Increasing demand for green energy storage systems, arising from the rapid development of portable electronics, has triggered tremendous research efforts for designing new or high-performance electrodes.
Multilevel interior nanoporous CuCoO microspheres have been for the first time developed using a facile self-templated method. Electrochemical results in three- and two-electrode systems show that the double-shelled hollow microsphere electrode is a promising candidate for high-performance supercapacitors.
Hierarchical multi-shelled nanoporous mixed copper cobalt phosphide microspheres have been for the first time developed as a novel advanced electrode with superior electrochemical properties.
High-quality LiNbO 3 colloidal nanocrystals were synthesized by the sol−gel technique. Morphological, structural, and optical spectroscopy methods were used to characterize LiNbO 3 colloidal nanocrystals. To investigate the optical properties, UV− visible absorption spectroscopy was used, which showed that the absorption peak was around 250 nm. Zeta potential was used to determine the stability of colloidal LN nanoparticles. Selected area electron diffraction patterns and X-ray diffraction patterns indicated that the dried LiNbO 3 sol formed in the rhombohedral crystal system. Field-emission scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy were used to study the morphological properties, which showed that the average diameter of colloidal nanocrystals is about 23 nm. Finally, two emission peaks were observed at 420 (violet) and 485 nm (blue) wavelengths in the photoluminescence (PL) spectrum. Also, using the PL measurements, the quantum yield for colloidal LiNbO 3 was calculated to be 87% at an excitation wavelength of 250 nm. Experimental results have shown that highly stable LiNbO 3 colloidal nanocrystals were synthesized that have enough potential for quantum photonics applications such as waveguides. The highly stable colloidal form of LiNbO 3 nanocrystals has not been synthesized before, and the mentioned optical properties are reported for the first time.
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