PMID- 21988235 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20120319 LR - 20200930 IS - 1530-6992 (Electronic) IS - 1530-6984 (Linking) VI - 11 IP - 11 DP - 2011 Nov 9 TI - Rational synthesis of silver vanadium oxides/polyaniline triaxial nanowires with enhanced electrochemical property. PG - 4992-6 LID - 10.1021/nl202943b [doi] AB - We designed and successfully synthesized the silver vanadium oxides/polyaniline (SVO/PANI) triaxial nanowires by combining in situ chemical oxidative polymerization and interfacial redox reaction based on beta-AgVO(3) nanowires. The beta-AgVO(3) core and two distinct layers can be clearly observed in single triaxial nanowire. Fourier transformed infrared spectroscopic and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopic investigations indicate that the outermost layer is PANI and the middle layer is Ag(x)VO((2.5+0.5x)) (x < 1), which may result from the redox reaction of Ag(+) and aniline monomers at the interface. The presence of the Ag particle in a transmission electron microscopy image confirms the occurrence of the redox reaction. The triaxial nanowires exhibit enhanced electrochemical performance. This method is shown to be an effective and facile technique for improving the electrochemical performance and stability of nanowire electrodes for applications in Li ion batteries. FAU - Mai, Liqiang AU - Mai L AD - State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, WUT-Harvard Joint Nano Key Laboratory, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China. mlq@cmliris.harvard.edu FAU - Xu, Xu AU - Xu X FAU - Han, Chunhua AU - Han C FAU - Luo, Yanzhu AU - Luo Y FAU - Xu, Lin AU - Xu L FAU - Wu, Yimin A AU - Wu YA FAU - Zhao, Yunlong AU - Zhao Y LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20111011 PL - United States TA - Nano Lett JT - Nano letters JID - 101088070 RN - 0 (Aniline Compounds) RN - 0 (Macromolecular Substances) RN - 0 (Oxides) RN - 0 (Silver Compounds) RN - 0 (Vanadium Compounds) RN - 0 (polyaniline) RN - 897WUN6G6T (disilver oxide) RN - BVG363OH7A (vanadium pentoxide) SB - IM MH - Aniline Compounds/*chemistry MH - Crystallization/*methods MH - Electric Conductivity MH - Macromolecular Substances/chemistry MH - Materials Testing MH - Molecular Conformation MH - Nanostructures/*chemistry/*ultrastructure MH - Oxides/*chemistry MH - Particle Size MH - Silver Compounds/*chemistry MH - Surface Properties MH - Vanadium Compounds/*chemistry EDAT- 2011/10/13 06:00 MHDA- 2012/03/20 06:00 CRDT- 2011/10/13 06:00 PHST- 2011/10/13 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2011/10/13 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2012/03/20 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1021/nl202943b [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Nano Lett. 2011 Nov 9;11(11):4992-6. doi: 10.1021/nl202943b. Epub 2011 Oct 11.