For high-efficiency NH3 synthesis via ambient-condition electrohydrogenation of inert N2, it is pivotal to ingeniously design an active electrocatalyst with multiple features abundant surfacial deficiency, good conductivity and large surface area. Here, oxygen-deficient SnO2 nanoparticles encapsulated by ultrathin carbon layer (d-SnO2@C) are developed hydrothermal deposition coupled annealing p...

One-dimensional coordination polymers (1D-CPs) tend either to dissociate into constitutive ligands and metals readily in solution, or to aggregate randomly and amorphously, which prevents them from widespread application. In the present research, 1D-CPs comprising bridging dipyrrin ligands and divalent metal ions (Zn2+, Ni2+, and Cu2+) are synthesized. A liquid/liquid interfacial reaction gives...

A hybrid strategy for solar water splitting is exploited here based on a dye-sensitized photoelectrosynthesis cell (DSPEC) with a mesoporous SnO2/TiO2 core/shell nanostructured electrode derivatized with a surface-bound Ru(II) polypyridyl-based chromophore-catalyst assembly. The assembly, [(4,4'-(PO3H2)2bpy)2Ru(4-Mebpy-4'-bimpy)Ru(tpy)(OH2)](4+) ([Ru(a) (II)-Ru(b) (II)-OH2](4+), combines both a...

In the present research, a simple electrochemical sensor based on carbon paste electrode (CPE) modified with ZnO-Zn2SnO4-SnO2 and graphene (ZnO-Zn2SnO4-SnO2/Gr/CPE) was developed for direct, simultaneous individual measurement of Acetaminophen (AC), Caffeine (Caf) Ascorbic acid (AA). The synthesized nanomaterials were investigated using scanning electron microscopy, X-ray Diffraction, Fourier-t...

The unstable interfaces between a SnO2 anode and an electrolyte in Li-ion battery dramatically impair the reversibility cycling stability of lithiation delithiation, resulting low roundtrip Coulombic efficiency (CE) fast capacity decay SnO2-based materials. Herein, simple strategy modifying solid interphase (SEI) is developed to enhance interfacial lithium storage by compositing it with graphit...

We have prepared and characterized a SnO2-decorated Pt-Sn(oxidized)/C cathode catalyst in a polymer electrolyte fuel cell (PEFC). Oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) performance of Pt/C (TEC10E50E) remained almost unchanged or even tended to reduce in repeated I-V load cycles, whereas the I-V load performance of the Pt-Sn(oxidized)/C prepared by controlled oxidation of a Pt-Sn alloy/C sample with t...

BACKGROUND Electrochemical oxidation considered to be among the best methods in waste water desalination and removing toxic metals and organic pesticides from wastewater like Methidathion. The objective of this work is to study the electrochemical oxidation of aqueous wastes containing Methidathion using boron doped diamond thin-film electrodes and SnO2, and to determine the calculated partial ...

The effects of the SnO2 pore size and metal oxide promoters on the sensing properties of SnO2-based thick film gas sensors were investigated to improve the detection of very low H2S concentrations (<1 ppm). SnO2 sensors and SnO2-based thick-film gas sensors promoted with NiO, ZnO, MoO3, CuO or Fe2O3 were prepared, and their sensing properties were examined in a flow system. The SnO2 materials w...

Single crystal SnO2 nanobelts (SnO2 NBs) and La-SnO2 nanobelts (La-SnO2 NBs) were synthesized by thermal evaporation. Both a single SnO2 NB sensor and a single La-SnO2 NB sensor were developed and their sensing properties were investigated. It is found that the single La-SnO2 NB sensor had a high sensitivity of 8.76 to ethanediol at a concentration of 100 ppm at 230 °C, which is the highest sen...

In this paper, we report the first time preparation of SnO2 nanoparticles (NPs) using a green chemistry method. The leaf extract of Plectranthus amboinicus was used as reducing and stabilization agent for synthesizing SnO2 NPs. The synthesized SnO2 NPs were characterized by SEM, EDX, XRD and UV-vis spectroscopy. Results showed that the biosynthesized SnO2 NPs owing a high purity. The photocatal...