Because vanadium pentoxide (V2O5) is the only oxide that shows both anodic and cathodic coloration electrochromism, the reversible lithium ion insertion/extraction processes in V2O5 lead to not only reversible optical parameter changes but also multicolor changes for esthetics. Because of the outstanding electrochemical properties of V2O5 nanofibers, they show great potential to enhance V2O5 el...

BiVO4 thin film photoanodes were grown by vapor transport chemical deposition on FTO/glass substrates. By controlling the flow rate, the temperatures of the Bi and V sources (Bi metal and V2O5 powder, respectively), and the temperature of the deposition zone in a two-zone furnace, single-phase monoclinic BiVO4 thin films can be obtained. The CVD-grown films produce global AM1.5 photocurrent den...

M2O3–TiO2 (M = Ga, In and La) composite oxides were prepared by a co-precipitation method with in situ generated ammonium hydroxide and were impregnated with 12 wt.% V2O5. The M2O3-TiO2 and V2O5/M2O3-TiO2 (M = Ga, In and La) samples were subjected to thermal treatments from 773 to 1073 K and were investigated by X-ray diffraction, FT-infrared, and BET surface area methods to establish the effec...

Thin films of orthorhombic V2O5 have been prepared by sol electrophoretic deposition (EPD) followed by post-treatment at 500 ◦C. Their electrochemical and optical performances have been investigated for possible applications in electrochemical/electrochromic devices. Li+-intercalation properties of the films have been explored in two voltage ranges: 0.4 to −1.1 V and 0.4 to −1.6 V versus Ag/Ag+...

Vanadium-niobium oxide catalysts containing variable amounts of vanadium and prepared by coprecipitation were investigated using 51V solid-state NMR. It was found that, in samples containing less than about 8 mol % V2O5, vanadium occurs in three different oxygen environments: in isolated tetrahedra, in comer-sharing tetrahedra (pyrovanadate), and in distorted octahedra. The number of octahedral...

The structure of vanadia species supported on zirconia depends on VOx surface density and on the temperature of catalyst oxidation pretreatments. X-ray diffraction and Raman and UV-visible spectroscopies show that supported VOx species form polyvanadate domains of increasing size and ultimately monolayers and clusters as vanadium surface density increases. Initial propene selectivities in oxida...

Nanotube arrays of amorphous vanadium pentoxide (V(2)O(5)) were synthesized via template-based electrodeposition, and its electrochemical properties were investigated for Li-ion intercalation applications. The nanotubes have a length of 10 microm, outer diameter of 200 nm and inner diameter of 100 nm. Electrochemical analyses demonstrate that the V(2)O(5) nanotube array delivers a high initial ...

Out of a total of 79 employees at a factory making vanadium pentoxide from magnetite ore 63 were investigated by respiratory questionnaire, chest radiography, and tests of ventilatory function. The findings were compared with a reference group of 63 men, matched for age (to within two years) and for smoking habit (to within five cigarettes daily) selected from workers at a magnetite ore mine. A...

This article analyses experiments on the kinetics of internal electrochromism thin (micron) films hydrated vanadium pentoxide xerogel with point contacts. It describes a cylindrical model electrochromic colouration, which was used to evaluate concentration colour centres in initial film and after additional hydrogenation this by plasmaimmersion ion implantation.When we compared calculated value...