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Oxygen defective metal oxides for energy conversion and storage
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In this article, the authors present an overview of progress made in preparing oxygen defective metal oxide nanostructures and probing the role of oxygen vacancies on the performance of metal oxides.About:
This article is published in Nano Today.The article was published on 2017-04-01. It has received 242 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Oxide & Water splitting.read more
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Direct Growth of Oxygen Vacancy-Enriched Co3O4 Nanosheets on Carbon Nanotubes for High-Performance Supercapacitors
TL;DR: In this article, an effective NaBH4-assisted cyan cyan cyanide assisted cyanide-coated Co3O4-NSs/CNTs were achieved by using a conductive carbon nanotube (CNT) nanocomposite.
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Enhanced photocatalytic activity of hydrogenated BiVO4 with rich surface-oxygen-vacancies for remarkable degradation of tetracycline hydrochloride
TL;DR: In this article, a disordered amorphous layer was observed on the surface of the hydrogenated BVO (HBVO) sample, which was due to the formation of surface oxygen vacancies in HBVO, as verified by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectra.
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Deep eutectic solvent-based manganese molybdate nanosheets for sensitive and simultaneous detection of human lethal compounds: Comparing the electrochemical performances of M-molybdate (M= Mg, Fe, and Mn) electrocatalysts
Jeena N. Baby,Balasubramanian Sriram,Sea-Fue Wang,Mary George,Mani Govindasamy,Xavier Benadict Joseph +5 more
TL;DR: The simultaneous electrochemical detection of highly toxic hydroquinone (HQ), Hg2+, and nitrite (NO2-) compounds using nanostructured metal molybdate (M = Mg, Fe and Mn) catalysts using a deep eutectic solvent modified hydrothermal method is reported.
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Ultrafine oxygen-defective iridium oxide nanoclusters for efficient and durable water oxidation at high current densities in acidic media
Zhipeng Yu,Junyuan Xu,Yifan Li,Bin Wei,Nan Zhang,Yue Li,Oleksandr Bondarchuk,Hongwei Miao,Ana Araújo,Zhongchang Wang,Joaquim L. Faria,Yuanyue Liu,Lifeng Liu +12 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a simple and cost-effective strategy for depositing ultrafine oxygen-defective IrOx nanoclusters (1-2 nm) on a high-surface-area, acid-stable titanium current collector (H-Ti@IrOx), through a repeated impregnation-annealing process, is reported.
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Recent progress in Li-ion batteries with TiO2 nanotube anodes grown by electrochemical anodization
TL;DR: In this article, the morphology and crystallography of TiO2 nanotubes have been reviewed to investigate different phenomena by selectively adjusting a specific parameter of the Li+ insertion mechanism.
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