TY  - JOUR
AU  - Aleksić, Katarina
AU  - Stojković Simatović, Ivana
AU  - Stanković, Ana
AU  - Veselinović, Ljiljana
AU  - Stojadinović, Stevan
AU  - Rac, Vladislav
AU  - Radmilović, Nadežda
AU  - Rajić, Vladimir
AU  - Škapin, Srečo Davor
AU  - Mančić, Lidija
AU  - Marković, Smilja
PY  - 2023
UR  - http://aspace.agrif.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/6368
AB  - Catalytic materials are the greatest challenge for the commercial application of water electrolysis (WEs) and fuel cells (FCs) as clean energy technologies. There is a need to find an alternative to expensive and unavailable platinum group metal (PGM) catalysts. This study aimed to reduce the cost of PGM materials by replacing Ru with RuO2 and lowering the amount of RuO2 by adding abundant and multifunctional ZnO. A ZnO@RuO2 composite in a 10:1 molar ratio was synthesized by microwave processing of a precipitate as a green, low-cost, and fast method, and then annealed at 300°C and 600°C to improve the catalytic properties. The physicochemical properties of the ZnO@RuO2 composites were investigated by X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), Raman and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), UV-Vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS), and photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy. The electrochemical activity of the samples was investigated by linear sweep voltammetry in acidic and alkaline electrolytes. We observed good bifunctional catalytic activity of the ZnO@RuO2 composites toward HER and OER in both electrolytes. The improved bifunctional catalytic activity of the ZnO@RuO2 composite by annealing was discussed and attributed to the reduced number of bulk oxygen vacancies and the increased number of established heterojunctions. Copyright © 2023 Aleksić, Stojković Simatović, Stanković, Veselinović, Stojadinović, Rac, Radmilović, Rajić, Škapin, Mančić and Marković.
T2  - Frontiers in Chemistry
T2  - Frontiers in Chemistry
T1  - Enhancement of ZnO@RuO2 bifunctional photo-electro catalytic activity toward water splitting
VL  - 11
DO  - 10.3389/fchem.2023.1173910
ER  - 

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author = "Aleksić, Katarina and Stojković Simatović, Ivana and Stanković, Ana and Veselinović, Ljiljana and Stojadinović, Stevan and Rac, Vladislav and Radmilović, Nadežda and Rajić, Vladimir and Škapin, Srečo Davor and Mančić, Lidija and Marković, Smilja",
year = "2023",
abstract = "Catalytic materials are the greatest challenge for the commercial application of water electrolysis (WEs) and fuel cells (FCs) as clean energy technologies. There is a need to find an alternative to expensive and unavailable platinum group metal (PGM) catalysts. This study aimed to reduce the cost of PGM materials by replacing Ru with RuO2 and lowering the amount of RuO2 by adding abundant and multifunctional ZnO. A ZnO@RuO2 composite in a 10:1 molar ratio was synthesized by microwave processing of a precipitate as a green, low-cost, and fast method, and then annealed at 300°C and 600°C to improve the catalytic properties. The physicochemical properties of the ZnO@RuO2 composites were investigated by X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), Raman and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), UV-Vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS), and photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy. The electrochemical activity of the samples was investigated by linear sweep voltammetry in acidic and alkaline electrolytes. We observed good bifunctional catalytic activity of the ZnO@RuO2 composites toward HER and OER in both electrolytes. The improved bifunctional catalytic activity of the ZnO@RuO2 composite by annealing was discussed and attributed to the reduced number of bulk oxygen vacancies and the increased number of established heterojunctions. Copyright © 2023 Aleksić, Stojković Simatović, Stanković, Veselinović, Stojadinović, Rac, Radmilović, Rajić, Škapin, Mančić and Marković.",
journal = "Frontiers in Chemistry, Frontiers in Chemistry",
title = "Enhancement of ZnO@RuO2 bifunctional photo-electro catalytic activity toward water splitting",
volume = "11",
doi = "10.3389/fchem.2023.1173910"
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Aleksić, K., Stojković Simatović, I., Stanković, A., Veselinović, L., Stojadinović, S., Rac, V., Radmilović, N., Rajić, V., Škapin, S. D., Mančić, L.,& Marković, S.. (2023). Enhancement of ZnO@RuO2 bifunctional photo-electro catalytic activity toward water splitting. in Frontiers in Chemistry, 11.
https://doi.org/10.3389/fchem.2023.1173910

