Sonochemical Synthesis of Three-dimensional Aggregates of Pd Nanoparticles with High Electrocatalytic Activity Towards Ethanol Oxidation

Flower-like aggregates composed of （4.0±0.8） nm palladium（Pd） nanoparticles were prepared via ultrasonics in the palladium（Ⅱ） chloride（PdCl2） H2O/EtOH（5/1,volume ratio） solution with the addition of a quantity of poly（vinyl pyrrolidone）（PVP） and sodium dodecyl sulfonate（SDS）.The morphologies,crystal structures and the optical properties of the flower-like Pd nanostructures were characterized by X-ray diffraction（XRD）,X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy（XPS）,scanning electron microscopy（SEM）,transmission electron microscopy（TEM）,selected area electron diffraction（SAED） and UV-visible absorption spectroscopy,respectively.The mechanism of sonochemical reduction of Pd（Ⅱ） ions was also investigated.The results show that the molar ratio of PVP to SDS affected the formation of the flower-like aggregates of Pd nanoparticles.Moreover,the electrocatalytic properties of Pd aggregates modified glassy carbon electrode for ethanol oxidation were also investigated by cyclic voltammetry（CV）.This material exhibits remarkable electrocatalytic activity for ethanol oxidation in 1 mol/L KOH and appears as a promising candidate to be applied in direct ethanol fuel cells.

Sonochemical Synthesis of Graphene Oxide-Wrapped Gold Nanoparticles Hybrid Materials:Visible Light Photocatalytic Activity

Graphene oxide(GO)-wrapped gold nanoparticles(Au NPs)hybrid materials are constructed via one-pot sono-chemical synthesis and self-assembly,using ethylene glycol as the reducing agent.The synthesis process above took only 1 h,and the obtained hybrid materials exist as spheres wrapped with gauze-like GO sheets via ionic in-teraction-based self-assembly.The GO sheets are helpful for the well dispersion of the Au NPs.Furthermore,these materials possess enhanced photocatalytic activity under visible light irradiation,owing to the synergistic effect of the two components in the hybrid materials.Our work may provide a convenient approach to control the size and morphology of the Au NPs for the synthesis of GO-wrapped hybrid materials,which opens up a feasible way to synthesize metal NPs/GO composites.Moreover,this method might lead to developing of a broad class of new functionalized materials wrapped with GO sheets.

Sonochemical synthesis and characterization of magnetic separable Fe_(3)O_(4)-TiO_(2)nanocomposites and their catalytic properties

A novel sonochemical method is described for the preparation of Fe_(3)O_(4)–TiO_(2)photocatalysts in which nanocrystalline titanium dioxide particles are directly coated onto a magnetic core.The Fe_(3)O_(4)nanoparticles were partially embedded in TiO_(2)agglomerates.TiO_(2)nanocrystallites were obtained by hydrolysis and condensation of titanium tetraisopropyl in the presence of ethanol and water under high-intensity ultrasound irradiation.This method is attractive since it eliminated the high-temperature heat treatment required in the conventional sol–gel method,which is important in transforming amorphous titanium dioxide into a photoactive crystalline phase.In comparison to other methods,the developed method is simple,mild,green and efficient.The magnetization hysteresis loop for Fe_(3)O_(4)–TiO_(2)nanocomposites indicates that the hybrid catalyst shows superparamagnetic characteristics at room temperature.Photocatalytic activity studies confirmed that the as-prepared nanocomposites have high photocatalytic ability toward the photodegradation of RhB solution.Furthermore,the photodecomposition rate decreases only slightly after six cycles of the photocatalysis experiment.Thus,these Fe_(3)O_(4)–TiO_(2)nanocomposites can be served as an effective and conveniently recyclable photocatalyst.

Electrochemical Performance of Starch-Polyaniline Nanocomposites Synthesized By Sonochemical Process Intensification

The present study deals with the intensified synthesis of starch-polyaniline(starch-PANI)nanocomposite using an ultrasound-assisted method.Starch is a key component in this nanocomposite,which acts as a backbone of the nucleation of PANI.The Electrochemical property of the nanocomposite arises due to the addition of PANI.This is one of green approach for the synthesis of bio nanocomposite using ultrasound.The crystallinity of the composite is evaluated using the Scherrer Formula.The starch-PANI nanocomposite was characterized by XRD,FT-IR,Raman,XPS and TEM.The composite nanoparticles show spherical morphology.The elemental composition of starch-PANI showed O 1s peak at 546 eV,N 1s peak at 416 eV,C 1s peak at 286 eV and S 1s peak at 176 eV.The electrochemical studies of the starch-PANI electrodes are evaluated by cyclic voltammetry(CV),galvanostatic charge/discharge(GCD),and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy(EIS).Starch-PANI electrode has shown the maximum specific capacitance of 499.5 F/g at 5 mV/s scan rate.

