Papers by Keyword: Hollow Sphere

Abstract: Pyrolytic technology was developed to grow Zn-based nano- and microstructures. It was based on the application of a mixture of ammonium chloride, Zn and ZnO powders as source materials. Two temperature profiles were used for the synthesis. In the first and second growth processes, the maximum substrate temperatures of 250 and 410°C were reached, respectively. The granular layer of micrometer range ZnO crystals was produced in the first process. By depleting the source with NH₄Cl, the Zn polyhedra, and layered spheres were produced within 50–65 min in the second process. By increasing the NH₄Cl content in the source to 0.9 g, the Zn/ZnO core–shell spheres were synthesized. The further increase of process duration led to the out-diffusion of Zn from the core, its oxidation, and the formation of a thick, dense ZnO spherical shell. Even further annealing in residual gases caused the increase of the Zn vapor pressure inside the shell. As a result, at a certain Zn vapor pressure, the shell bursts, causing the formation of a hollow ZnO microsphere.

Abstract: Single-layer graphene-ZnO hollow sphere (SLG-ZnO(HS)) composites were successfully prepared through facile one-step solvothermal synthesis route. The morphological structures of the samples were characterized using X-ray diffraction (XRD), field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Hollow spheres consisting of ZnO nanoparticles with a diameter of approximately 30 nm are decorated to both sides of the SLG sheets. The electrochemical performances were tested by cyclic voltammetry (CV), galvanostatic charge-discharge (GCD) and electrochemical impedance (EIS). The SLG-ZnO(HS) composite electrode synthesized at a concentration of 0.25 mM Zn precursor exhibited an enhanced specific capacitance of 34.7 F/g at a scan rate of 1 mV/s with energy and power densities of 5.39 W h/kg and 1.73 kW/kg, respectively.

Abstract: Eu³⁺ and Tb³⁺ ions singly activated Gd₂O₂S hollow spheres have been successfully synthesized via solvothermal method by using Gd (NO₃)₃, Eu (NO₃)₃, Tb (NO₃)₃ and thiourea as raw materials. Detailed characterization of the as-prepared samples were obtained by X-ray diffractometry (XRD), field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM), transmission electronic microscope (TEM) and photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy. The results demonstrate that at 220 ^oC for 24 h, the molar ratio of thiourea/Gd³⁺ has no significant impact on the phase composition of Gd₂O₂S products. With the reaction time increased from 6 h to 24 h, the morphology of Gd₂O₂S samples changed from ellipsoidal to near-spheroidal structure, but still remained hollow structure. PL results show that the strongest emission peaks for Gd₂O₂S:Eu³⁺ and Gd₂O₂S:Tb³⁺ samples were centered at 625 nm and 545 nm, corresponding to the ⁵D₀→⁷F₂ transition of Eu³⁺ ions and ⁵D₄→⁷F₅ transition of Tb³⁺ ions, respectively. The quenching concentrations for Eu³⁺ and Tb³⁺ ions were 12% and 6%, which can be attributed to the exchange interaction for Eu³⁺ and Tb³⁺ ions, respectively.

Abstract: The production of low-temperature clay lightweight aggregates is pursued eagerly as low energy and cost lightweight aggregate concrete (LAC) building blocks becomes more popular. Clay ceramic hollow spheres (CCHS) with waste glass (WG) additive was developed and studied as aggregate in cement composite. CCHS with diameter ranging in 6/8mm were produced by a sacrificial template technique with subsequent sintering under temperature of 900 °C and different WG content of 0, 5, 7 and 10 wt%. The effect of the sintering temperature and WG content on the physical properties and morphology of the CHS-cement composites were studied by means of optical microscopy and mechanical properties. Obtained composite materials were compared with commercially available lightweight fillers such as foamed glass granules and lightweight expanded clay aggregates (LECA). The results compressive strength of CCHS containing LAC is much higher from 4.8 to 7.1 MPa in comparison with the LECA-cement LAC - 3.5 MPa. Reduction of CCHS open porosity due to higher content of WG (10%) leads to lower absorption of cement paste, as result lower cement consumption, lower bulk density and compression strength. LAC with CCHS proved to be promising construction material due to low-temperature production process (i), widely available raw material (clay) and secondary material (glass cullet) use (ii), reduction of cement paste needed for material production (iii).

Abstract: A new type of syntactic foam fabricated with four types of hollow microspheres (HGMs) were prepared and its compressive properties were tested following ASTM D 695-96 standard. The HGMs were designed to have specific size distribution and wall thickness. The compressive strength and modulus of the new syntactic foam were compared with those prepared with single type of HGMs. With same density, the new syntactic foam have better compressive properties.

Abstract: Since mesoporous silica such as MCM-41 and SBA-15 was developed, the study of the properties of high-surface area materials was accelerated. Moreover, the mesoporous silica is used as a template to produce high-surface materials by nanocasting technology. The purpose of this paper is the synthesis of a high surface silicon carbide sphere by the nanocasting technology. In this study, KCC-1 silica sphere was used as a template, and polycarbosilane and poly (phenyl carbosilane) were selected for precursor of silicon carbide. Carbosilane polymer gives advantage of synthesis silicon carbide under low temperature, and hollow spheres were produced. In this study, the polycarbosilane was more effective for the synthesis of SiC hollow spheres by inversion of template structure showing a fibrous morphology on the sphere wall. And it was confirmed that the sphere was composed of nanosized SiC crystals, and has high surface area using TEM, XRD and BET analysis.

Abstract: The article deals with the elastic-plastic state of inhomogeneous array with a spherical cavity. Model is used thick-walled ball of an elastic-perfectly plastic material (Prandtl diagram). It is shown that in the inhomogeneous material, depending on the inhomogeneity functions describing the change of the modulus of elasticity and yield stress of soil plastic deformation may appear on both the inner and outer surface of the ball and inside it. Are found values of the limit loads, displacement diagrams are constructed in an array.

Abstract: Paper considers the problem of nonlinear theory of elasticity for inhomogeneous thick-walled sphere. The problem is solved in centrally symmetric statement. In general, all the parameters of the nonlinear dependence between the intensities of the stresses and strains are functions of the radius. As an example, solve the problem of stress distribution in the soil mass with a spherical cavity.

Abstract: Palladium hollow spheres were synthesized at room temperature using cobalt nanoparticles (NPs) as sacrificing templates. Cobalt NPs can be prepared simply by solvothermal method. The hollow nature of sample Pd were observed from the TEM image and the SAED pattern indicates the polycrystalline nature of the sample. It was found that Pd hollow spheres showed high catalytic activity towards the electrooxidation of alcohols, especially ethanol with the current density up to 2047 mA•mg^-1. The formation mechanism and the structure-property relationship of Pd hollow spheres were discussed based on the experimental results.

Abstract: In this paper Fe2O3 precursor coating on the surface of carbon balls was prepared by hydrothermal method using Fe(NO3)3·9H20 and glucose as the raw materials. After calcination Fe2O3 hollow sphere could be achieved. The influence of pH value on the preparation of hollow Fe2O3 spheres was studied using XRD and SEM respectively. The results show that the pH value has no effect on the formation of Fe2O3 phase, but has a giant influence on the morphology of the hollow spheres. The Fe2O3 hollow spheres were achieved when the pH value was between 3 and 7. The particles with sheet and block structure form when pH7. The mechanism was studied, When 3