Fabrication and Characterization of Vanadium Oxide Nanoflakes: Structural and Morphological Insights

Authors:
Yuri Ryagin, G. Sonia Gnana Malar, Bhopendra Singh

Addresses:
Department of Low Temperature Physics and Nanoscale Systems, Ural Federal University, Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia. Department of Mathematics, Dhaanish Ahmed College of Engineering, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Department of Engineering, Amity University Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Abstract:

The synthesis and characterization of the vanadium oxide nanoflakes synthesized by a controlled hydrothermal reaction and followed by a post-annealing process will be explored in this paper. The research would focus on the structural integrity and morphological distribution of the resulting nanostructures, with an average diameter of 60-90 nm. To achieve these results, a large database of 280 diverse experimental cases was used, and parameters such as temperature, pressure, and Tools of analysis, such as Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy to image surfaces, X-ray Diffraction to determine phases, and Raman Spectroscopy to analyze vibrational modes, have been used in this study. The results of the experiment prove the existence of a highly crystallized orthorhombic phase with strong diffraction peaks and homogeneous growth patterns. High-resolution imaging and spectroscopic data have been incorporated to propose that such nanoflakes may possess the structural stability required for application in energy-related processes. The study establishes a clear connection between the fabrication parameters and the material properties of the synthesized material, using computational modeling and statistical software to analyze the synthesized data. These vanadium oxide nanoflakes have great potential to enhance the efficiency of modern energy conversion and storage systems because of their high surface area and crystalline purity.

Keywords: Vanadium Oxide; X-ray Diffraction; Hydrothermal Synthesis; Orthorhombic Phase; Morphological Characterization; Crystalline Purity; Low-Dimensional Nanostructures; Chemical Vapor Deposition; Sol-Gel Processing.

Received on: 26/08/2024, Revised on: 15/11/2024, Accepted on: 29/03/2025, Published on: 07/05/2026

DOI: 10.69888/FTSASS.2026.000647

FMDB Transactions on Sustainable Applied Sciences, 2026 Vol. 3 No. 1, Pages: 25–34

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