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Surface-ligand protected reduction on plasmonic tuning of one- dimensional MoO3-x nanobelts for solar steam generation

Xindian Li, Dongyang Wang, Yun Zhang, Luntao Liu, Wenshou Wang()
National Engineering Research Center for Colloidal Materials and School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
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Sub-stoichiometric MoO3-x nanostructures with plasmonic absorption via creating oxygen vacancies have attracted extensive attentions for many intriguing applications. However, the synthesis of one-dimensional (1D) plasmonic MoO3-x nanostructures with widely tunable plasmonic absorption has remained a significant challenge because of their serious morphological destruction and phase change with increasing the concentration of oxygen vacancies. Here we demonstrate a surface-ligand protected reduction strategy for the synthesis of 1D MoO3-x nanobelts with tunable plasmonic absorption in a wide wavelength range from 200 to 2,500 nm. Polyethylene glycol (PEG-400) is used as both the reductant to produce oxygen vacancies and the surface protected ligands to maintain 1D morphology during the formation process of MoO3-x nanobelts, enabling the widely tunable plasmonic absorption. Owing to their broad plasmonic absorption and unique 1D nanostructure, we further demonstrate the application of 1D MoO3-x nanobelts as photothermal film for interfacial solar evaporator. The surface-ligand protected reduction strategy provides a new avenue for the developing plasmonic semiconductor oxides with maintained particle morphology and thus enriching their wide applications.

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MoO3-x nanobeltssurface-ligand protected reductionoxygen vacanciesplasmonic tuninginterfacial water evaporation

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Nano Research
Volume 13 Issue 11,
November 2020
Pages 3025-3032
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-020-2967-6
Cite this article:
Li X, Wang D, Zhang Y, et al. Surface-ligand protected reduction on plasmonic tuning of one- dimensional MoO3-x nanobelts for solar steam generation. Nano Research, 2020, 13(11): 3025-3032. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-020-2967-6
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