Recently, molybdenum oxide (MoO2) has been found to be a chemically
stable and relatively inexpensive material for the application as the anode in a
lithium ion battery [1-5]. We believe the use of MoO2 in battery
applications has been hindered due to a long, complicated, and multistep
synthesis process. We present a simple one-pot hydrothermal technique to
synthesize MoO2 nanoparticles directly onto a copper (Cu) substrate.
We believe this is a first report of the synthesis of MoO2 directly
onto a Cu substrate, and could lead to the ability to both fabricate other
materials in a similar manner as well as depositing MoO2 onto other
substrates. This technique can reduce anode production time by eliminating the
coating process, and also decrease the total amount of chemicals used when
compared to a typical powder synthesis and coating processes. The
MoO2 coated Cu electrode was characterized using Raman Spectroscopy,
Grazing Incident X-ray Diffraction (GIXRD) and scanning electron microscopy
(SEM) techniques to confirm the composition, crystallinity and structure of the
synthesized MoO2 nanomaterial.