Effect of ball milling process on the photocatalytic ...

Jun 15, 2020· CdS/TiO 2 composite photocatalysts were made by the method of secondary ball milling at different ball milling speeds, milling time, and material ratios. After the secondary ball milling process, parts of the samples were calcined at high temperatures. X-ray diffraction (XRD) and UV-Vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS) were used to observe the powder particle size, structural …

The Improvement of the Band Gap Energy and Antibacterial ...

ZnO nanocomposites by planetary ball milling and we have also investigated the structural, optical and antibacterial properties of CeO 2 / ZnO nanocomposites. 2. ... The diffuse reflectance spectra were recorded on a 2450 Shimadzu UV-vis spectrophotometer. …

Reflectance Improvement by Thermal Annealing of Sputtered ...

On top of the ZnO substrates, a 300 nm thick silver layer was deposited by DC sputtering (Univex 450B, Leybold, deposited at room temperature). Half of the substrates were subjected to thermal annealing in ambient atmosphere at 150°C for 50 minutes. Total (TR) and diffuse (DR) reflectance of the bare

Diffuse Reflectance and Absorption Characteriation of a ...

Jun 28, 2017· The diffuse reflectance and parasitic absorption losses can be modulated by varying the ZnO thickness. A maximum diffuse reflectance peak value of 30% at 950 nm, with a bandwidth of 400nm, is observed for ∼100 nm diameter NPs at a distance of 50 nm from the Ag mirror. Finite-difference time-domain simulations of a 100nm Ag sphere near a ...

The diffuse reflectance spectra of zinc oxide and zinc ...

1. Diffuse reflectance spectra of zinc oxide and zinc oxide-peroxide mixtures. Titration with KMn04 revealed that this material contained only 54% by weight ZnOg (the remain- der being water and ZnO). A sample treated with a large excess of 30% hydrogen peroxide for one week, washed with alcohol and ether, and dried under P^Os for 24 hr ...

(PDF) Synthesis and properties of antimony-doped ZnO ...

Synthesis and properties of antimony-doped ZnO nanorods. Download. Related Papers. Study of optical, electrical and magnetic properties of composite nanomaterials on the basis of broadband oxide semiconductors. By Oleg Kononenko. Understanding the Role of Mode of Heating on Phase Formation of Fe–Pt Nanoparticles.

Frontiers | Transparent TiO2 and ZnO Thin Films on Glass ...

Transmittance, T(λ), and reflectance, R(λ), spectra were recorded in the wavelength range between 325 and 850 nm with a step resolution of 2.5 nm, employing a Lambda 950 double-beam UV/Vis/NIR spectrophotometer equipped with an integrating sphere and a Spectralon reflectance standard. Both total and diffuse reflectance, R(λ), were measured ...

Zhao WEI | Lanzhou University, Lanzhou | LZU | School of ...

p-n junction photocatalyst p-CaFe2O4/n-ZnO was prepared by ball milling of ZnO in H2O doped with p-type CaFe2O4. ... The p-n junction photocatalyst Cu2O/TiO2 was characterized by UV-Vis diffuse ...

EFFECT OF Ni DOPING AND SYNTHESIS TEMPERATURE ON …

Figure 3 shows UV-Vis-NIR diffuse reflectance spectra of the Zn (1-x) Ni x Fe 2 O 4 pigments. All pigments show low reflectance in a wavelength range of around 300 to 650 nm, and characteristic absorption bands of ZnFe 2 O 4 at around 700-800 and 1000-1400 nm, which are attributed to 6A 1g→ 4T 2g and 6A 1g→ 4T 1g for d-d elec-2 2.

Photocatalytic Degradation of Industrial Dye Using ...

ball milling method (PBM) and used for degradation of organic dyes. ... After the suspension with ZnO nanoparticles was obtained, the nanoparticle powders were prepared by "washing" method and their catalytic properties were tested ... Figure 1.13 UV–vis diffuse …

Diffuse reflection inside a hexagonal nanocavity ...

Feb 18, 2013· To understand wave diffuse reflection, consider a one-dimensional nanoscaled rough surface between ZnO and air in the context of the extinction theorem 12,13,14,15.Two length …

Formation and Photoluminescence Properties of ZnO ...

