Comparison of optical, structural, morphological, vibrational and thermal analysis of V2O5 nanobelts prepared with and without the application of constant current source from renewable energy

Abstract

Investigating the optical and vibrational properties of a material plays a vital role in the materials applicability. One dimensional nanostructures of V2O5 are used as applications in the field of desalination, microelectronics, optoelectronics, sensors, lithium batteries, etc. The synthesis parameters play a vital role on the properties of the prepared nanostructured materials. Especially the problem of power fluctuation during the synthesis has a very predominant effect in the synthesis of Nanomaterials. Hence a constant and continuous power from a renewable energy-constant current source incorporating solar and wind energy has been applied for the preparation of uniform and smooth surfaced V2O5 nanobelts by simple hydrothermal method. Therefore the resulting nanobelts proved to be successful outcome of material science and renewable technology. The prepared nanobelts were found to be uniform surfaced with narrow size distribution. The samples have been characterized by UV-vis, XRD, SEM, FTIR and TG/DTA in order to investigate the optical, structural, morphological, Vibrational and thermal properties.