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Silver decamolybdate

Silver decamolybdate is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula Ag6Mo10O33. It can be prepared by hydrothermal synthesis and grown into nanorods by melt-quenching. It is used as an alternative to platinum electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reactions. Silver decamolybdate films can detect ammonia in air at concentrations greater than 2 ppm.

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Silver decamolybdate
Names
Other names
  • Molybdenum silver oxide
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
  • InChI=1S/6Ag.10Mo.33O/q6*+1;10*+6;33*-2
    Key: GLQQEPPBXLRBRG-UHFFFAOYSA-N
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Properties
Ag6Mo10O33
Molar mass 2134.68 g·mol−1
Appearance Yellow solid1
Structure2
triclinic
P1 (No. 1)
a = 7.59 Å, b = 8.31 Å, c = 11.42 Å
α = 82.6°, β = 102.9°, γ = 106.4°
1 formula per cell
Related compounds
Related compounds
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

Silver decamolybdate is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula Ag6Mo10O33. It can be prepared by hydrothermal synthesis3 and grown into nanorods by melt-quenching.4 It is used as an alternative to platinum electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reactions.5 Silver decamolybdate films can detect ammonia in air at concentrations greater than 2 ppm.6

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References

  1. Villars, Pierre; Cenzual, Karin; Gladyshevskii, Roman (2017-07-24). Handbook of Inorganic Substances 2017. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. p. 195. ISBN 978-3-11-044540-4.
  2. Gatehouse, B. M.; Leverett, P. (1970-04-01). "The crystal structure of silver decamolybdate, Ag6Mo10O33". Journal of Solid State Chemistry. 1 (3): 484–496. doi:10.1016/0022-4596(70)90131-3. ISSN 0022-4596.
  3. Adachi, Motonari; Lockwood, David J. (2006-10-31). Self-Organized Nanoscale Materials. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 978-0-387-27976-3.
  4. Bhattacharya, S.; Ghosh, A. (2007-03-30). "Silver molybdate nanoparticles, nanowires, and nanorods embedded in glass nanocomposites". Physical Review B. 75 (9) 092103. Bibcode:2007PhRvB..75i2103B. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.75.092103. ISSN 1098-0121.
  5. Kumar, Vipin; Matz, Sebastian; Hoogestraat, Dirk; Bhavanasi, Venkateswarlu; Parida, Kaushik; Al-Shamery, Katharina; Lee, Pooi See (2016). "Design of Mixed-Metal Silver Decamolybdate Nanostructures for High Specific Energies at High Power Density". Advanced Materials. 28 (32): 6966–6975. Bibcode:2016AdM....28.6966K. doi:10.1002/adma.201601158. ISSN 1521-4095. PMID 27185225.
  6. Prabhu, E.; Muthuraja, S.; Gnanasekar, K. I.; Jayaraman, V.; Sivabalan, S.; Gnanasekaran, T. (May 2008). "Ammonia sensing properties of thick and thin films of Ag 6 Mo 10 O 33 and Cr 1·8 Ti 0·2 O 3+ δ". Surface Engineering. 24 (3): 170–175. doi:10.1179/174329408X298229. ISSN 0267-0844.

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