Investigation of the solvent and alkoxide precursor effect on the nonhydrolytic sol-gel synthesis of oxide nanoparticles by means of an ether elimination (Bradley) reaction indicates that the best crystallinity of the resulting oxide particles is achieved on application of aprotic ketone solvents, such as acetophenone, and of smallest possible alkoxide groups. The size of the produced primary p...

the perovskite-structured la2cuo4 nanoparticles (lco nps) have been synthesized via an ultrasonic-assisted co-precipitation route using octanoic acidas organic surfactant, and the phase composition, morphology, lattice parameters and size of nanoparticles  are characterized through fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ft-ir), x-ray diffraction (xrd), scanning electron microscopy (sem) and t...

Using reduced graphene oxide (rGO) as a template and high temperature sol-gel chemistry, we have prepared LaFeO3 nanoparticles (NPs). The 15 nm LaFeO3 NPs have a bandgap of 1.86 eV and the LaFeO3-rGO can function as an efficient catalyst for degradation of methylene blue (MB) or Rhodamine B (RhB) under visible-light irradiation with the electron transfer from the dye to hole dominating the oxid...

the perovskite-structured la2cuo4 nanoparticles have been synthesized via an ultrasonic-assisted co-precipitation route using octanoic acid as organic surfactant, and the phase composition, morphology, lattice parameters and size of nanoparticles are characterized through fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, x-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscop...

Developing multicomponent superlattices (SLs) using lead halide perovskite nanocrystals (NCs) is challenging due to weak ionic bonding and the high mobility of ions. Recently, Kovalenko et al. developed SLs, including binary cubic perovskite-like ternary columnar SLs. The CsPbBr3 are promising building blocks for SLs that produce short, intense bursts light known as superfluorescence (SF) previ...

Hetero-structured DP/RP-SFCuM perovskite composites with exsolved Fe and Cu metallic nanoparticles exhibit excellent electrochemical performance in CO 2 electrolysis reactions for high solid oxide cells.

In recent years, hybrid organic–inorganic perovskite light absorbers have attracted much attention in the field of solar cells due to their optoelectronic characteristics that enable high power conversion efficiencies. Perovskite-based solar cells’ efficiency has increased dramatically from 3.8% to more than 20% in just a few years, making them a promising low-cost alternative for photovoltaic ...

The surface structure of (110) faceted strontium titanate nanoparticles synthesized via solvothermal method has been resolved using high-resolution electron microscopy (HREM). We demonstrate that the surface is a titania-rich structure containing tetrahedrally coordinated TiO4 units similar to the family of (n × 1) reconstructions observed on (110) surfaces of bulk crystalline strontium titanat...

The area of thin-film photovoltaics has been overwhelmed by organometal halide perovskites. Unfortunately, serious stability concerns arise with perovskite solar cells. For example, methyl-ammonium lead iodide is known to decompose in the presence of water and, more severely, even under inert conditions at elevated temperatures. Here, we demonstrate inverted perovskite solar cells, in which the...

La1-xSrxCoO3-δ belongs to the group of perovskite oxides of the ABO3 structure, with a trivalent rare earth in the A position (La) and a trivalent metal ion in the B position (Co). Doping with divalent Srions at the trivalent La-positions creates oxygen vacancies which give the oxide catalytic properties to H2O2. However, the conventional techniques which are used to prepare this oxide such as ...