Nanocrystallite ceria-doped scandia-stabilized zirconia (1Ce10ScSZ) powders are prepared using a combination of co-precipitation and hydrothermal treatments. Power density of 1.0 W cm(-2) is obtained at 1.6 A cm(-2) and 800 °C due to the drastic reduction of ohmic and polarization resistance in the SOFC cell.

in this work the synthesization process of nanocrstallite nd:ktp powders by modified pechini methodwas studied. the results of xrd studies indicate that ktp nanocrystallites doped by nd has orthorhombicphase. the structural and lattice modes of the synthesized nanocrystallite products were investigated byusing micro raman back scattering and ft-ir transmission spectroscopies. sem imaging techni...

In this work the synthesization process of nanocrstallite Nd:KTP powders by modified Pechini method was studied. The results of XRD studies indicate that KTP nanocrystallites doped by Nd has orthorhombic phase. The structural and lattice modes of the synthesized nanocrystallite products were investigated by using Micro Raman back scattering and FT-IR transmission spectroscopies. SEM imaging tec...

In this letter, we demonstrate the formation of unique Ga/GaAs/Si nanowire heterostructures, which were successfully implemented in nanoscale light-emitting devices with visible room temperature electroluminescence. Based on our recent approach for the integration of InAs/Si heterostructures into Si nanowires by ion implantation and flash lamp annealing, we developed a routine that has proven t...

A general theory of heteroepitaxial lateral growth of nanocrystallites via successive nucleation at the concave corner of the nanocrystallite and the substrate was developed. The theory treats the existence of a rotational instability of crystallographic orientation induced by the imbalance of surface/interface energy. From the theory it can be concluded that the crystallographic orientation ma...

Employing newly synthesized di-substituted tri-phenyl amine (HMP-9) and carbazole (HMP-11) dyes (with limited acidic carboxyl anchor groups), a power conversion efficiency as high as 7.03% in ZnO nanocrystallite (NC)-based dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) is achieved. The specific molecular designs of HMP-09 and HMP-11 consisting of with and without hexyloxy spacer groups, and added tri-pheny...

Photoluminescence ~PL! spectra of as-made porous Si samples were obtained in a wide peak-wavelength range. After exposure to air or coupling with C60 molecules, the PL peak shifts to a pinning wavelength within the range of 610–630 nm. This pinning wavelength is almost independent of the size of the original porous Si nanocrystallites and both redshifting and blueshifting can occur for differen...

The preparation of TiO(2) nanocrystallite powders coated with and without 9 mol% ZnO has been studied for cosmetic applications in sunscreens by a co-precipitation process using TiCl(4) and Zn(NO(3))(2)·6H(2)O as starting materials. XRD results show that the phases of anatase TiO(2) and rutile TiO(2) coexist for precursor powders without added ZnO (T-0Z) and calcined at 523 to 973 K for 2 h. Wh...

We study the emission line shapes of single CdSe nanocrystallite quantum dots. Single dot line shapes are found to result from rapid spectral shifting of the emission spectrum rather than the intrinsic physics of the quantum dot. A strong dependence of single dot line widths on excitation intensity, wavelength, temperature, and integration time is found and is correlated with the number of time...

Nanocrystallite α-cordierite glass-ceramics are synthesized using a modified Pechini method. The structural and lattice modes of the products are investigated via XRD and Micro Raman back-scattering spectroscopy. The Debye-Scherrer formula is used to confirm the grain sizes estimated by the SEM slides. Dielectric coefficients calculation and DTA analysis are used to study the synthesized nanocr...