Ultrathin tungsten bronze nanowires with efficient photo-to-thermal conversion behavior

摘要： In this work, we describe a simple one-step solvothermal method to synthesize ultrathin quaternary tungsten bronze nanowires (QTBNWs). In addition, a series of alkali metal-doped QTBNWs can be prepared by simply changing the type of starting alkali carbonate and tungstate. The as-synthesized QTBNWs exhibits strong near-infrared (NIR) rays absorption, high visible light transmission and excellent photo-to-thermal conversion behavior, which are superior to those of tungsten bronze nanorods and ternary TBNWs. And its excellent photothermal performance should be attributed to great localized surface plasmon resonances (SPR).