Platy particles of NaNbO 3 were successfully prepared by a solvothermal reaction using methanol/ethanol mixed solvent, in contrast to the formation cubic from methanol alone.

Development of an eco-friendly, low cost and high energy density LiMnPO4 cathode material has attracted much attention due to its high operating voltage vs. Li falling within the electrochemical stability window of conventional electrolyte solutions and offers more safety features due to the presence of a strong P-O covalent bond.Synthesis of battery materials integrates the...

The title compound, C(8)H(6)O(6)·2H(2)O, was obtained by accident within a project on the synthesis of metal-organic coordination polymers by the reaction of LiOH with 2,5-dihy-droxy-terephthalic acid under solvothermal conditions. The asymmetric unit consists of half a 2,5-dihy-droxy-terephthalic acid mol-ecule located on a centre of inversion and one solvent water mol-ecule that occupies a ge...

The title compound, [Cu(2)(C(14)H(8)O(4))(2)(C(10)H(8)N(2))(2)], was obtained by solvothermal synthesis. The Cu(II) atom is coordinated by one chelating 2,2'-bipyridine ligand and two carboxyl groups from different biphenyl-2,2'-dicarboxyl-ate ligands, leading to a distorted octahedral environment. Each carboxyl-ate group makes one short Cu-O bond [1.9608 (14) and 1.9701 (14) Å] and one longer ...

A facile synthesis of novel 3D porous V2O5 hierarchical microspheres has been developed, based on an additive-free solvothermal method and subsequent calcination. Due to their unique structure, these V2O5 microspheres display a very stable capacity retention of 130 mA h g (1) over 100 cycles at a current rate of 0.5 C, and show excellent rate capability with a capacity of 105 mA h g (1) even at...

The title compound, [Cu(C(11)H(11)N(4)O(2))(2)], was prepared by solvothermal synthesis using 2-amino-5-(4-methoxy-phen-yl)-1,3,4-oxadiazole and copper sulfate penta-hydrate in an acetonitrile solution. The Cu(II) atom lies on an inversion center and is four-coordinated in a slightly distorted square-planar geometry by four N atoms of the ligands obtained from the formation of a bond between th...

In order to synthesize Bi2Se3 nanopowders by a solvothermal synthesis method, ethylenediamine, dimethylformamide, acetone, absolute ethanol, and deionized water were respectively used as a solvent, using BiCl3 and elemental Se powders as starting materials and KBH4 as a reductant at 180 C for different times. X-ray diffraction was used for examining the phase composition of the products. The re...

The incorporation of a redox-active tris(4-(pyridine-4-yl)phenyl)amine (NPy3) ligand into the Cu(I) coordination frameworks [CuNPy3NO3·solvent]n and [CuNPy3Cl·solvent]n has been shown to facilitate redox state switching in the materials. In both cases, the initial Cu(II) metal centre was reduced in situ during the solvothermal synthesis under relatively mild conditions where the use of chloride...