Advanced opportunities and insights on the influence of nitrogen incorporation on the physico-/electro-chemical properties of robust electrocatalysts for electrocatalytic energy conversion

Iron oxide nanocrystals (IONCs) with various geometric morphologies show excellent physical and chemical properties and have received extensive attention in recent years.

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Laser Synthesis and Microfabrication of Micro/Nanostructured Materials Toward Energy Conversion and Storage

Nano-Micro Letters ◽

10.1007/s40820-020-00577-0 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Lili Zhao ◽

Zhen Liu ◽

Duo Chen ◽

Fan Liu ◽

Zhiyuan Yang ◽

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Keyword(s):

Energy Conversion ◽

Carbon Nanomaterials ◽

Electronic Devices ◽

Chemical Properties ◽

Thermal Conversion ◽

Sensors And Actuators ◽

Laser Synthesis ◽

Energy Conversion And Storage ◽

And Storage ◽

Carbon Based

AbstractNanomaterials are known to exhibit a number of interesting physical and chemical properties for various applications, including energy conversion and storage, nanoscale electronics, sensors and actuators, photonics devices and even for biomedical purposes. In the past decade, laser as a synthetic technique and laser as a microfabrication technique facilitated nanomaterial preparation and nanostructure construction, including the laser processing-induced carbon and non-carbon nanomaterials, hierarchical structure construction, patterning, heteroatom doping, sputtering etching, and so on. The laser-induced nanomaterials and nanostructures have extended broad applications in electronic devices, such as light–thermal conversion, batteries, supercapacitors, sensor devices, actuators and electrocatalytic electrodes. Here, the recent developments in the laser synthesis of carbon-based and non-carbon-based nanomaterials are comprehensively summarized. An extensive overview on laser-enabled electronic devices for various applications is depicted. With the rapid progress made in the research on nanomaterial preparation through laser synthesis and laser microfabrication technologies, laser synthesis and microfabrication toward energy conversion and storage will undergo fast development.

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Energy Conversion Processes with Perovskite-type Materials

CHIMIA International Journal for Chemistry ◽

10.2533/chimia.2019.913 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 73 (11) ◽

pp. 913-921

Author(s):

Davide Ferri ◽

Daniele Pergolesi ◽

Emiliana Fabbri

Keyword(s):

Energy Conversion ◽

Perovskite Structure ◽

Mixed Oxides ◽

Chemical Properties ◽

Paul Scherrer Institute ◽

Partial Substitution ◽

Physico Chemical ◽

Catalytic Processes ◽

Paul Scherrer ◽

Perovskite Type

Mixed oxides derived from the perovskite structure by combination of A- and B-site elements and by partial substitution of oxygen provide an immense playground of physico-chemical properties. Here, we give an account of our own research conducted at the Paul Scherrer Institute on perovskite-type oxides and oxynitrides used in electrochemical, photo(electro)chemical and catalytic processes aimed at facing energy relevant issues.

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Diatom silica, an emerging biomaterial for energy conversion and storage

Journal of Materials Chemistry A ◽

10.1039/c7ta02045g ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 5 (19) ◽

pp. 8847-8859 ◽

Cited By ~ 43

Author(s):

Xiao Wen Sun ◽

Yu Xin Zhang ◽

Dusan Losic

Keyword(s):

Energy Conversion ◽

Single Cell ◽

Chemical Properties ◽

3 Dimensional ◽

Energy Conversion And Storage ◽

Natural Biomaterial ◽

And Storage ◽

And Chemical Properties ◽

Diatom Silica

Diatom silica, a 3-dimensional (3D) natural biomaterial generated from single cell algae with unique nano- and micro-morphologies and patterns is shown to have several exceptional structural, mechanical, optical, photonics, transport, and chemical properties optimized through millions of years of evolution.

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Statistical criteria of stellar population types

Symposium - International Astronomical Union ◽

10.1017/s0074180900053304 ◽

1966 ◽

Vol 24 ◽

pp. 101-110

Author(s):

W. Iwanowska

Keyword(s):

Stellar Population ◽

Chemical Properties ◽

Spectrophotometric Study ◽

Physical And Chemical Properties ◽

Population Type ◽

The Galaxy ◽

Distribution Parameters ◽

Physical And Chemical ◽

Statistical Criteria ◽

And Chemical Properties

In connection with the spectrophotometric study of population-type characteristics of various kinds of stars, a statistical analysis of kinematical and distribution parameters of the same stars is performed at the Toruń Observatory. This has a twofold purpose: first, to provide a practical guide in selecting stars for observing programmes, second, to contribute to the understanding of relations existing between the physical and chemical properties of stars and their kinematics and distribution in the Galaxy.

