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- Arvizu, Miguel A, et al.
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Electrochromism in sputter-deposited W-Ti oxide films : Durability enhancement due to Ti
- 2014
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Ingår i: Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. - : Elsevier BV. - 0927-0248 .- 1879-3398. ; 125, s. 184-189
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Thin films of W-Ti oxide were prepared by reactive DC magnetron sputtering and were characterized by Rutherford bathcattering spectrometry, X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy and atomic force microscopy. The electrochromic properties were studied by cyclic voltammetry in an electrolyte of lithium perchlorate in propylene carbonate and by optical transmittance measurements. The addition of Ti significantly promoted the amorphous nature of the films and stabilized their electrochemical cycling performance and dynamic range for electrochromism. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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- Ivanova, Tatyana, et al.
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Morphological Study of Sol-Gel Derived ZnO : In Thin Films
- 2017
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Ingår i: Proceeding of the 2017 40Th International Spring Seminar On Electronics Technology (ISSE). - 9781538605820 - 9781538605837
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- This work presents morphological, structural and optical studies of ZnO and ZnO:In nanostructured thin films depending on In doping (four different concentrations). XRD study of 600°C annealed ZnO:In films reveals that crystallization strongly depends on indium concentration. The films are crystallized in wurtzite structure and only for the films with highest In addition, two crystal phases are detected wurtzite ZnO and cubic In 2 O 3 . The AFM investigation reveals that the lowest Root Mean Squared Roughness(RMS) is revealed for ZnO:In 0.5 film (15.96 nm) and the roughness increases up to 64.52 nm for ZnO:In 1. Columnar type structures can be observed in the AFM micrographs of the other two films - ZnO:In 2 and ZnO:In 3, as the columns vary in height and size. The effect of the indium doping into ZnO reveals changing of optical transmittance compared to ZnO film. The optical band gap of ZnO:In films, annealed at 600°C is in the range of 3.06-3.27 eV.
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- Stefanov, Bozhidar I, et al.
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Acetaldehyde adsorption and condensation on anatase TiO2 : Influence of acetaldehyde dimerization
- 2014
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Ingår i: Journal of Molecular Catalysis A. - : Elsevier. - 1381-1169 .- 1873-314X. ; 381, s. 77-88
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Conversion of acetaldehyde to crotonaldehyde on anatase TiO2 films was studied by in situ Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and by density functional theory (DFT) calculations. In situ FTIR showed that acetaldehyde adsorption is accompanied by the appearance of a hitherto non-assigned absorption band at 1643 cm−1, which is shown to be due to acetaldehyde dimers. The results were supported by DFT calculations. Vibrational frequencies calculated within a partially relaxed cluster model for molecular acetaldehyde and its dimer, and for the corresponding adsorbed species on the anatase (101) surface, were in good agreement with experimental results. A kinetic model was constructed based on the combined FTIR and DFT results, and was shown to explain the essential features of the acetaldehyde condensation reaction.
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- Stefanov, Bozhidar I., et al.
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Demonstrating Online Monitoring of Air Pollutant Photodegradation in a 3D Printed Gas-Phase Photocatalysis Reactor
- 2015
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Ingår i: Journal of Chemical Education. - : American Chemical Society (ACS). - 0021-9584 .- 1938-1328. ; 92:4, s. 678-682
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We present a demonstration of online monitoring of gas-phase photocatalytic reactions. A cotton cloth impregnated with commercial titanium dioxide nanoparticles is used as a photocatalytic filter to clean air contaminated with a model pollutant. A fan forces air through the filter while it is irradiated by UV diodes. The concentration of the air pollutant is measured online by an inexpensive, commercially available semiconductor air quality sensor. The structural parts of the reactor were 3D printed in polylactide bioplastic. We provide all schematics, 3D printed model parts, hardware, firmware, and computer code of the reactor and control units. The device can be used for interactive learning of both gas phase photocatalysis and gas sensing, as well as in student laboratory classes for measuring air pollutants and their photodegradation. The experimental setup can also form the basis for a project work for chemical engineering university students, and it can be employed as a building block for development of other gas phase chemical reaction demonstrations.
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- Stefanov, Bozhidar I., et al.
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Effects of Anodic Aluminum Oxide Substrate Pore Geometry on the Gas-Phase Photocatalytic Activity of ZnO/Al2O3 Composites Prepared by Atomic Layer Deposition
- 2021
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Ingår i: Symmetry. - : MDPI. - 2073-8994. ; 13:8
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We report on the photocatalytic activity of ZnO layers deposited by atomic layer deposition on a porous anodic aluminum oxide substrate with hexagonal pore symmetry and varied pore dimensions. ZnO/Al2O3 composites were prepared with pore diameters in the range 93–134 nm and interpore distance in the range 185–286 nm, and their photocatalytic activity was measured for gas-phase photocatalytic oxidation of acetaldehyde at varying UV illumination intensities (0.08–3.94 mW cm−2). The results show that substrates with narrower pore diameters (<115 nm, in the case of this study) have a detrimental effect on the photocatalyst performance, despite their higher effective surface. The results are explained on the basis of limited mass transfer inside the porous structure and can be used as a guideline in the purposeful design of photocatalysts with a nanoporous or nanotubular structure.
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- Österlund, Lars, 1967-, et al.
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Spectral Selective Solar Light Enhanced Photocatalysis : TiO2/TiAlN Bilayer Films
- 2018
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Ingår i: Topics in catalysis. - : Springer Publishing Company. - 1022-5528 .- 1572-9028. ; 61:15-17, s. 1607-1614
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We demonstrate that spectral selective photocatalytic multilayer films can be tailored such that they can harness the full solar spectrum for enhanced photocatalytic gas-phase oxidation of acetaldehyde. Thin films of anatase TiO2 were deposited on a thin solar absorber TiAlN film to fabricate bilayer TiO2/TiAlN films by dc magnetron sputtering on aluminium substrates. The structural and optical properties of the films were characterized by X-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopy. The reaction rate and quantum yield for acetaldehyde removal was measured and an almost tenfold enhancement of the quantum yield was observed for the TiO2/TiAlN films compared with the single TiO2 film, on par with enhancements achieved with new heterojunction photocatalysts. The results were interpreted by a temperature-induced change of the reaction kinetics. Absorption of simulated solar light illumination resulted in a temperature increase of the TIAlN film that was estimated to be at most 126 K. We show that a concomitant temperature increase of the top layer TiO2 by 100 K shifts the water gas surface equilibrium from multilayer to submonolayer coverage. We propose that this is the main reason for the observed enhancement of the photocatalytic activity, whereby gas phase molecules may come in direct contact with free surface sites instead of having to diffuse through a thin water film. The implications of the results for judicious control of temperature and relative humidity for efficient gas-phase photocatalysis and exploitation of selective solar absorbing films are discussed.
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