In order to make fast-charging batteries a reality for electric vehicles, durable, more energy dense and high-current density resistant anodes need to be developed. With such purpose, a low lithiation potential of 0.2 V vs. Li/Li(+) for MoO3 nanoplatelet arrays is reported here for anodes in a lithium ion battery. The composite material here presented affords elevated charge capacity while at t...

BACKGROUND Some of the efforts to improve the properties of Mineral Trioxide Aggregate (MTA) include incorporation of some nanoparticles such as Titanium dioxide (TiO2). The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of TiO2 nanoparticles on the setting time, working time, push-out bond strength and compressive strength of MTA. MATERIAL AND METHODS The physical properties to be evaluated we...

Molybdenum oxides have been widely investigated for their broad applications ranging from electronics to energy storage. Photodetectors based on molybdenum trioxide (MoO3), however, were seldom reported owing to their low conductivity and weak photoresponse. Herein we report a photodetector based on single MoO3 nanobelt with wide visible spectrum response by introducing substantial gap states v...

Vapor-phase growth of large-area two-dimensional (2D) MoS2 nanosheets via reactions of sulfur with MoO3 precursors vaporized and transferred from powder sources onto a target substrate has been rapidly progressing. Recent studies revealed that the growth yield of high quality singlelayer (SL) MoS2 is essentially controlled by quite a few parameters including the temperature, the pressure, the a...

The temperature-programmed reduction of MoO3 from 300 K to 773 K in 50 vol-% hydrogen in He (10 Pa) at different heating rates (0.1, 0.2, and 5 K/min) was investigated by in situ XRD and XAFS. At heating rates of ~ 0.1 and ~ 0.2 K/min the formation of the molybdenum bronze H0.34MoO3 was observed by in situ XRD in the early stage of the reduction of MoO3. At a heating rate of 5 K/min the formati...

The optical absorption coefficient of amorphous 40TeO2-(60-x) V2O5-xMoO3 thin films was determined in a spectral range 190-1100 nm at room temperature. The fundamental optical absorption edge was sharp. The optical gap generally increases as the proportion of MoO3 in the mixed films increases. The width of the tail of the localized states in the band gap was determined for different composition...