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Effect of Hydrogenation on the Magnetic and Magnetocaloric Properties of Rare Earth Intermetallic Compounds Tb0.33Ho0.33Er0.33Ni and Dy0.33Ho0.33Er0.33Ni
Multicomponent rare earth intermetallic compounds Tb0.33Ho0.33Er0.33Ni and Dy0.33Ho0.33Er0.33Ni crystallize in orthorhombic FeB-type structure (Space group Pnma, No. 62, oP8) and order ferromagnetically at 59 K a...
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Carbon Dioxide Adsorption of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles Synthesized by Wire Explosion Technique
Anthropogenic sources emit carbon dioxide (CO2) that leads to global warming and greenhouse effect motivating research in reducing the concentration of CO2 gas in the atmosphere. One of the efforts is to develop ...
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1D-2D carbon heterostructure with low Pt loading as a superior cathode electrode for dye-sensitized solar cell
Cost-effective counter electrode (CE) with high electrocatalytic performance is very much essential for the wide application of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSC). The 1D-2D carbon heterostructure (Pt/GR@CNT) w...
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One-step in situ hydrothermal preparation of graphene–SnO2 nanohybrid for superior dopamine detection
In this work, we report a facile and one -step hydrothermal method to decorate SnO2 nanostructures on few-layered graphene for superior dopamine detection. The structural and morphological properties of the prepa...
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Investigations of hydrogen storage in palladium decorated graphene nanoplatelets
Carbon based nanomaterials are ideal media for hydrogen storage due to their highly porous structure, low density, and large surface area. The hydrogen uptake capacity of different carbon nanomaterials can be ...
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Electron field emission from magnetic nanomaterial encapsulated multi-walled carbon nanotubes
The present work describes the field emission characteristics of nanoscale magnetic nanomaterial encapsulated multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) fabricated over flexible graphitized carbon cloth. Ni/MWNTs, ...
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A non-aqueous electrolyte-based asymmetric supercapacitor with polymer and metal oxide/multiwalled carbon nanotube electrodes
A supercapacitor using non-aqueous electrolyte and multiwalled carbon nanotube (MWNTs) nanocomposite electrodes has been designed with polymer and metal oxide loaded carbon nanotubes as electrodes. These nanoc...
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Open AccessAsymmetric Flexible Supercapacitor Stack
Electrical double layer supercapacitor is very significant in the field of electrical energy storage which can be the solution for the current revolution in the electronic devices like mobile phones, camera fl...
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Open AccessSynthesis and Characterization of Magnetic Metal-encapsulated Multi-walled Carbon Nanobeads
A novel, cost-effective, easy and single-step process for the synthesis of large quantities of magnetic metal-encapsulated multi-walled carbon nanobeads (MWNB) and multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWNT) using ca...
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Electron field emitters based on multiwalled carbon nanotubes decorated with nanoscale metal clusters
The present work describes the field emission characteristics of nanocrystalline metal clusters decorated multi walled carbon nanotubes (MWNT) field emitters fabricated over flexible graphitized carbon cloth. ...
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Open AccessEffect of Purity and Substrate on Field Emission Properties of Multi-walled Carbon Nanotubes
Multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWNT) have been synthesized by chemical vapour decomposition (CVD) of acetylene over Rare Earth (RE) based AB2(DyNi2) alloy hydride catalyst. The as-grown carbon nanotubes were puri...
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Open AccessSingle step process for the synthesis of carbon nanotubes and metal/alloy-filled multiwalled carbon nanotubes
A single-step approach for the synthesis of multi-walled nanotubes (MWNT) filled with nanowires of Ni/ternary Zr based hydrogen storage alloy has been illustrated. We also demonstrate the generation of CO-free...
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Effects of ball-milling conditions and additives on the hydrogen sorption properties of Mg + 5 wt% Cr2O3 mixtures
Effects of particle size of Cr2O3 catalyst on the hydrogen absorption/desorption kinetics of Mg + 5 wt% Cr2O3 mixtures have been studied. To explain the effect of particle size of Cr2O3 and also to yield informat...
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Temperature dependence of79BrNQR frequency in cadmium strontium, barium, zinc, magnesium and nickel bromates
The79Br quadrupole resonance in cadmium, strontium, barium, zinc, magnesium and nickel bromates is studied in the range 77 to 305 K. The temperature dependence of the resonance frequencies in these systems has be...
