Solar Water Splitting: Progress Using Hematite (α‐Fe2O3) Photoelectrodes

K Sivula, F Le Formal, M Grätzel - ChemSusChem, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Photoelectrochemical (PEC) cells offer the ability to convert electromagnetic energy from our
largest renewable source, the Sun, to stored chemical energy through the splitting of water …

FeO-based nanostructures and nanohybrids for photoelectrochemical water splitting

Š Kment, K Sivula, A Naldoni, SP Sarmah… - Progress in Materials …, 2020 - Elsevier
The need to satisfy the growing global population's enormous energy demands is a major
challenge for modern societies. Photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting (WS) is seen as …

Simple and rapid synthesis of α-Fe2O3 nanowires under ambient conditions

AG Nasibulin, S Rackauskas, H Jiang, Y Tian… - Nano Research, 2009 - Springer
We propose a simple method for the efficient and rapid synthesis of one-dimensional
hematite (α-Fe 2 O 3) nanostructures based on electrical resistive heating of iron wire under …

The origin of hematite nanowire growth during the thermal oxidation of iron

L Yuan, Y Wang, R Cai, Q Jiang, J Wang, B Li… - Materials Science and …, 2012 - Elsevier
The oxidation of Fe in pure oxygen between 400° C and 600° C has been investigated in
order to obtain insight into the mechanism of the spontaneous formation of α-Fe2O3 …

A review on sensing and catalytic activity of nano-catalyst for synthesis of one-step ammonia and urea: Challenges and perspectives

S Qureshi, M Mumtaz, FK Chong, A Mukhtar, S Saqib… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
One of the most significant chemical operations in the past century was the Haber-Bosch
catalytic synthesis of ammonia, a fertilizer vital to human life. Many catalysts are developed …

Towards large-scale plasma-assisted synthesis of nanowires

U Cvelbar - Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
Large quantities of nanomaterials, eg nanowires (NWs), are needed to overcome the high
market price of nanomaterials and make nanotechnology widely available for general public …

Low temperature thermal oxidation synthesis of ZnO nanoneedles and the growth mechanism

W Yu, C Pan - Materials Chemistry and Physics, 2009 - Elsevier
This paper introduced a novel and simple process for synthesizing one-dimensional ZnO
nanoneedles at a relatively low temperature in the air. The morphologies and …

Polymorphous Fe/FexOy composites: One-step oxidation preparation, composition control, and static magnetic and electromagnetic characteristics

GX Tong, JH Yuan, J Ma, JG Guan, WH Wu… - Materials Chemistry and …, 2011 - Elsevier
Polymorphous Fe/FexOy core–shell and urchin-like composites were synthesized via a
facile oxidation process at relatively low temperatures (100–300° C) in the absence of …

Effects of oxidation on tensile deformation of iron nanowires: Insights from reactive molecular dynamics simulations

G Aral, YJ Wang, S Ogata, ACT Van Duin - Journal of Applied Physics, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
The influence of oxidation on the mechanical properties of nanostructured metals is rarely
explored and remains poorly understood. To address this knowledge gap, in this work, we …

Preparation of Hyperbranched Structures of α-Fe2O3

YS Cho, YD Huh - Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society, 2009 - koreascience.kr
Hierarchical structures ofmetal oxides comprised of nano particles, nanorods, and nanobelts
as building blocks have attracted great interest due to their novel structures, properties, and …