Article
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Jose F. Serrano-Claumarchirant, Bejan Hamawandi, Adem B. Ergul, Andres Cantarero, Clara M. Gomez, Pankaj Priyadarshi, Neophytos Neophytou, Muhammet S. Toprak
Summary: This study focuses on the development of large-area thermoelectric films using hybrid materials. By blending TE materials with polymers and using a specific solvent, durable polymer, and additive in the ink formulation, the researchers successfully fabricated large-area homogeneous hybrid TE films with improved conductivity and TE power factor.
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
(2022)
Review
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Qihao Zhang, Kangfa Deng, Lennart Wilkens, Heiko Reith, Kornelius Nielsch
Summary: This review examines the development of micro-thermoelectric devices, exploring progress in device design, integration, and performance, as well as the potential applications of the technology in cooling, power generation, and sensing. These devices offer faster response time, higher resolution, and greater power density compared to their commercial counterparts, making them crucial for highly integrated electronic devices, the Internet of Things, and flexible and wearable technology.
NATURE ELECTRONICS
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Dongli Qin, Feng Pan, Jie Zhou, Zibo Xu, Yuan Deng
Summary: A method based on FET is proposed to optimize the thermoelectric properties of bismuth telluride thin films, allowing control over Seebeck coefficient, electrical conductivity, and carrier type. The experiments showed promising results in achieving high power factor and ZT values in both N-type and P-type. Furthermore, a N-P pair device was constructed by applying different gate voltages on the thin films, and Te-doped bismuth telluride thin films demonstrated adjustable sensitivity in a thin film thermocouple.
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Qichao Chen, Jiayi Chen, Xiao Xu, Zhehan Wang, Yamei Ding, Le Xiong, Beibei Zhu, Li Tao
Summary: Vapor-solid growth (VSG) is an effective technique for synthesizing Bi2Se3 materials with promising thermoelectric performance. By regulating the carrier gas flow rate during the VSG process, smooth Bi2Se3 thin films with enhanced TE performance have been achieved. The optimized morphology improves the electrical conductivity and decouples its interplay with the Seebeck coefficient in Bi2Se3.
CRYSTAL GROWTH & DESIGN
(2021)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
John Kennedy, Peter P. Murmu, Pawan Kumar, Ganpati Ramanath
Summary: The thermoelectric power factor alpha 2 sigma in Bi0.5Sb1.5Te3 films can be significantly increased by sulfur doping, leading to simultaneous increases in electrical conductivity and Seebeck coefficient. The increase in electron density induced by sulfur outweighs the decrease in charge carrier mobility caused by ion implantation. Therefore, incorporating controlled amounts of isovalent impurities can be attractive for enhancing the thermoelectric properties of pnictogen chalcogenides.
MATERIALS RESEARCH BULLETIN
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Hamta Mansouri, Yasaman Saberi, Seyed Abdolkarim Sajjadi
Summary: Bismuth antimony telluride (Bi0.5Sb1.5Te3) was hydrothermally synthesized at different temperatures and then used to fabricate thin films via thermal evaporation, with the 150°C synthesized powder showing the best thermoelectric properties. The thin film exhibited a single rhombohedral phase with high Seebeck coefficient and low thermal conductivity, indicating good semiconductor performance. Additionally, the power factor values obtained at various temperatures demonstrate the potential of this thin film for thermoelectric applications.
JOURNAL OF ELECTRONIC MATERIALS
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Jesse S. Ko, Jonathan M. Pierce, Priestly T. Shuler, Konstantinos Gerasopoulos
Summary: This study explores the use of metal organic chemical vapor deposition to prepare bismuth telluride and antimony telluride thin-film electrodes for lithium-ion batteries. Results show that antimony telluride outperforms bismuth telluride under similar deposition conditions due to the high performance of native antimony. However, post-cycling cracks indicate the need for a proper balance between film thickness and cycling.
JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
(2021)
Article
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Abhishek Ghosh, Mujeeb Ahmad, Prashant Bisht, Bodh Raj Mehta
Summary: This study investigates the use of hot energy carrier filtering to improve thermoelectric properties in Sb2Te3 thin film samples containing size-selected gold nanoparticles. The results show that samples with the minimum variance in nanoparticle size exhibit higher Seebeck coefficient and power factor, with a slight decrease in electrical conductivity. Furthermore, techniques such as Kelvin probe force microscopy and conducting atomic force microscopy were utilized to understand interface properties and charge transport.
