Zero-dimensional, one-dimensional, two-dimensional and three-dimensional nanostructured materials for advanced electrochemical energy devices

JN Tiwari, RN Tiwari, KS Kim - Progress in Materials Science, 2012 - Elsevier
One of the biggest challenges of 21st century is to develop powerful electrochemical energy
devices (EEDs). The EEDs such as fuel cells, supercapacitors, and Li-ion batteries are …

Hydrothermal synthetic strategies of inorganic semiconducting nanostructures

W Shi, S Song, H Zhang - Chemical Society Reviews, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Because of their unique chemical and physical properties, inorganic semiconducting
nanostructures have gradually played a pivotal role in a variety of research fields, including …

Formation of Mesoporous Heterostructured BiVO4/Bi2S3 Hollow Discoids with Enhanced Photoactivity

X Gao, HB Wu, L Zheng, Y Zhong… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Semiconductor heterostructures are of great interest in a wide range of applications. In this
work, we design and synthesize a novel heteronanostructure with controlled relative …

In-situ topotactic synthesis and photocatalytic activity of plate-like BiOCl/2D networks Bi2S3 heterostructures

Y Shi, X Xiong, S Ding, X Liu, Q Jiang, J Hu - Applied Catalysis B …, 2018 - Elsevier
We herein demonstrate the uniform porous hierarchical plate-like BiOCl/2D networks Bi 2 S
3 heterostructures realized by a facile two-step hydrothermal technique. The synthesis …

Defect-related photoluminescence and photocatalytic properties of porous ZnO nanosheets

D Liu, Y Lv, M Zhang, Y Liu, Y Zhu, R Zong… - Journal of Materials …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
A porous ZnO nanosheet with a near-rectangular morphology has been successfully
prepared through a simple solvothermal-annealing method using Zn5 (OH) 6 (CO3) 2 as a …

Use of a rapid cytotoxicity screening approach to engineer a safer zinc oxide nanoparticle through iron doping

S George, S Pokhrel, T Xia, B Gilbert, Z Ji… - ACS …, 2010 - ACS Publications
The establishment of verifiably safe nanotechnology requires the development of
assessment tools to identify hazardous nanomaterial properties that could be modified to …

3D hierarchically porous ZnO structures and their functionalization by Au nanoparticles for gas sensors

X Liu, J Zhang, L Wang, T Yang, X Guo, S Wu… - Journal of Materials …, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
Three-dimensional (3D) hierarchically porous nanostructures with controlled morphology
and dimensionality represent one kind of important material and have received enormous …

Improved visible-light photocatalytic activity of porous carbon self-doped ZnO nanosheet-assembled flowers

S Liu, C Li, J Yu, Q Xiang - CrystEngComm, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
Hierarchical flower-like C-doped ZnO superstructures (ZnO flowers) assembled from porous
nanosheets are obtained by pyrolysis of morphology-analogous Zn5 (CO3) 2 (OH) 6 …

ROS-mediated cytotoxic activity of ZnO and CeO2 nanoparticles synthesized using the Rubia cordifolia L. leaf extract on MG-63 human osteosarcoma cell lines

N Sisubalan, VS Ramkumar, A Pugazhendhi… - … Science and Pollution …, 2018 - Springer
In the present scenario, the synthesis and characterization of zinc oxide (ZnO) and cerium
oxide (CeO 2) nanoparticles (NPs) through biological routes using green reducing agents …

Omniphobic membranes for direct contact membrane distillation: Effective deposition of zinc oxide nanoparticles

LH Chen, A Huang, YR Chen, CH Chen, CC Hsu… - Desalination, 2018 - Elsevier
An omniphobic membrane was fabricated for membrane distillation (MD) by effectively
depositing ZnO nanoparticles on a hydrophilic glass fiber (GF) membrane using a chemical …