Non-catalytic hydrogenation of VO2 in acid solution

Yuliang Chen; Zhaowu Wang; Shi Chen; Hui Ren; Liangxin Wang; Guobin Zhang; Yalin Lu; Jun Jiang; Chongwen Zou; Yi Luo

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-03292-y

Nature Communications (Feb 2018)

Non-catalytic hydrogenation of VO2 in acid solution

Yuliang Chen,
Zhaowu Wang,
Shi Chen,
Hui Ren,
Liangxin Wang,
Guobin Zhang,
Yalin Lu,
Jun Jiang,
Chongwen Zou,
Yi Luo

Affiliations

Yuliang Chen: National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China
Zhaowu Wang: Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China
Shi Chen: National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China
Hui Ren: National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China
Liangxin Wang: National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China
Guobin Zhang: National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China
Yalin Lu: National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China
Jun Jiang: Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China
Chongwen Zou: National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China
Yi Luo: Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03292-y
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Hydrogenation is an effective way to tune the property of metal oxides. Here, the authors report a simple approach to hydrogenate VO2 in acid solution under ambient conditions by placing a small piece of low workfunction metal on VO2 surface.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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