Ni-Doped SnO2 Nanoparticles for Sensing and Photocatalysis

Ni-doped SnO2 nanoparticles were synthesized by a coprecipitation route and showed superior properties for a series of different applications. The 1 atom % Ni-doped SnO2 NPs exhibited excellent electrochemical performance as supercapacitors to deliver a specific capacitance of 793 F g–1 at an applie...

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Published in:ACS applied nano materials 2018-10, Vol.1 (10), p.5823-5836
Main Authors: Kandasamy, Manikandan, Seetharaman, Amreetha, Sivasubramanian, Dhanuskodi, Nithya, Arjunan, Jothivenkatachalam, Kandasamy, Maheswari, Nallappan, Gopalan, Muralidharan, Dillibabu, Sastikumar, Eftekhari, Ali
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Summary:Ni-doped SnO2 nanoparticles were synthesized by a coprecipitation route and showed superior properties for a series of different applications. The 1 atom % Ni-doped SnO2 NPs exhibited excellent electrochemical performance as supercapacitors to deliver a specific capacitance of 793 F g–1 at an applied current density of 2.5 A g–1 in a KOH electrolyte while retaining its capacitance over 1250 cycles. The energy-dependent (100, 150, and 200 μJ) nonlinear absorption behavior of the Ni-doped SnO2 NPs was investigated and found to be due to the effective two-photon absorption with free carrier absorption. A clad-modified fiber-optic gas-sensor setup was used to sense the ammonia at ambient temperature. Further, the photocatalytic degradation of Rhodamine B, Congo red, and Direct red dyes by the Ni-doped SnO2 NPs was examined under visible-light irradiation.
ISSN:2574-0970
2574-0970
DOI:10.1021/acsanm.8b01473