Issue 11, 2020

Soft-template-assisted synthesis: a promising approach for the fabrication of transition metal oxides

Abstract

The past few decades have witnessed transition metal oxides (TMOs) as promising candidates for a plethora of applications in numerous fields. The exceptional properties retained by these materials have rendered them of paramount emphasis as functional materials. Thus, the controlled and scalable synthesis of transition metal oxides with desired properties has received enormous attention. Out of different top-down and bottom-up approaches, template-assisted synthesis predominates as an adept approach for the facile synthesis of transition metal oxides, owing to its phenomenal ability for morphological and physicochemical tuning. This review presents a comprehensive examination of the recent advances in the soft-template-assisted synthesis of TMOs, focusing on the morphological and physicochemical tuning aided by different soft-templates. The promising applications of TMOs are explained in detail, emphasizing those with excellent performances.

Graphical abstract: Soft-template-assisted synthesis: a promising approach for the fabrication of transition metal oxides

Article information

Article type
Review Article
Submitted
22 7 2020
Accepted
18 9 2020
First published
02 10 2020
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Nanoscale Adv., 2020,2, 5015-5045

Soft-template-assisted synthesis: a promising approach for the fabrication of transition metal oxides

R. R. Poolakkandy and M. M. Menamparambath, Nanoscale Adv., 2020, 2, 5015 DOI: 10.1039/D0NA00599A

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