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Chinese scientists have discovered a new method of preparing quasi-spherical VO₂ nanoparticles with uniform size and high crystallinity by doping them with antimony.

These properties are important for application of VO₂ NPs in “smart windows” which can help retain heat at low temperatures and reflect heat at high temperatures.

Read the full details of this exciting work today:

Phase and shape controlled VO₂ nanostructures by antimony doping
Yanfeng Gao, Chuanxiang Cao, Lei Dai, Hongjie Luo, Minoru Kanehira, Yong Ding and Zhong Lin Wang
Energy Environ. Sci., 2012, 5, 8708-8715
DOI: 10.1039/C2EE22290F

Also check out these other recent Energy & Environmental Science articles by Gao et. al. in this exciting research field:

Enhanced chemical stability of VO₂ nanoparticles by the formation of SiO₂/VO₂ core/shell structures and the application to transparent and flexible VO₂-based composite foils with excellent thermochromic properties for solar heat control
Yanfeng Gao, Shaobo Wang, Hongjie Luo, Lei Dai, Chuanxiang Cao, Yiliao Liu, Zhang Chen and Minoru Kanehira
DOI: 10.1039/C2EE02803D

Solution-based fabrication of vanadium dioxide on F:SnO₂ substrates with largely enhanced thermochromism and low-emissivity for energy-saving applications
Zongtao Zhang, Yanfeng Gao, Hongjie Luo, Litao Kang, Zhang Chen, Jing Du, Minoru Kanehira, Yuzhi Zhang and Zhong Lin Wang
DOI: 10.1039/C1EE02092G