Wire-like Pt on mesoporous TiWO Nanomaterial with Compelling Electro-Activity for Effective Alcohol Electro-Oxidation.

Finding out robust active and sustainable catalyst towards alcohol electro-oxidation reaction is major challenges for large-scale commercialization of direct alcohol fuel cells. Herein, a robust Pt nanowires (NWs)/TiWO electrocatalyst, as the coherency of using non-carbon catalyst support and controlling the morphology and structure of the Pt nanocatalyst, was fabricated via an effortless chemical reduction reaction approach at room temperature without using surfactant/stabilizers or template to assemble an anodic electrocatalyst towards methanol electro-oxidation reaction (MOR) and ethanol electro-oxidation reaction (EOR). These observational results demonstrated that the Pt NWs/TiWO electrocatalyst is an intriguing anodic electrocatalyst, which can alter the state-of-the-art Pt NPs/C catalyst.

High Conductivity and Surface Area of Mesoporous TiWO₂ Materials as Promising Catalyst Support for Pt in Proton-Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells.

In this work, mesoporous TiWO₂ materials with high conductivity and surface area as promising catalyst support for Pt in Proton-Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells (PEMFCs) were synthesized via a single-step solvothermal process at low-temperature without using any surfactants or stabilizers. The characterizations of material are measured via XRD, TEM, SEM-EDS, and BET as well as electronic conductivity measurement. As a result, TiWO₂ formed a homogenous solid solution with mesoporous anatase-TiO₂ structure and uniformly spherical nanoparticles morphology of about ~10 nm diameter, together with a high electrical conductivity of 0.

Synthesis and Characterization of Advanced Nanomaterials: Tin-Doped Indium Oxide (ITO) and Platinium Deposited on Tin-Doped Indium Oxide (Pt/ITO).

This article describes the synthesis and characterization of tin-doped indium oxide (ITO) and platinum nanoparticles deposited on ITO. For different calcination temperatures, the tin-doped indium oxide nanoparticles (ITO NPs) were synthesized successfully by a nonaqueous sol-gel method with indium acetylacetonate and tin bis(acetylacetonate) dichloride in oleylamine as the precursors. The ITO sample that calcinated at 500 °C exhibited a spherical morphology with a narrow range of the particle size distribution (15-20 nm).

Advanced TiWO₂ Nanoparticles Prepared via Solvothermal Process Using Titanium Tetrachloride and Tungsten Hexachloride as Precursors.

The degradation of Pt-based catalysts is considered as the main barrier to the commercialization of fuel cells. M-doped TiO2 (M is a transition metal) has been investigated to improve the stability of electrocatalysts. Recently, W-doped TiO2 materials have been found as a good catalyst support for the photocatalyst applications but their application in Proton-exchange membrane fuel cell application has rarely been reported.

Nanostructured TiMo₃O₂ as Efficient Non-Carbon Support for PtRu Catalysts in Direct Methanol Fuel Cells.

This study was focused on a new strategy by investigating whether the novel Ti0.7Mo0.3O2 material can be used as a conductive support for PtRu to prevent carbon corrosion and improve catalyst activity as the novel Ti0.

One-Step Hydrothermal Synthesis of a New Nanostructure TiIr₃O₂ for Enhanced Electrical Conductivity: The Effect of pH on the Formation of Nanostructure.

Non-carbon materials are considered as the promising candidates for carbon-based catalyst support to increase the durability of proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs). Due to the high stability and good electrical conductivity of TiO2, M-doped TiO2 (M is transition metals: Mo, Ru, V, W) is an emerging candidate for Pt nanoparticles support on the cathode side of PEMFCs. In this research, the synthesis mechanism of Ti0.

Core-Shell Fe@SiO₂ Nanoparticles Synthesized via Modified Stober Method for High Activity in Cr(VI) Reduction.

In this paper, Fe@SiO2 nanoparticles (α-Fe nanoparticles coated with SiO2 shell) were synthesized at room temperature using the modified Stöber method combined with potassium borohydride (KBH4) reduction process. The present study depicts the facile synthesis of Fe@SiO2 without the presence of surfactants and stabilizers. In this experiment, KBH4 acted both as a reducing agent for iron salt and a catalyst for hydrolysis and polycondensation of tetraethylorthosilicate (TEOS).

Application of response surface methodology to optimize the fabrication of ZnCl-activated carbon from sugarcane bagasse for the removal of Cu.

The present study focused on the application of response surface methodology to optimize the fabrication of activated carbon (AC) from sugarcane bagasse for adsorption of Cu ion. The AC was synthesized via chemical activation with ZnCl as the activating agent. The central composite design based experiments were performed to assess the individual and interactive effect of influential parameters, including activation temperature, ZnCl impregnation ratio and activation time on the AC yield and removal of Cu ion from the aqueous environment.

Nanostructured Ti(0.7)Mo(0.3)O2 support enhances electron transfer to Pt: high-performance catalyst for oxygen reduction reaction.

The slow rate of the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and the instability of Pt-based catalysts are two of the most important issues that must be solved in order to make proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) a reality. Additionally, the serious carbon corrosion on the cathode side is a critical problem with respect to the durability of catalyst that limits its wide application. Here, we present a new approach by exploring robust noncarbon Ti(0.