Nanomaterials

The benefits of utilizing nanowire-based photoanodes for dye sensitized solar cells is quickly becoming apparent. Nanowire structures allow for the presence of an interfacial electric field that is otherwise absent in nanoparticle-based dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). This electric field...

The use of surfactant-directed mesostructured inorganic materials allows for the preparation of oxide frameworks as continuous transparent films with high inorganic-organic interfacial contact and the inclusion of diverse functional guest species. For example, mesostructured (10 nm) titania films...

Molecular dynamics and Monte Carlo simulations were used to study the ionic liquid 1-n-Hexyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(Trifluoromethylsulfonyl)amide ([hmim][Tf2N]) confined into the (20,20) and (9,9) carbon nanotubes and gases (CO2, H2) absorption into the composite material consisting of the ionic...

We are reporting the results of an alternative ferrite cycle in which the ferrite (CoFe2O4) is deposited on a porous Al2O3 support via atomic layer deposition (ALD). Rather than a traditional cycle, in which the ferrite is deposited on an inert support or is unsupported, the ferrite reacts with...

Photoelectrochemical cells (PEC) combine a photovoltaic device for light harvesting and an electrolyzer for water splitting into a single system. These cells consist of a photoanode for water oxidation and oxygen evolution, a cathode where hydrogen is evolved, and an electrolyte. A major obstacle...

This presentation will raise awareness of some key process issues involved in answering the following primary question: in manufacturing products designed for specific end-use applications (e.g. polymer nano-composites); or in the production of self-assembled nanomaterials with desirable structural...