Latest Articles of Journal of Alloys and Compounds


Protein-based carbon and platinum nanocomposites as electrocatalysts for methanol oxidation activity 10.1016/j.jallcom.2018.04.061 2018-04-11 Owing to the characteristics of high energy density, low operating temperature, and environmentally-friendly features, direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs) are a promising renewable energy source. However, the electrocatalysts of the anode are vulnerable in ter...
Effect of Na ions in plating baths on coercivity of electroplated Fe-Pt film-magnets 10.1016/j.jallcom.2018.04.126 2018-04-11 Fe50Pt50 thick-films were electroplated on a Ta substrate using a direct current, and we evaluated the effect of Na ion concentration in plating baths on the magnetic properties of the annealed films. With increasing NaCl content from 2 to 30 g/L, the coerciv...
Bamboo prepared carbon quantum dots (CQDs) for enhancing Bi3Ti4O12 nanosheets photocatalytic activity 10.1016/j.jallcom.2018.04.085 2018-04-10 In this work, a novel, simple, economical and green carbon quantum dots (CQDs) were obtained by hydrothermal method using bamboo as a carbon source at the first time. In order to further the use of such CQDs, we reported the facile fabrication of CQDs/Bi3Ti4O...
Twisted nanocolumns for LIBs via phi-sweep method in ion assisted e –beam deposition 10.1016/j.jallcom.2018.04.095 2018-04-09 In this work, twisted nanostructured silicon-copper (with 19%at. copper) thin film is fabricated by glancing angle deposition phi-sweep process of ion beam assisted electron beam evaporation method. The thin film delivers 977 mAh g−1 after 100 cycles, when cy...
Facile synthesis of Au@α-Fe2O3@RGO ternary nanocomposites for enhanced electrochemical sensing of caffeic acid toward biomedical applications 10.1016/j.jallcom.2018.04.052 2018-04-07 Demonstrated herewith is a novel eco-friendly Au@α-Fe2O3@RGO ternary nanocomposites using chlorophyll as reductants and stabilizers. Systematic characterizations studies confirm Au and α-Fe2O3 nanoparticles are uniformly decorated on the surfaces of reduced g...
Experimental investigation and thermodynamic modelling of LiF-NdF3-DyF3 system 10.1016/j.jallcom.2018.04.013 2018-04-06 Electrolysis of molten fluorides is one of the promising methods for the recovery and recycling of rare earth metals from used magnets. Due to the dearth of phase equilibria data for molten fluoride systems, thermodynamic modelling of LiF-DyF3-NdF3 system usi...
Low-firing behavior, microstructure, and electromagnetic properties of a ferroelectric-ferromagnetic composite material with multiple doping 10.1016/j.jallcom.2018.04.025 2018-04-04 A series of BaTiO3-Ni0.62Cu0.25Zn0.16Fe1.98O4 ferroelectric-ferromagnetic composites with Li2CO3-V2O5-Bi2O3 multiple doping were prepared by the solid-state reaction at 900 °C–1000 °C, and the low fired (<961 °C) samples can adapt to the low temperature cofir...
Optimizing dot-in-a-well infrared detector architecture for achieving high optical and device efficiency corroborated with theoretically simulated model 10.1016/j.jallcom.2018.04.001 2018-04-04 Dot-in-a-well (DWELL) heterostructures have been extensively researched in quantum dot based infrared photo-detectors as it offers tuning of detection peak wavelength, low dark current and a higher operating temperature with optimized quantum well thickness. ...
An insight into the dehydrogenation behaviour of LiBH4 exhibiting remarkable kinetics enhanced by nanostructured h-BN 10.1016/j.jallcom.2018.04.022 2018-04-04 In this work, the effect of nanostructured h-BN on the dehydrogenation of LiBH4 is reported. The complex dehydrogenation behaviour of the LiBH4-BN composite is revealed, including the B-H and Li-H splitting processes. Nanostructured h-BN acts as a catalyst no...
New orientations between β′2 phase and α matrix in a Mg-Zn-Mn alloy processed by high strain rate rolling 10.1016/j.jallcom.2018.04.005 2018-04-03 Strengthening precipitates in a Mg-Zn-Mn alloy, processed by high strain rate rolling, have been characterized by transmission electron microscopy. Precipitations involve a few (0001)α plates and spherical precipitates. All the precipitates have an hexagonal ...

