Solvothermal Synthesis of CuZnSnSe Nanoparticles and Their Visible-Light-Driven Photocatalytic Activity.

CuZnSnSe (CZTSe) nanoparticles (NPs) were successfully synthesized via a solvothermal method. Their structural, compositional, morphological, optoelectronic, and electrochemical properties have been characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Raman spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), Field-emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM), transmission electron microscope (TEM), UV-vis absorption spectroscopy, and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) techniques. Porosimetry and specific surface area in terms of the Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) technique have also been studied.

One-Step Hydrothermal Synthesis of CuZnSnS Nanoparticles as an Efficient Visible Light Photocatalyst for the Degradation of Congo Red Azo Dye.

A hydrothermal method was successfully employed to synthesize kesterite CuZnSnS (CZTS) nanoparticles. X-ray diffraction (XRD), Raman spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), field-emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM), energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and optical ultraviolet-visible (UV-vis) spectroscopy were used for characterization of structural, chemical, morphological, and optical properties. XRD results confirmed that a nanocrystalline CZTS phase corresponding to the kesterite structure was formed.

High-performance asymmetric supercapacitor based on a CdCO/CdO/CoO composite supported on Ni foam - part II: a three-electrode electrochemical study.

A binder-free CdCO/CdO/CoO compound with a micro-cube-like morphology on a nickel foam (NF) made a facile two-step hydrothermal + annealing procedure has been developed. The morphological, structural and electrochemical behavior of both the single compounds constituting this final product and the final product itself has been studied. The synergistic contribution effect of the single compounds in the final compounded resulting specific capacitance values are presented and discussed.

High-performance asymmetric supercapacitor based on CdCO/CdO/CoO composite supported on Ni foam.

A CdCO/CdO/CoO composite has been prepared on nickel foam through a combined hydrothermal-annealing method. An asymmetric hybrid supercapacitor (SC) device was assembled with this composite as the positive electrode and activated carbon was the negative electrode. The SC exhibited a high specific capacitance of 84 F g @ 1 mA cm, a maximum energy density of 26.

Silver Nanoparticle Arrays onto Glass Substrates Obtained by Solid-State Thermal Dewetting: A Morphological, Structural and Surface Chemical Study.

Silver nanoparticles (NPs) on glass substrates were obtained by a solid-state thermal dewetting (SSD) process using vacuum-evaporated-silver precursor layers. An exhaustive investigation of the morphological, structural, and surface chemistry properties by systematically controlling the precursor film thickness, annealing temperature, and time was conducted. Thin silver films with thicknesses of 40 and 80 nm were deposited and annealed in air by applying a combined heat-up+constant temperature-time program.

Vertically aligned ZnO@CuS@PEDOT core@shell nanorod arrays decorated with MnO₂ nanoparticles for a high-performance and semi-transparent supercapacitor electrode.

Hybrid nano-architectures with high electrochemical performance for supercapacitors have been designed by growing hierarchical ZnO NRs@CuS@PEDOT@MnO2 core@shell heterostructured nanorod arrays on ITO/glass substrates. This hybrid nano-structured electrode exhibits excellent electrochemical performance, with a high specific areal capacitance of 19.85 mF cm(-2), good rate capability, cycling stability and diffused coloured transparency.