Growth and Extension of One-Step Sol-Gel Derived Molybdenum Trioxide Nanorods via Controlling Citric Acid Decomposition Rate

Crystal Growth and Design

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 4536-4542

  Cong, Shuren ^a,b   Sugahara, Tohru ^a   Wei, Tingting ^c   Jiu, Jinting ^a   Hirose, Yukiko ^a   Nagao, Shijo ^a   Suganuma, Katsuaki ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KUNMING INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

^c KUNMING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CITRIC ACID; MOLYBDENUM; MOLYBDENUM COMPOUNDS; MOLYBDENUM OXIDE; NANOBELTS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SINTERING; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; SUBSTRATES; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ACID DECOMPOSITION; AMBIENT ATMOSPHERE; CITRIC ACID COMPLEX; MATERIAL DEVELOPMENT; MOLYBDENUM TRIOXIDE; SILICA GLASS SUBSTRATE; SINGLE-CRYSTAL NANORODS; SYNTHESIS PARAMETERS;

NANORODS;

EID: 84940981252     PISSN: 15287483     EISSN: 15287505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.cgd.5b00790     Document Type: Article

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