title: Hierarchical assembly of multifunctional oxide-based composite nanostructures for energy and environmental applications.
abstract: Composite nanoarchitectures represent a class of nanostructured entities that integrates various dissimilar nanoscale building blocks including nanoparticles, nanowires, and nanofilms toward realizing multifunctional characteristics. A broad array of composite nanoarchitectures can be designed and fabricated, involving generic materials such as metal, ceramics, and polymers in nanoscale form. In this review, we will highlight the latest progress on composite nanostructures in our research group, particularly on various metal oxides including binary semiconductors, ABO(3)-type perovskites, A(2)BO(4) spinels and quaternary dielectric hydroxyl metal oxides (AB(OH)(6)) with diverse application potential. Through a generic template strategy in conjunction with various synthetic approaches- such as hydrothermal decomposition, colloidal deposition, physical sputtering, thermal decomposition and thermal oxidation, semiconductor oxide alloy nanowires, metal oxide/perovskite (spinel) composite nanowires, stannate based nanocompostes, as well as semiconductor heterojunction-arrays and networks have been self-assembled in large scale and are being developed as promising classes of composite nanoarchitectures, which may open a new array of advanced nanotechnologies in solid state lighting, solar absorption, photocatalysis and battery, auto-emission control, and chemical sensing.
authors: Nanomaterials Science Laboratory, Department of Chemical, Materials and Biomolecular Engineering & Institute of Materials Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA.
authors: Pu-Xian
authors: PX
authors: Gao
authors: Nanomaterials Science Laboratory, Department of Chemical, Materials and Biomolecular Engineering & Institute of Materials Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA.
authors: Paresh
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authors: Shimpi
authors: Nanomaterials Science Laboratory, Department of Chemical, Materials and Biomolecular Engineering & Institute of Materials Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA.
authors: Haiyong
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authors: Gao
authors: Nanomaterials Science Laboratory, Department of Chemical, Materials and Biomolecular Engineering & Institute of Materials Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA.
authors: Caihong
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authors: Liu
authors: Nanomaterials Science Laboratory, Department of Chemical, Materials and Biomolecular Engineering & Institute of Materials Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA.
authors: Yanbing
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authors: Guo
authors: Nanomaterials Science Laboratory, Department of Chemical, Materials and Biomolecular Engineering & Institute of Materials Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA.
authors: Wenjie
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authors: Cai
authors: Nanomaterials Science Laboratory, Department of Chemical, Materials and Biomolecular Engineering & Institute of Materials Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA.
authors: Kuo-Ting
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authors: Liao
authors: Nanomaterials Science Laboratory, Department of Chemical, Materials and Biomolecular Engineering & Institute of Materials Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA.
authors: Gregory
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authors: Wrobel
authors: Nanomaterials Science Laboratory, Department of Chemical, Materials and Biomolecular Engineering & Institute of Materials Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA.
authors: Zhonghua
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authors: Zhang
authors: Nanomaterials Science Laboratory, Department of Chemical, Materials and Biomolecular Engineering & Institute of Materials Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA.
authors: Zheng
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authors: Ren
authors: Nanomaterials Science Laboratory, Department of Chemical, Materials and Biomolecular Engineering & Institute of Materials Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA.
authors: Hui-Jan
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authors: Lin
mesh_terms: D000497:Alloys / Q000737:chemistry*; D017610:Calcium Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D053761:Nanocomposites / Q000737:chemistry*; D053770:Nanowires / Q000737:chemistry*; D010087:Oxides / Q000737:chemistry*; D012666:Semiconductors; D014025:Titanium / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000497:Alloys; D017610:Calcium Compounds; D010087:Oxides; C059910:perovskite; D014025:Titanium