Aleksić K, Stojković Simatović I, Stanković A, Veselinović L, Stojadinović S, Rac V, Radmilović N, Rajić V, Škapin SD, Mančić L, Marković S. Enhancement of ZnO@RuO2 bifunctional photo-electro catalytic activity toward water splitting. in Frontiers in Chemistry. 2023;11.
doi:10.3389/fchem.2023.1173910 .

Aleksić, Katarina, Stojković Simatović, Ivana, Stanković, Ana, Veselinović, Ljiljana, Stojadinović, Stevan, Rac, Vladislav, Radmilović, Nadežda, Rajić, Vladimir, Škapin, Srečo Davor, Mančić, Lidija, Marković, Smilja, "Enhancement of ZnO@RuO2 bifunctional photo-electro catalytic activity toward water splitting" in Frontiers in Chemistry, 11 (2023),
https://doi.org/10.3389/fchem.2023.1173910 . .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Marković, Smilja
AU  - Stojković-Simatović, Ivana
AU  - Ahmetović, Sanita
AU  - Veselinović, Ljiljana
AU  - Stojadinović, Stevan
AU  - Rac, Vladislav
AU  - Skapin, Sreco Davor
AU  - Bajuk-Bogdanović, Danica
AU  - Janković-Castvan, Ivona
AU  - Uskoković, Dragan
PY  - 2019
UR  - http://aspace.agrif.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/5091
AB  - ZnO nanopowders were produced using microwave processing of a precipitate and applied as a photoanode for photoelectrochemical water splitting. Two different surfactants, cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) as the cationic and Pluronic F127 as the non-ionic one, were employed to in situ adjust the surface-to-bulk defect ratio in the ZnO crystal structure and further to modify the photo(electro)catalytic activity of the ZnO photoanode. The crystal structure, morphological, textural, optical and photo(electro)catalytic properties of ZnO particles were studied in detail to explain the profound effects of the surfactants on the photoanode activity. The ZnO/CTAB photoanode displayed the highest photocurrent density of 27 mA g(-1), compared to ZnO (10.4 mA g(-1)) and ZnO/F127 photoanodes (20 mA g(-1)) at 1.5 V vs. SCE in 0.1 M Na2SO4 under visible illumination of 90 mW cm(-2). A significant shift of the overpotential toward lower values was also observed when photoanodes were illuminated. The highest shift of the overpotential, from 1.296 to 0.248 V vs. SCE, was recorded when the ZnO/CTAB photanode was illuminated. The ZnO/CTAB photoanode provides efficient charge transfer across the electrode/electrolyte interface, with a longer lifetime of photogenerated electron-hole pairs and reduced possibility of charge recombination. The photoconversion efficiency was improved from 1.4% for ZnO and 0.9% for ZnO/F127 to 4.2% for ZnO/CTAB at 0.510 mV. A simple procedure for the synthesis of ZnO particles with improved photo(electro)catalytic properties was established and it was found that even a small amount of CTAB used during processing of ZnO increases the surface-to-bulk defect ratio. Optimization of the surface-to-bulk defect ratio in ZnO materials enables increase of the absorption capacity for visible light, rendering of the recombination rate of the photogenerated pair, as well as increase of both the photocurrent density and photoconversion efficiency.
PB  - Royal Soc Chemistry, Cambridge
T2  - RSC Advances
T1  - Surfactant-assisted microwave processing of ZnO particles: a simple way for designing the surface-to-bulk defect ratio and improving photo(electro)catalytic properties
