The microstrain-accompanied structural phase transition from h-MoO₃ to α-MoO₃ investigated by in situ X-ray diffraction

• Zeqian Zhang,
• Honglong Shi,
• Boxiang Zhuang,
• Minting Luo and
• Zhenfei Hu

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 692–700, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.55

• octahedron layers in the ⟨100⟩α direction, coupled by van der Waals interactions, and the octahedron layers stack in the ⟨010⟩α direction by shifting by a/2. Experimental Hydrothermal synthesis of h-MoO3 Molybdenum oxide h-MoO3 was synthesized by a traditional hydrothermal synthesis method. In a routine

ZnO-nanostructure-based electrochemical sensor: Effect of nanostructure morphology on the sensing of heavy metal ions

• Marina Krasovska,
• Vjaceslavs Gerbreders,
• Irena Mihailova,
• Andrejs Ogurcovs,
• Eriks Sledevskis,
• Andrejs Gerbreders and
• Pavels Sarajevs

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 2421–2431, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.227

• stream of dry nitrogen and thermally treated at 350 °C for 30 min in air, such that zinc acetate was completely converted into zinc oxide. Subsequently, the samples were slowly cooled to room temperature. The nanostructured layer of the electrode was obtained by the hydrothermal synthesis method using an

Two-dimensional carbon-based nanocomposites for photocatalytic energy generation and environmental remediation applications

• Suneel Kumar,
• Ashish Kumar,
• Ashish Bahuguna,
• Vipul Sharma and
• Venkata Krishnan

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 1571–1600, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.159

• for the synthesis of inorganic nanocrystals and gives rise to highly crystalline nanostructures and also reduces GO to RGO. As the name suggests, water is the main solvent in hydrothermal synthesis method and major advantage of water as the solvent is its abundance in nature as well as its non-toxic

Carbon nanotube-wrapped Fe₂O₃ anode with improved performance for lithium-ion batteries

• Guoliang Gao,
• Yan Jin,
• Qun Zeng,
• Deyu Wang and
• Cai Shen

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 649–656, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.69

• /COOH-MWCNT composite is a potential anode material for lithium-ion batteries. Keywords: anode material; carbon nanotubes; hydrothermal synthesis method; lithium-ion batteries; Introduction The depletion of non-renewable energy resources such as coal, petrol and natural gas has led to the urgent need

• sol–gel method to prepare graphene-wrapped Fe2O3, which demonstrated an excellent capacity retention of 777 mAh·g−1 at a current density of 100 mA·g−1 after 30 cycles. Wang et al. [29] synthesized Fe2O3/GCNTs via a hydrothermal synthesis method and subsequent thermal reduction. The synthesized Fe2O3