Selenium nanomaterials: an overview of recent developments in synthesis, properties and potential applications

S Chaudhary, A Umar, SK Mehta - Progress in Materials Science, 2016 - Elsevier
Advances in science and nanotechnology have facilitated the development of new methods
for the preparation of pure selenium as selenium nanomaterials. They offer remarkable …

Recent advancements in the synthetic mechanism and surface engineering of transition metal selenides for energy storage and conversion applications

S Khan, N Ullah, A Mahmood, M Saad… - Energy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Novel catalytic materials are under investigation to find convincing energy alternatives. In
this context, transition metal selenides (TMSes) are found to be feasible, ecofriendly, and …

Role of surface states in photocatalysis: study of chlorine-passivated CdSe nanocrystals for photocatalytic hydrogen generation

WD Kim, JH Kim, S Lee, S Lee, JY Woo… - Chemistry of …, 2016 - ACS Publications
We examine the effects of chlorine-passivation of Cd surface atoms on photocatalytic H2O
reduction by CdSe NCs. Transient absorption spectroscopy reveals that Cl passivation …

Hole extraction by design in photocatalytic architectures interfacing CdSe quantum dots with topochemically stabilized tin vanadium oxide

JL Andrews, J Cho, L Wangoh… - Journal of the …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Tackling the complex challenge of harvesting solar energy to generate energy-dense fuels
such as hydrogen requires the design of photocatalytic nanoarchitectures interfacing …

A facile and fast synthetic approach to create selenium nanoparticles with diverse shapes and their antioxidation ability

B Yu, P You, M Song, Y Zhou, F Yu… - New Journal of Chemistry, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
A synthetic method is proposed to produce nanostructures simply with diverse morphology
and dimensions, which plays a critical role in the development of nanoscience and …

Formation of Cu layer on Al nanoparticles during thermite reaction in Al/CuO nanoparticle composites: Investigation of off-stoichiometry ratio of Al and CuO …

K Lee, D Kim, J Shim, S Bae, BE Treml, J Yoo… - Combustion and …, 2015 - Elsevier
We analyzed thermite reactions in composites comprised of Al and CuO nanoparticles (NPs)
and investigated pressure change and pressurization rate as a function of composition …

Spectral sensitization of TiO2 with electrodeposited PbSe: improvement of photocurrent stability and light conversion efficiency

DK Ivanou, YA Ivanova, SK Poznyak, M Starykevich… - Electrochimica …, 2017 - Elsevier
This work focuses on spectral sensitization of mesoporous TiO 2 films and Nb-doped TiO 2
films with polydisperse PbSe nanoparticles (TiO 2/PbSe). For this, PbSe was …

Surface energy-driven growth of crystalline PbS octahedra and dendrites in the presence of cyclodextrin–surfactant supramolecular complexes

P Kumar, WD Kim, S Lee, DT Lee, K Lee… - Journal of Nanoparticle …, 2015 - Springer
PbS crystals of cubic, octahedral, and dendritic shapes are synthesized in an aqueous
solution that contains supramolecular complexes of β-cyclodextrin (CD) and …

One-step electrosynthesis and photoelectric conversion of selenium nanowires wrapped with graphene quantum dots

X Zhang, R Ke, S Zhang, H Niu, J Song, C Mao, B Jin… - Electrochimica …, 2015 - Elsevier
Using graphene quantum dots (GQDs) and H 2 SeO 3 as precursors, the reduced graphene
quantum dots/Se nanowires (rGQDs/SeNWs) composite was electro-synthesized in the …

A photoelectrochemical methodology to obtain nanorods of crystalline hexagonal trigonal selenium

D Coelho, GM Luiz, SAS Machado - Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, 2018 - Elsevier
The conditions for trigonal selenium film deposition on gold substrate (f-Se) was investigated
using cyclic voltammetry, chronoamperometry, optical microscopy, scanning electron …