Qi BG, Ni XM, Li DG, Zheng HG (2008) A facile non-hydrothermal fabrication of uniform alpha-MoO3 nanowires in high yield. Chemistry Letters 37(3), 336-337. [In English]

Web link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1246/cl.2008.336

Keywords:

raman-spectroscopy, moo3, molybdenum, oxide, nanobelts

Abstract: Uniform alpha-MoO3 nanowires with the diameter of 60-100 nm and the length of 10-40 mu m were fabricated in high yield through a facile non-hydrothermal method. The fabrication process involved acidifying an ethylenediamine solution of molybdenum acid and subsequent calcinating treatment without any hydrothermal procedures. Ethylenediamine was found to play a crucial role for the formation of alpha-MoO3 nanowires under the present conditions. Thus-prepared alpha-MoO3 nanowires as supercapacitors exhibited much larger capacitance and better cyclicity than the conventional particulate counterpart.