A laboratory test with a flow-through system was designed and its applicability for testing antifouling paints of varying efficacies was investigated. Six different formulations of antifouling paints were prepared to have increasing contents (0 to 40 wt.%) of Cu2O, which is the most commonly used antifouling substance, and each formulation of paint was coated on just one surface of every test p...

Nitrogen doping is a promising method of engineering the electronic structure of a metal oxide to modify its optical and electrical properties; however, the doping effect strongly depends on the types of defects introduced. Herein, we report a comparative study of nitrogen-doping-induced defects in Cu2O. Even in the lightly doped samples, a considerable number of nitrogen interstitials (Ni) for...

The quartz/Al-ZnO film/nanostructured Al-ZnO/CdSe/Cu2O extremely thin absorber solar cell has been successfully realized. The Al-doped ZnO one-dimensional nanostructures on quartz templates covered by a sputtering Al-doped ZnO film was used as the n-type electrode. A 19- to 35-nm-thin layer of CdSe absorber was deposited by radio frequency magnetron sputtering, coating the ZnO nanostructures. T...

An efficient technique for writing 2D oxide patterns on conductive substrates is proposed and demonstrated in this paper. The technique concerns a novel concept for selective electrodeposition, in which a minimum quantity of liquid electrolyte, through an extrusion nozzle, is delivered and manipulated into the desired shape on the substrate, meanwhile being electrodeposited into the product by ...

Gas sensors with high sensitivity at and below room temperature, especially below freezing temperature, have been expected for practical application. The lower working temperature of gas sensor is better for the manufacturability, security and environmental protection. Herein, we propose a H2S gas sensor with high sensitivity at and below room temperature, even as low as -30 °C, based on Cu2O/C...

A eletrodissolução de ligas de Cu-Zn, de diferentes composição química (CuZn37 e CuZn39Pb3) foi estudada em solução tampão de acetato, pH 5, através de medidas de potencial de circuito aberto e voltametria cíclica, sob condições estáticas e dinâmicas. A menor resistência à corrosão detectada nestas ligas, comparativamente ao Cu puro, foi atribuída à estrutura da camada anódica formada ZnO.x H 2...

CuO and Cu2O powders were reacted by hydrogen to study the reduction mechanism and the ionic states of Cu (Cu2+, Cu and Cu). The reduction behaviour and the existence of an intermediate state were investigated by using synchrotron-based high-resolution in situ x-ray diffraction (S-XRD) techniques. The results revealed that CuO directly reduces to metallic Cu (Cu → Cu), under a normal flow of hy...

Most photocatalysts only function under illumination, while many potential applications require continuous activities in dark. Thus, novel photocatalysts should be developed, which could store part of their photoactivity in "memory" under illumination and then be active from this "memory" after the illumination is turned off for an extended period of time. Here a novel composite photocatalyst o...

The current work focuses on working a comparison between two solar cells made with the combination, n-TiO2/p-CuO, and n-TiO2/p-Cu2O devices. structural, optical, photovoltaic characteristics were detailed. In optical section, measurements for TiO2 (120 nm), CuO (200 Cu2O nm) thin films illustrated, then energy of transition was calculated based Tauc formula each layer. direct gap energies TiO2,...