The unique combination of optical, chemical, and structural properties of one-dimensional zinc oxide (1D ZnO) makes it one of the most attractive materials in a wide range of research and applications. In the present study, 1D ZnO nanomaterials were fabricated using a combination of two independent methods: electrospinning and atomic layer deposition (ALD).

Steven Switalski - Research Scientist Solving Technical ...

• Measured drying in one flexographic and two inkjet printer operations using NIR diffuse reflectance. Improved the drying process and increased speed by 10x.

Study on the Heterojunction Photocatalyst Nb2WO8/ZnO ...

Orthorhombic Nb2WO8 was synthesized by solid state reaction in Nb2O5-WO3 system. Heterojunction photocatalyst Nb2WO8/ZnO was prepared by ball milling. The structural and optical properties of the photocatalyst were characterized by X-ray powder diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, UV–vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy, and fluorescence emission spectroscopy.The photocatalytic ...

Phase development during high-energy ball-milling of zinc ...

Structural and microstructural changes during the ball-milling (up to 30 h) were monitored using X-ray powder diffraction, field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM) and UV-Vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy. The mechanism of iron oxidation was determined from the results of Möss spectroscopy.

Introduction of oxygen vacancies and fluorine into TiO{sub ...

Mar 15, 2012· B-doped ZnO and N-doped ZnO powders have been synthesized by mechanochemical method and characterized by TG-DTA, XRD, SEM-EDX, XPS, UV-visible and photoluminescence (PL) spectra. X-ray diffraction data suggests the hexagonal wurtzite structure for modified ZnO crystallites and the incorporation of nonmetal expands the lattice constants of ZnO.

Processes of microstructural evolution during high-energy ...

Kinetics of microstructural evolution in ZnO and NiO black powder mixture during prolonged high-energy mechanical ball milling were investigated by Scanning Electron Microscopy, Laser Particle Sizer, X-ray diffraction, Electron Paramagnetic Resonance, Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy and UV-vis Diffuse Reflection methods. The use of these methods allows us to control the macrostructural ...

PAPER OPEN ACCESS Ag/ZnO photocatalyst for ...

3.2. Optical properties of Ag/ZnO photocatalysts The UV-vis diffuse reflectance spectra were measured to examine the light absorption properties of the samples in UV and visible region (200-800 nm) and to determine its band gap energy. The UV-vis diffuse reflectance spectra of pure ZnO and Ag/ZnO photocatalysts are displayed in Fig. 4. Silver

Comparative investigation of structural, optical ...

The obtained ZnO nanostructures were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), high resolution scanning electron microscopy (HR-SEM), high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HR-TEM), energy dispersive X-ray analysis (EDX), diffuse reflectance (DRS) and photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy.

Preparation of Visible Light-driven g-C3N4@ZnO Hybrid ...

The optical properties of the C 3N4@ZnO materials were probed with UV-vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy, shown in Figure 3. 5 The absorption edge of C 3N4@ZnO samples expanded to the visible light region due to the presence of C 3N4 on the ZnO surface, indicating the effective surface hybridization of ZnO by mechanical milling.

Diffuse reflectance of GeO 2 -ZnO-K 2 O glass for CO 2 ...

The diffuse reflectance of a 60GeO 2 -2OZnO-2OK 2 O glass plate was measured to be 0.13% at 10.6 μm, which is ideally small for use in power meters to compare with other absorbers such as gold black. The specular reflectance was also measured to be less than 0.01%.

Enhanced photocatalytic performance of Cu2O nano ...

Effect of ZnO presence and ball milling of Cu 2 O on the structure, microstructure, optical properties and photocatalytic performance were studied. X-ray diffraction (XRD), field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), transmission electron microscope (TEM), high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), diffuse reflectance ...

aligned Ag-modified ZnO nanowires Supporting Information

spectra and UV-visible light diffuse reflection spectra. Herein, SEM images of ZnO NWs decorated with different Ag nanoparticles size are shown in Fig. R1 (a) and (b). The higher the concentration of AgNO3 is, the bigger the size of Ag nanoparticle is. As shown in Fig. R2 (a), when the concentration of AgNO3 is 0.001 mM, the Ag

Diffuse reflection inside a hexagonal nanocavity

Although the reflectance is the same for different rough surfaces, the angular intensity distributions will exhibit dis-tinctly different profiles, which is another key characteristic of wave diffuse reflection. Figs. 2b and c show reflectance phase diagrams with respect to (T, s), so as to provide a full picture of wave diffuse reflection. We

Highly Visible Light Responsive, Narrow Band gap TiO2 ...