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Biophysical Measurement of Molecular Weight of Foot-and-Mouth Disease RNA Fragments

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100051323 ◽

1974 ◽

Vol 32 ◽

pp. 262-263

Author(s):

Sydney S. Breese ◽

Howard L. Bachrach

Keyword(s):

Chemical Properties ◽

Foot And Mouth Disease ◽

Mouth Disease ◽

Distilled Water ◽

Bovine Plasma ◽

Mouth Disease Virus ◽

Foot And Mouth ◽

Carbon Coated ◽

Rna Fragments ◽

Physical And Chemical

Continuing studies on the physical and chemical properties of foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) have included electron microscopy of RNA strands released when highly purified virus (1) was dialyzed against demlneralized distilled water. The RNA strands were dried on formvar-carbon coated electron microscope screens pretreated with 0.1% bovine plasma albumin in distilled water. At this low salt concentration the RNA strands were extended and were stained with 1% phosphotungstic acid. Random dispersions of strands were recorded on electron micrographs, enlarged to 30,000 or 40,000 X and the lengths measured with a map-measuring wheel. Figure 1 is a typical micrograph and Fig. 2 shows the distributions of strand lengths for the three major types of FMDV (A119 of 6/9/72; C3-Rezende of 1/5/73; and O1-Brugge of 8/24/73.

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Decoration of specific sites on freeze-fractured membranes

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100081565 ◽

1978 ◽

Vol 36 (2) ◽

pp. 140-141

Author(s):

H. Gross ◽

H. Moor

Keyword(s):

Pure Water ◽

Freeze Fracture ◽

Chemical Properties ◽

Surface Forces ◽

Sulfate Pentahydrate ◽

Copper Sulfate Pentahydrate ◽

Physico Chemical ◽

Water Of Hydration ◽

Small Container ◽

Binding Forces

Fracturing under ultrahigh vacuum (UHV, p ≤ 10-9 Torr) produces membrane fracture faces devoid of contamination. Such clean surfaces are a prerequisite foe studies of interactions between condensing molecules is possible and surface forces are unequally distributed, the condensate will accumulate at places with high binding forces; crystallites will arise which may be useful a probes for surface sites with specific physico-chemical properties. Specific “decoration” with crystallites can be achieved nby exposing membrane fracture faces to water vopour. A device was developed which enables the production of pure water vapour and the controlled variation of its partial pressure in an UHV freeze-fracture apparatus (Fig.1a). Under vaccum (≤ 10-3 Torr), small container filled with copper-sulfate-pentahydrate is heated with a heating coil, with the temperature controlled by means of a thermocouple. The water of hydration thereby released enters a storage vessel.

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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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Defects in Crystals

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100100962 ◽

1968 ◽

Vol 26 ◽

pp. 244-245

Author(s):

Kenneth R. Lawless

Keyword(s):

Electron Microscope ◽

Point Defects ◽

Surface Defects ◽

Chemical Properties ◽

Material Point ◽

Crystal Defects ◽

Defects In Crystals ◽

Irradiation Effects ◽

Normal Lattice ◽

Line Defects

One of the most important applications of the electron microscope in recent years has been to the observation of defects in crystals. Replica techniques have been widely utilized for many years for the observation of surface defects, but more recently the most striking use of the electron microscope has been for the direct observation of internal defects in crystals, utilizing the transmission of electrons through thin samples.Defects in crystals may be classified basically as point defects, line defects, and planar defects, all of which play an important role in determining the physical or chemical properties of a material. Point defects are of two types, either vacancies where individual atoms are missing from lattice sites, or interstitials where an atom is situated in between normal lattice sites. The so-called point defects most commonly observed are actually aggregates of either vacancies or interstitials. Details of crystal defects of this type are considered in the special session on “Irradiation Effects in Materials” and will not be considered in detail in this session.

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In Situ microscopy of the anodic etching of silicon

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100137537 ◽

1995 ◽

Vol 53 ◽

pp. 232-233

Author(s):

Frances M. Ross ◽

Peter C. Searson

Keyword(s):

Composite Structures ◽

High Surface ◽

High Surface Area ◽

Chemical Properties ◽

Selective Etching ◽

Silicon On Insulator ◽

Second Phase ◽

Porous Layers ◽

New Class ◽

Porous Semiconductors

Porous semiconductors represent a relatively new class of materials formed by the selective etching of a single or polycrystalline substrate. Although porous silicon has received considerable attention due to its novel optical properties1, porous layers can be formed in other semiconductors such as GaAs and GaP. These materials are characterised by very high surface area and by electrical, optical and chemical properties that may differ considerably from bulk. The properties depend on the pore morphology, which can be controlled by adjusting the processing conditions and the dopant concentration. A number of novel structures can be fabricated using selective etching. For example, self-supporting membranes can be made by growing pores through a wafer, films with modulated pore structure can be fabricated by varying the applied potential during growth, composite structures can be prepared by depositing a second phase into the pores and silicon-on-insulator structures can be formed by oxidising a buried porous layer. In all these applications the ability to grow nanostructures controllably is critical.

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