Vanadium is a transition metal (atomic number 23) that plays a significant role across materials science, catalysis, and energy research. It exhibits multiple stable oxidation states (commonly +2, +3, +4, and +5), enabling rich redox chemistry and coordination behavior. In materials science, vanadium is a critical alloying element in steels and titanium alloys, where it modifies phase stability, strength, and toughness via carbide and nitride formation. In catalysis, vanadium oxides are key heterogeneous catalysts, particularly in selective oxidation processes. Vanadium’s reversible redox couples also underpin vanadium redox flow batteries, an important technology for large-scale electrochemical energy storage.
When created at the nanoscale, materials can resemble shapes like stars, rods or even pyramids. These particle shapes, also known as the morphologies of a solid, make for more than just interesting images under a microscope—they ...
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CO2 reduction to storable fuels or valuable chemical products provides a carbon-neutral cycle that can mitigate the rapid consumption of fossil fuels and increasing CO2 emissions. Although solar-driven CO2 reduction holds ...
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A research team has succeeded in inducing ferromagnetism, a key property of conventional magnets, in pure vanadium oxide, a compound not previously recognized for such magnetic behavior. Through a series of experiments, the ...
Condensed Matter
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Researchers from Qingdao University have synthesized VO2@VS2 hollow nanospheres using a one-step hydrothermal process, creating a highly efficient cathode material for zinc-ion batteries. This powerful heterostructure significantly ...
Nanomaterials
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In a paper published today in Nature Communications, researchers unveiled previously unobserved phenomena in an ultra-clean sample of the correlated metal SrVO3. The study offers experimental insights that challenge the prevailing ...
Condensed Matter
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According to a study recently published in Small, a team led by Prof. Zhao Bangchuan from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences fabricated a flexible vanadium disulfide material (VS2@CF) ...
Nanomaterials
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The vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) is a promising sustainable energy storage system. In a VRFB cell, an ion exchange membrane (IEM) is used to prevent formation of a cathode/anode short circuit and avoid electrolyte crossover ...
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