Showing papers in "Materials Research Bulletin in 2019"

TL;DR: In this article, the authors report the synthesis, characterization and enhanced adsorption studies of porous octahedral shaped Cu-BTC (copper benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxylate) metal organic frameworks (MOFs).

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors comprehensively review the latest research progress on the application to energy storage of several representative lead-free dielectric materials, including ceramics (ferroelectrics), glass-ceramics, thin and thick films, and polymer-based composites.

TL;DR: In this article, a dumbbell-like architecture built from nanorods was synthesized by a simple coprecipitation route, and the growth process of the dumbbelllike architecture was investigated by varying the reaction duration time.

TL;DR: A graphite felt/magnetite nanocomposite (GFMN) was synthesized and the corresponding characteristics were studied through X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), field emission scanning electron microscope (FESEM), vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM), Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) specific surface area and energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: In this article, a ternary MoS2/Zn0.5Cd 0.5S/graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) heterojunction photocatalysts were successfully synthesized for hydrogen production under visible-light illumination.

TL;DR: A facile synthetic route and growth mechanism of phytochemicals stabilized zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles have been developed using Thymus vulgaris (Thyme) leaf extract via hydrothermal method as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: In this paper, the synthesis of gold nanoparticles from S. roxburghiana was reported and their catalytic potential in the degradation of organic pollutants such as 4-nitrophenol, acridine orange, congo red, bromothymol blue, phenol red and methylene blue.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a comprehensive review on the latest research progress in photovoltaic effects of BiFeO3 materials with different kinds of topography, including bulk, thin film, and nanomaterials.

TL;DR: In this article, Samarium ions doped barium lead alumino fluoro borate glasses were prepared by conventional melt quenching technique and characterized by using various spectroscopic techniques.

TL;DR: In this article, ZnO photocatalyst was modified with different noble metals (Pt, Ag and Au) through photodeposition method and then characterized by different techniques (XRD, XRF, BET, UV-vis DRS, FESEM, and XPS).

TL;DR: In this article, a Z-scheme charge transfer pathway for photocatalytic reaction over the Bi2S3/ZnIn2S4 photocatalyst was proposed and discussed.

TL;DR: In this paper, a series of M/Ti-MOFs was synthesized through a facile post-synthetic method and the metal NPs highly dispersed on surface of MOFs with major sizes of 3-9nm.

TL;DR: Mn doped ZnO nanopowders with Mn:ZnO ratio from 0 to 3% were successfully synthesized by co-precipitation method as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: In this paper, molybdenum disulphide-zinc oxide (MoS2/ZnO) nanocomposites were synthesized via a simple dual step hydrothermal reduction method using hydrazine hydrate as a reducing agent.

TL;DR: In this paper, the synthesis of TiO2/ZnO nanocomposite (TZN) films for potential applications as photocatalyst in heterogeneous photo-degradation of Rhodamine B under UVA irradiations was reported.

TL;DR: In this paper, a possible mechanism of the enhanced photocatalytic activity of BiVO4/TiO2 was proposed, which was confirmed by the electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and the photocurrent test.

TL;DR: Li et al. as discussed by the authors fabricated an all-solid-state Z-scheme photocatalytic system by introducing both polypyrrole (PPy) and graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) nanoparticles on the surface of Bi2WO6 microflowers.

TL;DR: In this paper, a low-cost approach for fabricating magnetic, durable, and super-hydrophobic carbon sponges is presented. But the results of this approach are limited to a single application: the clean-up of oil spills.

TL;DR: A facile and useful approach to the removal of possible health and environmental hazardous organic dye Alizarin Yellow R was completed by utilizing copper nanoparticles synthesized from Ficus Carica fruit extract as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: In this article, the solvent-dependent behavior of nitrogen-doped carbon dots, especially their solvent polarity effects, was investigated for detecting water in organic solvents and as paper-based humidity sensors.

TL;DR: In this paper, a two-step hydrothermal method was used to prepare TiO2/MoS2 heterostructures on carbon fibers (CFs) for degradation of various pollutants.

TL;DR: In this paper, a core-shell structural magnetic Fe3O4@SiO2/Bi2WO6 (F-BWO) was obtained by a multistep process.

TL;DR: In this article, the reduction of graphene oxide during combustion reaction was confirmed by the appearance of D and G bands in Raman spectra, in spite of the absence of its reflection in X-ray diffraction patterns.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors developed a new strategy to synthesize porous Co-N-C catalysts based on zeolitic imidazolate frameworks (ZIF-67) as both templates and nitrogen sources.

TL;DR: In this article, the effect of CNT and doped Cu on the phase transformation during the calcination of as-synthesized amorphous TiO2 was studied in detail.

TL;DR: In this article, a highly efficient and stable bi-functional electrode based on a flower-like hierarchical nanoporous nickel-cobalt oxide (NP-NiCo2O4) material for electrochemical water splitting reactions was demonstrated.

TL;DR: In this article, a two-step hydrothermal method was used to synthesize RGO/BiOI/ZnO (RBZ) composites, and the phase structure, morphology, and optical properties of the as-synthesized samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscope, ultraviolet-visible diffuse reflectance spectroscopy and photoluminescence.

TL;DR: In this article, a series of binary-phase TiO2 modified Bi2MoO6 nanocrystals have been prepared via a solvothermal-calcination process.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the porous activated carbon prepared from Couroupita guianansis (CG) flower as an electrode material for supercapacitor applications, and the texture characteristics of the material were performed by BET analysis.

TL;DR: In this article, a facile method to synthesize CaWO4-biochar nanocomposites by co-precipitation method with calcium chloride and sodium tungstate in the presence of commercial biochar was developed.