Showing papers in "Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing in 2019"

TL;DR: In this paper, a review of previous studies on perovskite materials for supercapacitors is presented, where the anion-intercalation mechanism and the factors which impact the electrochemical performance of electrodes are discussed.

TL;DR: In this article, a new method for the synthesis of zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoflowers/graphene oxide (GO) composite, uniformly grown over Silicon (Si) substrate was reported.

TL;DR: In this article, the highly photocatalytic active magnetic NiFe2O4 deposited g-C3N4 hetero-structured nanocomposite was prepared by facile sol-gel followed calcination method.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe the synthesis, characterization and applications of pristine ZnO, Ag-doped ZnOs, and Nd-dosed ZnNOs in hybrid bulk heterojunction solar cells.

TL;DR: In this article, the state-of-the-art of chemiresistive sensors for acetone gas detection and the factors affecting performance of the sensors which could bring about sensing developments are discussed.

TL;DR: In this paper, a focused review of the Au-ZnO hybrid mediated photocatalysis is presented, where the authors discuss the role of molecular linkers in the functionalization of Au or ZnO surface towards achieving the stable composite.

TL;DR: In this paper, the performance of nickel oxide and its composites in supercapacitors and their synthesizing strategies are discussed. And the strategies for preparing NiO-based materials including hydrothermal/solvothermal methods, electrospinning technique and microwave assisted method, and the factors affecting their electrochemical performance have also been summarized.

TL;DR: In this paper, a Bi2WO6/BiOCl composite phase was successfully prepared by a simple hydrothermal method with the aid of hydrochloric acid (HCl) as Cl source.

TL;DR: In this article, facile co-precipitation was employed to prepare pure ZnO and Gd doped znO photocatalysts and the physio-chemical properties of the prepared samples were analyzed through various analytical techniques.

TL;DR: In this article, a narrow band gap zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles (NPs) were synthesized using unboiled and boiled leaf extracts of Costus woodsonii.

TL;DR: In this article, the g-C3N4/ZIF-67 composite has been prepared by encapsulation of ZIFs67 with g-c3n4, and the composition of the material and the internal atomic or molecular structure were characterized by XRD and FT-IR.

TL;DR: In this article, tuning in optoelectronic properties of sputter deposited zinc oxide (ZnO) thin films on ITO coated glass substrate have been investigated as a function of annealing parameters.

TL;DR: A series of nano-CoFe2O4 photocatalysts were synthesized by a microwave assisted wet chemistry method on the basis of oxalic acid as a chelating agent and N, N′-methylene-bisacrylamide as a cross-links agent without adding glucose as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: In this article, the synthesis of pure and Cu doped lead sulfide (PbS) nanoparticles was facilely achieved, and the good crystalline nature of the nanoparticles were confirmed via X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis.

TL;DR: In this article, a series of In2S3/UiO-66 (ISU) hybrids have been fabricated through the growth of In 2S3 nanoparticles onto the surface of UiO66 via a facile hydrothermal process, which can be attributed to the strong visible light absorption, high specific surface area as well as effective separation of photogenerated electrons and holes.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide a detailed comparison of various anodic and cathodic materials along with microstructure evolution in recent years and conclude with a few prospects that might be considered as far as the development of the lithium-ion batteries is concerned.

TL;DR: In this paper, the structural, morphological, optical and magnetic properties of as-prepared nanocomposite was analyzed by various characterization techniques, including visible light-activated Ag-doped spindle-like BiFeO3 (Ag-BFO) magnetic nanocompositionite using different Ag loadings.

TL;DR: In this paper, a solve-thermal method was employed to assemble highly crystalline NH2-MIL-125(Ti) nanocrystals on the CdS nanorods, forming a heterostructured photocatalyst, which can not only provide abundant surface area for the adsorption and diffusion of organic pollutants, but also efficient visible-light harvesting and interfacial charge separation.

TL;DR: In this article, the facile synthesis of pure ZnO nanoparticles (NPs) and znO/NiO nanocomposites (NCs) and their ammonia sensing properties was presented.

TL;DR: In this paper, a metal-insulator-semiconductor (MIS) type Schottky barrier diodes (SBDs) were fabricated by growing a thin Al2O3 insulator layer between Au/Ti and n-GaAs using atomic layer deposition (ALD) method.

TL;DR: In this paper, a mathematical model is presented to study the nanofluids flow driven by peristalsis mechanisms through asymmetric channel, where a lubrication approach is employed to simplify the non-linear terms.

TL;DR: In this article, a controllable oxygen vacancies (Vo·) amount was designed to avoid the photocorrosion and promote reduction capacity of Ag3PO4 photocatalyst.

TL;DR: In this paper, the structural, morphological and optical properties of CdS thin films as well as electrical properties of the solar cells were investigated, and the results reveal that the crystal structure, surface morphology and the optical properties have a significiant effect on device performance.

TL;DR: In this paper, Azadirachta indica leaf extracts were used as green surfactant for the synthesis of nanoparticles and the solar photocatalytic action was enumerate by adopting Methylene blue (MB) dye under solar light irradiation.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors obtained ZnO co-doped with Fe3+ and Pb2+ (ZnO:xFe:yPb, with x and y varying between 0, 1, 3 and 7 mol%) by microwave-assisted hydrothermal method with a reaction temperature of 140°C for 30min.

TL;DR: In this article, four new 3D acceptor-acceptor-donor (A-A-D) type of small molecule acceptors (M1, M2, M3 and M4) were designed for better optoelectronic properties in organic solar cells.

TL;DR: In this article, the influence of milling media on structural and optical properties of ZnO nanoparticles has been investigated and it has been observed that structural attributes such as lattice parameters, unit cell volume, dislocation density, specific area, bond length and bond angle vary with milling medium.

TL;DR: In this paper, a simple hydrothermal method was used to synthesize zinc oxide (ZnO) with various morphologies, and the results indicated that the substrate plays a crucial role in synthesizing ZnO sample with various morphology and types.

TL;DR: In this article, a modified sol-gel method was used to produce a smaller particle size, and to extend the absorption range to the visible spectrum, TiO2 nanoparticles were synthesized with different CeO2 contents to generate semiconductor heterojunction between them.