Sono-assisted preparation of magnetic ferroferric oxide/graphene oxide nanoparticles and application on dye removal

A simple ultrasound-assisted co-precipitation method was developed to prepare ferroferric oxide/graphene oxide magnetic nanoparticles(Fe_3O_4/CO MNPs).The hysteresis loop of Fe_3O_4/GO MNPs demonstrated that the sample was typical of superparamagnetic material.The samples were characterized by transmission electron microscope,and it is found that the particles are of small size.The Fe_3O_4/GO MNPs were further used as an adsorbent to remove Rhodamine B.The effects of initial pH of the solution,the dosage of adsorbent,temperature,contact time and the presence of interfering dyes on adsorption performance were investigated as well.The adsorption equilibrium and kinetics data were fitted well with the Freundlich isotherm and the pseudosecond-order kinetic model respectively.The adsorption process followed intra-particle diffusion model with more than one process affecting the adsorption of Rhodamine B.And the adsorption process was endothermic in nature.Furthermore,the magnetic composite with a high adsorption capacity of Rhodamine B could be effectively and simply separated using an external magnetic field.And the used particles could be regenerated and recycled easily.The magnetic composite could find potential applications for the removal of dye pollutants.

Structural,morphological and magnetic properties of(Ni_(0.5)Co_(0.5))[Ga_(x)Gd_(x)Fe_(2-2x)]O_(4)nanoparticles prepared via sonochemical approach

The impact of Ga^(3+)and Gd^(3+)co-substitution on different types of behavior of Ni-Co nanospinel ferrites(NSFs),(Ni_(0.5)Co_(0.5))[Ga_(x)Gd_(x)Fe_(2-2x)]O_(4)(0.000≤x≤0.025),was investigated.NSFs were fabricated through ultrasound irradiation.The structure,composition,and spherical morphology of all products were verified by numerous characterization techniques such as X-ray diffraction(XRD),scanning and transmission electron microscopes(SEM and TEM),and selected area electron diffraction(SAED).Mossbauer spectra are composed of two ferromagnetic sextets and one paramagnetic doublet.These spectra were fitted to extract hyperfine parameters of the doped samples.Both sublattices'hyperfine magnetic field decreases with substitution.The isomer shift values show that the Mossbauer spectra are composed of magnetic Fe^(3+)sextets.The magnetization measurements at variable magnetic field(M-H)were investigated via a vibrating sample magnetometer(VSM)at temperatures(T)from 300 to 10 K.All NSFs disclose ferrimagnetic behavior at both 300 and 10 K at which they are soft and hard,respectively.We determined that the remanence magnetization(M_(r)),saturation magnetization(M_(s)),and magneton number(n_(B))decrease with increasing Ga^(3+)and Gd^(3+)ions contents.The reduction in these values is predominantly recognized to be the impact of cation redistribution and surface spins on tetrahedral(T_(d))and octahedral(O_(h))sites.As the Ga^(3+)and Gd^(3+)contents increase,the coercivity(H_(c))is also found to decrease.

Eco-friendly green synthesis of novel magnetic Fe3O4/SiO2/ZnO-Pr6O11 nanocomposites for photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutant

This study reports the successful so nochemical synthesis of novel Fe3O4/SiO2/ZnO-Pr6O11(Fe/Si/Zn-Pr6O11) nanocomposites using fructose as a green capping agent.The influence of various parameters containing capping agent,power and time of ultrasound irradiation was investigated to reach optimum morphology and size conditions.The products obtained were characterized by transmission electron microscopy(TEM),UV/Vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy(DRS),Fourier transform infrared spectra(FT-IR),vibration sample magnetometer(VSM),scanning electron microscopy(SEM),energy dispersive X-ray microanalysis(EDS) and X-ray diffraction(XRD).The Fe3O4/SiO2/ZnO-Pr6O11 nanocomposites display remarkably enhanced photocatalytic activity towards rhodamine b degradation(89.6%)and Congo red(84.7%) under UV irradiation compared with the other products.The results illustrate that the photocatalytic efficiency of magnetic nanocomposites is very much higher than pure Pr6O11nanostructures.Magnetic photocatalyst still has good stability after five successive runs.So,these recyclable nanocomposites can play a role in the treatment of both industrial and domestic contaminated water.