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JOURNAL OF SOL-GEL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Volume 28, Issue 2, Pages 235-244Publisher
KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBL
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026089318607
Keywords
templating strategy; macroporous tungsten oxide films; sol-gel; poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG)
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Macroporous tungsten oxide films have been prepared by combining a nonhydrolytic sol-gel method with a molecular assembly templating strategy. The material has been prepared by hydrolysis of an ethanolic solution of tungsten ethoxide in the presence of polyethylene glycol (PEG), followed by calcination of the dip-coated films. AFM images indicated that an important morphological diversity can be obtained by simply varying the amount of PEG in the coating solution and the conditions of the heat-treatment. The formation of nanostructures of controlled shapes and patterns (fibrils or striped phases) with relatively uniform channel spacings is accounted for by strong hydrogen bonding interactions between the PEG and the partially hydrolyzed tungsten oxide oligomers. XRD and FTIR data showed that PEG delays the crystallization of WO3. When compared to sol-gel prepared tungsten oxide fims prepared without PEG, the coloration efficiency of the macroporous films appears to be significantly improved especially in the near-infrared region.
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