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Davood Zahiri Rad, Seyed Abdolkarim Sajjadi, Hamta Mansouri, Yasaman Saberi
Summary: The effect of annealing process on the morphology and thermoelectric properties of Bi0.5Sb1.5Te3 thin films was investigated. The results showed that annealing treatment led to a decrease in grain size, an increase in carrier concentration, and a decrease in Seebeck coefficient. However, the power factor of annealed thin films was significantly higher.
JOURNAL OF NANOPARTICLE RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Physics, Applied
Gwansik Kim, Kyungmi Lee, Hyunjun Shin, Jeongmin Kim, Joonyeon Chang, Jong Wook Roh, Wooyoung Lee
Summary: By investigating Cu-doped Bi2Te2.7Se0.3, it was found that Cu atoms preferentially occupied Bi sites and then intercalated into the van der Waals gap. This mechanism allowed for systematic control of the electrical transport properties of the Cu-doped samples, while also reducing the thermal conductivities through enhanced point defect phonon scattering. As a result, the dimensionless thermoelectric figure of merit (ZT) of the Cu-doped sample increased by more than 92%, reaching 0.98 at 323 K.
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
M. Wehbe, J. Dgheim, E. Sassine
Summary: This article discusses the utilization of thermoelectric effect in cinder blocks to generate electricity in houses, presenting results from numerical simulations and optimization. The study demonstrates the performance of thermoelectric generators (TEG) and suggests enhancements to improve thermoelectric performance.
SUSTAINABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES AND ASSESSMENTS
(2022)
Article
Materials Science, Ceramics
Hao Zhao, Baoyin Xu, Zhanhui Ding, Yanfeng Xue, Jing Yang, Wei Zhao, Yongfeng Li, Bin Yao, Hongdong Li, Yucheng Lan
Summary: By fabricating porous structures, the thermal conductivity of Bismuth telluride was reduced, leading to improved thermoelectric properties. The study showed that porous (Bi,Sb)2Te3 materials with increased porosity and pore size had significantly lower thermal conductivity. This method of preparing porous thermoelectric materials has potential for enhancing thermoelectric performances.
CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
J. Andzane, A. Felsharuk, A. Sarakovskis, U. Malinovskis, E. Kauranens, M. Bechelany, K. A. Niherysh, I. V. Komissarov, D. Erts
Summary: This work presents a simple and cost-effective physical vapor deposition method for producing high-quality Bi2Se3 and Sb2Te3 ultrathin films on various substrates. The synthesized ultrathin films exhibit interesting thermoelectric properties at specific thicknesses, comparable to those grown by molecular beam epitaxy method. Performance of the best ultrathin films is tested in a prototype of a thermoelectric generator.
MATERIALS TODAY ENERGY
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Zhuang-Hao Zheng, Xiao-Lei Shi, Dong-Wei Ao, Wei-Di Liu, Meng Li, Liang-Zhi Kou, Yue-Xing Chen, Fu Li, Meng Wei, Guang-Xing Liang, Ping Fan, Gao Qing (Max) Lu, Zhi-Gang Chen
Summary: Flexible thermoelectric materials with high performance and flexibility show potential for converting waste heat into useful electricity. The textured structure design of Bi2Te3 thin films provides high thermoelectric performance and withstands 2,000 bending tests, demonstrating excellent flexibility. A flexible device assembled from 40 pairs of thin films exhibits outstanding output power density under temperature gradient, indicating its potential application in harvesting thermal energy from the environment or human bodies.
NATURE SUSTAINABILITY
(2023)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
M. Sinduja, S. Amirthapandian, P. Magudapathy, Anha Masarat, R. Krishnan, S. K. Srivastava, K. Asokan
Summary: This study investigates the effect of defects on the thermoelectric transport properties of Bi2Te3 thin films using 120 keV He+ and Ar+ ion irradiation. The change of carrier type from n-type to p-type was observed with He+ ion irradiation, while p-type conductivity at lower ion fluence and n-type conductivity at higher ion fluences were observed with Ar+ ion irradiation. The highest power factor value was achieved at room temperature with He+ ion fluence of 1 x 10^15 ions/cm^2.
