{"title":"Study on structural, dielectric, and thermal behavior of CaCu3Ti4O12@CoFe2O4 composites","authors":"Neelam Kumari, Shivali Meena, Rahul Singhal, Jigar Limbachiya, Bhuwaneshwar Semwal, Ravi Hegde, Umesh Kumar Dwivedi","doi":"10.1007/s41779-024-01000-2","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s41779-024-01000-2","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>By tailoring and optimizing the structure of core or shell material, complete alteration of properties of the material can be obtained. Herein, we have reported synthesis of CaCu<sub>3</sub>Ti<sub>4</sub>O<sub>12</sub>@CoFe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub> particles through the chemical co-precipitation route. CaCu<sub>3</sub>Ti<sub>4</sub>O<sub>12</sub>@CoFe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub> particles consist of CaCu<sub>3</sub>Ti<sub>4</sub>O<sub>12</sub> (~ 200 nm) as a core and CoFe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub> as a shell of 2.5 nm. The prepared composites are characterized with appropriate characterization tools. The morphological results confirm the proper formation of core shell structure where CaCu<sub>3</sub>Ti<sub>4</sub>O<sub>12</sub> and CoFe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub> act as a core and shell, respectively. The greater CCTO content composites exhibited promising relative permittivity of 8.2 × 10<sup>3</sup> at 700 °C sintering temperature (8 h) at frequency 40 to 8 MHz. When CaCu<sub>3</sub>Ti<sub>4</sub>O<sub>12</sub>@CoFe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub> undergoes heat treatment, it leads to the removal of oxalic acid. However, a weight loss of 8.3% is obtained for CCTO-coated composites that is quite low as compared to ~ 11% weight loss obtained in pristine CFO. The removal of organic groups significantly contributed to the increase in dielectric properties. These results imply that the development of CaCu<sub>3</sub>Ti<sub>4</sub>O<sub>12</sub>@CoFe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub> core shell structure paves the wave for high-performance devices.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":673,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Australian Ceramic Society","volume":"60 2","pages":"343 - 354"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139764235","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Phuong Tuyet Nguyen, Minh Hoang Le, Tuan Van Huynh, Thuy Thanh Doan Nguyen, De Nguyen, Vu Tan Huynh, Binh Phuong Nhan Nguyen
{"title":"Surface modification of platinum counter electrode by amino quinonoid zwitterion to improve the performance of dye-sensitized solar cells","authors":"Phuong Tuyet Nguyen, Minh Hoang Le, Tuan Van Huynh, Thuy Thanh Doan Nguyen, De Nguyen, Vu Tan Huynh, Binh Phuong Nhan Nguyen","doi":"10.1007/s41779-024-00996-x","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s41779-024-00996-x","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Exploring ways to modify electrode surfaces is key to protecting the electrode while improving the performance of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSC). This study investigated the effect of surface modification with the amino quinonoid 4-methylamino-6-methylamino-3-oxocyclohexa-1,4-dien-1-olate (AQZ) of Pt counter electrode, the most effective and widely-used DSC cathode, on the photovoltaic performance of DSC. The Pt surface on conductive glass substrates was treated with AQZ solutions at various concentrations (0.2–2.0 mg.mL<sup>−1</sup>) and intervals (0.5–60 min) and characterized by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and field emission scanning electron microscopy to examine the chemical environment and morphology, respectively. The I<sup>−</sup>/I<sub>3</sub><sup>−</sup> reactions with bare and AQZ-treated electrodes were compared using cyclic voltammetry, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, and Tafel polarized measurement. Current–voltage analysis showed that Pt cathode treated with 2 mg.mL<sup>−1</sup> AQZ for less than 5 min or in diluted AQZ solution (0.2 mg.mL<sup>−1</sup>) for as long as 60 min could improve the photovoltaic performance of DSC as much as 22%, mostly due to the enhancement of the short circuit current (about 3–4 mA.cm<sup>−2</sup>). The promising results of electrode surface modification with AQZ developed in this report allow future development of simple methods to further improve photovoltaic devices as well as for a wide range of applications in metal surface protection.