Bismuth-based nanocomposites as potential materials for indoor air treatment.

Air pollution is a worldwide health hazard; thus, improving air quality is a demanding need. Photocatalysis is a robust strategy for air treatment. The boosted activity of the photocatalytic system depends on tuning their properties for the particular application.

Recent progress in organic waste recycling materials for solar cell applications.

Organic waste-derived solar cells (OWSC) are a classification of third-generation photovoltaic cells in which one or more constituents are fabricated from organic waste material. They are an inspirational complement to the conventional third-generation solar cell with the potential of revolutionizing our future approach to solar cell manufacture. This article provides a study and summary of solar cells that fall under the category of OWSC.

Optical improvement for modulating a high flux solar simulator designed for solar thermal and thermochemical research.

This study presents the optical improvement of a high flux solar simulator (HFSS) with controllable flux-spot capabilities developed for researching solar thermal and thermochemical processes. The HFSS is comprised of seven 2.5   Xenon arc lamps coupled with ellipsoidal reflectors, a servo-controlled attenuator curtain, and three-axes linear test bench.

Synthesis of Ruthenium-Doped TiO₂ Nanotube Arrays for the Photocatalytic Degradation of Terasil Blue Dye.

The oxidation of terasil blue dye (TB) has been achieved by photocatalysis under UV light using well organized nanotubes of Ti/TiO₂ doped with ruthenium (Ru/Ti/TiO₂). Ru/Ti/TiO₂ were fabricated by Ti anodization followed by impregnation with 0.04, 0.

Multi-point fiber refractometer using Fresnel reflection and a coherent optical frequency-domain multiplexing technique.

We demonstrate a simple multi-point refractometer based on the coherent optical frequency-domain multiplexing technique. As local refractive index sensors, interferometers of different lengths formed between cleaved fiber tips and reference weak reflectors are employed. Referent reflectors were fabricated by splicing into lead SMF-28 fiber a very short section of hollow optical fiber using a standard fiber splicer and a cleaver with an optical microscope.

Overlapped fiber-optic Michelson interferometers for simultaneous refractive index measurement at two sensing points.

We present a fiber refractometer based on the implementation of overlapped Michelson interferometers; the refractometer allows simultaneous refractive index measurement at two sensing points for samples discrimination. The fiber refractometer uses the Fresnel reflection in each fiber tip of the overlapped interferometers to generate the interference signal. Experimental results, implementing the two sensing points, for discrimination between non-contaminated and contaminated distilled water are presented.