The oxidative dehydrogenation (ODH) of propane was investigated on vanadia dispersed on alumina containing a nominal polymolybdate monolayer (4.8 Mo/nm2). Dehydrogenation rates and selectivities on these catalysts were compared with those on vanadia domains dispersed on alumina. At a given vanadia surface density, ODH reaction rates per gram of catalyst were about 1.5–2 times greater on MoOx -c...

ALD Al2O3/GaAs and Al2O3/In0.2Ga0.8As MOS and source-drain implanted MOSFET structure were fabricated and characterized by capacitance-voltage (CV) and current-voltage (I-V) measurements. It is shown that, after high-temperature anneal, the MOS leakage current density of the thinner (16nm) film is much higher than that of the thicker (30nm) film. The highquality Al2O3 (30nm)/In0.2Ga0.8As interf...

The interactions between 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium trifluoromethanesulfonate ([BMIM][TFS]) and nano-Al2O3 are studied using high-pressure infrared spectroscopy. The thickness of the [BMIM][TFS] interfacial layer on the aluminum oxide are adjusted by controlling the number of washes with ethanol. In contrast to the results obtained under ambient pressure, local structures of both the cations a...

This paper describes the results of room temperature joining of TiO2 / SiO2 IRF by sputter deposition with a special emphasis of improvement of adherence at the interface. This multilayer system is designed to shield the infrared energy of solar spectrum by interference reflection. The abrasion resistance of the multilayer stacks was also estimated by the Haze value after the Taber abrasion tes...

Nanostructured ceramics and their composites possess improved properties such as tensile strength, fatigue strength, hardness, and wear resistance. Freestanding, near-net shape, nanostructured Al2O3 components can be synthesized via plasma-spray forming. In this study, plasma-spray parameters were optimized and an innovative substrate cooling technique was developed to retain nanosize Al2O3 in ...

The catalytic hydrogenation of p-nitrophenol to p-aminophenol was investigated over alumina supported nickel catalysts prepared by impregnation reduction method and mechanical mixing method. The catalysts were characterized by XRD and FESEM. The results show that the nickel particle diameter of alumina supported nickel prepared by impregnation reduction method (denoted as Ni/Al2O3) is slightly ...

In order to obtain a good passivation of a silicon surface, more and more stack passivation schemes have been used in high-efficiency silicon solar cell fabrication. In this work, we prepared a-Si:H(i)/Al2O3 stacks on KOH solution-polished n-type solar grade mono-silicon(100) wafers. For the Al2O3 film deposition, both thermal atomic layer deposition (T-ALD) and plasma enhanced atomic layer dep...

This work presents vertical flash memory devices with protein-assembled PbSe nanocrystals as a floating gate and Al2O3 as a control oxide. The advantage of a vertical structure is that it improves cell density. Protein assembly improves uniformity of nanocrystals, which reduces threshold voltage variation among devices. The introduction of Al2O3 as a control oxide provided lower voltage/faster ...

The characterization of mixed oxides of TiO2/SiO2 and TiO2/Al2O3 prepared by sol-gel methods is described. Application of the TiO2/Al2O3 material for the photocatalytic decomposition of salicylic acid gave improved activity relative to TiO2-only materials. The photocatalytic activity of TiO2/SiO2, TiO2/Al2O3, and TiO2 toward the photocatalytic decomposition of phenol demonstrated the enhancemen...

Corundum, a-Al2O3, is the thermodynamically stable phase of coarsely crystalline aluminum oxide, but syntheses of nanocrystalline Al2O3 usually result in g-Al2O3. Adsorption microcalorimetry, thermogravimetric analyses, and Brunauer-Emmett-Teller adsorption experiments, coupled with recently reported high-temperature solution calorimetry data, prove that g-Al2O3 has a lower surface energy than ...