A simple method for the synthesis of Mo2N hollow nanospheres with high surface area

2016 ◽  
Vol 1133 ◽  
pp. 462-466 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeyashelly Andas ◽  
Nor Wahida Subri

High surface area Ag/ZnO with an average diameter of 13.95 nm was successfully synthesized through a facile route, using ascorbic acid and silica rice husk as reducing agent and amorphous support respectively. This nanomaterial was characterized by transmission electron microscopy, N2 adsorption-desorption, atomic absorption spectrometry and particle size analyzer. This simple method resulted in the production of almost spherical Ag/ZnO nanoparticles with high BET surface area and large pore volume of 341.46 m2g-1 and 0.59 cm3g-1 respectively. This preliminary study revealed the successful inclusion of metal cations into the silica framework without damaging the mesoporosity nature of silica.


2012 ◽  
Vol 128 ◽  
pp. 31-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan K. Bartley ◽  
Chunli Xu ◽  
Rhys Lloyd ◽  
Dan I. Enache ◽  
David W. Knight ◽  
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2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-24
Author(s):  
Wenwen ZHANG ◽  
Shaomin GAO ◽  
Donghui CHEN

Bi2O3 nanosheets (NSB) photocatalyst was fabricated via a very simple method of liquid precipitation. The as obtained products were characterized by SEM, N2 adsorption-desorption, XRD and UV-vis diffuse reflectance spectra. The results showed that NSB catalyst can beconsidered as set of nanosheets with an average thickness of 110 nm. NSB photocatalyst exhibited high surface area of 33.21 m2/g and high purity. In addition, NSB catalyst displayed excellent photocatalytic performance for the dye of rhodamine B (Rh B) under visible light due to the structure of sheet and high surface area.


Author(s):  
Kailun Yang ◽  
Recep Kas ◽  
Wilson A. Smith

<p>This study evaluated the performance of the commonly used strong buffer electrolytes, i.e. phosphate buffers, during CO<sub>2</sub> electroreduction in neutral pH conditions by using in-situ surface enhanced infrared absorption spectroscopy (SEIRAS). Unfortunately, the buffers break down a lot faster than anticipated which has serious implications on many studies in the literature such as selectivity and kinetic analysis of the electrocatalysts. Increasing electrolyte concentration, surprisingly, did not extend the potential window of the phosphate buffers due to dramatic increase in hydrogen evolution reaction. Even high concentration phosphate buffers (1 M) break down within the potentials (-1 V vs RHE) where hydrocarbons are formed on copper electrodes. We have extended the discussion to high surface area electrodes by evaluating electrodes composed of copper nanowires. We would like highlight that it is not possible to cope with high local current densities on these high surface area electrodes by using high buffer capacity solutions and the CO<sub>2</sub> electrocatalysts are needed to be evaluated by casting thin nanoparticle films onto inert substrates as commonly employed in fuel cell reactions and up to now scarcely employed in CO<sub>2</sub> electroreduction. In addition, we underscore that normalization of the electrocatalytic activity to the electrochemical active surface area is not the ultimate solution due to concentration gradient along the catalyst layer.This will “underestimate” the activity of high surface electrocatalyst and the degree of underestimation will depend on the thickness, porosity and morphology of the catalyst layer. </p> <p> </p>


2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 617-624 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yao Feng ◽  
Ran Wang ◽  
Juanjuan Yin ◽  
Fangke Zhan ◽  
Kaiyue Chen ◽  
...  

Background: 4-nitrophenol (4-NP) is one of the pollutants in sewage and harmful to human health and the environment. Cu is a non-noble metal with catalytic reduction effect on nitro compounds, and.has the advantages of simple preparation, abundant reserves, and low price. Carbon nanotubes (CNT) are widely used for substrate due to their excellent mechanical stability and high surface area. In this study, a simple method to prepare CNT-Cu2O by controlling different reaction time was reported. The prepared nanocomposites were used to catalyze 4-NP. Methods: CNTs and CuCl2 solution were put into a beaker, and then ascorbic acid and NaOH were added while continuously stirring. The reaction was carried out for a sufficiently long period of time at 60°C. The prepared samples were dried in a vacuum at 50°C for 48 h after washing with ethyl alcohol and deionized water. Results: Nanostructures of these composites were characterized by scanning electron microscope and transmission electron microscopy techniques, and the results at a magnification of 200 nanometers showed that Cu2O was distributed on the surface of the CNTs. In addition, X-ray diffraction was performed to further confirm the formation of Cu2O nanoparticles. The results of ultraviolet spectrophotometry showed that the catalytic effect of the compound on 4-NP was obvious. Conclusions: CNTs acted as a huge template for loading Cu2O nanoparticles, which could improve the stability and cycle performance of Cu2O. The formation of nanoparticles was greatly affected by temperature and the appropriate concentration, showing great reducibility for the 4-NP reduction reaction.


Nanoscale ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (25) ◽  
pp. 10974-10981 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiulin Yang ◽  
Ang-Yu Lu ◽  
Yihan Zhu ◽  
Shixiong Min ◽  
Mohamed Nejib Hedhili ◽  
...  

High surface area FeP nanosheets on a carbon cloth were prepared by gas phase phosphidation of electroplated FeOOH, which exhibit exceptionally high catalytic efficiency and stability for hydrogen generation.


Author(s):  
Sisir Maity ◽  
Dheeraj Kumar Singh ◽  
Divya Bhutani ◽  
Suchitra Prasad ◽  
Umesh V. Waghmare ◽  
...  

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