Protein-based carbon and platinum nanocomposites as electrocatalysts for methanol oxidation activity

10.1016/j.jallcom.2018.04.061

2018-04-11

Owing to the characteristics of high energy density, low operating temperature, and environmentally-friendly features, direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs) are a promising renewable energy source. However, the electrocatalysts of the anode are vulnerable in ter...

Effect of Na ions in plating baths on coercivity of electroplated Fe-Pt film-magnets

10.1016/j.jallcom.2018.04.126

2018-04-11

Fe50Pt50 thick-films were electroplated on a Ta substrate using a direct current, and we evaluated the effect of Na ion concentration in plating baths on the magnetic properties of the annealed films. With increasing NaCl content from 2 to 30 g/L, the coerciv...

Bamboo prepared carbon quantum dots (CQDs) for enhancing Bi3Ti4O12 nanosheets photocatalytic activity

10.1016/j.jallcom.2018.04.085

2018-04-10

In this work, a novel, simple, economical and green carbon quantum dots (CQDs) were obtained by hydrothermal method using bamboo as a carbon source at the first time. In order to further the use of such CQDs, we reported the facile fabrication of CQDs/Bi3Ti4O...

Twisted nanocolumns for LIBs via phi-sweep method in ion assisted e –beam deposition

10.1016/j.jallcom.2018.04.095

2018-04-09

In this work, twisted nanostructured silicon-copper (with 19%at. copper) thin film is fabricated by glancing angle deposition phi-sweep process of ion beam assisted electron beam evaporation method. The thin film delivers 977 mAh g−1 after 100 cycles, when cy...

Facile synthesis of Au@α-Fe2O3@RGO ternary nanocomposites for enhanced electrochemical sensing of caffeic acid toward biomedical applications

10.1016/j.jallcom.2018.04.052

2018-04-07

Demonstrated herewith is a novel eco-friendly Au@α-Fe2O3@RGO ternary nanocomposites using chlorophyll as reductants and stabilizers. Systematic characterizations studies confirm Au and α-Fe2O3 nanoparticles are uniformly decorated on the surfaces of reduced g...

Experimental investigation and thermodynamic modelling of LiF-NdF3-DyF3 system

10.1016/j.jallcom.2018.04.013

2018-04-06

Electrolysis of molten fluorides is one of the promising methods for the recovery and recycling of rare earth metals from used magnets. Due to the dearth of phase equilibria data for molten fluoride systems, thermodynamic modelling of LiF-DyF3-NdF3 system usi...

Low-firing behavior, microstructure, and electromagnetic properties of a ferroelectric-ferromagnetic composite material with multiple doping

10.1016/j.jallcom.2018.04.025

2018-04-04

A series of BaTiO3-Ni0.62Cu0.25Zn0.16Fe1.98O4 ferroelectric-ferromagnetic composites with Li2CO3-V2O5-Bi2O3 multiple doping were prepared by the solid-state reaction at 900 °C–1000 °C, and the low fired (<961 °C) samples can adapt to the low temperature cofir...

Optimizing dot-in-a-well infrared detector architecture for achieving high optical and device efficiency corroborated with theoretically simulated model

10.1016/j.jallcom.2018.04.001

2018-04-04

Dot-in-a-well (DWELL) heterostructures have been extensively researched in quantum dot based infrared photo-detectors as it offers tuning of detection peak wavelength, low dark current and a higher operating temperature with optimized quantum well thickness. ...

An insight into the dehydrogenation behaviour of LiBH4 exhibiting remarkable kinetics enhanced by nanostructured h-BN

10.1016/j.jallcom.2018.04.022

2018-04-04

In this work, the effect of nanostructured h-BN on the dehydrogenation of LiBH4 is reported. The complex dehydrogenation behaviour of the LiBH4-BN composite is revealed, including the B-H and Li-H splitting processes. Nanostructured h-BN acts as a catalyst no...

New orientations between β′2 phase and α matrix in a Mg-Zn-Mn alloy processed by high strain rate rolling

10.1016/j.jallcom.2018.04.005

2018-04-03

Strengthening precipitates in a Mg-Zn-Mn alloy, processed by high strain rate rolling, have been characterized by transmission electron microscopy. Precipitations involve a few (0001)α plates and spherical precipitates. All the precipitates have an hexagonal ...