Amorphous intermediates and discovery of a kinetic polymorph of BiVO4 from heating V+Bi+Zn single-source precursors
. The study also explores the electrochemical properties of amorphous mixed-valence vanadium oxides as Li-ion battery electrodes. We suggest that careful analysis of the thermal decomposition of molecular species may be a way of obtaining hitherto unknown kinetically stabilised polymorphs and amorphous variants of extended solids.
Authors
- Sebastian D. Pike (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9791-5244)
- Benjamin M. Gallant (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7413-291X)
- Dominik J. Kubicki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9231-6779)
- Ashok Sreekumar Menon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8148-8615)
- Emanuele Vismara
- Julia Wiktor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3395-1104)
- Andrea Scarperi
- Javier Castells‐Gil (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7931-3867)
- David Walker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0116-9804)
- Thomas J. Barnes
- Stephen E Brown
- Alexandria E Hands
Institutions
- University of Pisa (IT)
- University of Warwick (GB)
- Chalmers University of Technology (SE)
- University of Birmingham (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Nature Communications
- Published
- 2026-04-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-71702-7
- Primary Topic
- Transition Metal Oxide Nanomaterials
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Diamond Light Source
- UK Research and Innovation
- Advantage West Midlands
- Leverhulme Trust
- University of Warwick
- National Science Council
- Knut och Alice Wallenbergs Stiftelse
- HORIZON EUROPE Framework Programme
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
- European Regional Development Fund