Chemistry An Asian Journal 2015-06-01

Surfactant-free synthesis of plasmonic tungsten oxide nanowires with visible-light-enhanced hydrogen generation from ammonia borane.

Zaizhu Lou, Quan Gu, Lin Xu, Yusen Liao, Can Xue

Index: Chem. Asian J. 10 , 1291-4, (2015)

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Abstract

WO3-x nanowires were successfully synthesized through a simple surfactant-free solvothermal method. These nanowires exhibit strong plasmonic absorption in the visible and near-infrared region owing to the abundant oxygen vacancies. The plasmon excitation of these WO3-x nanowires provide five times enhancement on the hydrogen generation from ammonia borane. © 2015 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.