The Design of ZnO Nanorod Arrays Coated with MnOx for High Electrochemical Stability of a Pseudocapacitor Electrode.

Tremendous efforts have been made on the development of unique electrochemical capacitors or pseudocapacitors due to the overgrowing electrical energy demand. Here, the authors report a new and simple strategy for fabricating hybrid MnOx-coated ZnO nanorod arrays. First, the vertically aligned ZnO nanorods were prepared by chemical bath deposition (CBD) as a template providing a large surface area for active material deposition.

Cross-sectional observation of yttrium and nickel oxide doped ceria powder.

In this paper, microstructures of ceria powder, synthesized using spray pyrolysis method, were characterized by focused ion beam technique and transmission electron microscopy. Dependence of the shape of powder particle on the size was found. It appears a spherical shape with the diameter less than approximately 500 nm and shows cup-like shape when their diameters become larger as a result of concaving.