Spinels: controlled preparation, oxygen reduction/evolution reaction application, and beyond

Q Zhao, Z Yan, C Chen, J Chen - Chemical reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
Spinels with the formula of AB2O4 (where A and B are metal ions) and the properties of
magnetism, optics, electricity, and catalysis have taken significant roles in applications of …

Recent progress on bimetallic‐based spinels as electrocatalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction

JO Olowoyo, RJ Kriek - Small, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Electrocatalytic water splitting is a promising and viable technology to produce clean,
sustainable, and storable hydrogen as an energy carrier. However, to meet the ever …

Review on selective absorber coatings: A catalyst for enhanced solar energy conversion efficiency

KKP Kumar, SR Atchuta, MS Prasad… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2024 - Elsevier
Selective absorber coatings for solar energy systems play a crucial role in energy
conversion efficiency by selectively capturing solar radiation while minimizing thermal …

Solar absorptance of copper–cobalt oxide thin film coatings with nano-size, grain-like morphology: optimization and synchrotron radiation XPS studies

A Amri, XF Duan, CY Yin, ZT Jiang, MM Rahman… - Applied Surface …, 2013 - Elsevier
Copper–cobalt oxides thin films had been successfully coated on reflective aluminium
substrates via a facile sol–gel dip-coating method for solar absorptance study. The optimum …

Developments in the synthesis of flat plate solar selective absorber materials via sol–gel methods: A review

A Amri, ZT Jiang, T Pryor, CY Yin… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2014 - Elsevier
There is a great demand for low-cost and environmentally friendly techniques for
synthesizing high quality solar selective absorber (SSA) coatings. Such coatings are …

Amorphous cobalt hydroxide with superior pseudocapacitive performance

HB Li, MH Yu, XH Lu, P Liu, Y Liang… - … applied materials & …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Cobalt hydroxide (Co (OH) 2) has received extensive attention for its exceptional splendid
electrical properties as a promising supercapacitor electrode material. Co (OH) 2 study so …

Durable superhydrophobic surfaces via spontaneous wrinkling of teflon AF

LRJ Scarratt, BS Hoatson, ES Wood… - … applied materials & …, 2016 - ACS Publications
We report the fabrication of both single-scale and hierarchical superhydrophobic surfaces,
created by exploiting the spontaneous wrinkling of a rigid Teflon AF film on two types of …

Anticorrosive coatings prepared using epoxy–silica hybrid nanocomposite materials

H Abdollahi, A Ershad-Langroudi… - Industrial & …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Organic–inorganic nanocomposite protective coatings were prepared by sol–gel method
using 3-glycidoxypropyl-trimethoxysilane (GPTMS), tetramethoxysilane (TMOS), or …

Surface structural features and optical analysis of nanostructured Cu-oxide thin film coatings coated via the sol-gel dip coating method

A Amri, K Hasan, H Taha, MM Rahman, S Herman… - Ceramics …, 2019 - Elsevier
Nanostructured thin film coatings of copper oxide (Cu-oxide) were investigated to determine
their physical structure, surface morphology, surface electronic bonding states, and optical …

Sol-gel derived ITO-based bi-layer and tri-layer thin film coatings for organic solar cells applications

H Taha, K Ibrahim, MM Rahman, DJ Henry… - Applied Surface …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this investigation, ITO-based bi-layer and tri-layer thin film coatings (~ 130 nm) were
synthesized via a sol-gel spin-coating process and annealed at 500° C. Thin layers of Au …