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One-step rapid hydrothermal synthesis of monoclinic VO2 nanoparticles with high precursors concentration

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In this study, monoclinic vanadium dioxide (VO2) nanoparticles were synthesized by one-step rapid hydrothermal treatment of a sol precursor, and the obtained products were examined using various analytical methods. Results indicated that monoclinic VO2 nanoparticles could be obtained using ammonium metavanadate as the precursor at a high concentration of 2.37 M and the shortest duration was only 1 h. X-ray diffraction (XRD) revealed that VO2 presented high crystallinity with a pure monoclinic phase. Phase transition latent heat of VO2 was estimated to be 45.5 J/g. Furthermore, VO2 powders were mostly composed of granules with a size distribution ranging from 20 nm to 100 nm. Monoclinic VO2 nanoparticles were derived from the decomposition of the intermediate (NH4)2V4O9.

Monoclinic vanadium dioxide (VO2) nanoparticles can be synthesized by one-step rapid hydrothermal treatment of sol precursor with high concentration.

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  • The monoclinic vanadium dioxide (VO2) nanoparticles can be synthesized by high-temperature hydrothermal method at above 300 °C.

  • The duration of hydrothermal can be shorten to 1 h.

  • The VO2 nanoparticles could be obtained at a high precursor concentration of 2.37 M.

  • The as-prepared VO2 samples have high phase transition heat and good phase transition performance.

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This research was funded by Chongqing Research Program of Basic Research and Frontier Technology (cstc2016jcyjA0027).

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    Jian Zou, Lei Xiao, Li Zhu & Xuanyan Chen

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Zou, J., Xiao, L., Zhu, L. et al. One-step rapid hydrothermal synthesis of monoclinic VO2 nanoparticles with high precursors concentration. J Sol-Gel Sci Technol 91, 302–309 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10971-019-04999-0

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