Article
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Tomoyuki Chiba, Yuhei Seki, Masayuki Takashiri
Summary: The research found that the defect density of SWCNT films affected their air-stability and thermoelectric properties. Films with low defect density had high electrical conductivity but converted n-type Seebeck coefficients into p-type after 14 days. Conversely, films with high defect density had low electrical conductivities but maintained n-type Seebeck coefficients for 35 days.
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Oga Norimasa, Takuya Kurokawa, Rikuo Eguchi, Masayuki Takashiri
Summary: Thin film thermoelectric generators are expected to be used in various IoT devices due to their small size and flexibility. Improving thermoelectric performance and reducing manufacturing costs are primary challenges. This study demonstrated that by heat treating Bi2Te3 thin films at specific temperature increase rates, their thermoelectric properties can be significantly enhanced, leading to higher PF and ZT values.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Susumu Yonezawa, Tomoyuki Chiba, Yuhei Seki, Masayuki Takashiri
Summary: The study investigated the n-type thermoelectric properties of SWCNT films with SDBS surfactant, showing that when the interaction between sodium atoms and SWCNTs was stronger than that between oxygen molecules and SWCNTs, the films exhibited n-type characteristics. The experimental analyses and first-principles calculations revealed the underlying mechanism behind the origin of n-type thermoelectric properties in SWCNT films with anionic surfactants.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2021)
Article
Physics, Applied
Oga Norimasa, Masataka Hase, Mai Hayamizu, Sho Nagata, Saburo Tanaka, Shugo Miyake, Tsuyoshi Nishi, Hiroshi Murotani, Masayuki Takashiri
Summary: Crystal orientation influences the phonon transport properties, as demonstrated by nanoindentation on single-crystal Si wafers. [100]-oriented Si has lower elastic moduli and group velocities compared to [111]-oriented Si, but exhibits a larger phonon mean free path. The measured phonon mean free path of [100]-oriented Si differs by approximately 13% from the semi-theoretical values, while that of [111]-oriented Si is comparable to the semi-theoretical values due to differences in atomic density of each crystal plane of Si.
APPLIED PHYSICS EXPRESS
(2021)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Rikuo Eguchi, Xujia Li, Tomoyuki Chiba, Hideo Yamazaki, Oga Norimasa, Ryotaro Mori, Masayuki Takashiri
Summary: In this study, hetero-interface-structured Bi2Te3-nanoplate/Bi2Se3-electrodeposited films were prepared using all solution processes. The annealed hetero-interface-structured film exhibited the highest power factor due to improved crystallinity, increased electrical conductivity, and increased Seebeck coefficient.
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Oga Norimasa, Masayuki Takashiri
Summary: Electrodeposition is a useful technique for preparing Bi2Te3 thin film thermoelectric generators, but challenges arise when depositing onto insulating substrates. By incorporating a sputtering step and post-thermal annealing, the thermoelectric properties of the films can be significantly improved, leading to enhanced power factors and figure of merit.
JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Oga Norimasa, Tomoyuki Chiba, Masataka Hase, Takafumi Komori, Masayuki Takashiri
Summary: Researchers propose a method to form high-quality thermoelectric thin films on flexible substrates by bending the substrates into a concave shape during film deposition and post-thermal annealing processes. This improves crystal growth and increases electrical conductivity. This is important for the development of flexible thermoelectric generators for wearable devices and wireless sensors.
JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
(2022)
Article
Physics, Applied
Masataka Hase, Hiroyasu Kato, Hiroshi Murotani, Masayuki Takashiri
Summary: The phonon transport properties of Bi2Te3 thin films with extremely small grain size (3.4 nm) were investigated using radio-frequency magnetron sputtering. The films had an average group velocity of 2083 m/s and a lattice thermal conductivity of 0.42 W/(m·K), as determined by nanoindentation and 3 omega method, respectively. The phonon mean free path was 0.49 nm, determined from the group velocity and lattice thermal conductivity. The lattice thermal conductivity decreased to 35% for single-crystal Bi2Te3 due to the decrease in the phonon mean free path, while the group velocity hardly changed in the region of extremely small grain size.
