@article {43870,
	title = {NiZn double hydroxide nanosheet-anchored nitrogen-doped graphene enriched with the gamma-NiOOH phase as an activity modulated water oxidation electrocatalyst},
	journal = {Nanoscale},
	volume = {9},
	year = {2017},
	month = {SEP},
	pages = {12590-12600},
	type = {Journal Article},
	chapter = {12590-12600},
	abstract = {<p>Herein, we report a facile solvothermal process to synthesize an active electrocatalyst for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) in an alkaline medium by anchoring nanosheets of a NiZn double hydroxide over nitrogen doped reduced graphene oxide after enriching the system with the γ-NiOOH phase. This catalyst possesses a thin, porous and open layered structure, which makes the system more efficient and accessible for a better electrochemical water oxidation reaction. Moreover, we experimentally demonstrated that incorporation of Zn via a single-step solvothermal method provides an easy approach to obtain plenty of exposed γ-NiOOH phases to make the system more viable for OER with a small overpotential of 290 mV at 10 mA cm-2 and a Tafel slope of 44 mV per decade. In addition to this, the oxophilic nature of Zn in the (Zn)Ni-LDH/N-rGO catalyst helps to improve the long-term stability of the whole system. The obtained results open up possibilities for the design of future robust OER electrocatalysts by the use of very cheap and abundant materials like Ni and Zn in place of expensive Ir and Ru in the present commercial electrocatalysts.</p>},
	keywords = {catalysis, Efficient Electrocatalyst, kinetics, Metal, Nickel-Hydroxide, oxide, Oxygen Evolution Reaction, performance, XPS Spectra, zinc},
	issn = {2040-3364},
	doi = {10.1039/c7nr02225e},
	author = {Nadeema, Ayasha and Dhavale, Vishal M. and Kurungot, Sreekumar}
}
@article {46872,
	title = {Controlled synthesis of two-dimensional (2-D) ultra-thin bismuth selenide (Bi2Se3) nanosheets by bottom-up solution-phase chemistry and its electrical transport properties for thermoelectric application},
	journal = {FlatChem},
	volume = {21},
	year = {2020},
	month = {MAY},
	pages = {100165},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {<p>Bismuth Selenide and associated compounds inheriting stacked layered structure represent a unique class of materials where bulks are insulating with conducting surfaces, best known as thermoelectric materials. The bottom-up solution-based approach is a convenient alternative producing ultrathin high quality two-dimensional Bi2Se3 nanosheets. The present investigation deals with glycol mediated synthesis of highly crystalline ultrathin Bi2Se3 nanosheets. The as-synthesized Bi2Se3 nanosheets exhibit a rhombohedral crystal structure with a substantial surface-to-volume ratio that can possess several potential applications. Besides, the ultrathin Bi2Se3 nanosheets produced herein, found to be n-type with robust spatial confinement of charge carriers advantageous for thermoelectric applications, delivering a high-power factor of 1.55 mu W/cmK(2) at 150 degrees C. The method demonstrates the generic feature of the solution phase technique for the synthesis of highly crystalline nanosheets allowing mass production of identical ultra-thin nanosheets that can be easily integrated into devices for several promising applications, including spintronics, energy storage, and topological quantum computation.</p>
},
	keywords = {Rhombohedral structure, Sheet-like structure, Thermoelectric nanomaterials, transmission electron microscopy, XPS Spectra},
	issn = {2452-2627},
	doi = {10.1016/j.flatc.2020.100165},
	author = {Bin Masood, Khalid and Kumar, Pushpendra and Giri, Rajiv and Singh, Jai}
}