EP  - 17178
IS  - 30
SP  - 17165
VL  - 9
DO  - 10.1039/c9ra02553g
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Marković, Smilja and Stojković-Simatović, Ivana and Ahmetović, Sanita and Veselinović, Ljiljana and Stojadinović, Stevan and Rac, Vladislav and Skapin, Sreco Davor and Bajuk-Bogdanović, Danica and Janković-Castvan, Ivona and Uskoković, Dragan",
year = "2019",
abstract = "ZnO nanopowders were produced using microwave processing of a precipitate and applied as a photoanode for photoelectrochemical water splitting. Two different surfactants, cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) as the cationic and Pluronic F127 as the non-ionic one, were employed to in situ adjust the surface-to-bulk defect ratio in the ZnO crystal structure and further to modify the photo(electro)catalytic activity of the ZnO photoanode. The crystal structure, morphological, textural, optical and photo(electro)catalytic properties of ZnO particles were studied in detail to explain the profound effects of the surfactants on the photoanode activity. The ZnO/CTAB photoanode displayed the highest photocurrent density of 27 mA g(-1), compared to ZnO (10.4 mA g(-1)) and ZnO/F127 photoanodes (20 mA g(-1)) at 1.5 V vs. SCE in 0.1 M Na2SO4 under visible illumination of 90 mW cm(-2). A significant shift of the overpotential toward lower values was also observed when photoanodes were illuminated. The highest shift of the overpotential, from 1.296 to 0.248 V vs. SCE, was recorded when the ZnO/CTAB photanode was illuminated. The ZnO/CTAB photoanode provides efficient charge transfer across the electrode/electrolyte interface, with a longer lifetime of photogenerated electron-hole pairs and reduced possibility of charge recombination. The photoconversion efficiency was improved from 1.4% for ZnO and 0.9% for ZnO/F127 to 4.2% for ZnO/CTAB at 0.510 mV. A simple procedure for the synthesis of ZnO particles with improved photo(electro)catalytic properties was established and it was found that even a small amount of CTAB used during processing of ZnO increases the surface-to-bulk defect ratio. Optimization of the surface-to-bulk defect ratio in ZnO materials enables increase of the absorption capacity for visible light, rendering of the recombination rate of the photogenerated pair, as well as increase of both the photocurrent density and photoconversion efficiency.",
publisher = "Royal Soc Chemistry, Cambridge",
journal = "RSC Advances",
title = "Surfactant-assisted microwave processing of ZnO particles: a simple way for designing the surface-to-bulk defect ratio and improving photo(electro)catalytic properties",
pages = "17178-17165",
number = "30",
volume = "9",
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Marković, S., Stojković-Simatović, I., Ahmetović, S., Veselinović, L., Stojadinović, S., Rac, V., Skapin, S. D., Bajuk-Bogdanović, D., Janković-Castvan, I.,& Uskoković, D.. (2019). Surfactant-assisted microwave processing of ZnO particles: a simple way for designing the surface-to-bulk defect ratio and improving photo(electro)catalytic properties. in RSC Advances
Royal Soc Chemistry, Cambridge., 9(30), 17165-17178.
https://doi.org/10.1039/c9ra02553g

