Synthesis and photochromic properties of MOO3 nanosheets crystallites

Lin Zhang, Yue Tu, Jinghui Cui, Fangyu Zhou, Qiang Li

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Abstract

Layered Molybdenum trioxide MOO3, with a two-dimensional (2D) structure was successfully delaminated into colloidal nanosheets in n-butanol via a soft-chemical process involving intercalation of dodecylamine. X-ray diffraction (XRD) showed that: after intercalation spacing of the layered material expend to 2.69nm from 1.38nm, and Characterizations by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and scan electron microscopy (TEM) confirmed the formation of unilamellar 2D nanosheet crystallites with an average lateral size of 400 nm. The obtained nanosheets exhibited photochromic properties upon UV-VIS excitation. The chromogenic nanosheet obtained in this study features the intense UV absorption and optically switchable Visible-to-IR absorption, which may be useful for window applications such as heat-absorbing films.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationTesting and Evaluation of Inorganic Materials IV
PublisherTrans Tech Publications Ltd
Pages285-288
Number of pages4
ISBN (Print)9783037859186
DOIs
StatePublished - 2014
Event4th Annual Meeting on Testing and Evaluation of Inorganic Materials, TEIM 2013 - Guilin, China
Duration: 7 Jun 20139 Jun 2013

Publication series

NameKey Engineering Materials
Volume591
ISSN (Print)1013-9826
ISSN (Electronic)1662-9795

Conference

Conference4th Annual Meeting on Testing and Evaluation of Inorganic Materials, TEIM 2013
Country/TerritoryChina
CityGuilin
Period7/06/139/06/13

Keywords

  • Layered compound
  • Molybdenum trioxide
  • Nanosheets
  • Photochromic

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