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pH-Sensitive fluorescent sensor for Fe(III) and Cu(II) ions based on rhodamine ...

Spirocyclic rhodamine derivatives have great potential to be used as fluorescent sensors. Rho- damine B hydrazide (RBH) and its derivatives have been employed to detect various analytes. The interactions of a sensor with an analyte might result in the protonation or hydrolysis of the sensor. Understanding these processes is useful for developing new sensors with improved characteristics. In this work, the perfo...

UV-assisted anchoring of gold nanoparticles into TiO2 nanotubes for oxygen elec...

Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) have been deposited on titania nanotubular layers (TNT) via photocatalytic deposition, and the activity of the obtained AuNPs-TNT systems toward oxygen electroreduction reaction (ORR) in an alkaline medium has been studied and compared with the activity of AuNPs TNT composites prepared from Au colloidal solutions. Two photodeposition methods were utilized for anchoring of AuNPs: direc...

Effect of fluoride-mediated transformations on electrocatalytic performance of ...

Synthesis of ZnO mesoporous powders and their application in dye photodegradation

Mesoporous ZnO materials have been synthesized through chemical deposition of different precursors from aqueous or water-ethanol solutions followed by their thermal decomposition at 400°C in air. The microstructure and morphology of the precursors and obtained ZnO powders were characterized by X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscope (TEM) and nitrogen...

Sol-gel template synthesis of mesoporous carbon-doped TiO2 with photocatalytic ...

Mesoporous TiO2 powders with an anatase framework were synthesized through surfactant-assisted template method. The concentrated titania sol (7-8 wt.%) prepared from TiCl4 as a precursor was used in this synthesis. The soluble triblock copolymer Pluronic F127 was employed as a structure-directing agent and a carbon precursor to fabricate the carbon-doped mesoporous titania. The synthesized powders were characte...

Synthesis and characterization of efficient TiO2 mesoporous photocatalysts

Mesoporous TiO2 powder with large surface area and high porosity was prepared via template-free method of heat-stimulated oxidizing destruction of TiC by HNO3. Anatase crystalline phase of as-prepared and annealed at 200−400 °C titania was confirmed by XRD technique. Surface nitrate-nitro groups responsible for high adsorption capacity of the TiO2 powders were studied by FTIR spectroscopy. The annealing tempera...

Synthesis of ZnO mesoporous powders and their application in dye photodegradation

ZnO materials have attracted considerable interest due to their large - scale potential applications for photodiodes, photocatalysis, sensing and others. For photocatalytical application, ZnO is usually prepared with a mesoporous structure, providing a large surface area for enhancing the system performance. Nowadays, various methods have been explored to prepare ZnO porous powders and films. Among them , the m...

Electrocatalytic activity of Au nanoparticles onto TiO2 nanotubular layers in o...

Electrocatalytic activity of both bare high-ordered TiO2 nanotubes (TNTs) and gold nanoparticles (Au NPs) loaded TNTs toward oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) has been examined by cyclic voltammetry (CV). Cyclic voltammograms for Au NPs-TNT electrodes are characterized by an additional wave observed at less negative potentials which is responsible for oxygen electroreduction on the surface of gold NPs. The overpo...