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- Liu, Jincheng, et al.
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Gram-Scale Synthesis of Ultrathin Tungsten Oxide Nanowires and their Aspect Ratio-Dependent Photocatalytic Activity
- 2014
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Ingår i: Advanced Functional Materials. - : Wiley-VCH Verlag. - 1616-301X .- 1616-3028. ; 24:38, s. 6029-6037
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Preparation of size-tunable ultrathin W18O49 nanowires by an alcohol-assisted solvothermal decomposition of tungstic acid is reported. The synthesis of ultrathin W18O49 nanowires can be achieved at large scale and low cost, while changing the molecular size of the used alcohols can control the nanowire morphology. With increasing the molecular size of the alcohol, the synthesized W18O49 nanowires have smaller diameters and longer lengths. The as-prepared blue W18O49 nanomaterials show a very strong visible light absorption caused by oxygen defects and an aspect ratio-dependent photocatalytic activity on the degradation of pollutant rhodamine B (RhB) under simulated solar light irradiation. It is found that the W18O49 nanowires with highest aspect ratio show the highest activity in the photodegradation of RhB, which could be related to their higher density of oxygen surface defects in combination with a higher adsorption capability of RhB. This new synthetic route of size tunable ultrathin W18O49 nanomaterials will enlarge their potential applications and can be possibly used in the pyrolyzing synthesis of other metal oxide nanomaterials.
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- Yue, Jincheng, et al.
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Role of atypical temperature-responsive lattice thermal transport on the thermoelectric properties of antiperovskites Mg3XN (X = P, As, Sb, Bi)
- 2024
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Ingår i: Materials Today Physics. - : ELSEVIER. - 2542-5293. ; 41
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Antiperovskite materials have garnered significant attention due to their rich array of physical properties. In this study, we undertake a theoretical exploration into the phase stabilities, and the thermal and electronic transport properties of magnesium-based antiperovskite Mg3XN (X = P, As, Sb, and Bi) based on density functional theory (DFT) calculations, aiming at designing promising thermoelectric materials. The Mg3PN and Mg3AsN possess potential lattice distortion and strong quartic anharmonicity associated with the tilting displacement of Mg6N octahedra. After phonon renormalization, the thermal conductivity of Mg3PN and Mg3AsN exhibits relatively subdued temperature responsiveness with T-0.47 and T-0.62, respectively. Of note, the thermal conductivity of Mg3BiN drops the lowest at 900 K because of its distinctive rattle-dominated flat vibrational modes and strong temperature responsiveness with T-0.96, despite having a high initial value. Moreover, the combination of multiple degeneracy pockets and lighter dispersion band edges in Mg3XN ensures high Seebeck coefficient and impressive electronic conductivity, respectively. Ultimately, Mg3BiN achieves the optimal power factor, which also guarantees its excellent thermoelectric performance with the ZT values of 1.03 and 1.01 for n-type and ptype at 900 K, respectively. Our findings shed light on the significant impact of unconventional temperatureresponsive lattice thermal conductivity on thermoelectric materials for high-temperature applications.
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