In this contribution, the Co doped SnO2 transparent semi-conducting films are prepared by spray pyrolysis technique and the influence of N2-and Ar-ambient annealing on their structural, electrical and optical properties are studied. The SnO2:Co thin films were deposited on the glass substrate at substrate temperature of 480 ˚C using an aqueous-ethanol solution consisting of tin and cobalt chlor...

The porous Co3O4 nanowires were fabricated using a fluoride anion-assisted hydrothermal and controlled annealing route. The nanowires showed superior CO gas-sensing performances, such as high selectivity against CO and optimal sensing activity at a relatively low operating temperature (Top ≤ 100 °C). Such properties were ascribed to fluoride doping and porous nanowire structure.

This study explores the effects of Si and Si-P heteroatoms doping co-doping on a monolayer graphene surface through density functional analysis. The results suggest that with significantly alters bonding arrangement atoms surrounding sheet. Additionally, material had high concentration electrons in both co-doping, based electron population HOMO–LUMO gap sheets was found to decrease following or...

We report a complete multicomponent mean-field-theory for the coexistence and competition of charge ordering (CO), antiferromagnetic (AFM) and ferromagnetic (FM) spin ordering in the presence of a uniform magnetic field. Doping the AFM or CO state always generates a ferromagnetic component. Itinerant FM, AFM and CO, necessarily coexist and compete in a particle-hole asymmetric system. Melting o...

Φ1 inch Dy3+ and Ge4+ co-doped bismuth silicate (Bi4Si3O12, BSO) single crystals with the length of 80–100 mm were successfully grown by Bridgman method. They are transparent, free of cracks and inclusions. The white residual at the top parts of BSO crystals disappears with co-doping 1 mol% Dy3+ and more than 3 mol% Ge4+. The FWHM values of X-ray rocking curves shows 1%Dy,3%Ge:BSO crystal posse...

A series of Mgand/or Ce-doped Co3O4 (MgxCo1−xCo2O4 CexCo1−xCo2O4, MgxCeyCo1−x−yCo2O4) composite spinel metal-oxide catalyst was prepared by a coprecipitation method and evaluated for N2O direct decomposition. The activity measurement results suggest that Mg0.025Ce0.05Co0.925Co2O4 with a Mg/Ce mole ratio of 0.5 exhibited the highest N2O conversion activity, achieving 100% N2O conversion at T = 2...

Optical thermometry has been widely studied to achieve an inaccessible temperature measurement in submicron scale and it has been reported that the temperature sensitivity depends mainly on host types. In this work, we propose a new method to improve the optical temperature sensitivity of Yb3+-Er3+ co-doped CaWO4 phosphors by doping with Li+, Sr2+, and Mg2+ ions and by controlling excitation po...

Ferroelectric random access memory (FeRAM) has been in mass production for over 15 years. Higher polarization ferroelectric materials are needed for future devices which can operate above about 100 °C. With this goal in mind, co-doping of thin Pb(Zr40,Ti60)O3 (PZT) films with 1 at.% Bi and 1 at.% Fe was examined in order to enhance the ferroelectric properties as well as characterize the doped ...

o bjectives: this study aimed to compare a number of new nanocomposites capable of pro- tecting the jaw from ionizing radiation. mat erials and methods: four different types of nano-powders [ti, zr (iv) oxide, ag and co] were mixed in a polymer matrix to create nano-composites with doping values of 8% in weight. small-angle x-ray scattering (saxs) analysis was performed using a hecus- saxs syst...

The influence of Co (Ni) and B co-doping on the structural, magnetic and magnetocaloric properties of (Mn,Fe) 2 (P,Si) compounds is investigated by X-ray diffraction (XRD), differential scanning calorimetry, magnetic and direct temperature change measurements. It is found that Co (Ni) and B co-doping is an effective approach to tune both the Curie temperature and the thermal hysteresis of (Mn,F...