Electroreduction of CO2 into hydrocarbons could contribute to alleviating energy crisis and global warming. However, conventional electrocatalysts usually suffer from low energetic efficiency and poor durability. Herein, atomic layers for transition-metal oxides are proposed to address these problems through offering an ultralarge fraction of active sites, high electronic conductivity, and supe...

Cobalt oxide (Co3O4) nanoparticles were successfully prepared by sol–gel and hydrothermal methods for antibacterial photocatalytic applications with the addition of 1%, 4% nickel (Ni), reduced graphene (rGO). The structural morphological properties obtained XRD, TEM FESEM techniques. showed typical crystallographic planes to cubic phase particles inferior diameter 30 nm. Ni-Co3O4 + rGO nanocrys...

The electrochemical behaviour of Co3O4 with sodium is reported here. Upon cycling in the voltage window of 0.01-3.0 V, Co3O4 undergoes a conversion reaction and exhibits a reversible capacity of 447 mA h g(-1) after 50 cycles. Therefore, nanostructured Co3O4 presents feasible electrochemical sodium storage, offering possibilities to develop new anode materials for sodium-ion batteries.

Although using supported noble-metal catalysts for CO2 hydrogenation is an effective solution due to their excellent catalytic properties, metal oxide supports themselves can exhibit good activity being more economically feasible. This work focuses on investigating the complexity of Co3O4 system during methanation reaction, which usually accompanied by formation unstable dispersions cobalt and ...

Mesoporous Co3O4 nanoplates were successfully prepared by the conversion of hexagonal β-Co(OH)2 nanoplates. TEM, HRTEM and N2 sorption analysis confirmed the facet crystal structure and inner mesoporous architecture. When applied as anode materials for lithium storage in lithium ion batteries, mesoporous Co3O4 nanocrystals delivered a high specific capacity. At 10 C current rate, as-prepared me...

The growth and characterization of epitaxial Co3O4(111) films grown by oxygen plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy on single crystalline α-Al2O3(0001) is reported. The Co3O4(111) grows single crystalline with the epitaxial relation Co3O4(111)[1̄21̄]‖α-Al2O3(0001)[101̄0], as determined from in situ electron diffraction. Film stoichiometry is confirmed by x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, while ex...

Catalytic ozonation is progressively becoming an attractive technique for quick water purification but efficient and stable catalysts remains elusive. Here we solvothermally synthesized highly-dispersed Co3O4 nanocrystals over microscale nitrogen-doping graphene (NG) nanosheets and tested it as a synthetic catalyst in the ozonation of phenol in aqueous solutions. Transmission electron microscop...

Sunlight responsible mono- and co-doped TiO2 nanoparticles (Con+ Fen+) were prepared via sol–gel technique. The X-ray diffraction (XRD) results showed no phase change of was observed after the addition Con+ Fen+ ions. Diffuse reflectance spectra (DRS) a significant red-shift absorption edge doping by Con band gap energy reduced sharply from 3.10 to 1.72 eV. photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) emph...

Engineered nanoparticles’ usage rapidly increased in various applications in the last decade due to their unusual properties. However, there is an ever increasing concern to understand their toxicological effect in human health. Particularly, metal and metal oxide nanoparticles have been used in various sectors including biomedical, food and agriculture. But their impact on human health is yet ...

In this study, at first step nanopowder particles of  α-Fe2O3 (Hematite) and  Co3O4 were synthesized separately thorough simple chemical method from an aqueous solution of iron (III) nitrate nonahydrate (Fe(NO3)3.9H2O) and cobalt (II) hexahydrate (Co(NO3)2.6H2O) as  precursors.  After that, three composites nanopowders Fe2O3 with 8, 16 24 wt.% prepared. Graphite was added to one composition sam...