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Y2O3:Eu3+, Tb3+ sphere particles doped anti-reflection and wavelength conversion bifunctional films: Synthesis and application to solar cells

Han L., Hu X., Ji R., Jun F., Tian M., Wang L., Wang Y., Zhan S., Zhang Q., Northwest University, CN

Solar energy, as a clean and sustainable resource, has great potential to take place of the traditional energy source. While the low photoelectric conversion efficiency limits the application of solar cells to a great extent. [...]

CeF3 Fullerene-like Nanoparticles: Synthesis, Upconversion Properties and Application in Photocatalysis Reduction of CO2

Fan J., Hou W., Hu X., Kang L., Liu E., Sun X., Wu F., Yang Y., Zhang Q., Northwest University, CN

As one of the rare-earth fluorides, Cerium fluoride (CeF3) has been used as host materials, solid lubricants and inorganic fluorescent materials. Among various CeF3 nanostructures, fullerene-like structure (IF) with the hollow cavities inside have attracted [...]

Y2O3:Eu3+, Tb3+ sphere particles doped anti-reflection and wavelength conversion bifunctional films: Synthesis and application to solar cells

Han L., Hu X., Ji R., Jun F., Tian M., Wang L., Wang Y., Zhan S., Zhang Q., Northwest University, CN

Solar energy, as a clean and sustainable resource, has great potential to take place of the traditional energy source. While the low photoelectric conversion efficiency limits the application of solar cells to a great extent. [...]

CeF3 Fullerene-like Nanoparticles: Synthesis, Upconversion Properties and Application in Photocatalysis Reduction of CO2

Fan J., Hou W., Hu X., Kang L., Liu E., Sun X., Wu F., Yang Y., Zhang Q., Northwest University, CN

As one of the rare-earth fluorides, Cerium fluoride (CeF3) has been used as host materials, solid lubricants and inorganic fluorescent materials. Among various CeF3 nanostructures, fullerene-like structure (IF) with the hollow cavities inside have attracted [...]

The Effects of Surface Treatments on the Growth of CNTs on 3-Dimensional Carbon Foam Structure

Burke J., Leedy K., Merrett J.N., Mukhopadhyay S.M., Quinton B.T., Scofield J., Tsao B., Yost K., Zhang Q., AFRL, US

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have been the focus of significant research since Iijma’s 1991 Nature article. CNTs have primarily been grown on flat substrates for a range of potential applications due to their superior properties. However,limited [...]

Growth of Uniform CNT Layer on Copper Foil-the Effect of Synthesis Methods/Conditions

Burke J., Merrett J.N., Pierce N., Quinton B.T., Scofield J., Tsao B., Zhang Q., University of Dayton, US

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) with unique thermal/electrical/mechanical properties and large surface area are an attractive candidate for the integration into thermal structures and for a flexible thermal interface material in a thermal device. In this study, [...]

The study of anti-reflection coatings doped with Ag nanoparticles utilized in solar cells

Fan X.H.J., Hao Y., Ji R., Miao T., Sun Q., Sun X., Wang Y., Zhan S., Zhang Q., Northwest University, CN

As solar energy is a renewable,clean energy sources,it has been focused rearchers attention for a long time.In this study ,We expect to enhance the transimittance of anti-reflection(AR) films which are used in solar cells.First,The Ag [...]

Design of a POSS-modified Zeolite Structure and the Study of the Enhancement of Ammonia-nitrogen Removal from Drinking Water

Hu L., Lin D., Shetty K., Wang D., You H., Zhang Q., Harbin Institute of Technology, CN

This research explored the utilization of a waste resource, rice hull ash (RHA), for the synthesis of the polyhedral ologomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) modifier for mesoporous zeolite molecular sieve (ZMS) to enhance NH4+ ion-exchange capacity in [...]

Design of a POSS-modified Zeolite Structure and the Study of the Enhancement of Ammonia-nitrogen Removal from Drinking Water

Hu L., Lin D., Shetty K., Wang D., You H., Zhang Q., Harbin Institute of Technology, CN

This research explored the utilization of a waste resource, rice hull ash (RHA), for the synthesis of the polyhedral ologomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) modifier for mesoporous zeolite molecular sieve (ZMS) to enhance NH4+ ion-exchange capacity in [...]

Application of direct growth ZnO nanaotetrapods in field emission device

Liao Q., Qi J., Ye N., Zhang Q., Zhang Y., University of Science and Technology, Beijing, CN

In summary, we demonstrate the ZnO nanotetrapod synthesized by a simple vapor phase transport process can be good field emission emitters. The field emission measurement as-synthesized materials reveal that these samples have low turn-on field [...]