Abstract
Large-sized α-MoO3 elongated nano-plates were synthesized by the introduction of multi-amines such as ethylene di-amine and diethylene tri-amine (DETA) in the conventional hydrothermal reaction. DETA made large hexagonal rods with an h-MoO3 intermediate phase containing H2O, NH4OH, and DETA ions. During the hydrothermal reaction, the hexagonal rods were transformed to elongated α-MoO3 nano-plates by the re-dissolution of h-MoO3 and re-growth to α-MoO3 because DETA retarded the preferred growth reaction of the MoO6 octahedra to the [001] direction and helped the MoO6 octahedra to grow in the [100] direction. In addition, DETA promoted α-MoO3 nano-belts to be assembled into elongated nano-plates by oriented attachment because the multi-ammonium groups in the DETA backbone could adhere to the α-MoO3 nano-belts due to attractive Coulomb interactions.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 18037-18045 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Nanoscale |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue number | 39 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2019 Oct 21 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This study was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) under the Ministry of Science, ICT & Future Planning (Basic Science Research Program (No. 2014R1A5A1009799), the Technology Development Program to Solve Climate Change (No. 2015M1A2A2055631) and the Global Frontier R&D Program of the Center for Multiscale Energy Systems (No. 2018M3A6A7055631)) and the Ministry of Trade, Industry & Energy, Republic of Korea (New & Renewable Energy Core Technology Program of the Korea Institute of Energy Technology Evaluation and Planning (KETEP) (No. 20183010013820, No. 20163010012470)).
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ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Materials Science(all)