May 05, 2016· The photophysical properties of the samples were measured by ultraviolet-visible-near infrared (UV-VIS-NIR, Cary 5000, VARIAN, USA) spectrophotometry equipped with a diffuse reflectance ...

A review of near infrared reflectance properties of metal ...

ZnO nanostructures show diffuse reflectance from 57 % to 14 % in the NIR range (700 – 2500 nm). KEYWORDS Near infrared reflection, cool paint, metal oxide, TiO 2, ZnO . GNS Science Report 2013/39 1 1.0 INTRODUCTION Light energy from the sun spans a wide range of wavelengths. Only small portion of the total

orientation of rods was deposited a seed layer on ...

electrodeposition. ZnO films were characterized using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy-dispersive X-ray microanalysis (EDX), X-ray diffraction, optical microscopy, diffuse reflectance spectroscopy and current transient with time under light on/off ilumination. a) b) Figure 1.

Growth of ZnO nanoparticles prepared from cost effective ...

Jan 23, 2019· ZnO nanoparticles were prepared by mechanical grinding of laboratory grade ZnO powder. These nanoparticles were characterised by using X-ray diffraction analysis, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), photoluminescence and diffuse reflectance spectroscopy. From TEM study it reveals that the particles mostly show one dimensional morphology. The average length and diameter of these ...

Applications of Metal/Mixed Metal Oxides as Photocatalyst ...

for 1 h. p-n junction photocatalyst p-ZnO/TiO 2 was prepared by ball milling of TiO 2 in H 2 O solution doped with p-ZnO. The p-n junction photocatalyst p-ZnO/ TiO 2 was characterized by UV-Vis diffuse reflection spectrum, scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Namely, the p-n junction photocatalyst p-ZnO/TiO 2 has higher photocatalytic reduction ...

Probing the Reactivity of ZnO and Au/ZnO Nanoparticles by ...

Aug 16, 2010· The adsorption of methanol on pure ZnO and Au-decorated ZnO nanoparticles and its thermal decomposition monitored by temperature-programmed desorption (TPD) experiments and by diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy (DRIFTS), both applied under continuous flow conditions in fixed bed reactors, is reported.

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transform infrared, and UV-visible diffuse reflectance spectroscopies The pattern of XRD shows broadening in the diffraction peaks, indicating a decrease in the particle size of the samples with milling time. Keywords: nanotribology, mechanochemistry, ball-milling, X-ray diffraction 1. INTRODUCTION The mixed oxides find application catalysts and

ball milling process of zno2

Diffuse Reflectance Zno Milling Enhanced visible light driven photocatalytic activity of hybrid ZnO/g C 3 N 4 by photocatalytic activity of g C 3 N 4 /ZnO composite under UV irradiation was increased by 3.5 times than that of pristine ZnO Ball milling process utilizing high energy collision from the balls has shown great advantages in .

The Metal Oxide/Eugenol Cements. II. A Diffuse Reflectance ...

Fingerprint Dive into the research topics of 'The Metal Oxide/Eugenol Cements. II. A Diffuse Reflectance Spectrophotometric Study of the Setting of Zinc Oxide and Magnesium Oxide Cements'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Metal–Organic Framework‐Derived ZnO/ZnS ...

Jan 03, 2018· The UV–vis diffuse reflectance spectra of ZnOS-n were measured to confirm their light-harvesting abilities. As shown in Figure 4a, increasing the concentrations of ZnO in ZnO/ZnS heterostructures led to improved intensities of visible-light absorption from ZnOS-15 to ZnOS-30 and decreased intensities from ZnOS-30 to ZnOS-60. The minimal ...

Kubelka-Munk function Band gap from Diffuse reflectance ...

How to calculate band gap from Diffuse Reflectance spectroscopy (DRS) using kubelka munk functionwe will plot (F(R)hv)^2 vs hvwhere hv is the energy ...

Mechanochemically synthesized N-doped ZnO for ...

source (ZnO-am). The mechanical activated ZnO sample was also prepared for comparison (ZnO-MA). As-milled samples were calcined at 673 K. The so prepared samples have been characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), diffuse reflectance (DRS) and photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy . The XRD analysis shows wurtzite crystal structure of