caa a22 4500 445303301 CHVBK 20180317142604.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20100901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s12274-010-0022-8 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s12274-010-0022-8 Aqueous synthesis of mesostructured BiVO4 quantum tubes with excellent dual response to visible light and temperature [Elektronische Daten] [Yongfu Sun, Yi Xie, Changzheng Wu, Shudong Zhang, Shishi Jiang] Analysis of the atomic structure of monoclinic BiVO4 reveals its fascinating structure-related dual response to visible light and temperature. Although there have been a few reported studies of its responses to visible light and temperature, an understanding of the effects of quantum size, particle shape or specific exposed facets on its dual responsive properties remains elusive; this is primarily due to the limited availability of high-quality monodisperse nanocrystals with extremely small sizes and specific exposed facets. Herein, we describe a novel assembly-fusion strategy for the synthesis of mesostructured monoclinic BiVO4 quantum tubes with ultranarrow diameter of 5 nm, ultrathin wall thickness down to 1 nm and exposed {020} facets, via a convenient hydrothermal method at temperatures as low as 100 °C. Notably, the resulting high-quality quantum tubes possess significantly superior dual-responsive properties compared with bulk BiVO4 or even BiVO4 nanoellipsoids, and thus, show high promise for applications as visible-light photocatalysts and temperature indicators offering improved environmental quality and safety. This mild and facile methodology should be capable of extension to the preparation of other mesostructured inorganic quantum tubes with similar characteristics, giving a range of materials with enhanced dual-responsive properties. Tsinghua University Press and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2010 Mesostructure nationallicence BiVO4 nationallicence quantum tubes nationallicence visible light nationallicence temperature nationallicence Sun Yongfu Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, 230026, Hefei, China aut Xie Yi Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, 230026, Hefei, China aut Wu Changzheng Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, 230026, Hefei, China aut Zhang Shudong Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, 230026, Hefei, China aut Jiang Shishi Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, 230026, Hefei, China aut Nano Research Tsinghua Press 3/9(2010-09-01), 620-631 1998-0124 3:9<620 2010 3 12274 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-010-0022-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-010-0022-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Sun Yongfu Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, 230026, Hefei, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Xie Yi Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, 230026, Hefei, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Wu Changzheng Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, 230026, Hefei, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Zhang Shudong Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, 230026, Hefei, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Jiang Shishi Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, 230026, Hefei, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Nano Research Tsinghua Press 3/9(2010-09-01), 620-631 1998-0124 3:9<620 2010 3 12274 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer