| abstract |
A method for making a metal-vanadium oxide product includes selecting a metal, the group Au, Ag, Cu and Pt, providing nanotubular vanadium oxide composed of vanadium oxide layers separated by templating molecules, and producing a product by ionic change of the nanotubular vanadium oxide with a solution of the salt of the metal. The salt is selected from the group AuCl 3 , Au(CN) 3 , AgNO 3 , AgC 2 H 3 O 2 , HgClO 3 , AgF, PtCl 4 , Ptl 4 , and H 2 PtCl 6 . The selected metal can be in the form of nanometer-sized particles. |