Fine control of nanoparticle clustering within polymeric matrices can be tuned to enhance the physicochemical properties resulting composites, which are governed by interplay surface segregation and bulk clustering. To this aim, out-of-equilibrium strategies leveraged program multiscale organization such systems. Here, we present experimental results indicating that assembly highly photoactive ...

During the last 10 years, with the development of nanocrystalline films of very high surface area, the photosensitization of wide-bandgap semiconductors, such as TiO2, by adsorbed dyes has become more realistic for solar-cell applications. In a porous film consisting of nanometer-sized TiO2 particles, the effective surface area can be enhanced 1000-fold, thus making light absorption efficient e...

A modified sol-gel process has been found to significantly improve the photocatalytic activity of TiO2 nanoparticle in the process of solar hydrogen production. The surface of TiO2 nanoparticles were modified by the optimization of solvent of titanium precursor (acetic acid and/or ethanol) in the sol-gel method. A multi technique approach (SEM, XRD, FTIR, UV-DRS and TGA) was used to characteriz...

A gold nanoparticle-coated and surface-textured TiO2 inverse opal (Au/st-TIO) structure that provides a dramatic improvement of photoelectrochemical hydrogen generation has been fabricated by nano-patterning of TiO2 precursors on TiO2 inverse opal (TIO) and subsequent deposition of gold NPs. The surface-textured TiO2 inverse opal (st-TIO) maximizes the photon trapping effects triggered by the l...

A new turbulent, premixed, stagnation swirl flame (SSF) is used to synthesize titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanopowders. Synthesis conditions under two flame modes, i.e., burnerand substrate-stabilized SSF, are investigated, for the same equivalence ratio, but different inert-dilution ratios. The particles (collected on the substrate) have high anatase purity, with mean diameters of 5–10 nm, determin...

Metal oxide nanoparticles (MONPs) are used in a variety of applications including drug formulations, paint, sensors and biomedical devices due to their unique physicochemical properties. One of the major problems with their widespread implementation is their uncontrolled agglomeration. One approach to reduce agglomeration is to alter their surface chemistry with a proper functionality in an env...

in this research, a sol-modified composite electrodeposition technique that combines the sol-gel method with the conventional electrodeposition process was utilized to deposit ni-tio2 nanocomposite coatings. cyclic voltammetry and chronoamperometry techniques were applied to study the influence of the tio2 sol concentration on the deposits’ electrochemical behavior. the results clearly showed t...

In this work, a Homotopy Perturbation Solution of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) model of boundary-layer equations for an electrically conducting Nanofluid flow bounded by an infinite parallel vertical permeable plates is to be introduced. This model is applied to study the mass and heat transfer of an unsteady nanofluid, incompressible flow with suction, internal heat generation, Hall Effect and Ch...

In order to fabricate transparent TiO2 nanotube dye-sensitized solar cells, anodically growth nanotube membranes are detached from Ti substrate by a re-anodization method. The membranes are transferred on FTO glass by two different methods. At the first one, 100mM Tiisopropoxide is used to make TiO2 nanoparticles for adhering TiO2 nanotube membranes to FTO and in the second one a commercial TiO...