Journal article

Publication year: 2015

Pages: 18138-18145

Journal: Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

Volume number: 17

Issue number: 27

ISSN: 1463-9076

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1039/c5cp01869b

Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry

Abstract: 
WO3 films were obtained via evaporation-induced self-assembly (EISA) using ionic surfactants such as long-chain ionic liquids 1-hexadecyl-3-methyl imidazolium chloride and bromide (C(16)mimCl and C(16)mimBr, respectively) and cetyltrimethylammonium chloride and bromide (CTAC and CTAB, respectively) as additives. Owing to the presence of the ionic surfactants, WO3 films crystallize in a preferred orientation along the a-axis on different substrates, as evidenced by X-ray diffraction. WO3 films with this orientation show improved electrochromic properties when compared to films with a lower degree of crystallographic orientation, prepared in an analogue fashion.

Harvard Citation style: Kaper, H., Djerdj, I., Gross, S., Amenitsch, H., Antonietti, M. and Smarsly, B. (2015) Ionic liquid- and surfactant-controlled crystallization of WO3 films, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 17(27), pp. 18138-18145. https://doi.org/10.1039/c5cp01869b

APA Citation style: Kaper, H., Djerdj, I., Gross, S., Amenitsch, H., Antonietti, M., & Smarsly, B. (2015). Ionic liquid- and surfactant-controlled crystallization of WO3 films. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 17(27), 18138-18145. https://doi.org/10.1039/c5cp01869b