The hydrothermal route to metal oxide nanotubes: synthesis and energy conversion application. A First Grant Proposal

该项目旨在发现新的水热方法来制备金属氧化物纳米管。该提案还试图证明将这些新材料纳入能源转换和储存应用的可行性，包括氢储存、太阳能电池和燃料电池。用于寻找水热条件的方法将包括分析金属氧化物在水热条件下的溶解度，然后制定和测试有利于形成金属氧化物纳米管的新条件。本文将定量研究新型金属氧化物纳米管对氢的吸附。利用新型金属氧化物纳米管的独特性能，有望改善太阳能电池和燃料电池技术。

The project is aimed at the discovery of new hydrothermal routes to the preparation of metal oxide nanotubes. The proposal also seeks to demonstrate the feasibility of incorporating these new materials into energy conversion and storage applications including hydrogen storage, solar cells and fuel cells. The methodology used to search for hydrothermal conditions will include an analysis of the solubility of metal oxides under hydrothermal conditions, followed by formulation and testing of novel conditions favourable to the formation of metal oxide nanotubes. The sorption of hydrogen into the pores of novel metal oxide nanotubes will be quantitatively studied. Improvements in solar cell and fuel cell technology are anticipated by utilisation of the unique properties of novel metal oxide nanotubes.