Marković S, Stojković-Simatović I, Ahmetović S, Veselinović L, Stojadinović S, Rac V, Skapin SD, Bajuk-Bogdanović D, Janković-Castvan I, Uskoković D. Surfactant-assisted microwave processing of ZnO particles: a simple way for designing the surface-to-bulk defect ratio and improving photo(electro)catalytic properties. in RSC Advances. 2019;9(30):17165-17178.
doi:10.1039/c9ra02553g .

Marković, Smilja, Stojković-Simatović, Ivana, Ahmetović, Sanita, Veselinović, Ljiljana, Stojadinović, Stevan, Rac, Vladislav, Skapin, Sreco Davor, Bajuk-Bogdanović, Danica, Janković-Castvan, Ivona, Uskoković, Dragan, "Surfactant-assisted microwave processing of ZnO particles: a simple way for designing the surface-to-bulk defect ratio and improving photo(electro)catalytic properties" in RSC Advances, 9, no. 30 (2019):17165-17178,
https://doi.org/10.1039/c9ra02553g . .

TY  - CONF
AU  - Filipović, Nenad
AU  - Stevanović, Magdalena
AU  - Đurđević, Jelena
AU  - Milikić, Jadranka
AU  - Veselinović, Ljiljana
AU  - Pavlović, Vladimir B.
AU  - Uskoković, Dragan
PY  - 2014
UR  - http://dais.sanu.ac.rs/123456789/561
UR  - http://aspace.agrif.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/5691
AB  - Magnesium, a naturally occurring mineral, is very important for the normal functioning of the body. However, certain situations such as poor diet, alcoholism, poorly controlled diabetes, etc., cause body to lose magnesium faster than it can be replace it from diet. Magnesium also plays a role in body's detoxification processes and therefore is important for preventing damage from environmental chemicals, heavy metals and other toxins. Polyesters like polylactide (PLA), polyglycolide (PGA) or poly(lactide-co-glycolide) (PLGA) are used for the controlled delivery of several classes of medicaments like anticancer agents, immunomodulatory drugs, hormones, vitamins, antibodies, etc. Magnesium oxide nanoparticles (MgO) have been synthesized by chemical reduction method and additionally encapsulated within spherical polyester poly(lactide-co-glycolide) (PLGA) particles (PLGA/MgO). Synthesized particles were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM).
PB  - Belgrade : Materials Research Society of Serbia
C3  - The Sixteenth Annual Conference YUCOMAT 2014: Programme and the Book of Abstracts
T1  - Facile chemical synthesis and characterization of polyester/magnesium oxide nanoparticles for biomedical aplication
EP  - 71
SP  - 71
UR  - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_561
ER  - 

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author = "Filipović, Nenad and Stevanović, Magdalena and Đurđević, Jelena and Milikić, Jadranka and Veselinović, Ljiljana and Pavlović, Vladimir B. and Uskoković, Dragan",
year = "2014",
abstract = "Magnesium, a naturally occurring mineral, is very important for the normal functioning of the body. However, certain situations such as poor diet, alcoholism, poorly controlled diabetes, etc., cause body to lose magnesium faster than it can be replace it from diet. Magnesium also plays a role in body's detoxification processes and therefore is important for preventing damage from environmental chemicals, heavy metals and other toxins. Polyesters like polylactide (PLA), polyglycolide (PGA) or poly(lactide-co-glycolide) (PLGA) are used for the controlled delivery of several classes of medicaments like anticancer agents, immunomodulatory drugs, hormones, vitamins, antibodies, etc. Magnesium oxide nanoparticles (MgO) have been synthesized by chemical reduction method and additionally encapsulated within spherical polyester poly(lactide-co-glycolide) (PLGA) particles (PLGA/MgO). Synthesized particles were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM).",
publisher = "Belgrade : Materials Research Society of Serbia",
journal = "The Sixteenth Annual Conference YUCOMAT 2014: Programme and the Book of Abstracts",
title = "Facile chemical synthesis and characterization of polyester/magnesium oxide nanoparticles for biomedical aplication",
pages = "71-71",
url = "https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_561"
}

Filipović, N., Stevanović, M., Đurđević, J., Milikić, J., Veselinović, L., Pavlović, V. B.,& Uskoković, D.. (2014). Facile chemical synthesis and characterization of polyester/magnesium oxide nanoparticles for biomedical aplication. in The Sixteenth Annual Conference YUCOMAT 2014: Programme and the Book of Abstracts
Belgrade : Materials Research Society of Serbia., 71-71.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_561

Filipović N, Stevanović M, Đurđević J, Milikić J, Veselinović L, Pavlović VB, Uskoković D. Facile chemical synthesis and characterization of polyester/magnesium oxide nanoparticles for biomedical aplication. in The Sixteenth Annual Conference YUCOMAT 2014: Programme and the Book of Abstracts. 2014;:71-71.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_561 .

Filipović, Nenad, Stevanović, Magdalena, Đurđević, Jelena, Milikić, Jadranka, Veselinović, Ljiljana, Pavlović, Vladimir B., Uskoković, Dragan, "Facile chemical synthesis and characterization of polyester/magnesium oxide nanoparticles for biomedical aplication" in The Sixteenth Annual Conference YUCOMAT 2014: Programme and the Book of Abstracts (2014):71-71,
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_561 .