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Electrical conductivity studies of ZnO dispersed PVdF-HFP nanocomposite solid polymer electrolyte for Lithium batteries

Padmaraj O., Venkateswarlu M., Satyanarayana N., Pondicherry University, IN

Polymer electrolytes are widely used in lithium batteries, since these have better advantages compared to other electrolytes such as low cost, light weight, no leakage, high energy density, improved safety and flexible design. Polymer electrolytes [...]

Heavy Metal Removal from Aqueous Solution using Agricultural Waste

Bansala M., Singhb D., Aggarwalc S., Gargd V.K., Giani Zail Singh College of Engineering & Technology, IN

Biosorption has gained important credibility during recent years because of its ecofriendly nature, excellent performance, and low cost domestic technique for remediation even heavily metal loaded waste water. The potential of cheap cellulose containing natural [...]

Heavy Metal Removal from Aqueous Solution using Agricultural Waste

Bansala M., Singhb D., Aggarwalc S., Gargd V.K., Giani Zail Singh College of Engineering & Technology, IN

Biosorption has gained important credibility during recent years because of its ecofriendly nature, excellent performance, and low cost domestic technique for remediation even heavily metal loaded waste water. The potential of cheap cellulose containing natural [...]

Synthesis and ac conductivity studies of PEO+LiClO4+ La2O3 + MoO3 nanocomposite polymer solid electrolyte

Ramesh Kumar P., Venkateswarlu M., Satyanarayana N., Pondicherry University, IN

Polymer solid electrolytes are getting important for various electrochemical device applications, due to their high ionic conductivity, high mechanical and thermal stability. In the PEO polymer solid electrolyte, the transport of Li+ cations are coupled [...]

Surface modification of SiO2 micro spheres by NiFe2O4 nanoparticles

Prakash I., Nallamuthu N., Muralidharan P., Venkateswarlu M., Satyanarayana N., Pondicherry University, IN

NiFe2O4 nanocrystals are important magnetic materials because of their numerous applications in various fields like recording media, ferrofluids, magneto optics, spintronics, microwave devices, etc. Recently, ferrites are also used as gas and humidity sensor materials [...]

Bimodal size distributed silver nanoparticles on copper substrate: in situ heat treating under air and protective atmospheres

Sopousek J., Bursik J., Zalesak J., Pesina Z., Masaryk University, CZ

Ag nano-suspension was prepared by a wet synthetic route. The liquid phase consisted of an organic solvent and the particles had a bimodal distribution with a very narrow size distribution (compare Figure 1). The surface [...]

Electrical conductivity studies of nanocrystalline Dy3+ doped BaMoO4, synthesised by sol-gel process

Jena P., Nallamuthu N., Venkateswarlu M., Satyanarayana N., Pondicherry University, IN

Solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) have attracted great attention in electrochemical devices because of their high energy conversion efficiency, little pollution and widely flexible fuel choices. Scheelite type based oxide ion conducting materials like PbWO4, [...]

Optical properties of silicon nanoparticles: Influence of etching, surface oxidation and surface functionalization

Gupta A., Kluge S., Schulz C., Wiggers H., Universität Duisburg-Essen, DE

In this study, we investigated the properties of Si-NPs after surface etching, surface re-oxidation and surface functionalization processes. Surface etching of as-synthesized Si-NPs with hydrofluoric acid causes a blue shift compared to their initial emission [...]

Synthesis and Characterization of ZnO Nanorods using Molecular Beam Epitaxy

Asghar M., Ali A., Hasan M.-A., Yasin Akhtar Raja M., Islamia University of Bahawalpur, PK

ZnO nanorods stand out as one of the most important candidates for next generation opto- and nano electronics. Synthesis of high quality and stable ZnO nanorods remains a challenge thus far. Similarly fabrication of thermally [...]

Preparation, Characterisation and Electrical Conductivity studies of

Nallamuthu N., Prakash I., Venkateswarlu M., Satyanarayana N., Pondicherry University, IN

Oxide ion conducting materials are attracting more due to their application in various fields like solid oxide fuel cells, oxygen sensors, oxygen pumps, etc. Doped Scheelite type materials are one of the better oxide ion [...]