Investigation of photoelectrochemical activity of cobalt tin sulfide synthesized via microwave-assisted and solvothermal process
| Autor: | Indirakumar Raman, Nivedhini Iswarya Chandrasekaran, Manickam Matheswaran, Arivalagan Pugazhendhi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Thermogravimetric analysis
Nanocomposite Materials science Mechanical Engineering Solvothermal synthesis Metals and Alloys chemistry.chemical_element 02 engineering and technology 010402 general chemistry 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology 01 natural sciences 0104 chemical sciences chemistry.chemical_compound chemistry Chemical engineering Mechanics of Materials Materials Chemistry Hydroxide Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy 0210 nano-technology Tin Cobalt Microwave |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 778:496-506 |
| ISSN: | 0925-8388 |
| Popis: | Highly active cobalt tin sulfides (CTS) nanocomposite have been prepared in a short time at 70 °C by using microwave-assisted process and solvothermal synthesis process. According to improve the activity, cobalt tin acetate hydroxide prepared using microwave treatment is used for the preparation of CTS in both synthetic methods. The resultant product has been characterized using X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscope (TEM), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), and photoelectrochemical analysis. The Microwave processed cobalt tin sulfides (MW-CTS) nanocomposite offers less size of 180 nm while comparing with solvothermal based CTS (ST-CTS). Also, possess a high surface area of 464.54 m2g-1 without much aggregation due to the uniform heating and more reaction time. Moreover, the CTS synthesized by microwave method offers higher catalytic activity than obtained from the solvothermal process, owing to smaller size, high surface area, enhanced charge transfer rate with high optical absorption plays a vital role in governing the photoelectrochemical properties. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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