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Nanomaterials: Synthesis, Characterization and Electrochemical Applications

A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Electrochemistry".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 July 2024) | Viewed by 814

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School of Materials Science and Engineering, and Shaanxi Laboratory of Catalysis, Shaanxi University of Technology, Hanzhong 723001, China
Interests: nanomaterial chemistry; theoretical catalysis

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

With the development of Nanotechnology, nanomaterials have become one of the most promising topics in different fields, such as physics, chemistry, engineering, and biology. Nanomaterials have the potential for revolutionizing the ways in which materials and products are created and the range and nature of functionalities that can be accessed. It is well known that the phases, sizes, and morphologies of nanomaterials have great influence on their properties and potential applications. Electrochemical applications play key roles in current diverse nanomaterial devices and targets. Recent developments in functional nanomaterials offer new possibilities of improving the performance of electrochemical sensors. With these advances in mind, we would like to invite you to contribute to this Special Issue of Molecules titled “Nanomaterials: Synthesis, characterization, and electrochemical applications”. It is our hope and aim to present your valuable, unpublished research to a worldwide audience.

Dr. Qi Yu
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • nanomaterials synthesis
  • characterization
  • electrochemical applications

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Preparation and Application of Co-Doped Zinc Oxide: A Review
by Zhaoyu Luo, Ping Rong, Zhiyuan Yang, Jianhua Zhang, Xiangyu Zou and Qi Yu
Molecules 2024, 29(14), 3373; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules29143373 - 18 Jul 2024
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Due to a wide band gap and large exciton binding energy, zinc oxide (ZnO) is currently receiving much attention in various areas, and can be prepared in various forms including nanorods, nanowires, nanoflowers, and so on. The reliability of ZnO produced by a [...] Read more.
Due to a wide band gap and large exciton binding energy, zinc oxide (ZnO) is currently receiving much attention in various areas, and can be prepared in various forms including nanorods, nanowires, nanoflowers, and so on. The reliability of ZnO produced by a single dopant is unstable, which in turn promotes the development of co-doping techniques. Co-doping is a very promising technique to effectively modulate the optical, electrical, magnetic, and photocatalytic properties of ZnO, as well as the ability to form various structures. In this paper, the important advances in co-doped ZnO nanomaterials are summarized, as well as the preparation of co-doped ZnO nanomaterials by using different methods, including hydrothermal, solvothermal, sol-gel, and acoustic chemistry. In addition, the wide range of applications of co-doped ZnO nanomaterials in photocatalysis, solar cells, gas sensors, and biomedicine are discussed. Finally, the challenges and future prospects in the field of co-doped ZnO nanomaterials are also elucidated. Full article
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