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Electrical conductivity studies of nanocrystalline Dy3+ doped SrMoO4 synthesised by sol-gel process

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

Oxygen ion conducting solid electrolytes have many device applications such as sensors, solid oxide fuel cells, oxygen pumps, electrochemical reactors and steam electrolysis cells. Among these, solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) have attracted great attention [...]

Synthesis and electrical conductivity studies of PEO + LiClO4 + TiO2 + MoO3 nanocomposite solid polymer electrolyte

Kumar P.R., Venkateswerlu M., Satyanarayana N., Pondicherry University, IN

The preparative methods have been devised avoid the crystallinity and to improve the conductivity in the PEO polymer solid electrolyte. Recently, enhancement of both electrical and mechanical properties are obtained by adding the various types [...]

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 [...]

Microwave assisted synthesis of CaO nanoparticles and use in waste water treatment

Roy A., Bhattacharya J., Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, IN

Clean water (i.e., water that is free of toxic chemicals and pathogens) is essential to human health. Advances in nanoscale science and engineering are providing unprecedented opportunities to develop more cost effective and environmentally acceptable [...]

Microwave assisted synthesis of CaO nanoparticles and use in waste water treatment

Roy A., Bhattacharya J., Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, IN

Clean water (i.e., water that is free of toxic chemicals and pathogens) is essential to human health. Advances in nanoscale science and engineering are providing unprecedented opportunities to develop more cost effective and environmentally acceptable [...]

A simple and low cost method for fabrication of nanochannels using water soluble nanowires

Joshi A., Agharkar Research Institute, IN

Nanowires of K2Mo3O10.4H2O with high yield were synthesized in 15 min using simple chemical method at room temperature from aqueous precursors; (NH4)6Mo7O24.4H2O and KCl mixed in a mass ratio of 3:1. Water solubility rate of [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

Effect of C Content and Calcination Temperatures on the Characteristics of C-doped TiO2 Photocatalyst

Chen F.Y., Lin Y.-T., National Chung Hsing University, TW

This study is about the effect of carbon content and calcination temperatures on the characteristics of C-doped TiO2 prepared by sol gel method. Synchrotron radiation with high energy and resolution was applied for the identification [...]