Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
1461839 Ceramics International 2014 8 Pages PDF
Abstract

We describe a simple route to mesoporous rod-like nanocrystalline of hybrid organic–inorganic based vanadium oxide through the hydrothermal method using V2O5 as vanadium source and 2-phenylethylamine as reducing and structure-directing agent. Techniques X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscope (SEM), thermal analysis (TG-DTA), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), Raman spectroscopy, UV–visible spectroscopy and nitrogen adsorption/desorption isotherms (BET) have been used to characterize the structure, morphology and the texture of the samples. The nanorods are up to several hundred nanometers in length, the width and the thickness are 280–300 and 60 nm, respectively. The molar ratio plays a key role on the structure and the morphology of the materials.

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