W18O49 Nanowhiskers Decorating SiO2 Nanofibers: Lessons from In
Situ SEM/TEM Growth to Large Scale Synthesis and Fundamental
Structural Understanding

J 2024

W18O49 Nanowhiskers Decorating SiO2 Nanofibers: Lessons from In Situ SEM/TEM Growth to Large Scale Synthesis and Fundamental Structural Understanding

KUNDRÁT, Vojtěch, Kristyna BUKVISOVA, Libor NOVAK, Lukas PRUCHA, Lothar HOUBEN et. al.

Basic information

Original name

W18O49 Nanowhiskers Decorating SiO2 Nanofibers: Lessons from In Situ SEM/TEM Growth to Large Scale Synthesis and Fundamental Structural Understanding

Authors

KUNDRÁT, Vojtěch (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Kristyna BUKVISOVA, Libor NOVAK, Lukas PRUCHA, Lothar HOUBEN, Jakub ZALESAK, Antonio VUKUSIC, David HOLEC, Reshef TENNE and Jiří PINKAS (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

CRYSTAL GROWTH & DESIGN, WASHINGTON, AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 2024, 1528-7483

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10402 Inorganic and nuclear chemistry

Country of publisher

United States of America

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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URL

Impact factor

Impact factor: 3.800 in 2022

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.3c01094

UT WoS

001136418300001

Keywords in English

NEAR-INFRARED ABSORPTION; TUNGSTEN-OXIDE; ELECTROSPUN NANOFIBERS; WS2 NANOTUBES

Abstract

V originále

Tungsten suboxide W18O49 nanowhiskers are a material of great interest due to their potential high-end applications in electronics, near-infrared light shielding, catalysis, and gas sensing. The present study introduces three main approaches for the fundamental understanding of W18O49 nanowhisker growth and structure. First, W18O49 nanowhiskers were grown from gamma-WO3/a-SiO2 nanofibers in situ in a scanning electron microscope (SEM) utilizing a specially designed microreactor (mu Reactor). It was found that irradiation by the electron beam slows the growth kinetics of the W18O49 nanowhisker, markedly. Following this, an in situ TEM study led to some new fundamental understanding of the growth mode of the crystal shear planes in the W18O49 nanowhisker and the formation of a domain (bundle) structure. High-resolution scanning transmission electron microscopy analysis of a cross-sectioned W18O49 nanowhisker revealed the well-documented pentagonal Magn & eacute;li columns and hexagonal channel characteristics for this phase. Furthermore, a highly crystalline and oriented domain structure and previously unreported mixed structural arrangement of tungsten oxide polyhedrons were analyzed. The tungsten oxide phases found in the cross section of the W18O49 nanowhisker were analyzed by nanodiffraction and electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS), which were discussed and compared in light of theoretical calculations based on the density functional theory method. Finally, the knowledge gained from the in situ SEM and TEM experiments was valorized in developing a multigram synthesis of W18O49/a-SiO2 urchin-like nanofibers in a flow reactor.

Links

EH22_008/0004572, research and development project

Name: Kvantové materiály pro aplikace v udržitelných technologiích

LM2018127, research and development project

Name: Česká infrastruktura pro integrativní strukturní biologii (Acronym: CIISB)

Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR

90110, large research infrastructures

Name: CzechNanoLab

90242, large research infrastructures

Name: CIISB III

Citovat

KUNDRÁT, Vojtěch, Kristyna BUKVISOVA, Libor NOVAK, Lukas PRUCHA, Lothar HOUBEN, Jakub ZALESAK, Antonio VUKUSIC, David HOLEC, Reshef TENNE and Jiří PINKAS. W18O49 Nanowhiskers Decorating SiO2 Nanofibers: Lessons from In Situ SEM/TEM Growth to Large Scale Synthesis and Fundamental Structural Understanding. CRYSTAL GROWTH & DESIGN. WASHINGTON: AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 2024, vol. 24, No 1, p. 378-390. ISSN 1528-7483. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.3c01094.

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KUNDRÁT, Vojtěch, Kristyna BUKVISOVA, Libor NOVAK, Lukas PRUCHA, Lothar HOUBEN, Jakub ZALESAK, Antonio VUKUSIC, David HOLEC, Reshef TENNE and Jiří PINKAS. W18O49 Nanowhiskers Decorating SiO2 Nanofibers: Lessons from In Situ SEM/TEM Growth to Large Scale Synthesis and Fundamental Structural Understanding. \textit{CRYSTAL GROWTH \&{}amp; DESIGN}. WASHINGTON: AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 2024, vol.~24, No~1, p.~378-390. ISSN~1528-7483. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.3c01094.

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