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National Central University

T Randall Lee

Hadi Ghasemi

Riddhiman Medhi

Varun Kashyap

Michael Graupe

Allan J Jacobson

Sang Ho Lee

Siwakorn Sakunkaewkasem

Chien-Hung Li

Young Seok Shon

Tai-Chou Lee

Nupur Garg

The present disclosure relates to a strategy to synthesize antimony- and zinc-doped tin oxide particles with tunable band gap characteristics. The methods yield stable and monodispersed particles with great control on uniformity of shape and size. The methods produce undoped and antimony and zinc-doped tin oxide stand-alone and core-shell particles, both nanoparticles and microparticles, as well as antimony and zinc-doped tin oxide shells for coating particles, including plasmonic core particles.

Doped tin oxide particles and doped tin oxide shells for core-shell particles

A method for full spectrum solar thermal energy harvesting and collection includes storing a first heat in a phase change material in the presence of solar radiation based on absorbing full spectrum solar radiation, harvesting a second heat from the phase change material in the presence of solar radiation, storing molecular energy in a molecular storage material in the presence of solar radiation based on absorbing full spectrum solar radiation, transferring the second heat from the phase change material to the molecular storage material in the absence of solar radiation, and harvesting the molecular energy released by the molecular storage material.

Systems and methods for full spectrum solar thermal energy harvesting and storage by molecular and phase change material hybrids

A system configured to capture COand able to be washed of the captured COincludes a material including an ionic liquid configured to capture COin response to exposure to a gas comprising COand to a thermal energy source and an aerogel holding the ionic liquid therein. The system may also include a washing solution configured to wash the captured COfrom the material.

Materials, systems, and methods for CO2 capture and conversion

A method of capturing COand converting the captured COinto useful byproducts includes providing a material including a material matrix holding an ionic liquid, exposing the material to a source of thermal energy to capture COwithin the material, removing the material from exposure to the source of thermal energy, and washing the material with a solution to convert the captured COand wash the converted, captured COfrom the material as filtrate. Materials and systems for capturing COand converting the captured COinto useful byproducts are also provided.

The present invention discloses hydrogen bond stabilized surface modifying agents having a fluorinated or semi-fluorinated carbon-containing tail group, an internal moiety capable of intermolecular hydrogen bonding or related acid-base interactions and a head group capable of reacting or interacting with surfaces such as metal, non-metallic, ceramic, other inorganic oxide or organic surfaces. The present invention also discloses cost effective method for making the agents, methods for treating surfaces therewith, the treated surfaces and devices made therefrom.

Fluorinated hydrogn bond stabilized surface modifying agents, articles made therefrom, methods for making and using the same

The present invention discloses fluorocarbon-containing surface modifying agents having an .omega.-fluorocarbon-containing tail group and a head group for reacting or interacting with surfaces such as metal, non-metallic, ceramic, other inorganic oxide or organic surfaces, cost effective method for making the agents, methods for treating surfaces therewith, the treated surfaces and devices made therefrom.

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