly efficient Rhodamine B (RhB) adsorbent based on a gel-like ZnO/Zr-metal-organic framework (ZnO and Zr-MOF) composite was prepared by reacting ZnOs nanoparticles with glacial-acetic-acid-modulated Zn-MoF(bpy) via a sample solvothermal method.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors used an environmentally friendly green method to synthesize NiO nanoparticles (NiO NPs) with an extract from Persea americana seeds for use as photocatalysts in the photodegradation of free cyanide (FCN).

TL;DR: In this article, the structural properties of the synthesized nanoparticles were studied by X-ray diffraction analysis (XRD), whereas morphological analysis was performed by high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HR-TEM) and scanning electron microscope (SEM).

TL;DR: In this article, the use of nanostructured GQD-decorated/Fe3O4 nanoparticles with nitrogen and sulfur co-doped graphene quantum dots (NS-GQDs) was used as a sonocatalyst.

TL;DR: In this paper, the emergence of quasiperiodic wave functions for a very large unit cell where the crystals may correspond to quasicrystals was demonstrated and a number of additional features related to doping and the statistical physics of electrons and holes in semiconductors were observed.

TL;DR: In this paper, the degradation of methylene blue with reduced graphene oxide (rGO)-V2O5 nanocomposites under mercury-lamp, visible-light, and UV-light irradiation is investigated.

TL;DR: In this article, hierarchical porous carbon with CNTs wrapping was formed, which showed high stability and energy density reached 6.99 W/h/kg at a power density of 0.262 kW/k, which was better than most of other ZIF-based porous carbon reported before.

TL;DR: In this article, LiNbO3 was prepared on a Si substrate using heat-assisted spin coating method and a halogen lamp was used as a heating source during the deposition process.