RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article T1 α-MoO3 crystals with a multilayer stack structure obtained by annealing from a lamellar MoS2/g-C3N4 nanohybrid A1 Martín Ramos, Pablo A1 Alonso Fernández-Coppel, Ignacio A1 Avella, Manuel A1 Martín Gil, Jesús K1 α-MoO3 K1 Carbon nitride K1 g-C3N4 K1 Molybdenum trioxide K1 Nanoplates K1 Synthesis K1 33 Ciencias Tecnológicas AB Transition metal oxides and chalcogenides have recently attracted great attention as the next generation of 2-D materials due to their unique electronic and optical properties. In this study, a new procedure for the obtaining of highly crystalline α-MoO3 is proposed as an alternative to vapor-phase synthesis. In this approach, a first reaction between molybdate, citrate and thiourea allowed to obtain MoS2, which—upon calcination at a temperature of 650 °C in the presence of g-C3N4—resulted in MoO3 with a definite plate-like shape. The colorless (or greenish) α-MoO3 nanoplates obtained with this procedure featured a multilayer stack structure, with a side-length of 1–2 μm and a thickness of several nanometers viewed along the [010] direction. The nucleation-growth of the crystal can be explained by a two-dimensional layer-by-layer mechanism favored by g-C3N4 lamellar template. PB MDPI SN 2079-4991 YR 2018 FD 2018 LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/55961 UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/55961 LA eng NO Nanomaterials, 2018, vol. 8, n.7, p. 559 NO Producción Científica DS UVaDOC RD 24-nov-2024