Tungsten trioxide (WO3) nanostructures were synthesized by hydrothermal method using sodium tungstate (Na2WO4 2H2O) alone as starting material, and sodium tungstate in presence of ferrous ammonium sulfate [(NH4)2 Fe(SO4)2 6H2O] or cobalt chloride (CoCl2 6H2O) as structure-directing agents. Orthorhombic WO3 having a rectangular slab-like morphology was obtained when Na2WO4 2H2O was used alone. W...

A hydrothermal method based on the use of hydrogen peroxide is described to grow a homogeneous layer of tungsten oxide (WO3) on a platinum (Pt) film supported on a silicon wafer. WO3 growth is highly selective for Pt when present on silicon in a patterned arrangement, demonstrating that Pt catalyzes decomposition of the WO3 precursor in solution. The obtained Pt/WO3 interface yields high photoc...

Methane (CH4) upgrading into liquid oxygenates under mild conditions is of great significance to sustainable energy and clean environment, whilst holds challenges achieving superior activity selectivity. Herein, tungsten oxide (WO3) modified with palladium (Pd) nanoparticles oxygen vacancies (OVs) was employed as dual reaction sites drive CH4 conversion O2 at room temperature. Optimized Pd0.5-d...

Hydrogen production from seawater and solar energy based on photoelectrochemical cells is extremely attractive due to earth-abundance of seawater and solar radiation. Herein, we report the successful fabrication of novel inorganic-organic 2D/2D WO3/g-C3N4 nanosheet arrays (WO3/g-C3N4 NSAs) grown on a FTO substrate via a facile hydrothermal growth and deposition-annealing process, and their appl...

A hydrothermal method based on the use of hydrogen peroxide is described to grow a homogeneous layer of tungsten oxide (WO3) on a platinum (Pt) film supported on a silicon wafer. WO3 growth is highly selective for Pt when present on silicon in a patterned arrangement, demonstrating that Pt catalyzes decomposition of the WO3 precursor in solution. The obtained Pt/WO3 interface yields high photoc...

WO3 thin films have been deposited in a hierarchically structured core-shell morphology, with the cores consisting of an array of Si microwires and the shells consisting of a controlled morphology WO3 layer. Porosity was introduced into the WO3 outer shell by using a self-assembled microsphere colloidal crystal as a mask during the deposition of the WO3 shell. Compared to conformal, unstructure...

Addition of TiO2 to a polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) particle-dispersed composite contributes to the self-cleaning properties of the water-repellent composite. However, its application is limited to outdoor usage or under ultraviolet (UV) irradiation. In this study, a novel visible-light-sensitive photocatalytic and superhydrophobic material was developed by adding Cu/WO3 to a PTFE particulate ...

Thin film of tungsten oxide (WO3) has been studied extensively as an electrochromic material and has numerous applications in electrochromic devices, smart windows, gas sensors and optical windows. In order to explore the possibility of using it in electrochromic devices, thorough study the optical properties of the WO3 is an important step. The WO3 layers have been grown by hot-filament metal ...

Large surface area hexagonal phase WO3 (h-WO3) nanowires were synthesized by a hydrothermal route with the assistance of C2H12N6O4S. They were characterized by XRD, SEM, TEM, BET, FT-IR and XPS. It is shown that C2H12N6O4S not only acts as a stabilizer to facilitate the generation of a metastable hexagonal phase, but also functions as a structure directing agent to assist the construction of na...

In this work, WO3 nanoparticle decorated magnetic poliamidoamin (PAMAM) dendrimer nanocomposites were fabricated and used as a catalyser for the reduction of 4-nitrophenol (4-NP). Fe3O4 superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles core. Magnetic produced using hydrothermal synthesis. core was covered with PAMAM dendrimers. The dendrimers in covering process 2nd generation which proposed to protec...