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":673,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Australian Ceramic Society","volume":"60 2","pages":"443 - 454"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-02-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139679197","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effect of pediatric drugs on the color stability of dental restorative materials currently used in pediatric dentistry","authors":"Belen Şirinoğlu Çapan, Sinem Birant","doi":"10.1007/s41779-024-00991-2","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s41779-024-00991-2","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The purpose of this in vitro study was to assess the color stability of esthetic restorative materials after immersion in different pediatric drugs. Three different restorative materials namely composite resin, alkasite and high-viscosity glass ionomer cement(HVGIC) were used to prepare total 96 (32 from each) disc-shaped specimens(2mmx5mm). A spectrophotometer was used to record the color of each sample after sample preparation and 7 days following the staining technique. After 1-week period, Δ<i>E</i> ∗ values were calculated. The average color changes(ΔE) for all drugs/restorative materials ranged from 1.81 to 8.08. The most prominent alteration was found in Cough syrup-Alkasite(8.08 ± 2.62) and the least one was found in Cough syrup-HVGIC(1.81 ± 0.74) pairwise. The color change observed in Cough syrup-Alkasite group was statistically significantly higher than in Cough syrup-HVGIC (<i>p</i> < 0.05). Alkasite showed greater color alteration with all drugs compared to other materials and HVGIC showed better color stability with all drug formulations.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":673,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Australian Ceramic Society","volume":"60 2","pages":"601 - 608"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-01-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s41779-024-00991-2.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139582992","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Khorsand Zak, Sh. Tabatabai Yazdi, M. Ebrahimizadeh Abrishami, Abdul Manaf Hashim
{"title":"A review on piezoelectric ceramics and nanostructures: fundamentals and fabrications","authors":"A. Khorsand Zak, Sh. Tabatabai Yazdi, M. Ebrahimizadeh Abrishami, Abdul Manaf Hashim","doi":"10.1007/s41779-024-00990-3","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s41779-024-00990-3","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The piezoelectric property was found by Curie brothers in quartz and Rachel salt (1881). This property is a complicated phenomenon that makes it challenging to study. In 1935, the piezoelectric properties of potassium-dehydrogenated phosphate, the first famous piezoelectric material, were determined. Study about these properties of materials was developed by USA, Russia, and Japan during the Second World War, resulting in some piezoelectric materials such as barium titanate (BT) and lead zirconate titanate (PZT) in 1940 and 1950, respectively. Pure and doped PZT families have been widely studied in ceramics and nanostructured forms to enhance their piezoelectric properties. Because of the lead, the PZT materials are harmful to the environment. Therefore, it has been tried to replace it with suitable lead-free materials for practical purposes. The first lead-free piezoelectric material investigated in this respect is BT. However, the piezoelectric properties of BT are not as good as PZT, so a new generation of lead-free piezoelectric materials has been developed. These new lead-free piezoelectric materials are divided into two categories: (1) the lead-free piezoelectric material based on BNT (bismuth niobium titanate) and (2) the lead-free piezoelectric material based on KNN (potassium sodium niobite). The most significant advantage of these materials is that they are environmentally friendly, but their piezoelectric properties are less than PZT. In this chapter review, lead-based and lead-free piezoelectric materials such as PZT, BT, BZT, KNN, BNT, and ZnO are studied. The synthesized methods of piezoelectric materials in ceramic and nanostructure forms are presented. The applications of piezoelectric ceramics and nanostructures are discussed.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":673,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Australian Ceramic Society","volume":"60 3","pages":"723 - 753"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-01-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139583356","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Self-glazed ceramic tiles using soda-lime-silica glass instead of Na-feldspar","authors":"S. Mustafi, R. Khanom, N. S. Pinky","doi":"10.1007/s41779-024-00992-1","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s41779-024-00992-1","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This study involves preparation of self-glazed ceramic tiles by utilizing soda-lime-silica waste glass (SLS). To investigate the effect of addition of SLS with the partial substitution of clay material, three batch compositions were prepared and subjected to seven different temperatures (1050 °C, 1075 °C, 1100 °C, 1125 °C, 1150 °C, 1175 °C, 1200 °C, 1225 °C). Linear shrinkage, glossiness, modulus of rupture, and water absorption of prepared samples showed different behavior at different temperatures. XRD, UTM, and SEM instruments were employed to characterize the developed sample as well as to determine the optimum conditions for the process. For batch 2, best results were observed with value of modulus of rupture 73.35 MPa at low sintering temperature (1100 °C). The obtained result clearly exhibited the efficacy of developed self-glazed ceramic tiles as a cost-effective product and solution to waste glass management.