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Solvothermal Synthesis of Molybdenum–Tungsten Oxides and Their Application for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting
2018
Molybdenum and tungsten oxides are of interest as semiconductors for the production of clean and sustainable energy. Here we show that synergistic effects arising from a combination of noncrystalli...
Phase selective synthesis of ZnS nanoparticles from structurally new dithiocarbamate precursor
2015
Abstract A phase selective solvothermal synthesis of ZnS (wurzite) nanoparticles with a flower-like morphology using a dithiocarbamate precursor, [Zn(4-dpmpzdtc)2(dpmpz)] (1) (where, dpmpz=(diphenylmethyl)piperazine), is described. The nanoparticles were identified as ZnS (wurzite) with the particle size of about 3 to 10 nm by scanning and transmission electron microscopy as well as powder X-ray diffraction (XRD). In addition, the precursor complex 1 was characterized using single crystal X-ray diffraction.
Gallium Concentration Optimisation of Gallium Doped Zinc Oxide for Improvement of Optical Properties
2021
The research has been supported by project ERA.NET RUS_ST2017-05 (Latvia) and No. 18-52-76002 (Russia). The Institute of Solid State Physics, University of Latvia as the Centre of Excellence has received funding from the European Union’s Hori-zon 2020 Framework Programme H2020-WIDESPREAD-01-2016-2017-Teaming-Phase2 under grant agreement No. 739508, project CAMART².
Magnetic and optical properties in degenerated transition metal and Ga co-substituted ZnO nanocrystals
2019
Abstract In order to study the influence of itinerant electrons on magnetic properties of transition metal substituted ZnO nanocrystals, nanopowders containing different amounts of Ga and fixed amounts of Fe, Ni and Mn ions were synthesized. The ions of different transition metals and Ga were successfully introduced into the ZnO structure using solvothermal synthesis method. X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, hard X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and Rietveld refinement were used to characterize the synthesized nanocrystals. Optical measurements revealed that Ga substitution can change the light transmittance/absorption in the infrared part of the electromagnetic light spectru…
Heterometallic Titanium–Organic Frameworks by Metal-Induced Dynamic Topological Transformations
2020
Reticular chemistry has boosted the design of thousands of metal and covalent organic frameworks for unlimited chemical compositions, structures, and sizable porosities. The ability to generate porous materials at will on the basis of geometrical design concepts is responsible for the rapid growth of the field and the increasing number of applications derived. Despite their promising features, the synthesis of targeted homo- and heterometallic titanium–organic frameworks amenable to these principles is relentlessly limited by the high reactivity of this metal in solution that impedes the controlled assembly of titanium molecular clusters. We describe an unprecedented methodology for the syn…
Morphological and optical property study of Li doped ZnO produced by microwave-assisted solvothermal synthesis
2021
Abstract ZnO materials have been at the centre of many studies for decades. Doping of ZnO by lithium atoms is a prospective approach for compensation of n-type conductivity in the unintentionally doped ZnO aimed at obtaining p-type semiconductor. In this study, we have synthesized ZnO rod-like powders doped with lithium ions (0–0.65 atom%) by the new microwave-assisted solvothermal method in order to obtain greater photoluminescence intensity of ZnO emissions in the UV region. The obtained powders contain nanoparticles from 20 nm up to 250 nm depending on Li content. X-ray diffractometry and Raman spectroscopy were employed to characterise the structure of ZnO powders, scanning electron mic…
Benzyl Alcohol Assisted Synthesis and Characterization of Highly Reduced Graphene Oxide (HRG)@ZrO2 Nanocomposites
2017
We demonstrate a one-step solvothermal synthesis of HRG@ZrO2 nanocomposites using benzyl alcohol as solvent and stabilizing ligand. The as-synthesized HRG@ZrO2 hybrid nanocomposites showed a homogeneous distribution of the ZrO2 NPs (≈ 5 nm) onto HRG nanosheets. High resolution (HR)TEM, X-ray diffraction (XRD), and Raman spectroscopy confirmed the presence of cubic ZrO2. The presence of benzyl alcohol as stabilizing ligand was demonstrated by ultraviolet-visible (UV-vis), Fourier-transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). The reduction of graphene oxide to HRG was also realized by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). A study of the HRG@ZrO2 formation mec…
Solvothermal synthesis derived Co-Ga codoped ZnO diluted magnetic degenerated semiconductor nanocrystals
2018
Authors kindly acknowledge to the Estonian Research Council ( PUT1096 , IUT2-25 , PUT735 ), the Estonian Centre of Excellence in Research project “Advanced materials and high-technology devices for sustainable energetics, sensorics and nanoelectronics (TK141), and the financial support of HZB. We are grateful to the staff of BESSY II for the assistance and co-operation during the synchrotron-based measurements.
Spectral and structural studies on Ni(II) dithiocarbamates: Nickel sulfide nanoparticles from a dithiocarbamate precursor
2015
Abstract Three new planar Ni(II) dithiocarbamate complexes; [Ni(4-dpmpzdtc)2] (1), [Ni(4-dpmpzdtc)(PPh3)(NCS)] (2) and [Ni(bupcbzdtc)(PPh3)(NCS)] (3) (where, 4-dpmpzdtc = 4-(diphenylmethyl)piperazinecarbodithioato anion, bupcbzdtc = N-butyl-N-(4-chlorobenzyl))dithiocarbamato anion and PPh3 = triphenylphosphine) with “NiS4” and “NiS2PN” chromophore units were synthesized and characterized by single crystal X-ray structural analysis as well as UV–Vis, IR and NMR (1H, 13C and 31P) spectroscopy. For 2, 1H–1H COSY spectrum was also recorded. Single crystal X-ray structural analysis of 1–3, reveals a slightly distorted square planar geometry in all three complexes wherein the steric and electroni…
Co–Co and Co–Fe cyano-bridged pentanuclear clusters based on a methylpyrazinyl-diamine tetradentate ligand: spin crossover and metal substitution eff…
2017
A pentanuclear [CoII3CoIII2] cluster complex has been developed by a solvothermal synthesis. Its highly stable metal-mixed Fe–Co derivatives display robust spin crossover (T1/2 = 268 K) controlled by the degree of substitution.