Photochemical deposition of Co and Ni based oxygen evolution catalysts on hematite nanorods cathodically shifted the onset potential of photocurrent near to the flat band potential of hematite. A 9.5 fold enhancement in the photocurrent density at 0.86 V vs. RHE compared to the parent hematite photoanode was observed with the Ni-Bi/Fe(2)O(3) photoanode.

Diagenesis in the Permo-Triassic New Red Sandstone, Isle of Arran is characterized by early cementation hematite, clay, and calcite minerals, followed burial compaction, quartz, feldspar, pyrite cementation. Cataclasis post-dated quartz feldspar reduced grain pore aperture size deformed samples. Samples with cataclastic bands typically have 18% porosity 8.81 mD permeability on average. Whereas,...

The visible light photochemical reactivity of a 50 nm thick α-Fe(2)O(3)(0001) (hematite) film on a SrTiO(3)(111) substrate is compared to the reactivities of bulk hematite and the same film supported by α-Al(2)O(3)(0001). The hematite film supported by SrTiO(3)(111) is far more reactive then the other two cases.

Sculptured thin films (STFs) are assemblies of nominally identical, parallel nanowires with tailored shapes such as chevrons and spirals. A series of iron(lll) STFs were produced with varied crystallinity (from hematite toferrihydrite) and nanowire shapes (slanted columnar, clockwise helical, and counterclockwise helical). When the dissimilatory metal-reducing bacterium Shewanella putrefaciens ...

In this paper, the effect of the morphological modification of aerosol particles with respect to heterogeneous ice nucleation is comprehensively investigated for laboratorygenerated hematite particles as a model substrate for atmospheric dust particles. The surface-area-scaled ice nucleation efficiencies of monodisperse cubic hematite particles and milled hematite particles were measured with a...

Introduction: Analysis of OMEGA and CRISM spectral data for sulfate-rich Interior Layered Deposits (ILDs) in Valles Marineris has revealed complex assemblages of iron oxides and multiple sulfates [1-7]. We have been developing stratigraphic assemblages to assess the similarities and differences among chasma [3, 5, 7]. Here we present sulfate and iron oxide stratigraphy within the central ILD of...

A simple and inexpensive method to form a hematite photoanode for efficient water oxidation is reported. A very thin ZnO overlayer was deposited on top of a thin film of hematite and found, compared with non-treated hematite, to increase the photocurrent and reduce the onset potential for generating oxygen from water. After 3 cycles of ZnAc treatment, the photocurrent increased more than 40% to...

Hematite fines were found to form aggregates with magnetite ~des in the same slurry, without the help of any flocculants. Because of this aggregation. fine iron ores containing hematite and -anetile can be successfully concentrated by multi-stage deslimings. ~ that the ore is finely ground and silicate gangues properly ~rsed. The effectiveness of this technique has been tested on a UMIIIIIercia...

The recovery of fine hematite particles from banded hematite quartzite (BHQ) ore with potato starch has been investigated using selective flocculation. Microscopic features, coupled with x-ray diffraction (XRD), and Fourier transforms infrared (FTIR) spectroscopic data provide evidences for adsorption of starch molecules on hematite surface. The starch molecules show good selectivity for hemati...