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":673,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Australian Ceramic Society","volume":"60 2","pages":"435 - 442"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-01-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139560778","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Muhammad Zeshan, Furrukh Furqan Alharbi, El-Sayed M. Sherif, Mohd Zahid Ansari, Hafiz Muhammad Tahir Farid
{"title":"Correction: Study of SrLa0.04Fe1.96O4/polyaniline composites for improving microwave absorption","authors":"Muhammad Zeshan, Furrukh Furqan Alharbi, El-Sayed M. Sherif, Mohd Zahid Ansari, Hafiz Muhammad Tahir Farid","doi":"10.1007/s41779-024-00993-0","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s41779-024-00993-0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":673,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Australian Ceramic Society","volume":"60 1","pages":"341 - 341"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-01-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139603213","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kamalia A. Zakaria, Norhafiza I. Yatim, Nora’aini Ali, Fathurrahman Lananan, Nor Azman Kasan
{"title":"Extracting valuable compounds from shrimp shell waste: recovery of high-quality as calcium-centric resources for hydroxyapatite production","authors":"Kamalia A. Zakaria, Norhafiza I. Yatim, Nora’aini Ali, Fathurrahman Lananan, Nor Azman Kasan","doi":"10.1007/s41779-023-00986-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s41779-023-00986-5","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This feasibility study investigates the potential use of shrimp shell waste derived from peeled fresh and dried shrimp as a source of calcium (Ca) to produce value-added products (VAP). Thermal treatment of the samples was carried out by calcination at temperatures ranging from 200 to 1000 °C, and the resulting products were characterized by Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), and X-ray diffraction (XRD) analyses. The results show that the shrimp shell waste changes from black to white powder, with increasing temperature during the calcination of the carbon combustion, as proven in the thermogravimetric’s (TGA) weight loss profile. The percent calcium recovery increased from 29.51 to 71.47%, and the optimum calcination temperature was reached at 1000 °C for both dried (DSS 1000) and fresh (FSS 1000) shrimp shell wastes. Spectral analysis showed that the hydroxyapatite (HAp) using calcium oxide (CaO) from FSS 1000 sample corresponded to the characteristic peaks of hydroxyapatite (JCPDS No. 9001233), while HAp produced from Ca DSS 1000 was identified as carbonate hydroxyapatite (JCPDS No. 9003552). The properties and quality of the calcium element varied according to the process used to produce shrimp shell waste. Therefore, the study suggests that shrimp shell waste could be a valuable resource for calcium recovery while mitigating the negative impacts of waste disposal on the ecosystem.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":673,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Australian Ceramic Society","volume":"60 4","pages":"1019 - 1029"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-01-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139422689","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Erhan Onat, Sabit Horoz, Ömer Şahin, Mehmet Sait İzgi
