Abstract:
A novel phase of vanadia-based whiskers Ba0.25V2O5·1.5H2O with a huge aspect ratio (40000:1), which can be used as conductive reinforcing fibers in electrode composites or as an ‘electronic paper’, has been synthesized by a hydrothermal method and characterized by XRD, SEM, TEM, SAED, EDX, TG and XPS.