[HTML][HTML] Potential progress in SnO2 nanostructures for enhancing photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants

S Shabna, SSJ Dhas, CS Biju - Catalysis Communications, 2023 - Elsevier
Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are proven to possess considerable resistance to
environmental degradation such that they could not be entirely removed through the typical …

Carbon nanotubes and nanofibers in catalysis

P Serp, M Corrias, P Kalck - Applied Catalysis A: General, 2003 - Elsevier
This review analyses the literature from the early 1990s until the beginning of 2003 and
covers the use of carbon nanotubes (CNT) and nanofibers as catalysts and catalysts …

Quantum dot solar cells. Semiconductor nanocrystals as light harvesters

PV Kamat - The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2008 - ACS Publications
The emergence of semiconductor nanocrystals as the building blocks of nanotechnology
has opened up new ways to utilize them in next generation solar cells. This paper focuses …

Meeting the clean energy demand: nanostructure architectures for solar energy conversion

PV Kamat - The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2007 - ACS Publications
The increasing energy demand in the near future will force us to seek environmentally clean
alternative energy resources. The emergence of nanomaterials as the new building blocks …

Covalent surface chemistry of single‐walled carbon nanotubes

S Banerjee, T Hemraj‐Benny, SS Wong - Advanced materials, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
In this review article, we explore covalent chemical strategies for the functionalization of
carbon‐nanotube surfaces. In recent years, nanotubes have been treated as chemical …

Metal nanoparticles and related materials supported on carbon nanotubes: methods and applications

GG Wildgoose, CE Banks, RG Compton - Small, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Carbon nanotubes are one of the most intensively explored nanostructured materials. In
particular, carbon nanotubes are unique and ideal templates onto which to immobilize …

Electroluminescence in n‐ZnO nanorod arrays vertically grown on p‐GaN

WI Park, GC Yi - Advanced Materials, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Electroluminescent (EL) devices (see Figure) have been fabricated using n‐ZnO nanorod
arrays grown on p‐GaN epilayers. Simple heteroepitaxial growth yields vertically aligned …

One‐dimensional assemblies of nanoparticles: preparation, properties, and promise

Z Tang, NA Kotov - Advanced Materials, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Nanoparticle (NP) assemblies are of considerable interest for both fundamental research
and applications, since they provide direct bridges between nanometer‐scale objects and …

Enhancing solar cell efficiencies through 1-D nanostructures

K Yu, J Chen - Nanoscale Research Letters, 2009 - Springer
The current global energy problem can be attributed to insufficient fossil fuel supplies and
excessive greenhouse gas emissions resulting from increasing fossil fuel consumption. The …

Carbon nanotube–nanocrystal heterostructures

X Peng, J Chen, JA Misewich, SS Wong - Chemical Society Reviews, 2009 - pubs.rsc.org
The importance of generating carbon nanotube–nanoparticle heterostructures is that these
composites ought to take advantage of and combine the unique physical and chemical …