Boron doping into carbon nanotubes improves the CO tolerance and increases the utilization efficiency of the supported Pt nanoparticles. Boron doping leads to a uniform deposition of Pt nanoparticles and also facilitates the removal of CO from the Pt surface, resulting in an increase in the electrocatalytic activity for methanol oxidation.

Herein, we report a novel polymerized-complex method for the preparation of Ni-Pd, Ni-Pt, and Cu-Pt alloys and Pt, Pd, Ag, Ni, and Cu nanoparticles. The grain sizes and crystalline phases of these nanoparticles can be controlled. These nanoparticles are obtained via the formation of a polymerized complex and release of reducing gases during N2-protected calcination.

Over the past couple of decades there have been major advances in the field of nanoscience and nanotechnology. Many applications have sprouted from these fields of research. It is essential, given the scale of the materials, to attain accurate, valid and reproducible measurements. Material properties have shown to be a function of their size and composition. Physiochemical properties of the nan...

Macro/mesoporous carbon monoliths with a graphitic framework were synthesized by carbonizing polymeric monoliths of poly(benzoxazine-co-resol). The overall synthesis process consists of the following steps: a) the preparation of polymeric monoliths by copolymerization of resorcinol and formaldehyde with a polyamine (tetraethylenepentamine), b) doping the polymer with a metallic salt of Fe, Ni o...

The objective of this study was to improve the oxidation resistance of electroplated Ni-Cr coatings by introducing a fine dispersion of yttria (Y2O3) nanoparticles to the coatings. A technique was developed to produce Y2O3 nanoparticles nm in size. Electroplating conditions were also investigated and it was found that pulse plating could produce high quality coatings without cracking. The Y2O3 ...

The effect of functionalized nickel (Ni) nanoparticles capped with positively charged tetraheptylammonium on cellular uptake of drug quercetin into hepatocellular carcinoma cells (SMMC-7721) has been explored in this study via microscopy and electrochemical characterization as well as MTT assay. Meanwhile, the influence of Ni nanoparticles and/or quercetin on cell proliferation has been further...

Photoelectrochemical water oxidation on hematite has been extensively studied, yet the relationship between the various facets exposed, heteroatom doping, and associated electrocatalytic activity has not been adequately explored. Here, hematite nanocrystals were synthesized with continuous tuning of the aspect-ratio and fine control of the surface area ratio of the (0001) facet with respect to ...

In this paper, two kinds of Ni nanoparticles have been successfully synthesized without and with starch as the "green" protective material and investigated as catalysts for generating hydrogen from ammonia borane (NH(3)BH(3), AB). Experimental investigations have demonstrated that both of the Ni nanoparticles possess high catalytic activities for H(2) generation from aqueous solution of AB. How...

The present research focused on the synthesis of Ni and Ni-Sn nanoparticles via a chemical reduction method using hydrazine hydrate. The syntheses were performed applying highly purified water or diethylene glycol as solvent. The produced nanoparticles were characterized by scanning electron microscopy and powder X-ray diffraction. The as-synthesized Ni-Sn nanoparticles with nominal starting ra...

We measured the synchrotron-radiation (SR)-based Mössbauer spectra of Ni-based nanoparticles with a hexagonal structure that were synthesised by chemical reduction. To obtain Mössbauer spectra of the nanoparticles without (61)Ni enrichment, we developed a measurement system for (61)Ni SR-based Mössbauer absorption spectroscopy without X-ray windows between the (61)Ni84V16 standard energy alloy ...