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The band gap of the compound represented by Formula 1 is, for example, about 0.1 to about 2.0 electron volts (eV), about 0.1 to about 1.5 eV, or about 0.1 to about 1.0 eV. doi: 10.1006/jssc.1994.1156, Keywords: photothermal conversion, non-stoichiometric tungsten-oxides (WO2.72), tungsten bronze (MxWO3), water evaporation, photocatalyst, Citation: Wu C-M, Naseem S, Chou M-H, Wang J-H and Jian Y-Q (2019) Recent Advances in Tungsten-Oxide-Based Materials and Their Applications. In their study, under 1 sun illumination, water and WOAr2 nanofluids reached 34.3C and 41.0C, respectively, after 1,800 s. The solar evaporation effciency of 2D defective WOx nanofluids reached 78.6% compared to that of the water (12.22%). In other words, the semiconductor photocatalyst must have a relatively small band gap (1.23 eV < Eg < 3.0 eV) to absorb as much light as possible for the purpose of photogenerated electrons/holes (Zhang et al., 2018). Talanta 139, 2734. 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D, 45(22), Article ID 225303, (2012), T.S. MeSH The hybrids of WO3 and MxWO3 for NIR shielding applications have been widely studied. For WO2.72/PLA, a rapid rise of temperature T can be seen from 19.4C to 44.7C and then to 75.3C for over 5 min of irradiation containing 0, 4, and 7 wt% of WO2.72 nanoparticles, respectively, as shown in Figure 4B. doi: 10.1021/nl100996u, Yang, X. The support of the COST Action D41 Inorganic oxide surfaces and interfaces and of the COST Action CM1104 Reducible oxide chemistry, structure and functions is gratefully acknowledged. Nano Lett. Nanoscale 4, 33943398. RSC Adv. As compared to Pd nanocrystal, Pd/WO2.72 hybrids demonstrated not only high activity but also superior stability for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in alkaline solutions. It is also possible to construct layered materials with alternating compositions by techniques like molecular-beam epitaxy. 25, 20952100. Actuators B Chem. 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The Cs0.3WO3 powder was synthesized by a normal solvothermal reaction with the precursor of WCl6, where their metal hydroxides (CsOH) were mixed with ethanol and heated at 200C for 12 h and further annealed in the NH3 atmosphere at 500C for 1 h (Liu et al., 2010). Int. Appl. It is worth noting that WO3 and MxWO3 (their hybrids) are still unknown in this field. doi: 10.1016/j.snb.2011.01.024, Reich, S., Leitus, G., Popovitz-Biro, R., Goldbourt, A., and Vega, S. (2009). doi: 10.1016/j.matlet.2016.01.094, Li, G., Zhang, S., Guo, C., and Liu, S. (2016c). doi: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2017.10.109, Kang, E., An, S., Yoon, S., Kim, J. K., and Lee, J. (2010). Reproduced with permission (Guo et al., 2012c) Copyright 2012, American chemical society (ACS), and (F) urchin-like spheres. doi: 10.1016/S0022-0248(02)02323-0, Yao, Y., Zhang, L., Chen, Z., Cao, C., Gao, Y., and Luo, H. (2018). WOx has oxygen defects in its crystal lattice, which cause the band to bend and enable conductivity. 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