Graphene-Based Semiconductor Materials for Photocatalytic Applications

Smart, Photocatalytic and Self-Cleaning Asphalt Mixtures: A Literature Review

Coatings ◽

10.3390/coatings9110696 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 9 (11) ◽

pp. 696 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Rocha Segundo ◽

Freitas ◽

Landi Jr. ◽

Costa ◽

Carneiro

Keyword(s):

Air Pollution ◽

Road Safety ◽

Heterogeneous Photocatalysis ◽

Asphalt Mixtures ◽

Semiconductor Materials ◽

Social Benefits ◽

Transportation Engineering ◽

Road Accidents ◽

Specific Reactions ◽

Photocatalytic Applications

Nowadays, there is increasing concern in transportation engineering about the use of techniques less harmful to the environment and also about road safety. Heterogeneous photocatalysis based on the application of semiconductor materials onto asphalt mixtures is a promising technology because it can mitigate air pollution and road accidents. The functionalized asphalt mixtures with photocatalytic capability can degrade pollutants, such as damaging gases and oil/grease adsorbed on their surface, from specific reactions triggered by sunlight photons, providing significant environmental and social benefits. In this article, a review of photocatalysis applied in asphalt mixtures is presented. The most important characteristics related to the functionalization of asphalt mixtures for photocatalytic applications and their corresponding characterization are presented, and the achieved main results are also discussed.

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Cathodoluminescence of Catalyst Crystallites

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100055667 ◽

1982 ◽

Vol 40 ◽

pp. 664-665

Author(s):

E.D. Boyes ◽

P.L. Gai ◽

D.B. Darby ◽

C. Warwick

Keyword(s):

Defect Density ◽

Chemical Properties ◽

Operating Conditions ◽

Semiconductor Materials ◽

Environmental Cell ◽

High Resolution Structure ◽

Commercially Important ◽

Crystallographic Defects ◽

Resolution Structure

The extended crystallographic defects introduced into some oxide catalysts under operating conditions may be a consequence and accommodation of the changes produced by the catalytic activity, rather than always being the origin of the reactivity. Operation without such defects has been established for the commercially important tellurium molybdate system. in addition it is clear that the point defect density and the electronic structure can both have a significant influence on the chemical properties and hence on the effectiveness (activity and selectivity) of the material as a catalyst. SEM/probe techniques more commonly applied to semiconductor materials, have been investigated to supplement the information obtained from in-situ environmental cell HVEM, ultra-high resolution structure imaging and more conventional AEM and EPMA chemical microanalysis.

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Chemical-Mechanical Planarization of Semiconductor Materials

10.1007/978-3-662-06234-0 ◽

2004 ◽

Cited By ~ 85

Keyword(s):

Chemical Mechanical Planarization ◽

Semiconductor Materials

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Synthesis of ZnO/ZnFe2O4 nanocomposites in organic-free media and their photocatalytic activity under natural sunlight

JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING AND SCIENCES ◽

10.15282/jmes.14.2.2020.20.0532 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 14 (2) ◽

pp. 6801-6810

Author(s):

Rahmayeni Rahmayeni ◽

Zulhadjri Zulhadjri ◽

Yeni Stiadi ◽

Agusnar Harry ◽

Syukri Arief

Keyword(s):

Electron Microscopy ◽

Hexagonal Wurtzite Structure ◽

Rice Grain ◽

X Ray Diffraction ◽

Homogeneous Sphere ◽

Natural Sunlight ◽

Transmission Electron ◽

Photocatalytic Activities ◽

Free Media ◽

Photocatalytic Applications

Nanocomposite ZnO/ZnFe2O4 photocatalysts with different proportions of ZnFe2O4 were synthesized in organic-free media using metal nitric as precursors. The ZnO phase with hexagonal wurtzite structure and low crystallinity of ZnFe2O4 was confirmed using XRD (X-Ray diffraction). Different morphologies of the nanocomposites were obtained ranging from rice grain-like with a porous surface to homogeneous sphere-like nanoparticles as shown in Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and TEM Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) studies. Magnetic properties measured by Visible Sampler Magnetometer (VSM) showed diamagnetic and paramagnetic behavior for the nanocomposites. Analysis with Diffuse Reflectance Spectrophotometer (DRS) UV-vis showed an increase the composition of ferrite in composites increasing its ability to absorb visible light. Photocatalytic activities of ZnO/ZnFe2O4 nanocomposites on the degradation of Rhodamine B dye reached 95.6% after 3 h under natural sunlight suggesting their suitability for sunlight driven photocatalytic applications.

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Deriving ultrapure three-dimensional semiconductor materials under space vacuum conditions

Kosmìčna nauka ì tehnologìâ ◽

10.15407/knit2003.05.030 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 8 (5-6) ◽

pp. 30-32

Author(s):

B.E. Paton ◽

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E.A. Asnis ◽

S.P. Zabolotin ◽

P.I. Baranskii ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Three Dimensional ◽

Semiconductor Materials ◽

Space Vacuum

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Basis of macro/micro-machining and polishing of semiconductor materials using high etch rate plasma assisted chemical etching

10.2514/6.1996-589 ◽

1996 ◽

Author(s):

C. Zarowin

Keyword(s):

Chemical Etching ◽

Etch Rate ◽

Semiconductor Materials ◽

Micro Machining ◽

High Etch Rate

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Ti3C2-MXene/Bismuth Ferrite Nanohybrids for Efficient Degradation of Organic Dye and Colorless Pollutant

10.26434/chemrxiv.8192375.v1 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Ayesha Tariq ◽

M. Abdullah Iqbal ◽

S. Irfan Ali ◽

Muhammad Z. Iqbal ◽

Deji Akinwande ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Surface Area ◽

Low Cost ◽

Bismuth Ferrite ◽

Organic Dye ◽

Two Dimensional ◽

Electron Hole ◽

Photocatalytic Application ◽

Electron Hole Pair ◽

Pair Generation ◽

Photocatalytic Applications

Nanohybrids, made up of Bismuth ferrites/Carbon allotropes, are extensively used in photocatalytic applications nowadays. Our work proposes a nanohybrid system composed of Bismuth ferrite nanoparticles with two-dimensional (2D) MXene sheets namely, the BiFeO3 (BFO)/Ti3C2 (MXene) nanohybrid for enhanced photocatalytic activity. We have fabricated the BFO/MXene nanohybrid using simple and low cost double solvent solvothermal method. The SEM and TEM images show that the BFO nanoparticles were attached onto the MXene surface and in the inter-layers of two-dimensional (2D) MXene sheets. The photocatalytic application is tested for the visible light irradiation which showed the highest efficiency among all pure-BFO based photocatalysts, i.e. 100% degradation in 42 min for organic dye (Congo Red) and colorless aqueous pollutant (acetophenone) in 150 min, respectively. The present BFO-based hybrid system exhibited the large surface area of 147 m2g-1measured via Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) sorption-desorption technique, and is found to be largest among BFO and its derivatives. Also, the photoluminescence (PL) spectra indicate large electron-hole pair generation. Fast and efficient degradation of organic molecules is supported by both factors; larger surface area and lower electron-hole recombination rate. The BFO/MXene nanohybrid presented here is a highly efficient photocatalyst compared to other nanostructures based on pure BiFeO3 which makes it a promising candidate for many future applications.

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