Lanthanide-doped semiconductor nanocrystals: electronic structures and optical properties

W Luo, Y Liu, X Chen - Science China Materials, 2015 - Springer
Abstract Trivalent lanthanide (Ln 3+) ions doped semiconductor nanomaterials have
recently attracted considerable attention owing to their distinct optical properties and their …

Theoretical insights into the mechanism of photocatalytic reduction of CO2 and water splitting over II-VI zinc chalcogenide semiconductor

S Hussain, X Yang, J Yang, Q Li - Materials Today Sustainability, 2024 - Elsevier
The reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and the energy problem, which have received a
lot of attention recently, can be addressed in substantial ways through photocatalytic carbon …

Augmentation of magnetic properties and antimicrobial activities of band gap modified Ho3+ and Sm3+ doped ZnO nanoparticles: A comparative experimental study

SA Ayon, M Jamal, MM Billah, S Neaz - Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2022 - Elsevier
ZnO nanoparticles (NPs) and rare-earth elements ie, Ho and Sm, doped ZnO NPs were
synthesized adopting the modified sol-gel route. Structural and morphological modifications …

Hydrothermal method to prepare Ce-doped BiOBr nanoplates with enhanced carrier transfer and photocatalytic activity

M Hu, A Yan, X Wang, F Huang, Q Cui, F Li… - Materials Research …, 2019 - Elsevier
Ce-doped bismuth oxybromide (BiOBr) nanoplates were successfully synthesized by a facile
hydrothermal method. The phase, composition, chemical state, microstructures, spectrum …

Pd-functionalized ZnO: Eu columnar films for room-temperature hydrogen gas sensing: a combined experimental and computational approach

C Lupan, R Khaledialidusti, AK Mishra… - … applied materials & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Reducing the operating temperature to room temperature is a serious obstacle on long-life
sensitivity with long-term stability performances of gas sensors based on semiconducting …

Eu doped ZnO nanoparticles with strong potential of thermal sensing and bioimaging

A Kumawat, S Chattopadhyay, RK Verma, KP Misra - Materials Letters, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Undoped and Eu doped ZnO (EZO) nanoparticles were prepared by sol–gel
coprecipitation whose average crystallite size lies within the range of 27.83–64.15 nm. The …

Facile synthesis of Pr-doped ZnO photocatalyst using sol–gel method and its visible light photocatalytic activity

I Ahmad, MS Akhtar, E Ahmed, M Ahmad - Journal of Materials Science …, 2020 - Springer
In the present research, pristine ZnO and praseodymium (Pr)-doped ZnO (Pr 0.02 Zn 0.98 O,
Pr 0.04 Zn 0.96 O) nanoparticles were synthesized using sol–gel method for photocatalytic …

Tuning electronic structure and optical properties of ZnO monolayer by Cd doping

C Tan, D Sun, D Xu, X Tian, Y Huang - Ceramics International, 2016 - Elsevier
Structural, electronic and optical properties of Cd-doped ZnO monolayer have been
investigated using first-principles density-functional theory based on the local density …

Enhanced photocatalytic performance of ZnO monolayer for water splitting via biaxial strain and external electric field

H Chen, C Tan, K Zhang, W Zhao, X Tian… - Applied Surface …, 2019 - Elsevier
The photocatalytic capability of ZnO monolayer for water splitting is restricted by low
absorption in the visible light region due to its wide band gap. Here, using density functional …

Defects-induced nonlinear saturable absorption mechanism in europium-doped ZnO nanoparticles synthesized by facile hydrothermal method

U Vinoditha, BK Sarojini, KM Sandeep, B Narayana… - Applied Physics A, 2019 - Springer
In the present work, the effect of europium (Eu) dopant on the third-order nonlinear optical
(NLO) responses of ZnO nanoparticles (NPs) is investigated. The NPs are synthesized by …