Suppression of Photoinduced Surface Oxidation of Vanadium Dioxide Nanostructures by Blocking Oxygen Adsorption
Author(s) -
Yan Yang,
Wei Wei,
Shuxiao Wang,
Tiantian Huang,
Menghui Yuan,
Rui Zhang,
Wanli Yang,
Tianning Zhang,
Yan Sun,
Yongjun Yuan,
ZhenTao Yu,
Xin Chen,
Ning Dai
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
acs omega
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.779
H-Index - 40
ISSN - 2470-1343
DOI - 10.1021/acsomega.9b02175
Subject(s) - vanadium , vanadium oxide , adsorption , nanomaterials , nanostructure , oxygen , materials science , chemical engineering , oxide , inert gas , coating , oxidation process , inorganic chemistry , nanotechnology , chemistry , organic chemistry , metallurgy , composite material , engineering
Controlling the surface is necessary to adjust the essential properties and desired functions of nanomaterials and devices. For nanostructured multivalent vanadium oxides, unwanted surface oxidation occurs at ambient atmosphere generally and needs to be suppressed or avoided. We describe the suppressed surface oxidation of VO 2 nanostructures through blocking oxygen adsorption. During an enhanced photoinduced surface oxidation process, the increased oxidation states of vanadium in VO 2 nanostructures are suppressed by the use of an inert atmosphere or coating. Intermediate oxidation states are observed, and an ALD-TiO 2 coating has a good antioxidant capacity for preventing the formation of oxygen-enriched components. Such oxidation suppression is beneficial to improving the stability of VO 2 nanostructures. Controllable surface oxidation helps us to understand the physical essentials of surface chemical reactions and achieve better control of surface functions and performances on correlated vanadium oxide nanostructures.
Accelerating Research
Robert Robinson Avenue,
Oxford Science Park, Oxford
OX4 4GP, United Kingdom
Address
John Eccles HouseRobert Robinson Avenue,
Oxford Science Park, Oxford
OX4 4GP, United Kingdom