We report a new semitransparent inverted polymer solar cell (PSC) with a structure of glass/FTO/nc-TiO2/P3HT:PCBM/MoO3/Ag/MoO3. Because high-temperature annealing which decreased the conductivity of indium tin oxide (ITO) must be handled in the process of preparation of nanocrystalline titanium oxide (nc-TiO2), we replace glass/ITO with a glass/fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) substrate to improv...

Reduction of MoO3 in propene and oxidation of MoO2 in oxygen are investigated by in situ X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Xray absorption spectroscopy (XAS). Temperature-programmed and isothermal experiments (573–773 K) are performed to elucidate the structural evolution of phases present during the reactions and, in addition, to reveal the solid-state kinetics of the processes involved. During the ...

A facile method for the synthesis of metal nanostructure-decorated two-dimensional (2D) semiconductor nanosheets was developed. The solution-processable molybdenum trioxide (MoO3) nanosheet was used as a template for direct liquid-phase growth of platinum nanoparticles (Pt NPs) under ambient conditions. Results show that the Pt NPs with sizes of 1-3 nm were uniformly grown on the MoO3 surface. ...

Nanocrystalline molybdenum oxide (α-MoO3) thin films with iso-oriented crystalline layers were synthesised by the anodisation of Mo foils. Upon band-gap excitation using light illumination, α-MoO3 generates excited electrons for reductive reactions and stores some of the excited electrons in its layered crystalline structure via alkali cation intercalation. These stored electrons can be subsequ...

Simultaneous generation of H2 fuel and value-added chemicals has attracted increasing attention since the photogenerated electrons holes can be both employed to convert solar light into chemical energy. Herein, for realizing UV-visible-NIR driven dehydrogenation benzyl alcohol (BA) benzaldehydes (BAD) H2, a novel localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) enhanced S-scheme heterojunction was de...

In this study, a high energy planetary ball milling technique was used to synthesize nano-crystalline Mo-Cu alloys. Molybdenum trioxide (MoO3) and copper oxide (CuO) were used as the starting materials. Carbo-thermal co-reduction of mixed Mo and Cu oxides powders was done with milling followed by a heat treatment at a high temperature. Differential thermal analysis/thermogravimetric (DTA/TG) wa...

Molybdenum oxides have been widely investigated for their broad applications ranging from electronics to energy storage. Photodetectors based on molybdenum trioxide (MoO3), however, were seldom reported owing to their low conductivity and weak photoresponse. Herein we report a photodetector based on single MoO3 nanobelt with wide visible spectrum response by introducing substantial gap states v...

A simply and facilely synthesized MoO3 solution was developed to fabricate charge injection layers for improving the charge-injection properties in p-type organic field-effect transistors (OFETs). By dissolving MoO3 powder in ammonium (NH3) solvent under an air atmosphere, an intermediate ammonium molybdate ((NH4)2MoO4) precursor is made stable, transparent and spin-coated to form the MoO3 inte...

UV-vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS) and Raman spectroscopy were used to examine the electronic and molecular structures, respectively, of well-defined Mo(VI) bulk mixed oxide reference compounds ((i) isolated MoO4 or MoO6 monomers, (ii) dimeric O3Mo-O-MoO3, (iii) chains of alternating MoO4 and MoO6 units, (iv) MoO6-coordinated Mo7-Mo12 clusters, and (v) infinite layered sheets of MoO5...

background: in recent years, nanoparticles have been increasingly used in industries. however, there is a serious lack of information concerning their impact on human health and the environment. this study was investigated the effect of moo3 nps on thyroid hormones in female rats. methods: in this study, 21 female wistar rats were selected and divided into three groups of untreated control, sha...