APPLIED PHYSICS EXPRESS
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Yuki Amma, Katsuma Miura, Sho Nagata, Tsuyoshi Nishi, Shugo Miyake, Koji Miyazaki, Masayuki Takashiri
Summary: This report presents n-type single-walled carbon nanotubes films with ultra-long air stability, showing the highest stability reported so far. The films also have an extremely low thermal conductivity, making them useful for thin-film thermoelectric generators. All-carbon-nanotube thermoelectric generators were fabricated and their air stability was studied, demonstrating potential applications.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2022)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Ryota Konagaya, Masayuki Takashiri
Summary: A dual-type flexible-film thermoelectric generator (DFTEG) was developed, using vacuum filtering to form p- and n-type single-walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT) films. The DFTEG achieved an output voltage of 40 mV and a maximum power of 891 nW at a temperature difference of 25 K.
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Takafumi Komori, Oga Norimasa, Hisatoshi Yamamoto, Koki Hoshino, Yuhei Takada, Masayuki Takashiri
Summary: SWCNT-thermoelectric generators (TEGs) with different Seebeck coefficient distributions across pn-junctions are fabricated using vacuum filtration to produce electricity through photothermoelectric effects. By modifying the conditions of vacuum filtration, the change rates of Seebeck coefficient can be controlled, allowing the generation of temperature gradients in the SWCNT-TEGs. The SWCNT-TEG with a steep Seebeck coefficient distribution exhibits higher output voltage compared to the one with gradual distribution, leading to improved performance for energy harvesting.
DIAMOND AND RELATED MATERIALS
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Rikuo Eguchi, Koki Hoshino, Masayuki Takashiri
Summary: Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) have excellent flexibility and durability, making them promising thermoelectric materials for power supplies in various sensors. To enhance their thermoelectric performance, a novel approach of forming inorganic thermoelectric layers on SWCNT surfaces using electrodeposition is proposed. By coating SWCNT films with electrodeposited Sb2Te3 layers containing Sb2Te3 nanoparticles, the thermoelectric performance improved significantly, providing valuable insights for designing high-performance flexible thermoelectric materials.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Tomoyuki Chiba, Hayato Yabuki, Masayuki Takashiri
Summary: Flexible nanocomposite films based on Bi2Te3 nanoplates and ultralong SWCNTs were prepared and exhibited high electrical conductivity and excellent thermoelectric performance. These films have the potential to be used in self-supporting power supplies for IoT devices.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Tomoyuki Chiba, Katsuma Miura, Yuki Amma, Hiroshi Kuwahata, Masayuki Takashiri
Summary: Water-floating carbon nanotube thermoelectric generators (CNT-TEGs) have the potential to power Internet of Things (IoT) applications. By controlling the wettability of the CNT films, water evaporation and temperature difference can be increased, resulting in enhanced performance of the CNT-TEGs. Combining atmospheric-pressure plasma jet irradiation and waterproof spray treatment can achieve intermediate wettability. Under specific environmental conditions, the CNT-TEGs with the combined treatment exhibit higher output voltages compared to the pristine CNT-TEGs, demonstrating the importance of wettability control for IoT technology advancements.
ADVANCED MATERIALS INTERFACES
(2023)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Masataka Hase, Daiki Tanisawa, Oga Norimasa, Raichi Kamemura, Shugo Miyake, Masayuki Takashiri
Summary: Investigating the effect of impurity concentration on phonon and electron transports is important for thermal management in semiconductor devices. Experimental study of phonon transport properties is limited, therefore, in this study, n-type single-crystal silicon samples with different impurity concentrations were prepared to measure group velocity and thermal conductivity. The impurity concentration had a significant effect on electron and phonon mean free path (MFP). These findings are particularly useful for the development of high-performance nanostructured thermoelectric materials.
RESULTS IN PHYSICS
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
J. Zamora, T. Bautista, N. S. Portillo-Velez, A. Reyes-Montero, H. Pfeiffer, F. Sanchez-Ochoa, H. A. Lara-Garcia
Summary: Experimental and DFT studies were conducted on the structural, magnetic, and optical properties of RFeO3 perovskites. The perovskites exhibited an orthorhombic crystal structure and weak ferromagnetic behavior. They were confirmed to be semiconductors with a bandgap of approximately 2.1 eV.
JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
(2024)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Xianxiang Lv, Jing Jin, Weiguang Yang
Summary: By depositing TiN and TiO2 surface layers on AlSi films, the electrochemical performance of silicon-based anodes can be significantly improved, suppressing volume expansion and promoting the formation of a stable SEI layer.
JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
(2024)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Sharafat Ali, Haider Ali, Syedul Hasnain Bakhtiar, Sajjad Ali, Muhammad Zahid, Ahmed Ismail, Pir Muhammad Ismail, Amir Zada, Imran Khan, Huahai Shen, Rizwan Ullah, Habib Khan, Mohamed Bououdina, Xiaoqiang Wu, Fazal Raziq, Liang Qiao
Summary: The construction and optimization of redox-heterojunctions using a bifunctional phosphate as an electron-bridge demonstrated significant improvements in photo catalytic activity, including enhanced dispersion, reduced interfacial migration resistance, and increased abundance of active-sites.
JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
(2024)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Ren-Ni Luan, Na Xu, Chao-Ran Li, Zhi-Jie Zhang, Yu-Sheng Zhang, Jun Nan, Shu-Tao Wang, Yong-Ming Chai, Bin Dong
Summary: Extensive research has revealed that oxygen evolution reaction (OER) in alkaline conditions involves dynamic surface restructuring. The development and design of sulfide/oxide pre-catalysts can reasonably adjust the composition and structure after surface reconstruction, which is crucial for OER. This study utilized a simple two-step hydrothermal method to achieve in situ S leaching and doping, inducing the composition change and structure reconstruction of CoFe oxides. The transformed FeOOH and CoOOH exhibited excellent OER activity and could be easily mass-produced using low-cost iron based materials and simple methods.
JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
(2024)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Jun'an Lai, Daofu Wu, Peng He, Kang An, Yijia Wang, Peng Feng, WeiWei Chen, Zixian Wang, Linfeng Guo, Xiaosheng Tang
Summary: Zero-dimensional organic-inorganic metal halides (OMHs) are gaining attention in the fabrication of light-emitting diodes due to their broad emission band and high photoluminescence quantum yield. This work synthesized a zero-dimensional organic tetraphenylphosphonium bismuth chloride (TBC) that showed efficient blue light emission, with the emission mechanism attributed to the transition of Bi3+ ions. White light-emitting diodes (WLEDs) were fabricated using TBC, along with green-emitting and red-emitting single crystals, achieving single-component white emissions. These findings demonstrate the different emission mechanism of ns2 ions-based OMHs and highlight the potential of bismuth-based OMHs in WLEDs applications.
JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
(2024)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Xuewei Liang, Yunhai Su, Taisen Yang, Zhiyong Dai, Yingdi Wang, Xingping Yong
Summary: The revolutionary design concept of high-entropy alloys has brought new opportunities and challenges to the development of advanced metal materials. In this work, AlCrCuFe2NiTix high-entropy flux cored wires were prepared by combining the design idea of a high-entropy alloy with the characteristics of flux cored wire. AlCr-CuFe2NiTix high-entropy surfacing alloys were prepared using gas metal arc welding technology. The wear properties of the alloys were analyzed, and the phase composition, microstructure, strengthening mechanism, and wear mechanism were discussed. The results show that the alloys exhibit a dendritic microstructure with BCC/B2 + FCC phases. Increasing Ti content leads to the precipitation of Laves phase. The alloys show improved microhardness and wear resistance due to the precipitation of coherent B2 and Laves phases. However, excessive Ti addition results in the increase of Laves phase and reduced wear resistance of the alloys.
JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
(2024)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
M. Vadivel, M. Senthil Pandian, P. Ramasamy, Qiang Jing, Bo Liu
Summary: This work presents the enhanced photocatalytic and electrochemical performance of g-C3N4 assisted PAA on CoFe2O4 ternary nanocomposites. The incorporation of PAA and g-C3N4 improves the separation efficiency of photogenerated charge carriers, resulting in superior photocatalytic degradation and high specific capacitance values.
JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
(2024)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Vibhu T. Sivanandan, Ramany Revathy, Arun S. Prasad
Summary: In this study, pure and doped cobalt ferrite nanoparticles were prepared using the sol-gel auto-combustion method with the aid of lemon juice as eco-fuel. The crystal structure, lattice parameter, crystallite size, microstrain, optical parameters, and room temperature magnetic properties of the samples were analyzed. The effect of doping on the magnetic properties was also investigated.
JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
(2024)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Qing Guo, Bowen Zhang, Benzhe Sun, Yang Qi
Summary: This study prepared ZnO films with various nonpolar preferred orientations using conventional chemical bath deposition method and characterized their growth process and mechanism. It was found that the type and concentration of nitrate could control the preferred orientation and surface roughness of ZnO films. Additionally, ZnO films with different preferred orientations exhibited different optical properties.
JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
(2024)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Chong Zhang, Yan Liu, Zhaoyan Wang, Hang Yang
Summary: In this study, six bimetallic FeCo particles were synthesized via the hydrothermal method at different Fe:Co ratios. The Fe:Co ratio not only modulates the composition of the particles but also influences their structure and magnetic properties. The FeCo alloys showed a transformation from an Fe-based structure to a Co-based structure with increasing Co content. The Fe:Co ratio of 1:1 and 3:1 resulted in particles with the highest and lowest saturation magnetization, respectively.
JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
(2024)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Jianning Zhang, Jing Li, Yiren Wang, Xiaodong Mao, Yong Jiang
Summary: We conducted a study on the formation of ultra-fine Y-Ti-Ta-O nano-oxides in Ta+B micro-alloyed 13CrWTi-ODS alloys using electron microscopy and first-principles calculations. The Y-Ti-Ta-O nano-oxides were found to be mainly Y2(Ti,Ta)2O7, with an average size of 7 nm and a number density of 6.8 x 1023 m-3. Excess boron was found to enhance the adhesion of some low-sigma grain boundaries but weaken the Fe/Y2Ti2O7 interface, while excess tantalum enhanced the Fe/Y2Ti2O7 interface but caused serious degradation of grain boundaries.
JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
(2024)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Yirong Fang, Pei Cheng, Hang Yuan, Hao Zhao, Lishu Zhang
Summary: A new composite system of nitrogen-doped reduced graphene oxide and black phosphorus quantum dots has been developed for tumor therapy, showing improved electrochemical properties and stability. The system generates hydrogen peroxide and hydroxyl radical to effectively kill tumor cells.
JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
(2024)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Xiufang Qin, Yuanli Ma, Hui Zhang, Ting Zhang, Fang Wang, Xiaohong Xu
Summary: The structure and magnetism of cobalt ferrites after Mn2+-Tb3+ co-doping were studied. Co-doped samples exhibited cubic spinel structure and spherical shape of ferrite nanoparticles. The redistribution of Co2+ and Fe3+ ions between octahedral and tetrahedral sites was observed due to Mn2+-Tb3+ co-doping. The coercivity and magnetization saturation of co-doped samples were significantly improved, leading to a maximum energy product that is 190% higher than that of the un-doped sample.
JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
(2024)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Ho Yeon Lee, Wonjong Yu, Yoon Ho Lee
Summary: Recently, there has been an increasing interest in developing ultra-fine nanostructured electrodes with extensive reaction areas to enhance the performance and low-temperature operation of solid oxide fuel cells. The use of a refined approach involving co-sputtering metal alloys and oxide targets has demonstrated the feasibility of nano-columnar structures in perovskite-based electrodes, expanding the temperature range of thin film electrodes. This study systematically examines the effects of chamber pressure control in the co-sputtering process and identifies the intricate relationship between sputtering pressure and film structure. By fine-tuning the columnar growth in the electrode, significant improvements in performance and thermo-mechanical properties were achieved, resulting in high-performance all-sputtered solid oxide fuel cells.
JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
(2024)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Qianyun Bai, Xiaoxiao Yan, Da Liu, Kang Xiang, Xin Tu, Yanhui Guo, Renbing Wu
Summary: This study proposes a simple method to develop a non-precious transition metal-based electrocatalyst with high catalytic activity and robustness for the hydrogen evolution reaction. The as-synthesized electrode exhibits a low overpotential and high current density, indicating its potential in energy conversion.
JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
(2024)