{"title":"Revolutionary carbon quantum dot supported-Co catalyst for record-breaking hydrogen production rate","authors":"Erhan Onat, Sabit Horoz, Ömer Şahin, Mehmet Sait İzgi","doi":"10.1007/s41779-023-00988-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s41779-023-00988-3","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In this study, we introduce a groundbreaking approach in the field of hydrogen production by synthesizing and characterizing a carbon quantum dot supported-Co (<b>Co-B_CQDs</b>) catalyst. Our results demonstrate that this state-of-the-art catalyst exhibits exceptional performance in the hydrolysis of KBH<sub>4</sub>, resulting in a record-breaking hydrogen production rate of 23,019.97 mL*gcat<sup>−1</sup>*min<sup>−1</sup> and a remarkably low activation energy of 19.36 kJ/mol. This is the first time that this type of catalyst has been used to achieve such outstanding results. The study highlights the remarkable potential of carbon quantum dots as a support material for dispersing metal catalysts, which opens up new avenues for research in the field of hydrogen production. The synthesized catalyst was extensively characterized using various analytical techniques such as X-ray diffraction (XRD), ultraviolet and visible light (UV–Vis), photoluminescence (PL), and inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES) measurements, which further confirmed its superior performance.</p>","PeriodicalId":673,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Australian Ceramic Society","volume":"100 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-01-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139104194","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Changfa Jiao, Guohua Li, Lin Tian, Shujiang Chen, Chi Kang, Gege Sun, Shudan Deng
{"title":"Performance magnesia porous insulation materials preparation process research","authors":"Changfa Jiao, Guohua Li, Lin Tian, Shujiang Chen, Chi Kang, Gege Sun, Shudan Deng","doi":"10.1007/s41779-023-00985-6","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s41779-023-00985-6","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Magnesia porous insulation materials were prepared via foam-gelcasting using industrial grade mid-range magnesia powder as the main raw materials, a copolymer of isobutylene and maleic anhydride (Isobam-104) as the dispersing and gelling agent, sodium carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) as the foam stabilizing agent, and cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) as the foaming agent. The effects of processing parameters such as amount of Isobam-104 (0.1 wt%, 0.15 wt%, 0.2 wt%, 0.25 wt%, and 0.3 wt%) and firing temperature (1300 ℃, 1350 ℃, and 1400 ℃) on magnesia porous insulation materials were investigated. In addition, the universal testing machine (WDW-100E) and the scanning electron microscope (SEM) were employed to characterize the firing samples. The results indicated that the compressive strength of the prepared samples increased with the increase in firing temperature, and the porosity decreased gradually. When the firing temperature was 1350 °C, the internal pores of the samples were uniformly distributed, the average pore size was in the range of 26.2 μm to 35.6 μm, and the compressive strength was in the range of 7.8 MPa to 11.5 MPa when porosity varied from 65.2% to 60.4%. The thermal conductivity of the prepared magnesia porous insulation materials was in the range of 0.481 W/(m·K) to 0.842 W/(m·K).</p></div>","PeriodicalId":673,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Australian Ceramic Society","volume":"60 1","pages":"177 - 185"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-01-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139095026","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"On the residual stress measurement for non-conductive species by modified contour method","authors":"Fei Wang","doi":"10.1007/s41779-023-00989-2","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s41779-023-00989-2","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Sintered silicate ceramics have traditionally been difficult to measure for residual stress due to their inhomogeneous microstructure and non-conductive nature, making the state-of-the-art traditional contour method ineffective. To address this issue, a self-invented Double Three-point Bending Moment Delocalization technique was developed to “cut” the ceramics and obtain the necessary sections. By modifying the filtering algorithm for the smoothing program and establishing an automatic reliability parameter for the normalization procedure, the contour method was successfully modified, eliminating errors introduced by manual normalization and the inhomogeneous microstructure. The traditional contour method yielded a residual stress value between − 75 and 117 MPa, whereas the modified contour method resulted in a value of − 12 to 12 MPa. The modified contour method was validated by the mature Hole Drilling Strain-Gage Method, which demonstrated its success in measuring residual stress in non-conductive ceramics. This work highlights the potential of the modified contour method for measuring residual stress in non-conductive ceramics.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":673,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Australian Ceramic Society","volume":"60 1","pages":"187 - 193"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-01-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139094997","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}