Deep eutectic solvent assisted hydrothermal synthesis of photochromic and nontoxic tungsten oxide nanoparticles
Shephrah Olubusola Ogungbesan, Onome Ejeromedoghene, Yanina Moglie, Eduardo Buxaderas, Bingbing Cui, Rosemary Anwuli Adedokun, Mulenga Kalulu, Mopelola Abidemi Idowu, David Díaz Díaz, Guodong Fu
Abstract
In this work, hydrothermal methods and deep eutectic solvents were combined for the first time to prepare tungsten trioxide nanoparticles in an easy and green manner improving their optical and photochromic properties.
Topics & Concepts
ChemistryPhotochromismHydrothermal circulationEutectic systemNanoparticleDeep eutectic solventTungstenSolventHydrothermal synthesisChemical engineeringOxideNanotechnologyCombinatorial chemistryPolymer chemistryPhotochemistryOrganic chemistryAlloyEngineeringMaterials scienceTransition Metal Oxide NanomaterialsTiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar CellsCatalysis and Oxidation Reactions