We prepared a new Mn activated ZnS phosphor co-doped with Ba that showed an interesting shift in the spectral emission from amber-yellow to red colour. We believe it to be an important result to understand the underlying Physics and for display devices. To realize this, attempts were made to fine tune the band gap of ZnS with various concentrations of Ba co-doping within the concentration range...

ZnO nanowires are a promising nanomaterial for applications in the fields of photocatalysis, nano-optoelectronics, and reinforced composite materials. However, the challenge of producing large-scale ZnO nanowires has stunted the development and practical utilization of ZnO nanowires. In this study, a modified carbothermal reduction method for preparing large-scale ZnO nanowires in less than 5 m...

Transition metal carbides have been utilized as an alternative catalyst to expensive noble metals for the conversion of biomass. Tungsten and molybdenum carbides have been shown to be effective catalysts for hydrogenation, hydrodeoxygenation and isomerization reactions. The satisfactory activities of these metal carbides and their low costs, compared with noble metals, make them appealing alter...

The polymer electrolyte fuel cell (PEFC) is an attractive power generation method from the perspective of environmental protection. Carbon is usually used as a catalyst support in PEFC, but it is oxidized under high electrical potential conditions. Ti4O7 is expected as a new catalyst support because of its high electrical conductivity and chemical resistivity. Though Ti4O7 as a catalyst support...

Single crystalline TiC nanowires have been synthesized through a chloride-assisted carbothermal reduction process using active carbon, TiO2 and NaCl powders as precursors and carbon-coated cobalt or nickel nanoparticles as a catalyst. The products were characterized by x-ray diffraction, electron microscopy, energy-dispersive x-ray spectroscopy and x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The TiC nano...

The role of one-dimensional nanostructures has gained immense importance in recent times. These types of nanowires and nanorods are used in probe microscopy, nano electronics, quantum devices and mesoscopic devices. This review compares the various methods used to synthesize such nanowires such as vapor-liquid-solid growth mechanism, oxide assisted nucleation and carbothermal reduction. The dif...

The large-scale synthesis of Si3N4 nanobelts from quartz and graphite on a graphite-felt substrate was successfully achieved by catalyst-assisted carbothermal reduction-nitridation. The phase composition, morphology, and microstructure of Si3N4 nanobelts were investigated by X-ray diffraction, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, field-emission scanning electron microscopy, energy-dispersiv...

B-doped 3C-SiC nanowires have been synthesized via a facile and simple carbothermal reduction method at 1500 °C for 2 h in a flowing purified argon atmosphere. The obtained nanowires possess a single crystalline and finned microstructure with fins about 100-200 nm in diameter and 10-20 nm in thickness. The diameter of the inner core stem is about 80 nm on average. Due to the smaller band gap, t...

Ultra-fine Ta 4 HfC 5 and TaHfC 2 powders were prepared through the pyrolysis of a precursor synthesised by using facile one-pot reaction. HfCl , TaCl phenolic resins used as sources hafnium (Hf), tantalum (Ta), carbon (C), respectively. The as-synthesised precursors further utilised to prepare - -modified carbon/carbon (C/C-Ta C/C-TaHfC ) composites infiltration pyrolysis. transformation into ...