Abstract
Crystalline tin oxide, with nanometre size range in diameter, was synthesized using a solution phase approach. The oxide material showed the photocatalytic performance for the reduction of a xanthene based dye in presence of ultra-violet irradiation, where the conduction band electron is responsible for the reduction mechanism. In addition to that the calculated power density and energy density values of the synthesized tin oxide nanoparticles, in combination with graphitic carbon, is comparable with the electrochemical supercapacitor like materials.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 201-207 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Journal of Alloys and Compounds |
| Volume | 723 |
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| State | Published - 2017 |
Funding
The authors acknowledge financial support from the University of Johannesburg and the National Research Foundation, South Africa. RB, NH, DN, SS, further acknowledge financial support from the Global Excellence and Stature fellowship from the University of Johannesburg.
Keywords
- Conduction band electron
- Crystalline tin oxide
- Electrochemical supercapacitor
- Solution phase synthesis