Noble metal–metal oxide nanohybrids with tailored nanostructures for efficient solar energy conversion, photocatalysis and environmental remediation

X Liu, J Iocozzia, Y Wang, X Cui, Y Chen… - Energy & …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
The controlled synthesis of nanohybrids composed of noble metals (Au, Ag, Pt and Pd, as
well as AuAg alloy) and metal oxides (ZnO, TiO2, Cu2O and CeO2) have received …

Retracted Article: Recent advances of metal–metal oxide nanocomposites and their tailored nanostructures in numerous catalytic applications

C Ray, T Pal - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
The skilful synthesis of nanohybrids composed of noble metals (Au, Ag, Pt and Pd, as well
as AuAg alloy) and metal oxides (ZnO, TiO2, Cu2O, MnO2, Fe2O3, WO3 and CeO2) has …

Light trapping in mesoporous solar cells with plasmonic nanostructures

WR Erwin, HF Zarick, EM Talbert… - Energy & Environmental …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Plasmon resonances in metal nanostructures have been extensively harnessed for light
trapping in mesoporous solar cells (MSCs), including dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) …

Progress, challenges and future prospects of plasmonic nanofluid based direct absorption solar collectors–a state-of-the-art review

S Kumar, N Chander, VK Gupta, R Kukreja - Solar Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
The use of nanofluids improves the overall performance of solar thermal collectors and has
been studied explicitly in the last decade. More recently, to overcome the limitations of …

Microfluidic technologies for nanoparticle formation

F Tian, L Cai, C Liu, J Sun - Lab on a Chip, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Functional nanoparticles (NPs) hold immense promise in diverse fields due to their unique
biological, chemical, and physical properties associated with size or morphology …

Progress in plasmonic solar cell efficiency improvement: A status review

P Mandal, S Sharma - Renewable and sustainable energy reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
Solar cell efficiency improvement has been one of the major concerns to realize ultimately
the cost effective efficient solar cells. Among various ways to improve solar cell efficiency …

Physico-chemical condition optimization during biosynthesis lead to development of improved and catalytically efficient gold nano particles

M Kumari, A Mishra, S Pandey, SP Singh… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Biosynthesis of nanoparticles has gained great attention in making the process cost-effective
and eco-friendly, but there are limited reports which describe the interdependency of …

[HTML][HTML] Synthesis of gold nanoparticles using herbal Acorus calamus rhizome extract and coating on cotton fabric for antibacterial and UV blocking applications

RM Ganesan, HG Prabu - Arabian Journal of Chemistry, 2019 - Elsevier
Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) have been synthesized by greener method using chloroauric
acid as precursor and extract of Acorus calamus rhizome as reducing agent. Formation of …

Open-Circuit Voltage (VOC) Enhancement in TiO2-Based DSSCs: Incorporation of ZnO Nanoflowers and Au Nanoparticles

S Borbón, S Lugo, D Pourjafari, N Pineda Aguilar… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
An important reason for the relatively low efficiency of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) is
the low open-circuit voltage (V OC) of about 0.7 V for a standard solar cell with a dye that …

Ionic liquids for nano-and microstructures preparation. Part 2: Application in synthesis

J Łuczak, M Paszkiewicz, A Krukowska… - Advances in colloid and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Ionic liquids (ILs) are widely applied to prepare metal nanoparticles and 3D semiconductor
microparticles. Generally, they serve as a structuring agent or reaction medium (solvent) …