vanadate
noun
van·a·date
ˈva-nə-ˌdāt 
: a salt derived from vanadium pentoxide and containing pentavalent vanadium
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When the device is immersed in water, bismuth vanadate absorbs sunlight and triggers the process of splitting the water at the anode.
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IEEE Spectrum, 5 June 2023
Each of these devices has a cathode composed of a photovoltaic perovskite and a cobalt catalyst, and an anode made of the photocatalyst bismuth vanadate.
—IEEE Spectrum, 5 June 2023
Electrons in strontium vanadate molecules exhibit stronger forms of electrostatic interaction — the forces acting between positively and negatively charged articles.
—Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 24 Dec. 2015
Now, researchers at Pennsylvania State University have developed a new material, called strontium vanadate, that shares the transparent and conductive properties of indium tin oxide at a fraction of the cost.
—Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 24 Dec. 2015
IEEE Spectrum, 5 June 2023
Each of these devices has a cathode composed of a photovoltaic perovskite and a cobalt catalyst, and an anode made of the photocatalyst bismuth vanadate.
—IEEE Spectrum, 5 June 2023
Electrons in strontium vanadate molecules exhibit stronger forms of electrostatic interaction — the forces acting between positively and negatively charged articles.
—Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 24 Dec. 2015
Now, researchers at Pennsylvania State University have developed a new material, called strontium vanadate, that shares the transparent and conductive properties of indium tin oxide at a fraction of the cost.
—Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 24 Dec. 2015
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vanadate
noun
van·a·date
ˈvan-ə-ˌdāt
: a salt derived from the pentoxide of vanadium and containing pentavalent vanadium
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