Amorphous MoO3-x nanosheets prepared by the reduction of crystalline MoO3 by Mo metal for LSPR and photothermal conversion

Cang Guo; Pengfei Yan; Chuanhui Zhu; Cong Wei; Wei Liu; Wenzhuo Wu; Xuzhe Wang; Lirong Zheng; Jiaou Wang; Yi Du; Jun Chen; Qun Xu

doi:10.1039/c9cc06704c

Amorphous MoO_3-x nanosheets prepared by the reduction of crystalline MoO₃ by Mo metal for LSPR and photothermal conversion

Chem Commun (Camb). 2019 Oct 15;55(83):12527-12530. doi: 10.1039/c9cc06704c.

Authors

Cang Guo¹, Pengfei Yan¹, Chuanhui Zhu¹, Cong Wei¹, Wei Liu¹, Wenzhuo Wu¹, Xuzhe Wang¹, Lirong Zheng², Jiaou Wang², Yi Du³, Jun Chen⁴, Qun Xu⁵

Affiliations

¹ College of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, P. R. China. qunxu@zzu.edu.cn.
² Beijing Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China.
³ Institute for Superconducting & Electronic Materials, Australian Institute of Innovative Materials, Innovation Campus University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2500, Australia.
⁴ Intelligent Polymer Research Institute, Australian Institute of Innovative Materials, Innovation Campus University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2500, Australia.
⁵ College of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, P. R. China. qunxu@zzu.edu.cn and Institute of Advanced Technology, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, P. R. China.

PMID: 31576838
DOI: 10.1039/c9cc06704c

Abstract

Amorphous MoO3-x with enhanced LSPR has been fabricated successfully by introducing Mo atoms into the interlayers of MoO3 nanosheets via a hydrothermal method. The inserted Mo atom could bond with inherent Mo atoms and further form a distorted atomic configuration structure. Thus, the amorphous MoO3-x possesses a relatively excellent photothermal conversion efficiency of 61.79%.